Maybe I'm.a lightweight but smoking and driving is a horrible idea imo..i dont think it has anything to do with "bad pot". Its inevitable for car crashes and such to increase with legalization...if you have a population with additionally delayed reaction time individuals no shit your going to have accident rates increase....but you gotta weight that collateral damage against the pros
you are confused bro
may be a connoisseur but not knowledgeable about how this all works (at least in Cali and Nevada)
they have shit weed for cheap and will sell it to anyone in the store
they also have all sorts of top shelf weed that anyone in the same store can buy
prior to recreational sales being legal, same stores in Vegas sold same products but ONLY those with a medical card could go in and buy
once the date arrived, same stores could now also sell to those who don’t have a medical card
same line, same selection, slightly higher price for those who don’t have doctors rec
Its the same exact product here in Nevada. As soon as they legalized it, the medical places just opened their doors to every one. You can get what ever you want. Pain pill form with low THC, or high THC stuff you can smoke. Nevada went all in, it's all private.
Ok then. So the recreational and medicinal are not the same product in Nevada then according to your last post, but they are just available to everyone. I didn't know Nevada opens up the top shelf to everyone. Why would anyone buy anything else is what I am pondering.
But if they are not the same product like I was trying to explain then recreational is the fucking problem. It is trash!
I just went to a las vegas weed website and they are advertising....." we have medical and recreational."
Who and why the fuck would anyone buy the recreational? It's almost as bad as college football.
It's not the same product though. That's the problem with all this. People going in there thinking weed is just weed. And then when the accident rates go up they say you see weed is a problem. Well if you don't spray the shit with chemicals and you grow real proper weed, not that shortcut shit maybe people will have clearer heads. Just a theory. But nothing beats the black market really but I guess that depends on who you know.
Here its not labeled by the type of product, it's labeled for the way you use it. Like if you had vicodin and you take it for pain that would be for medical purposes. If you take vicodin to get high.. that's recreational use. It's the same product here; recreational just means you are taking it to get high, not for any medical use. It's all cash only here.
the stuff that hits the black market in Cali has generally been rejected by the high end dispensaries due to mold, mites or other issues
vegas dispensaries still behind Cali in terms of overall quality, price and selection but def some high quality available
the largest place off the strip in Vegas has a Khalifa Kush that is their signature strain which is pretty bomb but often sold out
but every one of the stores is offering at least 30+ different strains of different quality, thc (or cbd) content etc
Once you are in the store, unless you go to a medical express window (where you don’t get to see, smell etc) they don’t even know who is medical vs rec until you are checking out and they apply the tax etc
i think biggest issue with the whole deal is edibles with the delayed effect combined with people who have low tolerance and not enough knowledge about dosage
I have mixed feelings about legalization. I think there are definitely some positive aspects, but I also weigh that against the
fact that many of the people I know that have been smoking pot most of their lives have not been over-achieving, highly
successful people... It hasn't been a positive influence on their lives. But, I guess you can make the analogy with alcohol,
that many people can and do drink responsibly - and some become alcoholics, and it destroys their lives.
fact that many of the people I know that have been smoking pot most of their lives have not been over-achieving, highly
successful people... It hasn't been a positive influence on their lives. But, I guess you can make the analogy with alcohol,
that many people can and do drink responsibly - and some become alcoholics, and it destroys their lives.
I'm not opposed to legalizing marijuana, I said I think it should be legal. What I am opposed to is ignoring the law of the land, I think that's bad precedent. I'd prefer for Congress to step it up and take on issues they've avoided like the black plague. I went political like I did in response to the OP who mocked people for voting for Republicans. At the end of the day, the real issues are much larger than pot, and that includes the AG enforcing the laws of the land.
My first concern is traffic accidents, since marijuana is known to impair judgement. Statistics from Colorado since recreational marijuana was legalized show a doubling of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the substance in marijuana that gets users high – in the blood of those involved in fatal car accidents.
This is concerning. And though alcohol impairs a driver much more, THC stays in the bloodstream longer. If the two are combined, as they sometimes are, the risk is magnified.
A recent study from the Columbia University School of Public Health found that while alcohol increased the risk of causing a fatal car crash five times, testing positive for pot increased it by 62 percent. Those drivers who had both pot and alcohol in their blood at the time of a fatal crash were six times more likely to have caused the accident.
Another area of concern is pregnancy. Many pregnant women suffer from morning sickness. But the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends against using marijuana while pregnant – no matter what.
And the Centers for Disease Control warns that “marijuana use during pregnancy can be harmful to your baby’s health.” Why? The CDC points to research showing low birth weight in infants, along with developmental and attention problems in children born to mothers who smoke pot regularly during pregnancy.
Unfortunately, pot smoking among pregnant women is on the rise and it is bound to rise even more. A study just released from Kaiser Permanente in California and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that 7 percent of pregnant women surveyed smoked pot, including almost 20 percent of those below the age of 24. The number of pregnant women using marijuana will only increase now that recreational marijuana is legal in California.
When it comes to adolescents and adults, long-term marijuana use has been associatedwith decreased school and job performance, memory loss, and psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression.
With the increase in edible marijuana comes a dramatic increase in Emergency Room visits from overuse, especially among adolescents, who may be getting more THC than they realize. Symptoms include acute anxiety, rapid heart rate and paranoia.
When it comes to the heart, studies show that patients with known heart disease are more likely to have chest pain and that heart attacks are more likely to occur in the hour following smoking pot. Pot smoke is also known to cause wheezing and airway inflammation, though more studies on the long-term effects of regular marijuana smoking on both the heart and lungs need to be done.
Don’t get me wrong. I must emphasize that I am not intending to weigh in here on the politics and economics of legalization. In fact, I have never favored punishing users of any chemical substance and advocate instead for rehab programs and peer-to-peer assistance for substance abuse of all kinds.
But it’s important to note that there is evidence that marijuana is a gateway drug to other drugs, both licit and illicit, including nicotine. This evidence must concern us even as we try to gain control over the opioid epidemic.
Here’s the bottom line: Marijuana is a useful drug medically when it comes to treating chronic pain, as well as the debilitating pain of cancer and the nausea of cancer treatments. But it should not be used to treat morning sickness, and recreational use of any kind should include consideration of potential side effects.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018...s-but-don-t-be-fooled-even-if-it-s-legal.html
This is concerning. And though alcohol impairs a driver much more, THC stays in the bloodstream longer. If the two are combined, as they sometimes are, the risk is magnified.
A recent study from the Columbia University School of Public Health found that while alcohol increased the risk of causing a fatal car crash five times, testing positive for pot increased it by 62 percent. Those drivers who had both pot and alcohol in their blood at the time of a fatal crash were six times more likely to have caused the accident.
Another area of concern is pregnancy. Many pregnant women suffer from morning sickness. But the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology recommends against using marijuana while pregnant – no matter what.
And the Centers for Disease Control warns that “marijuana use during pregnancy can be harmful to your baby’s health.” Why? The CDC points to research showing low birth weight in infants, along with developmental and attention problems in children born to mothers who smoke pot regularly during pregnancy.
Unfortunately, pot smoking among pregnant women is on the rise and it is bound to rise even more. A study just released from Kaiser Permanente in California and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association revealed that 7 percent of pregnant women surveyed smoked pot, including almost 20 percent of those below the age of 24. The number of pregnant women using marijuana will only increase now that recreational marijuana is legal in California.
When it comes to adolescents and adults, long-term marijuana use has been associatedwith decreased school and job performance, memory loss, and psychiatric disorders including anxiety and depression.
With the increase in edible marijuana comes a dramatic increase in Emergency Room visits from overuse, especially among adolescents, who may be getting more THC than they realize. Symptoms include acute anxiety, rapid heart rate and paranoia.
When it comes to the heart, studies show that patients with known heart disease are more likely to have chest pain and that heart attacks are more likely to occur in the hour following smoking pot. Pot smoke is also known to cause wheezing and airway inflammation, though more studies on the long-term effects of regular marijuana smoking on both the heart and lungs need to be done.
Don’t get me wrong. I must emphasize that I am not intending to weigh in here on the politics and economics of legalization. In fact, I have never favored punishing users of any chemical substance and advocate instead for rehab programs and peer-to-peer assistance for substance abuse of all kinds.
But it’s important to note that there is evidence that marijuana is a gateway drug to other drugs, both licit and illicit, including nicotine. This evidence must concern us even as we try to gain control over the opioid epidemic.
Here’s the bottom line: Marijuana is a useful drug medically when it comes to treating chronic pain, as well as the debilitating pain of cancer and the nausea of cancer treatments. But it should not be used to treat morning sickness, and recreational use of any kind should include consideration of potential side effects.
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018...s-but-don-t-be-fooled-even-if-it-s-legal.html
