Posted on 06/09/2014 9:30:29 PM PDT by Olog-hai
We were in Colorado a few days ago and got to see what happens when potheads feel free to be stoned in the great outdoors. In Manitou Springs we watched a guys surfing on a curb stop while dancing. He wiped out.
Next thing you know is they will devise a scheme where the public can buy a ticket with a series of random numbers for a chance to win millions of dollars so they can escape the hell holes they live in. Of course they’ll set the odds astronomically high and the give you the option of taking a lump sum payout that’s less than half of the pot or give you a check every year for 30 years. Plus they will tell you the money goes to pay for the chitlins be schools. They’ll call this a lottery...
What about Colorado’s responsibilities to neighboring states where law enforcement problems are multiplying because of Colorado’s legal marijuana?
You’re blaming pot for issues in your family that were not caused by pot but by something completely different from pot that was intended to get one high but which is extremely toxic
That’s like blaming alcohol for someone drinking Sterno who hoped it would feel like a nice pinot..
BTW...I never said pot was always harmless but it sure never once made me vomit
And we had hashish and skunk sensebud and hash oil in late 70s.....which rivaled average pot today which is mid teens THC %...yes some exotics hit mid 20s...trash weed was done by 1976 in the deep south
Its like comparing beer to whiskey..in fact the difference is far greater in those libations....drink less or smoke less
Gateway?
Gateway is booze and nicotine as much as pot...more so in my view and the national cost and damage much higher so why not the same zeal to ban those?
I’m sure we can find things harmful about pot abuse....I can name some off my head I’ve observed in some folks....apathy...procrastinate...lowered cognitive skills when high....lower sex drive in men......oppositional personality....laziness....
Now compare that to any other drug legal or not and pot is dead last in harmfulness in my experience of smoking and observing it
And conservatives here picking a fight with at least one third of their own kind is foolish
As for me...my only addiction is a good woman’s affection
But I detest loudmouth irrational belligerent drunks fools far more than goofy blase stoners
But yet like I said getting a buzz on from drinking is celebrated here
I do drink folded southern egg not and Cointreau
Maybe some red wine...I let Wifey do the drinking
I’m always the DD in any outing here
But I’d smoke pot today privately with her if she wanted to
BTW...fwiw
I consider the medical marijuana schemes as practiced in some states an exploited farce....folks getting rich
A few states tightly control dispensation and I don’t include them
Dude. And I do mean dude. Smoke anything you want and talk yourself into not feeling guilty any way you want. I take exception to your saying there are no negative health consequences to mj, I’ve seen them and know a fair amount about the human body. Defend your behavior anyway you want, I dont care. But sell your argument somewhere else, I aint buying.
I don’t need your approval hon.....my wife’s at this stage are all I ask for but I made it rather clear I haven’t smoked it in 30 years ...lol...but I might after reading all the crazy stuff I read here
And nowhere did I say there were no negative health concerns but after 40 years of at least 30-40 million Americans smoking it regularly the health concerns pale in comparison to any other drug folks use to intoxicate themselves
Particularly drinking when one drinks to effect.
Conservatism is about empiricism and the Constitution and a level of morality
The hysterics here are about the perception of who smokes pot rather than the drug since the loudest barkers...not you admittedly ....have never used it
I have yet to see a pot smoker here past or present rail on with this reefer madness line of reasoning
Have you smoked it?
When you have and know what you are talking about beyond anecdotal observation then get back to me
I rest my case.
In fact, you listed a number of negative consequences in pot #44 - but apparently Drug Warriors would rather debate the voices in their heads.
I don’t get the zealous hatred of the evil weed here
Odd
To me anyhow
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.