Weed

[thesummerqueen]

Just to be clear, I don't want it illegal...I just hate the smell.

[Napoléon]

Hope I illustrated the world of drugs to you.

I feel enlightened.

[Erinome]

Smells like home to me.

[Tiberius]

Let's rename the site "Pot Forums".

[thebigfudge]

I'm with you, fudge, but I hate the smell of most smoke - cigarettes, cigars, weed, wood smoke, or pipe smoke that's too close. I'm allergic to any smoke, though, so to me it smells like pain. I like the lingering smell of pipe and incense, and really diluted wood smoke, but otherwise....nah.

Oh I want it illegal, Same as I want smoking illegal, orange people illegal. etc

Infact things i don't like i want illegal, maybe i should go into politics

[thesummerqueen]

NC passed the laws that said it was illegal to smoke inside restaurants without a fine. I know people hate that sort of gov't intrusion, and I can't say I approved...but when I go sit outside in the open air even with my smoker friends I will end up suffering profoundly the next day. Scratchy whiskey sounding throat, loss of most of my voice, coughing up nasties, pounding headache from sinuses, labored breathing, etc. It was MUCH worse when people were allowed to smoke inside bars.

I probably sound like a stupid commercial, but now I can go out with my friends and enjoy it, rather than worrying if I'll have to call out sick the next day. It sucks they have to go outside to have a cigarette, but from my perspective I can eat and talk and drink "in peace."

But still, I wouldn't want tobacco or pot to be illegal anymore than I'd want a bonfire in someone's backyard to be so.

[Erinome]

Let's rename the site "Pot Forums".

It would be better to just sort of imply it, perhaps with a tagline that says, "Babies- best munchy food EVER!".

Then people would know what a fat lot of godless pot smokers we are.... i am... Moros and I are..

[Napoléon]

NC passed the laws that said it was illegal to smoke inside restaurants without a fine. I know people hate that sort of gov't intrusion, and I can't say I approved...but when I go sit outside in the open air even with my smoker friends I will end up suffering profoundly the next day. Scratchy whiskey sounding throat, loss of most of my voice, coughing up nasties, pounding headache from sinuses, labored breathing, etc. It was MUCH worse when people were allowed to smoke inside bars.

I probably sound like a stupid commercial, but now I can go out with my friends and enjoy it, rather than worrying if I'll have to call out sick the next day. It sucks they have to go outside to have a cigarette, but from my perspective I can eat and talk and drink "in peace."

I agree with the smoking ban in public places. That's when it starts to affect other people who do not want to smoke.

[The Grand Nudger]

Weed is illegal because when it started to become popular cotton was a huge cash crop. Hemp threatened to put a huge damper on the cotton business, therefore the cotton barons spent their money and influence making the whole plant illegal. It had nothing to do with weed's psychoactive effects and everything to do with money.

EDIT: I don't have time right now to look for sources, but I have seen this metioned several times in various descriptions of marijuana's history. will source later.

Hemp was always there. Cotton was an upstart, as were a few others. Some individuals who may have had their business interests in mind rode a wave of ignorance, migrant fear, and racism (fueled by a media machine that was directly involved in creating the stigma surrounding weed) to legislation that may have had some economic benefit for them (both in the control of public opinion and related markets). Not only was hemp hugely important but cherished scraps of Americana are made primarily of hemp, and there was a long standing legal requirement for landowners to enter into textile production for various entities (the crown or the state, depending on the time frame), often going so far as to single out hemp over other textiles. We needed canvass and rope and stationary etc for our politics, our markets, and our war machines.

If weed were legalized in today's ag climate the humble american farmer would crush any market operated by a cartel or criminal entity. That would be one less source of funding for people who have consistently shown no regard for human life.

[MrSkeptic]

I know some of you may think less of me having said what I've said...

Not at all. I believe we have a few former drug addicts on this site, myself included. Sure, we can't be proud that we got ourselves into that situation in the first place, but we can be proud for getting ourselves out.

That's reassuring, cheers mate! You said it well, i'm ashamed of myself for getting into that situation but am proud of myself for breaking the cycle as very few seem to manage it. Generally when I do tell people they can be quite understanding but occasionally I get a very negative reaction. They way I see it everyone has a past, we've all made mistakes (in my case a very big mistake!) but its those mistakes which make us who we are today. We are the sum of our experiences.