re: Study shows Pot is starting to effect healthcare and educational costs

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Alcohol has been around for thousands of years,it was available to people before education was possible. It was already a problem. Same with tobacco.Yes,weed has been around a long time too,but never nearly as popular.

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That's a whole lot of ignorance in one post.

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If you want to get weed totally legalized,you have to stop claiming that it is totally safe.

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I have yet to see anyone say it has no side effects and in no way effects anyone? Is that what you're claiming? Of course it's not 100% safe in every situation and every application.

You shouldn't smoke while you're pregnant or operating heavy machinery or doing you job. You shouldn't really do any substance, but people do their jobs on caffeine, and nicotine, and xanex, and abilify, and pain killers, and all sorts of legal uppers and downers.

However, it is 100% overdose proof and it is 100% physically addictive proof and it is unbelievably safer than alcohol, tobacco, or prescription narcotics

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I've never heard that before this thread and I doubt white trash pregnant women smoking pot have relied on such studies to make their choice. That involves reading and following the news very closely, something I'll go out on a limb and say the majority don't.

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I am referring to pro weed sites and places on the left like Daily Beast. etc

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You can't just put it on the market,with everyone believing that it is 100% safe.Any company that did that,would find themselves in huge lawsuits pretty fast.You would have to give all of the negatives up front.

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For the life of me, I don't know anyone who thinks weed should be made available for the developing brain (with an exception to medicinally).

And, the argument that it's safer than the legal alcohol isn't an argument. It's scientific fact. So, the whole "Do we want another similar mistake?" needs to be thrown out the conversation.

No mind altering substance (with the medicinal exception) should be readily available for children or adults under 21 (maybe this needs to be looked at again too).

And, for the life of me, I cannot understand conservatives who just a few decades back argued against moving the age limit for alcohol (and it still needs to be done for tobacco) and now their against the decriminalization of MJ.

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it is 100% overdose proof

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Tell that to the families of the hundreds who fatally overdose yearly according to jdoc.

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Now we will have to deal with the cost of Pot babies in healthcare and in education due to learning disabilities

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So...soon?

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For the life of me, I don't know anyone who thinks weed should be made available for the developing brain (with an exception to medicinally).

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I contend age 21, ideally 25.

Honestly I don't know why researchers aren't investigating whether smoking weed in utero makes the kid autistic

Ever since these states have started saying it's cool to use dope the autism rates have skyrocketed

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I don't fully agree with this. Not only has there been a potential death to a baby in Colorado

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It's 100% overdose proof to a developed adult.

There are plenty of seemingly innocuous things that can kill babies and shouldn't be introduced to juvenile developing minds.

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very little data to back this claim.

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other than the fact that its almost impossible and it's never been done ever?

Other estimates say that a smoker “would theoretically have to consume nearly 1,500 pounds of marijuana within 15 minutes to induce a lethal response” or “smoke 20 to 40,000 joints with .9 grams of weed each before dying.”

How much is too much? Here are a few median lethal doses to consider:
Cocaine: 1.2 grams
Oxycodone: 80 mg (in a single dose)
Heroin: 75-375 mg (depending on potency)
Sugar: 1,100 mg/kg
Marijuana: 1,260 mg/kg (pure THC)

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I smoked while I was pregnant and my baby came out fine, thank you.

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Alabama

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Meth is safe. It's marihuana that's dangerous

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So there's no link showing increased costs, you made that up.

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Dont be a simple minded person. It would be like you saying that democrats moving people to welfare will cost people more in taxes.

Each year, the Usa spends billions in special needs education. Lets take Michagan. The state spend right at a Billion on just those with learning disabilities. The feds throw in about 500 million.... a total of 1.5 billion.

Multiply that by 50.


Please dont insult your own intelligence by saying that kids who, through mo fault of their own, have learning disabilities will not cost the nation more.