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In reply to the discussion: Marijuana Politics Hit the Nation's Capitol [View all]Buddyblazon
(3,014 posts)18. The Reefer Madness crowd...
are losing their shit over losing control of the narrative. Welp...you had the narrative for eighty years. People don't believe your erroneous propaganda anymore.
And "addiction"? Give me a break. Spoken by another Prohibitionist who knows nothing about the plant and betting people's ignorance. Too late. Your BS doesn't work anymore because people know the truth.
In the end, now that research is finally happening, they'll discover that Cannabis is nothing more than catnip for people.
And just a little bit of truth for the prohibitionists to suck on:
No one in the history of mankind has ever died from ingesting marijuana. Not even water can share that claim.
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Addiction is a public health problem, not a new problem brought about by legalized
Politicub
Jan 2013
#2
alcohol, tobacco, corn syrup, coffee, soda, and throw in chamomile for good measure
NoOneMan
Jan 2013
#54
he should have been a meth addict, don't use meth for a day and the drug test will be clean.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#36
All making pot illegal has done is make high paying jobs for criminals. The resorts out here used...
marble falls
Jan 2013
#3
I wish they could free the hemp industry. Koch owns the cotton rope industry, hates hemp products.
Sunlei
Jan 2013
#33
You mean, "House Republicans put DC back into receivership after MJ legalization"? (nt)
Recursion
Jan 2013
#62