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Hopefully this is just the beginning of an eventual nationwide adoption. I don't smoke but I've never understood why we can't legalize it and tax it similar to how we do with alcohol. This is a good first step.
The same should happen for prostitution. More senseless restrictions for a victimless crime.
Prosititution is not even close to a victimless crime, considering the overall amount of people damaged by the sex trade. Legalizing it might help curb that but it wouldnt eliminate it.
You have to be 21 to buy.
Just like beer! And we know that kids can't possibly get their hands on alcohol.
I believe the age should be dropped back to 18. If your old enough to die for your nation in a war, your old enough to get high.
Good for colorado. Now, the proceeds will go to stop marijuana addiction.
What are YOU smoking! You know that whatever money is raised will go to the support of the politicians first and then the welfare state to buy votes so the politicians can continue to rape the taxpayers.
What I want to see is a nice little trade war spring up between the cartels and the legal outlets. That's going to be good.
Ok.....forced sex workers are victims but that can definitely be helped/fixed if it was regulated and licensed properly.
What they found in the Netherlands is that even with legalized prostitution there were still forced sex workers.
Since there's really no difference, legalized prostiution isn't going to change anything one way or other.
Woah, wait a second. You mean to tell me that laws don't completely eliminate a behavior/action?
Shit, we should just make murder legal now, since people are still being murdered despite the law that says they can't.
Good for colorado. Now, the proceeds will go to stop marijuana addiction.
What are YOU smoking! You know that whatever money is raised will go to the support of the politicians first and then the welfare state to buy votes so the politicians can continue to rape the taxpayers.
What I want to see is a nice little trade war spring up between the cartels and the legal outlets. That's going to be good.
I dont smoke that junk nor use any drugs but if colorado elects to do so I respect their state right to do so. Of course it always goes to the politicians. Therein lies the travesty.
recent medical journals have linked pot to schizophrenia. Even if untrue, pot is a gateway drug in the very least.
This doesn't seem like it's going to end well for you. But let's let's take this reasoning out further and see where it goes.
Pot is a gateway drug, so let's make sure that kids who use it are buying it illegally from drug users who sell other drugs.
Yep, the initial thought was right, this didn't end well for you.
BTW, I smoked dope in high school. Never tried anything else, haven't smoked pot in 30 years.
I like the way China deals with drug use. Dealers get their organs taken for transplant. Users get sentenced to work rehabilitation in a labor camp. After three, three year sentences of work rehabilitation that fail and the addict is still using, they don't get released.
Nah, the real gateway drug is tobacco/nicotine. It is usually the first drug most all drug addicts try first. Followed by alcohol......And then there is this....
Now, the most powerful evidence against the supposed marijuana-insanity link has come forth, with the publication of a new Harvard study showing that evidence of increased prevalence of schizophrenia among people who smoked pot in their teens can be explained by genetic and other familial factors instead of any causal relationship between pot and mental illness.
Why Does the Myth of Marijuana and Schizophrenia Persist Despite Numerous Debunkings? | Alternet
And we should believe Alternet rather than medical reports because........?????
.....of the link to the Harvard study......
Abstract
Background
Cannabis is one of the most highly abused illicit drugs in the world. Several studies suggest a link between adolescent cannabis use and schizophrenia. An understanding of this link would have significant implications for legalization of cannabis and its medicinal value. The present study aims to determine whether familial morbid risk for schizophrenia is the crucial factor that underlies the association of adolescent cannabis use with the development of schizophrenia.
Methods
Consecutively obtained probands were recruited into four samples: sample 1: 87 non-psychotic controls with no drug use; sample 2: 84 non-psychotic controls with cannabis use; sample 3: 32 patients with a schizophrenia spectrum psychosis with no drug use; sample 4: 76 patients with schizophrenia spectrum psychosis with cannabis use. All cannabis using subjects used this drug during adolescence, and no other substance, with the exception of alcohol. Structured interviews of probands and family informants were used to obtain diagnostic information about probands and all their known relatives.
Results
There was an increased morbid risk for schizophrenia in relatives of the cannabis using and non-using patient samples compared with their respective non-psychotic control samples (p=.002, p<.001 respectively). There was no significant difference in morbid risk for schizophrenia between relatives of the patients who use or do not use cannabis (p=.43).
Conclusions
The results of the current study suggest that having an increased familial morbid risk for schizophrenia may be the underlying basis for schizophrenia in cannabis users and not cannabis use by itself.
secede
Smoking pot does not make everyone a criminal.
I started at 16.
Honorably discharge from the Army. 27E TOW anti-armor missile systems technician/ 71L Administration Specialist/%2 D power generation Equipment repair/operator/maint.
College grad, on Dean's list
Owned my own business 1984-2012
When times were learn in business I worked for other people.
Retired at 52
Work part time security at night clubs for the last 8 years
Raised 4 children which do not smoke weed because I was open and honest about it.
People that do not use commit crimes.
If you doubt me, private message me and I will send info by scanner over e-mail.
secede
Smoking pot does not make everyone a criminal.
I started at 16.
Honorably discharge from the Army. 27E TOW anti-armor missile systems technician/ 71L Administration Specialist/%2 D power generation Equipment repair/operator/maint.
College grad, on Dean's list
Owned my own business 1984-2012
When times were learn in business I worked for other people.
Retired at 52
Work part time security at night clubs for the last 8 years
Raised 4 children which do not smoke weed because I was open and honest about it.
People that do not use commit crimes.
If you doubt me, private message me and I will send info by scanner over e-mail.
recent medical journals have linked pot to schizophrenia. Even if untrue, pot is a gateway drug in the very least.
This doesn't seem like it's going to end well for you. But let's let's take this reasoning out further and see where it goes.
Pot is a gateway drug, so let's make sure that kids who use it are buying it illegally from drug users who sell other drugs.
Yep, the initial thought was right, this didn't end well for you.
BTW, I smoked dope in high school. Never tried anything else, haven't smoked pot in 30 years.
I believe it's suffice to say you're in the minority.
Reality check....
"The first sale, orchestrated as a news media photo opportunity, was made to Sean Azzariti, an Iraq War veteran who has lobbied publicly for legalization and says pot helps mitigate problems stemming from his post-traumatic stress syndrome. Azzariti, who served six years in the Marine Corps and two tours in Iraq, spent about $60 at 3D Cannabis Center for an eighth of an ounce of "Bubba Kush" and a pot-laden truffle."
Iraq War vet makes Colorado's first pot purchase
$500 per ounce ???
Maybe there has been some price inflation since I wandered around in the culture, but nobody is going to pay that price.
What is it with liberals and state marketing? Maybe they could pass an Affordable Pot Act. They could call it 'Obamaspleef' or something.
secede
Smoking pot does not make everyone a criminal.
I started at 16.
Honorably discharge from the Army. 27E TOW anti-armor missile systems technician/ 71L Administration Specialist/%2 D power generation Equipment repair/operator/maint.
College grad, on Dean's list
Owned my own business 1984-2012
When times were learn in business I worked for other people.
Retired at 52
Work part time security at night clubs for the last 8 years
Raised 4 children which do not smoke weed because I was open and honest about it.
People that do not use commit crimes.
If you doubt me, private message me and I will send info by scanner over e-mail.
Curious, did you hide your use? Or did you wait until they were older and gave them the talk?
Yes - potheads are a menace since they all drive cars. The auto industry is funding this "grassroots" movement. Car crashes mean car sales.
I like the way China deals with drug use. Dealers get their organs taken for transplant. Users get sentenced to work rehabilitation in a labor camp. After three, three year sentences of work rehabilitation that fail and the addict is still using, they don't get released.
So, move to China if you love their laws so much........
