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Can anybody tell me why marijuana is looked down upon so heavily while, alcohol, caffeine, Xanax, Vicodin, Percocet, along with other prescription drugs are so openly welcome? What about federal recognition, legalization and taxation? We can look at the profit from taxes made in states like Colorado and see the positivity made from legalization, lower crime rates and such.
What are your thought?
What are your thought?
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Drugs are bad, mmkay. It leads to other drugs and sex with men in rest stop bathrooms, mmkay.
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SSG Warren Swan
CPT T F - Sir I remember it from the early days in the mid 90's, stopped watching it not long afterwards. I thought Beavis and Butthead were funnier.
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I am opposed to prohibition, but not because I think drugs are good. Personally, I have no desire to use them. I was given an opioid for the pain of sciatica and all it did was make me constipated (Sorry, I know WTMI) My opposition to prohibition is that the unintended consequences of it far outweigh the consequences of drug use.
That being said, please don't smoke your marijuana around me. It smells really foul. No other drug comes close. Coffee (caffeine) is quite pleasant smelling. But burning marijuana smells like a rotting cadaver.
That being said, please don't smoke your marijuana around me. It smells really foul. No other drug comes close. Coffee (caffeine) is quite pleasant smelling. But burning marijuana smells like a rotting cadaver.
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I'm concerned more about how smoking (marijuana, cigarettes, cigars) affects the environment. Pills, caffeine, and alcohol only effect your body, excluding actions done while under the influence. There have been studies that show second and third-hand smoke can cause respiratory dysfunction to include lung cancer. As someone who suffers from asthma, I find it extremely rude that I'm forced to use my inhaler when walking in a public area because someone was too inconsiderate to smoke in a designated smoking area.
I'm all for if you want to do it in the privacy of your own home, but that doesn't mean others should be subjected to your actions and the negative health effects they cause. I grew up in Oregon, where recreational marijuana is huge (illegal or not), and marijuana in particular leaves a disgusting stench on the user. So marijuana users such as these, are not people I would enjoy working with in a professional environment.
I'm all for if you want to do it in the privacy of your own home, but that doesn't mean others should be subjected to your actions and the negative health effects they cause. I grew up in Oregon, where recreational marijuana is huge (illegal or not), and marijuana in particular leaves a disgusting stench on the user. So marijuana users such as these, are not people I would enjoy working with in a professional environment.
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I honestly doubt that the environmental effects of marijuana legalization can be compared to cigarettes or any other form of tobacco smoking, let alone alcohol (cans/bottles/red solo cups), pill bottles, soda cans, coffee cups (let alone the deforestation to make that coffee) and the waste that is caused by those products. If you are more concerned with the tobacco smoking portion, consider the buyouts states receive from Big Tobacco and the states adamant stand against tobacco alternative products, i.e. E-cigs, vapes, etc... due to loss of their previously guaranteed check. The government doesn't want to ban smoking because it's not profitable.
Marijuana legalization would be not only profitable, but would directly affect the drug wars ravaging Mexico. Sure, there will always be a black market for drugs, but if we could eliminate a sizable amount of money going towards our "War on Drugs" from yesteryear, who cares?
Marijuana legalization would be not only profitable, but would directly affect the drug wars ravaging Mexico. Sure, there will always be a black market for drugs, but if we could eliminate a sizable amount of money going towards our "War on Drugs" from yesteryear, who cares?
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SGT Kristin Wiley
PO3 (Join to see) You are referring to ecological environment, I was referring to the impact of health environment of non-smokers from smokers. So I'm not sure you comment is totally appropriate to my post. I also never said we shouldn't legalize marijuana, just to do it in the privacy of your own home.
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SGT Kristin Wiley - My apologies. I do believe the Big Tobacco vs. alternative smoking/quitting resources such as E-cigs does have some bearing here though (though it was only a small portion of my comment I concede). I believe the financial costs such as setting up/maintaining smoking areas and policing these areas would be much less than the costs already accrued due to health issues, absolutely.
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SGT Kristin Wiley
PO3 (Join to see) I just wish we could be health as the forefront concern, not money, but it is what it is. Personally, I don't like have laws and regulations to control actions, I simply wish we could all be respectful and responsible enough to ensure our choices don't hurt those around us. If we could empower knowledge to those around us so they could make better choices, but alas the world is not perfect.
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