Here's a test: Ask the question, "If I were to give you an entire package of Oreos, would you eat the whole thing?" If the answer is "Yes", there's a 99.9% chance they're high.
I haven't heard of a urine test that confirms immediate intoxication. The problem with MJ is how long it stays in your system. A heavy equipment operator can ingest MJ on Friday night, and two weeks later still fail a test.
Alcohol is much different in more ways than one. This is just one.
Fair point, although I still don’t get the disproportionate amount of time and energy dedicated to marijuana. Never understood the appeal. It’s not a harmless drug, its simply relatively harmless compared to other things.
Here's a test: Ask the question, "If I were to give you an entire package of Oreos, would you eat the whole thing?" If the answer is "Yes", there's a 99.9% chance they're high.
This.The actual question here is why do we devote such a disproportionate amount of time and energy criminalizing this relatively harmless drug, especially when it's so apparent that criminalization has nothing to solve the problem?
BTW, whether or not it appeals to you is irrelevant. Just because something does not appeal to you is no reason to make it illegal.
I already stated it should be decriminalized. It is not harmless. If should be regulated and producers, distributors and users heavily taxed.The actual question here is why do we devote such a disproportionate amount of time and energy criminalizing this relatively harmless drug, especially when it's so apparent that criminalization has nothing to solve the problem?
BTW, whether or not it appeals to you is irrelevant. Just because something does not appeal to you is no reason to make it illegal.
There are no marijuana car accidents here. No marijuana robberies. In fact I can't even recall the last news story I heard involving someone high. The worst thing is sometimes, every now and then someone smokes it on the street and you can smell it. In a year , that's like 3-4 times I openly smell marijuana. I don't use marijuana and have zero interest in it. Nonetheless in terms of daily life, having massive accessibility to it doesnt seem to really have changed mine or others day to day experience (as compared to say texas or massachusetts, states I have lived for several years prior to moving here). It's remains a relatively niche thing that people generally do once in a rare while but trust me people are doing way more alcohol up here. Lots of people are drinking pretty much everyday. My general understanding is very very few people are using marijuana pretty much everyday.As is the case with everything, what’s needed is data. I’ve certainly seen more than a few cases of young kids getting high in parking lots and then driving off. There’s some data indicating that there’s a link between heavy marijuana use and mental illness, anxiety disorder and depression.
I support the decriminalization of possession. I don’t think its wise to make it as accessible as alcohol, and I don’t really get the allure of it.
Because the cost of helping people with an addiction is a moral hazard, while the much much higher cost of locking them up isn't.The actual question here is why do we devote such a disproportionate amount of time and energy criminalizing this relatively harmless drug, especially when it's so apparent that criminalization has nothing to solve the problem?
BTW, whether or not it appeals to you is irrelevant. Just because something does not appeal to you is no reason to make it illegal.
Man, every few weeks I see a story about how someone drove their car into a weed shop or other weird story from them. Fucking grandmas can barely drive before they get stoned.There are no marijuana car accidents here. No marijuana robberies. In fact I can't even recall the last news story I heard involving someone high. The worst thing is sometimes, every now and then someone smokes it on the street and you can smell it. In a year , that's like 3-4 times I openly smell marijuana. I don't use marijuana and have zero interest in it. Nonetheless in terms of daily life, having massive accessibility to it doesnt seem to really have changed mine or others day to day experience (as compared to say texas or massachusetts, states I have lived for several years prior to moving here). It's remains a relatively niche thing that people generally do once in a rare while but trust me people are doing way more alcohol up here. Lots of people are drinking pretty much everyday. My general understanding is very very few people are using marijuana pretty much everyday.
Interesting factoid about why marijuana was first criminalized in the US. It was bound up with bigotry toward Mexican immigrants. Had it it not been demonized in a racialized way, it would likely have never been criminalized. It was legal until the 1930's.
Why the US Made Marijuana Illegal | HISTORY
Fear of Mexican immigrants led to the criminalization of marijuana.www.history.com
There are no marijuana car accidents here. No marijuana robberies. In fact I can't even recall the last news story I heard involving someone high. The worst thing is sometimes, every now and then someone smokes it on the street and you can smell it. In a year , that's like 3-4 times I openly smell marijuana. I don't use marijuana and have zero interest in it. Nonetheless in terms of daily life, having massive accessibility to it doesnt seem to really have changed mine or others day to day experience (as compared to say texas or massachusetts, states I have lived for several years prior to moving here). It's remains a relatively niche thing that people generally do once in a rare while but trust me people are doing way more alcohol up here. Lots of people are drinking pretty much everyday. My general understanding is very very few people are using marijuana pretty much everyday.
Such a harmless little drug, and yet I doubt anyone would be in favor of heavy equipment operators or train conductors or pilots performing their jobs while high, and yes the same applies to alcohol, although alcohol impairment is far easier to detect. Washington, Colorado and California have all seen an increase in drug impaired car accidents, but that trend began before legalization, and in states where it is legalized, there haven’t been trends of more people partaking.
Also, there is scientific evidence that habitual pot use can alter the development of an adolescent brain, and not in a good way.
So while “refer madness” is a fear response, that doesn’t mean its harmless. Yes there are other harmful legal substances out there.
The Senate won't vote on this until the Dems have a majority. The Safe Banking Act, which would allow legal marijuana businesses access to the interstate banking system, passed the House with a supermajority vote last year, but has been held up in Senate committee ever since.I wish we had large data sets on the effects of various doses of THC on cognitive and motor control tests instead of anecdotal info. Last time I looked this up there were only small studies because researchers had to jump through hoops just to get approval for a few ounces of weed. Stupid - just say no to science too.
What are the odds of the senate voting on this? Will McConnell just put whatever senate bill comes up just leave it in his desk draw?
Such a harmless little drug, and yet I doubt anyone would be in favor of heavy equipment operators or train conductors or pilots performing their jobs while high, and yes the same applies to alcohol, although alcohol impairment is far easier to detect. Washington, Colorado and California have all seen an increase in drug impaired car accidents, but that trend began before legalization, and in states where it is legalized, there haven’t been trends of more people partaking.
Also, there is scientific evidence that habitual pot use can alter the development of an adolescent brain, and not in a good way.
So while “refer madness” is a fear response, that doesn’t mean its harmless. Yes there are other harmful legal substances out there.
I haven't heard of a urine test that confirms immediate intoxication. The problem with MJ is how long it stays in your system. A heavy equipment operator can ingest MJ on Friday night, and two weeks later still fail a test.
Alcohol is much different in more ways than one. This is just one.
So is a steady diet of Fox News but we don't ban that. (tongue in cheek but still true) Did we learn nothing from prohibition?As is the case with everything, what’s needed is data. I’ve certainly seen more than a few cases of young kids getting high in parking lots and then driving off. There’s some data indicating that there’s a link between heavy marijuana use and mental illness, anxiety disorder and depression.
I support the decriminalization of possession. I don’t think its wise to make it as accessible as alcohol, and I don’t really get the allure of it.
Sure, I understand. That's the behavioral control piece of if, and it's based on lies and propaganda.THC is converted into non-psychoactive metabolites that linger in the body & build up in regular users. Piss tests have never been more than back door law enforcement. Instead of losing money or freedom, offenders lose their jobs.
Classic case of the regressives trying to hold back the progressives.............again.