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re: The Atlantic: weed legalization didn’t deliver on its promises. In fact, it made it worse
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:29 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:29 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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weed is indeed a gateway substance.
Why has this always been said of cannabis, but never of tobacco and alcohol?
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Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:29 am to tiggerfan02 2021
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Then why have I been indulging for 40+ years, and I never advanced to any other drugs?
You're a slacker. Probably the weed making you lazy.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:32 am to EZE Tiger Fan
I live in NM where weed is legal, more weed shops than gas stations here. The volume of homeless and drug addicted is worse here than any place I have lived
This post was edited on 3/6/25 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:36 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
It is a scourge on our society and our nation’s downfall coincided with its acceptance.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:38 am to SoFla Tideroller
I would claim alcohol is the true gateway drug. It’s the first one everyone tries
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:39 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
Here in Florida it's legal but only medicinal. The thing is that it's laughably easy to get a card. I'm not exaggerating when I say that almost everywhere you go, pretty much everyone you deal with is high. Every worker at every store. Servers that wait on you. You can watch people hit their vape pens while they're driving. I've had Uber drivers to it in front of me. Kids using it is also a huge problem down here. Ripping their weed pens in class. I'm not opposed to it being legal, and I've been known to partake myself once in a while. But it's everywhere now and it's only gonna get more prevalent, not less. And I don't know what that will mean for our society when a good portion of them are high all day.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:40 am to Geauxgurt
quote:What are your thoughts on cigarettes?
Smoking weed, unlike drinking alcohol, can get others around the smoker high. It also stinks to high hell.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:40 am to shutterspeed
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Doesn't matter. There are better, more practical reasons for legalization.
Exactly. Who gives a flying frick?
I prefer THC gummies. I do it only at home. Why should I be punished because other idiots can't control themselves?
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:42 am to Geauxgurt
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Smoking weed, unlike drinking alcohol, can get others around the smoker high. It also stinks to high hell.
While there are alternatives like edibles, smoking weed should be illegal outside of one’s home. Even then, in apartments, you are stuck with your neighbors weed potentially getting you high and making your home smell like arse.
Also, people claiming it is non-addictive is hilarious. Being less addictive than heroin, cocaine and opioids doesn’t make it non-addictive.
Do you drink alcohol?
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:46 am to 777Tiger
Your Dr. probably smokes cannabis. Get over it.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:47 am to Harry Boutte
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Why has this always been said of cannabis, but never of tobacco and alcohol?
Both are gateway drugs to semaglutide.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:47 am to ponyman
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Your Dr. probably smokes cannabis. Get over it.
My brother is a doctor in Texass. He told me if it were legal to prescribe it there, he would. He thinks it is great for pain management and anxiety.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:49 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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. I also think we can safely claim at this point that weed is indeed a gateway substance.
Are there any causations in that piece or just correlations?
And overregulation of opioids has become a problem for people without SA issues and clearly has not stopped opioid-addiction issues (see: fentanyl)
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:52 am to redstick13
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:53 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
With anything, there will be negative effects. With anything trashy, of course there will be negative effects.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:53 am to HailHailtoMichigan!
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I also think we can safely claim at this point that weed is indeed a gateway substance.
It’s cool if you’re tarded. Lots of tards lead kicksss lives. My ex wife is retarded.
She’s a pilot now.
The problem is we treat addiction and mental illness in the absolute worst possible way.
People with addiction and trauma related mental health issues are usually desperately crying out for help and connection and guidance and support and insurance shun and shame and punish and isolate them.
For such an unbelievably wealthy and well off and privileged society we treat our poor and sick like absolute dogshit.
This post was edited on 3/2/25 at 11:57 am
Posted on 3/2/25 at 11:56 am to Stinger_1066
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My brother is a doctor in Texass. He told me if it were legal to prescribe it there, he would. He thinks it is great for pain management and anxiety.
Your brother when he realizes you took him seriously—-
Posted on 3/2/25 at 12:03 pm to nola tiger lsu
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100 percent should be illegal
This is what I picture folks like you actually believing.
This post was edited on 3/2/25 at 12:22 pm
Posted on 3/2/25 at 12:06 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Nancy Reagan was correct all along.
Posted on 3/2/25 at 12:09 pm to jmcwhrter
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People with an addictive personality are going to get addicted regardless, whether it's weed or it's alcohol, gambling, smoking, etc.
This. The whole “gateway drug” argument is weak. If you’re going to go to opiates/opioids/fentanyl-risk drugs, your “gateway” can be practically anything.
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