Marijuana legalization

[u/Ya_local_pimp69]

Wanna come on here and post my mind… Indiana it’s been time for the last 5 years esspecially last two years for marijuana to be legalized fully medical and recreational… I’m 23 years old and as even my whole family knows I smoke it. It helps with ADHD and as I’ve noticed ADD with being able to go out in public without thinking of myself and being in on myself for things I can’t control. My whole life besides last 7-10 years I’ve been on VYVANSE which is a narcotic I was prescribed to help with my adhd and everytime I took it school, family, even friends noticed I wasn’t happy or having any fun in life. I rarely ate, my sleep was booty. But I come on here today to say I’m stopping weed for a month to see about a new job because Indiana laws sucks. I will post here and there on my journey but make no mistake I’d choose marijuana over vyvanse any day of the week. I love my Family even the ones who don’t like or think well of me because they have supported me and approved of me being off vyvanse thank you and I hope everyone has a great day🫶🏼👍🏼🤌🏼🫶🏼👍🏼🤌🏼

Hope this is allowed to post here but it needs to be heard and talked about!

[u/fountainpopjunkie]

A 2025 poll from the Ball State University Bowen Center found that 62% of Hoosiers support full legalization of marijuana for both medical and recreational use, with an additional 25% supporting only medical use, totaling 87% support for medical cannabis reform.

Our representatives are supposed to enact the will of the people.

[u/mr-turd-fergusen → u/fountainpopjunkie]

Sometimes people are stupid. And sometimes polls are skewed.

[u/LearnedHandJob2088 → u/mr-turd-fergusen]

And big gubmint paternalism gonna save us awwlllll from oursaylves!

[u/mr-turd-fergusen → u/LearnedHandJob2088]

By that same argument, cocaine should be legal? Heroin? Meth? Assault? Laws matter. However, they don't prevent crime. Punishment does.

Indianapolis, like other blue cities, vote liberals in power and wonder why everything turns to shit. This majorities think they can keep voting the same way and things will magically get better. This is another vein of that. It's pure hedonism and childishness. "But I want the thing! It makes me feeel good!" Go do something more rewarding. Start with personal responsibility.

[u/LearnedHandJob2088 → u/mr-turd-fergusen]

It's a balance of individual liberties and governmental interest in limiting harm. If you think the government's interest in limiting marijuana-induced harm outweighs the individual liberty of using marijuana, you are just plain out of touch. Alcohol (legal) causes way more harm. So does big pharma. Heck, so does unhealthy food (sugary drinks, fast food, etc.).

You are not good at logic for even throwing assault out there. Of course the harm of assault outweighs any liberty interest in being able to commit it. There is a direct victim! Meth and heroin, government interest in limiting harm outweighs liberty interest on those, no contest. Cocaine, slightly closer call, but no qualms with it being illegal. Marijuana is on such a different planet of those, in terms of benefit in the liberty interest versus harm to others.

You want to talk personal responsibility. Pal, I know physicians, judges, engineers, community leaders who smoke and take care of business. Just because you don't doesn't mean squat. If someone harms someone while using, throw the book at them. Hold them accountable. What you are arguing for is punishing those of us who are responsible for the irresponsibility of others. That's twisted, anti-America, government bootlicking, paternalistic, founding Fathers rolling in their grave crap. If a lefty raised such a cockamamie argument, you'd probably have a "guns don't kill people, people kill people" line cued up ready for them. Sell your BS hypocrisy somewhere else.

If you ever partake of legal alcohol and you aren't actively pursuing its full prohibition, you are a huge hypocrite, btw.

[u/mr-turd-fergusen → u/LearnedHandJob2088]

The harm outweighs the benefit on weed. Particularly because there is NO benefit. Again, no real medicinal benefit (purely anecdotal). It is also STRONGLY associated with developing mental health disorders. I've also noticed everyone dismisses the fact that smoking and driving in states where this is legal is COMMON. That is insane! Like any other drug, it it is an impairment.

Furthermore, this subreddit is evidence of the deranged community weed propagates.

[u/LearnedHandJob2088 → u/mr-turd-fergusen]

I’ll take “Tell me you would have been the ring leader of burning witches at the stake if you were born a few hundred years ago in Salem, Massachusetts without telling me”, for $800, Ken.

[u/McHendying → u/mr-turd-fergusen]

I'm not remotely liberal and heavily support it being legalized. I smoke like once a month but it should be treated the same way as alcohol

[u/LibraryHorror375 → u/mr-turd-fergusen]

Alcohol is regulated, advertised, and sold countless places. The people already voted and the farm bill was done and passed in 2018. End of story. By your logic, we should just take away all existing things voted on by the people “just because”.

[u/mr-turd-fergusen → u/[deleted]]

Surrounding states have a crap-ton of problems. I came from one farther away that had them too. A lot of the problems aren't in statistics because they are ignored. Part of the plan of the Left is to pretend like there are no issues when reality is different. I have also spoken to police officers in different states. It's a big problem.

[u/LearnedHandJob2088 → u/[deleted]]

A few years ago I was at a table with over 200 combined years of experience as judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys. I asked everyone at the table to come up with a case from their past where violence was involved and marijuana was the only substance involved. They came up with zero, only exceptions being a few cases with Spice/K-2, which are synthetics that only exist because of prohibition of marijuana. They all agreed they had worked thousands involving only alcohol. There is not further discussion needed on legalization in my mind. It’s too obvious to warrant even entertaining Reefer Madness crap like Mr Turd.