It can make sense if you flesh it out. The headline and two lines the musician said about it are shallow, but there’s a grain of truth in there.
I do believe that overuse of marijuana is going to be a negative. Kids under 24 using marijuana is going to be a negative. And both of those are going to increase with legalization.
Neither are as harmful as prohibition, but they’re still harmful.
Potheads don’t need to be on quite the same level as alcoholism, but it should be closer than it is. If you’re not acknowledging the harm of using the legal system to enforce this, his quote makes sense. He may not have stated it well.
Safer, sure. Less? Absolutely not. More people will use marijuana when it’s legal.
Who asked your opinion and since when as it become relevant?
Go listen to Rocket Man. Please, do that.
This is an individual well known for being a diva, in the bad sense of the expression. He once cancelled a show in my country, with a fully sold out venue, at 250€ a seat, because - grab your seats! - he demand a “masseusse” and the venue was unable to provide a profissional willing to provide the service.
His penchant for heavy drinking is also a well known issue and I have a somewhat hazy memory of reading somewhere he was once a cocaine user. Hoover Vacuum cleaner level. Industrial force.
So… who died and made his opinion relevant?
When you say Hoover do you mean the vacuum cleaner or the US president?
I am not aware if Pres. Hoover had a nose candy penchant.
I tend to agree, but not for the typical reason…
I’m a cynic. Legal weed opens the door to a new industry with all the worst aspects of big pharma and big tobacco all rolled up into one.
What could possibly go wrong?
I cannot agree there. I have yet to find a pharmaceutical that works as a better pain modifier. Believe me, I have tried. If I was not using it, I would be far less able to get through a day. And I pay less for it than I do my other pills on a per-day basis. My neurologist is fully aware of this too.
Sounds like the problem is capitalism then. Not weed.
Much less of an issue, so long as they also legalize home growers.
Any legalization will lead to the profitization of marijuana. Even if home growing is legal, that will first be marketed as a problem in comparison to good old fashioned, chemical laced, corporate weed. Then either lobbied away. The cynic has himself wrong, he is just observant.
What does this aging fossil have to say that’s important?
He must not be very intelligent to hold these debunked and outdated views. Quite out of touch with reality.
