Many US communities are blocking medical marijuana
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[QUOTE=a203xi;34145644]Most dispensaries are run very much like legitimate stores you'd expect to find anywhere else and are quite professional. Anything else you've seen was just a specific case of a badly managed business that will most likely get themselves into trouble if they don't take their own business seriously.[/QUOTE]
Yes I imagine Weed Wars was made for primarily for entertainment so it picked the most ridiculous dispensary they could find (their accountant wore a tie-dye dress all the time... so much so that he changed his name to Dave Wedding Dress..), but I still reckon most people take the piss when applying to have medical marijuana, the BBC did a documentary a while ago where they interviewed tons of people asking why they needed "medical marijuana". Basically a load of hench black guys and loads of dreadlocked guys/gals in a weed paraphernalia store who all stated with a smirk that they had mysteriously developed insomnia or had "panic attacks". Either handle medicine properly or make it legal or decriminalise it so people can drop the act.
[editline]10th January 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Glent;34145906]It should be handled by drug stores anyway, I don't get why it would be sold by independent "dispensaries". If it's a medicine, why isn't it distributed like other medicine?[/QUOTE]
ninja'd, completely agree
[QUOTE=confinedUser;34138832]america is fucking dumb[/QUOTE]
a landmass cant be dumb you silly goose, it doesnt have a brain
its just a bunch of tectonic plates and shit give it a chance
[QUOTE=Harry3;34145928]Either handle medicine properly or make it legal or [u]decriminalise[/u] it so people can drop the act.[/QUOTE]
I think we would all appreciate that.
But you can't really say it's their fault, medical mari is pretty much a legal form of marijuana and it's usually easy to get and of a very high quality.
Of course, it doesn't matter when local governments can just override that shit and just ban it, which is mostly a fruitless effort, people are still gonna get their pot, one way or another. But it's outrageous none the less, considering this is happening in states with medical mari laws.
[QUOTE=Sanius;34137033]they are related in the sense that they are unhealthy even in moderation yet they are more socially acceptable than marijuana because they are not illegal[/QUOTE]
You shouldn't argue to legalize marijuana. Let intelligent people do it. I don't smoke. However, what you said is incredibly ignorant and until ignorant people shut up and intelligent people speak, no one will take the issue seriously.
First off, you said that even in moderation they are unhealthy? You need carbohydrates for energy, plus you said HIGH carbohydrates, which isn't moderation. Also, do you know what cholesterol is for? Cholesterol in MODERATION like you say, is INCREDIBLY healthy. Don't bring up "facts" that you don't know anything about.
I don't see the problem with this.
People that need it will move to places where they do allow it, and after a while they have to pick up on this and allow it in more places.
[QUOTE=sami-elite;34146840]I don't see the problem with this.
People that need it will move to places where they do allow it, and after a while they have to pick up on this and allow it in more places.[/QUOTE]
Having to move to another town and loose your job and everyone you know because cannabis is the only cure for your pain and the government are too close-minded is just silly
[QUOTE=Second-gear-of-mgear;34144176]Yes, ban sugars. Totally a good idea.[/QUOTE]
read the rest of my posts please. I explicitly said that I don't support making any of those illegal
[editline]10th January 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Squad;34146781]You shouldn't argue to legalize marijuana. Let intelligent people do it. I don't smoke. However, what you said is incredibly ignorant and until ignorant people shut up and intelligent people speak, no one will take the issue seriously.
First off, you said that even in moderation they are unhealthy? You need carbohydrates for energy, plus you said HIGH carbohydrates, which isn't moderation. Also, do you know what cholesterol is for? Cholesterol in MODERATION like you say, is INCREDIBLY healthy. Don't bring up "facts" that you don't know anything about.[/QUOTE]
holy shit calm down. you're just picking about what I said even though it's clear what I meant
I know that you desperately want to feel intellectually superior by dismantling everything, but at least tone it down
my point was that unhealthy things are legal and their consumption is extremely commonplace, while things that are healthier or just as bad (marijuana in this case) are demonized and illegalized for completely arbitrary reasons. you're using a red herring by focusing on insignificant details of my post when my main point is obvious
[QUOTE=viperfan7;34137823]its funny how cigarettes are legal, when the hemp plant can be used to make many things, such as hemp string for clothing, paper, and many other things, while tobacco has only one use, and is far more addictive then marijuana, not to say that weed isn't addictive, but in the end cigarettes are far worse[/QUOTE]
The thing is, it isn't addictive. At all.
[QUOTE=Sanius;34147587]read the rest of my posts please. I explicitly said that I don't support making any of those illegal
[editline]10th January 2012[/editline]
holy shit calm down. you're just picking about what I said even though it's clear what I meant
I know that you desperately want to feel intellectually superior by dismantling everything, but at least tone it down
my point was that unhealthy things are legal and their consumption is extremely commonplace, while things that are healthier or just as bad (marijuana in this case) are demonized and illegalized for completely arbitrary reasons. you're using a red herring by focusing on insignificant details of my post when my main point is obvious[/QUOTE]
I am not focusing on insignificant details about your post.
You made a statement that everything you listed was bad for you.
[quote]Since cholesterol is essential for all animal life, it is primarily synthesized from simpler substances within the body.[/quote]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesterol[/url]
That is just one example. My point is that when you make statements that have very ignorant ideas in them, it doesn't help you prove your point. I am not calling you ignorant or dumb or anything, just that a lot of the things you listed and then said were detrimental even when consumed in moderation aren't really detrimental to you unless consumed in excess, which is true of everything.
I realize what your point is, but you can't use healthy, necessary things when making your point that "unhealthy" things are legal and consuming them is commonplace.
[QUOTE=bootv2;34158493]well, firstly, they are all psychoactive to an extent.
secondly most of them are worse for your health than marijuana. just look at cafeine, addiction right there, alcohol, just addictive poison.
and then there's weed, not addictive, and not physically dangerous at all.[/QUOTE]
Just because caffeine is addictive does not make it worse for your health than marijuana.
caffeine withdrawals are annoying
so there's that
[QUOTE=Sanius;34158550]caffeine withdrawals are annoying
so there's that[/QUOTE]
they're really not that bad
anything enjoyable is addictive
physical addiction means you need to [B]slow down man[/B]
[QUOTE=MeMassiveFag;34139120]The marijuana is in your blood, and you grow used to it.[/QUOTE]
What?!?
[QUOTE=thisispain;34158603]What?!?[/QUOTE]
that's what happenens wen u use weed needles
god i'd think u knew dat
[QUOTE=Squad;34146781]
First off, you said that even in moderation they are unhealthy? You need carbohydrates for energy, plus you said HIGH carbohydrates, which isn't moderation. Also, do you know what cholesterol is for? Cholesterol in MODERATION like you say, is INCREDIBLY healthy. Don't bring up "facts" that you don't know anything about.[/QUOTE]
what are you talking about?
[QUOTE=thisispain;34158610]what are you talking about?[/QUOTE]
He was arguing that comparing things necessary for life (sugars, fats etc.) being legal with marijuana was a terrible comparison
Which I agree with.
I also agree with Sanius that the principles underlying the illegality of cannabis, the scant few that even exist, are pretty much rubbish
[editline]11th January 2012[/editline]
except the bit about dietary cholesterol, not sure what was that about
[QUOTE=Contag;34158624]He was arguing that comparing things necessary for life (sugars, fats etc.) being legal with marijuana was a terrible comparison[/QUOTE]
i'm pretty sure he was talking about junk food.
you don't need to eat sugar in order to be healthy. sugar specifically refers to the additive.
[QUOTE=thisispain;34158637]i'm pretty sure he was talking about junk food.
you don't need to eat sugar in order to be healthy. sugar specifically refers to the additive.[/QUOTE]
Ah, I thought he said 'sugars'.
If it was junk food, that's reasonable, but there are plenty of healthy high fat and high carbohydrate foods, depending on what you mean by 'high fat', which wasn't really clear
everything in moderation
too much of anything is bad for you in some way
[QUOTE=MeMassiveFag;34139120]The deal with marijuana is that the first time you get blazed it's fucking awesome. The fiftieth or sixtieth, it's just mellow and chill and not quite exhilarating. The marijuana is in your blood, and you grow used to it. To achieve a higher high, people often resort to higher more dangerous drugs. This is the argument AGAINST marijuana. I'm not saying I agree, that is just the view so many people neglect.[/QUOTE]
i dunno that seems kinda wrong to me, i've been drinking and smoking weed pretty consistently for the past 6 years and i've never felt like i needed anything stronger. heck, weed helped me quit smoking cigs.
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