According to an article in the New York Times, chronic to severe pain is on the rise for males in their 20s in Colorado. What could be causing this, the high altitude or the dry air?
The truth is the desire to get high is causing this. Since Colorado legalized "medical" marijuana use the number of applications by this age group has grown by the thousands. What does this say about our society? Are we cultivating a group of young men who would rather get high than deal with life?
George Soros tells us we should legalize marijuana altogther for our pleasure. Its less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. Are we as a society that gullable? The damages caused by alcohol and tobacco is unfathomable and yet we are seriously considering adding another substance to the list.
Is our society heading towards a true Sci-fi/Thriller existence, where everyone is stonned while the puppetiers control our lives?
I seriously hope not.
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People are forced to commit medical fraud because of prohibition: Risk going to jail, or lie about your health to save yourself from jail. Very simple choice for most people.
ReplyDeleteFurthermore, we as a society deal with the damages from drugs whether or not they are legal. When alcohol was prohibited people still drank, and people smoke Cannabis whether or not it's illegal.
For example, prior to 1912 there were no laws prohibiting Cannabis in the United States. There was also no prevelance of Cannabis use. It was only after prohibition that Cannabis became widespread. As the historical record shows, the legality of a drug does not determine its levels of usage throughout society.
You say these things as if people are not already using cannabis. People chose to use drugs for many reasons, but the laws generally do not impact these decisions. They certainly didn't for me when I was in high school and college. There is absolutely no evidence that the legalization of cannabis will result in any sort of dramatic increase in usage. Even if it did, all it would prove is that the non-legal reasons not to use cannabis just aren't good enough without laws behind them.
ReplyDeleteSo, which is of more concern to you? That there are forces able to strip you of your freedoms on a whim? Or widespread use of cannabis?
ReplyDeleteConsidering that the former is already a de facto condition of life in the US thanks to the so-called PATRIOT Act and all that stems from it, your concerns about 'puppeteers' is rather late...particularly when you realize how much of the PATRIOT Act's foundations were built upon the rights-destroying War on Drugs.
So...what's more dangerous? For the most part, the only violence perpetrated by people who use cannabis is committed against the contents of refrigerators. The same cannot be said of those engaged in the prosecution of the DrugWar...who have a proven track record of trampling the rights they swore to protect, and killing the people they claim they wish to 'save'.
It IS less harmful than tobacco and alcohol. And the Netherlands essentially legalized pot, and now have even lower levels of use than the U.S.
ReplyDeleteIf something is illegal, it means people will go to jail. MILLIONS of people are rotting in jail cells right now because drugs are illegal, and you couldn't possibly care less.
What's it to you if someone gets stoned or drunk? As long as they reasonably behave themselves and don't drive, it means nothing to you. Nobody is going to make you smoke dope or drink whiskey. It is a choice.
I must say it is rather brave of you to open comments on your blog when your opinion is so unpopular on the net. You really should consider closing the comments section, since the comments you've received so far are about as nice as they're going to get.
Until the, feel the love!
It's a shame that people are abusing medical marijuana laws, or that some doctors profit from handing out recommendations. Still patients abusing and doctors enabling is hardly unique to marijuana. Do those cheating a system mean it shouldn't be available to those who play by the rules? Do we get rid of national defense because illegal aliens are free riding that system?
ReplyDeleteWhat's more important is the message this sends to our children. The ONDCP has reported a nearly 25% decline in marijuana use since 2001, yet over that same period of time states allowing medical marijuana have nearly tripled. How long will liberalized marijuana policies NOT LEAD TO massive abuse/chaos before opponents drop this tired line of attack?
Also, marijuana smokers are actively defying social norms and refusing control of a heirarchy of puppetiers. Implying that people who smoke grass are at risk for being "passive rule followers" sorta sounds, well stoned.
Your thinking process is strange. Your conclusions are based on assumptions, many of which are flawed. There are today many thousands if not millions of doctors, lawyers and other high paid, high skilled, professionals who use or have used cannabis and who function just fine. The desire to "get high" is not always an escape device. Who are you to judge the motivations of others? And so what if they do seek some stress relief? You're making me feel the need right now.
ReplyDeleteIf for example you are happy relaxing with alcohol, and I prefer cannabis, why do you get your choice but I don't get to have mine?
Prohibition is draconian, it says that ALL use IS abuse. That is absurd and not true. Besides it an exaggeration to describe the damages of alcohol and tobacco as unfathomable, I can fathom them. It's been tested and PROHIBITION DIDN"T WORK with alcohol and it's not working with cannabis or other drugs for that matter. It turns over control to the black market, how is that a better way of doing things?
Read the history of how cannabis became illegal in the first place, it was racist, and dishonest. There was fear mongering and scapegoating and liestold to make it happen. Maybe you'll learn something by doing this blog.
Since when does a group of people who desire to ingest a natural medicine turn into a scifi zombie flick?
ReplyDeleteI don't know about some other smokers, but regardless of how much I smoke, I can never seem to get the hallucinations that Ambien will provide.
Fu#k you you fu@king Fu*k your a waste of time and thought. I would write a more political correct statement but like I said it would be a waste of time just like you trying to change the mind of us smokers.
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ReplyDeleteAmbien provides hallucinations? I didn't know that. I've got to get me a prescription, stat!
Thanks for the tip!
You know, with health care reform being in the news you really should do a post about how marijuana use increases our health care costs through increased emergency room admissions.
ReplyDeleteRegarding Ambien, Paul, you might wish to pass on this one - heavy stuff. Or do you like the idea of driving in your sleep?
Increased emergency room visits for what? Stuffing their faces with cheetos? Get real with yourself.
ReplyDeleteCosts? You wanna talk costs? What do you think the Drug War is...an AmeriCorps volunteer project? Ha! Drug War Stooges are so stupid.
ReplyDeleteEVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY SOMEONE DIES FROM NICOTINE ADDICTION. OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR! FILL UP WRIGLEY FIELD ABOUT 100 TIMES AND THEN KILL ALL THOSE PEOPLE, EVERY YEAR!
ReplyDeletemarijuana kills 0.
As to your traffic accident statistics showing THC in the blood....THC stays in your system for WEEKS after smoking... you look foolish and ignorant.
If you want to take a stand against something, my god man, go after something meaningful. You have our attention, you are obviously committed and have little else to do with yourself.
Getting high IS part of life:
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Get over it.
"Are we cultivating a group of young men who would rather get high than deal with life?" What do you mean by rather get high than deal with life? Since when did getting high have anything to do with dealing with life? Like he said getting high is a part of life, as much so as bathing and watching TV for some people. It blows my mind that a blog like this exists for pot, but there is an absence of one for alcohol and tobacco. How are you going to say that weed should not be legal when alcohol and tobacco is. I hope I am alive when it changes. I cannot stand the fact that every time I turn the TV on i see a beer commercial. Since when is Alcohol safer for you than weed? It's not! I sure hope you are against alcohol and tobacco too.
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving me the opportunity to vent. First off I think you are a flaming idiot, and if being such an idiot were illegal, I would surely have you arrersted and jailed for the rest of you life so that society would not be disturbed by the likes of you, If I were God, you would not pass through my gates.
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steve, shhhhh! I was trying to goad el-Guana-Loco here into pontificating about the added costs of emergency health care because of stoners ... blah blah blah.
ReplyDeleteThere are actually a couple of solid studies which establish that stoned people end up in the ER not only less often than drunks, but also less often than straight people. And furthermore, the more stoned you are, the LESS likely you are to need emergency room treatment. Just trying to make his little head pop.
BTW - it's nice to see that John Walters has found something to do with his time now that he's no longer the nation's preeminent drug warri ... er liar. He needs to learn how to spell though.
LEgalizing doesn´t necesarily means that everybody will rush to the store and get high, if that statement was true, nearly everybody around globe would be alcoholic and adicted to tobbaco but that's not the case. In the netherlands where marijuana is totally legal only a 4% use it. In spain and italy where it is ilegal the percentage users goes above 6% and the more it is prohibited the higher the cifer gets.
ReplyDeletePeople should be responsible enough as to know, that a knife is to be used in the kitchen and not in a fight or a school just the same way people know they cannot get drunk and afterwards go to school or to the office. The sooner we legalize marijuana consumption world wide the sooner people will get educated on this subject till the extent that they will use it as what it is, a medical plant