[Tennisnut]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Penn, give it up. You keep saying you'll stop posting on this thread and then start again. No one denies that drug abuse is an evil thing. NO ONE!!!!

What you're not going to do is convince most of us that recreational marijuana use necessarily leads to drug abuse.

Bravo. Sometimes I feel like I am a "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Loved that book many many years ago.

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by redwitch

Penn, give it up. You keep saying you'll stop posting on this thread and then start again. No one denies that drug abuse is an evil thing. NO ONE!!!!

What you're not going to do is convince most of us that recreational marijuana use necessarily leads to drug abuse.

Agreed.

[rubicon]

I thought each succeeding older generation was suppose to leave a better legacy for its young to aim higher for the betterment of mankind? Legalization of a drug that is more harmful than cigarettes, more intoxicating than alcohol and stinks to high heaven is not what I had in mind.

I believe this bill will pass in Florida because I believe that far too many people use and as such will be more motivated to vote. Its effect will be the same as removing speeding limits with no concern of violations speeders will only speed up.

So for those in favor of legalization vote in haste and repent in leisure.

Cést la vie

[janmcn]

Originally Posted by rubicon

I thought each succeeding older generation was suppose to leave a better legacy for its young to aim higher for the betterment of mankind? Legalization of a drug that is more harmful than cigarettes, more intoxicating than alcohol and stinks to high heaven is not what I had in mind.

I believe this bill will pass in Florida because I believe that far too many people use and as such will be more motivated to vote. Its effect will be the same as removing speeding limits with no concern of violations speeders will only speed up.

So for those in favor of legalization vote in haste and repent in leisure.

Cést la vie

To be clear, the ballot initiative we will vote on in November is to legalize the use of medical marijuana only. Only two states, WA and CO have voted to legalize recreational marijuana. If caught smoking marijuana in FL, you will be arrested. It is, and will remain, against the law.

[Chi-Town]

OK. We have probably covered this topic pretty thoroughly. Maybe it's time to start a new thread concerning another potential drug abuse problem in Florida..

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

OK. We have probably covered this topic pretty thoroughly. Maybe it's time to start a new thread concerning another potential drug abuse problem in Florida..


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Good one!

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by PennBF

Wow there is some real uneducated on this thread.

Originally Posted by PennBF

As they say..you can't fix "stupid".

Penn, people who don't agree with your opinions aren't necessarily uneducated or stupid.
If you are trying to win people to your point of view, insulting them isn't a good way to do it.

[Chi-Town]

PBF, life is like a game of cards. Once you drop out, you're out. You can't get in until the next game. (Thanks Forrest Gump).

[redwitch]

Originally Posted by Tennisnut

Bravo. Sometimes I feel like I am a "Stranger in a Strange Land"

Loved that book many many years ago.

I still love that book. Re-read it about every five years or so. Heinlein was my intro to sci fi. Methusalah's Children also way up there.

Sadly, I think the older we get, the stranger our land becomes (regardless of where "our" land is). Societies change and it is rarely to the liking of past generations. We frequently get lost in today's world, especially when we consider all that has occurred in the past fifty years. We've seen men walk on the moon, heard a guitar played upside down, computers that fit into a room can now be carried in a pocket, television has become common place and being able to view over 100 channels is taken for granted and on and on and on. And,yes, the mores of society have changed as well.

We oldsters aren't supposed to like a lot of the changes, I think. Remember, at one time the waltz was considered risqué. Maybe it is society's way of having some checks and balances?

[redwitch]

Originally Posted by PennBF

Redwich, what is your problem.

At the present , I'd say my biggest problem is that I'm not edible. It is Redwitch. Really not that hard to read or spell. Honest.

[benj]

When someone makes an emphatic statement that they will not do something and then continue to do so, I think they have lost all credibility. The term wha wha wha comes to mind.

[TheVillageChicken]

Originally Posted by janmcn

To be clear, the ballot initiative we will vote on in November is to legalize the use of medical marijuana only. Only two states, WA and CO have voted to legalize recreational marijuana. If caught smoking marijuana in FL, you will be arrested. It is, and will remain, against the law.

Not necessarily. I have been to many music festivals where I have seen the deputies make someone dump their pot out on the ground. The deputies then smush the weed into the ground and send the menace to society on their merry way.

[Patty55]

OMG, this is still going on? I feel like it's deja vu all over again or as we called it in the early 70's "a re-occurrence".

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by TheVillageChicken

Not necessarily. I have been to many music festivals where I have seen the deputies make someone dump their pot out on the ground. The deputies then smush the weed into the ground and send the menace to society on their merry way.

Back in the day, in my country, they would "confiscate" it. We always figured they went off and smoked it.

[Tennisnut]

Originally Posted by redwitch

I still love that book. Re-read it about every five years or so. Heinlein was my intro to sci fi. Methusalah's Children also way up there.

Sadly, I think the older we get, the stranger our land becomes (regardless of where "our" land is). Societies change and it is rarely to the liking of past generations. We frequently get lost in today's world, especially when we consider all that has occurred in the past fifty years. We've seen men walk on the moon, heard a guitar played upside down, computers that fit into a room can now be carried in a pocket, television has become common place and being able to view over 100 channels is taken for granted and on and on and on. And,yes, the mores of society have changed as well.

We oldsters aren't supposed to like a lot of the changes, I think. Remember, at one time the waltz was considered risqué. Maybe it is society's way of having some checks and balances?

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