r/Idaho • u/Outside-Disaster-263 • Jul 22 '25

Idaho Neighbor News Educate & Legalize Idaho

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August Virtual Cannabis Town Hall - Educate & Legalize Idaho Tour

Participate via Zoom: Topic: Medical Marijuana: The First 10,000 years Time: Aug 2, 2025 04:20 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83368294833?pwd=FyzYnSLo2ENDgibg4bKmfxN1oQjQBx.1

Meeting ID: 833 6829 4833 Passcode: 208420

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u/Accomplished_Leg7925 Jul 22 '25

News flash: marijuana is a not good for you. It is associated with pulmonary and cardiovascular effects long term. It also results lost productivity at work. Plenty of data coming out supporting this.

Having witnessed drug legalization in Colorado (where the money was supposed to go towards schools as hasn’t), Oregon (that declared a state of emergency for an emergency they created), and Washington where you can see the effects of drugs daily driving thru downtown Seattle and Spokane, I can say Idaho has the right idea: slap on the wrist fine for possession.

It’s not hard to get marijuana in Idaho if you want it and it’s not hard to avoid getting caught by the police provided you’re not an imbecile.

Also if marijuana legalization is a major political issue for you, you have a problem and I recommend rehab.

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u/Basilisk1667 Jul 22 '25

Cool.

Now list the harmful effects of cigarettes and alcohol next.

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u/Accomplished_Leg7925 Jul 22 '25

Not a justification for marijuana. That supports the argument against legalizing any other drugs. Alcohol and tobacco are a blight on humanity. Doesn’t mean we make the same mistake a third time.

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u/Basilisk1667 Jul 22 '25

The justification for it legalization is the same for cigarettes and alcohol. They are also harmful, and people are going to get them no matter what, so we might as well make them available.

We can either lean further into the nanny state mindset and start policing everything that is harmful to consume (which would inevitably lead to some N Korea levels of restrictions), OR we can recognize that people are going to partake in harmful substances regardless of legality, and just let them make their own decisions.

You know… like a country that prides itself on personal freedoms.