And the other half should. Maybe they’d chill out a little bit.
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I know I'm just speaking for myslef, but I'm 100% on board for full legalization, but have 0 interest in the stuff myself. I'm actually partly convinced that the really vocal anti-marijuana folks use/ have used it themselves but have some weird mental idea about it being legal. See also: anti-sex work politicians getting caught with prostitutes, anti-adultery christians getting caught cheating on their spouses, anti-groomer pastors getting caught... well, you know.
I'm not much for forcing things on others, but what if just this once, we hotbox the entire country for one day?
I wish but I shouldn't with my psychosis
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50% of Americans admit they've tried Marijuana
In what sense is half "fully"?
I read "fully half" as actually >50%, not rounding up
You know, a whole half.
Actually inhaled. None of this Clinton BS
In the 90’s, I made a bet that we’d get universal healthcare before marijuana legalization. I lost.
If you're in the US you haven't lost yet. Still federally illegal, so you're still breaking federal law in legal States.
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Least you can smoke about your mistakes.
That number seems crazy low.
Especially considering about half of the states have legal weed, and non legal states are surrounded by legal states.
I used to smoke weed. I still do, but I used to, too.
Over the years, I have done my part to introduce people to THC. First in high school, then a long break. This year, I bought some gummies for the hell of it when I noticed we were walking past a weed shop. My partner tried it for the first time and loved it.
50% seems low to me, but I guess we have a huge elderly population. To my surprise, my father told me that he tried it when his wife's brother offered it. He said he didn't get high. I think he wasn't taught how to properly inhale. But it goes a long way to showing the growing acceptance. He was very anti-drugs when I was growing up.
TLDR: I'm doing my part.
That feels low
I've not, but I'm considering it for pain issues
If you're not in a legal state, look into delta-8 products. They're derived from hemp instead of cannabis, so they're legal in most places (in the US, at least), and they contain THC delta-8, which is a very slightly different molecule from the THC found in cannabis. Different enough that it's legal enough to be sold in gas stations and smoke shops.
I find that they tend to have a lot of the pain relief and relaxation effects of normal cannabis, but without nearly as much of the psychoactive components. You can still get high on delta-8 products if you really want to, but it requires a lot more product than regular cannabis to get to that point, so it's not a financially sound way to get high.
You can get delta-8 in a lot of different types of products, from edibles to vape liquids to hemp flower that you basically smoke like regular weed. Personally, I'd recommend the vape products, as they tend to go into effect quickly and it's pretty easy to control your dosage with them.
In my experience it doesn't help with pain nearly as much as people act like it does. But it helps with relaxation and mood. Still better than not having it.
That's fair. Everyone has their own experience. Personally for me if I'm in pain and take some edibles, I am aware there is pain, but my brain doesn't care about it. Certainly an interesting experience IMO
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Half of all Americans admit to it, there have to be some people who lied about it.
I bet more folks lied before though.
Just my upper half. My lower half is a bit too shy to try it.
All the cool kids are boofing weed.
Don't be a square, put this edible in your butthole.
And ima try it again and again and again...
Fully half eh?
Halfy half would be 25%
50% of the time, all of the time
yeah, like, fully, brah.
How many tried it but didn't inhale?
I tried it once, but I felt nothing. I was already a little drunk, so maybe that was a factor?
I was sober, and I felt nothing my first time, either.
You didn't inhale properly; nobody does their first time. Cause otherwise you would have definitely felt it since alcohol intensifies the high.
Try again. It can take 2-4 attempts before you get the technique down and are able to actually feel something.
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Smoking MJ drunk gave me the worst hangovers and no additional high. Can't recommend.
Hell, I can't even have marijuana products for medical reasons and even I have (accidentally) tried an edible.
I don't know much about weed and stuff, but I hated that particular edible since it made me sleep the rest of the day away.
I’ve never tried it, but honestly that’s just because I haven’t got a clue where to look, lol.
Go around back your local Outback/Applebees/Chili's about 10 minutes after close. Find the guy smoking the cigarette with long hair and ask if he listens to Electric Wizard. The rest will come naturally
1 in 6 is a little shocking.
I'm currently in an area of Washington where there's a McDonald's in a cannabis shop.
It's in-your-face legal here
Though I'm about to start my own homestead someplace, so your advice is SUPER useful. Thank you for taking the time to write that out.
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