stupid pot shops, what the sh*t

[alxone]

so was driving around and started counting pot shops (mmj dispensaries) and realized that there are more of them than Mc Donald's and starbucks combined (gross) . It kinda got me thinking and mad at the same time .
So let me get this straight , the laws get tougher on guns and ammo but a bunch of stinking liberal hippy drug addicts can have all the drugs they want ???? Honestly it sickens me to see all the pot stores and the money that is dumped into the legal system over this . Mean while I cant get a cop to respond in less than 4 hours to a crime in my neighborhood , schools in the city are not getting the funding they need , and every other block i see someone my age or younger holding a "please help , will work for food " sign . What the shit , wheres all the tax money from these drugs go?? cause it sure is not helping out the community????
thanks for letting me rant a little

[ghettodub]

I think we need to legalize weed and tax the hell out of it. Solution to our debt problems...

[Zundfolge]

The whole "Medical" MJ thing is a farce.

The problem is that the Federal Government needs to reclassify Marijuana as a Class II Narcotic so that LEGITIMATE doctors could prescribe it and LEGITIMATE pharmacies could fill those prescriptions.

Instead we have this BS system of "Medical" MJ where 99.9% of the "patients" are just potheads that have figured out how to game the system and get their recreational pot legally.

It undermines the legitimacy of the law and frankly doesn't do anything to eliminate the REAL problems associated with drug use and the illicit drug trade.

Either make it a real, legitimate prescribable pharmaceutical (like morphine or vicodin) or just legalize it and let people buy it for recreational use like alcohol. But lets end the silliness.

[kidicarus13]

I think we need to legalize weed and tax the hell out of it. Solution to our debt problems...

It might as well be legal because many doctors will write you a Rx for it. And the state does collect $ from these shops.

[alxone]

It might as well be legal because many doctors will write you a Rx for it. And the state does collect $ from these shops.

but where dose that money go ??? it sure it not going to safer, cleaner neighborhoods . or to educate children . make new parks ect . it just seems like all the drug money is wasted . So now we get drugs and revenue thrown in our face and nothing changes except now there are a few less people for the cops to arrest ??? i call bull sh*t .treat it like booze sounds like the best plan so far .

[DeusExMachina]

I don't do drugs of any kind, but I laughed at calling pot smokers "drug addicts".

[Marlin]

It might as well be legal because many doctors will write you a Rx for it. And the state does collect $ from these shops.

This.

[ghettodub]

I think it should be like alcohol though: at 21, you can buy it from a store.

Less health risks than alcohol, and this crap that it's a gateway drug is bullshit. Alcohol is a much bigger gateway. You won't meet a stone who smokes weed and then thinks "hey man, some coke would be awesome for my buzz". Weed leads to snacks and building projects...

Drunks do that...And as a recovering drunk, I know the alcohol world better than most...

[Marlin]

I don't do drugs of any kind, but I laughed at calling pot smokers "drug addicts".

I'll admit, I tried it twice in my youth. Didn't do a damn thing for me. Hell, I didn't even get the munchies. I feel ripped off.

[DeusExMachina]

I'll admit, I tried it twice in my youth. Didn't do a damn thing for me. Hell, I didn't even get the munchies. I feel ripped off.

I never even tried it. Never cared to. Maybe I missed out?

My friend smokes daily, like a couple puffs at a time. Its pretty similar to how I drink a beer on occasion.

I used to be vehemently anti-drug, but I also used to be anti-gun (grew up in Massachuass). Age and experience just opens your eyes to reality, I have found.

Coke, meth, heroin, etc. use still gives me the willies and I think for good reason.

I think the war on drugs is a waste of life, money and time. Its not like people will start doing meth because its legal, and if they do...well, thank you Darwin.