I don't think marijuana should be legal in US--your thoughts?

[moody420]

Decriminalization is no option when it comes to the status of cannabis. To settle for that instead of full legalization would be hypocritical at best, and would solve little.

Exactly, Pepurr.....Decrimilization still means illegal....just no jail time. People will still treat you like a criminal and it will still be considered taboo! I get it when people say if it's "legal" the govt. will have their hands in it and eventually screw it up somehow. But I don't feel that is a good enough reason not to legalize....it shouldn't have ever been made illegal in the first place....the govt. screws most things up!

I am a working, tax paying, participating member of society....I want the right to smoke my ganja freely....:jointsmile:

[leadmagnet]

Correct me if I'm wrong but gibrellic acids, silver thiosulfate and such don't actually count as "genetic modification", right?

Also, in my opinion this whole business of "decriminalization" over outright legalization is only serving to hurt us (both users and non-users alike). It contributes to neither public safety or issues pertaining to personal freedom nor even the mitigation of the actual negative consequences of drug use.

Decriminalization does little to nothing as it relates to addressing the vast majority of the harm most folks currently attribute to drug use but which are actually the direct result of prohibitionist policies. Through arguments for decrmininaliztion we're simply obfuscating the real issues that need to be addressed; personal freedom, health, and public safety.

[TheChameleon]

The cherries you eat now can have the genetics of a bull's balls... no matter where if it makes money it's fair game...

[Rusty Trichome]

Correct me if I'm wrong but gibrellic acids, silver thiosulfate and such don't actually count as "genetic modification", right?

Well...Gibberellins (GAs) are plant hormones that regulate growth and influence various developmental processes, including stem elongation, germination, dormancy, flowering, sex expression, enzyme induction, and leaf and fruit senescence. My guess is that it does alter the genetic responses and imprinting of the resultant seeds.

With the silver thiosulfate, the genetic damage isn't so much a concern for the plant, but for those that ingest it. The gentleman below was on a daily regimin of silver nitrate as an antibiotic or something. Bluish skin coloring is from the silver. (the silver expresses itself through your skin) It's called Argyria. Don't know how much it takes to express this way, but I feel fine not using the stuff. :thumbsup:

[pepurr]

Rusty Trichome! Come on man! You can't fool us.

We all know that is a real life picture of Papa Smirf.

Now if we can find more real life pictures of Smurfette, Oh baby! I found this one of her when she landed a roll on Star Trek.:S5:

[Rusty Trichome]

Ahh...I see you've met my ex wife...

Blue Man - Silver Nitrate

[pepurr]

Ahh...I see you've met my ex wife...

Blue Man - Silver Nitrate

:S2:

[leadmagnet]

Uhhh I think Rusty is just prejudice against chubby black shroomers.:rastasmoke: With my rugged good looks and a bluish hue I bet Iâ??d get laid more.

The toxicity issue for humans who ingest silver thiosulfate due to a residual presence left over from the original treatment to feminize seeds later grown to maturity strikes me as a long shot as far as my list of things in life to worry about. (Whew, almost lost my breath just writing that sentence). Not that Iâ??m trying to poo poo your point Rusty.

On the issue of gibberellinsâ?¦ being plant hormones that regulate growth and â??influence various developmental processesâ?�- that doesnâ??t mean gibberellins fall into what one might actually classify as â??genetic modificationsâ?�, scientifically speaking. Right???

[leadmagnet]

And ayyyyyeâ??m no genetic engineer but it is my understanding â??genetic engineeringâ?� requires some form of gene splicing.

Doesnâ??t that require duct-tape or sumtin?

[leadmagnet]

The cherries you eat now can have the genetics of a bull's balls... no matter where if it makes money it's fair game...

Are you saying we should just go straight for the bull's balls?

Hey, good book but sorta old... "From Naked Ape to Superspecies"- Suzuki and Dressel.