[ExI] Proposition 47 has passed in California

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 9 22:51:40 UTC 2014


Nobody under the age of 25 (maybe a bit more) should use cannabis in any
amount.  Reason? That's when the brain has finally stopped growing - the
end of the developmental period.  I think the evidence is telling for harm
to young brains, according to good science sources (Like SA below).  On the
other hand, according to Scientific American (sorry, no reference date on
the story, but in the last two years I think), it may actually be
beneficial to older people (how old ? I dunno.  My age I hope -72).

And it has paradoxical effects:  for some it is an aphrodisiac and for
others a turnoff.  For some it kills pain and for others it intensifies it
(for me, actually).

I am a libertarian and think that nearly all drugs (not talking medical
here) should be available to adults (used to think all drugs, but crack and
meth are just killers), but not to those under 25 for reasons stated above.
I would vote against any plan to make it available to those under 21.  I
would vote for any bill that makes selling or possession legal.  Like
tobacco for the underage, essentially unenforceable - or enforced way too
strictly.

Yes, I know that there are inconsistencies here.  I'm still working on my
position.

bill w

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 8:43 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On
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> *Sent:* Saturday, November 08, 2014 2:19 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Proposition 47 has passed in California
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> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:39 PM, BillK <pharos at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > The initiative, which passed with 58.5 percent of the vote,
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> >…In Florida they had a initiative to allow medical marijuana, it got 58%
> of the vote but unfortunately it needed 60% to become law. It was defeated
> by Las Vegas casino money. Sheldon Adelson, owner of the Sands, Venetian
> and several other casinos spent millions of dollars to saturate the TV
> airways with anti marijuana commercials.  John K Clark
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> Don’t worry about it John.  When anything passes with that big a margin,
> politicians notice, and run on that next time.  It will take longer, but
> nearly 60% of the voters wanting this, it will happen.  Spreads that large
> are seldom seen.
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