Medical/Recreational Marijuana thread

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by tryfuhl

true if they're a lazy stoner.. more will smoke outside if legal

Wouldn't mind that nearly as much. Either way I just as well avoid the issue and move to a smoke free apartment when I come back to the beltway.

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

As a few have already said just make it legal. It amazes me that you can go into a bar and put poison into your system yet smoking weed is against the law. Drinking makes a lot of people violent yet smoking weed makes people hungry and laugh. I don't use it but to me it's really just a waste of time trying to keep people from smoking it.

From what I've seen one of the most dangerous aspects about weed is that people think it's a complete polar opposite of alcohol. As you mentioned it doesn't have nearly the same tendency to induce violence as alcohol (though it is possible), it also isn't a poison like alcohol.

However what it definitely does do is impair motor function. I can't tell you how many of my stoner friends swear that it's safe to drive when they're high. Two of them ended up with DUI's because they failed field sobriety test while stoned.

This can probably be reduced with education but it scares me how often people think they can drive when they're stoned.

You can see from this poll that there isn't even an option that says "I don't drive when I'm high."
Driving while high? - Marijuana.com

Here's a simpler poll. 180 people say it's safe, 98 people say don't do it.
Driving while stoned? Is it safe? - Page 12 - Marijuana.com

I'm not totally against legalizing marijuanna. Personally I would love for nothing more then to hit gangs and the like were it hurts. However at the same time, my experience with pot smoking neighbors was so horrible that I'm hesitant to support such a cause with guns blazing.