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This really is a slippery slope. Next thing you know they'll be selling: * lottery tickets * dubious 'testerone-enhancing' pills * pepper spray * junk food

This really is a slippery slope. Next thing you know they'll be selling: * lottery tickets * dubious 'testerone-enhancing' pills * pepper spray * junk food * entirely too large fountain sodas * (in some states) ammunition And who knows what else!

yamtaddle 4y ago
Seriously, they already sell at least two things that do way more harm than weed ever could (alcohol and the too-large fizzy sugar waters). Arguably some of the others, too, but those stand out as plainly way more harmful than weed.
- josephcsible 4y ago
  Has soda ever given anyone schizophrenia (or "uncovered" "latent" schizophrenia in people)? Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? Marijuana is way, way more harmful than soda.
  - notch656a 4y ago
    Yeah you can get psychosis from too much caffeine. I don't think it 'causes' schizophrenia though. My very low effort researching of fairly low neurotoxicity psychoactive substances like marijuana/LSD/mushrooms is that they're associated with eliciting schizophrenia in those already predisposed? Personally I don't know anyone without a history of family illness that exhibited irreversible mental illness after consuming marijuana. Is it pretty rare? > Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? I would say almost certainly yes. For reason of above caffeine induced psychosis. Admittedly it would take a LOT. But some people drink a metric shit-ton of energy soda.
  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    I am 100% sure soda has resulted in an order of magnitude more lost years of life than MJ, total. [EDIT] Or years of health-span, so we make sure we cover severe mental illness being triggered by it. I bet it comes out looking even better by that measure, actually.
  - todorus 4y ago
    What's your point? The reason that guns are dangerous isn't schizophrenia either, but we know that they're more dangerous than marijuana as well. Likewise it is quite evident that sugar has been causing way more harm than marijuana, albeit in a different way. If someone close to you had to deal with schizophrenia then I am sorry. It does not however make sugar any less of a danger.
  - insane_dreamer 4y ago
    > Marijuana is way, way more harmful than soda. While driving, probably yes. In general, no. Soda causes way more health problems.
grogenaut 4y ago
- Drive through taxidermy - Car washes - condoms - oil
tunap 4y ago
Don't forget crack pipes.
- blamazon 4y ago
  Woah woah, that's not a crack pipe! That's a 'flower vase'!
soco 4y ago
Contraceptives omg omg omg!
loceng 4y ago
"* entirely too large fountain sodas" The slipping hazard from a potential spill is just too high.
jerkstate 4y ago
I'm pretty sure Florida gas stations also sold "bath salts" for a while, which was a cover for research chemicals that were drugs sort-of similar to meth, cocaine, ecstasy, pcp; remember this story? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/30/153989768/bath-salts-drug-suspected-in-miami-face-eating-attack https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/30/153989768...
- bkallus 4y ago
  My understanding is that that attacker wasn't using bath salts, and that the connection to bath salts was all speculation. Also, I think bath salts is usually synthetic cathinones, i.e. functional analogues of khat, and not derivatives of meth, cocaine, ecstasy, or pcp. Could be wrong, I'm just some guy on the internet. See https://www.foxnews.com/us/medical-examiner-rules-out-bath-salts-in-miami-face-chewing-attack https://www.foxnews.com/us/medical-examiner-rules-out-bath-s... and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack
josephcsible 4y ago
All of those things are legal. Marijuana is not.
- insane_dreamer 4y ago
  it is in many states (though FL only medicinal, so I'm guessing CircleK's there require you to show your document. https://disa.com/maps/marijuana-legality-by-state https://disa.com/maps/marijuana-legality-by-state
  - josephcsible 4y ago
    It's still illegal at the federal level though, so even in those states, you're still committing a crime by using it.
    - insane_dreamer 4y ago
      It's a weird situation. As far as the State is concerned, you have not committed any crime or wrongdoing. But if you are investigated by the FBI then they could classify it as a crime. Thankfully most people aren't investigated by the Feds.
insane_dreamer 4y ago
> * (in some states) ammunition seriously?? I did not know that

yamtaddle 4y ago

Seriously, they already sell at least two things that do way more harm than weed ever could (alcohol and the too-large fizzy sugar waters). Arguably some of the others, too, but those stand out as plainly way more harmful than weed.

josephcsible 4y ago
Has soda ever given anyone schizophrenia (or "uncovered" "latent" schizophrenia in people)? Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? Marijuana is way, way more harmful than soda.
- notch656a 4y ago
  Yeah you can get psychosis from too much caffeine. I don't think it 'causes' schizophrenia though. My very low effort researching of fairly low neurotoxicity psychoactive substances like marijuana/LSD/mushrooms is that they're associated with eliciting schizophrenia in those already predisposed? Personally I don't know anyone without a history of family illness that exhibited irreversible mental illness after consuming marijuana. Is it pretty rare? > Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? I would say almost certainly yes. For reason of above caffeine induced psychosis. Admittedly it would take a LOT. But some people drink a metric shit-ton of energy soda.
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  I am 100% sure soda has resulted in an order of magnitude more lost years of life than MJ, total. [EDIT] Or years of health-span, so we make sure we cover severe mental illness being triggered by it. I bet it comes out looking even better by that measure, actually.
- todorus 4y ago
  What's your point? The reason that guns are dangerous isn't schizophrenia either, but we know that they're more dangerous than marijuana as well. Likewise it is quite evident that sugar has been causing way more harm than marijuana, albeit in a different way. If someone close to you had to deal with schizophrenia then I am sorry. It does not however make sugar any less of a danger.
- insane_dreamer 4y ago
  > Marijuana is way, way more harmful than soda. While driving, probably yes. In general, no. Soda causes way more health problems.

grogenaut 4y ago

- Drive through taxidermy - Car washes - condoms - oil

tunap 4y ago

Don't forget crack pipes.

blamazon 4y ago
Woah woah, that's not a crack pipe! That's a 'flower vase'!

soco 4y ago

Contraceptives omg omg omg!

loceng 4y ago

"* entirely too large fountain sodas" The slipping hazard from a potential spill is just too high.

jerkstate 4y ago

I'm pretty sure Florida gas stations also sold "bath salts" for a while, which was a cover for research chemicals that were drugs sort-of similar to meth, cocaine, ecstasy, pcp; remember this story? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/30/153989768/bath-salts-drug-suspected-in-miami-face-eating-attack https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/30/153989768...

bkallus 4y ago
My understanding is that that attacker wasn't using bath salts, and that the connection to bath salts was all speculation. Also, I think bath salts is usually synthetic cathinones, i.e. functional analogues of khat, and not derivatives of meth, cocaine, ecstasy, or pcp. Could be wrong, I'm just some guy on the internet. See https://www.foxnews.com/us/medical-examiner-rules-out-bath-salts-in-miami-face-chewing-attack https://www.foxnews.com/us/medical-examiner-rules-out-bath-s... and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_cannibal_attack

josephcsible 4y ago

All of those things are legal. Marijuana is not.

insane_dreamer 4y ago
it is in many states (though FL only medicinal, so I'm guessing CircleK's there require you to show your document. https://disa.com/maps/marijuana-legality-by-state https://disa.com/maps/marijuana-legality-by-state
- josephcsible 4y ago
  It's still illegal at the federal level though, so even in those states, you're still committing a crime by using it.
  - insane_dreamer 4y ago
    It's a weird situation. As far as the State is concerned, you have not committed any crime or wrongdoing. But if you are investigated by the FBI then they could classify it as a crime. Thankfully most people aren't investigated by the Feds.

insane_dreamer 4y ago

> * (in some states) ammunition seriously?? I did not know that