This Video is About Marijuana
Uh Oh.
OK. A thing I didn’t say, that I probably should have, is that we haven’t actually had a chance to do as much research on marijuana as we should have. Edibles have different effects than smoking which has different effects from vaping. Different strains have different amounts of THC and CBD and that matters. These are both psycho-active compounds and they both have effects on your brain. That’s why they get you high, but the highs are different and the effects (and thus potential negative side-effects are different.)
But it’s also very hard to even STUDY marijuana because it’s illegal…so this is both another reason to decriminalize (to make research easier) and a reason why it’s more complicated (we don’t know for sure how many of the negative effects we’ve teased out.
What We Know about Marijuana
Why is Weed Illegal?
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Weed should be illegal until you reach 25, that’s when your brain stops developing
I posted a rather large response, and apparently it was deleted, that is incredibly sad that you’re not open-minded or responsible
Hank, you missed a few more complications: It causes tachycardia which can and has resulted in heart attacks for smokers. Even where it is legal there is a large black market for cheaper, tax free marijuana, so the illegal drug trade is not as impacted as you would like to think. Lastly places that legalize it also have to spend more money dealing with the effects of that, like educating kids not to smoke it, people smoking it in places they shouldn’t be, car accidents from driving while high, incidents from people acting out while high, mental health issues from those people that you mentioned as having psychological effects from marijuana.
Chronic Pain. I live with osteoarthritis everyday. What am I supposed to do take my prescription opiates, oxycotin, or hydrocodone?
So your idea is … marijuana is bad and illegal, but alcohol is also bad but not illegal, so why don’t you make the world a better place and make all kind bad chemicals legal and be done with it 🙂
Driving while stoned increases accidents by 30%, alcohol increases it by 5000%, yes five thousand.
1. Thank you. 2. Decriminalizing is not legalizing. Decriminalizing is when the usage, or specific amounts of substance aren’t treated as felony, i.e. for finding in a teenager’s pocket a gram of weed, one doesn’t go to prison for 3-5 yrs. But he will have a misdemeanor of some sort.
Legalizing means no penalty in conditions defined by law.
canada is doin it…
REPEAL LAWS and Decriminalize Whole Plant THC/CBD—Not for FDA legally prescribed SYNTHETIC THC/CBD produced in a laboratory—End prohibition for Whole Plant THC/CBD—Not only CBD—CBD isolates do not cure crohns–cancer–MS–etc. without the THC—-watch you tube videos of people that cured crohns–cancer etc. with Rick Simpsond RSO OIL !!!
I think a good first step would be to make it not a schedule 1 drug especially since it does have medical benefits
Totally weakens the rule of law
Indications of medical marijuana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzC6aPM3v0
don’t care about the law… will smoke pot any time, any where
IKR!
"What do we do with people who are currently in prison"
Pardon them. There are many complexities regarding the legalisation of marijuana. This is not one of them.
Also weed can be addictive, just like food, exercise, and sleep. We need to understand that it can be addictive and overused it just doesn’t have addictive properties like hardcore drugs tend to have. I don’t know how to say this in a smarter way but potheads are addicts just as much as an obese person who eats 3 bags of candy a day
I personally think that it should be decriminalized but you should need a prescription to I understand that may seem unpopular but it’s just if you don’t need it why are you using it to get high but if you need it for the medical benefits then I feel like it should be treated like a drug and more of a medication
You da man yo! 👏
I’m a medical marijuana patient and I now live in a state where I have no legitimate access. Thank you for making this video I hope that by making it you can change some minds and help people get away from this out dated prohibition. My state is trying to pass medical marijuana this year and if you even changed one mind in my state you have helped me feel hopeful that my flashbacks might go away again. Thanks again Hank you are my hero and I love you keep doing what you’re doing!!
I have done a lot of research on Marijuana and it is very healthy for you if eaten. Smoking it is not healthy because just like Cigarettes it can cloud your lounges. However, eating it can help keep cancer out of your body. I have read studies that proved it’s an essential part of staying healthy. I truly believe that the government made it illegal because cancer and pharmaceuticals are big business, and that in my opinion is very sad and evil.
As somebody who has seen weed use, in all stages from many different people. I’d respectfully disagree with legalisation. Consistent use over even short periods of times increases depression and even causes it. I may not have many points but witnessing first hand the life draining from many people because of this drug. Is enough to make me disagree.
This is old news…. We’ve known these things for a few years now
As soon as Canada legalized weed there was all the sudden a roadside test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGdjTEW-25U
Cbd is not psychoactive, idiot.
Driving is the tip of the iceberg. I fix aircraft for a living. What about driving other things? People who work at heights? Work with power tools? Design engineering?
Weed needs to be illegal for our protection. Lack of random drug testing is the problem.
*RE: What to do with people currently in prison for marijuana related crimes.*
While it is difficult to justify the ethics of keeping people in prison for doing something that is not considered a crime anymore, I believe people who are incarcerated should remain in prison until their next parole hearing. In my opinion that person consciously made a decision to take a risk and break the law. Even though the legal system is arguably flawed and biased, laws are put in place not only as a means to remove people who are considered a danger to society, but also to deter people from performing those actions in the first place. Effectively, and rather bluntly, I’m arguing the point that the conscious decision to break the law is what people should be punished for, regardless of the crime committed.
Of course, as a Nerdfighter, John and Hank have taught me that life brings its complexities and you cannot find a simple solution for each and every case.
Can we just take a minute and realize he has 240 dislike what is 240 equal to 420
thats me, i loVe CBD its tasty in food …big buds
Colorado, the weed state, also the healthiest state in the US 🤔 a connection? Mabye?
I use Cannabis often as a healthy male in my 40s and it helps me deal with life and its complexity. I can be conscious and reprogram my mind easily. I practice being productive while optimizing my existence, being healthy and creative and it is a lifestyle I choose. Recently I have had a few terrible experiences with US law enforcement while travelling and falling into the stigmatization of cannabis by such an ignorant and paranoid policy which borders between the sociopathic and the psychotic. The fact that I have been ridiculed, chastised, humiliated, and terribly limited from travelling to the US to continue my professional career and see friends and family of which has seriously affected how I develop my life and the quality of my research that I wish to develop and leave as a legacy to the world as my creativity transcends towards our future generations. Not only that, but it has traumatized me to my core and made me want to boycott everything American and/or come here and rant to the world how screwed up things are. I realize it is not the people´s fault yet people who judge me or allow policies that disrespect my lifestyle I will not tolerate since there is no place for such attitudes in my world where the golden rule and basic human principles dominate. I am not advocating giving drugs to kids, I am just asking for a measure of consistency, reason and respect as adults with ALL your policies. Is that to much to ask?
Thank you Hank✌️
It blows my mind that marijuana is a Schedule I drug defined as "no medical use" yet it’s being legalized medically across the nation….ok gov’ment
Alcohol is not available in every gas station. In PA you can only get it in state stores (but they’re finally beginning to shift to allowing grocery stores to sell) (I know that’s not the main point of the video but I always like to point it out)
There IS a test for marijuana use. Our Australian police use it in the form of a breathalyser and test people at random drug test stops.
There is no correlation between cannabis use and schizophrenia, that is a scientific fact. Only reaching qualifier you can honestly say is, if one is predisposed to schizophrenia cannabis use could be a precipitative event, but onto itself it does not cause schizophrenia. Please do Better research
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Yes. Yes. And all the yes.
*Demonetized*
In a week it will be legal in all of Canada. I don’t use yet I agree totally with you. For all the reasons you’ve listed.
In Alaska, it’s legal. Every April 20th, the streets of Anchorage will look strangely smokey, and that’s not an exaggeration. It’s kind of funny to look out your window and get a contact high.
Prison reform should start with legalizing marijuana.
I use weed and CBD products every day, and, as a person with ADHD, asperger’s, bipolar and PTSD, I feel like I can’t live without it.
Regulated cannabis will never compete on price agents non-regulated illegal cannabis. So legalised drugs will just be ignored by users.
The issue is denial. Lots of people I know smoke weed and nun of them accept that it is bad for them.
Drug dealing is drug dealing. If you are court dealing weed then you are distributing an addictive, reality altering substance and should do time in jail.
Alcohol isn’t available in gas stations in Pennsylvania because, you know, we still stand by the prohibition or something.
probably not great that i started at 16 on the stuff initially recreational
wonder if the damage is reversible or preventable.
im 25 now did stop for a bit then picked it back up 2 years ago for my back pain
Why don’t we just make it some kind of medicine? Would that not solve at least one of the problems?
I know that it’s more complicated than that. Please don’t attack me, I’m a 13-year-old eating chocolate cereal in her bedroom at 2am. You can’t blame me for thinking stupid shit.
weed is friggin awesome man. sometimes when i watch you videos stoned; i feel like im being told really super crazy important shit.
*leaves this here and backs away*
I love you for this, Hank.