Back as late as ‘15, cannabis was illegal in large portions of the US, if not all of it. People, predominantly Black people, would be given heavy multi-decade sentences for distribution of illegal drugs. Since then, cannabis has become legalized in certain states, and yet those people are not free.
When the weed shop looks like an Apple Store, but the people previously vending weed are in prison still, that’s a problem.
Yes, but selling drugs is not cool, even when there are legal institutions that are allowed to do it. You can also get amphetamines and opioids as real medication.
as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business
i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met
there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people
if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure
I’m on your side, personally. It’s not always possible for a person to be fully informed of the effects of habit-forming drugs before taking them. Society should do something to protect the population, even if it in to prevent self-harm.
In 1988 the public perception was that they were equally bad. There were people who tried to claim that marijuana was harmless, but they were “crazy pothead druggies”.
The line my shitty parents would always give was “all the people we know who do a lot of marijuana are burn outs and don’t go anywhere in life” to which my internal mental response has evolved into “CORRECTION all the people you know who are stupid enough to let your judgemental-ass know they smoke marijuana you mean”.
Some of my parents best friends regularly smoked marijuana when I was growing up and neither me nor my parents knew because those adults knew how childlike and intellectually unserious my parents’ judgements were around drug use.
The use of stimulants was more accepted back then, with ephedrine routinely sold as a diet aid. I wouldn’t be surprised that people judged cocaine less harsh because of that.
Yeah but even if things were like that this question is still like asking “Do you participate in recreational activities such as snuggling up with a blanket and reading or bungee jumping?”.
The two drugs just don’t have much to do with each other, they are done in completely different social environments with totally different intentions.
I mean I am sure most people who do cocaine also are willing to smoke weed but that is more of a “why not?” thing than there being any logical connection at all between the two drugs (if you are willing to break societal norms and do coke, you are also probably willing to break societal norms less and do marijuana).
“illicit drug use such as marijuanja and cocaine”
Yeah just throw those two together into the same question! That makes sense!
Yeah, the zeitgeist of 1998 was… different. D.A.R.E. really did a number on folks.
It’s still wild seeing billboards for weed, even though there’s people still in jail for selling it. :/
Selling it? How is that wild?
Back as late as ‘15, cannabis was illegal in large portions of the US, if not all of it. People, predominantly Black people, would be given heavy multi-decade sentences for distribution of illegal drugs. Since then, cannabis has become legalized in certain states, and yet those people are not free.
When the weed shop looks like an Apple Store, but the people previously vending weed are in prison still, that’s a problem.
Also many cannabis capitalists are…the cops and judges who recently put black homegrowers behind bars.
Federal vs state? Really shit that our country has like 85% non-violent prisoners, almost all are drug users.
Because billboards are giant adverts offering to sell it
Yes, but selling drugs is not cool, even when there are legal institutions that are allowed to do it. You can also get amphetamines and opioids as real medication.
So long as it’s being used in a responsible fashion and not being given to minors: why do you give even a single fuck?
Once again, I’d like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs.
is it being used in a responsible fashion?
i dont live in a country where weed is legal, but i can say that others like nicotine and alcohol are definitely not used responsibly
Some people are, some people aren’t. The important thing is that it’s none of your business.
as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business
i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met
there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people
if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure
For your information, I’d like to mention that I actually joined the war on drugs. On the side of drugs of course
Hell yeah. A fellow vet.
I’m gonna need a source for that /s
Get rid of the /s. All the bud tenders at my dispensary are deffo cool.
I’m on your side, personally. It’s not always possible for a person to be fully informed of the effects of habit-forming drugs before taking them. Society should do something to protect the population, even if it in to prevent self-harm.
So you’re logically consistent, and in favor of banning the most dangerous drug - alcohol. Right?
Honestly, kinda. Alcohol kills too many people, both self-harm and other people when operating vehicles.
Did you read the full sentence?
Like white folk weren’t on coke since forever
In 1988 the public perception was that they were equally bad. There were people who tried to claim that marijuana was harmless, but they were “crazy pothead druggies”.
The line my shitty parents would always give was “all the people we know who do a lot of marijuana are burn outs and don’t go anywhere in life” to which my internal mental response has evolved into “CORRECTION all the people you know who are stupid enough to let your judgemental-ass know they smoke marijuana you mean”.
Some of my parents best friends regularly smoked marijuana when I was growing up and neither me nor my parents knew because those adults knew how childlike and intellectually unserious my parents’ judgements were around drug use.
Loitering, littering, and mass murder will be on the rise.
The use of stimulants was more accepted back then, with ephedrine routinely sold as a diet aid. I wouldn’t be surprised that people judged cocaine less harsh because of that.
Also a lot of people used cocaine.
Yeah but even if things were like that this question is still like asking “Do you participate in recreational activities such as snuggling up with a blanket and reading or bungee jumping?”.
The two drugs just don’t have much to do with each other, they are done in completely different social environments with totally different intentions.
I mean I am sure most people who do cocaine also are willing to smoke weed but that is more of a “why not?” thing than there being any logical connection at all between the two drugs (if you are willing to break societal norms and do coke, you are also probably willing to break societal norms less and do marijuana).
They don’t have much to do with each other, but it is more the public perception of the risk of both drugs.
Use*
I mean I throw them together in the same bowl
Around here we call that “Putting sugar on your Weedies.”