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Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by belorn »

whateveracct wrote: post #47
kanwisher wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Weed doesn't cause cancer, perhaps you are thinking of cigarettes

Has there been any advancement towards showing that it does? 10 years ago there was nothing, I know. The person you're replying too is clearly just spreading FUD and probably has never partaken in their live - sad!

First hit on pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23846283/

We know that just inhaling smoke from a wood fueled stove will increase lung cancer risk. What would be unique with Marijuana that makes their imperfectly burned plant particulates more safe than any other imperfectly burned plant matter?

The CDC view is also that all smoke from burning things is harmful to the lungs and can cause cancer, regardless of what is being burned. People with lung damage is strongly recommended to avoid getting into contact with smoke, including smoking Marijuana.

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by jagermo »

dunefox wrote: post #5
jagermo wrote: post #2

Good. My retirement plan is to have a "pick your weed" style plantation, similar to the "pick your strawberries" fields. probably have to think about pricing for product used on site.

There is no way this would be legal. No chance.

not yet!

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by rayiner »

petre wrote: post #40
millzlane wrote: post #31

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This is interesting. I live in Baltimore where people have been smoking it in the streets illegally for decades. And I have never once smelled it in my house or my office. I smell more piss in DC than marijuana smoke. I'm pretty glad that Germany has decided to stop locking people in cages for a flower. It's due time we focus on other crimes against humanity.

I'll take MJ smoke smell over piss or car exhaust any time, thank you. By the same logic we'd criminalize pissing in public places or ICE vehicle use. I think such a place already exists. It's called Singapore, though they don't criminalize ICE vehicle use either. They just make it very expensive.

Singapore is great. They still have a civilization building culture, like Americans used to have. If they had acted like modern Americans it would still be a poor country. Though, I agree prison is too much. We should publicly cane people who smoke MJ in public.

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by rayiner »

random314 wrote: post #44
rayiner wrote: post #19

Marijuana decriminalization amd legalization was billed in part based on the notion that it wasn’t going to change people’s behavior, just decriminalize existing activity. At least in DC, it’s led to a noticeable uptick in marijuana use. You can smell it in the streets in many parts of the city, including in office buildings. It’s sad to see Germany go down the same road.

Sad to see that harder drugs like alcohol are legal even today. Does anyone in your family consume alcohol, rayiner? Pretty sad to see alcohol being sold so openly and consumed, in front of children.

Yes, and my mom is very mad about it because our whole family is Muslim (though I’m not).

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by rayiner »

whateveracct wrote: post #48
rayiner wrote: post #19

Marijuana decriminalization amd legalization was billed in part based on the notion that it wasn’t going to change people’s behavior, just decriminalize existing activity. At least in DC, it’s led to a noticeable uptick in marijuana use. You can smell it in the streets in many parts of the city, including in office buildings. It’s sad to see Germany go down the same road.

More people should try weed who haven't. Melts that stick up the butt, as if were.

But would Germans still be Germans if that happened? That’s my whole problem with this legislation!

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by fxtentacle »

pengaru wrote: post #42
lisasays wrote: post #33

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No one said it was.

Why do you think marijuana legalization will substantially change anything in your park then?

My impression is that weed is their main source of revenue. So legalizing it would make dealing A LOT less profitable.

Also, the group of potential weed buyers is pretty large and diverse, meaning they need to approach pretty much everyone. The group of potential buyers for harder party drugs is more easy to identify, hence you can stop asking everyone.

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by qwytw »

kanwisher wrote: post #45
ed_mercer wrote: post #43

Sad. We need to move away from smoking, not encourage this cancer-causing good-for-nothing behavior. Not to mention it causes streets to smell like a skunk.

Weed doesn't cause cancer, perhaps you are thinking of cigarettes

Inhaling fumes from burning plant matter can't be good for your lungs though?

How can it not increase the chance of cancer (even if to a lesser degree) if you smoked as many joints as some people smoke cigarettes per day (of course you'd have other problems if you tried that)?

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by moaf »

petre wrote: post #39
moaf wrote: post #7

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I don’t think this would work well because of the relatively small harvesting window for flowers. Assuming that it’s an outdoor farm, you’d also have to contend with frost and other factors that could destroy the harvest. I think it would be nice to have a farm that people could visit though and learn about the process. Another idea that I’ve considered before would be to rent a small plot of land on a larger farm, a…

Sounds pretty much like wine grapes. Have you ever made wine? It's rewarding but it involves many hours of hard work: picking up the grapes at thd right time, carrying countles trays, sorting, crushing, pressing, fermenting, filtering. And that's just the harvesting and processing part. Most people just like to drink the wine, thank you. That's why it's such a value added agricultual product.

I was thinking the same thing about cannabis being more analogous to wine. Processing cannabis is less complicated than making wine, but it still requires precision and time. It seems like it would be better to follow the model of winery tours and tastings, and just apply that to cannabis farms.

Re: Germany Will Move Forward with Marijuana Legalization

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Post by [deleted] »

rayiner wrote: post #53
petre wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll take MJ smoke smell over piss or car exhaust any time, thank you. By the same logic we'd criminalize pissing in public places or ICE vehicle use. I think such a place already exists. It's called Singapore, though they don't criminalize ICE vehicle use either. They just make it very expensive.

Singapore is great. They still have a civilization building culture, like Americans used to have. If they had acted like modern Americans it would still be a poor country. Though, I agree prison is too much. We should publicly cane people who smoke MJ in public.

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