New York City Is Discovering That Legalizing Marijuana Wasn’t Really a Great Idea

PJ Media ^ | 04/17/2023 | Robert Spencer

[gundog]

Yeah...I meant after your time on Earth.

[momincombatboots]

Lol… then were saved because the taxes offset the emergency response, healthcare costs and actual revenue n property damages.

[5th MEB]

Don’t grow dope, don’t smoke dope, don’t eat dope; and I live in the direct center of California’s “EMERALD TRIANGLE”.

Folks all around me got into the dope growing business when it was first legalized, invested hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars in greenhouses, generators, water tanks, irrigation equipment, etc.

They still have to compete with the MEXICAN MAFIA ILLEGAL GROWS and their prices crashed about 2 years ago, now most of those greenhouses are empty and falling into disrepair.

They would have been smarter to grow lemons, tangerines, and oranges for sale on the local market up here.

Dwarf Avocados would have made them millionairs!

[alexander_busek]

I don't drink the shit anyway, so I could give a rat's ass what they do with it.

That's a nihilistic attitude. (And Nihilism is the last refuge of rapscallions / people who are too lazy to rigorously mount a stringently logical defense of their own professed views.)

You brought up the issue of "morality," so I think that it's a convenient cop-out to now say that you don't care one way or the other.

Regards,

[BipolarBob]

If you’re trying to make a point, I missed it.

[mass55th]

"If you’re trying to make a point, I missed it."

That's okay, may your other side got it.

[mass55th]

"You brought up the issue of "morality,"

Show me where I used that word?

[BipolarBob]

No, I asked him. He doesn’t care about opium either.

[mass55th]

"Just need to undercut the very high "legal" price."

It's like anything else, if they outlaw something, people will still find ways to get it illegally, and if they legalize something, people will still find ways to get it illegally.

[Eagles6]

Yep.

[dynachrome]

From 2020 and it’s only gotten worse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAbF2bKo2Fs

[citizen]

I read quite a while ago that since they legalized the use of marijuana, that vehicle accident claims have gone up.

---

Nashville, TN, early 70s. A guy named Phil sold downers, seconols, nimbutols and the like. Phil drove a used van and the front, back & corners all had dents & minor damage. Nothing speed related, only that his reaction times getting to a stop were a bit slow.

Pot likewise alters one's spatial perception in a lot of people.

[mass55th]

Thanks for the video link!! Much appreciated!

[mass55th]

"Nothing speed related, only that his reaction times getting to a stop were a bit slow."

I wonder how long it was before he killed himself in that van, killed someone else with it, or someone killed him to take over his business. Lifestyle choices are directly connected to the number of years you live.

[citizen]

No idea, as I moved to Cincinnati later in the summer. Work related.

[mumblypeg]

Stoned people are easy to control people. Plus, there’s that secondhand smoke issue. Can’t even go to a concert, walk thru downtown, ride the subway, or take your kids to the park without the stoners blowing smoke in your face. And it’s not just weed— it’s meth, heroin, & crack, too.

[x]

The fumes do help to hide the citywide urine smell.

[alexander_busek]

alexander_busek: "You brought up the issue of "morality,"

mass55th: Show me where I used that word?

You are absolutely correct! Nowhere in your several postings did you claim to be supporting a morally defensible stance! Nowhere did you advance a moral argument! Your statements have been entirely devoid of moral discernment! Never did you allude to "morality!"

I stand corrected! You are clearly unconcerned about the moral implications of the issues at hand!

Regards,

[mewzilla]

Update. Check this out...

NYS Office of Cannabis Management announces launch of cannabis growers showcase to help farmers

Because Deep State likes its citizenry stoned and stupid.

[dfwgator]

Just wait until they add President Obama Blvd.