Opinions on Marijuana Legalization or on Cannabis in general? - eviltoast

I can definitely understand peoples’ issues with it being consumed, especially in a political context, but how do yall feel about “weed”? I won’t hide my feelings, I am very much pro-weed, it’s not great that I started in my mid-teens but in my area it’s FAR from uncommon. I don’t smoke daily or anything, I’m not addicted to it (people say it’s non-habit forming but any drug can be addictive with enough frequent usage) but I do smoke and dab w/ friends often. That’s not why I believe in legalization tho, my main thing is you shouldn’t make a naturally occurring plant an illegal substance. I’d point to the DEA’s destructive (legal) burning of thousands of naturally occurring marijuana plants found in nature; This seems eco-fascist to me and to deny the uses of hemp as a production material seems dogmatic to me. The USSR used hemp for industrial purposes during the war and it helped in a major way. I’m sure most of us are familiar with the badge given for Hemp growers. If you have any criticisms, I’m more than open to it, but I feel that marijuana won’t be easy to get rid of in future society and would probably be put to use in different more productive ways.

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    1 year ago

    Banning hemp is so stupid. It’s such a useful plant, from nutritional supplements to bio plastics.

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      1 year ago

      I remember seeing videos of old car prototypes that used Hemp and they were surprisingly cheap to make and very durable. I think they claimed it was “10x stronger than steel” which is probably just an old timey way of saying it is very strong, idk if they actually did the math on it