Cali may be 1st state to legalize Marijuana for Recreational Use

[Gandalf]

Well obviously bad parents will smoke weed regardless of their children no matter if it is legal or not. So, in that respect my last post was a bit off.

[Zilla]

Well obviously bad parents will smoke weed regardless of their children no matter if it is legal or not. So, in that respect my last post was a bit off.

Wouldn't you agree that smoking cigarettes is worse? There is a societal perception about weed and weedsmokers, that I myself buy into, despite the fact I know better. People who smoke weed are viable contributors to society. Look at Michael what's-his-face who won all those gold medals. We've been spoonfed such a misinformation campaign that despite all that being debunked we still feel wrong about it. I remember the commercials saying weedsmokers were lazy, that pot made you impotent, that if you smoked it your sister would get raped by your friend and none of that is (necessarily) true.

I don't want it anywhere near me, but I don't want cigarettes near me, either. Nobody dies or overdoses from weed, but people get lung cancer everyday. People get drunk and die in car crashes, die from alcohol poisoning or burn out their livers. But cigarettes and alcohol are perfectly legal. If anything, there are health benefits to smoking pot, but there are some who don't think sick people should be allowed to have it. The fact of it is there is no big industry behind weed. Anyone can grow it from the comfort of their own back yard. There's nobody to monopolize it so they can lobby politicians and jack up their prices to infinity and the gov't can't tax a renewable product you can grow yourself unless they try and pull the same BS they do with your license plate by having you renew a 'license' every year. Racketeering at its finest.