Legalization of cannabis

[Cruciferi]

Anyone taking illicit substances aren’t doing themselves any favors! I work for the county and nobody can have opiates or THC in their system! My former coworkers, that work fast food, can’t make ends meet because they refuse to change their lives and admit that they’re addicts. It’s really sad.

 

[Gertabelle]

We are going to here more about this from the Church. The trend is towards legalization.

There are many trends in society that are not good.

The Church does not follow the whims of governments and their trends.

As someone who lives in Colorado, I can assure that the Church hear is speaking about it – every priest or pastor we’ve had since legalization has spoken to us from the pulpit: using marijuana for non-medicinal purposes is sinful.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

every priest or pastor we’ve had since legalization has spoken to us from the pulpit: using marijuana for non-medicinal purposes is sinful.

I’m curious to know on what basis they make that assertion? I always thought that the sinfulness of casual marijuana use came from its being illegal. Once it is legal, to me it’s pretty much the same as alcohol, tobacco, and gambling, all of which can very easily become sinful once you pass the boundary of casual or occasional use.

 

[Gertabelle]

Gertabelle:

every priest or pastor we’ve had since legalization has spoken to us from the pulpit: using marijuana for non-medicinal purposes is sinful.

I’m curious to know on what basis they make that assertion? I always thought that the sinfulness of casual marijuana use came from its being illegal. Once it is legal, to me it’s pretty much the same as alcohol, tobacco, and gambling, all of which can very easily become sinful once you pass the boundary of casual or occasional use.

I’ve never used marijuana, so I have no idea the immediacy – or lack thereof – of the affects on one’s sobriety. The priests speaking against its use compared its impact to the drunkenness that can be caused by alcohol.

Can one smoke a joint or eat a “special” brownie without becoming the equivalent of drunk? I don’t know.

I leave you all to discuss that point.

 

[ATraveller]

Also as of Jan. 1st, all of Canada.

No, that’s July 1, Canada Day (formerly Dominion Day), the day that marks the formation of my country.
It’s a disaster. The Prime Minister is legalizing it but you know who will actually be doing the hard work? It’s not him and his government but the provinces who were not extensively consulted nor were local police forces and caught by surprise with a one year time frame to plan and implement. This is all done to benefit Trudeau’s cannabis-growing multi-millionaire Liberal Party volunteers and donors.
Hallucinogenic drugs aren’t about freedom but keeping a populace complacent and malleable for tyrants.

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. -1 Peter 5:8

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Can one smoke a joint or eat a “special” brownie without becoming the equivalent of drunk? I don’t know.

I’ve never done either, but I have been around plenty of friends who have. These people are middle-aged professionals and they do stop after one “kookie” or joint in a social situation. It’s severely frowned upon in the social circles where I see them to get so baked (or drunk, or high on anything else) that you are having “problems” which force other people to babysit you.

They seem to do fine on a moderate use, with two exceptions but they involved other substance than pot, and pot was not a factor in the personal situations involved. (I deleted the personal details from my last post because it seemed a bit gossipy/ oversharing.)

 

[Spyridon]

Can one smoke a joint or eat a “special” brownie without becoming the equivalent of drunk? I don’t know.

Absolutely, yes.

I could smoke a massive joint of the highest quality herb, and see you an hour later and you’d NEVER guess I was “high” unless I told you.

A marijuana “high” is kinda equivalent to how you feel if you drink a couple shots of whiskey back to back - warm and tingly, but not drunk.

 

[LaughingBoy1503]

As a former drug user myself, of crystal meth no doubt, I cant help but wonder how effective any “Help” the government tried to offer me would have been. Despite the view of a drug addict as a victim of a horrible disease who cant help themselves lots of drug addicts want to continue to use drugs. When they speak of wanting to stop, what they mean is they wish the consequences of drug use did not exist. What makes people think that help is not already sometimes offered instead of jail? I have been in court ordered drug programs before and lots of the time we would be talking about how we used drugs that weekend and hope we drank enough water to flush it all out of our system in case they decide to randomly test a few of us. People use while they are getting help. Its harder to use in jail.

I am grateful I got locked up for my drug use. I think just completely legalizing drugs is stupid. As for weed, I cant speak for someone who uses it but lives a productive law abiding life. I may not like weed (Though I certainly smoked it in my past) I would not use it even if completely legal unless maybe I have cancer and a doctor recommends it, maybe not even then but I certainly cant force my view on someone who uses the drug and is responsible. On the other hand, I have seen marijuana take away a lot of peoples motivation to do anything in life. These folks should stay far away from marijuana because they become a burden on someone. Either their parents or the tax payers who pay for their welfare because they have no motivation to do anything but make minimum wage but have Children who they cannot support by themselves.

I do not know what the solution is but I think it is not as easy as just helping instead of jailing drug offenders. They have to want help and not everyone does.