This.
There are far too many uninformed people who think all sorts of ridiculous things about drugs and alcohol just because their parents/family/government/news outlets/Fox "News"/churches/politicians/other organizations, have all waxed on spouting their oppinions trying to futher their own agenda.
I've listened to years worth of radio shows where there was a licensed doctor and addiction medicine specialist who regularly talked about drugs and their affects on people. The sheer amount of stuff said on the news and by talking heads or regular people in conversation about controlled substances is hilariously misinformed. Misperscribed opiates and opiate abuse is startlingly destructive, yet I see no one going on a crusade about those.
Think drinking a beer is bad? Good for you, don't drink one.
Think smokin' a doober is bad? Good for you, don't smoke one.
Think guns are bad? Good for you, don't buy one.
Think gay marriages are bad? Good for you, don't get one.
Think strip clubs are bad? Good for you, don't go to one.
Think <noun> is bad? Good for you, don't <verb> one.
It's not that difficult, yet people get these agendas put into their head that just because they don't like something that no one should be allowed to do it.
If what you are doing is hurting someone else, then I have a problem with it; but I'm not disillusion enough to think that some guy smoking a doober in his moms basement is going to be this great travesty against my own life and murder future children along with single handedly bringing down society and open a pot store next to a kindergarden.
Like was said earlier, people get hooked up on opiates, should we outlaw those too since they're such bad evil drugs just like weed? What else should be taken away from me because they're bad and evil? Gotta take NyQuil off the shelves too because I might get the idea to chug it on a friday night and trip on the DXM. Welp I might hit a pedestrian, tow trucks coming to my house right now to take my car away from me. Gotta toss out my knives because I might stabmyself while cutting rope, gotta give those away too. Speaking of rope, people hang themselves with it, gotta burn every last inch. Where do we draw the line? At what point are we being irrational? At what point does it come down to personal responsibility and accountability for our actions?
The vote isn't even about legalizing weed, it's about letting people in pain have another option for relief. Ask yourself this question: "Do I want to deny someone in pain the option of trying a solution to attempt to find relief?" I did not say anything about med mj in that question. Are you voting to help people, or voting because your family / news channel / Bill O'Reilly told you it was bad?
This post doesn't really matter because it wont be read with an open mind and actually think. People just put their fingers in their ears and close their eyes so they can keep on believing what they want to believe.
that&#39;s why everbody goes to canada to get thier scripts filled
