Your Brain on Drugs

[jaxhawksfan]

Guess I should have made that a bit clearer. I'll just use Canada as an example. Pot is still illegal here but the sentences are a lot less stiff esp for minor possession. It's also not seen as a big taboo within our boarders so we can move on dealing with real political issues. You aren't going to have a criminal record for smoking pot or having a little bit in your possession. Not going to be serving too many years in prison if caught with a grow op. Just don't mail seeds across the border!!!



Of course our current great Prime Minister who seems to have been born out of the Conservative American War On Drugs ideals is trying to change all of this and make punishments stiffer and trying to stigmatize pot again. Our country is starting to go backwards again which is always nice.

Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. Like I said, legalize it, decriminalize it, whatever you want to do, but stop putting money, police, prisons, ect. into combating it. Like many have said, it hasn't discouraged use so far.

 

[jakobeast]

Ah, ok. Thanks for the clarification. Like I said, legalize it, decriminalize it, whatever you want to do, but stop putting money, police, prisons, ect. into combating it. Like many have said, it hasn't discouraged use so far.

Marijuana isn't legal in any developed place in the world. However, places where it has been decriminalized, and studies of patterns of possible legalization point to no increase in use.



http://norml.org/marijuana/personal/item/marijuana-decriminalization-its-impact-on-use-2



Now before y'all say anything, yes, that link is to the NORML website. So what. There are still links to the different studies.



It isn't a huge leap to believe that use would go down. Take the taboo away, and some will stop caring about it.

 

[Chief Walking Stick]

Luckily I don't have a brain.

 

[mikita's helmet]

Luckily I don't have a brain.

That's stating the obvious!

 

[roshinaya]

Having weed illegal is far too lucrative to the prison industry for it to become decriminalized/illegal.

 

[supraman]

Having weed illegal is far too lucrative to the prison industry for it to become decriminalized/illegal.

bingo.

 

[mikita's helmet]

My brother used to hang out with some prosecuters who'd prosecute folks for possession, trafifficking weed during the day, and then go to parties on the weekend where folks, including themselves, were smoking it.

 

[supraman]

My brother used to hang out with some prosecuters who'd prosecute folks for possession, trafifficking weed during the day, and then go to parties on the weekend where folks, including themselves, were smoking it.

sounds like the prohibition on pot doesnt work

 

[TSD]

Marijuana isn't legal in any developed place in the world. However, places where it has been decriminalized, and studies of patterns of possible legalization point to no increase in use.



http://norml.org/mar...impact-on-use-2



Now before y'all say anything, yes, that link is to the NORML website. So what. There are still links to the different studies.



It isn't a huge leap to believe that use would go down. Take the taboo away, and some will stop caring about it.

The funny thing is, if it were legal it will be harder for kids to get. It was easier to get weed in highschool than a case of beer.

 

[the canadian dream]

The funny thing is, if it were legal it will be harder for kids to get. It was easier to get weed in highschool than a case of beer.

and that poses a good question. what would the age restriction be on buying legaly?



would still be easy to get through the black market. as i stated before its just to easy to grow its not like making other chemically filled drugs or complex fermented alchohols etc. pots just to Damn easy to produce for it ever to be fully controlled by the gov or big business.

 

[jakobeast]

The funny thing is, if it were legal it will be harder for kids to get. It was easier to get weed in highschool than a case of beer.

Thats right. It is easier for a high schooler to get weed, heroin, whatever then beer or cigarettes.



And honestly, if it were strictly asafety issue, alcohol wouldn't be legal.

 

[Rex]

Wanna explain to me the difference between "decriminalizing" and "legalizing"? Either way, we aren't spending money on it. I don't care if we ever make a dime.

decriminalizing is basically that it is not an illegal action to have marijuana for your own personal use, but you would still be arrested for selling the product.legalization means that everybody would be able to have it, and that your corner bodega would be able to sell you a gram too.

 

[Rex]

Guess I should have made that a bit clearer. I'll just use Canada as an example. Pot is still illegal here but the sentences are a lot less stiff esp for minor possession. It's also not seen as a big taboo within our boarders so we can move on dealing with real political issues. You aren't going to have a criminal record for smoking pot or having a little bit in your possession. Not going to be serving too many years in prison if caught with a grow op. Just don't mail seeds across the border!!!



Of course our current great Prime Minister who seems to have been born out of the Conservative American War On Drugs ideals is trying to change all of this and make punishments stiffer and trying to stigmatize pot again. Our country is starting to go backwards again which is always nice.

Harper is doing nothing but making the sentanses stiffer for the dealers. Someone who has their own pot isn't going to have any issues unless they have it in big quantites and in individual bags.

 

[jakobeast]

My brother used to hang out with some prosecuters who'd prosecute folks for possession, trafifficking weed during the day, and then go to parties on the weekend where folks, including themselves, were smoking it.

http://www.leap.cc/

 

[mikita's helmet]

Initiative to legalize marijuana will go to voters in Washington State this November



http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2017469558_apwaxgrlegalizingmarijuana2ndldwritethru.html



Ballot Measure Summary



As described by the Secretary of State's office, the measure would "license and regulate marijuana production, distribution, and possession for persons over twenty-one; remove state-law criminal and civil penalties for activities that it authorizes; tax marijuana sales; and earmark marijuana-related revenues.



This measure would remove state-law prohibitions against producing, processing, and selling marijuana, subject to licensing and regulation by the liquor control board; allow limited possession of marijuana by persons aged twenty-one and over; and impose 25% excise taxes on wholesale and retail sales of marijuana, earmarking revenue for purposes that include substance-abuse prevention, research, education, and healthcare. Laws prohibiting driving under the influence would be amended to include maximum thresholds for THC blood concentration.





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Initiative_502_(2011)

 

[jakobeast]

That is fantastic. Too bad it will fail.

 

[mikita's helmet]

That is fantastic. Too bad it will fail.

I think it, and our same-sex marriage initiative both have a good chance of passing.

 

[jakobeast]

I think it, and our same-sex marriage initiative both have a good chance of passing.

I hope it does don't get me wrong. The problem is there are too many old fuddy duddies and people with closed minds that think they know better then others and believe they can tell you how to live life.

 

[Rex]

I hope it does don't get me wrong. The problem is there are too many old fuddy duddies and people with closed minds that think they know better then others and believe they can tell you how to live life.

don't think it's all the fuddy duddy's that vote against pot legalization



Baptists and Bootleggers. The dealers vote it down too because they lose their cash cow.

 

[the canadian dream]

don't think it's all the fuddy duddy's that vote against pot legalization



Baptists and Bootleggers. The dealers vote it down too because they lose their cash cow.

Once the government starts taxing it to death and raising the costs to 30-40 bucks a gram for shitty low THC pot the dealers will get their cash cow back. They will also be able to slightly raise their prices also... but for better weed. Might be good for them in some sense.



I'm interested in what was mentioned about the THC limits in the blood stream as far as the driving under the influence. That's going to be a fun debate.