Thanks for the response. Although I'm not sure I feel I understand the reasoning behind the policy any better now.

If the website owners are going to truly limit this site to "medical cannabis", then they should police more thoroughly... because 90% of the posts in many of the forums have nothing to do with that topic. They either have to do with recreational uses of various things (music, TV, etc.) or recreational use of cannabis (i.e. "dude, I got totally baked hotboxing with my friends last night!"). Sure, some of the forums are all about medical use, growing, laws, etc., but many are not.

I guess I just expect more freedom of expression and less censorship here. It's almost like this site is the inverse of society... in society cannabis is "out of bounds" but alcohol is celebrated, here alcohol is "out of bounds" but cannabis is celebrated. In reality, both positions are illogical and hypocritical. This site should stand on the principle that *nothing* God made is out of bounds, everything just needs to be used responsibly.

I'm not saying we should be allowed to talk about wine for religious reasons. My point is simply that wine is even more accepted in this country (legally and religiously) then the prescribed drugs that this site *does* allow discussion of (with regards to interactions, etc.) In light of that, the fact that it is a violation to talk about the interaction of beer and cannabis is ridiculous. There are not many forums on the web where cannabis can be discussed with others so freely (where cannabis users gather so freely), so I wish this one were not so censuring. There just aren't many other places on the web where one can find others to discuss their cannabis/beer reactions and compare/contrast. I'm sure I'll find one, hopefully, but the fact that I even have to is disappointing.

I understand the rules, but I don't understand the reasoning behind the rules any more then "because that is what we want the rules to be." If the reason were, "we don't want to get shut down for talking about federally illegal *and* dangerous drugs, because as it is were pushing it with all this talk about cannabis", at least I would understand that reason. I would totally disagree with it (as a student of the law I know for a fact no website can be shut down for discussing illegal drugs), but at least I would understand it. The reason "because we say so" is just... frustratingly illogical and ridiculous.

That's my humble opinion. :jointsmile: