I just wanted to say a good friend of my sisters was killed early on Wed morning. I just wanted to say he will be missed a great deal, he was a good person and did not deserve in such grave manner. I have very fond memory's of Joe and he'll live on in that respect.
R.I.P. Joe.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Marijuana potency
Story Here.
Norml has a pretty good post about this story but i feel the need to say something on the matter as well.
Even if potent marijuana was a problem (I have no problem with it at all) The White House has given a great argument towards the legalization of marijuana. If you want to control the potency of a product what is a good way to do it? I don't know maybe a law. Like the law prohibiting sales of neutral grain spirits in some states perhaps?
You can't complain about an unregulated product being unsafe and then do all you can to make sure that product says in the black market. It just hurts my head to think about. If marijuana were legalized you could go ahead and put a limit on the THC content just as states put a limit on proof of liquor and no one would complain (OK some people still would but a lot less i bet) as long as it was a reasonable amount.
No one in there right mind drinks a bottle of everclear and doesn't expect to die or at least take a quick trip to the ER. Just as if you sat down with an ounce of 15% THC marijuana and expected to smoke it all, you wouldn't even be able to remember your own name.
Anyway back in the real world, adults (we're still adults and not just large kids right?) know when they've had enough they know when to put down the drink or the pipe and call it quits, thats part of being an adult. At least it was at one point.
Who cares if marijuana is stronger? The fact remains that THC is still one of the safest compounds in the world. Just because we smoke pot thats 9.6% instead of 8.75% doesn't mean we're going to start dropping dead.
You know what comes to mind when i think about this? Caffeine. Here is a compound that really can kill you quite easily yet there is no outrage over the increasing amounts put in to energy drinks or soda's. Why don't i see news story's about how 450 cans of A&W cream soda could kill me?
Norml has a pretty good post about this story but i feel the need to say something on the matter as well.
Even if potent marijuana was a problem (I have no problem with it at all) The White House has given a great argument towards the legalization of marijuana. If you want to control the potency of a product what is a good way to do it? I don't know maybe a law. Like the law prohibiting sales of neutral grain spirits in some states perhaps?
You can't complain about an unregulated product being unsafe and then do all you can to make sure that product says in the black market. It just hurts my head to think about. If marijuana were legalized you could go ahead and put a limit on the THC content just as states put a limit on proof of liquor and no one would complain (OK some people still would but a lot less i bet) as long as it was a reasonable amount.
No one in there right mind drinks a bottle of everclear and doesn't expect to die or at least take a quick trip to the ER. Just as if you sat down with an ounce of 15% THC marijuana and expected to smoke it all, you wouldn't even be able to remember your own name.
Anyway back in the real world, adults (we're still adults and not just large kids right?) know when they've had enough they know when to put down the drink or the pipe and call it quits, thats part of being an adult. At least it was at one point.
Who cares if marijuana is stronger? The fact remains that THC is still one of the safest compounds in the world. Just because we smoke pot thats 9.6% instead of 8.75% doesn't mean we're going to start dropping dead.
You know what comes to mind when i think about this? Caffeine. Here is a compound that really can kill you quite easily yet there is no outrage over the increasing amounts put in to energy drinks or soda's. Why don't i see news story's about how 450 cans of A&W cream soda could kill me?
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