Laconia and pot

[jeffk]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbr...tly-lowers-iq/

Good luck with your tokin'.

[Mr. V]

Originally Posted by jeffk

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbr...tly-lowers-iq/

Good luck with your tokin'.

Some might just smile and say "What price happiness?"

For many, if not most pot smokers, the demon weed helps make their daily existence just a bit more bearable.

"Never go straight: always go forward!"

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

With little interest, Laconia is one step closer to MM. It appears the facility would be zoned near the airport on the Gilford line.

http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index...-pot-ordinance

[Pricestavern]

Originally Posted by jeffk

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbr...tly-lowers-iq/

Good luck with your tokin'.

I guess that's the same concept as heavy drinking. If you overdo it there can be detrimental physical and/or psychological affects. One thing the article did not specify was what the definition for 'heavy usage' was considered to be (one toke a day, 1 gm/day, etc.). A glass of red wine a day is considered to be healthy - two bottles of wine a day is going to have negative effects.

[znh]

Originally Posted by jeffk

http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbr...tly-lowers-iq/

Good luck with your tokin'.

This study is based on starting as teenager and also has been disputed since the study didn't take into account many other factors that could lead to lower IQ levels for the participants. Other studies provide a counter the 'evidence' posted in this study:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/does-mar...allenges-link/

http://www.medicaldaily.com/smoking-...use-may-307808

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...lower-your-iq/

Too many people just run with the headlines nowadays and nobody takes the time to actually vet the information being provided to them...guess this is the norm in the gotta-have-it-now society we live in...

[HomeWood]

Marijuana has been illegal because there is no or has been no tax revenue from it. The government could not care less about your health. That includes our current POTUS . If they cared so deeply about the harmful affects of such things, cigarettes would have disappeared from store shelves years ago. Oh ya, there is big money and big votes to be had from the tobacco industry. Hmmm...can't upset them!

As far as not wanting a marijuana dispensary in your neighborhood, I have news for you. They are already there. The ones you don't see should concern you a lot more than a government authorized brick and mortar dispensary. If medical pot helps people who have illnesses that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, I say let them be and go about your day.

[8gv]

Originally Posted by HomeWood

Marijuana has been illegal because there is no or has been no tax revenue from it. The government could not care less about your health. That includes our current POTUS . If they cared so deeply about the harmful affects of such things, cigarettes would have disappeared from store shelves years ago. Oh ya, there is big money and big votes to be had from the tobacco industry. Hmmm...can't upset them!

As far as not wanting a marijuana dispensary in your neighborhood, I have news for you. They are already there. The ones you don't see should concern you a lot more than a government authorized brick and mortar dispensary. If medical pot helps people who have illnesses that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, I say let them be and go about your day.

Well stated. I concur.

[glennsteely]

Originally Posted by HomeWood

Marijuana has been illegal because there is no or has been no tax revenue from it. The government could not care less about your health. That includes our current POTUS . If they cared so deeply about the harmful affects of such things, cigarettes would have disappeared from store shelves years ago. Oh ya, there is big money and big votes to be had from the tobacco industry. Hmmm...can't upset them!

As far as not wanting a marijuana dispensary in your neighborhood, I have news for you. They are already there. The ones you don't see should concern you a lot more than a government authorized brick and mortar dispensary. If medical pot helps people who have illnesses that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, I say let them be and go about your day.

You couldnt be more correct.....it is already there, and it is that fact that you should be worried about, that and all that comes with the ''non-regulated'' market place.......guns, violence, crime, gangs, ect.
.......but, this stuff has been debated and debated by people much smarter than me, so I'm not sitting here pretending to bring some new, enlightened material to the argument. Just the obvious, it is already there, just without the building and fancy sign.....

[Quints]

Originally Posted by HomeWood

Marijuana has been illegal because there is no or has been no tax revenue from it. The government could not care less about your health. That includes our current POTUS . If they cared so deeply about the harmful affects of such things, cigarettes would have disappeared from store shelves years ago. Oh ya, there is big money and big votes to be had from the tobacco industry. Hmmm...can't upset them!

As far as not wanting a marijuana dispensary in your neighborhood, I have news for you. They are already there. The ones you don't see should concern you a lot more than a government authorized brick and mortar dispensary. If medical pot helps people who have illnesses that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy, I say let them be and go about your day.

Some very good points in here.