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Originally posted by Reza
Actually it is a big deal in California. Not you acting like everyone in the state is a pothead
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I mean I guess in maybe less urban areas like the Sacramento area and like everything north of Marin, but I'm from the Bay Area and just recently moved to Los Angeles, and I'm young so this probably has a lot to do with my opinion on why it's not really a big deal, but like.....
everyone in my high school smoked weed. The popular kids, the nerds, the burnouts, the drama kids, the athletes, like I'm not exaggerating this at all, even some of my teachers were pretty open about it. Here in LA, there's a dispensary on almost every corner. I guess being around people that don't really give two sh*ts about it makes me think this.
I just don't get why people act like it's the devil, I mean yeah, no smoke is good for your lungs, but alcohol is readily available to purchase anywhere and if you consume too much of it you can literally die. There are definitely many that abuse marijuana, but I'm sure if there was some conducted study worldwide, there are probably
many more people that abuse alcohol. It just boggles my mind that weed is so taboo in so many other parts of the world when alcohol isn't even a problem, yet the one that can kill you is 100% legal and perfectly fine to consume in most societies.