▲ 502 ▼ What Americans in a 1998 poll expected to happen by the year 2025 (lemmy.world) submitted 10 months ago by Karenil@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Eheran@lemmy.world -59 points 10 months ago (19 children) Selling it? How is that wild? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 19 child comments replies: [–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 54 points 10 months ago (13 children) Because billboards are giant adverts offering to sell it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [+] Eheran@lemmy.world -67 points 10 months ago (12 children) Yes, but selling drugs is not cool, even when there are legal institutions that are allowed to do it. You can also get amphetamines and opioids as real medication. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago (1 child) selling drugs is not cool I'm gonna need a source for that /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Get rid of the /s. All the bud tenders at my dispensary are deffo cool. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 56 points 10 months ago (5 children) So long as it’s being used in a responsible fashion and not being given to minors: why do you give even a single fuck? Once again, I’d like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] huquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) For your information, I'd like to mention that I actually joined the war on drugs. On the side of drugs of course permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Hell yeah. A fellow vet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago* (2 children) is it being used in a responsible fashion? i dont live in a country where weed is legal, but i can say that others like nicotine and alcohol are definitely not used responsibly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Some people are, some people aren't. The important thing is that it's none of your business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one -14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children) I'm on your side, personally. It's not always possible for a person to be fully informed of the effects of habit-forming drugs before taking them. Society should do something to protect the population, even if it in to prevent self-harm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Krono@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) So you're logically consistent, and in favor of banning the most dangerous drug - alcohol. Right? Drug harms in the UK: A multi-criterion decision analysis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 10 months ago Honestly, kinda. Alcohol kills too many people, both self-harm and other people when operating vehicles. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Crazy how pro-drug use people here are. As if many people aren't dumb and not just take whatever drug they see. As if they make informed decisions and make sure they also don't harm others. Many people suck and we need to deal with that in a reasonable way, even if it means that we to limit what everyone is allowed to do. Maybe sometime like a divers licence for certain drugs? With checks to make sure they are not destroying their live with it after losing control. permalink fedilink source parent [–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (3 children) Back as late as ‘15, cannabis was illegal in large portions of the US, if not all of it. People, predominantly Black people, would be given heavy multi-decade sentences for distribution of illegal drugs. Since then, cannabis has become legalized in certain states, and yet those people are not free. When the weed shop looks like an Apple Store, but the people previously vending weed are in prison still, that’s a problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago Federal vs state? Really shit that our country has like 85% non-violent prisoners, almost all are drug users. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago Also many cannabis capitalists are....the cops and judges who recently put black homegrowers behind bars. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Someone selling drugs has a lot of responsibility. I am sure some of them were really cool and did some work to prevent harm. But sellers usually care a lot about money. Someone getting decades surely did not just sell a little bit? permalink fedilink source parent [–] spongebue@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago Did you read the full sentence? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 54 points 10 months ago (13 children) Because billboards are giant adverts offering to sell it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [+] Eheran@lemmy.world -67 points 10 months ago (12 children) Yes, but selling drugs is not cool, even when there are legal institutions that are allowed to do it. You can also get amphetamines and opioids as real medication. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago (1 child) selling drugs is not cool I'm gonna need a source for that /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Get rid of the /s. All the bud tenders at my dispensary are deffo cool. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 56 points 10 months ago (5 children) So long as it’s being used in a responsible fashion and not being given to minors: why do you give even a single fuck? Once again, I’d like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] huquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) For your information, I'd like to mention that I actually joined the war on drugs. On the side of drugs of course permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Hell yeah. A fellow vet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago* (2 children) is it being used in a responsible fashion? i dont live in a country where weed is legal, but i can say that others like nicotine and alcohol are definitely not used responsibly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Some people are, some people aren't. The important thing is that it's none of your business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one -14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children) I'm on your side, personally. It's not always possible for a person to be fully informed of the effects of habit-forming drugs before taking them. Society should do something to protect the population, even if it in to prevent self-harm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Krono@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) So you're logically consistent, and in favor of banning the most dangerous drug - alcohol. Right? Drug harms in the UK: A multi-criterion decision analysis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 10 months ago Honestly, kinda. Alcohol kills too many people, both self-harm and other people when operating vehicles. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Crazy how pro-drug use people here are. As if many people aren't dumb and not just take whatever drug they see. As if they make informed decisions and make sure they also don't harm others. Many people suck and we need to deal with that in a reasonable way, even if it means that we to limit what everyone is allowed to do. Maybe sometime like a divers licence for certain drugs? With checks to make sure they are not destroying their live with it after losing control. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Eheran@lemmy.world -67 points 10 months ago (12 children) Yes, but selling drugs is not cool, even when there are legal institutions that are allowed to do it. You can also get amphetamines and opioids as real medication. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago (1 child) selling drugs is not cool I'm gonna need a source for that /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Get rid of the /s. All the bud tenders at my dispensary are deffo cool. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 56 points 10 months ago (5 children) So long as it’s being used in a responsible fashion and not being given to minors: why do you give even a single fuck? Once again, I’d like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] huquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) For your information, I'd like to mention that I actually joined the war on drugs. On the side of drugs of course permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Hell yeah. A fellow vet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago* (2 children) is it being used in a responsible fashion? i dont live in a country where weed is legal, but i can say that others like nicotine and alcohol are definitely not used responsibly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Some people are, some people aren't. The important thing is that it's none of your business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure permalink fedilink source parent [+] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one -14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children) I'm on your side, personally. It's not always possible for a person to be fully informed of the effects of habit-forming drugs before taking them. Society should do something to protect the population, even if it in to prevent self-harm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Krono@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) So you're logically consistent, and in favor of banning the most dangerous drug - alcohol. Right? Drug harms in the UK: A multi-criterion decision analysis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 10 months ago Honestly, kinda. Alcohol kills too many people, both self-harm and other people when operating vehicles. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Crazy how pro-drug use people here are. As if many people aren't dumb and not just take whatever drug they see. As if they make informed decisions and make sure they also don't harm others. Many people suck and we need to deal with that in a reasonable way, even if it means that we to limit what everyone is allowed to do. Maybe sometime like a divers licence for certain drugs? With checks to make sure they are not destroying their live with it after losing control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 10 months ago (1 child) selling drugs is not cool I'm gonna need a source for that /s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Get rid of the /s. All the bud tenders at my dispensary are deffo cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Get rid of the /s. All the bud tenders at my dispensary are deffo cool. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 56 points 10 months ago (5 children) So long as it’s being used in a responsible fashion and not being given to minors: why do you give even a single fuck? Once again, I’d like to congratulate drugs for winning the war on drugs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] huquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) For your information, I'd like to mention that I actually joined the war on drugs. On the side of drugs of course permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Hell yeah. A fellow vet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago* (2 children) is it being used in a responsible fashion? i dont live in a country where weed is legal, but i can say that others like nicotine and alcohol are definitely not used responsibly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Some people are, some people aren't. The important thing is that it's none of your business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 7 points 10 months ago (1 child) For your information, I'd like to mention that I actually joined the war on drugs. On the side of drugs of course permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Hell yeah. A fellow vet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago Hell yeah. A fellow vet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 0 points 10 months ago* (2 children) is it being used in a responsible fashion? i dont live in a country where weed is legal, but i can say that others like nicotine and alcohol are definitely not used responsibly permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Some people are, some people aren't. The important thing is that it's none of your business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Stabbitha@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 child) Some people are, some people aren't. The important thing is that it's none of your business. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago as i said before, i dont know much about weed, but for nicotine and alcohol, it is part of my business i care about the wellbeing of others and have seen how much harm they have caused to relatives and people i have met there is also smoke being dangerous even if you arent the one smoking, me hating the smell, alcohol increasing the risk for car accidents along with other negative effects on other people if people want to consume them, they should do it responsibly, not because they were convinced by someone whose job is to get as many people to buy the addictive product as possible or by peer pressure permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one -14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children) I'm on your side, personally. It's not always possible for a person to be fully informed of the effects of habit-forming drugs before taking them. Society should do something to protect the population, even if it in to prevent self-harm. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Krono@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) So you're logically consistent, and in favor of banning the most dangerous drug - alcohol. Right? Drug harms in the UK: A multi-criterion decision analysis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 10 months ago Honestly, kinda. Alcohol kills too many people, both self-harm and other people when operating vehicles. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Crazy how pro-drug use people here are. As if many people aren't dumb and not just take whatever drug they see. As if they make informed decisions and make sure they also don't harm others. Many people suck and we need to deal with that in a reasonable way, even if it means that we to limit what everyone is allowed to do. Maybe sometime like a divers licence for certain drugs? With checks to make sure they are not destroying their live with it after losing control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Krono@lemmy.today 10 points 10 months ago (1 child) So you're logically consistent, and in favor of banning the most dangerous drug - alcohol. Right? Drug harms in the UK: A multi-criterion decision analysis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 10 months ago Honestly, kinda. Alcohol kills too many people, both self-harm and other people when operating vehicles. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sibshops@lemmy.myserv.one 9 points 10 months ago Honestly, kinda. Alcohol kills too many people, both self-harm and other people when operating vehicles. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Crazy how pro-drug use people here are. As if many people aren't dumb and not just take whatever drug they see. As if they make informed decisions and make sure they also don't harm others. Many people suck and we need to deal with that in a reasonable way, even if it means that we to limit what everyone is allowed to do. Maybe sometime like a divers licence for certain drugs? With checks to make sure they are not destroying their live with it after losing control. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago (3 children) Back as late as ‘15, cannabis was illegal in large portions of the US, if not all of it. People, predominantly Black people, would be given heavy multi-decade sentences for distribution of illegal drugs. Since then, cannabis has become legalized in certain states, and yet those people are not free. When the weed shop looks like an Apple Store, but the people previously vending weed are in prison still, that’s a problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago Federal vs state? Really shit that our country has like 85% non-violent prisoners, almost all are drug users. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago Also many cannabis capitalists are....the cops and judges who recently put black homegrowers behind bars. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Someone selling drugs has a lot of responsibility. I am sure some of them were really cool and did some work to prevent harm. But sellers usually care a lot about money. Someone getting decades surely did not just sell a little bit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago Federal vs state? Really shit that our country has like 85% non-violent prisoners, almost all are drug users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago Also many cannabis capitalists are....the cops and judges who recently put black homegrowers behind bars. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago Someone selling drugs has a lot of responsibility. I am sure some of them were really cool and did some work to prevent harm. But sellers usually care a lot about money. Someone getting decades surely did not just sell a little bit? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago Did you read the full sentence? permalink fedilink source parent