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yeap, so MURICA can legalize it first, secures the market, lobby "allies" into legalizing too, so it can become a global giant

can't you see already the propaganda, the pro-'canabis' all around the world?

a drug is a drug, my dear friend

i seen many "pot" smoker in high school, they couldn't even concentrate properly during tests, they all failed miserable at society

look, some even are being grabbed by amazon because nobody wants to work like a slave anymore, only pot smokers! who would have guessed!

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> a drug is a drug, my dear friend

Surely then, there’s no difference between ibuprofen and fentanyl. After all, a drug is a drug.

yeap, that is why they specifically say:

> Ibuprofen can cause blurred vision, drowsiness, and dizziness. Do not drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how ibuprofen affects you

Sounds like we need to start piss testing workers to make sure we aren’t hiring any ibuprofen junkies then.

I trained as a school bus driver, and when we got drug tested, a lot of over the counter stuff could show up. We were also not allowed to drive under the influence of any drugs that had not been cleared, even prescription. And clearing a drug was on a case-by-case basis, though it mostly operated on the honor system.

i got downvoted for specifying a fact, i now understand why certain things gets to the frontpage ;)

And now you're getting downvoted for passive-aggressively complaining about downvotes. You can get downvoted for almost anything if you work at it.

that's democracy right; 2 people get to choose what is the truth and what deserve to be hidden or censored

propaganda is fine, as long as portfolio grows

What an archaic and backwards viewpoint. Any state in the US where pot is legal, you can find plenty of responsible weed users, the same way you can find people who drink alcohol responsibly anywhere.

A 'drug' is whatever the law dictates is a 'drug'

There's no reason why alcohol shouldn't be considered more dangerous than pot, especially considering the amount of road deaths it causes

> a drug is a drug, my dear friend

I don't think even you believe this, unless you're willing to bite the bullet of alcohol and coffee prohibition? They're the most central, widely-used psychoactive drugs in the world, and after all, "a drug is a drug".

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