Age of Marijuana Use and Psychosis

[Tgo01]

No, I didn't rail against the idea of edibles not being candies and such.

Someone earlier said "because children" is a lame excuse but I think the number of children in Colorado rushed to the ER and had a stay in the ICU says otherwise.

I think "because cigars and alcohol come in flavors" is the lame excuse. You can teach a child to stay away from alcohol and cigars and cigarettes. How you going to teach a child the difference from "bad" candy and "good" candy if it looks exactly the same?

"Well just hide it" okay great. What if they're at their friend's house and their parents are not as good of parents as you are?

Seems unnecessary to me.

[Ceyrin]

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[Androidpk]

Someone earlier said "because children" is a lame excuse but I think the number of children in Colorado rushed to the ER and had a stay in the ICU says otherwise.

I think "because cigars and alcohol come in flavors" is the lame excuse. You can teach a child to stay away from alcohol and cigars and cigarettes. How you going to teach a child the difference from "bad" candy and "good" candy if it looks exactly the same?

"Well just hide it" okay great. What if they're at their friend's house and their parents are not as good of parents as you are?

Seems unnecessary to me.

Give your trolling a break, its giving you psychosis.

[Fallen]

I think the argument of outright banning any form of good tasting edible because it might somehow fall into the hands of a child is a bit much, but I think at this point, that's the long and short of this debate. No matter what precautions are taken, there will always be a chance that a child could ingest a cookie/brownie/etc that has marijuana in it.

I don't think the mere existence of children should make the good tasting edibles outright illegal. Others will disagree. Many children each year will die at the hands of alcohol and firearms, few if any will die from ingesting marijuana. Until such time there is as strict of rules in place regarding the things that will actually kill children, I don't think it is fair to subject edibles to a much higher standard.

[Thondalar]

You mentioned once before how our discussions never go anywhere, and here is another way they have! From time to time I make the claim that everyone is religious, because what it means to be religious is not belief in a Christian God but a division of the world into sacred and profane. Sacred: that at which thou shalt not laugh. Sacred: that which thou shalt not question. I make the objectively mild claim that marijuana should remain illegal, and I am accused of being a Nazi, a closet Nazi, and as bad as a Nazi (or worse) in the same thread. These are objectively unreasonable responses. Where, then, do they come from? Those who trespass the sacred are the worst, by definition.

I wasn't calling you a fascist because you don't want to legalize weed, I was calling you a fascist based on the body of evidence your arguments have presented over the last several years.

[Androidpk]

I think the argument of outright banning any form of good tasting edible because it might somehow fall into the hands of a child is a bit much, but I think at this point, that's the long and short of this argument. No matter what precautions are taken, there will always be a chance that a child could ingest a cookie/brownie/etc that has marijuana in it.

I don't think the mere existence of children should make the good tasting edibles outright illegal. Others will disagree. Many children each year will die at the hands of alcohol and firearms. Until the time there is as strict of rules regarding the things that will actually kill children, I don't think it is fair to subject edibles to a much higher standard.

There are lots of things dangerous and inappropriate for children that we don't ban. Prescription pain killers, guns, cars, porn.. ect.

[Thondalar]

Here's Why Those 'Marijuana Deaths' Don't Change The Debate On Weed

[Fallen]

There are lots of things dangerous and inappropriate for children that we don't ban. Prescription pain killers, guns, cars, porn.. ect.

Steps are taken to protect children from dangerous things. However, we do not suggest an outright ban on these products to protect children. That is what is being put forward here, and as I said, I think that is a bit much.

[Tgo01]

Many children each year will die at the hands of alcohol and firearms. Until the time there is as strict of rules in place regarding the things that will actually kill children, I don't think it is fair to subject edibles to a much higher standard.

I think it's a bit unfair to compare someone intentionally harming a child with a firearm to a kid mistaking marijuana candy for normal candy and ingesting it. Also I think there are pretty strict rules regarding owning a firearm compared to buying marijuana candy.

How many children accidentally consume alcohol every year? I couldn't find any statistics because the statistics I found were regarding kids purposefully consuming alcohol.

Regardless I don't understand your reasoning. Why do more strict rules have to be in place for alcohol before more strict rules can be in place for marijuana? Also what do you mean "will actually kill children" when talking about alcohol and firearms, you don't think a child can die from ingesting too much THC? :/

[Fallen]

I think it's a bit unfair to compare someone intentionally harming a child with a firearm to a kid mistaking marijuana candy for normal candy and ingesting it. Also I think there are pretty strict rules regarding owning a firearm compared to buying marijuana candy.

How many children accidentally consume alcohol every year? I couldn't find any statistics because the statistics I found were regarding kids purposefully consuming alcohol.

Regardless I don't understand your reasoning. Why do more strict rules have to be in place for alcohol before more strict rules can be in place for marijuana? Also what do you mean "will actually kill children" when talking about alcohol and firearms, you don't think a child can die from ingesting too much THC? :/

Children find and play with guns every year. Specifics in numbers of deaths are hard to find for a variety of reasons, but I think we can both agree it will exceed both in number of incidents and in number of deaths that of accidentally ingesting cannabis edibles.

What do you mean by more strict? What would you suggest other than an outright ban?

I think it's theoretically possible for a child to die directly from a marijuana overdose, but I think the odds of that happening are extremely low. The odds are far higher that children will encounter guns and alcohol to fatal results.