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In reply to the discussion: Pot smokers don't puff away lung health: study [View all]DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)No one gets anything done here. I see about a third of my coworkers lying in ditches every morning, too stoned to realize where they are or what they're supposed to be doing. I also see people leaving the dispensaries and looking around for a heroin dealer (I can just tell by the look in their eyes). It's not your father's 60's gateway drug anymore--it's 842 times as strong, and it leads straight to heroin.
Of course the statements above are ludicrous. Last I checked, California was still a big hub for innovation, and was still the 6th or 7th largest economy in the world. We all go about our lives, just like always, but there's no longer any need to stand on the corner of 6th and Market in SFO to either get a dime bag or get punched in the mouth, depending on the day. It's a retail experience now, with lots of choice, and with attentive customer service people working the counter, and receipts given as proof of purchase, just like in a "real business".
California hasn't suffered anything as a result of the de facto legalization of marijuana.