• @Tetsuo
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    Honestly, I kind of think my country (France) forbids weed today because of all the bullshit of the Reagan era and it’s pretty infuriating.

    Their depiction of weed as some super dangerous class 3000 hardcore drug ended up as some kind of standard for most of the developed countries.

    It sucks.

    • @brainrein@feddit.de
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      It’s just indication to the fact, that the biggest part of our assumed development, our democracy, or our rule of reason is but a delusion.

        • OctopusKurwa
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          If you think morphine is comparably dangerous to cannabis then you’re nuts.

          • diprount_tomato
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            I never said it was, just that it being used as a medicine doesn’t make it “safe”

            • OctopusKurwa
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              I’m not one of these people that thinks it cures cancer or anything. But comparing it to morphine just muddys the waters.

              It is absolutely safe enough to be recreationally legal. Morphine is not.

              • diprount_tomato
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                Yeah we know you’re a weed addict, but according to whom is it "safe enough to be recreationally legal?

                • R0cket_M00se
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                  As someone who’s drank alcohol and smoked cannabis, yeah alcohol is absolutely more dangerous/obstructive to normal function but no one bats an eye if you go home after work and have a couple beers.

                  Hell when I was in the military it was practically expected that you were going to show up to work hungover since there wasn’t fuck all to do.

                  Smoke a joint on leave? Kicked out, you’re the worst soldier/sailor/marine/airman that’s ever existed.

                  It’s an absolute joke that alcohol is considered safe enough to be legal but cannabis isn’t. Of the two, alcohol should be the illegal one.

                • Cylusthevirus
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                  Wow, you really did just type “weed addict” without a trace of irony, didn’t you?

                • @HoustonHenry@lemmy.world
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                  Yeah, those damned marijuana cigarette smokers are all whippersnappers, just bad eggs all around! I would never condone ANY devils lettuce, just say “Fiddlesticks to you!”

                • @HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org
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                  The governments of Canada, Uruguay, United States, Spain, Jamaica, France, Greece, India…

                  23 countries have recreational cannabis laws.

                  Sit down, shut up, and fucking keep up to date.

                  And the term “weed addict” is some fucking refer madness bs.

              • @kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world
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                411 months ago

                Reading comprehension is fucked.

                Yeah, it had medical applications “just like” morphine. It isn’t “just like” morphine. Fucking hell.

    • @vivadanang@lemm.ee
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      211 months ago

      considering how much French society despises US policy, I’m kind of amazed that France is still prohibitionist - that really does suck mate.

    • schmorp
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      It’s just bewildering to prohibit a plant that is easy to grow, serves a lot of uses, and doesn’t easily get you killed.

      I’m also in Europe, and still trying to cope with the fact that I got into trouble with the law for tending a garden. Well I guess at least it re-radicalized me for all it’s worth.

      • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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        I had a similar experience with my poppy field ringed with gympie gympie.

        I’m all for legalisation, and I’m a regular user, but the fact that it’s a plant has always struck me as a weak argument. We can do better.

        It’s one tier better than “It’s natural!” (So are asbestos, arsenic, and anthrax.)

    • Zuberi 👀
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      France buys So many hard drug on the dark web too. It’s wild how much USA fucked it over for the rest of us

    • diprount_tomato
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      Or maybe because it’s a drug (alcohol and tobacco are too ingrained in society to be outlawed, and despite that tobacco consumption is decreasing)

      • @Asifall@lemmy.world
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        I mean there are tons of drugs which are perfectly legal, so I don’t really see that as a sound reason to outlaw it.

          • @Asifall@lemmy.world
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            And caffeine And acetaminophen And ibuprofen And sildenafil And benzodiazepine And fluoxetine And sertraline And spironolactone And cetirizine …

              • R0cket_M00se
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                And yet caffeine is more addictive with stronger withdrawal effects.

                You should give up, it’s clear to everyone that you’ve never used the substance and have all your information from drug-war era reefer madness propaganda.

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                  It’s also clear that most people that defend it want their vices legalised

                • Saik0
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                  Eh, I’m not a fan of that definition. Technically Water meets the requirement and even skips the “food for nutrition” out that they give.

              • @SCB@lemmy.world
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                I “abuse” sildenafil because I get it through someone other than my GP and take it recreationally when swinging.

                It is absolutely a drug.

                • schmorp
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                  211 months ago

                  hm sounds like you’re enjoying yourself way too much sure that must be bad in some way? /s

              • @systemglitch@lemmy.world
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                Okay I’ve had enough it’s time for me to tell you that you are completely out of touch with reality. Now that you know this, you can overcome your ignorance with a little awareness. Good luck, it’s going to be a bit of a battle to get your perceptions straightened out.

  • Queen HawlSera
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    I need me a jazz cigarette, I’m having the shakes, Daddy-O!

  • @OceanSoap@lemmy.ml
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    Tbf, my brother absolutely freaks the fuck out if he goes too long without a joint. He acts more explosively angry than itching invisible bugs, but the feeling behind it is the same.

  • cawsllyffant
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    511 months ago

    That looks and feels like a colorized panel from a Chick Tract but I can’t seem to find the source. Anyone know where it came from originally?