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And this altering you refer to is worth ruining thousands of lives every year? And putting law enforcement officers in harm's way in order to try to fight it?
You sound rather inexperienced, or it is possible you have an agenda. Either way, it makes me wonder if you even realize that the reason cannabis was made illegal in the first place has nothing to do with the "altering" of the humans who consume it?
Post Mexican revolution - marijuana was an excuse. Mexicans called it marihuana, yet cannabis was already used medicinally in the states. The foreign term marihuana sparked media controversy. MJ became the excuse to control Mexican immigration, just like earlier San Francisco did the same thing with opium to control Chinese immigration.
And this altering you refer to is worth ruining thousands of lives every year? And putting law enforcement officers in harm's way in order to try to fight it?
You sound rather inexperienced, or it is possible you have an agenda. Either way, it makes me wonder if you even realize that the reason cannabis was made illegal in the first place has nothing to do with the "altering" of the humans who consume it?
I'm not the one with an agenda. And yes, I do know why weed was made illegal. Do you?
I did notice you didn't address the main point that I made, that comparing the two is a false comparison.
Some of you won't like this, don't care, but comparing marijuana and cigarettes is disingenuous at best.
Setting aside the health risks of smoking anything, one alters ones perceptions and behavior while the other one doesn't.
"Because of its position in our culture, tobacco and the nicotine it contains is often not considered a mind-altering drug. In fact, nicotine affects the brain in several different ways and changes it over the long-term. Nicotine acts to increase the production of other chemicals in the brain known as neurotransmitters that affect brain function. By causing the release of noradrenaline nicotine acts as a stimulant that produces a slight buzz. It is thought to cause improved focus by increasing acetylcholine, whilst its action in increasing beta-endorphin production relieves anxiety, giving nicotine some calming effects as well as stimulating effects. Nicotine also produces long-term effects on the dopamine system, which is involved in reward, mood and addiction."
I guess Google searching science studies is a lost art?
Only because you are "pot for all" supporter. How much do you have invested in the MJ game?
I have everything invested: My life, my livelihood, and my freedom. I moved from Oklahoma to Colorado 5 years ago so that I didn't have to live in the closet anymore.
Or did you mean money wise? In that case I have nothing invested. I grow my own.
The only way I could possibly get you to relate, and even then it's a long shot, is if you were a long-term coffee lover, to the point of getting a lot of enjoyment out of roasting your own beans, but having to do it incognito for decades because of the risk of being federally prosecuted, because 81 years ago it was prohibited because caffeine is so addictive.
Then, of course, enduring the public stigma of being a caffeine user after the release of "Caffeine Madness"....
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Man are people gullible...
M0re ignorance
