Mormons Against Marijuana

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Mormons Against Marijuana

Post by moksha » Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:44 am

I finally found some reasons why Mormons should vehemently oppose marijuana!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXPOw2unxy0
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Post by MoPag » Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:32 pm

Very informative. I remember D.A.R.E. from elementary school. :lol: Good times!
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Post by dispirited » Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:03 pm

I'm completely in favor of legalizing marijuana. I'm for taking the crime out of it. Tax it if you want, but spending millions of dollars in policing it, along with the incarceration of thousands of people dosent make sence to me.

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Post by AzCommando » Fri Nov 25, 2016 10:13 am

I admit to being squishy on the subject. The independent and libertarian part of me supports legalizing it. Another part of me takes another position. Here in Arizona I ended up voting against it three weeks ago. So there you go.

One thing I know for sure is that it's a hell of a business for many on all sides.
Just like alcohol, gambling, and religion.

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Post by Mad Jax » Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:42 pm

dispirited wrote:
Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:03 pm
I'm completely in favor of legalizing marijuana. I'm for taking the crime out of it. Tax it if you want, but spending millions of dollars in policing it, along with the incarceration of thousands of people dosent make sence to me.
Our current corrections system is basically prison for profit, so in that context it does make sense.
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Post by achilles » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:15 pm

As a chronic pain patient in Utah, I kind of hope everyone opposed to legalization gets struck with cancer and has to go through intensely painful and nauseating chemo, thereby developing empathy for pain sufferers who would be helped by mj. Really. (Sorry)
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Post by achilles » Mon Apr 24, 2017 5:16 pm

moksha wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:44 am
I finally found some reasons why Mormons should vehemently oppose marijuana!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXPOw2unxy0
I love the one when Adam ruins cirumcision.
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Post by 1smartdodog » Thu May 25, 2017 9:05 pm

Never understood the need to get high or buzzed. Not ever remotely appealing to me. Seems like a lazy way to recreate.
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Post by Newme » Sat Jun 03, 2017 6:36 am

moksha wrote:
Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:44 am
I finally found some reasons why Mormons should vehemently oppose marijuana!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXPOw2unxy0
Interesting. That guy, Adam, is informative & funny.

I haven't smoked pot since I was a teen, & I don't plan too (often made me feel paranoid), but for some, it may be a healthier option than side effects of alcohol & many prescription drugs.

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Post by Charlotte » Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:15 am

dispirited wrote:
Wed Nov 23, 2016 5:03 pm
I'm completely in favor of legalizing marijuana. I'm for taking the crime out of it. Tax it if you want, but spending millions of dollars in policing it, along with the incarceration of thousands of people dosent make sence to me.
I'm all for medical marijuana. But all these high (is that the right word?) drivers are on our roads, since I live in a place where you can buy it on every corner now. There's no plan, no way to measure impairment, and now no law that says they shouldn't have gotten high in the first place. It really stresses me out.

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Re: Mormons Against Marijuana

Post by Mad Jax » Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:13 pm

I assumed this was the best reason:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpIyaIHsJbc
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Re: Mormons Against Marijuana

Post by Corsair » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:25 am

There have been several state referendums in Arizona about legalization. It was always entertaining to be at family dinners with my wife's conservative family and reveal that I was voting for legalization. They were not happy about that but their reasons were pretty flimsy. Their opposition was clearly based on the Word of Wisdom which even they knew would not stand up in secular legislation.

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