Weed law being tabled

[TylerM4]

I also see what you're saying but you have to remember they are actually breaking the law by condoning it which they probably don't want to do, for sure as public officials. Also I believe they would be setting a real bad precedent. I figure under the circumstances they did good just turning their back. I know what you are saying but why shouldn't the organizers and people involved especially the vendors who probably made good money respect they fact they were allowed to go ahead and look after it. The city and the police would have been well within their right to shut it down completely.

Not at all. By condoning an event celebrating marijuana they are not saying "It's OK to smoke marijuana at our park". We all know it's going to happen anyway, but they can take a stance of "No smoking" and cover the legalities that way. You must remember that the city has no say in the legality anyway. Just because the city says it's ok to host a 4/20 gathering doesn't somehow mean they can override provincial and federal law.

Just like a concert. They know people are going to be doing drugs, etc - they still allow them.

[bob vernon]

We're heading to hell in a handbasket.

Weed with roots in hell.

[maryjane48]

haha . people complaining about weed is like people complaining about air

[maryjane48]

A 13-year-old medical marijuana advocate who moved from Connecticut to Maine so she could access cannabis to treat a rare form of epilepsy has died.

Two medical marijuana advocacy groups say Cyndimae Meehan died Sunday in her family's Augusta home. She had a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome.


Her mother, Susan Meehan, moved her to Maine to access medical marijuana after failed attempts to treat the girl's frequent seizures using federally approved drugs. Connecticut doesn't allow pediatric medical marijuana use.

On a youcaring.com fundraising page curated by her mom, Meehan said Cyndimae's epilepsy started when she was 10 months old, in June 2002.

"Diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome, Cyndimae has tried every available pharmaceutical option ("AED's") for her epilepsy to no avail.


A family friend and medical marijuana advocate says Cyndimae regained her strength and stopped using a wheelchair once she began taking cannabis oil. The family became medical marijuana advocates, often testifying on state medical marijuana bills.

The family is planning a funeral in Connecticut.

[MrSandman]

[maryjane48]

the govt has now said if you have criminal record for posseesion of a oz of weed or less you will be getting it taken off your criminal record .

[JLives]

the govt has now said if you have criminal record for posseesion of a oz of weed or less you will be getting it taken off your criminal record .

Link?

[maryjane48]

i kinda quickly read it but was on weed blog . they sometimes know stuff before main press . their take said by mid summer they would role that out after they change the laws in april first

[Chyren]

Maryjane, I read the article you are referring to and at no time does the article ever state that medical marijuana did anything other than help with the symptoms of her disease and no one is saying that isn't a good thing.

For every story about the benefits of cannabis there's equal stories showcasing the opposite.

If you look at real science you see the short and long term effects of cannabis use and it should not be overlooked by anyone inside or outside the industry.

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/ ... se.html#s1

Understand that its a drug, just like alcohol, and allowing children to access it without medical supervision is dangerous.

There is a huge social responsibility coming next year that will have consequences for everyone, users and non.

Lets hope the users showcase their ability to be responsible and show the rest of the population that they are not the "cheech and chong" type people that people fear.

[TylerM4]

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/ ... se.html#s1

I see the ole rhetoric is still alive and well. While the information is accurate, it's framed to appear much more dangerous than it really is.

A similar article on refined sugar for example - it would be even more scary. Yet parents give their children candy every day. Same goes for Tylenol, cough syrup, bicycles, peanuts, etc.

Simply saying "xxx can cause xxx" isn't an accurate picture of risk. It's a scare tactic.

Fully agree it doesn't belong in the hands of children, and needs to be used responsibly. But for TRUE education to occur the information has to be presented in an unbiased and meaningful way.

[Chyren]

I really don't understand the last comment.

If real scientists put forward information it is seen as "a scare tactic" and you suggest that it needs to be presented in an unbiased opinion but who do we feel is that person(s)?

If it comes from the user-base then it is seen as bias and if it comes from science its bias.....

People don't wish to hear A point of view they want to hear someone else provide them with information they want to hear.

[Passion4Truth]

"Real scientists" have falsified conclusions on cannabis studies in the past, which have been used as a scare tactic. Remember that big one that stated cannabis kills brain cells? Yep, a lie. A lie regurgitated so many times, people still believe it.

You would think that with the thousands of studies already done on cannabis, Health Canada would refer to All the information available, instead of cherry picking. Not only do they avoid thousands of more positive studies, some they cite are controversial to say the least. Reefer madness is alive and well at Health Canada.

[Fancy]

Might find that study on this site:
http://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/ ... #marijuana

[Poindexter]

chyren: Understand that its a drug, just like alcohol, and allowing children to access it without medical supervision is dangerous. 

Legalization doesn't mean allowing children access. Like alcohol, as you compared it to, it will not be legal for minors to possess.

Unlike alcohol here are the relatively minor long term effects when abused.

Effects on the brain

The long-term effects of cannabis on the brain can include an increased risk of addiction and harm to your:

memory, concentration, intelligence (IQ)ability to think and make decisions

These effects appear to be worse for youth who start using early, and who use cannabis frequently and over a long period of time. They may not be fully reversible when cannabis use stops.

Effects on the body

Some of the long-term effects of smoking cannabis on the body are similar to the effects of smoking tobacco and can include risks to lung health, including:

bronchitislung infectionschronic (long-term) coughincreased mucus buildup in the throat

So while still not a healthy choice, certain death isn't one of the effects from abuse like with alcohol.

Think they've done a good job of studying where it's been legalized and taking advantage of what they've learned. In my opinion, if done right everyone will come out ahead.

[What_the]

When it comes to smoking a joint as a fully grown adult, to cite studies about it's effects, doesn't IMO have much weight.

There are exceptions to all things as in the case of "studies" and variation, but, in my experience only those that are abstinent or forgetful have such thoughts of "the study says". Knowing full well that any study can without safe guards and objectivity, be swayed by the author.