[flinkblinkhink]

I agree it should be legal. However it should not be fully commercialised. Colorado has gone too far.

It should be like tobacco in Australia where it cannot be advertised and is sold in plain packaging from behind a counter and cannot be displayed or promoted.

It should not be illegal but it is a health hazard and should be treated in the same terms as tobacco.

It's not a good thing that it is being sold as a "fun" product in cookies and food etc. Children should be discouraged from thinking it is a "fun" thing to do.

[yodsanklai]

I agree with you. There's a whole trend of advertising cannabis as something cool (or as a miracle "natural" medication that cures everything, from anxiety to back pain).

Unfortunately, it's not that harmless. I know plenty of people that have been smoking cannabis daily from an early age and they are suffering because of it.

That being said, I'm entirely for its legalisation, but there should be some reasonable middle ground between harassing users and ignoring the risks.

[flinkblinkhink]

The obvious question is, are the tobacco companies allowed to sell marijuana cigarettes mixed with tobacco?

[yodsanklai]

Cannabis can be consumed in various forms. For instance in Europe, most people mix cannabis resin ("hashish") with tobacco, whereas in North America people smoke weed pure. Other ways include vaporisation and ingestion. Mixing with tobacco is probably the worse way as nicotine is highly addictive and we all know the health problems associated with tobacco.

So no, I don't think they should be authorised to sell their tobacco cigarettes with cannabis inside! Actually, I hope that legalisation will give the opportunity to inform people about this.

[Tloewald]

Since when is Tobacco in Australia sold in plain packaging? AFAIK (it's been a while since I lived in Australia) the health messages have to be very prominent, and they can't advertise on TV, radio, or near schools, but they can still advertise in some places (print) and package as they like modulo "Smoking Kills Babies" type messages. (It's funny, my smoker friends used to identify their packets of cigarettes by the message -- "oh mine was the 'causes birth defects' package" (they all smoked Marlboro Lights or Benson & Hedges)

[flinkblinkhink]

Tobacco cannot be advertised at all in Australia except for I think at the Grand Prix car racing.

http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Conten...

[Tloewald]

Thanks for the info. That's still more commercial than pot in Colorado!