Re: G. Morgan - A Druggie Alarm Installer

[G. Morgan <sealteam6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JoeRaisin Wrote:

>> I'm not a "doper".  Medical marijuana is legal in many states, TX just
>> hasn't caught on yet.  It has plenty of legitimate medical uses.  The
>> only reason it's outlawed is because of xenophobes in the early 20th
>> century looking for a reason to fuck with Mexicans, that, and companies
>> like DuPont that lobbied to have it made illegal because it competed
>> directly with their new synthetic fibers.
>>
>
>Logging, paper and petroleum industries were in on it too.
>
>Industrial hemp would make a huge difference in both our economy and the
>world as well.
>
>The effort wasn't centered around fucking with the Mexicans, but they
>used the existing bias to shore up support for laws against "marijuana"
>- most folks didn't even know they were talking about "hemp" until it
>was a done deal.
>
>
>> Take a history lesson on it.  Not one single person has ever died due to
>> an overdose.  No one gets too stoned and beats on their wife.  No one
>> gets too stoned and crashes their car into a tree.  If anything, alcohol
>> should be illegal.
>>
>
>Anti-marijuana laws have caused more problems for more people than
>marijuana use would ever have done.
>
>THC is one of the most benign intoxicants on the planet.
>
>That said - daily use (not even all day... say... just at bed time) can
>still result in amotivational syndrome.  I know, I know - that is
>controversial (or downright discredited) - but if it were legalized I
>would (if it were up to me) make the age of use somewhere around 25.
>
>Even if the syndrome isn't real - widespread use among young folks would
>result in a lot of them "settling" and not pursuing their education or
>betterment of their position in one way or another.
>
>Let the kids get giong on the path they want and then, if they desire,
>let them use an intoxicant that doesn't cause a shitload of other problems.

agreed 100%