The elephant in the room for many is today's date, 4/20/20.

I understand we are in the middle of a revolution, a deep state takedown. The subject may not even deserve the time of day with everything else going on, but I want to talk about the subject: Marijuana.

Trump's only public stance on marijuana to date is that it is a state's rights issue. Over 20% of the states have legalized it recreationally. Over 65% have legalized it medicinally.

A substantial amount (as high at 2/3) of the population thinks marijuana should be legal recreationally. Even more (as high as 90%) think it should be available for medical purposes. Even if these are weighted polls, those are some substantial numbers.

Today, on 4/20, Trump should remove marijuana from schedule 1, truly putting it in the hands of the states. Where it currently sits, the federal government sees no difference between marijuana and other hard drugs such as heroin. It is even classified as a harder drug than cocaine. Makes no sense and it makes a mockery out of the scheduling.

Back around 2009-11, I was getting some of my first red pills. I saw how a hobby of mine, online poker, was essentially shutdown by the feds in a shady way. I was coming across many 9/11 documentaries that made me question things. I also came across the attached documentary about marijuana which made me completely rethink the subject.

Marijuana represented to me how the spread of information can change public opinion. It was an eye opening experience and I became intrigued to learn more, so I would research the topic to death. I like to think it was training for the research I would partake in many years later with the Las Vegas shooting, the Storm, and so much more.

I could write a book as to the reasons why it should be legal (recreationally & medicinally). Instead, I am going to refute the few arguments against marijuana that still remain:

1. It is best to keep the product illegal, to protect the kids.

2. Marijuana has been a drug used by America's youth for many years, pre-legalization. I do think that we should put safeguards in place to prevent it getting in kids hands, but this should not stop law-abiding citizens 21 and older from the use. There are studies that show both sides on this issue. One will say that marijuana use has gone up with teens, but is that true? Or is it that it has become not as taboo to admit it when asked? Other studies, where marijuana has been legal for an extended period of time show that teen use is actually dropping. This one, I think is more in line with the truth. The best way to keep it out of the hands of kids is to legalize it and regulate it, erase the black market. Have laws in place that prevent adults from buying it for kids - just like alcohol, and have stiff penalties for doing so.

1. It increases the number of accidents due to marijuana.

2. While there has been a slight, concerning increase in traffic accidents (in the neighborhood of a 3% rise) in the years following legalization in the associated states, there are actually FEWER fatal accidents. By the way, that 3% rise in accidents does seem to dip after a few years from the start of legalization. Some say more people are under the influence of marijuana in accidents. Yes, but testing is also more prevalent, and admitting to the use is much higher, and that can cause for misleading data. Even in all of the anti-marijuana studies, they admit that it is much better than the correlation of alcohol and traffic accidents/deaths.

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>>8862754

1. Marijuana use leads to the use of harder drugs.

2. This is complete BS. If anything, removing the black market removes the main association. It is often the dealer pushing marijuana that deals in harder drugs. There is zero evidence to this theory. If anything, by keeping marijuana on Schedule 1, it diminishes the outlook on other drugs on the schedule. Because hey, marijuana isn't so bad. My government says it is equal to heroin, so maybe heroin isn't so bad? The scheduling does more harm than good.

1. Marijuana today is much stronger than the weed from the 70s.

2. This hypocritical argument may have some validity to it. It is true that marijuana today has much higher levels of THC. However, it doesn't work like alcohol. If you drink 4 beers, you get a certain level buzz. Do you drink the same amount of liquid if it was bourbon? No. Stronger marijuana just means it takes less to get to the level of high the user is looking to achieve. Besides, there is no such thing as overdosing from marijuana - unlike with alcohol.

1. Marijuana, and drug use in general, is immoral.

2. Another hypocritical argument. There are many drugs that serve a purpose. Every time you pop an advil, is that immoral? Does it temporarily change a person's state of mind? Yes, though it is different for everyone. If that is immoral, should we also ban meditation?

1. Legalizing would not benefit society.

2. Well, I think we can all agree that it would be a boom to the economy. But what about productivity? When I say we should legalize the use recreationally, it doesn't mean that people should be using it on the job - and employers should be able to fire anyone that does partake while on the clock. Marijuana can help people get off tobacco, marijuana, opioids, and much more. That seems pretty beneficial to me.

1. Marijuana use makes you stupid.

2. There are studies that show that long term use in children can effect brain development. However, after the user refrains from use for an extended period of time, the negative effects often disappear. Either way, this would just point to the fact that we should keep it out of the hands of kids' hands (point 1). There is no evidence that shows that it is damaging to the adult IQ. But I can see how someone may think that naively witnessing someone under the influence. If anything, it has actually been shown to increase brain activity (neurons and the cannabinoid system). Compare that to alcohol - which has been shown to kill brain cells.

Again, much of the problem surrounding marijuana is the perception created from reefer madness. If it was legalized, much of the taboo would dissipate. If you have a knee-jerk reaction to seeing people smoke a bowl and not a knee-jerk reaction to seeing people sling shots of vodka, then maybe you are under the mind control of an outdated, false campaign to keep it illegal.

Q+ should do what's right and remove it from schedule 1. Again, I can list countless reasons as to why, politically and apolitically. I just wanted to take the time to refute the common arguments against.

Happy 4/20 anons!

>>8862831

No, not that I am aware of. When I say it is the elephant in the room for many, you would be naive to think it is not…. picture related.