420 Use and Health

[Frosted]

maybe marijuana wasn't THAT bad.

Any fatal car crash is pretty bad I'd say.

[Thunder_Snus]

After years and years of middle school DARE programs I view all articles about marijuana as fishy. I was told all about the people that ended up in psych wards because of how powerful and dangerous marijuana was, if you used it just once you were automatically a member of al queda (sp?). The study might be true, it might not, good luck getting anyone to believe you after people finally admitted that maybe marijuana wasn't THAT bad.

[lxskllr]

The study looks flawed to me. ~11% of the population are regular marijuana users, so logic dictates marijuana reduces the risk of traffic death by 2%. Seriously though, a positive test of marijuana doesn't prove the person was influenced at the time of the accident. The article is just click bait.

Edit:
I screwed up all my numbers. It actually would indicate a 4% increased risk of death since ~7% of the population uses marijuana regularly. In any case, my problem with the study stands.

[Skell18]

Hahahaha no surprises there then

[wa3zrm]

Study: Fatal Car Crashes Involving Marijuana Have Tripled

SEATTLE (CBS Seattle) – According to a recent study, fatal car crashes involving pot use have tripled in the U.S.
“Currently, one of nine drivers involved in fatal crashes would test positive for marijuana,” Dr. Guohua Li, director of the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention at Columbia, and co-author of the study told HealthDay News.
Researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health gathered data from six states – California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and West Virginia – that perform toxicology tests on drivers involved in fatal car accidents. This data included over 23,500 drivers that died within one hour of a crash between 1999 and 2010.
Li reported in the study that alcohol contributed to about 40 percent of traffic fatalities throughout the decade.
The researchers found that drugs played an increasing role in fatal traffic accidents. Drugged driving accounted for more than 28 percent of traffic deaths in 2010, which is 16 percent more than it was in 1999. The researchers also found that marijuana was the main drug involved in the increase. It contributed to 12 percent of fatal crashes, compared to only 4 percent in 1999.
“If a driver is under the influence of alcohol, their risk of a fatal crash is 13 times higher than the risk of the driver who is not under the influence of alcohol,” Li said. “But if the driver is under the influence of both alcohol and marijuana, their risk increased to 24 times that of a sober person.”
Researchers found that the increase in marijuana use occurred across all ages for males and females.
Jonathan Adkins, deputy executive director of the Governors Highway Safety Association, told HealthDay News that marijuana impairs driving in much the same way that alcohol does.

(Excerpt) Read more at seattle.cbslocal.com ...

[Crow]

There ya go, Worms.

Now you're getting it..!!

[wa3zrm]

[wa3zrm]

[wa3zrm]

But with this industry it seems to be already largely saturated.

I don't think so... when you see it being sold in convenience stores then we will have reached the saturation point. Until then, the market is wide open... wait until the big companies become involved... Hell. I see a day where every mall food court has a franchised bakery that will sell you the herb in any baked format you would like... let alone drink!

[Thunder_Snus]

lmao THC caps. That's how I do air travel with herb. I get empty capsules and pack em tightly with cleaned herb. You would be simply amazed at how much one can cram into a small cap. Enough for a full cigatette in that lil thing. When I travel I need to bring about 18 bottles of meds with me so there is plenty of camouflage. When you know how the new airport xray machines work you will understand why this works....everytime. Don't try to crotch it or hide it in electronics, it will stand out like a sore thumb on the xray.

Holy shit PP.

[Thunder_Snus]

I see the pot industry like the gambling industry. For a long time, Vegas was the only place to go... then there came Atlantic City and now almost everyone is within an hour drive to a gaming resort.

This is a ground floor opportunity for anyone willing to take the risk. I see their clientele as being from the baby boomer generation. As it becomes legal in more states, you'll see an entire resort industry forming around it.

The only thing I don't like about all this pot stuff is the smoking part... I think the stuff is just as bad or worse than cigarettes. For me... I'll be waiting for the THC capsules.

But with this industry it seems to be already largely saturated. Everyone thinks they can just throw up some signs and start selling. I know a ton of people that rushed to California a few years ago just to realize how expensive it was to get a grow operation started and by the time you get things rolling its not just you but you and 10 other shady dudes.

[Premium Parrots]

lmao THC caps. That's how I do air travel with herb. I get empty capsules and pack em tightly with cleaned herb. You would be simply amazed at how much one can cram into a small cap. Enough for a full cigatette in that lil thing. When I travel I need to bring about 18 bottles of meds with me so there is plenty of camouflage. When you know how the new airport xray machines work you will understand why this works....everytime. Don't try to crotch it or hide it in electronics, it will stand out like a sore thumb on the xray.

[wa3zrm]

I see the pot industry like the gambling industry. For a long time, Vegas was the only place to go... then there came Atlantic City and now almost everyone is within an hour drive to a gaming resort.

This is a ground floor opportunity for anyone willing to take the risk. I see their clientele as being from the baby boomer generation. As it becomes legal in more states, you'll see an entire resort industry forming around it.

The only thing I don't like about all this pot stuff is the smoking part... I think the stuff is just as bad or worse than cigarettes. For me... I'll be waiting for the THC capsules.

[Thunder_Snus]

Not quite understand the pricing point and the clientele they're trying to reach. Hell for 400 a night I could send me and my girlfriend on a nice little vacation there. A little pricey but not over the top. I don't think i would pay that amount though for some weed a hot tub and a swing, I could just go get stoned outside a hotel and stay in probably a nicer room for cheaper with a better hot tub.
Cool idea though, it's going to be interesting to see who will survive and how when there will soon be a pot dispensary for every 10 users.

[wa3zrm]

Wanna go on a Get High Getaway?

Reefer gladness: Mile High City’s pitch to the high-end weed smoker

So you want to get high in a high-end way in the Mile High City? You could call Dale Dyke and his wife, Chastity Osborn, a massage therapist, who run Get High Getaways. They gutted their brick house in Bel Mar and let it go to pot, refashioning it as a clothing optional, or as Dale calls it, “textile optional” bed-and-breakfast.
They’re still waiting for their first big booking, but Chastity says they’re busily adding amenities to create a “resort environment”, including a stone labyrinth with a tether ball, a camera in the living room to Skype your friends stoned and an outdoor swing “where you can have a good time and catch a buzz”.
They charge $199 (€145) per person per night – you have to be over 21 – and offer two rooms, 24/7 car service and a hot tub. They can give, rather than sell, their homegrown pot to guests. Chastity will even serve her marijuana-infused “yummies” textile-free, if you like. (The couple are proud members of the American Association for Nude Recreation.) “We want the higher-end clientele,” 38-year-old Chastity says. “Comedians. Adult film entertainers. Musicians.” Dale chimes in: “We’re trying to keep stoned tourists from getting lost in Denver and causing mayhem. Our motto is: ‘Don’t come on vacation and leave on probation.’”
The blooming pot industry here is still more seedy than glossy. Yet the budding bud growers are eager to help Denver elude the stigma of Rocky Mountain Low, a shadowy place overrun by “The Dude Abides” hippies and Jeff Spicoli stoners. “People are learning not to be ashamed,” 45-year-old Dale says. “No more talking in whispers. We’re moving away from the image of dumb stoner teenagers to older successful businesspeople who can admit they’re stoners.”

(Excerpt) Read more at irishtimes.com ...

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