Posted on 10/28/2015 6:37:46 AM PDT by rktman
Myths about marijuana are apparent in college papers, online, and in the media. The users are eager to believe they don’t have a problem, so an entire mythology has grown up around the plant.
But here are the counterarguments
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The ‘war on drugs’ has cost more lives, cost more money, and destroyed more businesses than anything else. Prohibition does not work, never has, never will. Cigarette smuggling is now a major business in New York.
Decriminalize it, tax it, license it, use the proceeds for treatment. It will fund treatment, get the gangs out of the drug business.
The ‘war on drugs’ has cost more lives, cost more money, and destroyed more businesses than anything else. Prohibition does not work, never has, never will. Cigarette smuggling is now a major business in New York.
Decriminalize it, tax it, license it, use the proceeds for treatment. It will fund treatment, get the gangs out of the drug business.
The ‘war on drugs’ has cost more lives, cost more money, and destroyed more businesses than anything else. Prohibition does not work, never has, never will. Cigarette smuggling is now a major business in New York.
Decriminalize it, tax it, license it, use the proceeds for treatment. It will fund treatment, get the gangs out of the drug business.
They’re going to try again in 2017 to get weed legalized in Florida by a constitutional amendment.
I’ve said from the beginning that the constitutional amendment process is the wrong avenue for pot legalization, but these idiots keep trying because the legislature won’t hear it despite legalizing “Charlotte’s Web” and other non-hallucinogenic forms of cannabis.
If anyone tells you that they want it legalized for “medicinal purposes,” they’re liars.
We’re on a dark path that’ll eventually be overturned. It’ll take a bit, but it’ll happen. Sadly, society has to have the bad done before it can be stopped.
If you inhale it, you are damaging your lung tissue.
Just look at the black tar that accumulates on the inhaled end of a joint.
Pot smokers on track for lung/breathing pathologies.
The young ones will just get 3D printed new lungs and keep on toking.
“If anyone tells you that they want it legalized for “medicinal purposes,” they’re liars.”
I agree. I’ve got more respect for the Colorado crowd who at least acknowledge its for recreation.
Right about now is when somebody chimes in that their Uncle Mullet was sick from chemo, and the weed made him feel better...
...ergo have the twenty something crowd in LA needs a medical weed card.
Frankly, I don’t care if some idiot wants to ruin his or her life smoking pot.
I DO care that the ever-expanding police state continues to use marijuana as an excuse to destroy the Constitution.
:: Frankly, I don’t care if some idiot wants to ruin his or her life smoking pot ::
The problem here is that, once a law, legalizing the use, is passed that “ruined life” is being supported by your wallet.
They will not use the proceeds for treatment and it will not get the gangs off the street.
Example: Tobacco payoffs to the states as well as SS fund. The advent of legal grass with taxes in Colorado has raised the price so high that it is cheaper to continue buying from the street dealer. Every one of your reasons(not new as we used to advocate the same things back in the 60’s) are all full of bull excrement. I sometimes think my grandpa had the right idea concerning drug dealers; public hanging after conviction. He said it worked pretty darn good with the train robbers and cattle rustlers.
They will not use the proceeds for treatment and it will not get the gangs off the street.
Example: Tobacco payoffs to the states as well as SS fund. The advent of legal grass with taxes in Colorado has raised the price so high that it is cheaper to continue buying from the street dealer. Every one of your reasons(not new as we used to advocate the same things back in the 60’s) are all full of bull excrement. I sometimes think my grandpa had the right idea concerning drug dealers; public hanging after conviction. He said it worked pretty darn good with the train robbers and cattle rustlers.
They will not use the proceeds for treatment and it will not get the gangs off the street.
Example: Tobacco payoffs to the states as well as SS fund. The advent of legal grass with taxes in Colorado has raised the price so high that it is cheaper to continue buying from the street dealer. Every one of your reasons(not new as we used to advocate the same things back in the 60’s) are all full of bull excrement. I sometimes think my grandpa had the right idea concerning drug dealers; public hanging after conviction. He said it worked pretty darn good with the train robbers and cattle rustlers.
Pretty weak sauce in that article, if you ask me.
For example, the first thing in the list - who thinks that today’s weed is weak? Everyone knows that it’s actually very strong now compared to the “ditch weed” often available in the 60s or 70s, although there was also some very good stuff around back then, I’ve read. Actually, it’s the drug warriors who always trot out how potent today’s weed is as an argument against it, while I’ve never heard anyone claim that today’s weed is weak. Rum is a lot stronger than beer, too, but I don’t necessarily get any drunker from rum than beer.
And on the alcohol-pot comparison, it’s true that while alcohol can be consumed without intoxication, even relatively small amounts (like one beer or glass of wine) do have an effect on the mind and body. Some people consume pot in very tiny quantities, too, for a mild calming effect. As to the health effects of chronic use (i.e. addiction/alcoholism), alcohol is far, far worse.
Myth #5’s answer sounds like the perfect argument by nanny-staters for government intervention into all aspects of our private lives. People do many, many things that might (might) cause some “private self-damage that always leaks out into the public sphere”.
And actually, the whole article has a puritanical feel about it - many, many people enjoy occasionally getting intoxicated on one substance or another, and yet still lead productive lives. It’s called having fun (in our opinions), not a sign of some deep emotional or psychological problem.
Big Government is the answer to everything for some people.
Just think of all the money the feds can make with federal forfeiture laws if they decided to raid every “legal” pot store in the states that have “legalized” it.
People are mostly confused if it's good or bad. There's a really bad heroin epidemic around here. Will legalizing marijuana make those who like to be a little bit outside the law more likely to use other, still illegal drugs? Nobady really knows.
Personally, I don't support drugs, legal or illegal. I can't believe marijuana use is better than not using it. But I just don't know how to vote because it's an out-of-control situation (both the legal and illegal stuff) and nobody really has answers, just strong opinions.
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