Anonymous wrote:Some of the pro pot people do need to sit back and accept that there have been downsides to legalizing marijuana.

Look, at the end of the day, it's a mind altering substance. It's not healthy either, as it has a high degree of toxicity. If you smoke regularly rather than the occasional joint at a party, you are harming your lungs. And if you are young, it absolutely impacts the brain development. And it smells. Many people don't like the smell. The difference between alcohol abuse and marijuana abuse is that I don't smell the alcoholic next door to me. But I'd smell his pot. So it's a negative externality that you're imposing on others.

You'd also have to be a right fool not to notice the huge explosion of young (mostly white) kids begging and hanging out in cities with no real occupation and there must be a direct connection to the growth of both marijuana and opoids. And if you think it's bad in DC or other East Coast cities, just go out to Denver or California. It's far worse out there. We are seeing a massive, long term problem emerge with an underclass of perpetually stoned, wacked out, brain damaged young people. And that's not good. Personally, it's made me realize that legalizing marijuana and now even other drugs is a middle class luxury that is having bad impacts on poorer and less able parts of American society. I used to support legalization based on the idea it should be a free will decision and it was at a time when pot usage was almost always private, out of sight. But now I've changed my mind greatly.

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Anonymous wrote:Some of the pro pot people do need to sit back and accept that there have been downsides to legalizing marijuana.

Look, at the end of the day, it's a mind altering substance. It's not healthy either, as it has a high degree of toxicity. If you smoke regularly rather than the occasional joint at a party, you are harming your lungs. And if you are young, it absolutely impacts the brain development. And it smells. Many people don't like the smell. The difference between alcohol abuse and marijuana abuse is that I don't smell the alcoholic next door to me. But I'd smell his pot. So it's a negative externality that you're imposing on others.

You'd also have to be a right fool not to notice the huge explosion of young (mostly white) kids begging and hanging out in cities with no real occupation and there must be a direct connection to the growth of both marijuana and opoids. And if you think it's bad in DC or other East Coast cities, just go out to Denver or California. It's far worse out there. We are seeing a massive, long term problem emerge with an underclass of perpetually stoned, wacked out, brain damaged young people. And that's not good. Personally, it's made me realize that legalizing marijuana and now even other drugs is a middle class luxury that is having bad impacts on poorer and less able parts of American society. I used to support legalization based on the idea it should be a free will decision and it was at a time when pot usage was almost always private, out of sight. But now I've changed my mind greatly.

You're not around too many serious alcoholics then. Smell aside, you're in a lot more danger sitting next to an alcoholic than a pot head.

Anonymous wrote:Some of the pro pot people do need to sit back and accept that there have been downsides to legalizing marijuana.

Look, at the end of the day, it's a mind altering substance. It's not healthy either, as it has a high degree of toxicity. If you smoke regularly rather than the occasional joint at a party, you are harming your lungs. And if you are young, it absolutely impacts the brain development. And it smells. Many people don't like the smell. The difference between alcohol abuse and marijuana abuse is that I don't smell the alcoholic next door to me. But I'd smell his pot. So it's a negative externality that you're imposing on others.

You'd also have to be a right fool not to notice the huge explosion of young (mostly white) kids begging and hanging out in cities with no real occupation and there must be a direct connection to the growth of both marijuana and opoids. And if you think it's bad in DC or other East Coast cities, just go out to Denver or California. It's far worse out there. We are seeing a massive, long term problem emerge with an underclass of perpetually stoned, wacked out, brain damaged young people. And that's not good. Personally, it's made me realize that legalizing marijuana and now even other drugs is a middle class luxury that is having bad impacts on poorer and less able parts of American society. I used to support legalization based on the idea it should be a free will decision and it was at a time when pot usage was almost always private, out of sight. But now I've changed my mind greatly.

Anonymous wrote:What is the alternative to legal weed?

Locking people up for using?

We tried that for decades. Colossal failure.

Anonymous wrote:Article today about teen use of edibles skyrocketing in states where marijuana was legalized. This is my greatest concern - how to educate ones teen that rampant use is not harmless to their growing bodies.

Anonymous wrote:No, I think it was a mistake. The city reeks of pot and kids are inhaling it as second hand smoke all over town.

Anonymous wrote:Article today about teen use of edibles skyrocketing in states where marijuana was legalized. This is my greatest concern - how to educate ones teen that rampant use is not harmless to their growing bodies.

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Every word of that made sense (unless you are high).

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And with that they have an increase in drug use and their homeless (particularly among those under 20) who have migrated there for the pot. Oh and their traffic accidents are on the rise and not in a good way. Don't forget to point out the obvious not desirable effects of legalized marijuana.

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So getting FREE housing means they are NOT a priority? What planet are you from?

What matters is not evicting a poor family over marijuana.

Because we should be working to pay for their housing and health care, while they spend their “own” money on pot. Great idea...

Anonymous wrote:Colorado has built new schools. Police departments have upgraded equipment. But yeah let’s not do that.

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So getting FREE housing means they are NOT a priority? What planet are you from?

What matters is not evicting a poor family over marijuana.

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Anonymous wrote:No to pot that non-smokers need to interact with at all. No to laborers smoking at bus stops after work and no to those two frat boys whose parents bought them an apartment in our building who keep stinking the place up. No to dangerous driving by stoned idiots. No to general loss of productivity and good judgment as members of our society decide to stop struggling against the world's increasing scariness in favor of just "mellowing out."

No to making any god damn sense apparently, either.