Comments on: Massachusetts Question 2 induces Reefer Madness Hysteria

By: steve

steve — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:18:49 +0000

thankfully it passed! i just wanted to add this: i think that the reason marijuana is a “gateway drug”, is because of how it’s presented to us. we have it drilled into our heads at a young age that marijuana is just as bad as all the other harder drugs, and is worse than alcohol or cigarettes, which we’re taught aren’t great, but as long as you’re of legal age, they’re somewhat acceptable. going into our preteen and teen years, we’re looking at pot like it’s as bad as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, etc.: harder drugs that are truly bad for your body and cause you to act seriously out of character. these years are when most of us begin to experiment, usually alcohol first, but a lot of people obviously get into pot at a fairly early age. so now, you have a young kid who gets stoned for the first time, sees that it doesn’t make him lose weight, or cause his teeth to fall out, and he doesn’t end up in the hospital or die. nothing that drastic happens, he probably just feels mellow. now he might think to himself, “wow, DRUGS don’t really mess you up as bad as everyone said! they were just bullshitting us!” now he’s not afraid to experiment with the harder drugs that actually can mess his life up badly. anti-drug people actually cause the problem by warping or perception of drugs, there’s no levels of severity. maybe if d.a.r.e. made a distinction between weed and all the other stuff, kids would be better prepared to know what they should and shouldn’t mess with. i don’t know, just a concept i thought i’d throw out there…

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:18:50 +0000

Marijuana was legal when Ronald Reagan was a kid. I’m sure he lit up once or twice in his younger years and he became President. People need to start thinking for themselves and educate themselves about the wonders of marijuana.Obviously, the landslide victory for Question 2 shows that the times are changing and people are unafraid to speak their minds. Required reading for all: THE HEMP MANIFESTO.

By: notzob

notzob — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:15:19 +0000

Thank goodness 2 passed today

By: knot4u

knot4u — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:55:40 +0000

america is missing out by not legalizing marijuana all together. today it is against the law to grow hemp just because it is a sister to marijuana. when they talk about going green they should be looking for that very weed. 1 acre of hemp will make almost 10 times as much wood fiber in 1 year that a acre of hardwood will make in 5 oil from hemp seeds makes 1 of the finest oils know to man plus 1000 gallions of efphinol per acre not to mention that the plants scroub co2 out of the air. herbs were given to man for the use of man, herb stated 7 times on the first page of the bible, is was important or why was it listed there.

By: knot4u

knot4u — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:32:54 +0000

i like what mass is doing there if there is ever a pertition here in WV look me up

By: Akadriver

Akadriver — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:50:58 +0000

It appears that Question 2 in Massachusetts has PASSED!!! As a resident of Massachusetts, I’d like to thank everyone and anyone who helped get the word out in support of this initiative.
Question 2 is officially the first marijuana decriminalization law passed by voter initiative!! Massachusetts has made history!!
Thanks again

By: Smoke Dog

Smoke Dog — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:03:45 +0000

I think the Greyhounds should be allowed to get medical marijuana. Poor guys.
No on 1
Yes on 2
No on 3

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:57:52 +0000

i just want to say where is the evidence that pot can hurt you. also when kids get cought with pot it ruins there whole life and they r on probation for years… than for drug tests the kids will say well i cant smoke pot so i guess ill do coke and other hard core drugs because they only take 2 days to a week to get out of your system… so then kids r now into hard core drugs instead of pot witch has no evidence of harming you. i have looked at evidence and pot does not cause cancer and it actully calms you down and makes you not want to do stupid stuff… cigerates can kill you and there legal… alchol can kill you and you do stupid stuff on it and its legal. so if pot isnt bad y isnt it legal

By: kurt

kurt — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:05:53 +0000

i agree with everything everyone is sayin vote yes on two…i was caught with a .3 of weed if u dont kno wat that is its about a half a bowl pack not even enough for a joint and i was locked up sent to drug classes and had to pay fines of more then 300.00 dollars wit probation it think its crazy

By: Tommy

Tommy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:47:23 +0000

well put