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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:13:08 PM EDT
[#1]
Self medication is rarely a good thing. It speaks to deeper problems for the individual.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:15:12 PM EDT
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I think like alcohol, some people can handle it, and some have it ruin their lives.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:15:38 PM EDT
[#3]
Lol
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:16:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Self medication is rarely a good thing. It speaks to deeper problems for the individual. I honestly don't care about the personal problems of the individual marijuana user, or the why's behind their "self medication." I'm concerned with whether or not them doing whatever they do is going to have a negative impact on the greater society, and specifically whether or not that impact will effect me. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:16:38 PM EDT
[#5]
Everyone here grew it and smoked it before anyway, now a few more people might.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:17:24 PM EDT
[#6]
This thread will be good. In!
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:17:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Self medication is rarely a good thing. It speaks to deeper problems for the individual. It's a two-way street. Wanting to get high, drunk, or otherwise pleasantly altered is human nature. Some ways of doing it are certainly more problematic than others, but that doesn't mean that everyone who does so has deep problems. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:18:34 PM EDT
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Pot needles flowing in the streets
Reefer madness, total wastoid zombification Whak!whack!whack! You hear that? It's my skull, I am sooo wasted /spicoli_off |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:18:35 PM EDT
[#9]
You can smell it all over Las Vegas. Especially at stoplights. Jackasses will cut across multiple lanes of traffic to turn into a pot shop driveway.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:19:11 PM EDT
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All I know is we vacationed in Colorado last year. We went to the grocery store to stock the Airbnb and it was nothing but fucking hippie zombies everywhere. I don't know what it was like before but holy fuck it's bad
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:19:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Self medication is rarely a good thing. It speaks to deeper problems for the individual.  This thread has potential. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:19:56 PM EDT
[#12]
No infact running into a stoner is odd. Them again my AO is very rural and mostly Ag.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:19:58 PM EDT
[#13]
I know personally and see on a regular basis two elderly Boomer men who have turned into complete potheads since weed was legalized.
Their wives are quite upset about it. But you can’t break an old pothead of grass addiction. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:20:37 PM EDT
[#14]
Here in Commifornia before it became recreational.
You wouldn't smell it so much. At home and away. Now it reeks everywhere including on the freeways. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:20:42 PM EDT
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Until everyone legalizes it, it will consolidate many of the deleterious segments of the population in places where it is permitted. It appears to have been a massive mistake for Colorado.
People who need that kind of escape are broken, same with alcoholics and such. They tend to fuck places up when they congregate |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:21:24 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You can smell it all over Las Vegas. Especially at stoplights. Jackasses will cut across multiple lanes of traffic to turn into a pot shop driveway. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:22:16 PM EDT
[#17]
I don’t smoke that shit but I see a lot more people smoking it and eating the gummies. What I have see. Is an increase in Fentanyl use. It I don’t attribute that to pot smoking. A lot of hard working people smoke as well as shit bags.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:23:14 PM EDT
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Yay, War on Drugs! So effective! Much enforcement! Wow.
I know a couple people that medicate. One “medicates”. Whatever. The other hadadvanced cancer. His brother says it really helped him make the miserable days bearable. He knew it wasn’t a cure, but at that point, nothing would do that. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:24:55 PM EDT
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Smoking weed or using cannabis products has never killed anyone. Alcohol on the other hand....
Had weed been legalized 50 years ago I believe alcoholism would not be half what it is today. My biggest concern with increased MJ use is lung complications... (cancer, emphysema etc..) But many Cannabis products are no longer inhaled... so there's that aspect. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:25:11 PM EDT
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It was essentially decriminalized here, and nothing changed. Don't know about changes in the number of OVIs.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:27:06 PM EDT
[#21]
From what I gather, the people that smoked it before it was legal, still smoke it. Those that didnt, still dont. I have seen no changes in the people I know.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:28:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Smoking weed or using cannabis products has never killed anyone. Alcohol on the other hand.... Had weed been legalized 50 years ago I believe alcoholism would not be half what it is today. My biggest concern with increased MJ use is lung complications... (cancer, emphysema etc..) But many Cannabis products are no longer inhaled... so there's that aspect. Washington state had its first infant overdose (and death) last year. ETA - second hand smoke from parents. I lived in Maine for a few years. I assume everyone smoked because it smelled like marijuana everywhere. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:29:24 PM EDT
[#23]
Here it is legal nationwide.
Those who smoked it still smoke it. Those who didn't mostly don't. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:30:32 PM EDT
[#24]
I tried the Delta 8 variant and that was enough for me. I tossed about $150 worth of that crap right in the garbage can. What a waste of money. So I would dislike pot even worse. Weed ain't for me.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:31:44 PM EDT
[#25]
My cousin was weird b4 pot became legal. He is 100x more weird since CO legalized it for fun. The people i know who use it for medical issues are functional and hold normal jobs
They use it moderation at night hours at home. There will always be those who go past therapeutic use or just use cannabis because they want to. I cant stand the smell or taste of it. Smoke gives me a headache. I use Motrin for headaches and if its something worse off to the doctor I go. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:31:47 PM EDT
[#26]
I just love liberals.
Smoking cigarettes bad. Smoking pot good. I don’t care about either. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:33:29 PM EDT
[#27]
kind of.
 I mean, it's not fully legal in Florida, but for all intents and purposes it is. Hotboxing dopers slow down traffic. It's annoying. My parents also got a free pot brownie at some seafood festival (it was technically delta something, but lets be real, it's dope) and I caught my mom mowing the lawn at a speed of .0001 mile per day. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:33:54 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: From what I gather, the people that smoked it before it was legal, still smoke it. Those that didnt, still dont. I have seen no changes in the people I know. I'd imagine that there already aren't too many people who really want to be marijuana users who weren't already when it was totally illegal. Even before states started decriminalizing, it was never hard to get. Drug testing is the only major barrier for a lot of people and it probably continues to be even after state laws change. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:34:14 PM EDT
[#29]
There is a finite number of people who get high. They will use the cheapest and most convenient means to do it. Currently, alcohol is legal and available on every corner. As pot gets legalized, it will become cheaper and more convenient.
Still there won’t be more users. Just different highs. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:35:37 PM EDT
[#30]
No one cares about reeking of it anymore
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:36:58 PM EDT
[#31]
I found out how many people i interact with actually smoke pot
But other then that no |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:38:09 PM EDT
[#32]
Live near the border of a state where it’s legal and have seen the casual usage go up with the workforce. Even just driving down the road in a not legal area people are open with it and the smell is everywhere.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:38:11 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No one cares about reeking of it anymore . |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:38:28 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: People who need that kind of escape are broken, same with alcoholics and such. They tend to fuck places up when they congregate lol Anyone who smokes weed is the same as an alcoholic? Are you saying that people can’t have a beer and not be an alcoholic? No one can smoke or eat an edible and not be a pothead? |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:38:43 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Washington state had its first infant overdose (and death) last year. ETA - second hand smoke from parents. I lived in Maine for a few years. I assume everyone smoked because it smelled like marijuana everywhere. Yes, I understand laws are being put in place to restrict Cannabis edibles that appear to be candy. Infants can accidentally ingest many poisons in the home due to irresponsible parents. Here in AZ infant pool drownings are a problem. Ingesting cannabis causing death is not even heard of. ETA- people don't smoke weed like cigarettes anymore. One bong hit and your good. Don't picture a cigarette chain smoker. That's not how it works. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:39:48 PM EDT
[#36]
I’ve seen several older family members that have been in the “weed is the devil” camp for decades, move from all sorts of prescriptions for pain relief, to weed products.
Grandma is actually more productive in the garden than she’s been in years. I also have a few upper middle class customers in the 60+ year old range that have taken up weed in the past couple years. Everyone appears to be just as productive as before. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:40:23 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I found out how many people i interact with actually smoke pot But other then that no It has become socially acceptable over the past 2 years here. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:41:08 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: ETA- people don't smoke weed like cigarettes anymore. One bong hit and your good. Don't picture a cigarette chain smoker. That's not how it works.  You don't know any brothers that like their blunts then. Where I'm from, they called it the health bar. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:41:15 PM EDT
[#39]
It's the same as its always been in my AO. I know people that smoke after work every day and they're doing just fine.
There have been quite a few new pot businesses springing up but they seem to be doing very well so the local market isn't saturated yet. As for odor, it's not noticeable at all in public. All told, it appears to be a positive move for the local economy. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:42:39 PM EDT
[#40]
Big cities are now full of homeless. Did they come for the legal pot or did legal pot make them homeless?
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:43:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Washington state had its first infant overdose (and death) last year. ETA - second hand smoke from parents. I lived in Maine for a few years. I assume everyone smoked because it smelled like marijuana everywhere. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Smoking weed or using cannabis products has never killed anyone. Alcohol on the other hand.... Had weed been legalized 50 years ago I believe alcoholism would not be half what it is today. My biggest concern with increased MJ use is lung complications... (cancer, emphysema etc..) But many Cannabis products are no longer inhaled... so there's that aspect. Washington state had its first infant overdose (and death) last year. ETA - second hand smoke from parents. I lived in Maine for a few years. I assume everyone smoked because it smelled like marijuana everywhere. Tragic - but I thought I smelled something off about that and looked into it. “We are absolutely not saying that marijuana killed that child,” said Thomas Nappe, an author of the report who is now the director of medical toxicology at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Nappe, who co-authored the report with Christopher Hoyte, explained that the doctors simply observed this unusual sequence of events, documented it and alerted the medical community that it is worth studying a possible relationship between cannabis and the child’s cause of death, myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle. The authors added that, “As of this writing, this is the first reported pediatric death associated with cannabis exposure.” Nappe emphasized that the word “associated” should not be interpreted as indicating a cause and effect. Source |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:44:36 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You don't know any brothers that like their blunts then. Where I'm from, they called it the health bar. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: ETA- people don't smoke weed like cigarettes anymore. One bong hit and your good. Don't picture a cigarette chain smoker. That's not how it works. You don't know any brothers that like their blunts then. Where I'm from, they called it the health bar. Well I suppose that all depends on how good the product is..... bahahaha 
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:45:08 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Big cities are now full of homeless. Did they come for the legal pot or did legal pot make them homeless? Quote HistoryQuoted: Big cities are now full of homeless. Did they come for the legal pot or did legal pot make them homeless? Quoted: Well I suppose that all depends on how good the product is..... bahahaha |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:45:16 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: ETA- people don't smoke weed like cigarettes anymore. One bong hit and your good. Don't picture a cigarette chain smoker. That's not how it works. We must not hang out with the same gen x'ers then. One guy I used to work with would roll up a spliff the size of a sharpie marker, stick in his mouth first thing in the morning, and relight as necessary all day long while running out a block wall. Still tokes up before every concrete pour, I have no idea how he functions with that much THC tar in the brain. |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:45:31 PM EDT
[#45]
Legalizing pot has had 0 change in people.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:45:44 PM EDT
[#46]
I had wisdom teeth pulled. The dentist recommended marijuana edibles for pain.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:46:02 PM EDT
[#47]
I have seen no change, but it's early days here.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:47:20 PM EDT
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Arizona legalized marijuana in November, 2020.
The cannabis industry is now expected to bring in $1.5 billion in tax revenue for 2021, according to figures from the Department of Revenue. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-marijuana-sales-slated-to-bring-in-1-5-billion-in-state-taxes  Attached File |
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:47:32 PM EDT
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The only change I notice is the openness or brazen uncouth to do all the shitty behavior one can do with other not illegal things.
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Posted: 11/27/2021 7:47:37 PM EDT
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When we travel to states where it is legal, my wife and I are amazed at how many places sell it.
Once my wife learned what the green cross meant, she was blown away by how many times we saw it. And this was on the blue highways in little towns all over. A town of 4k has them everywhere. Same with a 20k town.She was also blown away by how many times we were offered to partake in camping situations on a 2 week trip this past spring from people we just ended up hanging out with by a fire doing some boondocking. I was kind of flattered that people were willing to share after enjoying our company. We politely declined, but said to "go ahead and have a great time." We sipped cocktails instead. My wife and I are unicorns. Neither one has ever smoked. We've been around it but never did it. We now do Delta 8 gummies to help sleep occasionally. It took my wife 3 months to even try a half. And that is pretty recent. So, while I haven't seen any changes in people.....from our travels, I can say that we believe the majority of people in the US partake, or would do so if it were available legally. |
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