Denver Colorado Legalizes Pot

Well, not that I care either way, but I think the feds will rapidly get on board.

There's a massive movement in this country to get more things under federal control.

Letting individual cities decide what is a crime and what isn't kinda runs counter to the general Republican trend.

Don't get me wrong. If Denver WANTS to do this, more power to em.

As for Twizz's comments, he's either ignorant of the backstory to this or ignorant in general. I'll put it down to his age and let it pass.

 

this is a really large step.

 

sweet im in between colorado and canada and every smokes weed here in minnesota so lets get this bitch legalizin over here

 

My comments? Buddy, I would have no problem with you coming in here if you weren't going to be a dick about weed. So what if we smoke pot. It doesn't make us any less of an air-head than the exhaust your Harley puts out.

Just leave it alone, because if you know me, you'll know I never go out first.

 

RE: My comments? Buddy, I would have no problem with you coming in here if you weren't going to be a dick about weed.

If you even had a third of a functioning brain, you'd realise that in the thread MJ is talking about, I never spoke of weed except my OWN personal thoughts about my OWN personal self, excepting when minors are involving their parents legally. So you mouthing off about me hating weed, which nobody except you has accepted, is asinine.

RE: So what if we smoke pot. It doesn't make us any less of an air-head than the exhaust your Harley puts out.

Huh?

RE: Just leave it alone, because if you know me, you'll know I never go out first

Oh I am SO SCARED a little Canuck 16 year old Intarweb WARRIOR is threatening me.

 

At no point in my post did I threaten you, or even go racist on you. But you asked for it.
You fucking good for nothing hick.

Now I feel better. Get off my back, and get off the fact that marijuana is good for you and you can't accept it. And yes, freedom of speech IS allowed on these forums, but you can't just walk into the marijuana forum and start calling people such as MarijuanaPhysicist moron stoners (or whatever you had said.)

SO, even though you may think I am doing wrong here, I'm just standing up for someone who did nothing to offend you. You offended me by having a random outburst, and now I'm taking it out on you.

SO FUCK OFF

 

RE: At no point in my post did I threaten you, or even go racist on you. But you asked for it.

So what does "Just leave it alone, because if you know me, you'll know I never go out first" - that to me sounds like a threat.

RE: You fucking good for nothing hick.

Hick? Oh geez. You silly little boy. You have no idea of which you speak.

RE: Now I feel better. Get off my back, and get off the fact that marijuana is good for you

This coming from someone who claims it makes him dopey, with food falling out of his mouth, etc. I seem to think that emphysema, cancer, and psychosis are not considered "good for you".

RE: and you can't accept it. And yes, freedom of speech IS allowed on these forums, but you can't just walk into the marijuana forum and start calling people such as MarijuanaPhysicist moron stoners (or whatever you had said.)

Never said that to him. I took issue with him misrepresenting my words - that's far from calling anyone a moron stoner.

RE: SO, even though you may think I am doing wrong here, I'm just standing up for someone who did nothing to offend you.

I take issue with someone twisting my words around, regardless of who it is. You're the second teenager to think he can match wits with someone double his age and three times his IQ.

RE: You offended me by having a random outburst, and now I'm taking it out on you.

It's not a random outburst, it's a response to someone referencing a previous post, and it's the refuge of someone with no other response to make it personal.

RE: SO FUCK OFF

Like, er, that.

 

HAHAHA I'm usually the one to side with the stoner, but this time I'm gonna have to agree with Irongoth. He has done nothing wrong, this time. This arguement was over before it began and has been a complete massacre in the favor of Irongoth.

 

TNS - it's easy to win a battle of wits with someone who is unarmed. That's two down, right?



Seriously though, this is a step in the right direction. Taxation should follow.

 

Except that weed has not been proven to cause cancer or emphysema. Or psychosis for that matter. Some people who smoke go crazy, temporarily. It's a rare symptom from acute intoxication. And is argued by many to be the manifestation of underlying problems. But there are no long term effects in this area. And nobody has ever gotten cancer or emphysema from smoking solely cannabis, in all of our years of recorded history.

I'm really so sick of those arguments.

 

RE: But there are no long term effects in this area.

Wrong. There is new research in this area.

RE: Emphysema, etc.

Listen, I will grant you much about weed, and the reefer madness hysteria is exactly that, but lest you forget, Bob Marley died of cancer, and emphysema is a risk from ANY smoke exposure, no matter what kind.

 

RE: Except that weed has not been proven to cause cancer or emphysema.

Technically, this has not been proved for tobacco, either. Doesn't mean that smoking is good for you.

 

First, there needs to be nationwide legalization. Then they can worry about taxation. Hopefully, it will be one day soon.

 

You do realise that legalization, in my mind, should go hand in hand with stiff penalties for providing same to minors, with taxation, and with methods of determining via breathalyzer or otherwise how to catch stoned drivers, etc?

 

I dont know why everybody is arguing. Denver is a pretty cool place now, hopefully other cities/ states will follow.

 

Like you said, that's in your mind. There should be age limits on the legality of tokage, but I don't think it should be the same age as alcohol. Also, I don't think the laws should hold the same penalties for driving while stoned as they do for driving while drunk, because it's not nearly as dangerous. There's actually a thread in the cannabis activism subforum that has links to articles about stoned drivers. Most of the articles show results of studies conducted on driving stoned and show no correlation between marijuana in moderate doses and wreckless driving. But they should find a way to determine the level of marijuana intoxication to regulate stoned drivers, because there is a certain level of stonedness that can be dangerous for operating a vehicle.

 

The studies you speak of are so inconclusive clinically, and are just another scare tactic. If this is true, why hasn't incidences of schizophrenia increased with the amount of pot smokers? It hasn't, and there is no causual relation between the two.

Also, yes it is bad to inhale smoke. Although we put carcinogens into our bodies all the time from activities that do not include smoking. The difference between pot and cigs, is that nicotine has been shown to contribute to the formation of malignant cells. THC has been shown to kill cancer cells, even complete tumors in lab testing with rodents. So these anti-cancer properties of cannabinoids offset the carcinogens contained in the smoke. There has been long term study done as well. Sorry bud, but I trust the scientists (UCLA, CU Boulder, etc), over politicians.

 

As of today, Plant City in Florida has legallized marijuana....not a very large town, but hey it's a start^_^.

 

You have a source for that? That's awesome! They are by sarasota right?

 

Yeay!!!! Woohoo!