Nevada to vote on legalizing marijuana

This is what you are reduced to; a semantic argument over addiction?

http://www.nida.nih.gov/MarijBroch/teenpg13-14.html

 

Same thing with biting your finger nails, or chewing on a straw.

Hell, even taking a daily nap can become habit.

 

So you are comparing habitual drug use to napping? Ok.

 

Whats the difference? Habits are habits. Neither have horrible side effects.

Plus, this may open the door for industrial hemp.

Some facts on hemp:


* All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974.

* It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981.

* REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon.

* George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France then to America.

* Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow's export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack Herer.

* For thousands of years, 90% of all ships' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word 'canvas' is Dutch for cannabis; Webster's New World Dictionary.

* 80% of all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin.

* The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross's flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives.

* The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th Century; State Archives.

* Oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt.

* Rembrants, Gainsboroughs, Van Goghs as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen.

* In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department of Agriculture

* Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act.

* Henry Ford's first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941.

* Hemp called 'Billion Dollar Crop.' It was the first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dollars; Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938.

* Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled 'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.' It stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

 

If you are gonna copy and paste someone else's opinion, at least source it, so people don't think you can think for yourself

This is a legalization of pot discussion, not hemp, anyways. I know attention span is a problem for pot smokers, but please try to keep up.

 

First, that is saved in one of many text documents I have on the subject. If I knew the origin I would source it. Attacking good information for irrevalent reasons wont get you anywhere

Hemp is illegal along with pot. I have continually said I am in this to see hemp legalized and dont care about the female plant.

 

I understand hemp is illegal and its totally irrelevant. Again, if you have a pot related point, please do discuss.

http://www.google.com/search?source...+made+from+hemp+or+flax+paper+until+the+1880s

Enough sources of these factoids for ya?

 

Hemp, pot, same plant. One is male, one is female. Both are illegal.

How am I to know which is the original author? These are more fact than any DARE "facts" you've been throwing.

 

I dont think I've referenced DARE once, actually.

I find it hard to believe you've ignored the evidence of psychosis, health problems, et al and you are solely focused on hemp as your desire. Which we both know is just closet approval of marijuana legalization.

 

And you have control over this how?

 

Yea it was laced with cannabis! Potheads never get it! Pot has negative effects on many people. My sister is a pot head and she absolutely enjoys it. She is obsessed that it is the answer to any ill. She also lives with mommy at the age of 43.

I rarely enjoyed it but it was "the thing to do" ya know peer pressure and I wanted to escape reality. It was common to bring on panic attacks, paranoia etc.

It wasn't laced....it just doesn't effect me like it might you! It sucks!

 

All of the health problems, as said before, are temporary. Within 1 hour of use.

You dont and thanks for playing into another point. When it becomes legalized the pot sold commercially will not be laced with hard drugs such as cocaine like street drugs.

There are no negative effects. Its all short term.

As said before I am not a user of marijuana.

 

This just shows how much you are out of touch on this subject.

 

Huh? Marijuana on the street is on occasion laced, known as whitecapping. Usually you pay more for it but sometimes dealers will do it hoping you will come back.

 

Dude you have absolutely no fucken idea what you are talking about on this subject. Why the hell would a dealer want to lace marijuana with a MUCH more expensive drug? It's a business to them and all about making MORE money. If it is laced it is typically sprayed with shit like mortein. This is done to make the user feel like they are getting a very good high, usually when the weed is very weak in it's original state.

 

What would you know. You've never smoked before?

 

What does it matter when the transaction is already $300+? Lacing it is pennies on the end tab.

I have friends who do, 3-5 times a week. And just for the record, they lead completely normal lives.

 

Maybe they do things different in australia. In the states it's well known dealers will lace weed with more addictive drugs.

It's obvious who doesn't know what they're talking about.

 

Meh, you've got dumb dealers in the States then. $300 transaction? Sticks are $20 here (1 gram)

 

its disgusting
Its a drug all the same,whats gonna happen next.
legalize coke.
Wherw are we going to draw the line here?