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They Can Sell Cigarettes, So Why Not Pot?

In one of those "only in California" stories, the AP reports that a creative owner of a nutrition center in Los Angeles has installed a 24-hour vending machine to distribute medical marijuana to the chronically ill.

"Convenient access, lower prices, safety, anonymity," inventor and owner Vincent Mehdizadeh said, extolling the benefits of the machine.

Naturally, the feds are going to bust him...






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one Mary Jane cig has the carcinogens of 10 tobacco cigs. Mary Jane is dangerous. Don't smoke.

Posted by: Nurse Krachit on 01/31/08 at 8:13 AM  Respond

Who has to smoke a whole joint to relax?

Further, how about some statistics on drinking say....3 or 4 bourbons, or a couple six packs of beer daily..and how that affects the liver, the heart, broken homes, the children, or the spouse (alcohol exacerbates violent emotions in many many abusers and is the single most influential factor in domestic violence, increases incident of violent crimes, causes many health issues).

Marijuana is consumed in tokes, not "per cigarette".
It is generally used for relaxation, does not result in intensified emotion, usually just the opposite, so pot smokers will eat, not hit.

Anyone who smokes a complete joint at one time is not using the drug wisely and needs to be counseled about proper use.
Anyone who drinks in the amounts listed above needs to quit drinking and seek counseling, period.

Posted by: Happiness on 01/31/08 at 12:17 PM  Respond

"Anyone who smokes a complete joint at one time is not using the drug wisely and needs to be counseled about proper use."

Or find better weed?

Posted by: capt on 01/31/08 at 12:48 PM  Respond

Krachit, quit lying. Pot is far less carcinogenic than tobacco.

Also far less habit-forming, and far less dangerous than alcohol is.

Happiness is right, though. Good pot only takes a toke or two at a time. If I got it in joints, I'd unroll them and use it in a pipe.

im very close to some one who smokes a bag a day. when he dont have marijuana he becomes violent. i agree he needs to be counseled about proper use.

Posted by: responding on 03/03/08 at 8:12 AM  Respond

I don't see the correlation between the carcinogenic qualities of pot and tobacco - have you ever seen ANYONE smoke 30 or 40 joints (as opposed to 2 packs of cigarettes) a day for most of a lifetime?

Posted by: anonymous on 03/03/08 at 1:28 PM  Respond

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