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What a person does in their own recreational time is none of my business, it’s the grimmy day to day effects of drug trafficking and the greed that comes with it that’s a major problem with society.
Like anything other trade, greed is the greatest element of corruption, and there get people way more hurt than the recreational activities people engage in.
So there is where the police should be targeting..those who a involved in the corruption of any trade, whether it be drugs, or any other product of trade.
We currently have a government that is trading off our lands and is deep in corruption, and therefore hurting a lot of citizens with that greed.
They should be targeted as well.
I think marijuana smoking have mess up alot of our children minds, having them to behave differently,and doing things that they should not be doing..
Cannabis and it’s use is one of the most controversial topics these days. Societal norms and peer influences are shaping attitudes towards Cannabis today. It is a discussion that the older generation will loose because of the sheer number of young people, both men and women, that is smoking up these days
Let me state from the onset that I have never smoked whether it be Cannabis or cigarettes. I am much of a health fanatic and I know the risks that smoking in general presents to our bodies. So whilst there might be some medicinal benefits to Cannabis, it certainly is not in the “smoke form.” We also do not have to look too far to see what smoking Cannabis has done to many of our young people. So many of their lives have been literally turned upside down. I really hope that a proper analysis is done in the fullness of time in order to determine the true effects of smoking on our health sector as it is a contributing factor in many of the lung and brain related illnesses that is growing rapidly in this country.
And in all fairness, I have the same problem with the consumption of alcohol which has become a norm with young people as they try to fit in with the party crowd.
It’s funny how people who do not interact with the youths make their judgement from what is perceived. Do you realize that majority of the herb the youths and grown men smoke are laced with more high leaf AKA GRABA (TOBACCO LEAF) than herb. Many of those men and youths say the herb not even strong and put more Graba in their joints than herb. The Graba is what mess with them and it’s not the herb. People who are disconnected from those wo bun herb like to make accusations and judgement. Now I got past that part, anything you smoke can bring harm because your lungs are not supposed to have smoke in it. Anything you over consume causes issues, just like many people who eat fry food constantly will develop clogged arteries and high cholesterol and many other negative health factors. Many of the youths live off image and trying to impress others thinking they have to smoke to be kool or accepted.
I have been smoking since I was 11 and as a RAS, I can stop smoking for a year or two even at this point I have not been smoking for almost 2.5 years, but some people become dependent on it and think they cannot function without it just like a cigarette. Herb has it benefits when it is consumed in other ways like making a tea, putting it in a salad, using the leaves in a sandwich, making pastries with it, making butter from it, or even putting it in a smoothie. There is more to herb than just smoking it.
Audley, you clearly do NOT know anything g about Cannabis. It simply CANNOT cause harm to body. or mind based on its properties.
Do you know your even your ody produce its own form of Cannabis which it uses for every function in the body?
Do a Word Study on the words fragrant cane in EXODUS 30:23, Cannabis is in the Holy Anointi g Oil. Where the CB1 and CB2 receptors are in the body makes it IMPOSSIBLE FOR HARM OR OVERDOSE (risk of death).
Look up The Endocannabinoid System – Cannabis Syste. In the body.
Research Cannabis AND Doctor Christina Sanchez and Israeli Scientist Raphael Mechulam….
Come back when you do e dat homework let me give you some more.
Let’s look around our Communities and see the effects of those who indulge and abuse THC. Let’s take our children to at Clarvue Hospital to have the young men and women who are victims of THC tells their stories of how they got sick from the use of THC and how it has impacted their lives then let’s move across to the prisons and their again you will find similar stories of not only thc but drug abuse and their addiction let’s do all of that then let’s hit the streets the corners in our low socio economic areas in the evenings and nights and see the among of our youth abusing THC and then if Shaggy comes at the Recreation Ground the smell of THC drunks you so do we have a problem damn right we do our youth is in deep trouble and is calling for help and we do nothing until it reaches to one of our own and see madness facing you straight in the face as one woman said in tears that is not my son. So let’s do something fast to save our children and grandchildren
Plenty of them like drive while they high because no police will take them off the road.
One day a government official or their family or close friend will be killed by one of these high on weed drivers and maybe they might change the law but until then, business as usual.