Marijuana Vs. Alcohol. Which is your city more accepting of? (lawyers, high school)
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Where I'm from, we have a heavy drinking culture, but marijuana is socially acceptable as well. Minnesota should have it legalized sooner or later, soon as Paw Paw leaves.
I have been to places out east that have almost no marijuana culture, or at least seemingly less than here.
Seattle is equally accepting of both, if for any reason you do get busted here for having weed on you its equivalent to a parking ticket, it's at the lowest priority for cops here. We also host the Seattle Hempfest every year (hempfest.org) which attracts thousands and thousands of people and is a campaign to legalize marijuana. And the PNW has some of the dankest bud in the country, behind hawaii that is
When I grew up in Seattle I would argue that both were quite accepted. Back in the day in my high school, probably around 80% of the kids smoked marijuana. In fact more people smoked marijuana than drank. Lunch break was getting off campus and smoking joints with friends. We would get 5 to 8 friends together and just smoke away. We all graduated with good grades so we never viewed it as a problem. When I went to Seattle Central Community College we would just go to the nearby park and smoke as well. Alcohol was more tolerated because it was legal but if you offered anybody either a shot of liquor or a hit of a joint the joint would always be taken over the alcohol. I look back at living in Seattle and realize just how many people from all walks of life I met just from smoking pot. Some might view it as depressing, but it was something a lot people shared in common despite being different. There wasn't a lot to do during those long gray, dreary, and rainy winters in Seattle so getting high with friends, playing video games, riding your bike, and making music and art was pretty much the only form of self entertainment we had. When spring and summer came we were outside doing a lot more.
I was a medical marijuana patient in Seattle a few months before I moved away and I was surprised at how many other people had access to medical marijuana. The other patients I met were lawyers, doctors, ex-policemen, accountants, store managers, car salesmen, a few teachers, and other people from various different professions.
I spent a considerable amount of time in Portland as well and marijuana was very tolerated. I think everyone smokes pot in that city. Same could be said for all those cities in the Bay Area
In Honolulu, my current city Alcohol is definitely more tolerated due to its legality and the fact its much cheaper. The marijuana is damn good though and nothing is like relaxing on a beach watching the sunset smoking a joint. If there is a heaven, its the closest thing I have ever done to replicate it.
The only thing more damaging to society than alcohol and marijuana are the people telling us we shouldn't have the right to use it. If you want to see what the affect marijuana has on society look no farther than the PNW. Considering how high the quality of life is in Seattle/Portland/Vancouver B.C, I guess all the negative effects marijuana has on society is minute compared to what the DEA and all the other fear mongers claim. Nobody cares or views marijuana negatively in the PNW and the only people that do are crazy religious people and super conservatives which are a rare breed up there.
Last edited by HeyHolliday!; 04-25-2010 at 02:24 PM..
When I grew up in Seattle I would argue that both were quite accepted. Back in the day in my high school, probably around 80% of the kids smoked marijuana. In fact more people smoked marijuana than drank. Lunch break was getting off campus and smoking joints with friends. We would get 5 to 8 friends together and just smoke away. We all graduated with good grades so we never viewed it as a problem. When I went to Seattle Central Community College we would just go to the nearby park and smoke as well. Alcohol was more tolerated because it was legal but if you offered anybody either a shot of liquor or a hit of a joint the joint would always be taken over the alcohol. I look back at living in Seattle and realize just how many people from all walks of life I met just from smoking pot. Some might view it as depressing, but it was something a lot people shared in common despite being different. There wasn't a lot to do during those long gray, dreary, and rainy winters in Seattle so getting high friends, playing video games, riding your bike, and making music and art was pretty much the only form of self entertainment we had. When spring and summer came we were outside doing a lot more.
I was a medical marijuana patient in Seattle a few months before I moved away and I was surprised at how many other people had access to medical marijuana. The other patients I met were lawyers, doctors, ex-policemen, accountants, store managers, car salesmen, a few teachers, and other people from various different professions.
I spent a considerable amount of time in Portland as well and marijuana was very tolerated. I think everyone smokes pot in that city. Same could be said for all those cities in the Bay Area
In Honolulu, my current city Alcohol is definitely more tolerated due to its legality and the fact its much cheaper. The marijuana is damn good though and nothing is like relaxing on a beach watching the sunset smoking a joint. If there is a heaven, its the closest thing I have ever done to replicate it.
The only thing more damaging to society than alcohol and marijuana are the people telling us we shouldn't have the right to use it. If you want to see what the affect marijuana has on society look no farther than the PNW. Considering how high the quality of life is in Seattle/Portland/Vancouver B.C, I guess all the negative effects marijuana has on society is minute compared to what the DEA and all the other fear mongers claim. Nobody cares or views marijuana negatively in the PNW and the only people that do are crazy religious people and super conservatives which are a rare breed up there.
That's interesting you say that. In my Conservative, middle class suburban town 25 miles from Minneapolis, our High School, 80% of the students drank on weekends or special occasions, but probably only 10% smoked marijuana. Needless to say, college was sort of a shock to see it so accepted and accepted by people who one would NEVER think of smoking it
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