Anonymous
11/04/2022 15:18
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 15:17
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
Another vote against. While I'm as liberal as they come, I'm against it for all the reasons above.
I'm working outside on my porch right now (well, looking at DCUM since I'm in a Friday, super warm November afternoon mode) and soon before I saw this thread I could smell it faintly. Just hate the smell.
I'm working outside on my porch right now (well, looking at DCUM since I'm in a Friday, super warm November afternoon mode) and soon before I saw this thread I could smell it faintly. Just hate the smell.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 15:09
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
I am voting against. I think decriminalization is fine and that’s where we should keep it. Full legalization on the other hand is dumb, will be bad for kids and bad for our communities. How many people are going to want to live in an apartment where people constantly smoke weed in their unit or on their balconies? This will increase, particularly in lower income neighborhoods and I personally believe it is a quality of life nuisance that is also a racial justice issue.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 15:03
Subject: Re:Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
I really don’t care if people want to eat gummies or whatever. I just don’t want to smell it and I don’t want my small children to smell it. That’s why I voted against legalization.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 15:01
Subject: Re:Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
I voted against it.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:59
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Weed use is already out of control in DC, I don't want they garbage everywhere in MD. It's already absurd how much weed you smell while driving on the road. Why should we make it easier for lowlifes to toke and drive?
I bet you drink alcohol. Should we make that illegal, too? I'd rather be on the road with stoned drivers than drunk drivers.
Stupid argument. I can't get you second hand drunk. Your weed pollutes the lungs of anyone who doesn't want to be exposed to weed. Children in households with weed users have detectable amounts of THC in their blood. It's disgusting.
And yet cigarettes aren’t illegal. One could argue the smoke from cigarettes is worse.
Cigarette use is banned in public spaces.
We need the same crack down on weed.
Now what are you smoking?? It is not illegal to smoke a cigarette while walking down the sidewalk.
Cigarettes do not emit psychoactive substances to unwilling bystanders that alters their perception of reality and can cloud their judgement like weed does.
You need to expand your horizons. Here, take a hit.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:57
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Weed use is already out of control in DC, I don't want they garbage everywhere in MD. It's already absurd how much weed you smell while driving on the road. Why should we make it easier for lowlifes to toke and drive?
I bet you drink alcohol. Should we make that illegal, too? I'd rather be on the road with stoned drivers than drunk drivers.
Stupid argument. I can't get you second hand drunk. Your weed pollutes the lungs of anyone who doesn't want to be exposed to weed. Children in households with weed users have detectable amounts of THC in their blood. It's disgusting.
And yet cigarettes aren’t illegal. One could argue the smoke from cigarettes is worse.
Cigarette use is banned in public spaces.
We need the same crack down on weed.
Now what are you smoking?? It is not illegal to smoke a cigarette while walking down the sidewalk.
Yes it is, actually.
Outdoor smoking is banned in Friendship Heights and that other little micro-municipality who’s name escapes me.
Are you talking about a public space in DC? Do you have a source for that?
Or are you talking about a private development, which is... not a public space.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:54
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
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.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:49
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
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.
+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.
But alcoholics are just fine.
You, ironically, sound like you have about 3 brain cells.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:48
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
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?
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:48
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
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.
DP. It actually does. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK459134/)
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:46
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
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.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:43
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
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.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:41
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
Anonymous wrote:Voted against it. I agree with folks worried about DUI. Fwiw I also feel DUI of alcohol should be very strictly punished.
It already is.
Anonymous
11/04/2022 14:41
Subject: Who else voted against weed legalization for rec use in MD?
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.