Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I voted against it.


Pot makes you dumb. A little pot makes you a little dumb, and a lot of pot makes you really dumb.

It’s not in our interest as a society to be even further dumbed down.

Alcohol does the same thing, but it’s a heck of a lot more addictive.

DP - alcohol doesn’t increase risk for psychosis. It doesn’t produce smoke that’s harmful for those around the person smoking weed.

Are you really arguing alcohol is less harmful than weed?

No, I’m not. I’m arguing that weed isn’t harmless, as a shocking amount of educated people seem to think.

As to the psychosis issue: I should have been more specific. Cannabis use in adolescence specifically increases risk for psychosis and schizophrenia. Alcohol might increase that risk slightly, but not nearly as much as cannabis.

But again, the real problem is that people think cannabis is NBD. It IS a big deal. It’s NOT okay to smoke weed during pregnancy, or give it to your teenagers, or smoke it regularly around your kids.

I don’t think anyone is saying it’s ok. Most people use edibles anyway.

Most people?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I voted against it.


Pot makes you dumb. A little pot makes you a little dumb, and a lot of pot makes you really dumb.

It’s not in our interest as a society to be even further dumbed down.

Alcohol does the same thing, but it’s a heck of a lot more addictive.

DP - alcohol doesn’t increase risk for psychosis. It doesn’t produce smoke that’s harmful for those around the person smoking weed.

Are you really arguing alcohol is less harmful than weed?

No, I’m not. I’m arguing that weed isn’t harmless, as a shocking amount of educated people seem to think.

As to the psychosis issue: I should have been more specific. Cannabis use in adolescence specifically increases risk for psychosis and schizophrenia. Alcohol might increase that risk slightly, but not nearly as much as cannabis.

But again, the real problem is that people think cannabis is NBD. It IS a big deal. It’s NOT okay to smoke weed during pregnancy, or give it to your teenagers, or smoke it regularly around your kids.

I don’t think anyone is saying it’s ok. Most people use edibles anyway.

Most people?

Obviously I meant most people who use pot.

For all your talk about how getting high makes people dumb, you’re awfully dense.

[Anonymous]

Democrat here-against. I'm ok with decriminalizing certain aspects of marijuana posession/use, but not ok with legalizing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Democrat here-against. I'm ok with decriminalizing certain aspects of marijuana posession/use, but not ok with legalizing it.

Why?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I voted against it.


Pot makes you dumb. A little pot makes you a little dumb, and a lot of pot makes you really dumb.

It’s not in our interest as a society to be even further dumbed down.

+1

The people I know who regularly smoke pot are down to about three brain cells. They're really dumb. They're also extremely addicted to pot.

Addiction to pot is no joke. We live in D.C. though so no one is allowed to talk about that, or any other downside of smoking pot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I voted against it.


Pot makes you dumb. A little pot makes you a little dumb, and a lot of pot makes you really dumb.

It’s not in our interest as a society to be even further dumbed down.

Alcohol does the same thing, but it’s a heck of a lot more addictive.

DP - alcohol doesn’t increase risk for psychosis. It doesn’t produce smoke that’s harmful for those around the person smoking weed.

Are you really arguing alcohol is less harmful than weed?

No, I’m not. I’m arguing that weed isn’t harmless, as a shocking amount of educated people seem to think.

As to the psychosis issue: I should have been more specific. Cannabis use in adolescence specifically increases risk for psychosis and schizophrenia. Alcohol might increase that risk slightly, but not nearly as much as cannabis.

But again, the real problem is that people think cannabis is NBD. It IS a big deal. It’s NOT okay to smoke weed during pregnancy, or give it to your teenagers, or smoke it regularly around your kids.

I don’t think anyone is saying it’s ok. Most people use edibles anyway.

Legalizing its sale means you think it's okay. What else could it mean?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Democrat here-against. I'm ok with decriminalizing certain aspects of marijuana posession/use, but not ok with legalizing it.

Why?

DP but I have the same view. People shouldn’t go to jail for it but there is no need to encourage or normalize it either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Democrat here-against. I'm ok with decriminalizing certain aspects of marijuana posession/use, but not ok with legalizing it.

Why?

DP but I have the same view. People shouldn’t go to jail for it but there is no need to encourage or normalize it either.

DC doesn't enforce anything, and in case you haven't been paying attention, the city council is voting to effectively decriminalize everything but the very worst crimes. Almost no one goes to jail in DC or elsewhere solely because of pot possession.

[Anonymous]

I’m Republican and voted to legalize it but only to point out democrat hypocrisy as they are banning tobacco

[Anonymous]

I voted to legalize it, I’m a Republican but my concern is driving while high. Democrats do stupid things like say pot smoke or seeing it isn’t reasonable suspicion for police whereas smelling alcohol would be .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't we stop people from smoking weed and driving? Why is it allowed? It's crazy!!

It's not allowed.

[Anonymous]

I voted for it.

The problem with driving while under the influence of marijuana is there’s no way to test for it. You can’t give someone a breathalyzer to see if they’re high. You can’t prove that someone used recently vs used three weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why can't we stop people from smoking weed and driving? Why is it allowed? It's crazy!!

It's not allowed.

democrats tend to make smelling pot not be cause for police to do a sobriety test

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will be voting against it. i’m not looking forward to getting a contact high walking through the streets like I do when I travel to California and DC.

I drink alcohol but it’s not the same thing. I don’t drink and drive and when I drink a glass of wine I know the smell doesn’t waft through the neighborhood.

No it is not.
Alcohol is way worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I voted to legalize it, I’m a Republican but my concern is driving while high. Democrats do stupid things like say pot smoke or seeing it isn’t reasonable suspicion for police whereas smelling alcohol would be .

Driving while high is a huge problem but Democrats don't talk about it because they use marijuana liberalization to try to get young people to go to the polls.