Sunday21 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Canada is about to legalize pot. I tried to call an ‘independent living’ facility today, that is a protected setting for seniors, and the receptionist kept dropping the phone and laughing. It is Saturday so I suspect that the Saturday staff are not taking their jobs very seriously. Perhaps some drug use there? i worry about life once pot is legalized. I work at a university and I notice that some staffed positions are filled with very prosfessional people and other staff people are quite dubious. It is a curious mix. Very professional: The janitors. Seriously flakey not very honest : The junior IT people. The research grant people. I wonder about the flakey people once we legalize pot. i can understand why the government wants to legalize. We have built an empire of evil motorcycle gangs and mafia by making drugs illegal. Anything for which there is a demand and is illegal, puts money into the hands of the mafia. On the other hand, a lot of legal things put money into the hands of the mafia as well! Construction in Montreal is heavily controlled by the Mafia and there is no law against construction! And what are we going to do, legalize every immoral and dangerous activity to starve the Mafia? i wish the Savior would come and particularly before we legalize pot! I shudder to think what life is going to be like with those who are currently barely tolerating employment once pot is legal. Edited February 17, 2018 by Sunday21 BeNotDeceived 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeuroTypical Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Well, hello from smoky rocky-mountain-high Colorado. We had medicinal marijuana many years ago, and then a few years ago just decided to out and out legalize it totally. We have not dropped off the face of the earth. Law and order still works here, the buses still run, pizza delivery still works, etc. The much ballyhooed promises of crime rate drops have absolutely NOT been realized. We still have illegal grow operations busted, and no shortage of MJ-related robberies, burglaries, assaults, and murders. Yes, the state is making some money off of taxing dispensaries. We also had a state audit that detailed the absolute abysmal failure of our "seed to sale" attempts to ensure legality and quality. Basically, we may have inadvertently legalized doing business with the MJ arms of various murderous child-sex-slave-importing cartels. Also, hidden away in a footnote in the back of that audit (which probably nobody read but me), was a fun little finding detailing a violation in law enforcement's sieze-and-destroy process. Basically, the cops found a ton of illegal stuff, seized it, stored it, and that's where the trail ends. No record of destruction, and it's gone. In other words, someone stole it out of some government warehouse. The running joke here, is all you need is a Datsun and a spare driver, and you can make the big bucks exporting MJ to other states, and importing high-cap pistol mags (which bluestate govt banned a while ago). The number of MJ related driving incidents is doubling every year, but not to the levels of alcohol. The number of children going to the ER for eating/drinking/rubbing/smoking MJ products is pretty low, but it's there. But yeah, day-to-day life doesn't really feel much closer to the last days than before. But it's hardly a step forward, IMO. Edited February 18, 2018 by NeuroTypical mordorbund, seashmore and Sunday21 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MormonGator Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Life continues @Sunday21. Politically bad things are going to happen. It's tough, but you'll learn to adjust. People love to proclaim that this or that issue will be "the end of the world" or lead to the "breakdown of society". But in reality, life always continues and you'll adapt just fine. Besides, you might find a strain you like. @NeuroTypical gave me some good ideas. Edited February 18, 2018 by MormonGator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 For laughs, I thought about cutting and pasting some of the, ummm . . . more impassioned . . . recent posts about gay marriage on this thread, substituting "marijuana smoking" for "gay marriage", but decided it would probably not be appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MormonGator Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, DoctorLemon said: For laughs, I thought about cutting and pasting some of the, ummm . . . more impassioned . . . recent posts about gay marriage on this thread, substituting "marijuana smoking" for "gay marriage", but decided it would probably not be appropriate. I'm so disappointed in you for even thinking about stirring the pot young man. Talking to your bishop tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 7 minutes ago, MormonGator said: I'm so disappointed in you for even thinking about stirring the pot young man. Talking to your bishop tomorrow! Did you just make a pun? (OK, my jokes are getting even dumber. I'll stop now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MormonGator Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 1 minute ago, DoctorLemon said: Did you just make a pun? (OK, my jokes are getting even dumber. I'll stop now) Glad you got it the word play. Yes, that was my point. You had to explain it for the slower people- @Carborendum, do you understand it now? (playing!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 18 minutes ago, MormonGator said: Glad you got it the word play. Yes, that was my point. You had to explain it for the slower people- @Carborendum, do you understand it now? (playing!) Understand what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 (edited) Trying very hard to resist posting clips from "Reefer Madness" in this thread . . . Edited February 18, 2018 by DoctorLemon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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