have you ever used marijuana? / do you think it should be legal?

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have you ever used marijuana? / do you think it should be legal for recreational use?

[JSojourner]

No, never toked up.

Yes.  I see no problem with the use and possession of small amounts of the weed.  I'm also not a passionate foe of keeping it criminal either.  Kind of a "meh" issue for me, aside from medical marijuana...which I am very much in support of.

[Хahar 🤔]

No/Yes

What Jim said, mostly.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Yes and Yes (Normal).  Man it's been years and years.........anyone got a .......uh, nevermind. 

[minionofmidas]

Yes, today / Yes.

[Robespierre's Jaw]

No/Yes

Not yet anyway. Hehehe Mr. Pink Elephant.

[Boris]

No/Isn't its illegality part of the thrill?

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No/No.

[minionofmidas]

No/Isn't its illegality part of the thrill?

To some, yeah. To me, no. I'm pretty sure I'd be or have been a far more regular consumer if the stuff was freely and legally available just anywhere.

[Franzl]

No/Yes

[Sensei]

yes/yes

[DownWithTheLeft]

Many people I know in real life are perplexed by position on this issue.  I am probably personally the most anti-drug person you could ever meet.  I do not support using marijuana under any circumstances, and once ditched a long time friend because I found out he was using it.

However, I am 100% in favor of legalizing marijuana and all other drugs.  While personally I do not wish to use it or befriend anyone who uses it, trying to fight it is absurd.  Most kids in high school have a harder time finding alcohol

[Sensei]

Many people I know in real life are perplexed by position on this issue.  I am probably personally the most anti-drug person you could ever meet.  I do not support using marijuana under any circumstances, and once ditched a long time friend because I found out he was using it.

However, I am 100% in favor of legalizing marijuana and all other drugs.  While personally I do not wish to use it or befriend anyone who uses it, trying to fight it is absurd.  Most kids in high school have a harder time finding alcohol

I think the best question here would be: Why would you ditch a long time friend because he smokes pot? Does it make him a bad person or a bad friend or something?

[afleitch]

No/Yes.

Though it's not really a top issue for me.

[War on Want]

Many people I know in real life are perplexed by position on this issue.  I am probably personally the most anti-drug person you could ever meet.  I do not support using marijuana under any circumstances, and once ditched a long time friend because I found out he was using it.

However, I am 100% in favor of legalizing marijuana and all other drugs.  While personally I do not wish to use it or befriend anyone who uses it, trying to fight it is absurd.  Most kids in high school have a harder time finding alcohol

I think the best question here would be: Why would you ditch a long time friend because he smokes pot? Does it make him a bad person or a bad friend or something?

Yeah, I have some friends that smoke pot.

[AkSaber]

Nope, I've never used the stuff. Don't want to, either.

But I think it should be legal. It's ridiculous the amount of police resources that are drained in the pursuit of making pot difficult to get. There are lots of genuinely sick bastards out there who deserve to rot in prison, but they're still free cause the police are busy chasing some guy with a joint. Not only that, arresting people for marijuana possession overcrowds our prisons. So the genuinely sick bastards who are already in prison get early parole in order to make room for the new detainees. The now-free sick bastards are free to offend again, and ruin honest peoples' lives.

Not to mention, the biggest reason I think it should be legal is for medical purposes. Someone who is writhing in pain, isn't it cruel to deny him something that will alleviate his condition?

Also, aren't morphine and codeine opiates? Why are they legal but marijuana is a federal offense?

[DownWithTheLeft]

Many people I know in real life are perplexed by position on this issue.  I am probably personally the most anti-drug person you could ever meet.  I do not support using marijuana under any circumstances, and once ditched a long time friend because I found out he was using it.

However, I am 100% in favor of legalizing marijuana and all other drugs.  While personally I do not wish to use it or befriend anyone who uses it, trying to fight it is absurd.  Most kids in high school have a harder time finding alcohol

I think the best question here would be: Why would you ditch a long time friend because he smokes pot? Does it make him a bad person or a bad friend or something?

It shows he has bad judgement and makes awful decisions, not something I want to associate with.  If your going to be that stupid, I have no reason to be around you.  The trite saying that everyone does it is ridiculous, I have plenty of friends who don't.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Many people I know in real life are perplexed by position on this issue.  I am probably personally the most anti-drug person you could ever meet.  I do not support using marijuana under any circumstances, and once ditched a long time friend because I found out he was using it.

However, I am 100% in favor of legalizing marijuana and all other drugs.  While personally I do not wish to use it or befriend anyone who uses it, trying to fight it is absurd.  Most kids in high school have a harder time finding alcohol

I think the best question here would be: Why would you ditch a long time friend because he smokes pot? Does it make him a bad person or a bad friend or something?

It shows he has bad judgement and makes awful decisions, not something I want to associate with.  If your going to be that stupid, I have no reason to be around you.  The trite saying that everyone does it is ridiculous, I have plenty of friends who don't.

And the trite saying that those who choose their friends wisely, probably don't have any friends, isn't so ridiculous.

[DownWithTheLeft]

And the trite saying that those who choose their friends wisely, probably don't have any friends, isn't so ridiculous.

No.  The amount of kids that smoke pot in high school is greatly overstated.  The amount of kids that smoke that rank in the top 20% of the class is near nil

[Sensei]

And the trite saying that those who choose their friends wisely, probably don't have any friends, isn't so ridiculous.

No.  The amount of kids that smoke pot in high school is greatly overstated.  The amount of kids that smoke that rank in the top 20% of the class is near nil

I was Salutatorian, and the Valedictorian was known to smoke pot as well. Even though I only did it twice. 

[DownWithTheLeft]

And the trite saying that those who choose their friends wisely, probably don't have any friends, isn't so ridiculous.

No.  The amount of kids that smoke pot in high school is greatly overstated.  The amount of kids that smoke that rank in the top 20% of the class is near nil

I was Salutatorian, and the Valedictorian was known to smoke pot as well. Even though I only did it twice. 

Well, every situation is different.  Plus doing pot once or twice is different from making it a habit, maybe I wasn't clear before

[Aizen]

No/Yes

[7,052,770]

No/Yes, but I don't really care.

[Hash]

No/No.

[NDN]

No/Yes.

I personally do not approve of using Marijuana at all, except for medical reasons. In fact I have a pretty visceral hatred towards it. I can not emphasize how much I despise stoner culture, or the smell, or almost everything else associated with it. It's a generally very low class thing to do, period.

However, the reality is that most arguments against marijuana apply equally (if not more so) to tobacco and alcohol. Given that plus all the money, prison space, etc. spent on this as opposed to other more pressing crimes it seems pretty obvious that it's not worth it. Not to mention everything I've read indicates that marijuana use is far more common now than prior to the ban.