Do you think weed should be legalized for recreational use?

[szechuan]

Mouth swap tests are what's typically used.

Accuracy? How long until Test Results?

[Selastan]

So every single person on this planet who wants legal alcohol is an alcoholic. That's some amazing logic there.

Kind of. Not a fan of alcohol myself, rarely drink it. If it were criminalized, I wouldn't care. The people who WOULD go up in arms about are alcoholics who obviously can't function without their drink, and need help.

[Dssozzle]

Kind of. Not a fan of alcohol myself, rarely drink it. If it were criminalized, I wouldn't care. The people who WOULD go up in arms about are alcoholics who obviously can't function without their drink, and need help.

Slippery slope there with the "I don't do it so it should be illegal" arguement. And I can guarentee you that it would not be only alchoholics that would be upset with it if it were made illegal. You can enjoy alchohol responsibly. Theres nothing like a pint of guiness sometimes.

[szechuan]

What am I lying about? That it's far from poorly understood?

It's poorly understood when compared to other drugs such as Heroin and other Opiates.

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Kind of. Not a fan of alcohol myself, rarely drink it. If it were criminalized, I wouldn't care. The people who WOULD go up in arms about are alcoholics who obviously can't function without their drink, and need help.

Well, you know, you can draw that logic out to absolutely everything then. Anyone who would be pissed off if the government made something they love illegal, something that - when comparing to marijuana - is not only 100% safe, but also beneficial, would in your opinion be addicted to that something, and people who aren't addicted should just shut up and listen to Big Brother.

Is there anything in your life that you actually like and would be really angry or sad if you didn't get to have it or do it anymore? According to you, you're addicted to it.

[szechuan]

Why don't you go look it up and educate yourself before claiming certain things don't exist?

LOL. What claims did I make that Don't Exist?

[Gorgodeus]

Kind of. Not a fan of alcohol myself, rarely drink it. If it were criminalized, I wouldn't care. The people who WOULD go up in arms about are alcoholics who obviously can't function without their drink, and need help.

Your logic is so wrong, it is laughable. The world is not "black and white". Many supporters of legalization are not users, much less addicts. Unless you are going to argue that 61% of the US are weed addicts. Because that is the latest numbers for supporters in the US.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...-legalization/

[Karfal]

Yes and no.

No as in: I think all mind altering chemicals should be illegal.

Yes as in: as we don't live in my bubble utopia, I'd rather see weed legalized instead of its current problematic status.

This is basically mindset.

[Dssozzle]

Why don't you go look it up and educate yourself before claiming certain things don't exist?

because it fits his self importance to just deny and refuse. Facts are irrelevant.

[szechuan]

Not really. But sure, keep making claims when you don't even know basic chemistry.

So I need to know Chemistry in order to know what I'm smoking from a Drug Company?!

[Gorgodeus]

So I need to know Chemistry in order to know what I'm smoking from a Drug Company?!

Do you need to know Chemistry when you eat food?

[Ghostpanther]

I have mixed feelings about it for recreational use. No reservations however for easy access to it for medical reasons.

[markos82]

Even psychiatric medications that help people who would otherwise be confined to a mental institution live normal lives?

If something impairs your judgement that thing should never be legal. This is not about if cannabis helps people or it doesnt, it is a matter of how it affects you and your state of mind. If you smoke too much to the point where your reactions are slowed down and you sit in a car and drive it, cause and accident and kill few ppl then what?
Some will now compare it to alcohol and yes its the same thing, but sadly we still live in a world where idiots drink and drive....

[Pickynerd]

There is honestly zero reason to keep marijuana illegal as long as cigarettes and alcohol remain legal, outside of uneducated biases and prejudices.

This^

I drink once in a while, and I don't even smoke weed.

[Themerlin]

I am indeed wasting time here, but I am not claiming to know the answers to problems that could be saving lives either.

I don't understand what your intent or argument is?

Try to be clear and concise, or at least write down 5-6 sentences explaining your argument to me, otherwise I do not have much to work with.

Are you telling me I should feel guilty for being in MMO Champion instead of saving lives?

/shrug

Again I think you need to understand Seizures better, and how substances, can initiate them, including Marijuana.

Maybe then you will not jump right away into a conversation and claim someone is lying.

[Dssozzle]

If something impairs your judgement that thing should never be legal. This is not about if cannabis helps people or it doesnt, it is a matter of how it affects you and your state of mind. If you smoke too much to the point where your reactions are slowed down and you sit in a car and drive it, cause and accident and kill few ppl then what?
Some will now compare it to alcohol and yes its the same thing, but sadly we still live in a world where idiots drink and drive....

you are confusing legalization of weed with legalization of driving under the influence. They are not the same.

[Gorgodeus]

If something impairs your judgement that thing should never be legal. This is not about if cannabis helps people or it doesnt, it is a matter of how it affects you and your state of mind. If you smoke too much to the point where your reactions are slowed down and you sit in a car and drive it, cause and accident and kill few ppl then what?
Some will now compare it to alcohol and yes its the same thing, but sadly we still live in a world where idiots drink and drive....

Car Accidents On The Rise In Legal States - But Marijuana Isn't The Culprit

Car accidents are on the rise in legal states, and some data crunchers are pointing their fingers at recreational marijuana. But legalization does not lead to more car crashes or to more fatal road collisions, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health by researchers from the University of Texas at Austin.

The study compared the rate of fatal car crashes in Colorado and Washington before and following legalization in 2012. After delving through years of data, researchers concluded that there is no evidence to suggest that marijuana has made roads unsafe.

https://www.civilized.life/articles/...gal-marijuana/

[markos82]

Alcohol and tobacco are perfectly legal, yet are hell of a lot more damaging compared to weed.

And as such, yes it should be legal for recreational use.

The difference between tobacco and cannabis is that tobacco doesnt affect your state of mind. Comparing those two can only be done by someone stupid.
Alcohol is legal but if you do something while drunk well then you are fcked. Using your logic, as in if A is bad for you and it is legal why dont you allow B which is also bad for you is horrible.

[Gorgodeus]

The difference between tobacco and cannabis is that tobacco doesnt affect your state of mind. Comparing those two can only be done by someone stupid.
Alcohol is legal but if you do something while drunk well then you are fcked. Using your logic, as in if A is bad for you and it is legal why dont you allow B which is also bad for you is horrible.

Tobacco has zero positive effects. Marijuana does.

[markos82]

https://www.civilized.life/articles/...gal-marijuana/

Great i love ppl who use a "study" to prove what?

Let me ask you this, would you let a high person fly a plane, drive your kid to school, operate on you?