Iƒrit wrote:acually you dont have to smoke it, ThC can be taken in pill form and also ingested by cooking it into foods...........
just some food for thought
or how aboout a vaporizor?
also all the other postive effect that come from legalizing weed....
EDIT: and yes if it was legalized I would smoke it more, yes im biased. YES I love weed, whats it to you?
Totally agree,
There was a TV documentary a few years back that looked at the possibility of a small business model if weed was legalised, it assumed the tobacco manufacturers would instantly take over the smoking side with mass production and recognised the harmful effects of smoking so instead focused on using a couple of warehouses to grow high quality weed hydroponically to be an ingredient in a high end box of cannabis chocolates aimed at dinner parties. Seemed to be a great hypothetical plan.
One true thing that my old school taught us was that soft drugs lead to harder drugs, I started off smoking relatively harmless cannabis and ended up addicted to highly toxic tobacco. Most people first experiment with drugs in their teens as I did, they dont have the quantities of something like cannabis needed to make it into food, or the skills/confidence to make it into food without ruining it, so they smoke it mixed with tobacco. If it were legal and available in a tablet or food, with an age restriction, clear labeling on dosage, effects and possible side effects, not only would it be less of a 'rebellious teenager' thing to do but those who did try it would be know exactly what the were taking, have the facts about it, but most importantly they would not become addicted to deadly tobacco.
IMO legalising Cannabis would not only allow the courts/police to better use a large amount of currently wasted time & money, not only generate extra taxes, not only create jobs, but would also save lives by reducing exposure to tobacco.
Couple of points I missed replying to before
1 ) War on drugs - What a ridiculous concept, great for politicians sucking up to the media but fact is it cant work, it has never worked, just look at prohibition in the US, all making things illegal does is create criminals, and the nastiest criminals are usually the ones making the most money, make things legal and there is control through taxation, regulation and inspection. You cant over come supply & demand, you can have it in the open, or you can have it underground/blackmarket but when people are willing to pay there will always be someone willing to sell.
2) Car emissions comparison - They are deadly, CO2 is bad in oh so many ways, and not all cars have catalytic converters, I drive a classic Golf Mk2 it doesn't have one. Also cars are only deemed essential today because of decades of centralising jobs to increase profits, decades of neglecting public transport to save money, and decades of marketing to make cars a status symbol and toy to part us from our hard earned cash, make us pay even more taxes and generally keep all the money spinning round in circles, tis the disposable, consumerist way.
3) Comparing to other legal yet harmful things - Just look around you, not just the Cigarettes & Alcohol, but the junk food loaded with fat, salt and preservatives, this kills people everyday, cars kill people everyday, and not on essential work journeys but usually on recreational drives, unfamiliar roads, messing about for fun, people die playing contact sports, pets like dogs can kill people, look up the statistics on 'in the home' or 'gardening' accidents, even guns are for sale in many countries perfectly legally. there are countless legal things that do far far more harm that some of the currently illegal drugs.
ps
Lone Dragon, I took LSD ( Strawberrys and microdots ) back in my mid teens, did it maybe dozen or so times, it is NOT in any way addictive. BUT although I and most my friends always had a good time in hindsight we did some very stupid things while tripping and were lucky not to get hurt, I also heard of a of few people who had very bad trips and spending 8+ hours just wishing they hadnt dropping it. I certainly would NOT recommend LSD to anyone.
