The growing acceptance of legalizing marijuana
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- ABC News’ Alex Presha looks at the fight to legalize marijuana nationwide and how advocates hope decriminalizing marijuana could lead to economic and racial justice.
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Federalize it, it’s long past due.
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If they legalize weed the world would be chill ASF 🌎
@@xavierjones9777 Ive been saying that all along. Thats the damn truth.
No. Weed kills
@@Sceptnado and the legal ones don’t? Nicotine is literally guaranteed to put you in an early grave. And alcohol will always make people more aggravated then THC.
I’m just disappointed that they’re people spending life in prison for selling weed which Is now being commercialized for the economy.
It's not federally legal yet. It's just the states throwing the finger to the man.
Still people should not be spending there life in jail for it
@@the.smokelounge I agree. Its a plant. That's like saying smoking a cigarette gets you thrown in jail.
They need to blanket release them. The taxes from legalisaiton should be spent on treating addicts on harder drugs for what they are...ill people in need of help.
@@trevor19qhshe it would actually make more sense for people to get jailed for cigarettes than for weed.
You know like commiting suicide is technically illegal in most jurisdictions...
Also i think u meant tobacco plant since cigs are not a plant...
The hypocrisy:
*Monday morning around the coffee pot
"What did you all do Friday night?"
"I drank an entire bottle of wine and threw up"
"Ha ha Stacey, you are so funny!"
"I drank a 6 pack and 4 shots and woke up in a strangers bed"
"Oh Mike, when will you learn, thats like the 4th time this month!"
"Um, I smoked a bowl, watched Jeopardy reruns and was in bed by 10"
"OMG you are a drug diseased monster and you're fired"
Tell me about it bro!!! I smoke weed once a week and I’m ready to do things the very next day
Both seem like losers to me
well said my good man
You forgot to mention *POT IS LEGAL IN OUR NATIONS CAPITAL* : THE HYPOCRISY
Only a bowl ? Light weight
The fact that people can still be locked up for 10+ years, essentially ruining their life, for having a few grams of bud on them is absolutely absurd.
..America needs low-motivated Ditch Diggers. too.
Well the guy said marijuana stands alongside alcohol, but nobody's beating their spouses and children because they had too much marijuana. We need to separate these things.
@Kate Simpson huh???
Sorry. What I meant to say is, NO.
I’m really sorry anybody put their hands on you. That’s fucking awful. But I guarantee you that it had nothing to do with the effects of cannabis. The original comment is referring to the fact that alcohol is actually a violence inducing drug. Cannabis is not. If your husband used to beat you anytime he would get his hands on some cannabis then that was a problem with HIM and it had nothing to do with the effects of the drug. I hope you’re doing ok now and only hope the best for you. I take abuse very seriously but I promise that the cannabis was not the reason he got violent. I do not want to seem harsh to you but I also firmly believe that spreading misinformation about cannabis is harmful. Take care.
Alcohol ain’t much of an excuse either a woman beater is a woman beater
@Kate Simpson stop spreading horse manure on the plant. Im sorry about your domestic problems but ive literally NEVER heard of potheads beating each other's old ladys down
Agreed. Make alcohol illegal. Same with cigs, vapes, weed, any nic.
@@Sceptnadowhy make it all illegal? i only agree with alcohol and cigs as the others are not really harmful. your welcome to share a point other then agreed lets ban it all.
because obviously you have no idea what ur talking about lol.
Make it federally legal so that people don't lose jobs over it.
Yes!!!!!!!!
The legal states have residents selling it to family in illegal states it's not like noones making the money or getting it
@Carl Mason studies show, its not addictive, at least compared to coffee, nicotine, etc. It has been proven to help treat asthma and other illnesses.
Carl, the people I know who use it are over the age of 50, have always held jobs and have never been the stereotypical, stoner types.
@Carl Mason You tell me sir, I see ya'll having the same kinda problmen as us folks. This a fine counrty and we cant be having no lazyboys going around toting that maryjuanah being all un - prouductive. Pray tell me, sirah, what ummm precatutions have yall been takin' ?
So Remove it off urine test, because thats doing alot Evil.
Fr man some of us really have mental illnesses but we don't wanna lose our jobs all we have to do is wait for federal legalization
Yeah, they should develop special drug tests that detect last time of usage. It would be perfect cause if the see you use it on the weekends (or whenever you’re out of work) then they shouldn’t care
you giving someone your pee?
@@matbrownie2797 Swab tests kinda already do that...I think
@@pohakumana Yeah, when I worked at a nutritional store people asked to buy my urine because they knew I was clean
Cannabis has treated me better than most humans have.
Are you ok man? I hope you are. You are appreciated
aint that the truth
There is a reason why we have a 2,500+ year history with this plant. It heals 🙏
Can confirm
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For gods sake just legalize it. I don’t even smoke it anymore, but it makes no sense to make it illegal. Give the people what they want.
Agreed its like so many millions of dollars goes wasted on fighting something that so many still do since the 70s and yet they just would rather keep filling beds in prisons with small time possession of weed charges.
Blame the lobbyist who pay for literally every politician we have. Weed hurts big pharma too much
I want all drugs to be legalized.
@@Cacowninja Yeah except for heroin, meth and or fentanyl but all psychedelics and plants that won’t kill you or cause addiction should be
@@Jake-vc1ry But you don't get to control what people put into their bodies. That's their decision.
Also how is banning the hard drugs any better than banning the soft ones? You get violent drug cartels either way so just legalize everything.
I drive a Fuel Truck for a living and it's illegal for me to go home and burn a joint, but I can down a 12 pack of beer and go to work in the morning.
I don't drink but kinda scary if you think about it.
Agreed. Make alcohol and weed illegal.
@@Sceptnado lol
It's crazy man
Alcohol was made illegal, people fought for its legalization again. That's why they made the age 21
Makes me sick I am a train engineer and can’t smoke either but it’s ok for people to go home drink and and pop pills cause a dr gives it to them but I can’t go home smoke a J after a long stressful day we have to fix this it’s not ok
If people can go home after a long day of work and unwind with a drink, you should be able to go home and smoke and unwind.
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You are right . The key word is HOME where you can eat , drink , smoke or shoot up anything you want .
@@smerchly Driving on cannabis rates are pretty low. It is safest if people would relax about renters, 1/3 of households, being able to enjoy this plant medicine in their own homes.
@Carl Mason I never seen or heard of anybody smoking weed and then becoming some crazy, violent person. I've seen and heard of people getting like that after they were drunk.
@Carl Mason lol you're a loser, u just asked "why are those that use it so violent?" U prolly smoke crack.
This needs to be done in all states. Ridiculous that people are still having their lives ruined over weed. What a waste of law enforcement resources. Pointless
It’s basically the most harmless drug!
@@royalpain9281 Only chronic use can cause IQ degrading, but other than that yeah pretty harmless.
Its stupid that resources are being wasted on it still.
@@ItsWAWGaming Same thing with nicotine and alcohol the only differences one is natural and the other isn't
..America needs low-motivated Ditch Diggers. too.
I live in a legal state and hate leaving. It's so strange to be somewhere it's NOT legal, like walking back in time.
@Dead people Voted somehow snowflake
A lot is regulated. If 16 percent thc, whereas the other 84. No where as good as in the 80 s a lot is trash.
@Daniel Rodriguez blind, dems legal it so poc deal something else and get longer prison terms. The weed is regulated,thc is low. Both parties are owned by big pharma.
@Daniel Rodriguez $$
@@henrydycha3738 you don't live in a legal state and it shows. Ignorance is an ugly thing. Go educate yourself and stop embarrassing yourself
Feds: "Cannabis has no accepted medical value!"
38 states (as of May 2021): "You're either mistaken or lying."
So true
#Facts
They were lying. It was prescribed medicine before the government had their little hatefest. Doctors were the loudest to protest.
Honest
Feds don't want it legal. They make too much money off criminalizing it.
When I smoke all i wanna do is eat and take a good nap. People that think you should go to jail for that are truly ignorant.
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Yeah but it’s still addictive. They need to inform people that it a can be addictive and shouldn’t be used on daily basis as it has an effect on you brain. Weed should be tested just like medicine for people who need it.
@@BeachCrew100 but liquor is legal .. look at a old drunk compared to Old pothead . Big difference !
Humans have been doing drugs for thousands of years.
The war on drugs has only made drugs more prolific.
Ignorance is not knowing any better . They done care and that's Evil
I'll grow my own weed WITHOUT government interference FOR MY OWN PERSONAL USE!!
Amen 🙏
Alcohol has been the root of all my life’s screwups.
The worse thing I ever did while high on marijuana was eat too much cereal and I felt sick for a while.
As long as your not hurting others who cares what you do..it's your life
You are not suppose to drink a case a day
@@yeahwhatever5309 - that’s not the way my older brothers trained me but yeh, you’re right.
I ate some captain crunch for the first time while high and I got so many cuts in my mouth
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Don’t know one person that has got stoned and got aggressive(fight),blacked out and killed someone, or wrecked a car but alcohol is legal...worse case scenario is your chill af and eat everything in the cabinets
Usually where alcohol is involved some sort other substances are as well. Sometimes weed
You know when you high and driving and it’s hard to press down on the brake and your leg starts twitching 😂😂
Worst case u loose something or u eat everything
It’s still illegal to drive under the influence of weed though. You have to remember not everyone has a tolerance...it slows down reaction time for some people.
Same. However I can say I know someone who committed murder while on Barbies and alcohol. Alcohol isn’t even that great. I’d rather have a soda lmao
It's crazy how you can cross an imaginary line and things can go from legal to not legal
I live five minutes away from one of those imaginary lines. Cops love to just sit at the border. Shits ridiculous considering this is a major city with countless ways to get in and out
Sad* , cruel*, wrong*, evil*, manipulation*, discriminating*
@@jalene150 Probably stuffing there fat ass with donuts
Those imaginary lines have literally caused every war in history
Great example on humans being humans :p
I live in Canada it's legal here over two years now.. it's great what's the big deal... shouldn't be a issue with what's going on in this world...
The only news comment section that has a majority of people agreeing and being friendly to each other. Says a lot...
all until the plant haters show up insulting everyone protecting their neurons with actual plants .... hate just sucks all the fun out
Weed kills
@@Sceptnado Cannabinoids as anti oxidants and neuroprotectatns #6630507 ... this is lipid signaling one oh one
@@mcozy333 If you're going to try using the mental high ground on me, I recommend using proper grammar and spelling to start... lmfao. Moron. Also not sure what the hell you're even saying, but smoking any substance is not good for your lungs. Make alcohol and weed and cigs and nic illegal.
@@Sceptnado lipids in cannabis plant protects peoples' neurons via metabolism ... again , Cannabinoids as anti oxidants and neuroprotectants . this is biochemistry pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/patent/US-6630507-B1
LOL imagine being one of those 8% who think weed should be criminalized.
Criminals for plants
Ong
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Those 8% are probably cops and politicians
nah
Anytime the government says they’re thinking for you for your own good should throw up red flags.
That's literally one of the main reasons to even have a government.
goverment isnt perfect dude. think about trying to manage 330 million people all with diffrent needs
@@isthattrue1083 No government is supposed to represent the people and if the people say make it legal , then make it legal. Pretty simple
@@jaycole5353 The purpose of government is literally to represent the people. Are you really that thick headed?
Weed is bad
THC is absolutely wonderful for pain among many things
as a Canadian when we legalized marijuana we thought there would be major problems but none have occurred.. people are more conscious about using it and all seems to be going well up north,,,,a lot safer then booze and cigarettes... great for pain and arthritis and more
I want to move to Canada. The US sucks
@@denise331 and we do not have the aftereffects of a traitor either
@@BayBye2011 yeah but matty matheson says theres nothing spicy in Canada so nah we good
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I'm from Texas but I'll never move back untill that weed is legal. I'll gladly drive an hour to grocery shop but I'll never live where I can go to jail for weed again
Yep left the south in 18 for Pueblo Colorado.😁
well if you're in dallas, it's decriminalized
But, cost? It's about 2or3 a gram for medical here in Pueblo.
@@josephk4807 dollars? Its 10/g
@@curri189 yep
"It's a gateway drug! It leads to other things!"
Yeah, mostly junkfood.
Right I would say obesity but then again the smoking counteracts that
@@allegraanegra455 you’re correct
It really is a gateway drug talk to a lot of people who do hard drugs they all started out doing pot...
I started out with pot went to pills and coke. Sry buddy but it is
@@lancestone4409 maybe weak minded people shouldn’t be smoking or drinking or anything of the sort if they’re easily coerced into taking it further because something isn’t doing it for them anymore.
Gov: Wait, Cannabis isn't a gateway drug?
Public: Never has been.
people with higher than 5 iq and are educated: it has always been
@@crazybastard2.041 nope alcohol and tobacco have always been the gateway drug not cannabis
I’m a member of the public, and will tell you that it is a gateway drug, and always has been. You speak for YOURSELF 😴
jerms
Cannabis has always been a gateway drug as well, worse than tobacco and alcohol in fact 😴
Stay away from cocaine/heroin. These are the gateway to cannabis, eventually to tobacco/alcohol
I've face life in prison twice in life for growing plants in Oklahoma, this with no priors. Now I am free. Took many calls to the legislatures but all in all, when OK found out they were losing money by not legalizing , they moved. It's always, always about the money.
Congratulations! You've found the engine of capitalism. It's bad in some ways, bud it's good in another.
@Rich Perez 😮😳😅😂
In 1985 I got 162 days in county jail for 0.118 grams of cannabis in Oklahoma. All I learned in jail was how to be a better guerrilla grower. I was turned on to Jorge Cervantes who has been a mentor to me ever since then through his wonderful books.
If was was born in Ok. I'd have been GONE, dust in the wind as soon as I was able to leave home. Did you study geography in school?
@@pohakumana I went to Tulsa once, haven't been back in decades. Nothing there !
For the past 2 years I have been dealing with severe anxiety and panic attacks, weed has helped me be myself again.
Where to get it in maryland, can i go to smoke shops
How ? 😂 it does the opposite
thats a lie weed makes folks paranoid. counter productive. any one here ever been pulled over while high. panic attack on overload
@@thotslayer8819
What drug you taking about??????? That’s not weed
You should meditate instead. Let your mind heal itself.
I used to get sleep paralysis multiple times a week for years. It was terrifying, marijuana fixed that with zero issues, and my anxiety is much more manageable too. It's time for the U.S. to grow up, this issue should never have existed in the first place.
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Glad that you found something that has helped you. Be well.
I have sleep paralysis at least 2-3 times a week, if weed were to get rid of them that would be amazing
@@codezero7981 good news it does, it also gets rid of nightmares/dreams which is why it helps with sleep paralysis.
I have PTSD from wartime service in Iraq. Alcohol also got me into a lot of trouble. Let's be honest, we all have our vices. That being said, that vice might as well be a drugs that has been called "the most benign recreational drug" by doctors.
Should be legalized everywhere.
After 2020 I think the government should be giving the stuff away for free.
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FACT!
i'm still not over fucking 2017, The Year of Disasters. everything happened. all of it, horrible. somehow i survived.
SHOOT YEAH‼️🌬💨💨💨
Definitely
I like how she suggests she started a dispensary like it wasn't a business conversation between her and her wealthy friends. No middle class citizen can afford to open a pot shop.
People do it al the time, smart money decisions and some loans, maybe if you have bad credit but like I said smart money decisions
@@goodgoblin3169 Look up! My point will fly over any time now!
@John Doe that was included with the loans, doesn’t mean it’s easy but if you try you can do it
@@ajspice Still not impossible.. you guys think you can start a business with a location overhead products and employees for free? Starting a business takes making a good bit of capital first and saving. And with good enough credit you can borrow cheap. It's all about saving/making enough for that initial starting investment. Even though they are completely different animals I would recommend investing in real estate over a dispensary for example due to being cheaper to start.
@@goodgoblin3169 Right... there's a never ending amount of ways to earn/make money today and and just as many way to invest it. Good goblin right here.
Hi I'm from Canada, weed has been legal for years, the black market is gasping it's last breath on life support and crime related to cannabis has dropped 98%. No societal ill effects and we have even seen a drop in drinking.
Send some of that Kanuck Kush down this way lol 😂
And Cinnabon business is thru the roof!
@@Sapio420 respectfully asking this question: how does legalizing this affect alcohol abuse?
It’s not the first time I’ve read/heard this comment but I can’t follow the thinking
Blessed be the folks that shine their light, And woe to all those that are lost in evil. As a teenager, I was busy patrolling the skies over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Returning to my mother country, I've needed medication for six decades. I found proficiency in dealing with PTSD, And so far they have never found my stash.
Thank you for your service & living in your truth. #Salute
mm,,.. America needs low-motivated Ditch Diggers. too.
Watching this high, from a legal state! Hope it gets legalized for everyone :(
Lucky dog
Me too from Chicago 😂
Nope not for this guy
It’s fine if adults can but 21 and under no they shouldn’t have the possession of those substances
@@michaelanonymous9600 you do know it's teens and kids who need cannabis too right?
It needs to be legalized all across the United States.
Yesss legalize 50!!!! 🌿🔥
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It needs to be legalized worldwide.
It’s an outrage the VA gives out toxic drugs like candy but pot is a no no.
My question: If Cannibis (sp) is legalized, are they going to let all the people in prison that is in prison because they “got busted” go free?
I think that’s just fair.
yea they could get pardoned if its non violent
That would be the right thing to do.
Is that fair? The fact that the law they violated has been struck down doesn't change the fact that they transgressed. Law is a contract. Amendment of that contract doesn't waive your liability for a past breach of contract. In a real sense, they weren't just punished for having or selling marijuana. They were punished for the act of breaking the law.
Someone didn’t pay attention in High school government class. There are laws that say if you get busted for a crime that later gets legalize then you must still do your time. Pots making you guys dumb.
@@christophercolumns4281 dude some of these people haven’t been in high school for like 15 years they aren’t gonna remember one specific thing from a specific class
Who else is watching this high asf right now? 🤣🌿
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That part 😏🤣🤣🤣🙃
Yo give me some
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LMAO. Came across this High AF
I'm 45 my parents smoke it. My 26 yr old son smokes it. They can't keep trying to convince three to four generations of pot smokers that it is bad; we have all seen you can work hard and have a good life smoking pot. We own house's, have small businesses& look like functioning people. we have laughed at how they try to paint smokers into a corner
Functioning junkies.
@@franks.2544 Shut up old man
@@chance52694 Thanks for checking in junkie. Lol
@@franks.2544 you must be 12 right ?
@@goldenlegend4536 The other junkie said I was an "old man". Hahahaha
Who else is watching this high?
Never met a mean stoner....cant wait for these times.
Everyone needs to be investing!!!! The weed industry is going to blow up
Yep cause once it does Marlboro will probably buy companies so if they do buy their stocks
oh trust me, with pot on the rise you'll run into one eventually, I have unfortunately
Well assholes will be assholes no matter what they do. So while I agree that smoking weed mellows people out assholes will still be assholes.
That definitely not true unfortunately
@@hectorvarela1487 My brothers one he’s ducking crazy but ever since he’s been sober it’s been worse been smoking since he was 15 he’s 21
I'm pushing 50 and nowadays I don't have any problems with telling anyone that I smoke sometimes. And nobody seems to have any problems with it 😊
Hard agree. 5 years ago I got some weird looks but now everyone smokes 🥰🥰
@@betrayal6231 yea, isn't it fantastic? If you have a normal life and smoke some, nobody cares 😊
@@tbad5279 exactly 😂
I’m glad its starting to get more accepted, just sucks some people can’t see past their own ignorance and see that it has many benefits.
@@CamBMakinBread to be honest... Idk if I think weed is good. But a whole lotta better than alcohol and other drugs😊
I was able to stop use of Xanax after taking it daily 25yrs, with the help of THC/CBD products. I moved to Oklahoma ,got my card, and I haven't touched it since. I was also able to quit smoking cigarettes. The state board of nursing has to recognize it as my medication. Life is good!💯💯🔥💨
Those xannies are a gift and a curse.. It's the best drug out if you ask me... If you are really partying parachute a xanny Roxy and half oxy and you will be in space 🌌🚀Weed got me off ALL that madness
Xanax is the worst. Cannabis is bliss
@@RUTHLESSambition5 really tho? Sticking it up the butt player? Lol
@@mrouncervideos2905 Not boofing 😂 parachute in the Midwest means crush them up,put them in a napkin and swallow it.. everything hits at 1 time🥴🥴
You give me hope I’ve been on it for 20 years my highest dose was 20 mg a day no that’s not a typo I hope I can get off at eventually But the withdrawal is so horrible the pot actually alleviate the symptoms of withdrawal from xanax
How things have changed. In the early '90's, for a Speech Communication class, I gave my speech about legalizing cannabis. It got the class so riled up arguing with me that it ended the class for the day, and practically got me run out of the school.
I've had several major surgeries and have substantial pain issues so this is definitely good news.
How come the weed smell so bad like a skunk ?
@@TheBestWayOne the higher the potency generally the stronger the smell
@@TheBestWayOne bad?🤣
I'm on constant pain meds and can tell you it cuts my opiate use by as much as 20%
@@TheBestWayOne worse it smell the better it is
This makes me nauseas, only a community leader can get a license to open a dispensary, the government screwing us again.
Here in florida you better have a mill to drop if you want in. What kinda bullshit is that
@@reeset3435 Hawaii is 5 million in assets.
One step at a time, at least its legal now. It will be fixed eventually
@@sterobj LOL no it won’t. government got tired of filling our jails up with marijuana charges. if u can’t beat em join em ! now they have full control and cash out big time.
@@sterobj eventually be fixed? You working on all social ills with that kind pressure? Corporations are ruining sometimes beautiful.
#FreeJulianAssange
#growyourmedicine
#growyourfood
#CapitalismKills
#killcapitalism
In the early 2000's A retired ex special forces veteran with multiple tours and combat related injuries lit a joint and smoked it in front of me at his house. It was my friends dad and I remember asking why he smoked instead of taking pain medication his reply was "those painkillers will destroy your life, this is natural" and as quickly as he arrived he left. I then asked my friend why is he sneaking around his own house to smoke a joint? He replied "My mom hates potheads"
My uncle’s old army buddy got super drunk with us one night and told us how he sometimes has nightmares of Vietnam. Sometimes he freaks out when his wife gets home late, thinking it’s Charlie out to get him. He said he started smoking weed and it’s been really helpful, calms him down. It’s sad, but he said getting high is the few times were he feels he can be at peace with himself.
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I got alcoholism in the Marines like alot of us did, alchohol is twenty times worse for you than weed, as long as you dont smoke way too much its perfectly healthy and benificial for you. 😄 and don't get me wrong, I love beer, i just like the fun it brings me, but its still bad for you.
I think all marijuana, tobacco and alchohol should be absolutely legal to grow/make unregulated.
Thats the major problem. Big pharma will loose millions of dollars because people will be using a natural plant over a man made pill. Big pharma makes highly addictive pills people get hooked get sick commit crimes to feed the habit get arrested..... the state makes money the prisons make money rehabs make money all while your life is at rock bottom while rehabs teach you that its your fault for being a junky in the first place.....in reality you can smoke a joint or eat a cookie with zero repercussion (other than the munchies and cotton mouth) and achieve the same results with zero consequences.
Brainwashing
What shocks me as a European is that most Americans were more willing to support the legalisation of pot, as opposed to essentials like universal healthcare. Priorities people 😅!!
"The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world." -Carl Sagan
@Carl Mason That's not from pot. That's from crack! Pot is no different than drinking a beer, or pouring yourself a shot of whiskey after work!
@Carl Mason less than 10% of usual weed users are addicted. It can affect the development of the brain, but if you wait till you're 25 there's no problem. Don't know about the heart, and the lungs is only if it's smoked. Mental health problems caused by weed is extremely rare.
@Carl Mason you must have been such a cool kid In highschool punk ass
@Carl Mason someone hasnt done their research
@Carl Mason Chillax bro you need a joint
as a pot smoker myself i rather see this than hang around a bunch of gross alcholics
Exactly!
I was arrested years back on felony marijuana charges and now here we are boy have the times changed hopefully they do get criminal backgrounds expsonged. I live in Florida and I can remember when you literally could have been arrested for having seeds or stems in your ashtray
That's literally insane. Yet they allowed the cocaine industry to run rampant in Miami for many years 🙄
Same in VA, super strict/scary back in the day, so much so they mentioned it in this piece. Glad to see it changing there too.
Im from Florida and I remember that toooo!!!! Even if they found a lil shake spread on the floor of your car.
I've been busted with crumbs in Madeira beach by the local sheriff's. Fucking dicks, I told them I was from a legal state though and they took me to jail, just to release me no charges. They wanted to freak me out, bitch I've been in jail before booking is a cake walk 🤣
Facts in Florida won’t even legalize marijuana for recreational use
let's make psilocybin mushrooms, mescaline cacti, and ibogaine plants next
Why did you leave out acid?
@@YourMom-rg5jk i don't think a synthesized chemical would become legal. decriminalized at best
Just grow your own. It tastes soooo much better! The medicinal properties are off the charts! Amazing how discreet you can be with a personal grow.
why be discreet live your GOD givin life alcohol is everywhere & cigarettes killing people wreaking families world wide and we should smoke Herb in hiding? what are you 12 ?
@@robertwymyslo9921 Every guerrilla grow is a big middle finger to the government.
@We’re Going To Argue Mani grew up smelling beer at BARS and garbage from the city so please not say weed stinks you sound like a PANZY these KIDS a running are country cry cry cry
I already started
get back in your retirement home gramps
Everytime i go to the dispo it astounds me...the mix of different people who indulge with me is incredible.
exactly. I was shocked at the amount of "normal" people there
Pssh posers.
I wouldn't buy at a disp. GROW YOUR OWN, it's supposed to be FREE!! Not taxed and sold by the tiny grahams. This is bullshit.
I've known my neighbor for nearly a decade, they always put up a solid front, till we bumped in to each other at the dispensary O.O lol. You are right though, really never know what types you will meet in there, blew my mind.
It’s like a bunch of chocolates and that goes great with weed, win-win
I had a back Fusion 3 discs removed out my back and the only way I made it through what's with marijuana did not take one pill for the pain
@melody hallelujah the reason why it's not legal because the pharmaceutical company cannot control the market so they Lobby to keep it illegal so we can buy their prescriptions
@melody hallelujah why do you keep saying this
@@bigrich1123
Plus the government hasn't figured out the best way to TAX it so they can get their money everytime we smoke or use the oil
I just had a double fusion on my back let me tell you weed helps with the pain. I have a question were you ever able to go back to work?
@@Upper-cr1kh when the disc collapse in my back it pinched nerves no I'm not able to go back to work
Weed does not turn people violent. Booz does make people crazy.
Very true. I'm a pretty impulsive, angry guy and I've never had a violent thought when high. It's truly a miracle for mood regulation.
Legalize it in all 50 on a federal level already! So stupid because I live on this side of an imaginary line I can smoke and possess but you can’t because you live on the other side of the imaginary line. It’s stupid!!
I did 4 years in Fairfax county for helping people find weed. 21 years later weed is better for you then any alcohol or prescription drugs. I did time that I won’t get back
Life is not fair i also did 15 months for weed
quit crying, I did 5 years for a passport violation
Well to be fair. You knew weed was illegal. You knew you were breaking the law. So the burden of consequence falls on you. 🤷♂️ just because it’s a stupid law doesn’t mean you can ignore it
@@DanielBowens it’s not fair. We’ve been lied to. Weed actually has a lot of medicinal use and it is cheaply grown so that can eliminate the pharmaceutical companies which pays our government to tell us lies.. In the end it’s all about money and weed brings in way to much money now… Time to change the law
and the prison made a profit from you too
"Let's get to the point, let roll another joint".
Tom petty
Tom Petty, who died of a drug overdose...
I like mine in a Bong
@@Dave_Jr. he died from a fentanyl overdose not marijuana.
@@codezero7981 Think Fentanyl and Marijuana are both drugs, keep thinking that till it sinks in. Also, watch for low flying objects and concepts.
@@codezero7981 Exactly. 💎
Just legalize it already!
I just got finished watering my plants. My hands stink like that fine ganja and I'm about to smoke a bowl. I live in Massachusetts and it's 100% legal
I live in Seattle cheers my friend, this is a wonderful plant that we know does not kill anybody, and it makes the person using marijuana a better person. I'm smoking a nice bowl of weed with my cup of coffee during my wake and bake. My cats get CBD oil, it helps with their pain, and it helps my picky older cat eat the food that I provide her and not waste anything.
To think that people can get addicted to coffee a lot easier than using marijuana. Cheers 😹
What a time to be alive brother!
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I haaaaate you lol I'm in ga..toke up my friend..✌🏾🤘🏿
who asked
Meanwhile all those incarcerated in Virginia on pot charges remain in jail.
Before ANY licences get issued, we should let all those in jail for selling pot free first.
Why not both?
No because it wasn’t legal when they were doing it so it won’t happen
@@apexclips4578 I'm 64 smoked since 14. Really? Retired, successful, now in Pueblo Colorado.
@@apexclips4578edit: congressional pardons are a thing, so yeah a bill could be passed to just solve this,
it can be done, but it requires the president and the governor's to all do so, so you require it to both be legalized and then 56(the president, and the state governors along with the governors of the us territories) or so people pardon there respective jurisdictions(with the possible exception that a bill may be passed in a state by state basis to retroactively decriminalize, but that gets legally murky and might not be constitutional), thats a lot, the federal government cannot choose to pardon everyone because they have no control over the states justice system. All that can be done is a bill that pressures the states into pardoning but withholding federal funds unless such action is taken by the states
@@apexclips4578 ur dumb.. their charges will be lowered.
Just please never let the cigarette corporations get hold of weed.
Too late.
Its literally a weed... It grows in the flowerbox....Why have we overcomplicated this!? Do we always need a chaperone?
It's about money....!
@@curtisamos1615 'They' create all the money they need. Its about control.
Try Nightshade...Its literally a weed... It grows in the flowerbox....Why have we overcomplicated this!?
@@lilblackduc7312 $$$$$$ /noise **QWAKK!!*
@@jsmythib ..😎👍☕
Legalizing was the best thing ever. I smoke my Cbd and it releases my anxiety and stress. I’m still able to go about my day and not be all high and feeling like I can’t do anything. I smoke it like 2 to 3xs a week and thts enough to for me
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I started smoking cigarettes when I was 11 years old, I smoked them for 29 years, I suffered from bronchitis and was hospitalized because of the negative effects of smoking tobacco. I tried many ways to quit, but nothing worked. One night I went up to a local park to smoke a joint. I smoked the blunt all the way down to the end and then took out a cigarette and cocktail'ed the roach into the end of the cigarette. I smoked the cigarette all the way down to a butt and was about to use it to light up another cigarette when all of a sudden the desire for cigarettes left me. I went home, threw away the packs of cigarettes that I had left in the carton that I had bought, and I have never had the slightest desire for those cancer sticks again. I never went through any withdrawal symptoms, and since that moment I cannot stand to be around the smell of tobacco or anyone who is smoking it. I call the experience an epiphany, it was the most overwhelming moment of absolute clarity and certainty that I have ever experienced. Cannabis literally saved my life, because if that miracle had not happened I am certain that I would have died from smoking cigarettes. This all happened when I was 40 years old, I am about to turn 78 in August.
Wow
@Randy Mi yes BUT its not as addictive and easy to quit unlike cigs which can and is very difficalt for some to stop
also yes they still contain some similer agents weed is less likely to kill/ cause you harm to the extent of cigs and like i said easier to quit
@@tastethesun3742 It’s not easy for people to quit. Look at the comments. All of these people who use cannabis have been smoking for years and years.
Legalize it so that medical patients in every state have the right to grow their medicine. We shouldn’t only be limited to giant companies that produce mids (Florida I’m talking about you)
The people already did at least once, the gov disqualified the vote.
Let's face it. Nobody has ever gotten stoned and chewed someone's face off. You're only a danger to the pizza in your fridge.
Probably caused an accident or two, people driving too slow on the highway 😂
It's a touch bigger than just can someone smoke a non toxic plant.
It's now obvious that those seeking to keep it illegal are criminals.
There can be no United States when states aren't united.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@eric Spencer lol that’s a good line
Just the pizza? Nothing is safe in my fridge.
The reason why that older lady was able to get the license with no hassle or problem is because she is a community leader in that area and saw a opportunity and same with the city.
Its a rich person's game
Sure, but she is also hiring and teaching the local community how to navigate the industry, so that one day they can as well. Everything is a rich person's game, but not every rich person is teaching and paying it forward.
@@xrpuertorican4472 you must be joking. Anyone can grow pot.
@@naeonixion Yes but not everyone can afford to open a dispensary or start a large farm in a legal state. Anyone can grow weed but not everyone can afford the licensing, equipment, hiring employees ,etc.
She saw an Avenue to make money and she took it she ain't out to help nobody she's out to make money...............
Imagine having product at every store around like beer wine etc.
Imagine driving down the street surrounded by stoners.
@@Dave_Jr. better than driving with alcoholics
@@andressalvat No different
@@Dave_Jr. alcoholics are more violent and reckless
.@@jimmydonaldson9128
Not true. Stoners feel mellow in the moment, but over time they become more apt to anger.
I am in favor of federal legalization of Marijuana, not because I want to smoke it but because it would remove the requirements of growing hemp. Marijuana is legalized in numerous states. Look at what happened in the case of alcohol. I have never smoked Marijuana or tobacco but the Marijuana restrictions violate my right to grow non Marijuana hemp!!!
It's getting to be so common among the middle class that Ward and June Cleaver would prob be smokin' blunts
Exactly it's better than getting prescribed heroine in whatever form just for pain.
Ward smoked a pipe
Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball (I Love Lucy), they would probably smoke blunts.
"Ward, I'm not so worried about the Beaver anymore."
Hell yeah
They need to the US Drug usage is a 10 billion a year industry that powers foreign drug Cartels to form and supply our greed for heavy drugs we need more legal MJ in the Drug Addicted USA
It’s just a plant and shouldn’t be regulated at all. This is the problem with our country. Too many high minded people who can’t mind their own business and want to stick their nose in yours.
100 percent correct..
Opium and cocaine from the coca plants are all herbs and natural too. Im for legalizing btw, im just saying
@@cliftonjames785 crazy idea- all drugs should decriminalized, it would help people to destigmatize addiction and take advantage of programs that help stop addiction without the fear of going to jail for relapsing, we don't even need universal healthcare to solve the opioid crisis (although it's preferable)
Shut up and smoke some gas,nobody shouldn't anyone not to smoke gas,its cannabis its,in philly dope and crackheads are everywhere destroying communities,synthetic drugs of cousre
@@johnlewis135 you ok there bud?
That 8% is from law enforcement and the prison system.
The ones that benefit from punishment
Yeah where ya think meth comes from.ya have to have people in jail to get government funds.god bless america
GOP Prison System you need to specify they need it;s convictions for an 89% bed count for max profits .
Don't forget Trump supporters
The like to dislike ratio says it all
Used to say it all but now the dislike button is gone🥲
Only thing that helps with my muscular dystrophy and anxiety, they NEED to legalize it
pot heads tryna defend being addicted
@@sick4127 gimme that rock
@@sick4127 It's a legit medicine if used right, not everyone who uses it is a "pot head"
I don't use it but even I know that-
My brother underwent chemo, and it was one of the drugs they used to keep his nausea under control.
@@sick4127 that’s a weird takeaway. lose your superiority complex ❤️
@@morganwells5208 kid is just a troll, dont feed it
I was so proud of my home state of Virginia when we passed recreational and decriminalization this year. Can't wait for the future and will continue to push for an equitable share of wealth as we move forward.
Virginia is for lovers...of weed!
It’s only looking up for you guys! 💯
dont mix socialism into the great idea of legalizing marijuana..
WE DID? Oh I can't wait to go back to Ashburn baby!
Same as NYS, finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Texas needs rec! I wanna grow plants and for my friends to not go to jail!
When the right people will profit from it they’ll legalize it
As much as i would love that i dont think itll be this year or next. Alot of Texans want it on both sides and middle but those in state govnt not listening.
They opened it up medically for like 2 conditions. The state telling doctors how to practice medicine. 🤦♂️ transplant living in Texas here.
You southerners are always decades behind everyone else. You can thank your love for Jesus for that.
@@kennethturner706 There's nothing wrong with Jesus. I am a very devout Christian yet I don't think anybody should go to prison over a plant.
Who tf rolled the joints in the thumbnail? 🤣🤣😭
Man if I didn’t have weed in my life I’m sure I’d be in prison or dead
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Stop 🛑...I just left that same comment on another video 😂.
Glad it is I started at 19 after I graduated high school I just use it for my mental health and physical pain like my mother does
"Herb, is the healing of the nation" - Bob Marley ❤💛💚
Less divisiveness between ppl who burn 🤝
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The herb from his era maybe. Weed is so heavily mixed with chemicals now, there's a reason it's being legalized. It's being weaponized
#facts heal the nation ...
The pot that he smoked was totally different from what people are smoking now.
I had a 500k bail for possession of marijuana.. 7 pounds to be exact. There was also a guy in my cell fighting a murder charge. Had 150k bail. See the issue? This story is NOT fake. Public records if you don't believe me.
History will never forget how hard conservatives fought to keep this plant illegal. The millions of lives they ruined. They must admit they made a huge mistake and offer an apology to the nation.
Every drug should be legal in fact they once were with no cartel problems!
@@anancapcat4221 Mega based
@@linc0497 What do you mean?
@@anancapcat4221 based just means you have good takes/ideology’s on society.
@@vacuumcleaner5208 Oh good.
To the unsung heroes who pioneered Medical Marijuana laws 💐 Medical Marijuana saves lives, eases pain & gives hope to many. Protect Patient Rights & free medicine
I'm clinically addicted to THC.
Your welcome. Im old enough to have actually voted for prop 215 in Ca. 🙂🤗
@@arintheseatsesh6242 has it changed your blood pressure?
@@arintheseatsesh6242 Impossible.
"It's an industry of healing." I'm sorry, but I had to start clapping. She gets it. Marijuana helps me so much with my back pain, my appetite, my anxiety, and with sleep. It absolutely does heal. Of course, use it in moderation. I'm very happy to see the public's perspective on Marijuana is changing. Slowly, but surely.
Aye i saw you from another video
It comes from the earth that means it should be legal
,,../// You're right...America needs low-motivated Ditch Diggers. too.
Stop the war on drugs..
Marijuana is way to unwind when you get off of work .
Yep, I don't drink, I enjoy a couple tokes at night, lay in bed watching some TV after work and just relax.
Yes! Jesus that statement is so true
@@denverscott37 same , I don't drink either .
@You are Wasting Your Time Reading this I’ve never heard of a person dying from marijuana overdose but hear of people dying from alcohol poisoning which is alcohol overdose. I’ve seen people that can’t even walk looking like zombies from drinking alcohol but never from marijuana lol
Alcohol is the gateway drug!
Nothing is a "gateway" drug
To death
Nicotine caffeine, every homeless and hs drop out smokes nicotine.
Alcohol is actually a pretty serious drug.
Depression and a loveless home is the gateway drug.
smoking saved my life, I smoke twice a week and I used to drink daily, I feel so much healthier
I love my Ladies high and happy not drunk and deppresed!
Same. I feel much healthier than before. So weed over booze.
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I’m more surprised at the wide spread acceptance of alcohol….
"Just de-criminalize it on the National level"
just Repeal the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937
It would save the taxpayers a lot of money but Congress would figure out a way to spend the difference and then some.
I've been smoking weed since 14 years old. I can honestly say it's made me more personable and wise. It truly is medicine.
I agree....its like u focus on everything and u are aware of anything and every little movement......weed indeed....
But doesnt weed lower your iq when your brain is developing???
@@MoodyMichaelj Then what the heck was my health class teacher teaching me?
@Kaiser24 wow, so you say that weed makes you lose brain cells matter of speaking, but you say current research shows this without providing any current research.
Do you not know that a lot of developments in science that has changed the world for the better was by scientists that used psycho active drugs?
So why don't you provide this so called research that my brain is disintegrating when marijuana actually activates the hippocampus, part of the brain, which is part of the brain that you use when you learn something new.
Lol you shouldn’t be smoking that young. You’re still inhaling burnt plant matter lol
Smoking pot illegally saved my life, seven out of seven doctors agreed. That makes me feel really bad inside considering the number of times I’ve been arrested for just having it.
plants are medical and that in America = Illegal !
Yes... I've been saved from misery.
You sound incredibly dumb when saying "it saved my life". How did it save your life can you please enlighten me on that
Cannabis saved my life as well, no doubt. Plus, CBD got me off of Klonopins.
@@lila-po6zr look up your Endocannabinoid system ... found while doing cannabis research and the largest neurotransmitter system in our bodies by millions of miles
imagine ordering food & weed via uber eats
“If the words life liberty and the pursuit of Happiness do not include the right to experiment with our own consciousness then the Declaration of Independence is not worth the hemp paper upon which it is written.” Terence McKenna
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Slow down buddy we need that paper
Clown 🤡
@@steelisthemeal how so?
Terence has a really good point. Thank you for sharing