Thread: Cannabis

Interesting timeline from Prohibition in Canada

In 1920, British Columbia votes to make alcohol available through the government. Manitoba and Saskatchewan follow a year later. The remaining provinces vote against prohibition by 1930, with the exception of P.E.I., which stays dry until 1948.

The United States remains under strict prohibition until 1933. The ban is intended to reduce crime, solve social problems and improve the health of American citizens. Instead, alcohol becomes more popular, creating an underground economy of booze smugglers and rumrunners. The U.S. hires 5,000 officers to enforce prohibition laws across the country, which is an impossible task. Some argue that prohibition has made alcohol easier to buy. The U.S. Coast Guard spends its time policing the Canada-U.S. border and routinely sinks boats carrying booze from Canada.

1933:
Prohibition ends in the United States

And in the US, some got wealthy through the illegal alcohol trade, and the celebrations that followed its repeal.

Originally Posted by DZEC

Interesting timeline from Prohibition in Canada

In 1920, British Columbia votes to make alcohol available through the government. Manitoba and Saskatchewan follow a year later. The remaining provinces vote against prohibition by 1930, with the exception of P.E.I., which stays dry until 1948.

The United States remains under strict prohibition until 1933. The ban is intended to reduce crime, solve social problems and improve the health of American citizens. Instead, alcohol becomes more popular, creating an underground economy of booze smugglers and rumrunners. The U.S. hires 5,000 officers to enforce prohibition laws across the country, which is an impossible task. Some argue that prohibition has made alcohol easier to buy. The U.S. Coast Guard spends its time policing the Canada-U.S. border and routinely sinks boats carrying booze from Canada.

1933:
Prohibition ends in the United States

I've smoked plenty in my day, haven't touched it about 7 years. Grew some mean arse stuff that could give ya couch lock like you've never seen
I'm ALL FOR the use of CBD oils and the amazing medical benefits it has. The only problem is CBD will contain a very minor amount of TCH in it.
So to legalize it here, Cannabis must be legalized. And BIG Pharma isn't going to let go of their multi-trillion dollar grasp on our country for a more natural and affective way to cure many of the diseases that plague us. They just keep you on something they produce till you die..........bottom line to it.

Sad but true.........

Can't see how legalizing another addictive/harmful substance can be a good thing. Heard stories from nurses who when questioning a new mother about her drug use (because of a obviously addicted newborn going through withdrawal) were told they didn't use drugs. Turns out they didn't think pot was a drug. What is going to be the long term effect on people (besides young boys with breasts) or loss of concentration and memory. It's already hard enough to find qualified employees. Still think what keeps some people from using it now is it's illegality. Just because it's legal doesn't make it harmless. What will the work force look like in 20 years? Just not convinced it's a good idea. JMHO

Originally Posted by tintin

What will the work force look like in 20 years?

I'm not sure Pot would be the problem in 20 years. These kids are eating Tide pods and snorting condoms

I am pleased that the research is really starting to gear up on the actual good properties of CBD oils and other byproducts.

DUI is still DUI and I don't believe in that at all, however what you do on your own is your business. Once I retire, I would not be surprised if I wouldn't partake...we will see. I do have a deep interest in the CBD oils as it's supposed to be good for arthritis and the such.

I imagine that all the "hubub" about legalization of marijuana is right in line with when they legalized alcohol...just without internet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZTjSisCDvw

La crasse et le vide
La gueule et l'angoisse
La guerre aux métèques
Nègres, Juifs ou chiens
Ça n'fait rien !

Cannabis indica
Chanvre et Marie-Jeanne
Opium, haschisch
Blanche neige
Stick, kif, trip et joint
Herbe et voyage
Au bout de l'acide lysergique ditylamide
Et la nuit...

La viande aux hormones
La mer pleine de merde
Le monde en plastique
La structuration
Le métro !

Cannabis indica
Chanvre et Marie-Jeanne
Opium, haschisch
Blanche neige
Stick, kif, trip et joint
Herbe et voyage
Au bout de l'acide lysergique ditylamide
Et la nuit...

Originally Posted by tintin

Can't see how legalizing another addictive/harmful substance can be a good thing. Heard stories from nurses who when questioning a new mother about her drug use (because of a obviously addicted newborn going through withdrawal) were told they didn't use drugs. Turns out they didn't think pot was a drug. What is going to be the long term effect on people (besides young boys with breasts) or loss of concentration and memory. It's already hard enough to find qualified employees. Still think what keeps some people from using it now is it's illegality. Just because it's legal doesn't make it harmless. What will the work force look like in 20 years? Just not convinced it's a good idea. JMHO

But the thing is tintin, pot isn’t addictive. That’s the claim anyway.

The main reason I'm in favor of legalization is that in the days of my youth (late 70s to early 80s), my greater Chicago-area law-enforcement authorities were in the practice of lacing marijuana with angel dust (PCP) and releasing it into the unsuspecting underground market to sort of flush out the networks as it were. That was a really bad thing to do, as folks just wanting to get mildly buzzed ended up getting temporarily zonked out of their minds. Had MJ been legal at the time, the material would have been regulated much as tobacco and alcohol are, and the police would not have had recourse to such actions; and if they had, they would have been held accountable for them.

I would lie to see it legalized in the US for the following reason. A young person I know, who is a productive member of society, was caught with a small amount while in college. He worked at a local movie theater through high school and was valued as an employee. When he returned for the summer, the movie theater wouldn't take him back.

He was able to get it expunged. I hate to see folks get held back over things like this.