Why do so many people smoke weed these days?

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I get the world isn’t a great place for many people but why is it so prevalent now? Is it cheaper than drinking? Or easier to get hold of? I really dislike it and don’t understand why if it’s illegal it isn’t more closely monitored. Am I missing something?

It’s strange how everyone in countries where weed is legal aren’t completely mental isn’t it? Hmmmm.

The police aren’t interested in someone smoking weed - it’s effectively decriminalised. Their guidance is to give a ‘cannabis warning.’ Don’t forget it was reduced to a class C drug based upon the chief scientist’s and police recommendations, then the idiot tories moved it back up to a B. Policing hasn’t changed from C though.

If it were legalised there would be less ‘smoking’ of it and more vaping/ ingestibles. Better for everyone no?

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I worked with a young Australian girl who got into smoking weed because she was alone & distrusted people, over the five years she was part of the team she spiralled in to deep depression & I am sure it was the smoking of weed that made her problem worse.

Thank you, I do try. Mostly I succeed but as I get older I find my attitude to drugs and druggies hardening.
Partly this is because of my job, mostly it's because of the general "pee on the fire MY toast is done", don't give a fuck about anyone else as long as I get what I want, when I want it, attitude these people display.
Scrotes everywhere, on trains, in shops, in the street, reeking of weed and acting like idiots.
As someone said upthread, loses, each and every one.
Not that long ago police and customs put huge efforts into the interdiction of drugs, now nobody's bothered and the results are plain to see.

Have I though or am I just firmly expressing a different viewpoint?

Turning right wing and bitter/ mean as you age is a known phenomenon. Why do you think the average age of a Reform voter is 67?

Isn't that about the strength of the drugs (eg skunk) being sold though?

Nobody seems able to tell me why it’s more common now though, or at least more noticeable. Is it just that people genuinely don’t care anymore because they know nothing will be done? And why does it smell so absolutely disgusting now?

Interesting arguments that I hadn't considered actually so thanks for this.

I have young adult kids and teen nephew/neices so said friend is always warning me of the dangers of weed because of what she sees but it is interesting to read this view which makes sense re: predisposition to mental illness.

A suspiciously circular argument. Although the 0% crime rate associated with alcohol is certainly a very persuasive one.

I like to have a vape (of cannabis) before dinner, like many do with a glass of wine I suppose, but these days have no interest in alcohol. I save all my stalks etc. for butter extraction, which I use for baking. Personally, I think you get the most enjoyable effect from eating cannabis. Much better than mixing with tobacco (a stimulant).
I don't think im a 'loser" though, mortgage-free, semi retired but still run a small business.

I don’t care if other people smoke it as long as they don’t smoke it near me. The smell is revolting.

I must admit I was surprised how long it stays in the system compared to alcohol. How do people manage smoking/eating it and needing to drive?

Probably because booze and cigarettes are so expensive.

The irony of spending years clamping down on cigarettes while people campaigning to make weed legal should not be lost on people.

Smoking the stuff is very bad for your lungs.

When I was younger people use to smoke what I believe was called “hash” that came in resin form. It didn’t smell nearly so bad.

I think hash and weed are kind of the same thing though right? ( please correct me if I’m wrong, I’m proud to say I’m not the expert on this!)

Maybe they moved on to the current form of this and it’s just that it stinks more, which is why we notice it more?

I didn't know that about the Reform voters age. I haven't turned right wing, I've always believed in order, rules, consideration for others. That's how society works.
Weed smokers are usually the antithesis of that view - stunted anti social non contributors, drains on all kinds of resources.
Important to say not every smoker is like that of course, but loads are - someone upthread said they see weed as the solution, not the problem. No job, no cash, no worries, skin up and someone else will be along to give me money.
No job, no incentive, no motivation, more dope, mental health issues, homelessness, more dope, physical health issues...
It's bad. Bad for people, bad for society.
I'm no preacher, no expert, just a regular person who doesn't like the way society is going but remembers how it was and preferred it that way...

It was actually the same Labour government that had reclassified it as a class C in 2004 that put it back to class B from 2009. It was one of the first significant things Gordon Brown hinted at changing when he took over from Blair.

You might remember when the first hints that reversing the downgrading of it to a class C drug could happen, there was another spate of politicians admitting they’d smoked it when they were younger, including then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6905886.stm

It was then Jacqui Smith who announced in May 2008 - news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7387695.stm - that cannabis was being put back to class B.

Thank you, this makes sense although I’m no expert either!

I did some reading up on the stench issue and I have to say - yuck! I often pick up on an ammonia type odour when I smell it. Apparently as well as being due to the varieties grown now, it could also be caused by microbial growth aka fungus, bacteria. This comes about due to poor storage or it not being properly dried.

Lovely…not!

They don’t care

Sadly my comment was deleted.
I must have struck a nerve lol.

Evidently. It was my misfortune to share a house with a couple of weed smokers in the 1980s. Coming home to a house that smelled like it had been colonised by incontinent tom cats got old quickly. I moved out.

Are the countries where it's legal nice places to live?
Do smokers work?
How much tax does it bring in?
How much medical treatment does it cause?

@NeelyOHara · Today 10:03

It’s strange how everyone in countries where weed is legal aren’t completely mental isn’t it? Hmmmm.

How do you know?

Yes, it's TERRIBLE for your lungs. People don't care though, for some reason...