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NYT: We were wrong about weed
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:11 PM Author: mind-boggling turdskin https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/regulate-legalized-marijuana.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K1A.p2on.1vcTKk0qcTt0&smid=nytcore-ios-share
It’s Time for America to Admit That It Has a Marijuana Problem
Thirteen years ago, no state allowed marijuana for recreational purposes. Today, most Americans live in a state that allows them to buy and smoke a joint. President Trump continued the trend toward legalization in December by loosening federal restrictions.
This editorial board has long supported marijuana legalization. In 2014, we published a six-part series that compared the federal marijuana ban to alcohol prohibition and argued for repeal. Much of what we wrote then holds up — but not all of it does.
At the time, supporters of legalization predicted that it would bring few downsides. In our editorials, we described marijuana addiction and dependence as “relatively minor problems.” Many advocates went further and claimed that marijuana was a harmless drug that might even bring net health benefits. They also said that legalization might not lead to greater use.
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It is now clear that many of these predictions were wrong. Legalization has led to much more use. Surveys suggest that about 18 million people in the United States have used marijuana almost daily (or about five times a week) in recent years. That was up from around six million in 2012 and less than one million in 1992. More Americans now use marijuana daily than alcohol.
Surging pot use Number of U.S. residents consuming marijuana, by frequency of use per month
Source: Jonathan Caulkins (Carnegie Mellon), based on National Survey on Drug Use and HealthBy THE NEW YORK TIMES This wider use has caused a rise in addiction and other problems. Each year, nearly 2.8 million people in the United States suffer from cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, which causes severe vomiting and stomach pain. More people have also ended up in hospitals with marijuana-linked paranoia and chronic psychotic disorders. Bystanders have also been hurt, including by people driving under the influence of pot.
Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every weekday morning. Get it sent to your inbox. America should not go back to prohibition to fix these problems. The war on marijuana brought its own costs. Every year, authorities arrested hundreds of thousands of Americans for marijuana possession. The people who suffered the legal and financial consequences were disproportionately Black, Latino and poor. A society that allows adults to use alcohol and tobacco cannot sensibly arrest people for marijuana use. We oppose the nascent efforts to re-criminalize the drug, such as a potential ballot initiative in Massachusetts this year that would ban recreational sales and home growing.
Yet there is a lot of space between heavy-handed criminal prohibition and hands-off commercial legalization. Much as the United States previously went too far in banning pot, it has recently gone too far in accepting and even promoting its use. Given the growing harms from marijuana use, American lawmakers should do more to regulate it. The most promising approach is one popularized by Mark Kleiman, a drug policy scholar who died in 2019. He described it as “grudging toleration.” Governments can enact policies that keep the drug legal and try to curb its biggest downsides. Culture and social norms can play an important role, too.
The larger point is that a society should be willing to examine the real-world impact of any major policy change and consider additional changes in response to new facts. In the case of marijuana, the recent evidence offers reason for Americans to become more grudging about accepting its use.
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Over the past several decades, supporters of marijuana legalization often called for a strategy of “legalize and regulate.” It is a smart approach. Unfortunately, the country has pursued the first part of it while largely ignoring the second.
We want to emphasize that occasional marijuana use is no more a problem than drinking a glass of wine with dinner or smoking a celebratory cigar. Many Americans find it enjoyable to smoke a joint or eat an edible, with friends or alone. Some people with serious illnesses have found relief with marijuana. Adults should have the freedom to use it.
Still, any product that brings both pleasures and problems requires a balancing act, and marijuana falls into this category. Yes, it is safer than alcohol and tobacco in some ways, but it is not harmless. The biggest concern is excessive use. At least one in 10 people who use marijuana develops an addiction, a similar share as with alcohol. Even some who do not develop an addiction can still use it too much. People who are frequently stoned can struggle to hold a job or take care of their families. “As marijuana legalization has accelerated across the country, doctors are contending with the effects of an explosion in the use of the drug and its intensity,” a New York Times investigation concluded in 2024. “The accumulating harm is broader and more severe than previously reported.”
Jennifer Macaluso, a hairdresser in Illinois, experienced these harms. She turned to marijuana to treat severe migraines, and the drug helped at first. After months of use, though, she started getting sick. Her nausea and vomiting became so bad that she had to stop working. Only after months of seeing doctors did one finally confirm marijuana was the problem. “Why don’t more doctors know about it?” she told The Times. “Why didn’t anyone ever mention it to me?”
Part of the answer is the power of Big Weed. For-profit marijuana companies, made possible by legalization, have a financial incentive to mislead the public about what they are selling. Marijuana and CBD companies have made false claims that their products can treat cancer and Alzheimer’s. Others have sold products, such as “Trips Ahoy” and “Double Stuf Stoneo,” in packages that mimic snacks for children. The companies’ executives know they can increase profits by downplaying the harms of frequent use: More than half of industry sales come from the roughly 20 percent of customers known as heavy users.
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The legal pot industry grew to more than $30 billion in U.S. sales in 2024, close to the total annual revenue of Starbucks. As the industry has grown, it has increased lobbying of state and federal lawmakers, and it has won some big victories. Marijuana companies, not casual smokers, are the biggest winners of Mr. Trump’s decision to reclassify the drug from Schedule I to Schedule III. The change will increase the profits of these businesses by causing the tax code to treat them more favorably. This does not qualify as grudging toleration.
A better approach would acknowledge that many people end up worse off when they start to use marijuana more frequently. The goal should not be elimination. It should be to slow the recent rise, and perhaps partly reverse it, while acknowledging that many people use marijuana safely and responsibly. Alcohol and tobacco offer a useful framework. Both are legal with limitations, including relatively high taxes, open-container laws and regulations on alcohol and nicotine levels. The goal is to balance personal freedom and public health.
Marijuana, however, is less regulated in several crucial ways. The federal government taxes alcohol and tobacco, for example, but not marijuana. And increases in tobacco taxes have been a major reason that its use has declined during the 21st century, with profound health benefits.
The first step in a strategy to reduce marijuana abuse should be a federal tax on pot. States should also raise taxes on pot; today, state taxes can be as low as a few additional cents on a joint. Taxes should be high enough to deter excessive use, on the scale of dollars per joint, not cents. (Federal alcohol taxes, which have failed to keep pace with inflation since the 1990s, should rise, too.)
An advantage of taxes is that they fall much more on heavy users than casual smokers. If a joint cost $10 instead of $5, it would mean a lot of extra money for someone now smoking multiple joints a day and may change that person’s behavior. It would not be a big burden for someone who smokes occasionally.
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A second step should be restrictions on the most harmful forms of marijuana, which would also be similar to regulations for alcohol and tobacco. Today’s cannabis is far more potent than the pot that preceded legalization. In 1995, the marijuana seized by the Drug Enforcement Administration was around 4 percent THC, the primary psychoactive compound in pot. Today, you can buy marijuana products with THC levels of 90 percent or more. As the cliché goes, this is not your parents’ weed. It is as if some beer brands were still sold as beer but contained as much alcohol per ounce as whiskey.
Not surprisingly, greater THC potency has contributed to more addiction and illness. The appropriate response is both to make illegal any marijuana product that exceeds a THC level of 60 percent and to impose higher taxes on potent forms of pot, much as liquor is taxed more heavily than beer and wine.
Third, the federal government should take action on medical marijuana. Decades of studies on the drug have proved disappointing to its boosters, finding little medical benefit. Yet many dispensaries claim, without evidence, that marijuana treats a host of medical conditions. The government should crack down on these outlandish claims. It should issue a clear warning to dispensaries that falsely promise cures and then close those that do not comply.
The federal government needs to be part of these solutions. Leaving taxes and regulations to the states threatens to create a race to the bottom in which people can cross state lines to buy their pot. Congress can set a floor, as it has done, however inadequately, with alcohol and tobacco, and states can build on it as they choose.
The unfortunate truth is that the loosening of marijuana policies — especially the decision to legalize pot without adequately regulating it — has led to worse outcomes than many Americans expected. It is time to acknowledge reality and change course. |
Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:17 PM Author: Vigorous point persian "more regulators and more taxes," declaimed the NYT Editorial Board in a sniffy effete voice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687718) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:42 PM Author: honey-headed parlor Time to lock up your local pot dealer for TAX FRAUD (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687753) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:24 PM Author: Glittery Puppy Doctorate Nobody could have seen this coming. Cest la vie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687727) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:29 PM Author: citrine cuck tanning salon Always said legalization was out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Having marijuana illegal kept it in reasonable equilibrium that looked the other way most of the time but made it just difficult enough that it didn't turn into a social problem, like it has today. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:02 AM Author: Wonderful ungodly roast beef brunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688297) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:46 AM Author: spectacular offensive round eye native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688635) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 11:17 AM Author: cerebral striped hyena 100% this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688834) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:00 PM Author: clear diverse therapy pisswyrm many such cases e.g. gambling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689609) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:14 PM Author: talented hairless new version stag film There should have been an IQ hurdle to smoking weed. It's the worst possible thing to happen to nons and the dumb. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689649) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:31 PM Author: racy blathering dopamine shrine “ The people who suffered the legal and financial consequences were disproportionately Black, Latino and poor.”
It has always irritated me when libs say this. This is also true of punishments for robbery and murder. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:45 AM Author: unholy lodge and i would bet, other than perhaps “poor,” those aren’t even the starkest demographic distinctions, which would be age and gender. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688633) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:40 PM Author: flickering dingle berry It’s true of everything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689563) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:16 PM Author: big locale coldplay fan correct it's also fucking redundant and misleading durr durr latinos! blacks! poors! draw the fucking venn diagram and the problem for marijuana and basically everything else is that the problem area includes poor blacks, poor latinos, poor whites and not any non-poors |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:32 PM Author: Appetizing Violet Abode it smells awful imo.
btw my Scumbag friends from HS still smoke MASSIVE amounts of weed, it blows my mind. |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:34 PM Author: cobalt pozpig fanboi It has no good qualities afaik. Being illegal at least made it Cool. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687740) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:35 PM Author: Appetizing Violet Abode (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687741) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:39 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle death wish i smoked weed earlier this month for the first time in a long time and i swear i wasn't back to 100% for a week
the psychoactive strength of oils has to be like 10x higher than the actual plant that we all smoked way back in the day. i'm pretty sure that's a big part of the reason why so many stoners are now total zombies compared to how they used to be |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:09 PM Author: aromatic ceo business firm The weed they have now is like heroin in terms of potency compared to the stem filled shit bag u got in hs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688152) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:38 PM Author: odious apoplectic cuckoldry shitlib I did it earlier this month too it was absolute trash. Was disturbingly paranoid for like 8 hours straight (it was edibles) and I didn't feel normal for at least a week. Even for people who don't get paranoid I don't see the point. It isn't pleasurable, doesn't cause actual euphoria like a real drug does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689560) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:40 PM Author: Titillating Center If this much is admitted, the reality is much worse
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:46 PM Author: umber stirring property I know a bunch of people irl that got reslly fucked up from weed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687758) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:53 PM Author: Titillating Center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687775) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:56 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle death wish same (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687781) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:03 AM Author: Wonderful ungodly roast beef brunch same (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688299) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 11:26 AM Author: spectacular offensive round eye native same (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688865) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:48 PM Author: overrated high-end yarmulke yup (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689579) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:00 PM Author: racy blathering dopamine shrine Wow ^^ I don't know anyone who fits this. Were you guys either Loser Clique or Stoner Clique? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689969) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:06 PM Author: Motley Voyeur Mental Disorder your really old and grew up around mormons so you probably only ever had ditch weed to smoke (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689981) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 5:07 PM Author: racy blathering dopamine shrine I was in Moab during high school. It's all potheads there. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689985) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:39 PM Author: adventurous laser beams gunner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49690229) |
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Date: February 26th, 2026 6:46 PM Author: woah (hitler did nothing wrong) same (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49697943) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 8:05 PM Author: Vigorous point persian (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687794) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:46 AM Author: spectacular offensive round eye native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688636) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:55 AM Author: bronze address (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688647) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:17 PM Author: big locale coldplay fan (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689660) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:47 PM Author: racy blathering dopamine shrine The important question is who’s to blame for this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687759) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 7:49 PM Author: Orchid really tough guy house 🧃 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687765) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 1:40 AM Author: Irradiated Fantasy-prone Sandwich Background Story (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688244) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 4:04 AM Author: Wonderful ungodly roast beef brunch wow they’re going to ban this emoji (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688300) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:41 PM Author: flickering dingle berry People who loved to smoke pot and histrionic libs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689565) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 8:15 PM Author: Bespoke piazza incel BUT WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE! DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49687810) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 11:41 AM Author: Mewling Jade Indian Lodge Internal Respiration (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688895) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:35 PM Author: spectacular offensive round eye native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689552) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 10:56 PM Author: Idiotic shimmering step-uncle's house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688131) |
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Date: February 22nd, 2026 11:08 PM Author: aromatic ceo business firm Weedmos get what they deserve (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688146) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:19 AM Author: underhanded people who are hurt B b b but it has HEALTH BENEFITS!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688264) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:14 PM Author: pink national I know one old hag who insists on trying everything for her arthritis except western medicine. She’s basically couch bound and weighs about 80 pounds but still swears by her “supplements.” She also tried to sell me a timeshare last time I saw her. Not a smart person. Cusses like a sailor too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689645) |
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Date: February 24th, 2026 9:17 PM Author: overrated high-end yarmulke she sounds hawt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49692958) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:29 AM Author: Zombie-like cracking dilemma toilet seat LOL, every so often it'll seem to me that XO is growing a little bit less asian in tenor (and i include the SE asians from the mighty subcontinent in that, not just far east). but then a weed thread will come along and all the immediate and strident hatred always coupled with "shit's bad news man" pearl clutching confirms to me that little has changed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688287) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 6:18 AM Author: alcoholic onyx becky To be fair,
Shut the fuck up, Jew. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:16 AM Author: aromatic ceo business firm ^ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688589) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 8:18 AM Author: Motley Voyeur Mental Disorder great. now do covid, trannies, metoo, DEI, open borders, and climate change (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688468) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 8:52 AM Author: ruddy crotch Its a problem but no more so than alcohol. People should be free to do either. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688544) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:16 AM Author: Maroon excitant party of the first part private investor Both should be banned and violaters should be put in a pillory in the town square for several hours while the rest of us throw rotten tomatoes at them.
XOXO, I sincerely HTH. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:17 AM Author: aromatic ceo business firm ^ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688590) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:54 AM Author: Twisted orange whorehouse (Aznman who gets flushed after a beer out for revenge) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688645) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:31 AM Author: bearded low-t jap space I eat up to three marijuanas a day. It’s amazing, and I don’t care what anyone else thinks. I’m disabled and almost every nice evening, I’ll go sit by the beach with a six pack and a couple edibles. Every night is the best night of my life. I live on the Big Island fwiw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688611) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:47 AM Author: spectacular offensive round eye native What is your disability? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688638) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:51 AM Author: unholy lodge marijuana addiction. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49688643) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:55 PM Author: overrated high-end yarmulke (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689594) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 10:59 AM Author: bearded low-t jap space Crippling depression
Jew partner almost drove me to killself. Been on SSDI for about 8 years now. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:40 PM Author: sable tank Big weedmo here but marijuana and alcohol do not seem like effective treatment for depression (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689075) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:56 PM Author: bearded low-t jap space It makes me not suicidal while I’m high. I don’t care about anything, just focusing on waves crashing on the shore and Dave Mathews Band music quietly on my mini speaker as I enjoy staring at the stars on a warm beach, occasionally catching a shooting star in my peripheral. No depression at all during those moments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49690692) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 9:57 PM Author: razzle orchestra pit boistinker Since you've got so much free time why don't you poast more? We need all the engagement we can get. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49690695) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:30 PM Author: pink national Flame. I tried half a gummy with a couple of beers once a few years ago and just now woke back up. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689699) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 12:43 PM Author: Comical Ocher Milk Jew Now OP loves the NYT. Odd case.
The genie is out of the bottle and we’re not going back to prohibition. Trump and this rubber stamp congress was your one chance to roll it back and Trump just went the other way.
You’ve lost. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:35 PM Author: clear diverse therapy pisswyrm marijuana addiction is no joke and this was brushed aside as a huge nothingburger by the MSM and stoners.
however, i think gen z is better off with more potheads and fewer alcoholics than previous generations. pot is far, far less ruinous on your body and mind. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:40 PM Author: Bull Headed Bateful Useless Brakes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689564) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:41 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle death wish This used to be true for sure but I am increasingly suspicious that it isn't anymore and weed may even be more net harmful to a chronic user than alcohol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689568) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:52 PM Author: clear diverse therapy pisswyrm eh, i'm at the age now where i'm beginning to see in real time the consequences of long-term pot and alcohol abuse with people i grew up with. stoners tend to be loserfuck failsons, but they still look their age. long term drunks start falling apart by middle age. also far more likely to lifefuck themselves with DUIs or some alcohol-induced rage.
otoh, way more functioning alcoholics than functioning stoners. THE LAW is filled with dudes drunk 24/7 that manage to still be high performers. you never see stoners like this. |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:55 PM Author: internet-worthy field there are definitely functional stoners in law who will smoke a little every night to unwind. but yeah, they aren't waking and baking and getting high at lunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689590) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 2:58 PM Author: clear diverse therapy pisswyrm OFS but i wouldnt call them stoners any more than i would call a daily drinker who doesnt start drinking til five an alcoholic. at least within the context of what im talking about (being able to function professionally while stoned/drunk). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689603) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:40 PM Author: umber stirring property I know a criminal law dude who has an office next door to the courthouse, is basically in court most of the day. he gets baked before he goes into the courthouse every day and again at lunchtime. No idea how he does it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5837329&forum_id=2#49689727) |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:07 PM Author: Razzle-dazzle death wish Where I live there are significantly more chronic weed addicts than alkies at this point so it may be possible that I just have so much more exposure to them that I'm biased
It's def true that at the extreme, alcohol is way more harmful than weed. But with the massive increases in psychoactive potency, it seems to me imo that low-intensity chronic weed use is now more net harmful to a person than low intensity chronic alcohol use |
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Date: February 23rd, 2026 3:13 PM Author: clear diverse therapy pisswyrm this might be true, however i think that's because weed makes a person not care about fraudlies whereas alcohol helps a person cope with fraudlies. a stoner is much more likely see GC for what it is and just go watch movies whereas an alchy uses booze to cope with grinding GC. whether this is actually a "harm" is debatable.
but as far as how weed versus alcohol abuse affects the rest of society, i think weed is better. stoners aren't running over kids (as frequently), pissing in subway stations, and disproportionately consuming healthcare.
otoh i do agree that i'd rather chill with a 3 martini lunch don draper than deadhead who is hitting his cap'n crunch vape every 3.7 seconds. |
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