Quote :

"Bars open the door to a shady culture. Are you seriously being serious? I can't tell if you're a bad troll"

I can't tell if you are a butt hurt pothead that can't be high all day.

Been to lots of bars. It use to be my thing to do when I was alone and had nothing else planned. Nobody ever came up to me to sell pills and/or acid. Now in clubs, YES, but that is a different story and also a bit shady.

The argument to legalize it is most certainly to tax it, and hopefully use some of the tax income to fund programs that treat addicts. Not to humanize the drug culture.

[Edited on August 4, 2014 at 12:42 PM. Reason : k]

8/4/2014 12:41:48 PM

people have definitely tried to sell me shit in bars

hell, at taz's several weeks ago some kid asked me if I "turnt up" and tried to sell me some opiates

your argument is invalid

8/4/2014 12:51:12 PM

I am now also not sure if BanjoMan is trolling

8/4/2014 12:55:23 PM

The only way to settle this is to compare drug statistics in cities that legalize selling it (such as Amsterdam), verses comparable cities that don't. What I mentioned was nearly a concern that was, at least for me, confirmed upon going to a pot legal city and buying.

I don't have the energy now to look that up, but I would be interested in the results. All you potheads can go back to your internets, and I am going to head out to the bars to continue my first of the month splurge on beer.

[Edited on August 4, 2014 at 12:59 PM. Reason : f]

8/4/2014 12:58:44 PM

weed is not legal in amsterdam

it is tolerated in certain situations, but it is not legal

8/4/2014 1:18:00 PM

what are you talking about?

You can smoke that shit 10 feet in front of the door at the airport. You can buy it in any designated shop in the city. You can grow up to four plants in your house.

Are you the troll now?

8/4/2014 1:33:54 PM

Yeah but you can't smoke it in front of a cop, the true test of whether something is entirely legal or not.

8/4/2014 2:03:29 PM

I'm not trolling, just stating facts.

8/4/2014 3:59:12 PM

Where is all this rampant crime that legal marijuana was gonna cause?

Seems like drug agents have been causing more death and destruction than the weed. Like that baby they threw a grenade at in Georgia.

8/4/2014 5:03:10 PM

Hell someone came up and offered me mushrooms at both Ruckus and Brickhouse

8/4/2014 5:08:23 PM

Quote :

"Yeah but you can't smoke it in front of a cop, the true test of whether something is entirely legal or not."

Not exactly true. I've smoked weed on the streets of SF and cops were nearby and I didn't get arrested or cited, but that doesn't mean weed is completely legal.

8/4/2014 8:44:22 PM

http://mic.com/articles/97734/science-shows-something-remarkable-about-married-couples-who-smoke-weed-together

here is the study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25134048

Quote :

"Couples' Marijuana Use Is Inversely Related to Their Intimate Partner Violence Over the First 9 Years of Marriage. Smith PH, Homish GG, Collins RL, Giovino GA, White HR, Leonard KE. Abstract Research on the association between marijuana use and intimate partner violence (IPV) has generated inconsistent findings, and has been primarily based on cross-sectional data. We examined whether husbands' and wives' marijuana use predicted both husbands' and wives' IPV perpetration over the first 9 years of marriage (Wave 1, n = 634 couples). We also examined moderation by antisocial behavior, the spouse's marijuana use, and whether IPV was reported during the year before marriage. These predictive associations were calculated using a time-lagged multivariate generalized multilevel model, simultaneously estimating predictors of husband and wife IPV. In fully adjusted models, we found that more frequent marijuana use by husbands and wives predicted less frequent IPV perpetration by husbands. Husbands' marijuana use also predicted less frequent IPV perpetration by wives. Moderation analyses demonstrated that couples in which both spouses used marijuana frequently reported the least frequent IPV perpetration. There was a significant positive association between wives' marijuana use and wives' IPV perpetration, but only among wives who had already reported IPV perpetration during the year before marriage. These findings suggest there may be an overall inverse association between marijuana use and IPV perpetration in newly married couples, although use may be associated with greater risk of perpetration among women with a history of IPV perpetration. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved)."

9/8/2014 2:14:03 AM

Government says marijuana good for those with brain cancer!



http://mic.com/articles/114920/the-government-has-finally-admitted-that-marijuana-could-help-shrink-brain-tumors

4/9/2015 3:08:22 PM

^^
correlation =/= causation

I expect a higher level of intelligence from you, 0EP

well okay, you didn't claim causation. But the first sentence of the article does.


[Edited on April 9, 2015 at 3:51 PM. Reason : wgrj3'g]

4/9/2015 3:45:05 PM

Oh definitely, I didn't say that smoking it causes someone to be less violent with their partner.

What probably causes it is your innate personality - if you are a chill relaxed person to begin with, you are more likely to be less violent, and I guess also more likely to smoke marijuana, making the smoking and lack of violence correlated.

P.S. Yeah those articles always interpret studies like that, for popular consumption

[Edited on April 9, 2015 at 4:01 PM. Reason : ]

4/9/2015 4:00:08 PM

yes, exactly. but this shit, on the basis of the study

Quote :

"The secret to a successful relationship? Shared interests, mutual respect, compatible aspirations and quite possibly splitting a joint now and then."

kinda horrifies me.

4/9/2015 4:02:33 PM

While you guys are right that the posted study doesn't address the actual mechanism for the correlation in the study, there has been some research that indicates that the endocannabinoid system helps to regulate aggression and depression, among a whole host of other bodily processes, which would be a super interesting connection.

We don't fully understand the endocannabiniod system or how cannabis affects it, but I highly recommend folks google that shit (cause I damn sure can't fully explain it).

That being said the mechanism could be as simple as sitting down and spending some time with your SO (whether its smoking a bowl or playing monopoly) is the mechanism.

I also wonder if doing something Illegal, or formerly illegal, with your SO might serve as a significant personal, bonding experience that somehow goes beyond other legal experiences (ie. the illegality is what caused the effect). Now that would be hilarious.

4/9/2015 6:06:59 PM

Debating my chances of getting away with edibles on a carry on bag.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobsullum/2015/01/21/why-does-almost-no-one-get-nabbed-with-pot-at-denvers-airport/

6/24/2015 11:19:59 AM

Just UPS them to yourself.

6/24/2015 4:22:06 PM

^^ I have several friends that carry edibles with them wherever they go...never had any issues. Some just put them in their carry-on by themselves, but my very cautious friend put them in a bag with several other items of regular candy...basically making it look like a giant treat bag.

6/24/2015 4:25:15 PM

Yeah, my friend travelled with chocolate shrooms wrapped in tin foil for well over a year with zero trouble. She just forgot they were in the carry-on that she used on numerous bidness trips.

My other friend always travels with weed since she considers it her medicine. She was paranoid at first, but she's flown all over with no problems.

They're not even catching firearms...so I think edibles are no biggie.

6/24/2015 4:38:02 PM

Nor are they catching fake bombs. Haha.

Yeah probably going to toss some candy in my carry on with some other stuff.

6/24/2015 4:45:29 PM

"my friend" brought some back internationally back in the pre-9/11 days

6/24/2015 5:05:42 PM

If we're talking about our "friends," then I'll share that my friend scarfed down ounces of regular beach weed in a Jamaican airport. Once in line, the airport staff openly joked on her for looking paranoid. And despite what science says about how drugs work, she insisted that she was definitely high on that flight.

[Edited on June 24, 2015 at 5:56 PM. Reason : My friends obey the law!]

6/24/2015 5:44:52 PM

We have a left over weed, edibles, blunts, etc drawer that's getting pretty full. Every time someone visits they buy way more than they can smoke or eat at the store and end up giving it back to us.

Plus there's coupons in all the major magazines now:



[Edited on June 24, 2015 at 5:58 PM. Reason : woops thumbnail instead]

6/24/2015 5:57:23 PM

did employer drug testing change much after CO legalized it? i'd love to see it legalized across the country, but i doubt my employer would quit their random drug tests.

6/24/2015 7:07:52 PM

You can still legally fire someone in Colorado if they test positive for marijuana. Even if it's for medical purposes. Kind of BS if you ask me.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_28315256/colorado-supreme-court-affirms-lower-court-rulings-medical

6/24/2015 7:46:09 PM

yeah, it's still illegal at a federal level, so of course they can still fire you, but i was wondering if some employers changed their policy or not.

6/24/2015 7:55:44 PM

If my software company did random drug tests they'd lose half the company in Denver.

6/24/2015 8:18:25 PM

Quote :

"We have a left over weed, edibles, blunts, etc drawer that's getting pretty full. Every time someone visits they buy way more than they can smoke or eat at the store and end up giving it back to us. "

I was in Seattle a few months ago and went a little nuts and bought like $80 worth of weed that I could just have easily bought back in CA, but I ended giving like 80% of what was leftover to a friend who has a jar used for the exact same thing since I had to fly.

[Edited on June 24, 2015 at 8:30 PM. Reason : .]

6/24/2015 8:29:37 PM

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/marijuana-users-may-be-more-likely-to-develop-diabetes-research-finds-10499173.html

9/14/2015 6:00:13 AM

Well we already know marijuana use has a huge impact on diet and metabolic health. Be interesting if they had control groups for marijuana smokers who had a healthy diet versus those who ate the normal munchie diet.

9/14/2015 9:54:10 AM

Just got invited to this:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ganjasana-cultivating-spirits-present-a-cannabis-plant-medicine-yoga-and-mindful-culinary-event-tickets-24384634097?ref=enivtefor001&invite=OTk0MjQyOC9IYXJyaXNrbTI5QGdtYWlsLmNvbS8w&utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inviteformalv2&utm_term=eventpage

Quote :

"--Relax and nourish your body with a three-course farm to table Cannabis Pairing Dinner provided by cannabis aficionado Philip Wolf, founder of Cultivating Spirits, who will teach you how to identify terpenes and how to quantify your “high” without even knowing the certain strain of cannabis--all by trusting your senses. This skill set will allow you to smoke with intention to enhance any activity throughout your day."

4/8/2016 1:27:34 PM

The only reason weed is illegal is because hemp is the best textile on the planet and its basically impossible to regulate it if you let hombres grow their own all willy nilly.

In reality, biblical era christians would be appalled at the idea of the man getting in the way of their God provided hashish oils and acacia bushes.

[Edited on April 8, 2016 at 1:46 PM. Reason : ]

4/8/2016 1:42:06 PM

Aluminum planes don't melt steel beams

4/8/2016 2:27:54 PM

I left nuclear plant engineering for this industry and now manage multiple warehouses...

I wouldnt go back to that cubicle hell no matter what.

4/8/2016 6:49:11 PM

^ayyyy, hire me brah

4/8/2016 11:28:14 PM

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/06/484977159/after-medical-marijuana-legalized-medicare-prescriptions-drop-for-many-drugs

Dayumm, medical MJ looks like it might have saved Medicare a $100 million in prescription costs! If it were medically available in the entire country it's estimated to save 0.5% on costs! Pretty amazing plant.

7/7/2016 8:39:03 AM

It's funny after moving to Denver I essentially stopped smoking. I still do it for special occasions or when visitors come into town and want to have the dispensary experience. I think it has more to do with growing up, getting a job, and being active all the time. Edibles are awesome for concerts and stuff but I'll suck on half a 10mg hard candy and be satisfied. We've got a whole drawer full of cans of bud, edibles, and random THC drinks that people get when they visit and don't take back with them. I haven't had to buy weed since I moved here. Haha.

7/7/2016 10:57:07 AM

Quote :

"It's funny after moving to Denver I essentially stopped smoking. I still do it for special occasions or when visitors come into town and want to have the dispensary experience. I think it has more to do with growing up, getting a job, and being active all the time."

I'm the opposite. I haven't smoked weed regularly for over 20 years (41 now)... until I went out to Seattle for a business trip in February. Now I'm a regular user of wax/shatter/oils.

My friends think it's a little odd, until they hit the pen. Then they cough their nuts off and love it.

It has really helped me cut back on alcohol and it does wonders with my sleep quality.

7/7/2016 3:53:57 PM

https://www.wral.com/story/justice-department-formally-moves-to-reclassify-marijuana-as-a-less-dangerous-drug-in-historic-shift/21434962/

Quote :

"The Justice Department on Thursday formally moved to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift in generations of U.S. drug policy."

5/16/2024 4:17:14 PM

I've never cared for it, both in the sense that I don't care for it, and that I don't care that other people or friends use it.

I don't think it is a good thing to normalize for society though. But I also don't really care enough to argue about it.

5/16/2024 11:36:24 PM