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I understand that many people want legislation to legalize pot. I am one of the people who is against it. I do not dislike or condemn the people who do it, that is your business to do so.
I think that when you smoke out that it alters the brain functions. I know that it is illegal to drink and drive, and if pot were legal what would the law do to protect people against people driving while under the influence of pot? How can you determine when someone is too high?
I know that there are some people who need it for medical reasons. I am not sure that they are not old hippies who just like to get high (my opinion). I do believd in different types of alternative medicine. I think that all should be explored, and I guess if marijuana works for you and it is prescribed by a physician then that is between you and your doctor.
I know that people are getting prescriptions that they are prescribed to them, and selling them to whomever will pay for them, and not using them as they were intended at all. How can you regulate people that are getting marijuana now for so called medical use and not selling it on the street?
I am not a doctor, but a concerned citizen. I am worried about the ramifications of legalized marijuana for several reasons. I am worried about safety related issues. Will it be legal to use it at work? Driving under the influence? I am worried about the message that we are sending to our children.
I think that if you are someone who is using marijuana of course you want it to be legal. It could save you a fine, or even possibly jail time. It is illegal for a reason, and I think that it should stay that way. I think that there is too much at stake.
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I understand that many people want legislation to legalize pot. I am one of the people who is against it. I do not dislike or condemn the people who do it, that is your business to do so.
I think that when you smoke out that it alters the brain functions. I know that it is illegal to drink and drive, and if pot were legal what would the law do to protect people against people driving while under the influence of pot? How can you determine when someone is too high?
I know that there are some people who need it for medical reasons. I am not sure that they are not old hippies who just like to get high (my opinion). I do believd in different types of alternative medicine. I think that all should be explored, and I guess if marijuana works for you and it is prescribed by a physician then that is between you and your doctor.
I know that people are getting prescriptions that they are prescribed to them, and selling them to whomever will pay for them, and not using them as they were intended at all. How can you regulate people that are getting marijuana now for so called medical use and not selling it on the street?
I am not a doctor, but a concerned citizen. I am worried about the ramifications of legalized marijuana for several reasons. I am worried about safety related issues. Will it be legal to use it at work? Driving under the influence? I am worried about the message that we are sending to our children.
I think that if you are someone who is using marijuana of course you want it to be legal. It could save you a fine, or even possibly jail time. It is illegal for a reason, and I think that it should stay that way. I think that there is too much at stake.
Sorry, but this is just dumb. Everything you mentioned is much worse with alcohol, tobacco, prescription drugs. What kind of message are you sending to children when they have to see mommy or daddy polish of a bottle a night? Ya, that's a great message. Yet them smoking and still being able to function fine is going to ruin them for life, sending them a terrible message - bullshit. Also, they are not technically prescriptions. Sure they are "prescribed" by a medical doctor, but they are not covered by insurance. And please don't try to tell me that every prescribed drug is used exactly as it should be, because that is just bullshit - Vicodin, Xanax, and Promethazine stick out in my mind.

Can I ask a question as well... have you ever smoked? Just because the questions you are asking seem somewhat ignorant (not trying to be a dick by saying this), its just most people who smoke with me for their first couple of times are like "that's it?" afterwards, whereas it seems like you are equating marijuana with a psychedelic drug by saying it "alters brain function." Sure it slows you down a little but, but it will never make you do something you didn't want to - as does alcohol... driving, fighting someone, beating a loved one, , etc.

It's much more harmless than any substance I had mentioned above, yet because their are billions of dollars backing groups that say otherwise (ex: Above theinfluence commercials, which are idiotic by the way), that is never made known to you and you continue to see pot how our grandparents/parents see it - like in Reefer Madness.

Also, please explain what you mean by "it is illegal for a reason." What exactly is this reason? Because I definitely do not know of one that is legit. If you get specific enough I am sure I can tear up whatever you say, although I doubt you will absorb anything I respond with.
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I understand that many people want legislation to legalize pot. I am one of the people who is against it. I do not dislike or condemn the people who do it, that is your business to do so.
I think that when you smoke out that it alters the brain functions. I know that it is illegal to drink and drive, and if pot were legal what would the law do to protect people against people driving while under the influence of pot? How can you determine when someone is too high?
I know that there are some people who need it for medical reasons. I am not sure that they are not old hippies who just like to get high (my opinion). I do believd in different types of alternative medicine. I think that all should be explored, and I guess if marijuana works for you and it is prescribed by a physician then that is between you and your doctor.
I know that people are getting prescriptions that they are prescribed to them, and selling them to whomever will pay for them, and not using them as they were intended at all. How can you regulate people that are getting marijuana now for so called medical use and not selling it on the street?
I am not a doctor, but a concerned citizen. I am worried about the ramifications of legalized marijuana for several reasons. I am worried about safety related issues. Will it be legal to use it at work? Driving under the influence? I am worried about the message that we are sending to our children.
I think that if you are someone who is using marijuana of course you want it to be legal. It could save you a fine, or even possibly jail time. It is illegal for a reason, and I think that it should stay that way. I think that there is too much at stake.
WTF nice way to start with your 1st post.
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If pot were legal, the streets would be safer and it would be harder for kids to get pot
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I think that when you smoke out that it alters the brain functions.
It does, just not permanently. It's also less lethal than children's Tylenol.

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I know that people are getting prescriptions that they are prescribed to them, and selling them to whomever will pay for them, and not using them as they were intended at all.
How do you know that?

marijuana from medical dispensaries is expensive. No real profit to be made in reselling it. What you say may happen on rare occasion, but it's not as frequent as you probably think it is.

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It is illegal for a reason, and I think that it should stay that way. I think that there is too much at stake.
What's the reason that it's illegal? When it was first outlawed the reason given is because "marijuana could make a black man look at a white women twice". Is that still a valid reason to keep something illegal?

marijuana is perfectly safe to use. It's less dangerous than cigarettes, alcohol, fast food, and almost all products produced by pharmaceutical companies. All the reasons it was made illegal were based on misinformation and propaganda. So why keep it illegal?
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1.) marijuana not only does not kill any brain cells, it doesnt harm any. the effects of habitual smoking is excessive deposits of THC on the brains cells which in essence slows response time making said habit user appear and respond dopily most of the time. the laugh is a dead giveaway. a benefit is the ability to ward off in a way, the degenerative qualitites in the genetic disorder Alzheimer's disease. It's said that over extended periods, habitual brain cells cannot totally deplete all the resin build up but enough will go away that the effects are not permanent, except in cases of subjects with genetic disposition to schiznophrenia.

2.) i smoke roughly an oz. a week of top shelf cali and also am chair on my childs schools PTA, soccer coach, fb coach, i teach trap shooting to kids, i run 3 businesses (1 is a MMJ brokering co so dispensaries, hit me up), and currently in works to procure a clothing line. habitual smoking is not degenerating society. smokers are all around you. youd be surprised who ive seen in dispensaries.

3.) as for children, there are many resources and the like for parents to educate their children on the ills of intoxicants as well as for MMJ patients to discuss their medication with them. My son is a 'peace keeper' or peer moderator, in tae kwon do, captain of his soccer and fb teams (*peer chosen, not coach) , a gifted musician and also aware that daddy smokes marijuana for his persistant muscle and tendon issues, sciatica, stomach disorders, neurological sleeping and eating disorders and general inability to give a fuck about whats going on in your life without herb.

4.) i have a BS in business, culinary arts degree from a nice MW USA school, 6 BR home, dubs, a dime piece, and a gnarly vinyl collection. i am the antithesis of the social disorder and decay of which you speak. you sound like the bigoted right wing racists that originally got these laws drafted for their fear and ignorance of black and latins. oh wait, it was DuPont and their fear of hemp and hemp oils that did it. oh no, it was both. in essence you sound quite ignorant and i cant believe you had the balls to post that at all, let alone as your first.
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