Marijuana inc: Inside America’s pot industry - Poll

Maybe its because smoking pot makes you 10% quicker so you don't answer to "Hey, stupid." Its the person that wastes their time not the cannibus. It's easier to point your finger at something else, then to point it at yourself.

You are right that people tend to blame something or someone outside of themselves for their failures. I stated that I support legalization, but do not recommend habitual use. I have a lot of experience, and I stand by that statement. Also, pot affects different people differently. If it is nothing but good, for you, then keep on using it, and I hope you never experience the other side of it.

Worst is the fact that Thousands of students weekly loose their federal financial aid because of simple possession of a few joints.

How much longer will we allow a harmless "coming of age" pastime lead to the ruination of these kids careers and lives.

Imagine getting 3 years into your studies and then loosing everything because a cop finds a joint in your ashtray.

HORRIBLE!!!!

I agree with many of your points although I am not so sure about what happened to your sun. You say he became a hashish junkie at 13. Did you know that many types of hashish also contain opium? Perhaps it is the opiates that led to your son's decline?

I have smoked cannabis on and off since I was 13 and I did not experience what you described because of cannabis, however I did experience a decline of my own. It was caused by an excessively low self esteem and some psychological problems I had relating to my world view as influenced by my parents religious beliefs. Now that I am out from under the tyranny of those beliefs and live in freedom of mind, I am more well adjusted.

My addictions that didn't last for very long were to other substances like cocaine and for a short time, methamphetamine. Thankfully I saw the destructiveness of these substances and took steps to eliminate them from my life. I have not touched those drugs for over 10 years now.

Even my cannabis use has gone down to almost nil, just because the stuff they grown in Oregon is quite potent and you really only need a couple of hits to get blazed. I work with math everyday in my job, so I need to keep my mind clear so I can think. When I use cannabis, I use it to relax before going to bed; it helps me sleep. I also use it for pain and sometimes nausea for my HIV medications.

I do know that cannabis smoking in youth can have a deleterious effect in reducing ambition and drive, it impedes short term memory and inhibits the mind's ability to retain information; like when kids are blazing while they are in class. I would have to say that although I am 100% for legalization, I don't think that children should be smoking it. I think a person should have to be at least 18 years old to use it.

Thank you

Awesome and well done video and a great argument. We need the cannabis to help our economic recovery.

Thanks to both of those guys for dedicating the time to vocalize their message.

No matter what the message is it is the duty of every American to stand up and question that which they feel is unjust or wrong.

Some may not agree with the message like we do, but ALL MUST appreciate your dedication to bringing about change in a non violent and civil manner.

You guys represent the spirit of American Activism being reborn.

Keep on engaging in peaceful democratic change, it is very effective if your truly dedicated to the cause.

Most importantly, continue transparently engaging in acts of civil disobedience via smoking cannabis, growing it, and encouraging others to stop drinking and start smoking.

Show them the folly of their ways and convert them into fighters of the cause.

Three cheers to you fine gentlemen!!!!!

lol nice

That's funny...

thats actually a cnbc poll though.
:)

Sorry about your luck...

I'm sorry that's been your experience. I don't drink alcohol for the same reason.

i'm sorry for your pre-existing condition. but it seems that being bi-polar might have a lot more to do with your experience with pot than you realize. every person i've ever met who smoked weed are not emotional and paranoid. not one person.

also, just because you had a bad experience with pot doesn't change the fact that it's still unconstitutional to criminalize marijuana.

finally, there are several laws around the country preventing people from drinking alcohol or smoking in public areas. and if you don't like being around it, simply remove yourself from the situation. your fears are unfounded based on your own personal experience. this is supposed to be a free society. in a free society people are supposed to be able to choose how to live their lives without the govt. acting as another mommy or daddy. free and brave or cradle to the grave. you can't have both.

i think being bipolar makes you emotional and paranoid.

I have a severely bipolar friend - the only thing with which she can control her hyper-downs and hyper-ups is cannabis.

Everyone I know who was on marijuana was paranoid and emotional. And no, they didn't all have mental problems. None of them did, really. So you can't say that everyone would benefit from it, because it would hurt more than it would help.

I can't remove myself from every single place where people are going to be smoking pot. That would infringe on MY FREEDOM.

As for saying you should be able to smoke pot because it's your right... then it must also be your right to murder anyone who looks at you funny, rob the convenience store, or steal an hdtv from best buy. You shouldn't be able to do it because it restricts the freedoms of others. It restricts my freedom to breathe clean air wherever I want. And honestly, that's a more reasonable freedom rather than "I just wanna get high".

My ex girlfriend for 2.5 years is bipolar, and she smoked marijuana often with me. It never made her more emotional or schizo or anything like that, so what you are experiencing is your own perception of the herb

Not all bipolar people will react to it the same way. as far as hindering or helping people, you can say it will hinder more, since you are not everyone, people will decide on their own whether its bad or not, the government should not be our mother. We have minds and people can choose for themselves.

Maybe marijuana does impaire memory, "makes you do stupid things", and all the ther negatives you can list. but no one beats their wife because they get high, no one beats their children cause they get high, no one rapes, gets in fights, or any of that sort when they get high, infact no one has died from marijuana.

i think you need to rethink your drug war, and focus on alcohol which causes alot worse things and makes people do alot more stupider shit. I would way rather be friends with a pot head than an alcoholic, i would rather live in a world full of stoners than in a world full of alcoholics.

Why is alcohol legal? Why are ciggeretters legal? Bhutan outlawed all tabacco smoking in their country, and the citizens dont mind, smoking anything else was not outlawed, and this is a BUddhist nation. so if you rather smell ciggerettes on the street than pot, ur whole argument is worthless since tabacco is far more worse for you.

If i was Amerikan, yes it would be my right to smoke pot, because its my right to grow a garden and plant the things i want, and its my right to partake in whatever crop i grow. Furthermore if it is bringing me medicinal support i have even a greater right to use it.

If you think smoking marijuana is as bad as murdering someone or robbing a store, your perception maybe quite skewed, i am only putting myself at risk when i smoke.

Since alcohol is not allowed to be drunk on the streets, it should be the same thing with pot, or have pot cafes where you can go and smoke. So check it out you'll have all the "fresh air" you'll want to breathe along with all the carbon and mercury and ciggerette smoke.

birds of a feather flock together? i think the overwhelming majority of people on this board would agree with me about people who consume cannabis. it mellows most people out. and... i never said everyone would benefit from it. although, pretty much every new study on marijuana that has been conducted in the past few years has trumpeted the medicinal benefits of mj.

again, there would probably be laws similar to those concerning cigarettes and alcohol. so marijuana will only be smoked in places where it is legal to do so and in peoples' living rooms. your freedom in this situation will be protected.

your final paragraph is just a wee bit of a stretch to say the least. in fact it's down right ridiculous. my rights end where your rights begin. therefore i have no right to murder, or to steal. you're reaching here. so, unless you're in my living room or a bar/coffee shop where weed can be smoked your freedom and my freedom can be preserved.

Your kinda foolish.

I am sorry you have bi-polar but if you used cannabis and it made it worse shame on you for continuing to use it.

Nobody forced you to smoke everyday and worsen your condition.

As for your rant on second hand smoke...
THATS BS, there is NO solid proof that second hand smoke actually has ANY effect on individuals unless you are in a small enclosed location for extended periods.

I doubt you have cancer and tar in your lungs from 2nd hand exposure.

Forgive my bluntness, but you seem to blow things out of proportion and exaggerate the truth a bit for dramatic effect.

SUCH AS: Suddenly I am forced to remove myself from situations and move my day around just because someone wants to smoke at the bus stop? Oh, I'm sorry I was late for work. I had to walk to the next bus stop where no one was smoking

THATS THE DUMBEST SHIT I HAVE EVER SEEN.
Bus stops are outdoors IDOIT.
THE EXHAUST OF THE BUS AND PASSING CARS IS WAY WORSE THAN A SINGLE SMOKER STANDING NEAR YOU.

If I was your boss and you used that lame ass excuse with me I would send you to the company doctor for a MENTAL EVALUATION.

Lastly how dare you whine about your individual right to be free of what the masses are engaging in.

If you don't like it don't stand near smokers.
MOST every store , bar and restaurant in the USA is smoke free.
Where exactly are you
What makes you think the world should be suited to your needs alone.

KEEP TAKING YOUR MEDS AND DON'T POST ONLINE DURING PERIODS OF MANIA!

Your Crazy is showing!!!

sorry dear you should do your research

As far as i know, any sort of reaction to marijuana was likely a result from the combination of marijuana at too high of a dose (or a new smoker) and/or combined with an already existing disability. Chances are that your brother already was schizophrenic and cannabis was just the trigger on an already loaded gun. I am no doctor so research it yourself. There are studies indicating both sides--- cannabis being the cause, and others saying that cannabis is the exacerbating factor.

I don't mean to be insensitive to your brother in any way. Schizophrenia is a serious illness and not likely related to MJ. And, some people purchase from stupid people who cut it with other BAD stuff. If it was legal, you would not have to worry about ingredients.It should be pure. They can lace it with all kinds of things to make bad pot seem better.

At most, the marijuana simply brought to the surface an underlying condition. It certainly didn't cause it. Recent research has proven that marijuana does not provoke psychosis or schizophrenia at all. Correlation is not causality, but it is of course easier to point the finger at marijuana than to accept the real cause, the reality of a pre-existing condition that happened to manifest itself at the time or shortly after the use of pot.

what are you on

There is a HUGE difference between alcohol and pot:

Alcohol destroys brain cells, pot heals them.

Alcohol is addictive, pot isn't.

Alcohol destroys the liver, pot has no negative effect on any part of the body - one need not smoke pot, one can ingest it.

Alcohol renders people aggressive, often lethally so, pot has a pacifying effect.

The list goes on and on and on.

anybody who is saying it makes you paranoid and this and that... thats what it does to you and some others because you cant handle it. but what i came to say in the first place is i smoke cigarettes and weed daily, and i drink on occasions and i believe of the 3 marijuana should be the legal one. people die all the time from drinking and driving and lung cancer. im pretty sure everyone knows someone who has even if through a friend. and truthfully my friend got caught smoking weed so his parents started giving him drug tests so he started drinking all the time which is not an improvement in my opinion. now some people would say he should just stay sober but im trying to say he was doing fine with pot and died because of alcohol.

The same thing can be said about alcoholic beverages, but if you don't like the way it makes you feel its as simple as "don't do it." You shouldn't try to restrict people for the way it makes you feel. Everybody feels different off of the same things. If the people want to do it (legal or illegal) there going to, but if it was legal you have alot of non-violent marijuana offenders out of jail and keep thousands more from getting "boned" by the big hard shaft of the law.

If you cannot handle m.j. please do not do it. For the nost of us who can handle smoking it and be productive members of this nation please legalize it. It is a natural plant. It would surly take care of our budget problems. Man made drugs seems to do more harm than natural ones. I cannot see the reason for weed to be made out to be among the man-made drugs that are killing and maiming our population.

What about industrial and commercial purposes, I never see you mention anything about them?

right on Jubal - I am all for industrial and commercial purposes. By the same token, as a pot smoker I want to come clean: marijuana should be legal for recreational purposes - so I always emphasize that point.

And Steven44, in a way it is spam, because i write that everywhere and anywhere marijuana is discussed. Indeed, I advocate marijuana use, if you have not tried it I encourage you to do so.

peace

Right on Unimatrix0. I too am a smoker and wish to come clean that I want it to be safe and legal for medicinal and recreational use. This whole war on drugs has been a catastrophe and has only served to destroy many lives, through incarcerations and violence generated by fools trying to jack a grower.

I think that if it is legalized, that act would take the wind out of the sails of the narco traffickers that seem to be at the root of all the problems relating to the violence associate with Cannabis.

Awww.

Hahahaha

Steven44, you're such a loser. With regards to the last two comment areas I've read of yours, your comments are snippy, ill researched, puerile and banal. You remind me of my loser birth father who gave me up for adoption, never went to college, cleans houses for a living, reads autobiographies of crappy presidents like reagan (hanging on every word and spitting the ideas these idiots write about themselves rudely into other peoples' faces), and still rides high on his conservative Christian horse. Really, all you do is irritate people. Congratulations on being the only person who has ever reminded me of my creep of a birth father!

DAM! small god you rocked him! good show

Absolute nonsense, Steven44.

the thing about people like him (conservatives) is that theyre miserable and too insecure to allow themselves to be happy. Because of this they are furiously jealous of others who are more enlightened and do all they can to drag them down so they wont feel so left out. They cling to the things they believe keep them on the straight and narrow, hiding in the herd, never to venture out, never to think for themselves, destined to die miserably, usually holding on to the hope that they will live forever because they were a good (miserable) christian, and Jebus is infact going to make them immortal. sad. Oh and this poll is kind of useless considering this is one of the most liberal sites Ive ever seen, kinda like FOX news taking a poll on peoples' opinions of bush, just a bit biased..

Damn smallgod, you sure know a lot about your birth father even though he gave you up for adoption. I've got an auto biography for you to read, that of Mr. Bob Marley. How about practicing some love, man?