In Chicago, How Does The General Public Feel About Medicinal Marijuana? (condo, buy)

[nidex]

Originally Posted by OhAcid

Not everyone drinks responsibly, drives responsibly, or is responsible in general concerning other aspects of their lives.

That doesn't mean the federal government deems these activities illegal.

The issue is personal irresponsibility. Don't punish those who have their "sh*t" together because a few do not.

This is true. I'm all for it. I also know this topic has been done once if not a few times in this forum already.

[Just1Fan]

Originally Posted by OhAcid

It means that your grandson and others should make better choices or that someone should report him/others for child endangerment if they feel there is a threat to the child's health and well being.

100% concur.

[Just1Fan]

Originally Posted by OhAcid

What employees?

Why would there suddenly be a need for more employees on a dramatic scale if available places such as convenience stores and gas stations (both of which currently sell federally regulated tobacco and alcohol) begin to sell marijuana as well?

Medicine at a gas station?... yeah right. Imagine the law suits. They're gonna need doctors to prescribe it, and dispensaries with trained workers.

[Just1Fan]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

Medical or not, there's a huge population out there who smoke pot from time to time and there's certainly nothing wrong with that.

That "demand" is the very reason for the supply.

[OhAcid]

Originally Posted by Just1Fan

Medicine at a gas station?... yeah right. Imagine the law suits. They're gonna need doctors to prescribe it, and dispensaries with trained workers.

You misunderstand. The topic is about medical marijuana. My argument is that full legalization with regulation fixes both issues relating to medicinal and recreational use as both groups now have a legal, taxable source of marijuana. Either way, people use marijuana. Why fight one group, the recreational, when the medicinal also benefit from full legalization? Problem solved.

[Brian Scates]

It's illegal. I own an apartment building with many units. If anyone is caught smoking marijuana on the premises they will receive an eviction notice.

[OhAcid]

Originally Posted by Brian Scates

It's illegal. I own an apartment building with many units. If anyone is caught smoking marijuana on the premises they will receive an eviction notice.

So is jaywalking. About as harmful as well. Actually, strike that. In Chicago you're definitely more likely to be killed by jaywalking than you are by smoking marijuana.

[Vlajos]

Originally Posted by Just1Fan

Too many employees to hire, and law suits to deal with. Not to mention, the revenue that would be lost from drug busts.

This and all the profit lost to gangs dealing.

[AKrunner88]

My experience with marijuana and people that smoke it is all the dumb "potheads" were dumb before they started smoking pot. It isn't like you have this population of intelligent teenagers who aced all their quizzes in tests in the eighth grade but as soon as they found pot in high school they all of a sudden became stupid.

No, drugs attract stupid people.

Drugs also attract intelligent people, people who just want to destress, something pot does very well. So does alcohol.

I've smoked in the past, I no longer do, probably never will again even if it was legalized because I'm a runner. I know med students who smoke it, professionals, accountants, students studying for masters degrees, and I know dumb people who smoke it as well.

[aragx6]

^Most of the true geniuses I've known have been potheads.

I do not profess to be a genius, but a relatively intelligent, well functioning human and I smoke pot. My father was an alcoholic who killed himself at 53 years old -- I do not think alcohol should be illegal because my father -- and millions of others -- couldn't use it responsibly.