I have had it! I can’t take this shit anymore. I need to vent and here it comes. Weed is a drug and that is the only thing people can say negative about it. Prescription drugs and alcohol are a lot worse for people and have a lot more side effects. Weed actually helps people, and anyone who wants it can get it anyway. Booze is a lot worse. Hell, if everyone smoked a joint before leaving for work, they might drive the speed limit and watch for cops a lot more, but that is all. I am sick of this country and the stupid stand it takes against this benefit. Next point, I should run for premier and fix this countries budget in one speedy move. By legalizing pot. Grow it and sell it. Everyone wins. We would spend a shit load less money putting people in prison for something so stupid. I have to stop now. Fuck every uneducated person who thinks pot is a bad thing. I will give you something to smoke and it won’t be a joint! —Nah, Suck It!
This article appears in Mar 1-7, 2012.
You realize the Premier runs the province and not the country, right?
My stand on pot has been the same for 40 years – legalize it already! However, I would never work stoned – simply because my employer pays me for ‘straight’ time and that’s what I give him – shit, you’ve got to have a sense of responsibility here. My number one rule re pot: Don’t have habits you can’t afford.
LMAO…Tron FTW
Hey OB, what were you saying about pot not having any negative side effects?
pffft…fail
Not everyone should smoke pot, just like not everyone should drink. Don’t care if it’s legal or not. In Montreal, a guy would come to my house with no less than 5 strains to choose from, at reasonable prices. The govt sucks at everything. It would make a shitty dealer.
The government has one variety: ‘Seeds and Stems’.
My stance is this:
Having never tried it nor ever having any desire to try it, I really couldn’t care less one way or the other. If they want to legalize it/tax it, whatever, I’m fine with that but it needs to be controlled or regulated like booze and smokes, subject to the same rules, laws and fines.
I know that in my job, I am subject to random piss tests and any trace of this stuff in my system means, at a minimum, being placed on a probationary period of sorts with a lot of conditions that I have to meet. If I test positive again, I’m out a job. So, I agree with TTFN in that you want to smoke, it? Fine, but keep it the fuck at home. Work is no place to be showing up stoned just like you don’t show up drunk.
The same should hold true for driving. You want to smoke up, then you best be planning to walk or calling a cab, just like if you had been drinking. Heaven help the first one of you hopheads that decides to drive stoned and hits me…that’s all I’m going to say.
And if you want to smoke it in public, make it subject to the same rules as smoking cigarettes. (i.e. only in designated smoking spaces/outside and not within so many feet of doorways, etc, etc.)Afterall, it IS a burning substance and I don’t wanna be breathing that shit in.
Call me a prude if you want, I don’t care. This is just my opinion. I personally never saw the appeal to it and I still don’t. (just like cigarettes). To each their own, I guess. I suppose it’s like anything else…as long as it’s done responsibly and in moderation then there shouldn’t be too many problems.
What Vastie said.
To each his own..but I’m a ‘hophead’? GFY. That comment makes me discount your opinions about everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkrRwrNgAbU…
I think the dangerousness (for lack of a better term) of toking and driving largely depends on the person (among other things). For example, my dad has smoked weed for 30-some-odd years (and has probably been driving for around that same amount of time, if not longer) and having a joint before or while driving doesn’t seem to affect his driving ability at all.
Apparently, I was mistaken. (I can admit when I fucked up)
‘hophead’ refers to a heroin or opium addict, not someone who is a habitual user of marijuana, as I mistakenly thought.
Apologies for offending anyone’s sensibilities.
(Are we good, Furious Styles?)
haha, i thought it meant you liked beer, vastie
Hahaha I just thought you meant to say pothead, and was razzing you because that is something a pothead would do, haha. We are good, I was just joshing.
I LOVE how you think, Painy!! Mmmmmmmm, beer!
Furious – Cool! Thanks, man. But honest to God, I had no idea that ‘hophead’ meant what it does….how fucking green am I, eh? Facepalm to me. lol
After a short lifetime of personal case studies, involving many hours of intense experimenting and observations, I remain an advocate for marijuana as a recreational drug. However! It definitely has some serious negative effects. Temporary shortened memory loss and attention span, huge ass grocery bill (plus papers, bongs, flavour drops, and posters of Bob Marley), and an inability to find your feet. I also know people who’ve been in minor car accidents because they were stoned (yours truly).
I’m with TTFN on this one. Keep it at home, for after work or at parties. As long as you’re in control, as with alcohol and other drugs, it shouldn’t be a problem. Start smoking it every day at dawn before work and you’re getting in problem areas.
…and some of us can tell when you’re baked, especially if you just finished it before entering the shop
Ha, Captain. Back in the olden days of high school a friend of mine suddenly realized that he “forgot to pay his gravity bill” whilst stoned one night. Watching our other equally as high friends trying to keep him on the ground as the “gravity company” shut off his gravity was pretty much amazing.
Most. Hilarious. Party.
Exactly, Avastie and Cap, if you need a joint to cope with ‘life’, then you’ve got bigger problems than you think. Moderation in all things, including the beloved herb.
This is why I voted for you, ttfn.
I love when pot heads make their case about paper and saving the world.
Just say you want to smoke it and get high. That’s legit to me.
And fer crying out loud- don’t smoke and drive, dipschitts.
Wp
Gravity Company, that’s hilarious! Such a Stoner move.
Almost as good as the ‘Phone Cops’ – speaking of Dr. Fever, I wonder what happened to our old buddy from Bitchboard Past?
It was amazing. I think made better by the fact that I’m terrible at drugs, so was always the drunk is a sea of mellowed out friends. Watching that go down whilst intoxicated damn near killed me…I can still feel how weak I was from wailing with laughter at the fools. Ha.
we lost a few beloved bitches, during the firefighter debacle
o.p., you had me with you, right up until you said you should run for premier, prime minister maybe, but not a provincial premier. they can only do so much. it is big brother harper on his golden throne, that can change the canada criminal code. and that is what it falls under.
you can be king shit in your own home, but outside, you have to obey the rules of the land. try and do something, anything against the gubment, and see what that shit gets you. if they don’t arrest you for treason, or some other security violation, then you would be lucky. just look at the airlines for a hint. just go and talk about a lousy movie being a BOMB, and see how many sky marshalls restle you to the dirt. we live in a wonderfully fucked up world, thanks to bush jr., and that won’t change for the better, any time soon. so you will jus have to put up with this shit, til harper either goes, or changes his mind. the last, i am very doubtful about.
I should add to my previous post that I don’t what the statistics are like for driving high vs. drunk, or even if such statistics exist, and as such I would not recommend driving while high to the general public.
there have been some psas about that 195, they are a hoot. like drinking, best to plan ahead
I remember those, Painy…like the talking pirate on the package of rolling papers….”You, my friend, are high.” *pause* “WAY too high!”
I always got a kick out of that one. Why a cartoon pirate sounded like Antonio Banderas, I’ll never know, but funny just the same.
The only reason the government doesn’t want people smoking weed instead of drinking and using prescription drugs is because they haven’t figured out a way to make money off it yet. They are working hard at trying find a breathalyzer to detect weed so they can make it legal one day. Do you think they want to miss out on all the tax they could put on it if they sold it to the public. As well there is the issue of strength as well. They would have to provide the same that can be found on the street. The government wants to be able to sell it to us but they just haven’t figured it out yet so they are discouraging the use on the streets because it just takes from the sales where they make money in taxes. One day they will figure it out and make it completely legal so they can tax the hell out of it.
I agree weed is a safer and more relaxing drug than anything I would trust from a drugstore.
about a half-hour ago I started looking for a comedy clip someone, I thought Bill Maher, did so I could share it w/y’all. Couldn’t find it, but was entertained by many other clips, including Dexter’s psas, reefer madness and this little gem from Dragnet:
http://www.evtv1.com/player.aspx?itemnum=2…
Speaking of anti-pot PSAs, who remembers the ‘why do you think they call it dope’ ads from the 70s?
Anti-pot PSAs would be much more convincing if the Partnership for a Drug Free America wasn’t principally funded by big pharma, alcohol and tobacco companies. Hmmm…Why do you suppose that is? Let’s just put on our thinking caps, shall we?
When they do legalize weed you’ll all be complaining that the taxes on it are too high, and $15 is too much to pay for a pack of J’s.
You can’t patent a plant so the government leadheads aren’t interested in legalization.
eh… I’m kind of on the fence about full blown legalization. POsession shouldn’t be a criminal offense though. I hope we can all agree on that.
Even if you don’t smoke it, I’m sure someone in your family or circle of friends does. Do you think they should have a criminal record and possibly go to jail for posessing it?
If if no one you know smokes it, it’s still your tax dollars being spent to prosecute these so called criminals.
The major argument for legalization that a lot of people don’t mention, is that it would make it harder for minors to get their hands on it. It’s infinitely easier to get weed than it is booze or cigarettes or even scratch tickets if you’re under 19. Kids in elementary, yes, elementary school are smoking. And that was when I was in Elementary 20 years ago. Legalization would help to curb that.
Booze does just as much damage, if not more than marijuana *shrug*
TTFN, plants can be copyrighted. This is a fairly recent change.
Booze does more damage than pot without question.
A cigarette cost around 40 cents (mostly tax), and weighs apx. 1gm.
Can you imagine the tax revenue if the government charged just $2.00/gm for cannabis.
I don’t really care if it’s legalized or not but I hope that if it is, they’re harsh on the selfish idiots who smoke and drive.
I love pot! Pot makes a good day better, it makes a bad day better, and it makes an average day better, come to think of it, I can’t remember smoking a joint I didn’t appreciate!!!!
If that offends anyone… That’s your right. I don’t care if it’s legal or illegal, I am not a criminal!!!
decriminalize, the government shouldn’t be in the business of selling herbage. they’d just arse it up, like everything else
THe new Conservative Crime Bill , has a person who grows 5 or 6 pot plants as being deserving more manditory time in prison than a child molestor !
Roll that around in your brain for a minute…that the fucking people in our Government leading our country have less problem with CHILD MOLESTERS…THEN POT SMOKERS ! & these people consider themselves reasonable educated & intelligent politicians…I think they are all brain dead fucking losers.
Personally I believe child molestors should be castrated or have their nether regions clamped/glued in a vise in a house doused in gasoline & set on fire…to give them a chance, leave a dull rusty knife there with them. Let them make the choice of leaving or staying.
Pot smokers should be regulated like tobacco & liquor, with the option of growing your own , just like how you can make home made wine & Beer !
the bill is insane enough, without bringing the peds in
I dunno, bud, I love dope and all but they will never legalize it. I actually hope they don’t cuz I feel more like a rebel doing it illegally!
On a side note, I’m saddened that Peter Kelly won’t be mayor anymore.
I don’t smoke up but if liquor is legal, why not marijuana. It really makes no sense. As a matter of fact, most recreational drugs should be legal. Let the police focus on people who actually hurt others.
More – I tried to do some reading on Section c-10 (a bit muddy for me), but it seem that they’re sayng those penalities are for “growing with the intent to sell”, not personal use. But then again, they’ll say all growers are going to “sell”.
If it is ever legalized and regulated, I think that it wil be a big company (like du Maurier), who will be doing the production. After all, the tobacco industry already has the infrastructure set up.
Hugo, have you ever noticed that when a police spokesman say they just seized so much or this drug or pot & they say its worth thousands /millions of dollars…but if you’ve ever say ,bought some drugs or pot so you have an idea of what it REALLY costs, & your thinking, hmmm that don’t add up. Well with pot plants if you have a seed that has germinated & the little plant is just sticking up out of its medium…that plant is worth a thousand dollars ! According to the so called EXPERTS of law enforcement.
WHoever was the genius who came up with that is obviously teaching all the rest of the Government/police/judicial that twisted & completely bullshit valuation of drugs seized. Probably to help hide the sting of the tens of thousands to millions of tax dollars wasted to seize some pot clones that until they mature , aren’t worth no where near a thousand dollars.
But theres nothing funny about someone who grows pot, who knows what it costs. Who knows that most of the plant is leaves & stems & not worth wasting time on because ‘Bud’s’ are all the buying public want & if growing for yourself you sure as shit won’t smoke the damn shake. Yet a cop can get on a witness stand as an expert in marijuanna, who has never grown a single clone. His testimony is taken as Gospel & amounts seized weight wise, include the leaves, stems & even roots & this plant in its entirety might weigh a thousand grams of mostly garbage is worth 15 dollars a gram. They swear as experts their testimony is true & its all lies & even they know its a lie !!!!!!!
But they are experts ! And the accussed ( the real expert about pot in the courtroom) anything they say to the contrary isn’t excepted, no truth allowed only the official government sanctioned lies & embelishments.
WOO HOO! AIDA at The Met. The next slack-jawed hipster who comes in looking for “anything by Kerouac” is going to play a crucial role in helping me re-enact The Anvil Chorus.
And our resident culture vultures will of course, recognize that the Anvil Chorus is from “Il Trovatore” but, really, how many Verdi jokes can you make?
Mea Culpa. >: (
More – Yes I have. “OMG this 6ft(wet)plant weighs 2kg, it’s worth $3,000″…fuck me slowly.
I’ve also seen a program (durg’s inc?)where cops droped from a chopper to dig up a few plants. The police officer interviewed said that as long as pot was illegal he’d continue to do his duty, but it was a waste of time and resources.
Chopper = $50,00/hr = 2 hauls a day, I don’t think so.
And until my batch is grown…(shame)…I’m smoking shake.
Sorry, 2Kg@$15/gm = $30,000
Ivan-wasn’t Sondra Radvanovsky fabulous? For once, i didn’t hate the peacocks who had to be first to yell “brava!” Would have loved to see that one live, or even simoulcast…
Yes Indeed Xeenie. I’ve been spending Saturday afternoons tied to the desk lately and the Met has become a real comfort zone for me. Except for “Nixon in China” a few months back. Enhanced Interrogation whitenoise , that shite was.
I can not smoke pot and play poker or perhaps I’m just a bad poker player, lol!!!!
Just found this in the huff post…maybe she’s Canadian? Aesop n’ me are deep into “Sherlock” on Netflix and amn’t going to check it out now, mon…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/29/s…
it’s not opera, but it sure is cute http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/04/musical-pe…
I may not know art, but I know what I like.
Aww crap, now I have to provide a definition of “art” and reasons for why i “like” something.
>: (
It is not about potential tax revenue. It is about billions of dollars removed from the legitimate economy. Dope smokers should not have to pay for weed, they can grow it for free. But noooo…. someone wants to hang on to those billions of dollars. Think of it, if every dope smoker in Canada no longer had to pay for weed, they could buy more munchies, go to movies, out to the pub, rent a better place, buy a car, save for a down payment on a house… etc.
A conservative estimate of the money being stolen from Canadians:
30000000 people * 25% dope smokers * $15 per week * 52 weeks = 5.85 billion dollars removed from the legitimate economy annually.
The tax would be insignificant in comparison. Now add in the cost of “law enforcement” on terms dictated by Vic (this deal or no deal), which surely runs into the tens of billions. Just take a look at the published RCMP expenses over $10k. Consider that 50% of “law enforcement” in Canada is dedicated to persecuting and terrorizing perfectly peaceful and productive dope smokers. (protecting the illicit profits is clearly their game – you’d have to be stupid not to see it).
The only law related professional association in Canada that objects to decriminalisation of marijuana: The Canadian Police Association. So, take a wild guess where that 5.85 billion per year is going.
RCMP = Royal Canadian Marijuana Pushers (they are fucking evil, lying crooks – parasites on our fine nation)
this sorta makes makes my brain hurt http://thedailywh.at/2012/03/08/unexpected…
While i don’t disagree with your basic premise, you’re clearly an idiot and shouldn’t be speaking for ANYBODY. Ever.