White House plans to crack down on legal recreational pot

People on “Team Soft G” probably think this is a perfectly reasonable way to spell “Jail”.

The British Empire: hard on crime, soft on Gs.

7 Likes

And all men kill the thing they love,
It is a truth so stiff.
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with an animated gif.

3 Likes

After I posted I LMGTFM’ed and started looking into sublingual sprays. Apparently there are also transdermal patches but they take up to two hours to come up and can last two days (!) Also there are unguents but they seem to be for targeted joint/muscle pain.

Eye drops, or something injected directly into the neck — preferably via some bioengineered synthetic organism — would be suitably futuristic.

1 Like

Several times now I’ve heard the story of someone who hadn’t had weed in ages, accepted an edible and became uncomfortably high. The generous friend had a tolerance and had no idea the dose would be so inappropriate. I NEVER liked the idea of edibles for that lack of dosage control, and never did psychedelics stronger than light shrooms for the same reasons.

I was in Oregon and picked up some Indica at a dispensary that has helped tremendously with my insomnia. For someone like me who once smoked regularly and hasn’t in ages, it takes ridiculously little to get you high. It’s like your brain says “hey, I remember THIS stuff!” Combine that with the potency of modern product and dosage caution should be at the top of the agenda if you’re experimenting.

2 Likes

Well, for psychedelics you expect a commitment. Nobody goes to a party and does LSD on a whim from the snack table. Homemade pot brownies on the other hand are ubiquitous and unpredictable. I can’t count how many times I’ve ended up huddled in a closet or had to go out to commune with nature (if I was lucky enough to have any nearby) because I was way too stoned to socialize.

And it’s harder to control your dosage when you’re conflating drugs with delicious treats. Like if aspirin came in Skittles form, people would be dropping dead all over the place.

1 Like

The streisand effect on the thing is even worse - I’d be more inclined to “view flagged content”. Argggg…

3 Likes

Yeah, dosage is key haha. I’m a cab driver in Oregon and I could tell you a few crazy stories about people on business or family trips that pop into a dispensery out of adventurous curiousity, eat a whole chocolate bar and completely wig the fuck out. One dude didn’t know his name, who he was, why he was here etc, which I discovered after this nicely dressed man ripped the taxi door open and bowled in on my current passengers lap in the fetal position lol.

If you can get a 2:1 cbd:thc indica strain, that’s what works great for my insomnia. Potent indicas get me too high to sleep.

3 Likes

The recommendation was to use it an hour or two before bed, and that seems to work pretty well with my routine of snack and TV before bed. And we’re talking one light hit so after all that much time I’m not feeling stoned but just fuzzy. In a good way.

2 Likes

Gesticulation delivers where articulation fails.

Nice!

1 Like

This pot is a fugitive from justice, if you see him please contact authorities immediately. Do not place large walls in his way.

3 Likes

Oh no!

1 Like

6 Likes

3 Likes

Quoth the spiciest memelord:

“Don’t let your memes be dreams”

2 Likes

This might be just me, but I think this administration, by the crackdown, is trying to benefit the tobacco industry (and specifically its shareholders). Young people who might consider smoking tobacco (peer pressure) might be just as inclined (if not more) to take up smoking pot, and there’s no money in that since, practically speaking, anyone could grow it. Rationale: Legal to buy in some states could slide into people feeling comfortable enough to thumb their collective nose at The Man and start growing the stuff, thereby biting into tobacco sales.

Dammit; I wish I hadn’t looked that up.

But again, I felt no compulsion to press ‘play.’

2 Likes

This topic was automatically closed after 4 days. New replies are no longer allowed.