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Opinions on Marijuana Legalization or on Cannabis in general? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My sister smoked it while we were abroad and she says that it helped her a lot in terms of health. And I can't wait to be older to try it myself but they still didn't legalize it here.

So yeah, legalize ASAP

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Trying to quit right now 😁 shit has helped me therapeautize myself but it's gotten to the point where I need to process my emotions sober. I begin to panic after about 12 hours of not smoking. Clear sign I need to quit. This is after about a year of moderate/heavy (relative to me) daily usage. I can feel it like a oily film over my brain. When life was hell it helped me cope and stay grinding away, but now that things have settled it's negatively affecting my productivity.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (8 children)

There's a reason really existing socialist formations almost invariably come down hard on drugs. It harms public health, it harms proletarian culture, productivity, and so on. There's no problem with industrial hemp but conflating this with THC-bearing weed for entertainment is a bit of a trick. Same thing for the medical uses. I admit I'm sceptical, and I suspect a lot of people with prescriptions are in fact using it for entertainment or escapism, but if it has genuine medical applications that's fine, same as it's fine to use morphine for pain management but not just for fun.

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