San Francisco bans smoking inside apartments; pot smoking OK

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (32 children)

This just seems to me like the marijuana industry is lobbying for regulations that hurt the tobacco industry. It's literally a turf war between two drug cartels — and yes, tobacco is a drug — and the government is working with one of the cartels.

[–]HiddenFox 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Our grow op.... err sorry, "cannabis production facility " was sold to a tobacco company... Big tobacco knows it's time to jump ship!

I dont think this law is trying to pit them against each other. It's just dumb people in a position of power making dumb decisions.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That too. Sometimes I overestimate the intelligence of elected officials... I should've lowered my bar, considering how it's California.

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    [–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (26 children)

    I'm opposed to the legalization of drugs. You shouldn't do them inside or outside — and again, this includes tobacco.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (8 children)

    Ok, but counter point, drugs are really fun.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    You.. You do have a pretty good point there.

    [–][deleted] 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

    That's the Pyramid of Debate in action right meow.

    [–]ExecuteHomophobes 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Not only are drugs fun, but they actually work.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

    I should've expected you to make this comment, lol.

    [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    Hell yeah, I think I was halfway into a jug of homemade wine and smoking a doobie when I wrote that.

    If you can be perfectly content sober, that's awesome. I wish I were. A lot of us just aren't.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    Well, I hope you can sober up someday.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Some of us are just wired differently. Takes all kinds to make the world go round.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Mhm. We all have our strengths and weaknesses.

    [–][deleted]  (9 children)

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      [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

      On caffeine: I believe it's a pseudo-drug, but it shouldn't be banned, just regulated. The same goes for sugar and the like. It won't make you a criminal, or turn your lungs into balls of sludge, but it's not something to consume in large quantities.

      It's in so many things, and won't be going away any time soon. Caffeine is in coffee, soda, tea, and hot chocolate, apparently — all things people consume on a daily basis.

      I actually drink way too much Dr. Pepper — though I've abstained from daily doses of coffee, I only drink it around once a month, and only if it's diluted. I have GERD, and according to a doctor I haven't seen in years, I'm not supposed to consume any caffeine — but she also told me not to eat any meat, and I ain't living like no vegan just 'cause my stomach hurts.

      But according the the link above, some tea has more caffeine than Dr. Pepper, so sugar is probably what I should be concerned about.

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        [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

        Yeah, I think that if you seek out stimulants specifically to alter your mental state, then that's a bad thing, but if I just want to drink some Dr. Pepper, because I like the taste, then it's not. I would love it if they made decaff Dr. Pepper, though, and the same goes for tea.

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          [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

          There's a big difference between intentionally consuming a drug and knowingly consuming a drug. In the former case, the prime motive is to receive the effects of that drug, and in the latter case, the prime motive is something else.

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            [–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            I'm against the use of hard drugs (including tobacco), but it shouldn't be a crime. No one can tell me what I can or can't put into my own body.

            [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            I agree, I believe all drugs should be decriminalized — but that's very different than legalization. If you sell drugs, though, you should go to prison.

            Drug use breeds crime, laziness, and degeneracy — which are all collective burdens which harm the rest of society as well. You can't make the "don't tell me what to do" argument so long as your actions affect others.

            [–]ExecuteHomophobes 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

            I'd believe you were serious if you included sugar in that simplistic, ill-informed blanket statement.

            [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

            No, we aren't going to ban sugar, Mr. Bloomberg.

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              [–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

              We have teva to save us from (((diabetes)))

              [–]ExecuteHomophobes 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

              Fat white christian southern hicks are the leading cause of diabetes.

              [–]ExecuteHomophobes 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

              Tobacco should be banned and cannabis should be mandatory. Bill Hicks was right:

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dstDn31ZqE

              [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

              You had me in the first part.