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ihaveatrophywife t1_j0vfwsg wrote

I hate having to smell weed in cities where it’s allowed and I hate smelling it behind mass cars driving up to ski. I’m glad we don’t have legalization here because people are inconsiderate. If it didn’t affect me, I wouldn’t care but the fact of the matter is people regularly drive under the influence which is a danger to my family and smoke it without consideration of others. All the while, cigarettes are creeping towards criminalization.

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Vi0lentByt3 t1_j0vs9bi wrote

I mean with an attitude like that i would assume you have never gotton behind the wheel of a car after having an alcohol in your system? And yhat you equally push for banning cigarettes the same way weed is banned consider cigarettes literally give you cancer while cannabis is prescribed to cancer patients. And at the end of the day if you don’t want to compromise on the direction your state is going you can always move :)

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ihaveatrophywife t1_j0x9vr3 wrote

Actually no, I think most things should be legal at 18 unless they change the age of adulthood to 21. Smoking weed can also give you cancer for what it’s worth. It absolutely has medicinal value and recreational value as well. I don’t look forward to legalization because of the smell and the fact that it’s dangerous to drive under the influence. Assume whatever you want about me, it’s pretty inconsequential.

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Queasy_Turnover t1_j10p7zo wrote

But people are already smoking weed and driving under the influence here. Legalizing isn't going to magically create those problems, they already happen.

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ihaveatrophywife t1_j11dsqu wrote

That’s totally true but if it is legal there will be more users and people driving under the influence. Drinking under the influence of alcohol statistically drops in states where marijuana is legal according to some sources. One could say it’s reasonable to expect that some drinkers are replacing alcohol with marijuana and driving under the influence of that, in addition to the people who already drive under the influence and the new users who will drive under the influence because it’s already socially acceptable among people who smoke marijuana who genuinely believe (falsely) that they drive safer while smoking/under the influence of weed. https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20220113/more-folks-drive-high-when-pot-made-legal-study

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99probs-allbitches t1_j0vjlq1 wrote

I still don't think that affects you at all... you'll get used to the smoke smell just as you did cigarettes, it barely smells and goes away quick. People are going to drive high whether it's legal or not, and I hate to say it but they drive fine. If it was legal they would probably smoke it once they get to their destination more often than when driving too. That's just the best place to smoke and not get caught.

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ihaveatrophywife t1_j0vm9ns wrote

It’s been proven that it slows reaction time and impairs judgement so how does that mean people drive fine? To be fair, road safety is something I take more seriously than most. You can very easily kill people with a car. Any distraction or intoxicant increases that risk.

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Testing1102 t1_j0vnwek wrote

I'm pro legalizing weed but I agree that people should take driving stoned just as seriously as driving drunk.

Driving tired is another one we kind of just ignore, too.

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SainTheGoo t1_j0vnz4m wrote

I assume you're also against alcohol for this reason?

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ihaveatrophywife t1_j0x8ydq wrote

Alcohol is much more easily enforceable (can tell how much alcohol is in someone’s system) and there is a stigma against driving under the influence of alcohol. Meanwhile, there is a cultural norm of driving under the influence of marijuana.

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Justinontheinternet t1_j0vrn44 wrote

Get over it. People don’t smoke weed and speed. They’re usually going under the speed limit 😆. You must be thinking of speed or crack or meth.

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gustavpentel t1_j0wyl1y wrote

now i agree that dope heads drive a little safer, but literally no one has driven under the speed limit since 2019

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Justinontheinternet t1_j0x3h7g wrote

As freedom should allow. Who the fuck is the gov to say what people put in their bodies. Not doing this is literally keeping cartels in mexico alive and over 100,000 people dead in America ANNUALLY.

Like you said yourself once it gets legalized it will get boring and unattractive. So why not legalize and regulate it all? If people want to do drugs give them a safe environment to do it in. That keeps them away from the public when under the influence. That way they don’t wander into the streets or hop in a car or do something and kill us who don’t indulge at all.

There’s actually a lot of evidence of psilocybin (magic mushrooms) helping those with PTSD and depression with little to no risk of dependency psilocybin

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Particular_Rich_57 t1_j0vq6ne wrote

I agree with you on the point that I absolutely hate the smell. People in comments below did say that "one get used" to the smell and that is not true. It inflames and bothers the airways to the point where getting used to it isn't feasible. I would not bath anyone in perfume if it bothers their airways I would not expect a person with allergies get used to pollen, same I would not take seriously suggestions to get used to weed smell. I would love it to be legal but scrutinized same as cigarrets and alochol is in public places.

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ihaveatrophywife t1_j0vli97 wrote

I assume all the downvotes are because people prioritize legalizing a way to get high that they already do illegally without any consequences. Keep hating on one of the better governors in the country over this- it’s childish and ridiculous. If it matters so much why not go after it federally since federal law supersedes state law anyway?

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