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Yes, I'm serious. Of course I remember Nancy Reagan (who wasn't taken all that seriously in my community), but I was thinking of a Reefer Madness level of hysteria when I made that particular comment. I recall a few people losing jobs and did not claim that it didn't happen. But no, I don't recall any claims that it was worse than any other drugs and that using it just once would turn a person into a raving maniac occurring in the 90s, which is what I was actually referring to.
Well that poster was obviously over the top with his description of the anti-weed propaganda. But there was most definitely a change in weed acceptance in that time period of the '80's and 90's. The example Snazzy provided is a good example, that is a tragedy and a direct result of the idiotic ways of that era.
I used to work with a guy who twisted his ankle on the job. It was a possible workmen's comp issue, so he was sent to the company's doctor. They did a drug test, as they do ALL possible workmen's comp issues, found he had pot in his system, and lost his job.
The day after he got fired, he killed himself.
Unfortunately, pot users have a higher rate of suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts than non-users. It's not clear whether that's because suicidal people use pot to self-medicate, or whether the pot is contributing to or causing the suicidal ideation, but it's probably the former.
Are you serious? You don't remember Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign which kicked off a total change in views on marijuana? It turned casual weed smokers (it was called pot then) into people who were made to feel as if they were exhibiting deviant behavior. People would hide this info from their neighbors and co-workers, it was taboo to be a weed smoker back then. People lost jobs that did not including driving or operating machinery because they failed a random drug screen because they got high on a camping trip weeks earlier and were never impaired at work. It was all total madness.
Yes. Before that, from the 70's to the very early 80's, there were stores even in the mall that sold pot paraphernalia, coke spoons, etc. Usually in the Chinese store in the malls, walk behind the beaded curtain. There was one on a major road near me called High Times that had a pot leaf on its' sign. All disappeared shortly thereafter.
Unfortunately, pot users have a higher rate of suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts than non-users. It's not clear whether that's because suicidal people use pot to self-medicate, or whether the pot is contributing to or causing the suicidal ideation, but it's probably the former.
Unfortunately, pot users have a higher rate of suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts than non-users. It's not clear whether that's because suicidal people use pot to self-medicate, or whether the pot is contributing to or causing the suicidal ideation, but it's probably the former.
Unfortunately, pot users have a higher rate of suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts than non-users. It's not clear whether that's because suicidal people use pot to self-medicate, or whether the pot is contributing to or causing the suicidal ideation, but it's probably the former.
Well, PTSD has been one of the more commonly approved diagnoses for medicinal use for many years now, so I'm not sure how that might skew stats. And there is a school of thought that people with certain mental illnesses shouldn't use it.
I would think this would prove true across the board with many substances, though:
Approximately 22 percent of deaths by suicide involved alcohol intoxication, with a blood-alcohol content at or above the legal limit (CDC, 2014b);
Yes. Before that, from the 70's to the very early 80's, there were stores even in the mall that sold pot paraphernalia, coke spoons, etc. Usually in the Chinese store in the malls, walk behind the beaded curtain. There was one on a major road near me called High Times that had a pot leaf on its' sign. All disappeared shortly thereafter.
Yes, on the other end of the same state, we had Joint Venture in the Bergen Mall. They also sold turquoise jewelry. Very 70s.
Well that poster was obviously over the top with his description of the anti-weed propaganda. But there was most definitely a change in weed acceptance in that time period of the '80's and 90's. The example Snazzy provided is a good example, that is a tragedy and a direct result of the idiotic ways of that era.
Yeah, I didn't say there wasn't. Again, I was responding to specific claims made by a specific poster, which I have made more than clear, so kindly find someone else to badger. I'm not interested in arguing about something I didn't even say. As far as the suicide, there are usually deeper issues involved, and by Snazzy's own admission, the guy had a lot going on emotionally. There usually is.
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Oh Geez, we have got to past this outdated belief that Marijuana is pure evil!
Many people do not recognize the damage done, by the many many years of drilling it into us, that Marijuana is BAD, evil, etc! They warned us in our high school DARE classes that Marijuana was the most deadly and dangerous drug out there (worse than heroin or cocaine even), they warned just using it one time could cause insanity, killing rampages, going out of our minds!! (and this was the early 1990s!)
I still remember our DARE instructors giving many examples of people that are now crazy or in prison, thanks to Marijuana, (just like they do today with opioids) LOL
This is 2022 now, (not 1422)
Can't you read?
PEOPLE WERE SICK.
AND IT'S ILLEGAL.
I can't and WON'T be around it.
I'd suggest you grow up and stop hyperbolizing about the past which is irrelevent.
So you are saying they did nothing wrong?
YES OR NO?
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