"What is the difference between Indica & Sativa" Indica and Sativa are both cannabis strains, indicias are more notably squatter with more crystals while Sativa is more elongated with its crystals kept in the core, Indicas are much more heavier than sativas. The high is more of a body stoned effect versus a more cerebral high from sativa. many feel that Indica is going to make them sleepier, while Sativa gets you UP ... indicias are easier to grow, sativas are tougher, but well worth it.

Heavy alcohol drinking causes cirrhosis of the liver, severe damage to your kidneys, can cause you to go into withdrawal, dehydrates your body, and can kill you.  Not to mention it drastically increases violent crime, rape, domestic abuse, and all other kinds of pleasant things.

Tobacco is responsible for all kinds of medical disorders in this country that people never would have had otherwise.  It has cost our healthcare system billions of dollars already, and will cost us billions more in the future.

Anyone who complains about side effects marijuana is ignoring the giant elephant in the room, that it is less dangerous than two of the drugs that have always been legal.

Just legalize it already!

you know if cali legalizes they'd see a huge increase in tourism too.

I kinda wish my state would hurry up and do this, since our economy is highly dependent on tourism.

Rubang I always appreciate your posts, even if we are on the opposite end of an argument.

In your first paragraph, are you saying it's hard to come by the truth because extremists on both sides like to blow up the truth to put the other side down? I can agree with that, but there are definitely still reliable sources of information, even if they are alongside countless others that aren't reliable. It can be hard to find out what is and what isn't.

Schizophrenia is much more common than people realize. Part of the ignorance stems from Schizophrenia never really being focused on by our media.

While I agree that people should make their own choices in life, that doesn't mean that they are perfectly informed of the entire situation. If people want to smoke marijuana, fine, but they should really study and know everything that it can cause. Another big thing to consider is relationships with your family members, and how they might react to it.

There's a whole parallel topic about Scizophrenia that I'm a bit frustrated about. The masses really don't know anything about it, and it's totally misunderstood. Twice as many people will have Schizophrenia than Aids/HIV in America. In high school you'll get a bunch of speakers and even a health class that goes over all the STI's and Aids, but nothing is ever said of Scizophrenia. I could go on and on about this topic, but since it's a bit off topic I'm going to stop. The whole thing just really frustrates me though, partly because my sister has Schizophrenia and I've seen a lot of what Schizophrenia does and how it affects everyone's relationships and messes up lives.

(just grinded through a bunch of edits to clear my mistakes and whatnot) For some reason I have a way easier reading through my post after I actually post it. I'm amazed at how many mistakes I miss before making my post. :P

@wfz, Well I'm for legalization of just about everything, but I think that should come with the best education, very easily accessible information, and transparent government. I don't want to just legalize everything, and then tell people to fend for themselves in some sort of post-apocalyptic wasteland.

More people should definitely know about schizophrenia, and people should research drugs as much as they can before they try them. Personally, I've never tried a drug without reading the whole internet first. But once the information is really easy to find, people should legally be allowed to ignore it and make bad decisions with their own body. I find it weird that I can legally cut off my own fingers but I can't legally eat/drink/smoke/inject certain things.

Also, when a drug is legalized, if somebody has a problem with it, we can help them instead of throwing them in jail for trying to have a good time.

And you're right; some people won't be able to handle it. But I don't think that should make it illegal for everybody else. I think we should take care of the people with problems instead of take away the freedoms of the people without problems.

But these are just my wacky ideas. Don't tell halogamer about them. He'll shit bricks.

I quit smoking weed. For me it was somewhat self-limiting, mainly because I became so lazy and mentally sloppy. It can be expansive and make the mind more capacious in some ways.

If I do partake it's either uppers or opiates.

From a constitutional perspective, California is 100% within it’s rights to legalize marijuana. The federal government disagrees and it will make it to the supreme court. It could be the biggest ruling since row vs wade if they uphold California’s legalization.

Wow, me and Tyrannical actually agree on something!

Though technically the federal government can pre-empt a state law if it chooses.  And this would fit within the government's commerce clause power since it is highly unlikely that 100% of the marijuana would be grown within the state.

Little thing called the supremacy clause:

Article VI:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.