More Discussion on Marijuana (Merged with Skeete thread discussion)

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

I think the oughta legalize weed, and I don't care if my kids end up smoking it. If they do, I'd prefer they smoke it in my house, rather than "out and about" where they can get in to some real trouble.

Of course, my kids are far too young at the moment for this to be a serious consideration as yet (for me).... so, my mind may change when they get to be that age.

 

[NewYorkBuck]

My feeling is all of the $$ thrown at stopping it hasnt made a hoot of a difference. They should just legalize it and let the govt do what they do best - tax it blind. The savings from non enforcement coupled w the tax revenue would be enormous, and I dont think any more or less people would do it.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

NYB - I agree with that.

And legalization does not require failure to regulate. I mean, like with alcohol, you shouldn't be able to get stoned and then go tooling around our highway system without consequence.

 

[Buckin' A]

Guess that depends on your thoughts on Thoreauvian civil disobedience, though I don't see how committing a minor misdemeanor really makes one a dishonest person. Possession of marijuana in Ohio is about as serious as a speeding ticket--can a speeder not be a stand-up person?

Good point. I am not saying that would make you a bad person. I'm simply saying that I would not condone or make excuses for either.

Yes, both are misdemeanor's, but are you really saying that smoking pot and speeding are equally detrimental?

 

[BUCKYLE]

Yes, both are misdemeanor's, but are you really saying that smoking pot and speeding are equally detrimental?

I think speeding is much worse. It can kill the person speeding and others instantly, where as weed would take a lifetime to do any significant damage.

 

[Buckin' A]

I think speeding is much worse. It can kill the person speeding and others instantly, where as weed would take a lifetime to do any significant damage.

Uh, smoking weed doesn't effect your driving ability?

 

[BUCKYLE]

Uh, smoking weed doesn't effect your driving ability?

I wasn't saying that. It most certainly does. I'm just saying that driving a two ton hunk of metal at high speeds is far more dangerous than smoking a left handed ciggarette in the basement while ordering pizza and watching Super Troopers.

 

[Buckin' A]

Short term, I'll give you that.

I guess my perspective on this is different from some on here. But then again, I deal with the worst case scenario on a day to day basis.

 

[Golferdow01]

Both my roomates who regularly smoke weed say their driving is impared after they smoke.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

You forgot to put roomates in quotes. :p

 

[Golferdow01]

You forgot to put roomates in quotes. :p

You must be mistaken me for jxc or jc

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Nah... It was a play on the "I have a friend who...."

 

[BUCKYLE]

Nah... It was a play on the "I have a friend who...."

Don't pay no mind to him, he's probably high.

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Nah... It was a play on the "I have a friend who...."

Although....he did get defensive awfully quickly....me thinks the golfer doth protest too much.

 

[Golferdow01]

Although....he did get defensive awfully quickly....me thinks the golfer doth protest too much.

I didn't get defensive, just pointed the finger at the actual perpetrators :)