It should be. It has never killed anyone. It is not a dangerous substance.
I could either have the future pass me or l could create it.
“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain .” - Benjamin Franklin So flat Earthers, man-made climate change deniers, and just science deniers.
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That being said, the prohibition era shows that prohibiting recreational drugs just creates a market for crime. When criminals are the only ones who can provide a product, there is no health or ethical controls, making it even more dangerous.
Prohibiting marijuana places many (otherwise) law abiding and well adjusted people into jail which is a life changing activity.This is a gigantic waste of money, as well.
I think we should regulate pharmacology and clinically treat addiction, instead of criminalizing it, feeding the dangerous underground markets and taking a relatively harmless vice and turning it into a life ruining (or ending) crime by banning it.
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“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain .” - Benjamin Franklin So flat Earthers, man-made climate change deniers, and just science deniers.
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Explain how weed has killed anyone.
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@Max_Air29
Can you provide some details about a case where someone overdosed on marijuana?
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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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I have yet to meet one person who doesn't become much less coherent and intelligent from heavy weed use.
I am against alcohol being legal.
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I think it needs to be discouraged and employers still need to ensure that their employees are drug free.
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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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"A communist is like a crocodile" ~Winston Churchill
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.~Orson Welles
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"A communist is like a crocodile" ~Winston Churchill
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.~Orson Welles
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"A communist is like a crocodile" ~Winston Churchill
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.~Orson Welles
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I support a limit of alcohol in the blood etc (same with all drugs). If you got above said amount in your blood, you are forced into rehab.
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Crimes will happen if you outlaw things, that is not a reason to not outlaw them.
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That being said, despite having no interest in trying the stuff, I do think it should be legalized. In the black market, marijuana is unregulated, which means it can be spiked with dangerous materials that make it all the more dangerous to use. It also doesn't help that those black markets are used by drug cartels to line their coffers, particularly as marijuana engenders far more interest in a broad population than most other illegal drugs. Regulation also means getting a decent amount of revenue from taxes, which can bolster local, state and federal governments and help pay for a variety of health issues.
Beyond that, I do think there's a reasonable point to be made about personal choice and the capacity of individuals to seek out something that makes them feel better. I think treating these people as criminals creates more problems than it solves, turning addictions into criminal issues rather than a health problem, and pushing a lot more people who do fairly petty crimes into an already massively overcrowded prison system.
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Here's a point I saw: " marijuana is unregulated, which means it can be spiked with dangerous materials that make it all the more dangerous to use."
So even legalized, can this NOT still happen?
"A communist is like a crocodile" ~Winston Churchill
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Effects of marijuana :
Increased heart rate in the short term.
A chronic cough and frequent respiratory infections
Mental and cognitive issues, including problems with learning and memory, hallucinations, anxiety, panic attacks, and psychosis, especially in youth.
A 2012 study indicated people who smoked marijuana before age 17 were 3.5 times more likely to attempt suicide than those who started smoking marijuana later in life.
Those dependent on marijuana had a higher risk of experiencing major depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Subsequent research published in 2014 indicated daily adolescent users were 18 times more likely to become dependent on marijuana, seven times more likely to attempt suicide and eight times more likely to use other illegal drugs in the future.
Overdoses:
On June 23,16 people in Houston"s Hermann Park overdosed on K2 and were hospitalized.
On July 12, 33 people on a single block in Brooklyn, New York, were suspected of overdosing on K2.
A few weeks after the Brooklyn episode, 20 people in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were treated for kush overdoses in a two-day period. Kush is unlike heroin, where people overdose and generally die quickly. People on kush wander into traffic, have seizures or strokes not easily traced back to the drug or are left paralyzed and fighting for their lives.
Emily Bauer, a teenage girl in suburban Houston, suffered five strokes related to her 2013 overdose. Doctors said 70% of her brain tissue was dead and she would never recover. However, as of 2016, she was slowly regaining some functioning.
One of the newest banned synthetic pot substances, MDMB-CHMICA is thought to be responsible for 42 overdoses and 29 deaths in Europe.
High while Driving:
Drugged driving caused more than 28% of deaths in 2010, compared to 16% in 1999.
Marijuana was the primary drug responsible for this increase, contributing to 12% of 2010 crashes versus 4% in 1999.
Marijuana was the primary drug responsible for this increase, contributing to 12% of 2010 crashes versus 4% in 1999.
Most tests look for delta 9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive substance in marijuana, and 11-OH-THC, its active metabolite.
A combined use of alcohol and marijuana dramatically increases a driver's risk of death.
A report by the American Automobile Association (AAA) found that the percentage of drivers who were high on pot during fatal accidents in Washington state more than doubled between 2013 and 2014, with 85 deaths involving THC in 2014.
In 2007, 8.6% of weekend nighttime drivers tested positive for THC versus 12.6% of drivers in 2013 to 2014, a 48% increase.
Utah officials said the number of fatal car wrecks in the state in which drivers tested positive for marijuana rose from 11 in 2012 to 38 in 2015, an increase from 6% of crashes to 15%. Analysts said the uptick in marijuana-related crashes may be tied to legalization in nearby states. Concurrently, the percentage of drivers in fatal crashes tested for drugs increased from 42% in 2011 to 62% in 2015.
Legal cannabis linked to 66% rise in traffic deaths in Colorado: Study reveals a surge in fatal motor accidents since the state went green in 2013.
Overdose stories:
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca...
http://www.foxnews.com...
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Is that a problem with potato chips, or ketchup, or Honduran cigars? Is there any consumer product where this is a problem with factory new goods?
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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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The overdoses are ALL synthetic cases and no one to date has overdosed on cannabis, despite the millions of people using the plant for whatever purpose. Comparing those numbers to literally any other substance, even some food which has caused many deaths per year, cannabis would seem like the perfect, and perfectly harmless drug. Add on to the fact that USGS quietly admits that cannabis is capable of curing the cancer caused by these substances, I'd say there is no good reason to keep it illegal anymore. Especially not in the same class with heroin.
As discussed, the next section includes cases for synthetic cannabinoid and is irrelevant to the discission. Synthetics will eventually be eradicated once the real thing is legalized.
Sources on the "high while driving" section please.
The huff post link is a bait and switch. Quote from the article.
"The Huffington Post set out to compile a list of every person who has ever died solely as the result of a marijuana overdose.
Here’s what we found:
There are no recorded instances of anyone dying from a fatal dose of marijuana alone."
Did you even read the article? Whatever agrees with you in the search results right? "@mindmaster"
Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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Yes, and no. There is a huge difference between What you said:
"If you got above said amount in your blood, you are forced into rehab." And cases of drinking and driving and domestic abuse. One could get really wasted on his 21st birthday and catch a cab home and pass out, never hurting a soul. You're suggesting this merits forced rehab. There are already laws in place for those cases you mentioned.
Alcohol creates lives too.
Scientific method: noun; a method of procedure that has characterized natural science since the 17th century, consisting in systematic observation, measurement, and experiment, and the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses.
The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.
Wayne Dyer
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