NO marijuana for kids!!!!!

[biglentil]

Not sure where you are getting facts from Big Wheel. The brain damage studies used monkeys and they cut the oxygen off to their brains using a gas mask. Most of the recent studies show the exact opposite brain protection and stimulation. Cannibinoids are also found in mothers milk giving new borns the "munchies". The abuse of any substance is never good even food and water. Alcohol is a much more damaging drug imo. Though in small quantities is ok.

I think many on here could benefit from the occassional puff.

[chuckChuck]

We haven't been treating them as criminals. Drug dealers get smaller fines than a daily drug deal with a kid in school.
The lawyers and judges get paid to do a clusterfk job where nothing happens little slap in the wrist but they do it so they make money continual cycle drug dealers laugh and aren't afraid of ever getting caught. Money talks slap huge fines and it would have been a whole different story.

It is a proven scientific fact weed takes away brain growth in young people. Where are you people getting that it doesn't?

We can still criminalize dealers but there is no point in criminalizing addicts or users as it doesn't solve the problem. And in fact can make addictions worse. Where is the scientific evidence that weed stops brain delopment? It may make young users prone to mental illness or further addictions. But alcohol is probably worse in both cases And much more widely available and widely used.

[malleefarmer]

Haha. I don’t use any drugs, that includes alcohol. It is not proven marijuana leads to other harder drugs that is a myth. What I can agree with you on is trudeau is a total joke and I don’t like him at all.

When I was a young fella in the 80s like most young country lads used to drink beer and occasional whiskey but that was it. Used to head to big smoke now and then hour and a half away had friends down there that dabbled in pot.

To the point they used in pot in preference to beer. And nearly all of them progressed to harder stuff.

We were considered country hicks and nerds for our abstinence. City girls loved us country hicks.......

Have a friends whos granddaughter was a pot user. Got offered ice at a party the rest is history.

Casered I could as you say be wrong and there no link just personal experience I guess. If they didn't dabble in pot maybe they would dabble in ice or get in with the wrong crowd.

Yeah yeah I'm old fashioned. Ive told my kids in no uncertain terms my views on drugs

[danny W1M]

In the 60's-80's you could have a puff at a party if it was being passed around, no problem man, mild stuff compared to now. Now days you never know if the pot your kid is buying, or the puff she is taking at a party, has been spiked somewhere along the chain of different handlers. Even at the smallest of amounts of crystal or opioid can cause you to be addicted to a particular dealer, wanting "their pot" over others. Easy to move from pot to the hard stuff once you've had a taste. For the vast majority of people, all it takes is one taste of crystal and you'll be a drug addict the rest of your life.(however long that might be.)

[Casered]

In the 60's-80's you could have a puff at a party if it was being passed around, no problem man, mild stuff compared to now. Now days you never know if the pot your kid is buying, or the puff she is taking at a party, has been spiked somewhere along the chain of different handlers. Even at the smallest of amounts of crystal or opioid can cause you to be addicted to a particular dealer, wanting "their pot" over others. Easy to move from pot to the hard stuff once you've had a taste. For the vast majority of people, all it takes is one taste of crystal and you'll be a drug addict the rest of your life.(however long that might be.)

Dealers don’t spike marijuana with more expensive drugs. That is another myth. I’m sure some asshole has done it to someone somewhere but it’s one in a million.

[chuckChuck]

In the 60's-80's you could have a puff at a party if it was being passed around, no problem man, mild stuff compared to now. Now days you never know if the pot your kid is buying, or the puff she is taking at a party, has been spiked somewhere along the chain of different handlers. Even at the smallest of amounts of crystal or opioid can cause you to be addicted to a particular dealer, wanting "their pot" over others. Easy to move from pot to the hard stuff once you've had a taste. For the vast majority of people, all it takes is one taste of crystal and you'll be a drug addict the rest of your life.(however long that might be.)

I think you just made an argument in favour of legalization and carefull regulation of the supply. Street drugs are by their nature un regulated and more risky for sure.

[grefer]

I think you just made an argument in favour of legalization and carefull regulation of the supply. Street drugs are by their nature un regulated and more risky for sure.

So how is legalized pot going to guarantee our kids dont take a puff of something they dont know they are smoking. Are the joints going to be stamped made in canada by your local liberal mp. This is really bad imo. Just making parenting a whole lot more difficult when our federal government is saying its all good. Just by our stuff man.

[chuckChuck]

So how is legalized pot going to guarantee our kids dont take a puff of something they dont know they are smoking. Are the joints going to be stamped made in canada by your local liberal mp. This is really bad imo. Just making parenting a whole lot more difficult when our federal government is saying its all good. Just by our stuff man.

There are no guarantees with either system. But the aim is to put the black market out of business. If that happens then the supply will be tested and regulated vs untested and who knows what. Kids already have easy access now. So just like underage alcohol use a lot is up to parents to monitor and control their kids. After 18 it is too late anyway.

[grefer]

There are no guarantees with either system. But the aim is to put the black market out of business. If that happens then the supply will be tested and regulated vs untested and who knows what. Kids already have easy access now. So just like underage alcohol use a lot is up to parents to monitor and control their kids. After 18 it is too late anyway.

I'm not that bright chuck so you will have to have patience with me. If legalizing pot will kill the black market why not make all illegal drugs legal. Isnt it like anything else thats for sale. Make it better or cheaper or both. Boom. We are in business again.

[RWT101]

It's always a good idea to consult with others who have already gone the legalization path, like Colorado and Washington states.
It can open eyes to problems not yet brought up.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25/colorado-marijuana-traffic-fatalities/

This is clearly a case of a desperate Canadian governments looking for more tax dollars to incinerate.

And to hell with the health of the innocent general public.

Those that vote for it and pass it will have blood on their hands for years to come.

[burnt]

It's always a good idea to consult with others who have already gone the legalization path, like Colorado and Washington states.
It can open eyes to problems not yet brought up.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25/colorado-marijuana-traffic-fatalities/

This is clearly a case of a desperate Canadian governments looking for more tax dollars to incinerate.

And to hell with the health of the innocent general public.

Those that vote for it and pass it will have blood on their hands for years to come.

RWT101 - Scary article. It is saying that we and our families can all expect to be exposed to another hazard each time we drive down the road.

“We went from zero to 100, and we’ve been chasing it ever since,” Greenwood Village Police Chief John Jackson said of the state’s implementation of legalized marijuana. “Nobody understands it and people are dying. That’s a huge public safety problem.”

Aw what the heck would a cop know about driving hazards...

A survivor raises an excellent question: “I never understood how we’d pass a law without first understanding the impact better,” said Barbara Deckert, whose fiancée, Ron Edwards, was killed in 2015 in a collision with a driver who tested positive for marijuana use below the legal limit and charged only with careless driving. “How do we let that happen without having our ducks in a row? And people are dying.”

Not hard to understand here - legalization was pronounced by a pot-using, brain-damaged child who is more taken with the art on his socks than the public good.

[Oliver88]

It's always a good idea to consult with others who have already gone the legalization path, like Colorado and Washington states.
It can open eyes to problems not yet brought up.

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/08/25/colorado-marijuana-traffic-fatalities/

This is clearly a case of a desperate Canadian governments looking for more tax dollars to incinerate.

And to hell with the health of the innocent general public.

Those that vote for it and pass it will have blood on their hands for years to come.

It is crazy that's country that has tried very hard to eradicate cancer from smoking cigarettes/cigars, chewing tobacco over the last several decades will simply make smoking pot accessible to everyone by making it as easy as picking up at a local outlet.
Also very crazy that after trying to decrease our drunk driving fatalities rate now drivers will have to look out for more stoned drivers swerving at them.

Net outcome of having a legal pot option:
More accessible pot everywhere
More socially acceptable, less of a stigma
Lower IQ for teenagers who use it prior to brains being developed, higher rates of other brain problems such as paranoia, etc (Ex. Margaret Trudeau)
Higher rate of traffic related deaths and accidents
Higher SGI premiums
Higher tax dollars required to sell pot through security, sales, logistics, etc.
More taxes collected for government
Black market will still be cheaper option for pot