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Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

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Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

#201

While scanning the comments, I observe one recurring argument against the step of legalizing weed: (excessive) use can and will have catastrophic psychological consequences on some of the consumers. I totally agree. It is, however a flawed argument in the context of legalization. One of the arguments for the legalization by the health ministry is that prohibition has been ineffective, factually not avoiding or even r…

My main issue since legalization is I find the smell disgusting. It also imbues and latches itself onto to whatever is around you. Now legalization has people smoking it in my apartment complex or at restaurants and the smell just lingers around my house or on your clothes when your near it. And then Every weed smoker I brought this up to told me tough luck.

> My main issue since legalization is I find the smell disgusting.

Tough luck.

I also dislike coffee breath, cigarette smoke, the smell of energy drinks, cinnamon chewing gum, perfumes, beer, dog shit, fertilizers, some garden flowers, car exhausts, ...

But on the bright side, there will be more variety in weed strains. They do smell differently. Some really are nasty, some are very pleasant. I absolutely love the smell of hashish, but I guess that's still gonna be rare.

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

#202

While scanning the comments, I observe one recurring argument against the step of legalizing weed: (excessive) use can and will have catastrophic psychological consequences on some of the consumers. I totally agree. It is, however a flawed argument in the context of legalization. One of the arguments for the legalization by the health ministry is that prohibition has been ineffective, factually not avoiding or even r…

My main issue since legalization is I find the smell disgusting. It also imbues and latches itself onto to whatever is around you. Now legalization has people smoking it in my apartment complex or at restaurants and the smell just lingers around my house or on your clothes when your near it. And then Every weed smoker I brought this up to told me tough luck.

It is "tough luck" as you frame it since collective good takes precedence :). I do disagree about the smell lingering, the marijuana smell doesn't stay around for a long, overnight or so, while tobacco smoke does imbibe itself to clothes and requires a wash and I don't see people saying one cannot smoke cigarettes, especially in Germany or any EU countries.

In any case nobody cares what you think, about MJ, sorry but not sorry. If this were true we wouldn't have highly deadly/poisonous substances such as alcohol around.

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

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post #103

I watched other people smoke cannabis, and after producing some foul fumes, they were just passively lying on the floor with a stare of apathy. I decided to NEVER try this, and to this day I have no regrets; I enjoy being in full control of my senses (I also do not drink alcohol and do not smoke). The only thing hallucinating in my place is neural language models that I do research on. However, I do support the legal…

> I watched other people smoke cannabis, and after producing some foul fumes, they were just passively lying on the floor with a stare of apathy.

This reaction is not representative of the general effects of cannabis smoking.

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

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post #103

I watched other people smoke cannabis, and after producing some foul fumes, they were just passively lying on the floor with a stare of apathy. I decided to NEVER try this, and to this day I have no regrets; I enjoy being in full control of my senses (I also do not drink alcohol and do not smoke). The only thing hallucinating in my place is neural language models that I do research on. However, I do support the legal…

Wow you need to step out of your parents basement and experience more of the world rather than made up "models" you play with. I'm sure you don't eat different foods or don't try different spices because of reasons. In any case people like you shouldn't be allowed to judge others and impose any rules on anyone but themselves.

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

#206

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Don’t knock it until you try it. You might like it!

Why not say this about something like self-harm, they might like that too. Both seem to cause damage to the self

Wow, the best exmple you could find is self-harm? How about rock-climbing that can also be very dangerous if not practiced safely?

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

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post #148

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Why not say this about something like self-harm, they might like that too. Both seem to cause damage to the self

Oxygen's a pretty potent carcinogen, yet I really enjoy breathing. Makes me feel alive.

100% of people who were breathing 150 years ago died, so your example holds up.

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

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post #162

As a small l libertarian, I’m totally fine with any and all drugs being legal provided there is a clause that government doesn’t need to support you if they ruin your life.

Then you should become a Big-R Republican if you already aren't -- they're all about punishing people for perceived moral failings by withholding health care and food and education.

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

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post #79
post #65

I believe that overall the decision is a good one, there are no real good reasons why cannabis should be prohibited. At the same time, I strongly hope that the cannabis smokers will be considerate of the people around them. It is quite a foul smell if you are not partaking yourself.

This is all I ask. I've never had an interest in weed, but I also don't think it should be illegal. After it was legalized in my state, I started second guessing my stance out of spite. I quickly got tired of not being able to do a chore like grocery shopping without having the store stink of weed because someone couldn't open a window while they baked in their car, or whatever. The commercial culture that sprung up…

Wow, you should re-read what you wrote and then replace "weed" with something else people partake in, like alcohol or gambling and then see if anyone agrees with you. If we catered to minorities like you there wouldn't be any food around that didn't have the "correct" smell an people would only eat "approved" food. In any case I'm glad we have some sort of democracy that doesn't cater to people like you.

Re: Smoking cannabis is now legal in Germany

#210

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don’t knock it until you try it. You might like it!

Why not say this about something like self-harm, they might like that too. Both seem to cause damage to the self

It's true. Everything is literally the same, and nothing ever happens.
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