Posted on 07/28/2018 10:14:10 AM PDT by Mariner
Were seeing an experiment in action. Over the past few years, more and more countries and states have been legalizing marijuana, and were finally getting to see what effect it really has.
There have been all kinds of predictions. The naysayers have been sure that legalizing pot will all but bring the world to its doom, with drug abuse and crime running rampant. And on the other side, pot advocates have all but suggested that itll usher in a new era of peace and prosperity, where mankind finally settles its differences over a toke.
Enough time has passed now, though, that we can pretty definitively say what really happenedand its not all what you might expect.
10 Car Crashes Go Up, But Fatalities Go Down
When you legalize weed, it seems, you replace a lot of your drunk drivers with high drivers. And that has some interesting side effects.
First off, legalizing marijuana definitely leads to more people smoking marijuana. In Colorado, adult marijuana use has gone up by 29 percent since it was legalized. But a lot of those people picking up joints are putting down beer bottles, especially before driving.
Drunk driving, in Washington state, has gone down nearly 33 percent since 2007. High driving has gone up about 50 percentbut its hard to get much meaning out of that, because marijuana stays in the bloodstream for weeks after the effects wear off.
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Outstanding post, and historical perspective. going to research this info. It is certainly cultural. Right up there with William Randolph Hearst damning HEMP in the same category as negro jazz players on marijuana. All because of his paper pulpwood pals monopoly vs. the much cheaper sourced hemp paper from canada and wester US growers. He got it banned. Hemp.
That’s because they’re all driving 5 mph and swerving into one another, laughing all the way.
Therefore if there's no relief why wouldn't you try something that has little if any side affects? People sure go from one pain med to another hoping something will work!
Further most all medications come from one or a mixture of "plants" to begin with....or do people just think they're designed in a test tube out of thin air?
I can say if I was in unbearable pain or having seizures I'd be finding myself a physician fast who would be open to the use of CBDS and Marijuana...etc.....
LOL....Laughing as ....how many articles are now being published where addicts are ‘blaming’ Doctors for prescribing pain ‘pills’ causing their addictions! Rather than admitting they were looking for the buzz.
freedom is a bitch if you don’t understand it
How's that working for alcohol and prescription drugs? You can only educate kids about such things which is a parents job....but if they want it they will certainly get it. We tell kids to obey speed limits as well....and that 'often' falls on deaf ears.
Have to give some real narcotic history here— from 1930....
“Dreamed a bout a reefer 5 feet long, a mighty mess but not too strong— you’ll be high.. but not for looong... IF YOU a Viper......”
Know your high when your throat gets dry...... go down to the “candy” store and bust your “conk” on “peppermint candy”.
It is a narcotic friends, and not benign (esp. for developing brains up until at least age 25)
“If You’se a Viper”
HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm-L9uMxzQA
My problem has always been ... the vegetable smoke with 101 plus poorly identified carcinogens— and increased cancer reality that these bring (usu. peeps smoke cigs as well so... whatever).
There's some dubious propositions...underage use has not increased?
RIGHT...
There's some dubious propositions...underage use has not increased?
RIGHT...
Dammit. I was pulling for you to, just this once, be right about something. Oh well....
Your problem is that I am correct.
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