The NFL should allow Medical Marijuana during the offseason.

[1960Pats]

Mt views on pot and the NYFL:

The league is using pot testing as a means of controlling the players. The fact that the players can be tested at all is the fault of the NYFLPA.

Pot is not a medicine. It may be helpful with a few symptoms of a few illnesses, but nothing in the range that allows doctors to pass out pot like candy.

The man who killed the state trooper and father of 7 on the Mass Pike was driving under the influence of "medicinal" marijuana. I'd be curious to know what ailment he had that allowed him to be smoking pot as he was driving down the breakdown lane.

If people wanted to legalize pot then that is what should have been placed on the ballot to the voters. Not a scam that called it a medicine.

There's plenty of scientific evidence that pot is harmful. Calling it a medicine is a joke, especially since the FDA hasn't tested it as far as I know.

 

[fair catch fryar]

Sports should not test for non-performance enhancing drugs, it just hurts the league and the players. If someone does crack it does not make them a better player so who cares

But it's all about the integrity don't cha'know!

 

[Froob]

Mt views on pot and the NYFL:

The league is using pot testing as a means of controlling the players. The fact that the players can be tested at all is the fault of the NYFLPA.

Pot is not a medicine. It may be helpful with a few symptoms of a few illnesses, but nothing in the range that allows doctors to pass out pot like candy.

The man who killed the state trooper and father of 7 on the Mass Pike was driving under the influence of "medicinal" marijuana. I'd be curious to know what ailment he had that allowed him to be smoking pot as he was driving down the breakdown lane.

If people wanted to legalize pot then that is what should have been placed on the ballot to the voters. Not a scam that called it a medicine.

There's plenty of scientific evidence that pot is harmful. Calling it a medicine is a joke, especially since the FDA hasn't tested it as far as I know.

There's plenty of pills out there that are legal that are far more dangerous. Plus you can't drive drunk either and there's plenty of scientific evidence that it's bad for you...

 

[IllegalContact]

If it's legal, you can grow it yourself for a fraction of the cost. I think people growing their own will keep the price down once it is legalized.

it gets cheap because of competitive markets.......where its completely legal, it's not cost effective to grow it yourself

 

[Gronk]

Mt views on pot and the NYFL:

The league is using pot testing as a means of controlling the players. The fact that the players can be tested at all is the fault of the NYFLPA.

Pot is not a medicine. It may be helpful with a few symptoms of a few illnesses, but nothing in the range that allows doctors to pass out pot like candy.

The man who killed the state trooper and father of 7 on the Mass Pike was driving under the influence of "medicinal" marijuana. I'd be curious to know what ailment he had that allowed him to be smoking pot as he was driving down the breakdown lane.

If people wanted to legalize pot then that is what should have been placed on the ballot to the voters. Not a scam that called it a medicine.

There's plenty of scientific evidence that pot is harmful. Calling it a medicine is a joke, especially since the FDA hasn't tested it as far as I know.

It's a mind-altering substance that provides some pain relief or numbness. Not sure what other research needs to be done - certainly there's many prescribed painkillers, some with much more serious physiological side effects to boot.

Full disclosure I think it should be legal, everywhere. In doing so though, I also think that DUI/OWI laws across the country need to be enforceable, with appropriate and accurate roadside testing possible for police in the same way they can for drunk drivers. Frankly re: alcohol, I think all cars should be equipped with an IID/breathalyzer device - for a few hundred dollars per vehicle we could radically reduce the problem of drunk driving in this country.

Unfortunately for the situation you describe with the accident, your point is well taken but there is no ailment that does or should allow anyone to drive while under the influence. That argument is separate from whether or not there is a continued legal, practical, or moral reason to keep marijuana illegal, while alcohol and cigarettes are equally or more dangerous, yet remain completely legal and provide oceans of tax revenue for governments across the country.

 

[Galeb]

it gets cheap because of competitive markets.......where its completely legal, it's not cost effective to grow it yourself

I disagree with your opinion. I'm not sure if it is cost effective if you're buying seeds and germinating them yourself, but if you're cutting clones off a mother plant, it is still cost effective in CO. True, you need a separate grow box and lighting for the mother plant (so you might as well have multiple "mothers" of different varieties), but if you're using modern grow lights, it is still cost effective in CO, where last I heard it's about $240/oz for high quality weed. If you build your own boxes and/or pool resources with friends to grow at a larger scale, it can get extremely cost effective. That said, places with unusually high electricity costs can make it cost ineffective.

4*240=$960/year for a moderate smoker. A couple of plants each cycle, even if you're unskilled and getting small yields, grows a lot more than just 4 oz/year.

 

[Galeb]

Mt views on pot and the NYFL:

The league is using pot testing as a means of controlling the players. The fact that the players can be tested at all is the fault of the NYFLPA.

Pot is not a medicine. It may be helpful with a few symptoms of a few illnesses, but nothing in the range that allows doctors to pass out pot like candy.

The man who killed the state trooper and father of 7 on the Mass Pike was driving under the influence of "medicinal" marijuana. I'd be curious to know what ailment he had that allowed him to be smoking pot as he was driving down the breakdown lane.

If people wanted to legalize pot then that is what should have been placed on the ballot to the voters. Not a scam that called it a medicine.

There's plenty of scientific evidence that pot is harmful. Calling it a medicine is a joke, especially since the FDA hasn't tested it as far as I know.

Tell people going through chemo that can't eat much of anything without weed that the medicinal qualities are a joke. It also has a lot less side effects for insomnia than sleeping pills or the like, less side effects than most any other pain killer etc. etc.

The only proven harmful side effects of pot are if you smoke it. Vaping, tinctures and ingesting pot like food have no harmful physical side effects. Vaping can actually have positive effects on certain respiratory issues.

It's fine if you disagree with the legalization or medicinal properties of weed, but please refrain from spreading misinformation about it.

 

[JarOfMayo51]

I'm against the legalization of marijuana.... once the federal govt and big pharma are involved the price of legally regulated marijuana will most likely go up and the quality will most likely go down.

If it were legalized, you could just grow it in your backyard like you can in Maine, Colorado and Seattle

It would be excellent stuff that you grow naturally yourself for pennies

The people I'm worried about getting their hands on it are Marlboro and other tobacco companies

 

[JarOfMayo51]

under the MA rules, you can 'only' buy 10 ounces every 60 days.......and the products they have a NETA are all quite powerful.....

registering/certifying for med use is quite easy though it works out to $175 per year...at least where I went

10 ounces every 60 days lolol

That's more than an ounce a week, I think even the most hardcore stoners would be fine with a supply like that lol

Just legalize it already

 

[borg]

it gets cheap because of competitive markets.......where its completely legal, it's not cost effective to grow it yourself

My buddy owns a weed store in Colorado, charges $28 for one Afghanny joint. Give me some growable seeds and 6 buckets for soil and I'm pretty sure I'd make a profit…at $27 / spliff. My kids could use the special lighting to study by
PS…..this buddy of mine is both an AA and an NA member for the past 25 years but has no problem turning a profit on others. He says teenagers are walking around Colorado like stoned zombies and says it's good for business. America at its best and worst simultaneously.

 

[IllegalContact]

I disagree with your opinion. I'm not sure if it is cost effective if you're buying seeds and germinating them yourself, but if you're cutting clones off a mother plant, it is still cost effective in CO. True, you need a separate grow box and lighting for the mother plant (so you might as well have multiple "mothers" of different varieties), but if you're using modern grow lights, it is still cost effective in CO, where last I heard it's about $240/oz for high quality weed. If you build your own boxes and/or pool resources with friends to grow at a larger scale, it can get extremely cost effective. That said, places with unusually high electricity costs can make it cost ineffective.

4*240=$960/year for a moderate smoker. A couple of plants each cycle, even if you're unskilled and getting small yields, grows a lot more than just 4 oz/year.

there are some 'ifs' in there that are necessary to make it cost effective.....time, space, etc

in Seattle, you can get it for $150 / oz for high quality....they're struggling to keep prices up

here, it's $350 / oz at NETA.......but I've actually gone away from the flower and use the vape

my tolerance as well as frequency of use makes cost a non issue

 

[IllegalContact]

10 ounces every 60 days lolol

That's more than an ounce a week, I think even the most hardcore stoners would be fine with a supply like that lol

Just legalize it already

even better is that you can assign 2 'caregivers' ..... which means you can have 2 people certified to 'get it for you'

 

[Galeb]

there are some 'ifs' in there that are necessary to make it cost effective.....time, space, etc

in Seattle, you can get it for $150 / oz for high quality....they're struggling to keep prices up

here, it's $350 / oz at NETA.......but I've actually gone away from the flower and use the vape

my tolerance as well as frequency of use makes cost a non issue

There are almost always "ifs" when it comes to being cost effective for almost anything. At $150/oz you'd have to smoke a lot of weed, and be very efficient, to make it cost effective. I didn't realize it had become so cheap there.

Have you tried tinctures like Green Dragon yet? If you make tinctures from your vaped weed, you get a lot of bang for your buck.

Another "perk" is using breathing techniques to expand lung capacity while vaping. My respiratory health has improved dramatically from such techniques.

 

[Froob]

Tell people going through chemo that can't eat much of anything without weed that the medicinal qualities are a joke. It also has a lot less side effects for insomnia than sleeping pills or the like, less side effects than most any other pain killer etc. etc.

The only proven harmful side effects of pot are if you smoke it. Vaping, tinctures and ingesting pot like food have no harmful physical side effects. Vaping can actually have positive effects on certain respiratory issues.

It's fine if you disagree with the legalization or medicinal properties of weed, but please refrain from spreading misinformation about it.

You really can't make a good argument against weed unless you want prohibition back.

 

[Galeb]

You really can't make a good argument against weed unless you want prohibition back.

I think an effective argument against using weed, but not for making it illegal.

 

[JarOfMayo51]

Mt views on pot and the NYFL:

The league is using pot testing as a means of controlling the players. The fact that the players can be tested at all is the fault of the NYFLPA.

Pot is not a medicine. It may be helpful with a few symptoms of a few illnesses, but nothing in the range that allows doctors to pass out pot like candy.

The man who killed the state trooper and father of 7 on the Mass Pike was driving under the influence of "medicinal" marijuana. I'd be curious to know what ailment he had that allowed him to be smoking pot as he was driving down the breakdown lane.

If people wanted to legalize pot then that is what should have been placed on the ballot to the voters. Not a scam that called it a medicine.

There's plenty of scientific evidence that pot is harmful. Calling it a medicine is a joke, especially since the FDA hasn't tested it as far as I know.

Wow.

It's one thing to not care for or support the use of marijuana, but to call it's medical benefits a "joke" is incredibly ignorant.

Yea, a lot of people like to hop on board the legalization train under the guise of medical benefits because it's convenient, but that doesn't mean those medical benefits dont exist.. they have been proven time and time again to exist and could take the place of several pharmaceutical brands that are more expensive and often more dangerous

Also, the statistics for marijuana related deaths and accidents is virtually non existent. The number of drunk drivers and alcohol related deaths across college campuses etc each year is staggering.. Using 1 anecdotal incident in Mass doesn't suggest that there is a problem no more than incidents where people had accidents high on a pharma drug, or cough syrup or other factors that can lead to accidents.

Unless you feel the exact same way about alcohol, it's hypocritical to have such an extreme opinion. Id feel a lot safer on the road, out at a bar or wherever surrounded by a bunch of pot heads than I would feel surrounded by a bunch of drunken party animals

 

[Froob]

I think an effective argument against using weed, but not for making it illegal.

I always thought it was silly to have laws that aren't really that enforceable, you can't stop people from smoking weed or the prostitution business. You may as well legalize and take your cut (and in prostitution case, make it safer).

 

[Galeb]

I always thought it was silly to have laws that aren't really that enforceable, you can't stop people from smoking weed or the prostitution business. You may as well legalize and take your cut (and in prostitution case, make it safer).

I believe that anything that doesn't hurt others shouldn't be illegal. It is supremely ironic that such an idea is the foundation upon which our country was founded.

 

[IllegalContact]

I always thought it was silly to have laws that aren't really that enforceable, you can't stop people from smoking weed or the prostitution business. You may as well legalize and take your cut (and in prostitution case, make it safer).

its **** like this that presents 'the appearance of caring'

bunch of lawyers who know nothing about anything other than law telling you how your day should be

 

[IllegalContact]

The man who killed the state trooper and father of 7 on the Mass Pike was driving under the influence of "medicinal" marijuana. I'd be curious to know what ailment he had that allowed him to be smoking pot as he was driving down the breakdown lane.

complete ********.....with people like this, if it wasn't medical marijuana, then it would have been of the contraband type

you're blaming the weed and not the person......you must be against guns