Medical Marijuana

Medical marijuana is a hot topic in Florida right now. For those of you who live in states where it is available I have a couple of questions for you. Did the sky fall when it was legalized? Did the quality of life get lower after legalization. Is it stuck in your face or do you have to go looking for it?

My personal belief is that we wouldn't see any change in our quality of life if this were to pass here in Florida. It is amazing how many visitors I talk to who don't even know we have two full blown casinos in this state and the opponents said the sky would fall and we would turn into a state of financially ruined heathens if casinos came to Florida. Quite frankly unless you go looking for "The Hard Rock" you don't even know it is here.

Any way is it the same way with medical marijuana? As a retired first responder it boggles my mind that I can go to any pill mill in town and walk away with a prescription for oxy but pot is a schedule one drug. Go figure.

make it legal and tax it, Obama smoked it a lot. So get out of the way hippocrates. BTW I do not smoke it, too harsh for me.

I would really like to hear from someone who lived in a state both before and after medical marijuana was made legal. Did it really change the standard of living all that much?

Grass is a proven gateway to more dangerous drug use. I've lost 4 friends from high school who went that exact route. Why do you think respectable employers treat potheads the same way they treat the goof-offs who come in begging for jobs with tattoos all over their arms, hands or on their necks. Leave these fools to fend under Obama's care.

I can't imagine legalizing reefer having any noticeable affect to 99% of the population.

"Medical" marijuana, what a joke. A small percentage of those who utilize medical marijuana are actually using it for real medical issues. The rest are just "self medicating" themselves while skirting around current laws. That is the reality of "medical" marijuana usage.

2 things. One you are an idiot. If marijuana is a gateway drug then it had better get to work. Willie Nelson is now 80. Second, tattoos do not make a person. I know plenty of Drs. and nurses, myself included that have quite a few tattoos. They are not goof-offs.
For the OP, Alaska has had legal MMJ for quite a few years. There hasn't been much change at all. People either smoke pot or don't. Many do. Most people don't care that they do.

Gosh, who would even want to smoke it anymore with all the legal pharmaceuticals that will get you any type of high you want out there? I think teenaged stoners and old hippies are the only people that bother to smoke that stuff anymore.

I have lived in Washington my whole life. I haven't noticed any changes since marijuana became legal about a year ago. I work for a school district and when it first became legal they sent out a memo and said to treat it as you would alcohol. Occasionally I will get a whiff of it while walking in downtown Seattle but that's about it.

It's good for the economy. They tax sales pretty heavily. There are about as many MMJ dispensaries here now as there are regular pharmacies. The dispensaries will refer anyone who wants a MMJ prescription to doctors who will write them for any malady, real or not.

Since recreational MJ sales will become reality in a few days here in Colorado, the doctor's prescription is being taken out of the equation. The stores selling it will have many of the same standards regarding being licensed to sell, and there are blood level standards in place to police driving under the influence.