What percentage of dope smokers are using it for medicinal purposes? 1%? Btw I’m not talking about stoners that go to Dr Feelgood because “their back hurts”.
Joints. It took me a while to figure it out. I kept looking at the jar and trying to figure what kind of joint replacement surgery was possible on an over-the-counter basis.
Although it is true that marijuana has medicinal values, it is also true that there are millions who have a prescription who don’t require one. On the other hand, couldn’t we say this about valium, xanax, and other “mother’s little helpers”?
I have never met a violent stoner. As a matter of fact, I have relatives who were at anti-war rallies in the late 1960s, and suddenly trucks would arrive with bags of pot. People would throw them to the crowd. I think it might have been “crowd control”. Violent demonstrations were replaced with “sit-ins”, as you may recall.
I submit that marijuana used under any circumstance creates far fewer problems than legal drugs, like alcohol, nicotine, caffiene and its associated “energy drinks”…
A friend of mine happened to be seated on a plane next to a DEA agent. The agent told him that DEA estimates that there is marijuana in one house out of three in the US.
You want to dent the deficit? Legalize marijuana and tax its sale.
And legalization would do much to stop the uneven enforcement that places so many young black men in prison. When a person comes out of prison, it’s that much harder to get a job. And then there’s the need for welfare, medicaid, etc. So, if people were less stigmatized, we’d have less demand for government services.
“The more laws a society has, the more lawless a society appears.”
I don’t smoke pot, but here in San Francisco it sometimes seems like that puts me in the minority. Some smokers I know have prescriptions for it, some don’t. I know some smokers who smoke too much and some who don’t, in the same way that I know some people who drink too much and some who don’t. It’s not much more fun trying to talk to someone who’s stoned than it is trying to talk to a drunk, but the drunk guy is probably more likely to want to fight.
Sure, medicinal marijuana is “the thin end of the wedge,” but it’s still a good idea. Likewise, legaqlization of industrial hemp is “the thin end of the wedge,” but it’s also a good idea (and outlawing hemp in the first place to fight marijuana was a singularly STUPID idea). This particular “wedge” seems to be thin edges all the way ’round.
Dtroutma over 11 years ago
Bottom shelf holds the safest med.
ConserveGov over 11 years ago
What percentage of dope smokers are using it for medicinal purposes? 1%? Btw I’m not talking about stoners that go to Dr Feelgood because “their back hurts”.
alex Coke Premium Member over 11 years ago
Where’s the bourbon?
3hourtour Premium Member over 11 years ago
..Colorado or bust…
SwimsWithSharks over 11 years ago
Joints. It took me a while to figure it out. I kept looking at the jar and trying to figure what kind of joint replacement surgery was possible on an over-the-counter basis.
Justice22 over 11 years ago
Now, What is the shelf life of a joint?
Cat43ullus over 11 years ago
The recreational ones would more likely be on the bedside table or in the kitchen, near the twinkies granola.
I Play One On TV over 11 years ago
Although it is true that marijuana has medicinal values, it is also true that there are millions who have a prescription who don’t require one. On the other hand, couldn’t we say this about valium, xanax, and other “mother’s little helpers”?
I have never met a violent stoner. As a matter of fact, I have relatives who were at anti-war rallies in the late 1960s, and suddenly trucks would arrive with bags of pot. People would throw them to the crowd. I think it might have been “crowd control”. Violent demonstrations were replaced with “sit-ins”, as you may recall.
I submit that marijuana used under any circumstance creates far fewer problems than legal drugs, like alcohol, nicotine, caffiene and its associated “energy drinks”…
A friend of mine happened to be seated on a plane next to a DEA agent. The agent told him that DEA estimates that there is marijuana in one house out of three in the US.
You want to dent the deficit? Legalize marijuana and tax its sale.
And legalization would do much to stop the uneven enforcement that places so many young black men in prison. When a person comes out of prison, it’s that much harder to get a job. And then there’s the need for welfare, medicaid, etc. So, if people were less stigmatized, we’d have less demand for government services.
“The more laws a society has, the more lawless a society appears.”
fritzoid Premium Member over 11 years ago
I don’t smoke pot, but here in San Francisco it sometimes seems like that puts me in the minority. Some smokers I know have prescriptions for it, some don’t. I know some smokers who smoke too much and some who don’t, in the same way that I know some people who drink too much and some who don’t. It’s not much more fun trying to talk to someone who’s stoned than it is trying to talk to a drunk, but the drunk guy is probably more likely to want to fight.
Sure, medicinal marijuana is “the thin end of the wedge,” but it’s still a good idea. Likewise, legaqlization of industrial hemp is “the thin end of the wedge,” but it’s also a good idea (and outlawing hemp in the first place to fight marijuana was a singularly STUPID idea). This particular “wedge” seems to be thin edges all the way ’round.
Just legalize it, already.