DKW 86 7,175 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Legal pot sales begin in Nevada Please keep it civil and on the lighter side please. What is your opinion on Pot Legalization for small amounts? I worked for a Rescue Mission back in the early 1990s. I used to think of weed as The Gateway to Hell Drug. Now, i realize that alcohol is really more of a gateway drug than weed. We jail so many for nothing but possession charges. We need to stop this. How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking about... I now support and work for legalized sales of small amounts of marijuana. WHAT DO YOU SAY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TitanTiger 18,930 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 Grown in small amounts for personal use, I don't have an issue with it. It's not my bag, but if we can legalize alcohol and tobacco with restrictions and surgeon general warnings, I don't see why we can't do it for weed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homersapien 10,953 Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Yes. The current approach of states like Alabama and South Carolina - where I now live - is totally irrational. But if Jeff Sessions' opinion of cannabis represents the majority view in Alabama, good luck with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKW 86 7,175 Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 20 hours ago, TitanTiger said: Grown in small amounts for personal use, I don't have an issue with it. It's not my bag, but if we can legalize alcohol and tobacco with restrictions and surgeon general warnings, I don't see why we can't do it for weed. I was looking at taxation purposes too. Although growing it yourself is not a bad idea. I think it might be more sellable idea if there was tax revenue connected to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShocksMyBrain 8,974 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcivE09 577 Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 I think everyone's view is well known by this point. I agree with Homer's comment that the laws in AL are ridiculous - and this comes from someone that doesn't just hate all things the other side. I understand where much of the old school thinking comes from - such as Sessions - and the War on Drugs era folk. Most in their 40's - 50's do not have the "gateway drug" mentality but come from the "pure of mind" mindset spoken of in the Bible. Now, while smoking it is not a ticket to Hell - most of the people I know that are against it for religious purposes do not drink in public either, but will still justify having A beer or A glass of wine. The difference comes that you cannot smoke just a little and be sober of mind. I get that. With where I am now I struggle trying to justify ever smoking again - but I would never vote against legalization. I've done pretty well considering the copious amounts I smoked growing up - and the biggest danger I EVER faced was getting arrested driving to buy. My big questions is why the Obama admin never tried to push federal legalization - and I am talking about more than just looking the other way. They had at least his first 2 years and could have at least brought it to task the other 6. Hillary never even used it as a campaign position and it is not like she even cared about the Christian vote - and you could even throw in Bernie. Lord knows this will not happen for at least the next 4 year. It really seems like only the Libertarian Party is willing to even approach this topic from a federal level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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homersapien 10,953 Posted July 4, 2017 Share Posted July 4, 2017 On 7/2/2017 at 9:39 PM, AUcivE09 said: I think everyone's view is well known by this point. I agree with Homer's comment that the laws in AL are ridiculous - and this comes from someone that doesn't just hate all things the other side. I understand where much of the old school thinking comes from - such as Sessions - and the War on Drugs era folk. Most in their 40's - 50's do not have the "gateway drug" mentality but come from the "pure of mind" mindset spoken of in the Bible. Now, while smoking it is not a ticket to Hell - most of the people I know that are against it for religious purposes do not drink in public either, but will still justify having A beer or A glass of wine. The difference comes that you cannot smoke just a little and be sober of mind. I get that. With where I am now I struggle trying to justify ever smoking again - but I would never vote against legalization. I've done pretty well considering the copious amounts I smoked growing up - and the biggest danger I EVER faced was getting arrested driving to buy. My big questions is why the Obama admin never tried to push federal legalization - and I am talking about more than just looking the other way. They had at least his first 2 years and could have at least brought it to task the other 6. Hillary never even used it as a campaign position and it is not like she even cared about the Christian vote - and you could even throw in Bernie. Lord knows this will not happen for at least the next 4 year. It really seems like only the Libertarian Party is willing to even approach this topic from a federal level. Likely because he figured it would not succeed and he had other priorities. Undoubtedly, it's still a polarizing issue, particularly with older americans - just look at Jeff Sessions attitudes. Also, it appears it is happening gradually from a grass-roots effort in the states. I don't think that can be reversed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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