Comment on The Dope Fiend
OctopusKurwa@lemm.ee 10 months agoI’m not one of these people that thinks it cures cancer or anything. But comparing it to morphine just muddys the waters.
It is absolutely safe enough to be recreationally legal. Morphine is not.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah we know you’re a weed addict, but according to whom is it "safe enough to be recreationally legal?
c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 10 months ago
As someone who’s drank alcohol and smoked cannabis, yeah alcohol is absolutely more dangerous/obstructive to normal function but no one bats an eye if you go home after work and have a couple beers.
Hell when I was in the military it was practically expected that you were going to show up to work hungover since there wasn’t fuck all to do.
Smoke a joint on leave? Kicked out, you’re the worst soldier/sailor/marine/airman that’s ever existed.
It’s an absolute joke that alcohol is considered safe enough to be legal but cannabis isn’t. Of the two, alcohol should be the illegal one.
vivadanang@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yup. Didn’t touch anything until after I ETS’d. Except tobacco and booze, which were basically… subsidized? Yeah, heavily subsidized by the exchange stores in the 90s. A carton of marlboros was $10 lol. I literally remember people bitching and moaning when it went up a dollar shortly before I left the army. Surreal.
Cylusthevirus@kbin.social 10 months ago
Wow, you really did just type "weed addict" without a trace of irony, didn't you?
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, weed addict
SCB@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Weed is not addictive.
You can make the argument that one can become dependent on weed despite it having no addictive properties, but you can also make that argument about weird shit like eating toilet paper.
DistractedDev@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Why does it even matter if it’s safe? Why shouldn’t you be able to make the decision for yourself?
demlet@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I support marijuana legalization, but this argument doesn’t work. The reality is that we all pay a price when people do certain things. It would be naive in the extreme to argue, for example, that opioids haven’t had a very negative impact on society as a whole. Or think about smoking cigarettes. How much does society pay for all the health problems it causes? Drinking? How much do we all pay for the chaos alcohol can cause, the domestic issues it creates, the broken families, the people killed by drunk drivers? This ain’t the wild west, you can’t just live and let live anymore in a world of 8 billion people.
DistractedDev@lemm.ee 10 months ago
People need to be allowed to enjoy their lives even if it has a cost. I’m not advocating for driving while under the influence. I’m advocating for being able to make your own choices about your own health. I think it goes further than just drugs. We even make laws preventing people from swimming in public water because they could drown. Shit happens. We can’t let cost and perfect safety ruin all the fun in the world. Just because some people can’t handle it, doesn’t mean it should be removed from life entirely.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because I’m gonna have to pay for your mistakes
DistractedDev@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Yeah cuz sitting on a couch watching tv is such a costly mistake. I bet you’re pro gun too and just fine with paying for the mistakes of those people
HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 10 months ago
The governments of Canada, Uruguay, United States, Spain, Jamaica, France, Greece, India…
23 countries have recreational cannabis laws.
Sit down, shut up, and fucking keep up to date.
And the term “weed addict” is some fucking refer madness bs.
Diprount_Tomato@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m from Spain, weed consumption is illegal here. Maybe you’re the one that needs to keep up
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh man. Bless it’s heart.