Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Want to follow Colorado's great pot experiment?
If you want more detail about Colorado's experiment with legalizing recreational pot smoking, check out this site. It's a lot more complex than you might think. For instance, employers can prohibit their employees from using both both on and off the job.
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Marijuana's active ingredient, Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), does have known therapeutic qualities that help with medical treatments. But like most drugs, it's a toxin with unpleasant side-effects. And unlike ethanol (ETOH), THC's half-life can be measured in days due to its fat solubility. Which means users' brains will still be under the drug's influence long after smoking or consuming it. Personally, I see recreational use of marijuana as stupid and irresponsible. But a majority of voters in Colorado obviously disagreed. Their victory may be the start of a hard lesson.
ReplyDeleteAs a generality, stoners are easier to be around than a bunch of beer drinkers at drunk-thirty, when it becomes attitude adjustment time.
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44 & Anon: Thanks for the comments. 44--you may be right re the hard lesson. Anon: Haven't been around a lot of stoners, but I agree.
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