I have mixed feelings because though i know it’s legal it seems there are still issues that would worry me. especially if you have kids. i just want to know if anyone in law enforcement disagrees with legal marijuana or your opinions on it?
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Bob Marley said it best everyone was once a little baby so how can one man tell another what he should or should not do with his own life, FUCK THE POLICE
I dont want marijuana to be legal. Weird corporations will put all types of chemicals in there that I dont want to smoke. Although growing your own will be legal too and no need to hide your setup… I guess it would be cool.
Law enforcement would be OK with legal pot if there was an easy test, such as there is for alcohol, that they could give drivers. Taking them back to the station for a pee test or some other test is just too difficult. Give them a cheap breathalyzer, and I’m sure that much of Law enforcement’s problem with marijuana would go up in smoke
“Intoxication” is just that, a toxic substance (usually alcohol and/or drugs) is affecting the neural connections in the brain. Inhibition and cognitive functioning are decreased, leading to behavior not normally engaged in, or exaggerated in comparison to normal behavior. Long-term/excessive use of intoxicants leads to permanent damage of the brain, and the liver, the organ responsible for removing toxic substances.
Are you aware that psychoactive drugs (e.g., marijuana, opiates, cocaine, amphetamine-types, alcohol) achieve their effects through altering brain function?
Are you aware that the neurons in the human brain are not “fully wired” until the early 20s (http://www.actforyouth.net/documents/may02factsheetadolbraindev.pdf)?
Are you aware that the artificial manipulation (through toxic substances) of a developing brain may have permanent effects on neural connections? (see Chaos Theory for review of major effects associated with minor variations)
How ironic would it be if one’s intelligence (that facilitates your rationalization of drug use) disintegrates noticeably as a result of drug use? And, wouldn’t it be even more ironic, if one were at some point not sufficiently intelligent to determine that you are not as intelligent as they once were?
Are you aware that conviction for possession of illegal drugs can disqualify you to receive Federal Student Aid (http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/fafsaws90bw.pdf)?
Are you aware that positive drug tests can contribute to grounds for removal of one’s children?
Are you aware of the following:
Cannabis
(World Health Organization)
Terminology
Cannabis is a generic term used to denote the several psychoactive preparations of the plant Cannabis sativa. The major psychoactive constituent in cannabis is ∆-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). …
Acute health effects of cannabis use
The acute effects of cannabis use has been recognized for many years, and recent studies have confirmed and extended earlier findings. These may be summarized as follows:
Cannabis impairs cognitive development (capabilities of learning), including associative processes; free recall of previously learned items is often impaired when cannabi is used both during learning and recall periods;
Cannabis impairs psychomotor performance in a wide variety of tasks, such as motor coordination, divided attention, and operative tasks of many types; human performance on complex machinery can be impaired for as long as 24 hours after smoking as little as 20 mg of THC in cannabis; there is an increased risk of motor vehicle accidents among persons who drive when intoxicated by cannabis.
Chronic health effects of cannabis use
•selective impairment of cognitive functioning which include the organization and integration of complex information involving various mechanisms of attention and memory processes;
•prolonged use may lead to greater impairment, which may not recover with cessation of use, and which could affect daily life functions;
•development of a cannabis dependence syndrome characterized by a loss of control over cannabis use is likely in chronic users;
•cannabis use can exacerbate schizophrenia in affected individuals;
•epithetial injury of the trachea and major bronchi is caused by long-term cannabis smoking;
•airway injury, lung inflammation, and impaired pulmonary defence against infection from persistent cannabis consumption over prolonged periods;
•heavy cannabis consumption is associated with a higher prevalence of symptoms of chronic bronchitis and a higher incidence of acute bronchitis than in the non-smoking cohort;
•cannabis used during pregnancy is associated with impairment in fetal development leading to a reduction in birth weight;
•cannabis use during pregnancy may lead to postnatal risk of rare forms of cancer although more research is needed in this area.
http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/cannabis/en/index.html
Not everyone in law enforcement wants to maintain prohibition. One of the big anti-prohibition groups is LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. Link provided in sources.
“especially if you have kids” is a straw argument. Kids shouldn’t have access to cannabis just like they shouldn’t have access to anything else in your medicine cabinet, bar, and even some of the food in your cupboards.
The problem is and always has been prohibition. Gangs get rich selling plants because of prohibition, terrorists get rich selling plants because of prohibition, people die from violence because of prohibition. Prohibition isn’t just “alcohol” prohibition, it is what happens with “illegal” drugs now. All the same problems that were “obvious” during alcohol prohibition are just as obvious now if anyone were to bother to actually look. Unfortunately a lot of people and most politicians and other “leaders” believe the various propaganda we’ve all been fed for a century on drugs, and so most of us can’t hold rational conversations on the topic.
Hope this helps.
Cannabis is a medication and has been for 3000 years.
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