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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

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

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

Are you really arguing alcohol is less harmful than weed?[/quote]

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.[/quote]

NO ONE is suggesting weed for minors or pregnant women. Obviously. 🙄[/quote]i
Juul wasn’t supposed to be sold to minors either and yet…[/quote]

Have you ever been to a dispensary?  Minors are not buying at a legal shop.  Your DL is recorded every time you want to walk in the door. And it’s much more expensive to buy legally than on the street.

Kids have always smoked weed - being illegal doesn’t mean anything.  There is a typical demographic that seems to use flavored vape pens and it’s not educated middle or upper class adults (the group legal weed seems to attract). [/quote]

Being illegal doesn't mean people won't do it, you're right, but being legal means it is easier for people to do it, which sucks.

I'm tired of the reefer madness and smelling pot everywhere. Can I just drive on the road without being exposed to mind altering clouds of smoke because some douche bag is hot boxing while driving with a DWI? [/quote]

I am in SF where it's been legal. I don't partake however. I've tried it several times and it doesn't relax me, I get a dry mouth and just don't enjoy it. But the complaining about the second hand smoke is BS.  Who smokes anymore?? Most people use gummies or vape pens... There is no impact on neighbors and no one is getting a contact high that way.

And no one mentioning the taxes generated or the heavy regulation. It's just such a non problem- focus on opioids, gun violence, poverty, and violence.  This is a dumb cause to put energy behind. [/quote]

Here in Maryland, drug-related gun violence is fueled by marijuana. [/quote]p

Only because of heavy regulation and high taxes. The government should distribute weed for free to people who can't afford it.[/quote]

Like kids? The kids who robbed and slit their dealer’s throat in Bethesda were 16, 17, and 18. [/quote]

If weed were legal there wouldn't be dealers who are targets for robbery because they're out on the street with lots of cash.
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Legalizing it never gets rid of the illicit market or the violence associated with it. In some cases, like California, it gets even worse. [/quote]
I am going to make a dumb analogy here, but one of the illicit businesses featured in Goodfellas that the mob profited in was bootleg cigarettes which was a perfectly legal product where lots of money could be made in the tax arbitrage. The current situation with marijuana everywhere that it has been legalized is no different and it California in particular - but also Colorado - the numbers that are being reported in police busts are staggering and just like in Goodfellas the crime is being driven by large-scale criminal organizations.
https://www.denverpost.com/2021/06/20/black-market-marijuana-colorado-chinese-crime-rings/

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