I is High Thread.

[jest118]

Some interesting posts in this thread. Just to dispel a few things..

Getting a prescription for marijuana is not quite as easy as you'd think. It depends entirely on your doctor and their personal beliefs. Those who view weed in a positive light are more likely to prescribe while those who view it strictly for it's medicinal purposes are much more strict.

And it's not like you can walk into the Dr's office ahead of time as ask about their policies towards weed.


Gov't does make some money from fines and tickets associated with "busting" people who possess. However, if they were to legalize it they'd make MUCH more in the long run because they'd have two major sources of Revenue.

1. The most obvious revenue is Taxes. Make it a legal product, contract companies to grow/harvest/sell according to gov't guidelines, and tax it. They could even go as far as to tax different strains at different rates, so you'll pay more tax on higher grade weed then you would on lower grades.

2. Busting illegal growers. Simply institute regulations on marijuana growing (think USDA for weed) and create a license that must be carried to sell. Those found growing out of regulation face severe fines as do those caught selling without a license. Now Joe Dealer either has to pay yearly for a license to sell or face possibly losing all his profits trying to sell something that people can easily go to the store for. Growers would now face losing money out of pocket in addition to their crops being taken and most likely used for the commercial product.

It would basically create too much of a financial risk for underground sales.

Then all you have to do is institute laws of use (i.e. Must be 21 yrs old; Can't drive under the influence; Can't use on public property... etc) and boom. Legal weed for the stoners and extra income for the Gov't.

It would also free up some space in the prisons by no longer having to imprison people for pot crimes.

[thesignguy]

In LA I'm telling you if you "know" which doctor to go to. Which if I lived there I dont think it would be to hard to "know" the right one. You can walk in there and tell him just about anything and get one. Trust me it is not hard at all. It would take no research whatsoever to get a legal perscription there.
I thought the same thing cuz I was facinated by the entire process. He told the doctor he was depressed, and that canibus eases his anxioty, thats it. No test no nothing. You walk into the shop, which they are everywhere if you know what symbol to look for above the door. Glass case, symilar to a skateshop showcasing wheels and trucks. And they are all on display, pick which one you want (which they are named kinda funny names like purple oey gooey not xl5d88 or anything) they are not like dirt cheap either, pretty standard pricing going up to very expensive. And in smaller amounts they are packaged in pill containers like you get normal prescriptions in. But the tags are handwritten not spit out of a printer. Its not like there are tiedie dudes sparkin spliffs with pimp hats on (although that would rock) there are normal people, business people, black, white, mom dad you name it. And you are also alloud to grow like 2 or 3 plants at your house. Its no joke and yes it is VERY VERY EZ

[jest118]

I know the process SignGuy, I'm from Los Angeles, and have friends who've gotten the prescription.

By no means are their crazy background checks or anything, but it's certainly not a situation where you just walk into any Dr's office and say "I'm sick I need some weed" and poof, there's your prescription.

I'm not saying your friend's lying, just that it doesn't work like that on a normal basis.

[BeatChemist]

It would also free up some space in the prisons by no longer having to imprison people for pot crimes.

The costs associated with keeping minor drug offenders in lock up is mind boggling. What a waste of taxpayer money...

[G Ryin]

The costs associated with keeping minor drug offenders in lock up is mind boggling. What a waste of taxpayer money...

i totally agree. i'd like to see it nationally decriminalized before its developed as a GNP, taxed and sold. Lets see just how much money we save by not processing the stoner for 48 hours of lock up.

[G Ryin]

and i've been avoiding buying a vaporizer for year... well... not avoiding

i've just never been at a head shop with enough disposable income to justify buying it.

but i think if i'm gonna be a lifer, i might as well make the investment, if for anything else, my health. (and the fact that its the most potent way of getting THC into your system. something like 96% makes it into your system; 2nd best was bong at 67%)

sorry for the 2x post

[pawnluvguitarist]

and i've been avoiding buying a vaporizer for year... well... not avoiding

i've just never been at a head shop with enough disposable income to justify buying it.

but i think if i'm gonna be a lifer, i might as well make the investment, if for anything else, my health. (and the fact that its the most potent way of getting THC into your system. something like 96% makes it into your system; 2nd best was bong at 67%)

sorry for the 2x post

honestly, it payed for itself in under a month, compared to a pipe you need like 1/8 for a vaporizer, plus no smoke saves the lungs, and they're just so convienient, they're portable, odorless, descrete ect

[EmmitBrown]

and i've been avoiding buying a vaporizer for year... well... not avoiding

i've just never been at a head shop with enough disposable income to justify buying it.

but i think if i'm gonna be a lifer, i might as well make the investment, if for anything else, my health. (and the fact that its the most potent way of getting THC into your system. something like 96% makes it into your system; 2nd best was bong at 67%)

sorry for the 2x post

not sure where you read those figures...but i dont think they're entirely accurate....



according to the research papers ive read on it, the thc intake benefit is slightly higher than smoking....the primary reasons for using them are little to no smoke (when used properly) and the fact that not as much ""drifts away" so to speak...


if i ever go back to tweeds though, it'll be with a vapo


probably homemade though..(no not cheapo homemade, my roommate is a mechanical engineer working on his doctorate....think better than Volcano quality, and built for around $100 tops)

[G Ryin]

not sure where you read those figures...but i dont think they're entirely accurate....

it was on an episode of mythbusters on TLC, or Discovery, or whatever educational network it comes on.

but, in all honesty, i could have heard the figures wrong. after all, i was high when i watched it

[pawnluvguitarist]

it was on an episode of mythbusters on TLC, or Discovery, or whatever educational network it comes on.

but, in all honesty, i could have heard the figures wrong. after all, i was high when i watched it

of all the studies i've looked at, that would definitely be the upper end of it. But very modestly speaking, by vaporizing instead of smoking, you are getting well over double the dose of the active ingredient...