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Bjorn Against

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3. This is one reason why real marijuana should be legalized

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 08:50 PM

Feb 2013

Last edited Wed Feb 27, 2013, 09:31 PM - Edit history (1)

I would much rather have people smoking a plant that has been in use for thousands of years without a single fatality than smoking a substance which we really don't know much about and is likely far more dangerous than the real thing.

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Health Canada warns of synthetic marijuana risks [View all] alp227 Feb 2013 OP

Synthetic marijuana is nasty... Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #1

It's beyond nasty! mimi85 Feb 2013 #8

Of course natural marijuana is amazingly low risk. Warren Stupidity Feb 2013 #2

This is one reason why real marijuana should be legalized Bjorn Against Feb 2013 #3

Exactly!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #5

It's not even that it isn't legal... Drunken Irishman Feb 2013 #7

Excellent point. One more unintended consequence of drug war totalitarianism. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #10

Marijuana(tm). Accept no substitutes Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #4

Nasty stuff. n/t LadyHawkAZ Feb 2013 #6

NOT synthetic -- totally FAKE marijuana. eppur_se_muova Feb 2013 #9

* ronnie624 Feb 2013 #11

I read a horrific story from the Daily Mail (yeah, I know) about a teenager left blind and partly nomorenomore08 Feb 2013 #12

Perhaps An Even Greater Concern Might Be....... left on green only Feb 2013 #13