boyfriend smokes weed

[Aidokea]

I'm calling BS on the whole "medical marijuana" thing. The reality is, "medical marijuana" was always just a cover to adapt society to legalization...I've never had a doctor tell me, "hey, go buy your medication from some guy and smoke it up as much as you see fit...no need to worry about dosage or drug strength." If "medical marijuana" was legit, then people would be prescribed THC pills (yes, they exist, and they have almost no psychoactive effect while retaining the medicinal effects of THC).

Amen. I've encountered drug criminals with "medical" marijuana cards that smoked dope to "treat" their COPD. Or used marijuana to "treat" anxiety- I would think that being paranoid out of their mind on weed would make anxiety WORSE, not better.

[Aidokea]

In states that have only "medical" marijuana, every 20 year old Jeff Spicoli type goes on the internet to learn how to fake all sorts of ailments that don't show up on any X-ray or blood test, to try to avoid getting arrested for their choice of drug crimes.

In states that have "legalized" recreational marijuana, a miraculous statewide mass "healing" has occurred, because now suddenly nobody needs "medical" marijuana.

And pretty much 100% of them think they can still legally drive.

[John Wick]

And pretty much 100% of them think they can still legally drive.

This is the problem. I'm getting people blitzed out of their minds and they state "its just a little weed man". Dude you are literally moving in slow motion.

[BrianT]

I genuinely believe that there is some medical benefit to weed. The DUI school expression, "if it makes you feel dirrerent, you ARE different " comes to mind.

The reason that I'm opposed to medical weed is that the law will encourage or attract dishonest doctors to our state. While I respect the medical profession, there are dirty doctors just like there are dirty cops. All it takes is a few docs willing to sell their integrity and you get a bunch of "clinics" that are essentially selling prescriptions to anyone with 300 bucks regardless of what is or isn't wrong with them.

Insofar as recreational weed goes, I could go either way. I still won't smoke it but more people will meaning more impaired drivers on the road.

The only positive I've found was a conversation I had with two officers from Colorado. They told me that there is essentially zero bootleg weed on the streets. The legal stuff is such high quality that no one wanted to buy ditch weed from the street dealers.

[CCCSD]

There is tons of “bootleg” weed all over. It’s CHEAPER than the privileged stuff. The Cartels are alive and doing very well thanks to this insanely stupid idea to legalize it.

[Aidokea]

There is tons of “bootleg” weed all over. It’s CHEAPER than the privileged stuff. The Cartels are alive and doing very well thanks to this insanely stupid idea to legalize it.

Exactly. A person would have to be awfully gullible to think that the vast majority of Illegal drugs aren't coming from the same places they've always come from.

States "legalizing" illegal drugs, simply invites the cartels to expand stateside operations in those states, makes it harder to go after drug criminals, and invites drug criminals from other states to move into their states.

As a "bonus", property crimes and person crimes that are driven by illegal drugs, inevitably go up.

And among those crimes, is DUI (drugs). The insurance companies aren't stupid- they realize that when states "legalize" illegal drugs, it results in an explosion of drugged drivers on the road, so the insurance companies raise EVERYONE'S rates in that state.