# My country is falling apart because of.... MARIJUANA! Wait, please hear me out **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677 "2024-09-03T09:16:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/1 "2024-09-03T09:16:31Z")
OK, now, just to set things straight: Nobody could be more delighted tha I by the fact that we have actual ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/2 "2024-09-03T09:17:28Z")
I’ll have what he’s having. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/3 "2024-09-03T09:18:08Z")
Which nation is this? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/4 "2024-09-03T09:30:53Z")
Oh, I hate it when I accidentally hit submit before I’m ready. I get in a rush to fix it in the 15 minutes. And I usually fail. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/5 "2024-09-03T09:40:31Z")
I thought he meant it as an intentional joke, as a way of implying he was high when typing. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/6 "2024-09-03T09:43:52Z")
So it only _seems_ like everything went to pot? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/7 "2024-09-03T12:22:09Z")
Makes perfect sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/8 "2024-09-03T13:01:16Z")
The OP was submitted at roughly 2am in the poster’s time zone. I suggest they probably fell asleep while typing and their forehead hit the [Post] button. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/9 "2024-09-03T13:31:22Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Which nation is this? Possibly Canada? I saw some Republican thingy from Florida(? maybe) where they were annoyed at Trump endorsing legalizing weed, in which they asserted that every place weed has be legalized has seen a surge in Crime&Shit. Which I thought was funny, because Canada legalized it nation-wide a few years back, and we seem to be doing fine. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/10 "2024-09-03T13:34:16Z")
Over half of the US had either fully recreational or medical (which effectively is recreational). Homie lives in California. It’s been all good here for a couple decades. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/11 "2024-09-03T13:45:25Z")
I look to the age-old wisdom of George Carlin on issues like this one: > One of the problems that marijuana is having in being decriminalized- yeah, no one can remember where they left the petitions. “Hey…I think I had three…yeah, three…what are we talkin’ bout? Oh, the petitions, right.” They started the classic way. “How did you get started on drugs, sir?” “…I forget, man.” Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/12 "2024-09-03T15:18:39Z")
We’re treating this like a joke, but maybe the marijuana police got to him before he could finish his post. Who’s laughing now? Ok, all us potheads are giggling uncontrollably. But who _else_ is laughing? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/13 "2024-09-03T15:29:53Z")
Ooo, green fish… me so hungee. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/14 "2024-09-03T16:22:51Z")
We have actual in the UK too. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/15 "2024-09-03T16:30:37Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/sclRF3e.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sclRF3e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/16 "2024-09-03T16:43:40Z")
Goodbye Mary, goodbye Jane, will we ever [meet again](https://youtu.be/9aykOwwRf-Q?t=105)? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-country-is-falling-apart-because-of-marijuana-wait-please-hear-me-out/1006677/17 "2024-09-03T17:48:50Z")
Closed at the request of the OP.