Comments on: Now that marijuana looks likely to be legalized in more and more states…

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:25:19 +0000

The question is, how do we change that?

Give up on the indoctrinated generation. Find the non indoctrinated generation, get them up to speed and armed with arms and armor. Then have them take on the corrupted generation. Cadre training.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Wed, 11 May 2016 21:24:28 +0000

If I was in charge of the Left’s Sustainable Human Farming and Slave Plantation system, I would make weed a necessary ingredient in the livestock farming process.

By: Big Maq

Big Maq — Wed, 11 May 2016 13:55:06 +0000

“I am talking to the idiots who wanted the whole election to center on their ability to smoke a joint on weekends” – expat

Agree, that it is problematic to have many in the electorate who go all-in for a candidate or party for a single legislative issue.

That is a HUGE mistake, IMHO, be it about drugs, abortion, LGBT “rights”, illegal immigration, etc..

But, so long as people don’t care enough to be educated about a broad range of issues and about the political process, or to take personal responsibility in general, that is what we have to live with, sadly.

The question is, how do we change that?

By: Big Maq

Big Maq — Wed, 11 May 2016 13:44:53 +0000

@parker – At best, we would likely to eventually see labeling, similar to alcohol, where beer and wine seem to be at certain percentage of content, while “hard” liquor at significantly higher – probably to some max. But, a wide range will be available. Maybe that’s all in place where MJ is available legally, IDK.

With 2008 and now 2016 with Trump, it does give one serious pause to think that some segments in society need protection from themselves.

But, in the end, “over-regulation” seems to cause as many problems as solve any, IMHO. That seems to get easily overlooked in the fearful rhetoric of the “war on drugs”.

By: expat

expat — Wed, 11 May 2016 10:46:52 +0000

Isn’t it odd that people demonize smoking, where the effects are not really felt till much later in life? Yet young people who smoke pot suffer the effects immediately–especially in education. The PaulPots have damaged a lot of young people. They are the seemingly thinking part of the Me, Me, Me generation. I am not talking about all who favor libertarian ideas; I am talking to the idiots who wanted the whole election to center on their ability to smoke a joint on weekends. They seemed to have a lot of free time to troll.

By: parker

parker — Wed, 11 May 2016 03:52:40 +0000

The problem with legalization is today’s Mary Jane is not your mother’s MJ. In order to agree to legalization there has to be a legal limit about THC concentration and an equivalent test to alcohol concentration that can be administered in the field. Otherwise, lets legalize speed.

By: Big Maq

Big Maq — Wed, 11 May 2016 00:54:19 +0000

Soma – “great way to manipulate the masses.”

No doubt, technology will catch up to meet the need – for detection.

Like the older “war on poverty”, the 30+ years of the “war on drugs” hasn’t itself made much of a difference, given the huge sums spent. Seems we are pretty much nearing the realization that prohibition is not effective, even in containing the “problem”.

It certainly has been a contributor to our border problem.

Anyway, a long discussion that should be left for another post.

By: Cap'n Rusty

Cap'n Rusty — Tue, 10 May 2016 22:37:22 +0000

Blert: Well, y’know, different smokes for different folks.

By: physicsguy

physicsguy — Tue, 10 May 2016 21:27:39 +0000

I can’t think of a better way to dumb down the population in order to keep control than by legalizing pot.

Go to Google scholar and do a search for biological half life of THC. Unlike other drugs that are metabolized by the liver, THC binds to fat, hence it stays in the brain for literally weeks. And that’s just from one dose. If one consumes daily, the stuff never leaves. Also google higher order thinking and THC.

I know from personal experience way back in my undergrad days. Alcohol would make me feel bad for a day,but I could get right back to dealing with a tough differential equation in about 24 hours. With pot it would take me at least 3-4 days and even then I wasn’t at full potential for higher order thinking until about a week. This just goes along with the studies of the bio half life.

The Jeff Spicoli stereotype is not far from the truth…great way to manipulate the masses.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf5rIuJPTt0

By: blert

blert — Tue, 10 May 2016 20:17:19 +0000

Rusty…

THC is known to go the other way.

60 mph feels like 30 mph when you’re under the influence.

Further, anxiety is hugely repressed — probably its #1 allure to the consumer.

I expect — after much pain and misery — that a very low THC threshold will be set.

The word will be that you can’t toke and drive, you just can’t.

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A bigger issue is the compelling need to have upper limits on THC concentrations. ALREADY children are being poisoned by laced brownies that have intense concentrations.

The tykes hadn’t a clue as to what they were ingesting.