BF2S Forums Responsible marijuana?

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

CapnNismo wrote:

Responsible marijuana?

Oxymoron.

A guy grows his own crop for personal use and smokes a joint at night after he has worked, he then watches some TV and then goes to bed.

Please, what is irresponsible about that?

CapnNismo wrote:

Aside to growing: You think a single lamp for growing a plant or two in one of those grow boxes would show as a huge spike? Certainly would depend on the size of the lamp, but nonetheless...

I used to blow though 5kW+ and no one cared the slightest bit. A 150W lamp is nothing in comparison.

- No judge is going to issue a search warrant based on a slightly higher electric bill. They're going to need some better proof.

- As for the price of running such a lamp: 0.150kW x 0.10€/kWh x 24h = €0.36 for a day. Obviously electric prices may be different where you live and the lamp may consume more power. Just plug your numbers in.

police and law enforcement use thermal imaging equipment - at street level and via air/helicopters - to 'find' suburban weed growing plants.

they're very effective, and can even isolate individual rooms/flats.

as for 'warrants'... police don't need a warrant to fly over your neighbourhood in their helicopter.

Harmor wrote:

Marijuana is more of a carcinogenic than tobacco.  Funny how Liberals conveniently forget that.

No it isn't - or at least hasn't been demonstrated to be so.

The only dedicated large scale study ever done into this showed no connection between cannabis use and cancer. It actually found a slight negative correlation in some areas, though not significant enough to be relevant.

It is far worse for your lungs in other ways, but has not been linked with cancer or emphysema. Something like 5x the risk of chronic brochitis and other lung problems though. It's certainly bad for you, but it's not more carcingenic than tobacco.

11 Bravo wrote:

jord wrote:

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Oxymoron.

A guy grows his own crop for personal use and smokes a joint at night after he has worked, he then watches some TV and then goes to bed.

Please, what is irresponsible about that?

cuz that is not what happens....typically.

It's what I do - although usually I get it off someone I know who is growing it.

There are lots of very harmless hippy sources to get weed from. There can be an unpleasant organised crime element associated with some weed dealing, but that's easy to avoid if you choose to do so.

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Dilbert_X wrote:

Legalizing and regulating pot will free up a lot of law enforcement resources to focus on more serious issues.

Yawn.
They'll still have plenty of drug crime to deal with, as they do already.
They'll still be searching imports and immigrants for coke, crack, heroin etc so it won't make a blind bit of difference.

That's like saying that getting rid of Prohibition didn't weaken the mob.  It did.  It also decreased crime, and it allowed police to focus on other more serious crimes while eliminating an illegal market with high demand.

Finally, because of taxes, it brought a whole new chunk of revenue to the government as well.

Banning weed in the first place was all political and economic anyway - you guys ever heard of "reefer madness"?

He's talking about having a spliff at the end of the day, after work, before bed. He's not talking about someone who wakes up and pumps in 5 cones before breakfast. Big difference.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

He's talking about having a spliff at the end of the day, after work, before bed. He's not talking about someone who wakes up and pumps in 5 cones before breakfast. Big difference.

Light smokers rarely stay that way. I'd rather not deal with them on site at all.

how the fuck do you know they rarely stay that way, have you gone round and asked every fucker? nah thought not.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

He's talking about having a spliff at the end of the day, after work, before bed. He's not talking about someone who wakes up and pumps in 5 cones before breakfast. Big difference.

Light smokers rarely stay that way. I'd rather not deal with them on site at all.

LOL I'm sure you're an expert on people's smoking habits.

Harmor wrote:

Marijuana is more of a carcinogenic than tobacco.  Funny how Liberals conveniently forget that.

ITT conservatives talk about shit they don't know about

Dilbert_X wrote:

Legalizing and regulating pot will free up a lot of law enforcement resources to focus on more serious issues.

Yawn.
They'll still have plenty of drug crime to deal with, as they do already.
They'll still be searching imports and immigrants for coke, crack, heroin etc so it won't make a blind bit of difference.

I heard that immigrants who can't afford the $2,500 fee to cross the border can instead carry drugs into the country.