Marijuana

[mracer29]

. Any here that thinks being stoned doesn't impair you is doing it wrong. Motor skills and reactions do slow down.. jmo

http://youtu.be/PQ48PohOVkk

Pretty sure I smoked before this ride. In fact I'm pretty sure I smoked before almost every ride, as I smoke morning to night daily.

Ill be totally transparent here I have been smoking daily for over 20 years. The longest I have been with out was after hurricane Katrina while I was doing disaster relief and had no access to any, that was about 6 months. Next to that prob 2 weeks. I have worked a job since I was 14, rarely have ever been suck, rarely missed work. I ran a production crew of 10 guys. I'm currently a successful salesman. My boss says im a productive pothead lol! I professionally raced superbikes from 1998 to 2004, in 2004 my teammate and I were the 2004 heavy weight endurance pacing champions. Just FYI I was the fast guy.

The only time I chose to not smoke was the morning of race day UNLESS it was raining. RAINING? Smoking? WTF, Why? Cause it slowed me a lil it made me a lil more cautious. I was just out there riding laps, calm and happy. I never thought it effected my ability to go fast or react I just didn't want to crash or loose and wonder if it was cause I was "high" It was more like a strange race day superstition.

[mracer29]

So what happens next?

We legalize pot.
Because it is now legal, we make it illegal for employers to drug test, as that would be discrimination.
Then we legalize Cocaine.
Then meth follows.
Then everything is OK.
We no longer drug test for sports performance enhancement substances, athletes are free to do as they wish.
The next president becomes a pot user.
15 years from today, will be still be the most powerful nation, even though we are the youngest?

Your comparing manufactured drugs to a plant. No one said make drug test illegal, just take THC off the things tested for. Believe me there's been more than one pot smoking pres. Bush and Clinton for sure!

[Projekt]

So what happens next?

We legalize pot.
Because it is now legal, we make it illegal for employers to drug test, as that would be discrimination.
Then we legalize Cocaine.
Then meth follows.
Then everything is OK.
We no longer drug test for sports performance enhancement substances, athletes are free to do as they wish.
The next president becomes a pot user.
15 years from today, will be still be the most powerful nation, even though we are the youngest?

I think most of that makes sense save for the athletes using whatever they wish.

[dadofthree]

I would venture to say there is more death and misery attributed to alcohol in one day then there is in an entire year from marijuana.... just sayn.

Or AR's

[dadofthree]

NO!!!!

DO NOT LEGALIZE POT!!!!!

I have stock in Corrections Corp. of America and the more Americans are put into private prison the better my portfolio does. As Canadian prisons are government run, it's an investment opportunity that is not available in Canada.

cxw Stock Price Today - Corrections Corp. of America Stock Quote - WSJ.com

up 1.35%

cheers
ken

Yeah, if you're packing 25 pounds It's a small fine, around here a lot of leafs get raked , a little community service. It's a joke.

[dadofthree]

Prohibition just doesn't work.

Like Blanca said no one has ever died from smoking pot but I just read of a 15 year old in Brazil that died of dehydration due to excessive masturbation. Maybe we should prohibit that?

Is you crazy

[dadofthree]

This poll is rigged cause it says I cannot vote. ?????????

Punks can't vote

[dadofthree]

I voted yes. but there are a lot of problems that would come with it. As with alcohol we get the problems like drunk drivers, lets not forget the amount of commercial pilots who like to drink an fly You could test them for being impaired by alcohol easy enough. But with Mary Jane it is not so cut an dry seeing as how it can stay in the person's system for 30 days after just 1 use. Not sure if the amount could or can be measured.

Pretty sure no one here would want there surgeon operating on them while he is stoned out of his mind, or a pilot flying them over in a jet. Guy runs a red light T-bones and kills someone while he is stoned be pretty hard to prove he is impaired. Any here that thinks being stoned doesn't impair you is doing it wrong. Motor skills and reactions do slow down.. jmo

No crystal ball here, but you assume that legalizing it would make it widely used and abused. Hint ....... it already is

[tegbusa]

I just cameback from Amsterdam. I loved that place! People were all high and happy, no crimes no problems

[VaBusa]

When it's legal, I'm partaking...

via Samsung Galaxy SIII

[MoNoXiDe]

The correct answer is yes but just like so many other things in this country we pretend to put ourselves on a pedestal and judge others and spend so much time and energy on insignificant issues Pot is everywhere! literally everywhere you can go to the ghetto the trailer park the suburbs and even to an amish community and your gonna find marijuana. Everybody has at least tried it or know somebody that has or is still doing it. Not everybody that smoked a joint turns into a raging crackhead and a total loser. More people have died from drinking whether it be vehicle crash, drowning, falling, or alcohol poisining than people have choked on taking a hit of that stuff for the 1st time. Why not legalize it and make a profit from it and use it for some good like getting rid of this Ginormous National Debt? You dont have to be street savy or connected to get a hold of the stuff now. In California and Colorado its legal and you can get a prescription for "medicinal" purposes for damn near anything.......... I stubbed my toe, oh heres a scrip, Im worried about paying my bills, oh you suffer from anxiety heres a scrip. Its no longer relegated to cancer or chemo patients so whats the point in fighting the inevitable? When you think about it they already test for it when you submit to a blood test for a DUI, Employers still test for it so you still might not be able to even if it was, and you cant even find a safe and legal place to smoke a cigarrette in a public area so you dont have to worry about people all of a sudden blazing up all over the place

It's legal in Washington and Colorado. California it is only medically legal. quiet a few states like MI and VA are medically legal too.

[Strife]

I voted "YES" that "Cannabis" should be legalized. Not just for purposes of smoking,but many other things too. It becoming illegal was done by pulling a fast one of us.

[masterblaster]

Damed hippie potheads!

[MoNoXiDe]

So the votes are in, marijuana is now legal on the org. Now we need a smiley for that.

[Big Bo]

I voted no, but I know that Pot will be legal in time. We have lazy slobs now. Wait till Pot is legal to smoke. The smokers will smoke freely, any and everywhere they please. Denmark.

[VaBusa]

Pretty sure speeding kills more than pot does...kind of find it funny when I see some against this becoming legal, yet you triple-digit a Busa every chance you get :stirpot:

[MoNoXiDe]

I voted no, but I know that Pot will be legal in time. We have lazy slobs now. Wait till Pot is legal to smoke. The smokers will smoke freely, any and everywhere they please. Denmark.

I highly doubt it. Your barely allowed to smoke a cigarette in public.

[dadofthree]

butt cam view - YouTube

Pretty sure I smoked before this ride. In fact I'm pretty sure I smoked before almost every ride, as I smoke morning to night daily.

Ill be totally transparent here I have been smoking daily for over 20 years. The longest I have been with out was after hurricane Katrina while I was doing disaster relief and had no access to any, that was about 6 months. Next to that prob 2 weeks. I have worked a job since I was 14, rarely have ever been suck, rarely missed work. I ran a production crew of 10 guys. I'm currently a successful salesman. My boss says im a productive pothead lol! I professionally raced superbikes from 1998 to 2004, in 2004 my teammate and I were the 2004 heavy weight endurance pacing champions. Just FYI I was the fast guy.

The only time I chose to not smoke was the morning of race day UNLESS it was raining. RAINING? Smoking? WTF, Why? Cause it slowed me a lil it made me a lil more cautious. I was just out there riding laps, calm and happy. I never thought it effected my ability to go fast or react I just didn't want to crash or loose and wonder if it was cause I was "high" It was more like a strange race day superstition.

I saw that 30 MPH sign. You are in so much trouble mister

[Argilbertson]

I'll support it just as soon as there is some reasonable way to prevent second hand exposure. Since that'll never happen, I'm voting No.

btw, the whole "medical marijuana" thing is a joke; they've already developed a synthetic version that provides most of the same medical benefits without the euphoria that THC brings, and no one was interested. In fact, a large number of pro legalization people attacked the idea all together!

Lets at least be honest in the discussion, its not at all about medical assistance. People just want to get baked.

[sixpack577]

I'll support it just as soon as there is some reasonable way to prevent second hand exposure. Since that'll never happen, I'm voting No.

btw, the whole "medical marijuana" thing is a joke; they've already developed a synthetic version that provides most of the same medical benefits without the euphoria that THC brings, and no one was interested. In fact, a large number of pro legalization people attacked the idea all together!

Lets at least be honest in the discussion, its not at all about medical assistance. People just want to get baked.

The way to prevent "second hand exposure" is not to sit in a closed room or car with someone who is smoking it. Smelling it on the breeze isn't gonna get ya
As for synthetic, I don't want anything man-made that can be had naturally, buzz or not. That stuff came with side effects weed doesn't have too.