“Anyone who really wants to smoke pot already is.”
I disagree. I think the law has a chilling effect. Many many people avoid behaviors simply because they are illegal. Number one, they don’t want to get in trouble (arrest, citation, fine, jail, record). Number two, they are cooperative people who like to be the law abiding type.
In my state, marijuana is basically legal & it's been that way for quite awhile. Under state law, possession up to 100 grams (that's a pretty big bag) of marijuana is a minor misdemeanor. Like jaywalking. (Although some individual cities have slightly stiffer penalties).
Number two, they are cooperative people who like to be the law abiding type.
Mmmm......let's just say it sounds like I've been around the block a couple more times than you.
So then it’s not the negative effects of the drug that deter you, your friends and your family from smoking pot, it’s simply that pot is illegal and you don’t want to break the law?
So if pot were legal you, your friends and your family would smoke it?
Interesting.
That's what I thought too, until I met some people that smoke. 2 jobs ago, I was working with a very young crowd - audio equipment. I got to know alot of them and found out these teenage/young 20's clowns were bringing it to work. They'd go down the building's back stairs to smoke a J in the smoking area DURING WORK HOURS. And it wasn't a secluded place either.
Yea, it is being gotten and smoked by anyone that wants it.