Medical/Recreational Marijuana thread

Actually here's an observation, but I should note I'm absolutely NOT drawing any conclusions regarding causation with this, but it's too interesting not to point out:

- The % trends up during a democratic white house. It trends down during a republican white house.

That's just a fact, I'm drawing no conclusions from that so keep your flames to yourself! But check it, during the Carter administration it went up and peaked in 80 when Reagan took over. From there it steadily dropped until '92 when Clinton took over. It peaked again in 99-00, right when Bush took over. I wonder what's happened since.

That's definintely a reasonable observation.

I don't think it's a stretch to say we'll see another upward trend under Obama considering the way his admin has approached things so far.

I once read that banks are the biggest financial beneficiaries of the illegal drug trade. I'm not sure if it's true, but I don't think we can necessarily conclude that making it legal will provide more revenue. Don't ask me why or how, I just don't think it's that straight-forward.

In any case, marijuana should not be a Schedule I drug (cocaine is S2). Just goes to show you that our governments priorities here are not related to safety IMO.

Just from an analytical standpoint, I'm fascinated by the trough that occurred in 1992. Anybody got any idea what would have caused that? Why did we hit a low point in 1992 and then continue back up?

Well, Dr. Dre's The Chronic was released in 1992. I think that pretty much explains everything.

Lol, just wait till I'm king. Alcohol and Pot both illegal. Cocaine, totally legal. Basic rule of thumb will be if it knocks you on your ass and it's recreational it's illegal. Yep, my subjects are going to be the most productive nation in the world. Sure they'll die early, become violent, and addicted but at least my monuments will get built quicker.
sounds a bit like that doug stanhope bit

This absolutely deserves the Study on Spiders video

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classic vid

for those who care:
NIDA - Research Report Series - Marijuana Abuse (http://www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchReports/Marijuana/Marijuana2.html)
Doesn't seem the war has been effective, if it were a military war, real casualties (like iraq/afghanistan) we would have found a way to get out of it long ago.

actually we haven't gotten out of those ineffective wars either

Well, Dr. Dre's The Chronic was released in 1992. I think that pretty much explains everything.

Honestly that could have had an impact. I remember all of a sudden everyone was smokin' blunts at parties, so that record and others at the time definitely had some influence.

Actually here's an observation, but I should note I'm absolutely NOT drawing any conclusions regarding causation with this, but it's too interesting not to point out:

- The % trends up during a democratic white house. It trends down during a republican white house.

That's just a fact, I'm drawing no conclusions from that so keep your flames to yourself! But check it, during the Carter administration it went up and peaked in 80 when Reagan took over. From there it steadily dropped until '92 when Clinton took over. It peaked again in 99-00, right when Bush took over. I wonder what's happened since.
hmm.. that is pretty interesting

easier to chill out under a dem maybe

Well, Dr. Dre's The Chronic was released in 1992. I think that pretty much explains everything.
loooool

yes

Southpark Logic: If you smoke pot all the time, all you'll be good at is smoking pot!

If you've got cancer or HIV, shit . . . smoke on smoke dog!