Posted on 10/06/2014 6:05:29 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
A definitive 20-year study into the effects of long-term cannabis use has demolished the argument that the drug is safe. Cannabis is highly addictive, causes mental health problems and opens the door to hard drugs, the study found.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
So would disagree with your contention and counter that is not a founding principle of our nation.
They would also argue that what an individual does is his business alone if it does not harm another. And any attempt to control it would be considered a violent assault.
Some of these crazy folks actually believe that mankind should control the law...and how/when/if it's enforced.
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were two.
Not that it matters to you, but libertarians don't want that.
lighten up francis, I was trying to be nice,
It appears you do not know the difference anyway and are out driving around lookin for something sucking on your Apple pacifier
There is a reason it is called DOPE
On the flipside, I don’t want to pay for incarcerating people just so judges, policemen, jail guards, and attorneys can have a good living harassing and punishing people for something so minor.
Do you know the difference between a drunk driver and a stoned driver?
A drunk driver will blow right past a stop sign. A stoned driver will sit & wait for it to turn green.
i am listening for first candidate for president to promise to execute the laws we have against dope and illegal immigration!!. These laws are passed and signed. Obola has broken them . This madness in Colorado would end with search warrants.
You and me both. And, for me, pot was definitely the gateway to harder drugs.
I’m glad that crap is 30+ years behind me.
We're there. And people like you helped.
Laws aren't to protect you from yourself. They're to protect the rest of us when you're higher than a kite.
The madness in CO is going to end with the voters repealing the marijuana law. We aren't all stupid out here, and sanity will prevail.
LOL!
It is either that or the stoned driver is still sitting on his couch thinking about where he might find his keys while he has them in his hand and then just eating something instead.
Federal law preempt state joke law real bad. Did you know that? This is a violation of FEDERAL law!! IT WILL GO DOWN!!
It doesn’t have to be smoked. I know someone taking it for pain, it is very effective and only requires one dose per week. YMMV.
Sorry, it’s not going to go down because of Federal Law. The Feds have, and will continue, to look the other way here in CO, as they have everywhere.
As with all important issues, this is going to have to be done by the voters.
The people I knew in high school who used cannabis went from being capable articulate people to generally unmotivated sponges. (Honor roll to dropouts.) I know at least one who went on to heroin and died before her 18th birthday.
found at:
http://www.populartechnology.net/2014/04/150-scientific-studies-showing-dangers.html
“Perception of marijuana as a “safe drug” is scientifically inaccurate (University of Montreal)
Cannabis more damaging to health than previously thought claim doctors (Imperial College London)
see first link for more.
I think we still stop people from committing suicide. Prohibitions against marijuana are intended to prevent intellectual suicide and damage to society. I do not, however, support civil seizure without trial, or excessive sentences for minor possession.
The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.
“Cannabis is highly addictive, causes mental health problems and opens the door to hard drugs, the study found.”
Too funny. When I was a kid in the fifties, and sixties (more than twenty years ago) we were told to “never smoke dope”, “mary jane”, “weed”, because it’s “addictive, makes ya nuts, and starts ya on the road to hard stuff”.
I guess those unenlightened folks back then weren’t to be believed.
I'm pretty sure there are more ex-stoners, given the average age around here.
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