Poll of the Day > Biden doesn't want to legalize weed because it is a 'gateway drug'

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DirtBasedSoap
11/18/19 11:45:51 AM
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lmao what a fucking moron

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/18/joe-biden-marijuana-gateway-drug-legalization/?outputType=amp
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argonautweakend
11/18/19 11:58:21 AM
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I learned about weed being a gateway drug in health class, and now that I use weed a lot it isn't true 95% of the time. The other 5% are people who had to go through shady people to get weed and generally while ive never had anybody push harder things on me, it is possible some people will get weed users addicted. But its rare, as far as I am aware, and going through shady people to get weed would be fixed with legality.

I've tried a few other things, like acid twice and mushrooms twice, but i've never once had the urge to do heroin, meth, or anything else, because a weed high isn't just a weaker meth or heroin high, its a completely different type of high so it isnt even comparable in the way, say, a wine is weaker than vodka. They both will get you drunk, the vodka much faster. Weed and heroin aren't comparable.
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Mead
11/18/19 12:13:14 PM
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ok boomer
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OhhhJa
11/18/19 12:16:09 PM
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No drug is an actual gateway drug. The gateway is the people you hang out with and what kind of parties you go to. If you have weed smoking friends who also do coke then that is the potential gateway more than anything
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CaptainStrong
11/18/19 12:23:21 PM
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Why is this Republican still the frontrunner in the Democratic primary?
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Blighboy
11/18/19 12:28:22 PM
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If dems nominate Biden they deserve to lose, that said anyone who doesn't vote for Biden over Trump was probably dropped on their head as a child
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Nichtcrawler X
11/18/19 12:30:10 PM
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I already had this discussion a lot ten years ago.

Weed is only a gateway drug when the same dealer gets you harder drugs. It stops being that when legal dealers exist, as those do not carry harder drugs.

Not wanting to legalize weed because it is a gateway drug, basically means you want it to be just that.
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DirtBasedSoap
11/18/19 12:32:31 PM
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Blighboy posted...
If dems nominate Biden they deserve to lose, that said anyone who doesn't vote for Biden over Trump was probably dropped on their head as a child

agreed but please for the love of god can we not pick Biden.
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CaptainStrong
11/18/19 12:39:44 PM
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Blighboy posted...
If dems nominate Biden they deserve to lose, that said anyone who doesn't vote for Biden over Trump was probably dropped on their head as a child

What if I write in Bernie Sanders, vote third party, or don't vote?
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Blighboy
11/18/19 12:40:56 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...
Blighboy posted...
If dems nominate Biden they deserve to lose, that said anyone who doesn't vote for Biden over Trump was probably dropped on their head as a child

What if I write in Bernie Sanders, vote third party, or don't vote?

I think voting third party is fine, I think writing in people who aren't running or not voting is dumb but I understand there are arguments for writing in candidates
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OhhhJa
11/18/19 12:54:27 PM
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Nichtcrawler X posted...
Weed is only a gateway drug when the same dealer gets you harder drugs. It stops being that when legal dealers exist, as those do not carry harder drugs.

I've never had a dealer offer me harder drugs and I've bought a lot over the years
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argonautweakend
11/18/19 1:18:10 PM
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Ive had people say they have other stuff, but never any pressure if i dont want it i say so and they stick to selling me weed. its not an issue for me because one simple "no" has been enough to get them to stop.
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OhhhJa
11/18/19 1:30:04 PM
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argonautweakend posted...
Ive had people say they have other stuff, but never any pressure if i dont want it i say so and they stick to selling me weed. its not an issue for me because one simple "no" has been enough to get them to stop.

Well yeah, actually now that you mention it, my old roommate did do that a few times with some stuff he had but that was probably because he already knew that it was something I did on occasion
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BeerOnTap
11/18/19 2:31:16 PM
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CaptainStrong posted...
Why is this Republican still the frontrunner in the Democratic primary?


Lol. When your ideology is so foaming at the mouth to the left that Joe Biden looks like a Republican to you.
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Mead
11/19/19 12:05:25 PM
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Meanwhile Andrew Yang be like

https://i.imgur.com/80NvHlg.jpg
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GameLord113
11/19/19 12:08:13 PM
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Mead posted...
Meanwhile Andrew Yang be like

https://i.imgur.com/80NvHlg.jpg
UBI is a gateway drug to a better quality of life for the majority of Americans. Cant be having it apparently.
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Muscles
11/19/19 12:10:26 PM
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GameLord113 posted...
Mead posted...
Meanwhile Andrew Yang be like

https://i.imgur.com/80NvHlg.jpg
UBI is a gateway drug to a better quality of life for the majority of Americans. Cant be having it apparently.

UBI will be needed once there is no more jobs outside of entertainment, but right now we don't need it
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Lokarin
11/19/19 12:20:48 PM
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A gateway drug to success... why is Biden anti-success?
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Mead
11/19/19 12:22:16 PM
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Muscles posted...
UBI will be needed once there is no more jobs outside of entertainment, but right now we don't need it


Tell that to all the folks living paycheck to paycheck that cant even afford to have someone watch their kids while they work
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Lokarin
11/19/19 12:25:35 PM
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Mead posted...
Tell that to all the folks living paycheck to paycheck that cant even afford to have someone watch their kids while they work


Side question: I grew up in a single income home and had the benefit of an awesome mom... so why are so many families opting for a stranger to raise their kids so they can dual income? Or, in other words, if you deduct the cost of a nanny from your own paycheck... that's how much you are actually making by not being with the kids.
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CaptainStrong
11/19/19 12:31:17 PM
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BeerOnTap posted...
CaptainStrong posted...
Why is this Republican still the frontrunner in the Democratic primary?


Lol. When your ideology is so foaming at the mouth to the left that Joe Biden looks like a Republican to you.

He's not for universal healthcare, tuition-free college, and weed legalization. All things the vast majority of Democrats support. Does he really seem like a Democrat to you?
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Nichtcrawler X
11/19/19 12:35:34 PM
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Lokarin posted...
Side question: I grew up in a single income home and had the benefit of an awesome mom... so why are so many families opting for a stranger to raise their kids so they can dual income? Or, in other words, if you deduct the cost of a nanny from your own paycheck... that's how much you are actually making by not being with the kids.


In some places that extra income is needed, life in general has gotten more expensive, but wages have not kept up at the same rate.
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Mead
11/19/19 12:49:42 PM
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Lokarin posted...
Mead posted...
Tell that to all the folks living paycheck to paycheck that cant even afford to have someone watch their kids while they work


Side question: I grew up in a single income home and had the benefit of an awesome mom... so why are so many families opting for a stranger to raise their kids so they can dual income? Or, in other words, if you deduct the cost of a nanny from your own paycheck... that's how much you are actually making by not being with the kids.


People gotta work to pay their bills and its not like they always have the option to bring the kid with them to work
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Raddest_Chad
11/19/19 1:23:45 PM
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Weed doesnt make the regular person get into hardcore drugs. But it will probably be a starting point for messed up people to get progressively worse.
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wolfy42
11/19/19 1:29:30 PM
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Lokarin posted...
Mead posted...
Tell that to all the folks living paycheck to paycheck that cant even afford to have someone watch their kids while they work


Side question: I grew up in a single income home and had the benefit of an awesome mom... so why are so many families opting for a stranger to raise their kids so they can dual income? Or, in other words, if you deduct the cost of a nanny from your own paycheck... that's how much you are actually making by not being with the kids.


I've worked as a nanny, and the answer is alot usually.

Many nannies make $10 an hour (often under the table) and others get even less but live in a room there etc. I was replacing a nanny who lived with the family I took care of in one case and they were NOT happy even paying $10 an hour.

Meanwhile quite often both parents are making significant amounts. Nobody is hiring a nanny to watch kids if they are making $15 or less an hour. The mom for instance worked at IBM and the dad was in charge of a salmon factory. Both made well over 50k a year.

And it's not THAT long that you need them, unless you keep popping out kids, once your youngest heads to preschool, you don't really need one anymore (there are programs for after/before school....I've worked at them as well (and they are much cheaper then a nanny).
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wolfy42
11/19/19 1:33:51 PM
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Raddest_Chad posted...
Weed doesnt make the regular person get into hardcore drugs. But it will probably be a starting point for messed up people to get progressively worse.


Weed is.......actually being a gateway drug big time for high school/college aged kids right now. I have relatives that it has affected (one is in rehab right now in fact). I have also had roomates that started with weed but did Kratom next then um....whippits, then mushrooms etc.

Any drug you use (or even to some extent alchohol) is a gateway drug. If you get high/drunk etc, you end up partying with other people, which makes it likely you'll party with someone doing some other stuff while your not right in the head, then you do it, etc.

Weed isn't any worse then alcohol, but in places where it's legal, it's CRAZY available. There are more weed stores in WA then coffee shops at this point. You hit 2-3 weed stores between a High School and the first place for students to eat lol.

Not saying it should be illegal mind you, all drugs should be legal and taxed, but.......it having weed be legal is certainly causing many people to try other drugs which they never would have tried if weed was not legal.
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Zeus
11/19/19 1:38:31 PM
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Well, it's certainly going to be a gateway drug into legalizing other drugs. Otherwise it's what got some of my old college buddies hooked on cigarettes, oddly enough.
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nogaems
11/19/19 1:59:12 PM
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Lokarin posted...
Side question: I grew up in a single income home and had the benefit of an awesome mom... so why are so many families opting for a stranger to raise their kids so they can dual income? Or, in other words, if you deduct the cost of a nanny from your own paycheck... that's how much you are actually making by not being with the kids.


like others have said, hiring a nanny makes more financial sense for couples that can both make healthy salaries.

money becomes a priority when there is less and less incentive to have children in modern society. thats why people are having less or no kids.


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Mead
11/19/19 2:02:02 PM
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The ironic thing is that in states that have legalized it, use among minors has gone down significantly. The legal market largely pushes out the product sold by drug dealers, and minors cant buy it legally.
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zebatov
11/19/19 3:22:37 PM
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I usually make decisions when Im drunk. Ive never smoked weed in my life.

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Mead
11/19/19 3:29:12 PM
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zebatov posted...
I usually make decisions when Im drunk. Ive never smoked weed in my life.


alcohol is worse than cannabis is almost every way
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Fierce_Deity_08
11/20/19 2:11:15 PM
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The only way I would actually vote for Biden is if I smoked a joint first.
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Lokarin
11/20/19 2:14:24 PM
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Mead posted...
zebatov posted...
I usually make decisions when Im drunk. Ive never smoked weed in my life.


alcohol is worse than cannabis is almost every way


tobacco has a higher kill record than the next 12 drugs combined
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Mead
11/20/19 2:23:16 PM
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Lokarin posted...
Mead posted...
zebatov posted...
I usually make decisions when Im drunk. Ive never smoked weed in my life.


alcohol is worse than cannabis is almost every way


tobacco has a higher kill record than the next 12 drugs combined


Okay lok
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Moonjay
11/20/19 2:53:09 PM
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When it comes to working and having someone else raise your children, you also have to realize how bad a gap in your employment can look. And a lot of companies do not care why. What if they break up? What if one of them dies? Then the one that's been home for years would have a really fun time getting another job.
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CTLM
11/20/19 3:15:26 PM
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They better not legalize it. No one wants to live in St. Louis
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Mead
11/20/19 3:18:30 PM
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CTLM posted...
They better not legalize it. No one wants to live in St. Louis


do what now?
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CTLM
11/20/19 3:54:12 PM
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Mead posted...
CTLM posted...
They better not legalize it. No one wants to live in St. Louis


do what now?


St. Louis is called the "gateway to the west"
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HornedLion
11/20/19 3:59:30 PM
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Hes a jackass.

Feel the BERN 2020!!!
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Mead
11/20/19 4:05:12 PM
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CTLM posted...
Mead posted...
CTLM posted...
They better not legalize it. No one wants to live in St. Louis


do what now?


St. Louis is called the "gateway to the west"


And?
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RoboXgp89
11/20/19 4:42:34 PM
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biden is a peice of shit

he used to be head of the DEA
he got his job by holding up a chain at a school bussing court hearing full of blacks lol
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Mead
11/20/19 4:43:52 PM
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Why the fuck do some people still insist on calling black people blacks

Its weird and cringe af

Stop doing it
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RoboXgp89
11/20/19 4:44:33 PM
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Mead posted...
Why the fuck do some people still insist on calling black people blacks

Its weird and cringe af

Stop doing it


they were clearly being segregated by schools for being black dude come on
that still goes on today with real estate

they are as african american as I am european american
that is to say "none"
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Mead
11/20/19 4:46:03 PM
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RoboXgp89 posted...
Mead posted...
Why the fuck do some people still insist on calling black people blacks

Its weird and cringe af

Stop doing it


they were clearly being segregated by schools for being black dude come on
that still goes on today


And stop randomly line breaking
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RoboXgp89
11/20/19 4:48:01 PM
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mead prefers blacked over blacks
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Mead
11/20/19 4:48:55 PM
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RoboXgp89 posted...
mead prefers blacked over blacks


Or ya know regular terms like black people, or their names
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Moonjay
11/20/19 4:51:21 PM
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One of the funniest things about grown up adults who think marijuana is a gateway drug is the fact that weed helps some people cure worse addictions to things like heroin and alcohol. :P
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RoboXgp89
11/20/19 5:00:59 PM
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Mead
11/20/19 5:02:48 PM
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RoboXgp89 posted...
biden needs to stfu and get a reign in on his coke sniffing son before he tells other adults what to do

https://www.businessinsider.com/hunter-biden-father-of-luden-roberts-child-dna-test-2019-11

https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/breaking-leaked-documents-show-tens-millions-ukraine-paid-kerry-biden-jr-fund


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RoboXgp89
11/20/19 5:06:02 PM
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ok boomer
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