BS: Legalize Pot?

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 04:33 AM

Point taken LH and agreed with, my statement was sweeping and inaccurate. However, whosoever commits a crime ..if convicted..is a criminal. Breaking a speed limit does not commit a crime but does break the law so I accept your statement on that.
The point I was perhaps trying to make was that it is a crime to possess drugs, to distribute them etc. In the eyes of the law, whoever does whatever illegally with drugs commits a crime.
This is slowly becoming watered down in everyday life as are many other laws of the land.
Best wishes.

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Sep 04 - 09:41 AM

Suhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 14 Sep 04 - 12:30 AM

I neither use nor like the stuff, myself but....
One definition of insanity is to continue a demonstrably failed response
to a current situation. THe US is a country with roughly one percent of its total population in prison (a considerably higher percentage of the adult males who seem to be the ones most frequently imprisoned.) Maybe we should try something different.

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST,chester
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 08:53 AM

The Obama Administration, together with Federal partners and State and local officials, is working to reduce the use of marijuana and other illicit drugs through development of strategies that more fully integrate the principles of prevention, treatment, and recovery.

THC acts upon specific sites in the brain called cannabinoid receptors, triggering a series of cellular reactions that ultimately lead to the "high" users experience when they smoke the drug. Marijuana intoxication can cause distorted perceptions, impaired coordination, difficulty in thinking and problem solving, and problems with learning and memory. Studies have shown an association between chronic marijuana use and increased rates of anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and schizophrenia. Other research has shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50‐70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke.

"Smoking marijuana is not something I encourage, and I've told my daughters I think it's a bad idea, a waste of time, not very healthy"

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST,#
Date: 11 Nov 14 - 08:05 PM

It's nice to quote your source.

http://www.mentalhealth.va.gov/coe/cih-visn2/Documents/Provider_Education_Handouts/Marijuana_Information_Sheet_for_BHPs_Version_3.pdf

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST,chester
Date: 12 Nov 14 - 07:36 AM

A Threat to the Environment

Outdoor marijuana cultivation sites are becoming increasingly common. These "grows" often result in the destruction of natural habitat from diesel spills, pesticide runoff, and trash from cultivators.24 National parks and other public lands in the United States are used for cannabis cultivation operations, primarily by Mexican criminal groups. Data from the Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the Department of the Interior indicate that more than 4 million marijuana plants were eradicated from U.S. public lands in 2008 alone.

"The Administration steadfastly opposes legalization of marijuana and other drugs because legalization would increase the availability and use of illicit drugs, and pose significant health and safety risks to all Americans, particularly young people."
Whitehouse.gov

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: gnu
Date: 12 Nov 14 - 06:18 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciQ4ErmhO7g

And MANY more. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. Well... no... smoking it is bad for you.

Do some research if you haven't made up your mind(s).

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: mayomick
Date: 13 Nov 14 - 01:23 PM

Chester ,
A 199 study by the Institute of Medicine, run by the United States National Academy of Science , concluded that that nausea, appetite loss, pain and anxiety can all be mitigated by cannabis.It can save the lives of patients going through chemotherapy - some of them find they can't hold down anything they eat without cannabis .

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST,chester
Date: 01 Dec 14 - 08:19 AM

True there are medical use for pot but does that mean it is acceptable for recreational use? Why are you mixing the two uses? Should we legallize narcotic pain killers for recreational use?
I dont think so

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: Ed T
Date: 01 Dec 14 - 09:37 AM

""Legalizing pot could stimulate business"

Munchie-Treats Inc.

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST,#
Date: 01 Dec 14 - 10:52 AM

I would suggest that those people opposed to smoking grass don't.

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: olddude
Date: 01 Dec 14 - 01:55 PM

Correct just pass it over to me.
I got no worries I got no cares
if got no trouble mind
The blues don't mean a thing to me
I stay stoned out.. All the time

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Dec 14 - 10:14 AM

you can argue any side using Google

"While chemically very similar, there are fundamental differences in the pharmacological properties between cannabis and tobacco smoke. Cannabis smoke contains cannabinoids whereas tobacco smoke contains nicotine. Available scientific data, that examines the carcinogenic properties of inhaling smoke and its biological consequences, suggests reasons why tobacco smoke, but not cannabis smoke, may result in lung cancer."

"While cannabis smoke has been implicated in respiratory dysfunction, including the conversion of respiratory cells to what appears to be a pre-cancerous state [5], it has not been causally linked with tobacco related cancers [6] such as lung, colon or rectal cancers. Recently, Hashibe et al [7] carried out an epidemiological analysis of marijuana smoking and cancer. A connection between marijuana smoking and lung or colorectal cancer was not observed. These conclusions are reinforced by the recent work of Tashkin and coworkers [8] who were unable to demonstrate a cannabis smoke and lung cancer link, despite clearly demonstrating cannabis smoke-induced cellular damage."


There are other links... Google marijuana + carcinogens

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: Ed T
Date: 02 Dec 14 - 10:45 AM

While the source of this article is pro-pot, and few research sources are provided, the positive side of vaporization seems reasonable.


vaporization 

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 02 Dec 14 - 04:25 PM

I ain't into smokin' Marijuana myself, but I think it oughta be legal for private use and private cultivation.

So here is my simple solution:

1. make pot legal
2. make Bobertz illegal!

All the cops who are presently runnin' around and wastin' their energy over pot would be freed up to deal with Bobertz! :) This is a war that can be won! The war against drugs can't be won, but the war against Bobertz can definitely be won if all the cops in the USA are intent on dealin' with him, so it should be fought. When it is won, everyone can celebrate on a job well done.

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: olddude
Date: 02 Dec 14 - 04:43 PM

Bobster is alive unlike you stinking chimp

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: GUEST,Chongo Chimp
Date: 02 Dec 14 - 04:57 PM

You are walkin' way out on a shaky limb, buster. Better be careful it don't break.

Subject: RE: BS: Legalize Pot?
From: gnu
Date: 02 Dec 14 - 05:56 PM

In the end, from what I have read so far, vape or eat eh. I don't do Mary Jane but I don't shit on those that do.

What the fuck is it to do with youse anyway? Ya wanna get all pissy? Get pissy about booze and tobacco. Then you might have some credibility.

I am gonna have a couple of Buds and watch some late night talk shows now and not bother to tell other people what to do except put up or shut up... it doesn't concern me in the slightest unless it's a problem like booze and smokes. That's some bad shit, man. Unfortunately, I can't do anything about them and, apparently, NObody else can either. Ya can't tell others what to do unless yer holier than thou and ya got the $$$ ta do it eh? Who makes more coin than the booze and smokes companies?

You get rid of booze and smokes and THEN we'll talk about weed. The sooner, the better.

BTW... my eye doc and my GP said weed would help me but they can't give me a "prescription" because our system is messed up. Soooo, I suffer and I wonder.