I can definitely understand peoples’ issues with it being consumed, especially in a political context, but how do yall feel about “weed”? I won’t hide my feelings, I am very much pro-weed, it’s not great that I started in my mid-teens but in my area it’s FAR from uncommon. I don’t smoke daily or anything, I’m not addicted to it (people say it’s non-habit forming but any drug can be addictive with enough frequent usage) but I do smoke and dab w/ friends often. That’s not why I believe in legalization tho, my main thing is you shouldn’t make a naturally occurring plant an illegal substance. I’d point to the DEA’s destructive (legal) burning of thousands of naturally occurring marijuana plants found in nature; This seems eco-fascist to me and to deny the uses of hemp as a production material seems dogmatic to me. The USSR used hemp for industrial purposes during the war and it helped in a major way. I’m sure most of us are familiar with the badge given for Hemp growers. If you have any criticisms, I’m more than open to it, but I feel that marijuana won’t be easy to get rid of in future society and would probably be put to use in different more productive ways.

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    Weed is one of the safest drugs, if alcohol and nicotine are legal, weed should be too. Plus prohibition really isn’t working, the product you buy can be laced with harmful stuff and it’s often low quality, bringing it under control of the state would help significantly reducing risk, and could finance the health sector and addiction recovery.

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      I tend to think of these “soft drugs” on the same level as unhealthy foods. Yes they serve no societal value, and do some harm, but overall it’s so minor as to not be worth it. Might as well make twinkies illegal.

      Harder drugs tho can decimate communities, which is why socialist countries historically have ruthlessly dismantled the drug trade from the top down.

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        If we enter in nerd emoji mode, cannabis is better than fast foods in the fact that It doesn’t cause as big as an addiction.

        I will nerd emoji myself 🤓