Thread: The Far-Reaching Consequences of Legalizing Marijuana

Originally Posted by simonj

Everything I've seen on the BBC and Channel 4 that is anti-weed is about the danger of the stronger and less pure strains of marijuana which are increasingly common on the streets of major cities and this is a valid point to bring up and discuss.

They have reported on the mental health issues in the manner which I talked about earlier. Yes, they do discuss this too.

Stronger and less pure forms are a worrying issue. However it is often cited as justification for its legal status, however I do not see how prohibition would remedy the situation, it quite clearly isn't, I think it is another nail in the coffin of the legal status of the drug. If we treated it the same way that we treat alcohol, we could control and monitor the strength and quality of the product, it would be easier to inform the user of these attributes and give them legal recourse if the supplier failed to produce the drug to these standards.

Getting the drug to a place where this could happen however would take some time and effort.

What do you mean by "stronger" forms of weed, and how are "stronger" forms dangerous? It's not like you can overdose on this stuff.

Originally Posted by Syme

What do you mean by "stronger" forms of weed, and how are "stronger" forms dangerous? It's not like you can overdose on this stuff.

You can overdose on it, just not if you're smoking it. Ingesting enough THC (through cookies for example) can lead to a state of psychosis and, iirc, death. I know that you at least feel like you're dying.

I can't remember terminology, amounts or scales, but I read it in the DSMIV or something like that in a doctor's office.