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druidity33

(6,590 posts)
37. And it was well reasoned...
Wed Oct 16, 2024, 05:45 AM
Oct 16

but my personal experience differs from yours. As an IBS sufferer for over 20 years, the only medication with any degree of efficacy for me has been marijuana. I have good friends who work in this nascent industry here in MA and who are finally making a living wage having moved on from kitchen and restaurant work. I do know "lazy" stoners. But i know lazy drunkards too. It sounds to me like you don't want to compare substances so i won't belabor the point. For me, the fact that i can now grow a few plants right in my garden without the stress and fear of choppers overhead, or i can go to the store and get some legally (of good quality and tested for additives, mind!) outweighs the perceived destructiveness of legalization. It's been a few years since the laws changed and honestly the only difference i noticed in my neck of the woods is that people now talk openly about the subject. Everyone is happy to chime in because the topic is no longer verboten. I am continually surprised at how many successful older folk i meet that have never STOPPED smoking marijuana.



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I hope to live to see this happen sanatanadharma Oct 14 #1
Prohibition is a failed public policy, again. Legalizing cannabis converts a money pool controlled by cartels ZonkerHarris Oct 14 #2
Yeah... GB_RN Oct 14 #12
It's about time! Hieronymus Phact Oct 14 #3
Meanwhile, if FloriDUH... Fritz Walter Oct 14 #4
I'm assuming state prohibitions will remain in place, but this is a huge deal. prodigitalson Oct 14 #5
I Might Be Wrong... GB_RN Oct 14 #15
In Texas we still have prohibition in "dry" counties prodigitalson Oct 15 #30
We Had A Few Counties Like That... GB_RN Oct 15 #31
Being in KS, I'm wondering the same thing. slightlv Oct 14 #18
The Fascist Playbook: MayReasonRule Oct 15 #29
Yes! ms liberty Oct 14 #6
I'll drink to that! JoseBalow Oct 14 #7
I hope LPBBEAR Oct 14 #8
I don't encourage marijuana use as I'm not happy about what I've observed in connection with it. NNadir Oct 14 #9
I sympathize with your concerns..... AZ8theist Oct 14 #11
oohh... lowering the BP! I could definitely use that! slightlv Oct 14 #19
You can either have stores or people dealing out of their house on your block. It's a choice. ZonkerHarris Oct 14 #16
What I'd like to see is the stores go out of business. NNadir Oct 14 #17
Supporting cartels and black markets is an interesting choice. ZonkerHarris Oct 14 #20
We have lots of businesses in town that don't... NNadir Oct 14 #21
I hope you take the same tone with people who drink alcohol. and rally against the liquor stores too. ZonkerHarris Oct 14 #22
Isn't there any kind of other rote response? If I oppose selling guns, do I have to object also to knives? NNadir Oct 14 #23
I'm with you, NNaddir dickthegrouch Oct 15 #32
I have a lot of questions cannabis_flower Oct 15 #33
I'm not going to share a tremendous amount of personal stuff but will say... NNadir Oct 15 #34
Thank you for pointing this stuff out! I hope the poster responds. nt. druidity33 Oct 15 #35
I did. NNadir Oct 16 #36
And it was well reasoned... druidity33 Oct 16 #37
We have as many here as there are Dollar General stores MichMan Oct 14 #25
Please tell me gay texan Oct 14 #10
Bonging for the K-Bomb Botany Oct 14 #13
Smart move! jalan48 Oct 14 #14
Dank Brandon and Kamala Hashish are killing it MistakenLamb Oct 14 #24
Good Figarosmom Oct 14 #26
I'll smoke to that! RussBLib Oct 14 #27
This would be a tremendous help for those of us living in federally-subsidized housing. Habibi Oct 15 #28
What about legalizing prostitution? marshall Oct 16 #38
For now I don't agree with this rockfordfile Oct 16 #39
Hallelujah Emile Oct 16 #40
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