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Originally Posted by John_W
I have just one comment to make. If people want to get wasted legally they drink and some get drunk. Some get mean drunk and then take it out on someone else. I've never heard of anyone getting mean high. Probably the biggest opponent of legalization are the bar owners and liquor companies.
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But marijuana is more like beer...you don't have to get wasted. A nice pleasant buzz is enough. Why is it always assumed that everyone is going to smoke to excess? Do most people drink to excess? People lose less personal control when smoking than with alcohol. The misinformation about it is staggering.
And yes, it's alcohol that makes you lose your mind and do stupid, STUPID things. You never hear of anything bad that's being done by someone smoking marijuana. It makes you mellow, tolerant, and happy.
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Originally Posted by billethkid
gee as good as it is for all to use I keep wondering why it has taken at least the last 78 years that I know of to come to pass?
Why did it not happen long, long ag, LONG ago. Perhaps it is a barometer of the changing values of the modern day.
And now all of a sudden too, all the positions of how much better it is than some other "stuff". If true why did it take over 78 years, that I knoe of, to come to pass?
How does it compare to electronic cigarettes that are now being subjected to a wave of restrictions? Pot vs steam?
I forget who it was that used to say, there is a lot more to the story (we won't hear)?
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There is a lot more to the story, but it's political. So we can't talk about it. Suffice to say that certain corporations want to keep it illegal. Legalization is a grassroots effort.