>"But don't pretend it's for your wrist pain."

Then let's pass laws so people don't have to pretend.

But then you won't buy alcohol.

There's people near Capitol Hill that would rather that didn't happen.

Unless THC cures alcoholism and the issues people have that fuels it, I rather doubt that.

I for one prefer alcohol regardless. Beer is more for me than a means to an altered state of mind.

So if they banned nicotine, there would be more people buying alcohol?

No, people like to use alcohol and nicotine in combination.

There's also plenty of people who say that you need all three for a proper party.

So true.

Public indoor smoking's been recently banned in Spain and, oh boy, did that mess up the nightclubs' revenue.

> But don't pretend it's for your wrist pain.

I don't think people would pretend it's for physical pain if it were simply legal.

You've got a point

Why pretend if that's the real reason someone is using it?

someone might want it for that reason, and not want a medical card, just to not be in some database. not saying this is a good reason or not, just stating a fact.

>But don't pretend it's for your wrist pain.

Yeah, this is a real dilemma. I'm moving soon to somewhere where I could get a medical card. I feel guilty about wanting to get a card because if I were to use it less than 100% medically, it could give people fuel to ban it for ALL, including those with debilitating pain.

When faced with a dilemma, always look for third options. In this case, that option is to lie: keep up a pretense, to everyone except your friends, that you're using it for strictly medical purposes. In this case, the people who really need to be lied to probably don't deserve honesty.