“Face it. You are in the (wrong) minority here. This is a pro-God, pro-Family site. You and dopers like you are not welcome.”
Now hold on a second. This is also supposed to be a low-government site to yet you are telling supposedly free adults that you cant take some thing that grows from the ground and smoke it? On what grounds?
How is that any different than smoking tobacco? How is it different than drinking beer How is it any different than eating greasy foods?
All of those things affect people if done to excess. None of them has led to the downfall of civilization and non have anything to do with being pro or anti family.
This is just another example of government and their enablers hiding behind families or kids in order to control behavior.
A person cant have tobacco soda and fried foods at home - We condemn them as commies and nanny-state types.
A person cant smoke what is basically a plant in their own homes - We are just protecting society?
How can you have both and not lose credibility?
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Noticed that also. Seems control of other people’s lives is O.K. We just argue over what it is that we want to FORCE people to do or not do. Ironic isn’t it?
Pot is a unique animal in regard to its effect on the population. The incentive to inhibit/prohibit its use resides in the generally negative effect it has on productivity and responsibility. Messy as it is, we've decided to treat some substances as more detrimental than others. It certainly stands as fact that of all the substances we imbibe, each has varying effects not only by nature of the substance, but also by nature of the individual who partakes.
I've partaken of this herb numerous times past, but always with the understanding I am violating the law, subjecting myself to conditions that may effect others negatively, and contributing to the manufacture/consumption of Twinkies.
Whatever we do in regard to this substance, there ought be curbs in place. We've probably done more harm than good in keeping it criminalized, but we could also do more harm than good if we drop any/all regulations. I appreciate the stand and remarks offered by those who in every other respect are conservative, yet cannot find it in their hearts to yield in the least when it comes to current federal policies and pot. If they could lighten up, however, they might find a healthy political coalescence that would serve as a stop-guard against communism, socialism, and the like.