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To: NobleFree
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a new law legalizing marijuana in the state Wednesday.

Virginia is another state compromising the health and safety of its citizens by legalizing a gateway drug.

I did not see a word about the increases in accidents, physical and mental health problems, and road safety becoming worse in states with legalized pot, like Colorado.

Greed and false rationale have trumped health and safety in yet onother state. Let's keep dumbing down America. Health and safety are no longer priorities.

32 posted on 04/23/2021 8:59:16 AM PDT by olezip
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To: olezip
I did not see a word about the increases in accidents, physical and mental health problems, and road safety becoming worse in states with legalized pot, like Colorado.

I haven't seen evidence that those have become worse in states with legalized pot like Colorado.

And if physical and mental health are properly addressed by banning things, alcohol and tobacco must go - and probably fatty foods too.

43 posted on 04/23/2021 9:24:42 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: olezip

“Virginia is another state compromising the health and safety of its citizens by legalizing a gateway drug”

Fallacy. For SOME cannabis is a gateway to harder drugs. That’s because the effect of cannabis doesn’t satisfy their need to feel the way they think they want to feel. Usually driven by brain inflammation due to a crappy diet.

For others it’s not at all. I have been using cannabis daily since 2015 & I have the same about of interest in doing other drugs that I did when I started using marijuana: NONE!

Florida has had legal medical marijuana since 2016. None of the naysayer predictions have come true. Dispensaries are clean & safe where we live, not “drug corners” as was predicted. No more or less people are driving under the influence here than before medical cannabis was legalized.

It’s important to remember Colorado’s experience does not = every state’s experience.


58 posted on 04/23/2021 11:54:17 AM PDT by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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