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1. It should be legal, taxed

Reply to salinen (Original post)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 08:51 PM

Nov 2012

and regulated. Simple. And I do have to agree that it should be for adults only as the brains of teens are still developing and there is so much we do not know (and some we do) about the effects of many drugs on developing brains. Actually the latest research shows that our brains are still developing until our mid twenties, later for males.

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It should be legal, taxed sense Nov 2012 #1

true. However, I don't think illegalization helps anyone normalize any of that, because the things patrice Nov 2012 #2

Ive never smoked weed, because of the (i)legality of it. darkangel218 Nov 2012 #3

agree Schema Thing Nov 2012 #5

In the last 5 years madokie Nov 2012 #4

you may salinen Nov 2012 #7

Didn't say anything about art madokie Nov 2012 #16

sorry but you can't seperate the medicinal benefits from the discussion liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #6

Yes indeedy salinen Nov 2012 #10

From my personal experience, I have smoked for 40+ years and don't find my Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #8

If you could care less, why did you make this post? n/t Whovian Nov 2012 #9

Only because I see salinen Nov 2012 #11

Abuse of most things, even seemingly harmless ones, will usually lead to Cleita Nov 2012 #12

Here's the thing. If they stop smoking for awhile, their short-term memory will come back. Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #13

I'll check that out salinen Nov 2012 #14

Everybody has their own drug... kentuck Nov 2012 #15

I've only seen that with heavy use and not in 100% of heavy users. Warpy Nov 2012 #17

I've known many people that .. 99Forever Nov 2012 #18

Not all pot users wake and bake. roody Nov 2012 #19