Opinions on Marijuana: Are you for or against? A user yourself?

[QueenOpossum]

I'm pro-legalization.

I don't smoke myself or partake in weed/food drink, but mainly because I don't want to mix it with alcohol and I want to be in a safe space if I ever try it (so not a party with a lot of people).

I don't like the smell but I'd prefer marijuana over cigarettes. Cigarette burn, weed smoke doesn't.

 

[Mayor Monday]

I believe in the prescribed use of medical marijuana. It's a plant found in nature, used for thousands of years to aid in treating people.

As for recreational use, I believe it can be dangerous. Marijuana has the tendency to be a 'gateway drug'. This basically means that often times, where people are smoking it (such as at parties) many other people lace it with illegal substances. It can be a dangerous game. Even if marijuana is legalized, that won't stop this from occurring.

Plus, you can get addicted to marijuana and begin not feeling its effects like you used to. Your mind will seek other options to get the buzz back.

On top of this, marijuana can cause long-term issues. I mean, one joint is like smoking a whole pack of cigarettes in one go. That's just not safe.

But hey! That's just my opinion.

 

[Juice_Campbell]

I support legalizing recreationally and obviously medically by extension. I smoke myself once in a while. When I was a dumb teen it gave me panic attacks on occasion, but now it just usually makes me fall asleep which I can enjoy if I smoke up late enough at night.

As a recovering alcoholic and social worker with clients who have substance abuse problems, reefer madness is the least of my problems.

 

[oath2order]

Legalize marijuana, decrimibalize MDMA, DMT, LSD, psilocybin, and peyote

Still agree with this.

It's not legalized in my state yet UGH

 

[Xara]

i’m honestly all for it. as long as you don’t get behind the wheel of a car or endanger yourself or other people and are old and mature enough to be responsible with it, i’m perfectly okay with it.

 

[SheepMareep]

I miss weed rip
Don't think smoking marijuana is healthy at all because it can heck up ur lungs, but edibles are cool.

Took an entire class on drugs in american society and uh. Every single criminalized drug was done so to increase xenophobia and racism within the county fkjnkfdjgn. Like the reason weed is illegal is because the media wrote the narrative that mexicans would smoke it and become violent/murderous/rape white women. Not even joking lol that was a HUGE part in it. There was even a short film made where kids were encouraged to smoke weed and then it lead to a ton of people getting killed or committing suicide. Anyone who smokes knows itll just make you sleepy, laugh a bunch, or a little anxious lol.
Same thing with cocaine too. Although white people are the majority users they made a narrative that black men would use it and... you guessed it: become violent and rape white women. (Granted coke isnt safe and has no like.... medical purposes to my knowledge but uh. they arent illegal because of the reasons you think they are lol)

Alcohol and cigarettes are two of the top killers in the world and they're still legal because companies have become extremely rich off of their sales and have lots of lobbyists who protect them. "Thank you for smoking" is a good movie that shows this process.
I wish I still had all of the resources from this class lmao.

 

[Prof Gallows]

Legalize marijuana, decrimibalize MDMA, DMT, LSD, psilocybin, and peyote

Yeah pretty much this.

My state (West Virginia) has been fighting over our failed medical bill that was supposed to go into effect years ago, and now they're starting to say that they are going to implement a law that if cannabis is ever taken off of the federal scheduling it will still be illegal here.

 

[R. Planet]

Wow...

Not going to post in here...

 

[Elov]

I'm fine with it being legalized. I'm not really a fan of daily use/ being a pothead though. I used to smoke recreationally on occasion, but as of now I'm a breastfeeding mom so I haven't touched the stuff in over 2 years now, and I don't plan to use it again in the near future.

 

[Noop_12]

Marijuwnan gave me schizophrenia because I smoked to much.

 

[mondogecko9]

Pretty much entirely pro legalization. Considering alcohol has been the cause of millions of more deaths than weed ever has, plus the fact that it literally has medicinal healing problems, I think we haven't legalized it quick enough

 

[Zura]

As long as people don't do anything dangerous while using then I'm completely fine. Although I won't do it myself but I won't get in the way of those who enjoy it because it's perfectly ok to do. I mean we're ok with people killing themselves with cigarettes and you're telling me you're not gonna let people smoke marijuana?!

- - - Post Merge - - -

Pretty much entirely pro legalization. Considering alcohol has been the cause of millions of more deaths than weed ever has, plus the fact that it literally has medicinal healing problems, I think we haven't legalized it quick enough

Are we talking about death from just drinking alcohol or drinking irresponsibly? I think you're also forgetting that alcohol is legal and bought everywhere while weed is not.

 

[moonford]

Pro-legalisation.

I doubt I would use it much myself but I'm fairly liberal when it comes to it. We use far more deadly substances on a daily basis.

 

[Jhine7]

People can do whatever they want. Why would I get in someone else's business? Not a user, but make your own choices.

 

[BlueFlameAngel]

I've dabbled a bit just because I'm curious and will try most things once. I'm totally fine with it once in a while but I wouldn't be bothered using it regularly. I did have a bad experience with marjuana use bringing out an underlying mental illness in a close friend, who ended up having a violent psychotic episode as a result, so although situations like that are rare it's something that would be in the back of my mind a lot. But, then again, alcohol has some awful side-effects too. I guess I'd be pro-legalisation in my country but like everything, it's probably not great to use it constantly every single today.

 

[sleepydreepy]

honestly from a logical standpoint its basically the same as alcohol, meaning both are drugs that people use for similar reasons and both can be dangerous if overused. in fact, I think both are technically classified as depressants (though marijuana does have stimulant and hallucinogenic qualities). I think that if alcohol is legal, marijuana should be too.

Marijuana also has many positive medicinal uses, where as alcohol does not. Some might even say alcohol is more dangerous than marijuana. (However smoking marijuana is extremely unhealthy for your lungs.)

 

[Kaiaa]

I do not use it but I do know people who have or do. It makes people a little loopy but I don’t see how it’s much different than alcohol. So long as you’re in a safe environment and have at least one adult who can be the designated...non smoker... then I don’t see the harm in it. I don’t think kids or anyone under 21 should be using it however, unless medically necessary. I do think it has valuable therapeutic use in medicine!

 

[Alienfish]

I do not use it but I do know people who have or do. It makes people a little loopy but I don’t see how it’s much different than alcohol. So long as you’re in a safe environment and have at least one adult who can be the designated...non smoker... then I don’t see the harm in it. I don’t think kids or anyone under 21 should be using it however, unless medically necessary. I do think it has valuable therapeutic use in medicine!

Yes thank you. There are way more dangerous thing in society today that's also more out of control.

 

[Minto]

I'm 100% pro-legalization. I've seen first hand how it helped my significant other with his mild autism. It's really been a miracle since we found out it works better than any medication he's ever been on.

 

[meo]

Not a user nor would plan to be if legalized for recreational in my state. However, I do support it being legalized both medically and for recreation in the same sense that alcohol, tobacco, and other over the counter drugs are.