Rattler12 said:
Lathspell said:
Most opponents of this bill weren't saying, "But I need my THC for sleep aide!"
There have been MANY reasons individuals don't want this outlawed. They range from using the gummies for sleep, pain alleviation, PTSD, anxiety, and a myriad of other conditions various people take this to help with. However, the core of the argument is whether the government should tell free citizens they can't pull a plant out of the ground and smoke it. Or take the natural resin from said plant, bake it into food or a gummy, and eat it.
If I wish to sit in my home on a Friday night and get high, that is NO ONE'S BUSINESS.
Every single argument I have heard is irrational and can be turned around on the proponents of this bill by changing "THC" to "alcohol". Have you ever smoked weed before? Have you ever taken one of these gummies? If you have and have also consumed alcohol in your life, you would know for a fact that alcohol's effects and the harm its consumption causes on our society, is literally thousands of times greater than THC.
Then, you look at the argument of taking it away from the cartels as a cash crop, along with the jobs it creates, the money it brings to citizens and the money the government brings in from taxes... I truly don't understand any rational argument against it. The ONLY reason you can have for wanting it illegal, if you're being honest with yourself, is because you're a busy-body authoritarian who just doesn't like the fact some people like to get high. Even that opinion is ignorant unless you hold the same opinion on alcohol sales.
Please point to the post where I said I wanted it illegal. I believe I said that Abbot could veto or not veto it and that it made no difference to me one way or the other. And yes I have tried cannabis...twice... once it did nothing, the other time it's effects scared the crap out of me as I was totally out of it and physically helpless and couldn't have swatted a fly. I drink alcohol but have NEVER been in that kind of condition where I could not defend or take care of myself if the need arose. After that experience I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot poll
You guys that like to get high from it's regular use have at it. Use it every night. For those that like to compare it to alcohol, which seems to be a reoccurring theme throughout these 38 pages think about this.....If an alcoholic thinks he just has to have a drink or five every night to relieve his pain, release tension, stress and relax is he in control of the alcohol or is the alcohol in control of him? How is that scenario any different than the person that needs a hit or two of a cannabis product every night for the same reasons and I am not referencing, in any way, the people that have actual physical injuries in any way. I'm not a Dr. but perhaps looking into the causes of said tension, stress and pain are needed.
To the poster that mentioned me and "bluster" in his post. What do you consider these responses?....and that's just off of one page of the 38
"quite welcome to asphyxiate on a satchel of richards."
"He's such a corrupt slimeball."
"he looks like someone's old lesbian aunt Rhonda."
"He's just being a passive aggressive ****."
For being independent thinkers yall remind me of this when the subject of cannabis and it's derivatives come up
Your post is filled with so many jumps in logic, it's astounding.
First of all, i literally said, "the ONLY reason you can have for wanting it illegal." I never said you directly stated you want it illegal. I'm referring to the general group being antagonistic towards THC products. And, i'm sorry, but anyone who's arguing as vehemently as you on a football forum about THC being bad is someone who wants it illegal. You can lie to yourself all you want.
So your anecdotal example of smoking weed was (1) you puffed your first joint and didn't inhale, so didn't get high; and (2) you hit too big of a bong hit for someone who's never been high, and got blasted. Then you proceeded to say you drink alcohol but have never been in that condition? There is so much wrong with this, you must be purposefully obtuse. You do realize it's basically impossible to die from smoking too much weed, right? You would literally have to hit thousands of bong hits at once to kill yourself.
You're comparing your lifetime of learning to control your alcohol intake with the one time you took too big of a hit from a bong. That's like saying motorcycles should be illegal because you once got on a crotch-rocket, throttled it as hard as you could, and ended up crashing. Therefore, motorcycles are extremely dangerous and should be banned because every time you get in your car, you are able to control it just fine and always get to where you're going without crashing.
And what is this last statement about comparing alcoholism to those who take a gummy or two at night to help with anxiety, PTSD, sleep aide, and any other affliction they are looking to get help with? Are you saying these people should just wish their pain away? How moronic are you? Are you saying they should be dependent on prescription drugs instead? That may be one of the dumbest takes I've see on F16 in a long time... and that's saying something. You do realize alcoholics have a chemical addition and you don't get chemically addicted to THC, don't you?
