Comments on: Struggling to Create a Legal Marijuana Economy

By: Slovenian Guest

Slovenian Guest — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 17:21:14 +0000

It’s a joke all right, considering that water intoxication gets more people than weed.

In comparison, alcohol alone causes a million hospitalizations yearly in the USA, a million!

By: Isegoria

Isegoria — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:07:57 +0000

Actually, smoking marijuana doesn't seem to impair lung function. It also seems to fight cancer. Not what I would've expected, either.

By: Bob Sykes

Bob Sykes — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:16:23 +0000

Marijuana should be regulated like tobacco and alcohol. But don’t pretend there are no health risks. They will be the same as tobacco, meaning elevated risk of lung cancer and heart disease, although the addiction risk will be less than that for nicotine. Also, across the board performance impairment during intoxication, both physical and mental, is an obvious risk.

It should also be pointed out that “legalization” schemes like those in Colorado or proposed in Washington and elsewhere do not eliminate the black market, although its market share is reduced.

And the bigger problems of meth, cocaine, and heroin are not addressed. Heroin, in particular, has made a huge come back, even in rural areas.

All in all, pot legalization is a bad joke.

By: Grasspunk

Grasspunk — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 07:12:00 +0000

Fellow farmer Bruce King writes about this from the farmer's side.