Principles of Responsible Cannabis Use

[TexasToker]

I found this on the NORML site and thought it was good information. Especially for the younger consumer. A lot of this will be reality/law when it is legalized.

Principles of Responsible Cannabis Use

*This was obtained from NORML


[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]When cannabis(marijuana) is enjoyed responsibly, subjecting users to harsh criminal and civil penalties provides no public benefit and causes terrible injustices. For reasons of public safety, public health, economics and justice, the prohibition laws should be repealed to the extent that they criminalize responsible cannabis use. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]By adoption of this statement, the NORML Board of Directors has attempted to define "responsible cannabis use." [/FONT] [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]I. Adults Only
Cannabis consumption is for adults only. It is irresponsible to provide cannabis to children. [/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Many things and activities are suitable for young people, but others absolutely are not. Children do not drive cars, enter into contracts, or marry, and they must not use drugs. As it is unrealistic to demand lifetime abstinence from cars, contracts and marriage, however, it is unrealistic to expect lifetime abstinence from all intoxicants, including alcohol. Rather, our expectation and hope for young people is that they grow up to be responsible adults. Our obligation to them is to demonstrate what that means. [/FONT] [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]II. No Driving
The responsible cannabis consumer does not operate a motor vehicle or other dangerous machinery while impaired by cannabis, nor (like other responsible citizens) while impaired by any other substance or condition, including some medicines and fatigue. [/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Although cannabis is said by most experts to be safer than alcohol and many prescription drugs with motorists, responsible cannabis consumers never operate motor vehicles in an impaired condition. Public safety demands not only that impaired drivers be taken off the road, but that objective measures of impairment be developed and used, rather than chemical testing. [/FONT] [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]III. Set and Setting
The responsible cannabis user will carefully consider his/her set and setting, regulating use accordingly. [/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Set" refers to the consumer's values, attitudes, experience and personality, and "setting" means the consumer's physical and social circumstances. The responsible cannabis consumer will be vigilant as to conditions -- time, place, mood, etc. -- and does not hesitate to say "no" when those conditions are not conducive to a safe, pleasant and/or productive experience. [/FONT] [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]IV. Resist Abuse
Use of cannabis, to the extent that it impairs health, personal development or achievement, is abuse, to be resisted by responsible cannabis users. [/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Abuse means harm. Some cannabis use is harmful; most is not. That which is harmful should be discouraged; that which is not need not be. [/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Wars have been waged in the name of eradicating "drug abuse", but instead of focusing on abuse, enforcement measures have been diluted by targeting all drug use, whether abusive or not. If cannabis abuse is to be targeted, it is essential that clear standards be developed to identify it. [/FONT] [/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]V. Respect Rights of Others
The responsible cannabis user does not violate the rights of others, observes accepted standards of courtesy and public propriety, and respects the preferences of those who wish to avoid cannabis entirely. [/FONT] [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]No one may violate the rights of others, and no substance use excuses any such violation. Regardless of the legal status of cannabis, responsible users will adhere to emerging tobacco smoking protocols in public and private places.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]VI. Share and Help Others*[/FONT][/FONT]

Thou shall help out the brothers that don't grow legal

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Adopted by the NORML Board of Directors
February 3, 1996
Washington, DC

* Not adopted by NORML, but by ICMAG members.
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[armedoldhippy]

wonderful stuff, but will people be able to resist the urge to rub it in others faces ? "nyah nyah, it's LEGAL now, pig!" AOH

 

[TexasToker]

lol...true, but what can they do once it is legal. People still make white lightning, beer, wine at home even though alcohol prohibition is over.

 

[armedoldhippy]

well, they could nightstick you into submission & haul you in for public intoxication & disorderly in public, plus the ever-popular "resisting arrest"... if no one was watching... AOH

 

[GeorgeSmiley]

Thou shall help out the brothers that don't grow legal

For society, the most responsible thing I can do is make sure I take my meds....... cuz they can't fuggin handle me without

 

[TexasToker]

cuz they can't fuggin handle me without

i am the same way buddy. Since I started using medicinally (not legally though ) I have gone from being on 9 pills a day to 1.5 (Remeron) I quit taking my benzos, pain killers, muscle relaxers, sleep aids and take a few tokes instead. I am not a zombie, feel great (for the most part) and do not have the side affects associated with my other meds.

 

[GeorgeSmiley]

Right, no pain meds, no sleep aids, no crazy meds, no anxiety meds, people like to be around me because I don't have those "mood swings", lost enough weight to make jared from subway look like a pig, met all of you, grew some plants, then got my med card, now looking to take care of some people........ yeah.... charity came into my life as a result.....

That's responsible use

On the original article, I think most cannabis users pretty much already go by a code like that. Except for the driving of course...... set and setting? Yeah when I'm awake and anywhere..... no bad time for herb

Resist abuse? One man's abuse is another mans minimum dosage.

Adults only? In a perfect world? I've met some of the most intelligent people I've ever met on these forums and I would bet a lot of them also first tried or started cannabis around the ages of 14-17?

Also on driving; with no method to really tell if someone is impaired by a substance especially if that person is legal in taking the substance it's really left to the discretion of the pigs. I think it would be ridiculous to hold the same theory of intoxication and apply it to a 115lb woman that smoked a J once a week and a full grown man that smokes an ounce a week. (I drive better medicated by the way) even my mother commented on that one.

 

[Hydro-Soil]

IV. Resist Abuse
Use of cannabis, to the extent that it impairs health, personal development or achievement, is abuse, to be resisted by responsible cannabis users. [/SIZE][/FONT] [/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Abuse means harm. Some cannabis use is harmful; most is not. That which is harmful should be discouraged; that which is not need not be. [/FONT] [/FONT]

When people realize that so called 'Abuse' is simply a symptom of other issues in the life of the individual that need to be addressed.... this will become a healthier, happier nation.

Stay Safe!

 

[Kasperian]

yes reasponsibe use is a must