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[QUOTE](CNN) - Lighting up a freshly packed pipe is just the kind of afternoon delight iReporter robcat20 likes after dealing with a stressful day at work as an insurance agent. Usually he'll put on a movie from Netflix while enjoying a good smoke from Stella, his pipe.
There's just one a problem: Smoking marijuana is illegal in his state of Ohio.
Robcat20, who asked not to be identified by name because he fears being "labeled as a bad person" in his small town, says it's time that changed.
"I like weed, and I'm a good person," he wrote on CNN iReport. "I am a successful businessman, a loving father, devoted husband, registered Republican, active in my community with charities, church and I give piano lessons in the evenings to children with disabilities."
The 33-year-old is not the only one who wants pot prohibition laws amended. A recent CNN/ORC International survey indicated a growing appetite for cannabis, with more than 55% of people across the United States saying marijuana should be legalized. More than half the respondents said they have tried it themselves.
Ever since Colorado started selling pot legally at the start of this year, the lines to marijuana dispensaries haven't slowed down. Pot sales are blooming in Colorado now. Soon the state of Washington will be following suit, selling retail marijuana for recreational use. And on Wednesday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a preliminary vote to legalize up to one ounce of marijuana for recreational use by anyone 21 or older.
10 things to know about Colorado's marijuana shops
CNN iReport asked readers if they would consider buying retail pot if it were available in their area. Setting aside arguments around the medical efficacy of marijuana, these iReporters shared their opinions on the recreational benefits of the herb -- some citing increased relaxation, creativity and a viable alternative to alcohol. No current marijuana users wanted their names used; recreational weed is still illegal in most of the country at the state and federal levels.
From college students to seasoned computer engineers, meet some of the people who want their cannabis hobby legalized:[/QUOTE]
>registered republican
good person may be a stertch
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never gonna happen here in Ohio unfortunately, kasic is too much a republican party liner to pass something like this, also he just fixed the loopholes that allowed unlicensed gambling in Ohio, I doubt he and lawmakers here want to deal with the same thing over again with legalised pot
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also this state is so jarrymanded that even if the majority of the population wanted it, it'd be hard to get the representatives to listen
i smoke weed and im a kind hearted fellow.
[QUOTE=Ryder1337;43557750]>registered republican
good person may be a stertch[/QUOTE]
Don't you dare do this.
[QUOTE=confinedUser;43557830]i smoke weed and im a kind hearted fellow.[/QUOTE]
no ur not you should get 12 years in prison u criminal!!
[QUOTE=Xyrec;43557853]no ur not you should get 12 years in prison u criminal!![/QUOTE]
yeah thats how texas sees it, but fuck it lol
Everybody has the right to do as they please behind closed doors, especially in the case of something that's relatively harmless.
People who smoke weed can be just as productive as other members of society.
As can heroin users when they have access to clean product and paraphernalia and are able to maintain their addiction with the correct dosages, etc.
Sure that is an unpopular thing to say but it is true.
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;43557951]As can heroin users when they have access to clean product and paraphernalia and are able to maintain their addiction with the correct dosages, etc.
Sure that is an unpopular thing to say but it is true.[/QUOTE]
Heroin addiction is a long stride compared to Marijuana, man.
But on that note, I find the idea of Supervised Injection Sites(such as Insite) highly effective at controlling such an addiction.
Yeah I know it is. I was just pointing out an unpopular truth because everyone seems to hate on heroin addicts and think that the reason they are often in a bad state is because of the drug when it is more because of the lifestyle choices they make as a result of the black market and the side effects thereof.
When unbiased educational material and supervision is available at the point of use there is bound to be less harm as you say although once someone knows how to use they could do it pretty safely at home too with access to the right equipment and support.
[QUOTE=Ryder1337;43557750]>registered republican
good person may be a stertch[/QUOTE]
Fuck offffff
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The laws do really need to be worked on, they're quite outdated.
[QUOTE=confinedUser;43557830]i smoke weed and im a kind hearted fellow.[/QUOTE]
I think I smelled a woft of it once and I'm already forming a garage band
Goddamit Nixon; you're still fighting the war on drugs even today.
[editline]16th January 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=dai;43558374]I think I smelled a woft of it once and I'm already forming a garage band[/QUOTE]
will you make your music in garageband?
[QUOTE=Ryder1337;43557750]>registered republican
good person may be a stertch[/QUOTE]
le reality has a le libreal bias
i tip my fedora to you fellow /r/politics user
[QUOTE=Ryder1337;43557750]>registered republican
good person may be a stertch[/QUOTE]
Oh shut the fuck up.
This also isn't 4chan, get that "le meme arroes xD" bullshit out of here.
I don't care about greentext memery, >'s are a better bullet point than -'s
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;43558510]Oh shut the fuck up.
This also isn't 4chan, get that "le meme arroes xD" bullshit out of here.[/QUOTE]It seems your distaste for memeshit
doesn't extend to fedora jokes.
[QUOTE=ZakkShock;43558510]Oh shut the fuck up.
This also isn't 4chan, get that "le meme arroes xD" bullshit out of here.[/QUOTE]
whoa look at your high standards mr sophisticated
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;43558259]
When unbiased educational material and supervision is available at the point of use there is bound to be less harm as you say although once someone knows how to use they could do it pretty safely at home too with access to the right equipment and support.[/QUOTE]
you realize that morphine was legal for decades, and with access to pure supplies people still destroyed themselves even with doctor supervision because its a horribly addicting and destructive drug, heroine becomes morphine in the bloodstream, so your argument is invalid. you need to read to kill a mockingbird....
I think you'll find that before both "heroine" and morphine were pushed underground the levels of problematic use were comparatively far lower even if a small number did "destroy themselves" as you elegantly put it. Reading a work of fiction isn't going to help and just saying it is horribly addicting and destructive doesn't mean it is in every case. It has more potential to be destructive under certain circumstances such as in the current situation where it and it's paraphernalia are pushed into the black market and education about it is heavily biased and based on scaremongering and sob stories. It's addictiveness is not a problem if the addiction is maintained and withdrawal is not fatal. A user or addict can hold down regular activity including employment providing they manage their addiction properly.
Was that a parody post or something?
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doesn't extend to[B] fedora jokes[/B].[/QUOTE]
It's not a joke though.
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I don't get the need to prove that someone who enjoys weed as a good person.
I mean, I have no interest in it, but that doesn't mean I think you're satan incarnate if you do.
[QUOTE=Irespawnoften;43561308]I don't get the need to prove that someone who enjoys weed as a good person.
I mean, I have no interest in it, but that doesn't mean I think you're satan incarnate if you do.[/QUOTE]
I think the point is that as a society (moreso in previous years, thus someone from his generation heard a lot more of it) it's pretty regularly beaten into us that people that smoke it are failed human beings that drop out of highschool, hang with ~the wrong crowds~, and are all-out yuppies with no respect for their country.
not necessarily "insurance agents with a loving family who support conservative ideals" material, but here we are.
ITT: people trying to justify being a heroin addict.
All you stupid druggies, I remember when I was going through my brothers stuff because I suspected him of being a user, Sure enough, Pot needles all through his stuff, He's dead now, OD'd on pot.
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;43557951]As can heroin users when they have access to clean product and paraphernalia and are able to maintain their addiction with the correct dosages, etc.
Sure that is an unpopular thing to say but it is true.[/QUOTE]
the thing is, heroin is physically addictive, incredibly so, while alcohol and nicotine are not nearly as physically addictive, and marijuana is not physically addictive at all
while heroin doesnt cause any long term physical damage, (that we know of) the addictive nature of it makes it dangerous more because of the financial burden it puts on the user; cant stop people from being addicts obviously, but there is a very clear difference between heroin and marijuana
Alcohol withdrawal can be fatal, heroin withdrawal isn't. Nicotine withdrawal isn't fatal afaik
Indeed, marijuana is not physically addictive in the same sense as those. I didn't claim that there wasn't a very clear difference between heroin and marijuana, I just stated an unpopular truth in response to the post above mine. The financial burden on addicts is much the fault of inflated prohibition pricing.
Heroin as you say doesn't cause long term physical damage and that is why it and morphine are used so extensively in a medical context for pain relief.
edit: sorry was tired when I posted, meant to say Alcohol withdrawal [I]can be[/I] fatal
[QUOTE=Loriborn;43562387]the thing is, heroin is physically addictive, incredibly so, while alcohol and nicotine are not nearly as physically addictive, and marijuana is not physically addictive at all
while heroin doesnt cause any long term physical damage, (that we know of) the addictive nature of it makes it dangerous more because of the financial burden it puts on the user; cant stop people from being addicts obviously, but there is a very clear difference between heroin and marijuana[/QUOTE]
Is that an argument for keeping it illegal?
counterpoint i smoke weed and im a belligerent asshole ban weed
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