I never did it in high school. I did it some in college, but it made me feel stupid, so I quit. I don’t think this justifies making it illegal, though. Alcohol makes you stupid, too (though perhaps more temporarily).
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F*ck with your brain and eventually it will f*ck with you.
And the stuff that’s around now is a much more concentrated version than what was around during most of us here’s youth; they maybe smoked at say Woodstock ~0.74%THC pot. I have heard figures of as high as 13% THC not counting impurities; a bit like comparing 18 yr old kids drinking 3.2 % Beer versus say Jack Daniels.
I voted for marijuana legalization way back when, and well, the stuff complained about in the story is what I expected. There are much worse things than doped up idiots occasionally appearing in emergency rooms. The budding police state, powered by abusive US drug laws, is one of those things that are worse.
“I voted for marijuana legalization way back when, and well, the stuff complained about in the story is what I expected.”
I agree that ending the ruinously expensive WOD is the way to go and legalizing pot is a first step. However I must confess to being disappointed in the legalization of marijuana in one respect. I thought that they would subject the legalized pot to regs on concentration availability etc. more that they have so far. Legal pot could have grades depending on THC content with higher concentrations being more heavily regulated. Something analogous to beer vs hard liquor, but so far nothing like that seems to be happening.
Yeah, Ann & I bought some edibles at a shop in Bakersfield in 2016, and after sampling a couple of items we looked at a certain brownie with dread. I did a spreadsheet, and 1/16th of that damn thing would have taken away the first digit of my IQ for a few days. We never did eat it before it went nasty in the fridge.
There doesn’t seem to be any obstacle legally to doing that. I guess they’re just ignoring things.
“I did a spreadsheet, and 1/16th of that damn thing would have taken away the first digit of my IQ for a few days. We never did eat it before it went nasty in the fridge.”
Yes. That is BS; one of the major points of legalization is to prevent accidental overdoses. Especially with edibles; you don’t even necessarily know what you are buying THC concentration wise. Easier to overdose with a pot laced brownie because the effects of eating them is delayed. Furthermore are the seller/producers even legally required to tell you how concentrated their product is or subject it to some third party testing of such?
I’m in favor of legalization on libertarian, my-body-my-choice grounds; but one of the main reasons I chose, and still choose, not to indulge is because pot makes smart people stupid. I base that on observation, not prejudice.
Or it could be the reverse– stupid people are more likely to be heavy users of intoxicants.
The advantage of cannabis/marijuana/weed/pot is that it is more concentrated than a couple of six-packs. (And isn’t diuretic…)
I come down on the state’s right issue. The lesson of Prohibition tells us that the Federal Government had no constitutional authority to restrict, tax, regulate, or ban “intoxicants” until the 18th Amendment. Which new power was promptly and improperly applied by Congress to beer… Once the 21st repealed the 18th, the “one size fits all” idea of making Kansas and Nebraska drive policy in Connecticutt and New Jersey — or vice versa — should have been dead forever. Yet now we have some states in open defiance of existing Federal Law. If the Feds are within their constitutional authority to prohibit traffic in weeds, then the states that have “decriminalized it” are in rebellion. Or insurrection. Something. On the other hand, if the states’ legislatures CAN take power away ( or back )from the Feds on this issue, why not any other? Let Congress mandate six weeks of early voting and then Texas restrict such polling to six days. What then?
I’m letting my libertarian flag fly here. But there is no reason to stop with pot. You can regulate and distribute cocain and heroin from the same facility. It’s already guarded, and those drug prices would fall dramatically if regulated. The rich could subdize the unfortunate heroin users, who could then both shorten their lives, at whatever pace they desired. The pot users will make their contributions to society by forgetting to vote. Seems like a big win for everybody.
One thing more on legalization. Many of them could get jobs and become working addicts instead of homeless ones. Worked with a few back in the 70s and 80s. Not the best solution but seems better than supporting them in and out of jail and welfare. Not to mention some level of self respect for a few of them.