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I was considering writing this on a throwaway but no, this makes me so incensed I have to speak up as myself. As a long-term, gainfully employed and rather suc

I was considering writing this on a throwaway but no, this makes me so incensed I have to speak up as myself. As a long-term, gainfully employed and rather successful engineer, marijuana was the _one_ reason I was able to get my unhealthily low body weight up to par after years of attempting other methods. I would go multiple days without eating/without an appetite, between this and my weight resulting in a multitude of unfortunate ailments. To say that pot "destroyed" my life is about as far from the truth as you can get. This is such a heartless decision, paramount in my mind to the same corrupt ideologues who enabled prohibition; and while I'm in no means surprised, I feel like there needs to be stronger action at this point to fight back.

mr_spothawk 9y ago
sessions isn’t talking about Med, he’s talking about Rec. fuck him, anyway. i’m glad weed gets you feeling better. it was only ever made illegal because racism and the cotton lobby. fuck this system. fuck these entrenched interests. fuck you, dad! i’m smoking weed no matter what u say!
- cmurf 9y ago
  This is wrong. Sessions is absolutely talking about medical marijuana when he's heavily lobbying Congress to repeal Rohrabacher-Farr. The whole point of that amendment is to prevent DOJ from interfering in state legalized medical marijuana use.
rufugee 9y ago
Congratulations on your weight maintenance...that is wonderful. Regarding using a throwaway, I understand the impulse. It's sad that in 2018 we are judged by potential employers or peers for just saying that a plant should be legal. Personally, I decided last year to no longer hide my feelings on the matter. I believe this fear of being judged leads many of us to do so, and sadly, it impedes progress. So, I've started telling people openly and honestly how I feel. I'm no longer afraid to say it should be legal, and I'm not afraid for my wife, my children, my family, or my peers to know. I'm not a regular user, but I know many who are and lead happy, functional lives, including the person I mentioned in the original post. It should be legal.

mr_spothawk 9y ago

sessions isn’t talking about Med, he’s talking about Rec. fuck him, anyway. i’m glad weed gets you feeling better. it was only ever made illegal because racism and the cotton lobby. fuck this system. fuck these entrenched interests. fuck you, dad! i’m smoking weed no matter what u say!

cmurf 9y ago
This is wrong. Sessions is absolutely talking about medical marijuana when he's heavily lobbying Congress to repeal Rohrabacher-Farr. The whole point of that amendment is to prevent DOJ from interfering in state legalized medical marijuana use.

rufugee 9y ago

Congratulations on your weight maintenance...that is wonderful. Regarding using a throwaway, I understand the impulse. It's sad that in 2018 we are judged by potential employers or peers for just saying that a plant should be legal. Personally, I decided last year to no longer hide my feelings on the matter. I believe this fear of being judged leads many of us to do so, and sadly, it impedes progress. So, I've started telling people openly and honestly how I feel. I'm no longer afraid to say it should be legal, and I'm not afraid for my wife, my children, my family, or my peers to know. I'm not a regular user, but I know many who are and lead happy, functional lives, including the person I mentioned in the original post. It should be legal.