Originally Posted by nysnowbirds (Post 726156)

Some of us are young... Or at least we think we are.

Originally Posted by kagney123 (Post 726111)

Is there a 420 Friendly Club in the Villages?

Originally Posted by benj (Post 725515)

So I just read the discussion about mandatory sentencing and I wonder how many villagers would support medical marijuana. Attorney John Morgan is backing a petition to legalize it. I read recently a couple of polls where approval was above 70% in Florida. From personal experience I think it was god sent for my wife during her battle with bone marrow cancer. I will always be grateful for it's benefits. So what do you think?
I have signed the petition that is available at Petition - United for Care and hope some of you will download and sign it also.

Originally Posted by ilovetv (Post 725635)

Legalizing it for people of legal age gives teens and preteens the perception that it is not harmful, when it is:

"Unfortunately, the proportion of American teens who believe marijuana use is harmful has been declining for the past several years, which has corresponded to a steady rise in their use of the drug, as shown by NIDA’s annual Monitoring the Future survey of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders.

Since it decreases IQ, regular marijuana use stands to jeopardize a young person’s chances of success in school. So as another school year begins, we all must step up our efforts to educate teens about the harms of marijuana so that we can realign their perceptions of this drug with the scientific evidence."

Marijuana's Lasting Effects on the Brain | National Institute on Drug Abuse

Originally Posted by Golfingnut (Post 725689)

Let me understand your position. If a medication or a recreational drug has side effects it should not be legal. I say ALL medications have side effects and some come with warning labels that you may die from use. One comes with the warning that you may go blind with a 4+ hour erection, yet it is legal. Your argument would eliminate at least 90% of medications and 100% of alcohol and tobacco products.

Stop being a pawn and believing the so called legal drug dealers. Legalize it now.

Originally Posted by ilovetv (Post 725938)

I mentioned OWS as an example of the phoniness from groups that decry and protest "GREED" on the part of

Big Corporate,

Big Business,

Big Wall Street,

"Corporate Fat Cats"

Big Pharma......

..but NOT on the part of Big POT, Big Weed, and Big Dispensers or any special-interest groups wanting to cash in on legalized pot that's a multi-billion-dollar Big Business in California alone, as stated in the article I linked.

They want their hands on the MONEY, as evidenced by the defeat of the regulatory legislation in the article I linked above.

It's also the phoniness in calling it a "medical" need when it's simply a want, to get high without all the prosecutions, fines, probations and criminal court records. (I do think it should be de-criminalized....which is not the same as total legalization. I think it's absurd and crippling for twenty-somethings trying to start a career to have criminal court records following them for having been arrested for pot possession/use in college.)

Originally Posted by kagney123 (Post 726111)

Is there a 420 Friendly Club in the Villages?

Originally Posted by Trish Crocker (Post 726285)

After 3 hours do you just need glasses?

Originally Posted by shcisamax (Post 726294)

According to the Sanjay Gupta documentary, seizures can be controlled by medical marijuana. Our Aussie has a seizure disorder and I will be calling the vet tomorrow to see if they can do something more natural than drugs to help him out. :)