LAist: Marijuana Initiatives, What Went Down in '06

aliastaken

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:03:50 -0800

I'm rooting for this to pass in California, if only so that I can dream about a day when it sweep the country and hit NJ. I realize I'll be an old woman by then, but something tells me it will still be fun to get high.

jrb

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 06:53:36 -0800

Packer-Fan: Haul out your dictionary and look up addiction. Physical dependency is mentioned in the first sentence. This "mental" addiction and whatnot is pure fiction...and has been since the idea was floated in the media.

medicalmarijuanaministry

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:37:29 -0800

"marijuana 150,000 treatament" packer you can't even spell. i command you to turn off espn NOW. put down the football and step away from the beer! i did not need to "google it", i knew it was a bogus number because I'm smarter than you! those numbers are based on people being FORCED into treatment. it goes a little something like this... one day little packer was caught with 2 bags of pot....next thing you know he's in court and the judge says... "little packer do you want to go to jail with the rapist and killers or would you like to go to a nice new state of the art DRUG treatment center?" little packer thinks about it for a sec and says... well golly gee judge i want the nice cozy treatment facility. Now you can change that number to 150,001. sorry for the interruption packer now back to your regularly scheduled program, cspan. oppps i mean espn. google... NORTH AMERICAN UNION

Anti

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:25:06 -0800

Packer Fan, i back you dude. Any chemical has the potential for abuse. I think that people can be addicted to anything, like i said in my previous comment, one of my addictions is pizza. But i don't think anyone is lacking compassion for those who are negatively affected by their use. People merely doubted your stats, and disagreed with your opinion about marijuana addiction. to expand on my thoughts id like to say, when someone is a sports addict, or a gambling addict, or a porno addict... it's not the same as the kind of addiction on has for nicotine, or heroine. THERE ARE NO WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS FROM MARIJUANA. If one is addicted to marijuana, it may stem from the fact that they have addictive personalities and are at high risk to being addicted to SOMEthing. But it's them, not the weed. get me? the human brain is a tough nut to crack, i don't know. in the end, i don't consider myself a marijuana addict, but i do consider myself a cigarette addict. Without cigarettes i become very irritable, i get head aches, and my appetite gets all whacky. Without weed i am fine. but seriously, thanks man, i appreciate your comments.

Packer Fan

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:17:39 -0800

how about before tossing my number aside as bogus, you take 3 seconds to confirm that you are posting a credible response... hmm, i wonder how one would go about doing such a thing... perhaps a google search... maybe try searching "marijuana 150,000 treatament"... oh look at that... 4 different sources using the 150,000 number on page one alone anyway, i am done with this... smoke away, i really could care less... i just wish that some of you would be more compassionate to those who are negatively affected by their use (and stop implying things like nobody has ever been addicted, nobody has ever needed treatment, marijuana has never hurt anybody, etc) and since you are curious, yes, I do consider myself a sports addict... in fact, I've been on a Brett Favre high for the last 24 hours

medicalmarijuanaministry

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:50:02 -0800

"150,000 people/year seeking treatment because they cannot control their use" THAT is a bogus number! whats your source? just curious, packer... do you consider yourself a sports addict?

kzap

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:35:38 -0800

anyone interested in forming a NORML chapter for UCLA or is the Los Angeles chapter already an umbrella org? does anyone know? hit me up here and check this out: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3434

Packer Fan

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:10:46 -0800

whoa there ben bang... first of all, addiction is not limited to physical dependency... addiction can be emotional or mental, for example, as it has been shown to be with marijuana... it is possible that you have awesome genes and are not prone to addiction, but many people are and do suffer from drug dependency... and while marijuana may not be as physically addictive as other drugs, there have been findings to suggest some sort of physical component (withdrawl symptoms, neurochemical changes, 150,000 people/year seeking treatment because they cannot control their use...)... so let's not make hostile blanket statements... i was merely interested in what Anti thought, as I have noticed his interest in writing on the topic... and he was kind enough to answer (sorta), so thanks

LA Scumbag

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:33:15 -0800

That is a rad pic anti!@# Big up!

field

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:54:19 -0800

Legalize it and I will advertise it.

BartlettPears

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:39 -0800

I only smoke if im getting high. Just trying to be efficient.

paulk

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:11:29 -0800

Nicotine sucks, you should quit that. Nobody's addicted to marijuana, though.

Anti

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:49:49 -0800

I'm only addicted to chocolate, pizza, and nicotine.

aberrant

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:40:18 -0800

True, it's not, but who even cares? If nobody is getting hurt, it's not anyones business.

ben bang

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:34:26 -0800

No such thing as a marijuana addict, dipshit. Apparently you and Bill Murray's ex-wife are the only ones still in the dark regarding this fact. Marijuana is NOT physically addictive.

Packer Fan

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:19:28 -0800

just curious, Anti... do you consider yourself a marijuana addict?

paul

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:06:31 -0800

Wrong. The next step would be decriminalizing it. Then legalization. In any case legalization would make it a higher priority to shut down the remnants of the current illegal distribution system in order to allow the state run system to run accordingly. And since the feds won't be participating in any sting operations...