Legalisation of Cannabis

[MCN]

[chickenstrip]

[Pigeon]

[Riejufixing]

[hellkat]

[hellkat]

[chickenstrip]

I don't remember ever "craving" cannabis (there was a time when I was like that with booze). It was the same as, "I need to get home and put my feet up for a bit." It's just I'd have a spliff at the same time

When I was bored, unemployed mostly, I'd cane it. But if I had things to do, I'd leave it, quite happily, until I didn't have anything else to do.

I often, however, craved relief from aches and pains, and the weed was the perfect remedy, and I didn't have to worry about getting addicted to it, or having heart problems or whatever side effects pain pills might have, because I needed pain relief so often, especially when in employment.
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[hellkat]

[hellkat]

You would be hard pressed to find any evidence of the fact that I am such a weed-head in my house, though. I have to admit, that's one of the most annoying aspects of indulging in cannabis: people have got to proclaim that they're doing it by having leaf-based "advertising".

I don't particularly like all those accountrements of the genre: no weed slogan t-shirts, no rasta-man ashtrays, lighters in the shape of a leaf - even my stash box doesn't have a cannabis leaf on it.

But then, neither do I have JD, gin or wine souvenirs. I once got rid of the only selfie stick I've ever owned because it was branded with a JD logo.

Looking around my living room, there's almost no branding of any sort. I guess I'm just not that into the products I use


Edit: Oh wait, I just found evidence of two chocolate brands. One is my actual stash box - a Charbonnel et Walker paper bag , and the other is a similar bag from Artisan du Chocolat, but its cunningly disguised as a plant-holder because the bag has a green foresty picture all over it, which goes well with the spathiphyllum I have got inside it.
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[chickenstrip]

[Polarbear]

[chickenstrip]

[Ste]

In the states there are drug policies in each individual state and there are federal drug policies. Federal laws are the "supreme law of the land" and when state laws say something different to federal laws, it's meant to be that federal laws are applied.

So technically every coffee shop, medicinal dispensary and the companies supplying them with vast quantities of cannabis could all be raided and everyone ends up appearing in federal courts. The majority of banks follow federal laws which means the multi billion dollar cannabis industry is almost completely cash based.

What effect it would have politically in this country is unknown as one poll says one thing and different poll says something else. All the people who go on about how legal weed would make it easier for kids to get hold of it need to ask their children how easy it would for them to get weed at the moment.

[Jmoan]

[Polarbear]

[chickenstrip]

[Polarbear]

[hellkat]

I have done that sorta meditation, Chickenystrip. Its very relaxing, I will agree. But sometimes, you just don't wanna do what you should, and my naturally rebellious self will look for something illicit, naughty, whatever, to do, before something that is "socially acceptable".

I like meditation. Concentrating on your breathing is very nice. I can and have often used it to zone out in certain circumstances.

Although sometimes I use the "just breathing in and breathing out" technique to help me fall asleep at night if my mind is racing, so it sometimes has the same effect if I try and do it when I'm NOT in bed
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[thx1138]

am i weird, I can down a strong Americano or some such, and then have an afternoon nap for a couple of hours?

[MCN]

[chickenstrip]

Everyone is weird. The only people who aren't weird are clones of yourself.
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[MCN]

[Analogkid]

No one politician will legalise cannabis, they are a bunch of self serving bastards and will be vilified by a section of the country, those who believe the media propaganda around it's ill effects in a minority of users, these are the same hypocrites who will be vilifying cannabis use among their peers whilst partaking in a drink or two.

Sadly cannabis is in the hands of the criminals, this ensures there is no control over strength, quality, recommended doses etc, compounded by this black market not paying tax and much of the cash proceeds ending up overseas, so even if you disagree with the use and legalisation of cannabis, surely you can see that the status quo can't continue, we spend millions a year policing it, but no revenue from it to pay for this policing, the sooner the government takes control, as with alcohol and tobacco, the sooner revenue can be raised to support the legal distribution, and less wasted on illegal supply.

The politiciant hat legalises cannabis, if it’s an individual, will be vilified for a generation or two, but later hailed as a visionary, sadly none of them have the backbone to do what’s right, only what gets them votes, the fucking lot of them should be sacked and we should start again.

[Polarbear]

[Easy-X]

That's one of the reasons I gave up! When skunk first came out I was like "if it's too strong, put less in!" but as time wore on that trite little line didn't work. I started not enjoying it, hard as that is to believe!

From what I've read current strains of these skunk plants are all THC and no CBD. I can't say I buy into the "miracle" of CBD oil (as it does zero for me) but before there was basic grass (that I enjoyed) and now there's headbanging skunk (which I don't) so there must be something to this THC/CBD balance.

But Scotland could lead the way. There was that thing last year about how Glasgow turned it's drug problem around - took 10 years - and could Genghis Khan do the same for London...
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