Magic Mushrooms decriminalized in Colorado

I am against the use of drugs, but legalizing them means any kind of crime around that drugs pummels down. I do not even live there so I have no strong feelings one way or the other.

 

To clarify, private possession and use of shrooms were decriminalized in Denver (not the entire state of Colorado), but distributing them remains illegal. The ballot initiative just made enforcement of the ban on possession and use such a low priority that the police will never bother with it, and it banned spending resources on punishing violators.

 

So everything stays the same but now everyone is on drugs. Cannot see it as a good thing.

 

stupid actions will increase

 

Super Mario shall rise.

 

I never had any desire to live in a society filled with and run by potheads. I certainly don't have any desire to surround myself with shroom-heads. It's not the de-criminalization itself that bothers me, as much as the culture that celebrates its usage. I have never once met or heard of a person who regularly gets high, who also aspires to do anything with his life...besides get high.

 

You haven't looked very hard.

 

You're not wrong. I admit ignorance on this subject

 

I mean you dont have to look hard and you'll find athletes get baked musicians and people in creative hobbies/jobs like that. Weed is very popular in the jiu-jitsu community too.
From the outside looking in getting stoned may just look like a lot of laziness but it help you see things from a different perspective a more unbiased perspective a lot of the time. Weed or no weed them lazy potheads would have been lazy anyway but those focused and motivated potheads claimed they wouldn't be able to do what they do without it.
Have you ever smoked weed?

 

Actually it's a huge improvement from the criminal justice apparatus' point of view.

 

Well I actually don't know if there is a criminal traffic of mushrooms.

 

In most countries, where drugs are illegal, you'll face criminal charges just for carrying drugs (including mushrooms). However, this system is highly problematic and not really fullfilling it's initial purpose. By cutting that away, you get rid of tons of unnessacary work, which then has huge benefitial effects on the functioning of the criminal justice system as well as the users themselves.

 

I suppose we will have to wait and see how things unfold after this. It may sound good on paper there is a possibility that it could backfire.

 

Unfortunately these drugs (Quaaludes) don't exist anymore aha. Though I did hear people have started making them in garage labs.

 

I can’t see that possibly going out of style.

 

You can't really put magic mushrooms in the same category as all drugs. If anything, taking mushrooms is the farthest thing away from taking drugs just to get high, but rather it's a spiritual ritual.