WATCH: Welcome Back To The World Of Apocalyptic Anti-Marijuana Ads

[Althena]

Legalizing marijuana in Massachusetts will endanger your children, change your neighborhood and make society a fearful place.

That’s the central claim of a new ad by an anti-marijuana group in Massachusetts that opposes the Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act, also known as Question 4, which would legalize recreational pot.

“Question 4 would allow thousands of pot shops and marijuana operators throughout Massachusetts — in neighborhoods like yours,” the ad begins.

A mother watches in horror as her young daughter ogles the edibles in a pot shop: “Shops that sell pot edibles that look like candy and high-potency marijuana,” the narrator says.

Sirens scream in the background and police cars fly by the camera: “In pro-pot states, incidents of drugged driving and fatal car accidents are up,” the narrator says.
This is so untrue, it's actually the opposite. In CO the accidents have gone down.

When a young man emerges from the cannabis store, he gives the woman a surprised, guilty look. “Mom…” the young man starts. “Kevin?” the woman replies in shock.

WATCH:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bjtmo2M3Exw

The ad is paid for by the anti-legalization group Campaign for a Safe and Healthy MA. It recently received a $1 million donation from Las Vegas casino magnate and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson.

“We are grateful for the support of Mr. Adelson, a Massachusetts native, who with his wife Dr. Miriam has been a long-time anti-addiction advocate,” Jim Conroy, a spokesman for Safe and Healthy Massachusetts, told the Boston Globe a statement. “His generosity will prove critical in preventing a billion-dollar marijuana industry from establishing a foothold in our communities.”

Pro-legalization group Yes on 4 released its own ad Tuesday, in which Dr. Susan Lucas says that easing restrictions on marijuana would help her recommend the best treatments to her patients.

“Doctors and patients are afraid to bring up all options for fear of breaking the law,” Lucas says. “Yes on 4 means we can regulate, tax and legalize marijuana to help people with pain avoid opiates.”

If it passes, marijuana would be legal for recreational use Dec. 15, and stores could begin selling pot Jan. 1, 2018. Public use of marijuana, however, would still be illegal, as it is in Colorado and Washington.

Three other states — Arizona, California, Maine and Nevada — have marijuana legalization laws on the ballot Nov. 8, according to National Law Review. Arkansas, Florida and North Dakota will vote on medical marijuana programs. Even if laws pass in all these states, possession, distribution and consumption of marijuana is still illegal under federal law.

[joeecho]

In Washington state, you wouldn't know it was legal. There is no doom and gloom about what could happen, people go about their lives like they always have.

I am sure there are people that can't handle curtain substances and still carry on a 'normal' life but does that mean a government has to be a nanny to everyone? Emphatic NO IMO.

[Carmody]

I found out that in my local city area, that the number of arrests for marijuana and it's derivatives, on the 'personal possession' level...for 2015....was a full and actual zero. Ie, 0 arrests, 0 charges brought against 0 people. For the full year. Same for 2016, to date.

The local police have refused to involve themselves in arrests for cannabis possession, and I'm sure the local city hall and politicians are of the same mind. Nobody cares and no one will pursue it. Plenty of real crimes to chase after.

[42]

Grab a large slice of pizza and get educated people...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=esfKfTBGadg

[Yetti]

I am pro-cannabis planting for industrial and health use., even if i do not smoke or consume, the truth is that cannabis oil is a brakthru medicine to cure a lot of deseases including cancer ( and is in fact ,a very good business for the big pharma cartel) they do not want any cheap solution for the problem they cause!

[A Voice from the Mountains]

Oh the devastated world of a Gen X soccer mom. We've got first-world problems.

[Flash]

In fact, the politicians are probably having their toke on week ends lollllllll mostly Trudeau!!

A friend of mine still smoke regularly - so his 25 years old daughter does too. At one point a few years ago, when she was about 20, her boyfriend had done something wrong and the police came to my friend's home to talk to the daughter. He told them she was upstair, they went up, and she was there with her bong. they asked the question they wanted to ask, pas zero comments on the bongs to her, went back downstairs gave one comment about weed to the dad and that was it.

Eveyone was relieved and happy.

Posted by Carmody (here)
I found out that in my local city area, that the number of arrests for marijuana and it's derivatives, on the 'personal possession' level...for 2015....was a full and actual zero. Ie, 0 arrests, 0 charges brought against 0 people. For the full year. Same for 2016, to date.

The local police have refused to involve themselves in arrests for cannabis possession, and I'm sure the local city hall and politicians are of the same mind. Nobody cares and no one will pursue it. Plenty of real crimes to chase after.

[LindyLou22]

The hysteria is probably drummed up by the mainstream pharma industry. They would much rather have patients using their opiates and opioids, which don't relieve pain long-term. And of course, they are addictive, which puts the patient in the desired position of coming back for more and more.

If you're interested, go to PubMed and look up some of the info on CBD oil, cannabidiol, or cannabinoid. It not only relieves pain, but it can also shrink tumors. Here's one to get people started, a study on peripheral neuropathy pain.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24420962

These findings demonstrate that, in a meaningful proportion of otherwise treatment-resistant patients, clinically important improvements in pain, sleep quality and SGIC of the severity of their condition are obtained with THC/CBD spray. THC/CBD spray was well tolerated and no new safety concerns were identified.

And cancer, tumors:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4171598/

CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Cannabinoids exert a direct anti-proliferative effect on tumors of different origin. They have been shown to be anti-migratory and anti-invasive and inhibit MMPs which in turn degrade the extra-cellular matrix (ECM), thus affecting metastasis of cancer to the distant organs. Also, cannabinoids modulate other major processes in our body like energy metabolism, inflammation, etc. These data are derived not only from cell culture systems but also from more complex and clinically relevant animal models.

So, be very afraid of cannabis!