ANTHONY
Would you vote yes or no to legalize marijuana for
recreational use?
Yes, because recreational use really nobody is thinking about
doing any harm to anybody. There are less side eff ects to
marijuana than any prescription drug that’s made by the
pharmaceutical companies.
FRANCINE
Would you vote yes or no to legalize recreational use of
marijuana?
Yes, because it has a lot of medicinal purposes. Drinking is
dangerous and that’s legal. There’s no deaths from medical
marijuana — it’s safe, has a lot of benefi ts and it would help
with the taxes, the economy in Oregon. It’s been doing really
well in Colorado and Washington.
How do you feel about dispensaries going in around town?
I think it’s OK as long as they do it with discretion, not to really
target kids.
How do you feel about dispensaries going in around town?
Great. It will help with business and the economy here,
getting more jobs.
How old do you think people should be to be able to smoke?
I think they should be 21. The reason why is because if you
allow a juvenile — 18, 19 — to overindulge, it can cloud your
judgment, it can cloud your decisions and your thought
process.
Have you partaken or do you partake?
Absolutely. The reason why I partake is because it helps me
balance my mind and it also helps me to breed creativity with
the words and it helps me get through diff erent writer’s blocks.
Do you remember the fi rst time you smoked out?
I was probably 16. The fi rst time I smoked, it was so much of a
high that I didn’t really like it … We really couldn’t do nothing
for like about 30 minutes; we sat on the couch and just looked
at each other.
Do you think that people should be able to smoke in
public?
Yeah. People smoke cigarettes and you get secondhand
smoke and that can kill you, and there’s no harmful thing
from smoking marijuana so it’s silly that you can’t smoke in
public.
Do you think there should be a minimum age to smoke
pot?
18. I feel like alcohol should be 18 too. You’re an adult; you
should be able to make your decisions if you’re smoking.
Have you partaken?
I smoked because I had cancer. I struggled with cancer when
I was 18 and it helped me.
CORY
Would you vote yes or no to legalize recreational pot?
I’d vote yes. Primarily, decriminalization I think is necessary
because the jails are full of people; there’s a lot of people
there for smoking marijuana, which I think is not really that
damaging. There’s a balance. It’s not as bad of a drug as some
things that are already legal, so I perceive an irony in that
that should be straightened out. We’re wasting a lot of money
treating it as a criminal problem. We’re hurting peoples’ lives.
How old should someone be to legally partake?
Again, I think it should be kinda on par with alcohol.
PHILLIP
Would you vote yes or no to legalize recreational use?
I’m going to have to say yes and no. Let’s go yes 60 percent and no 40
percent because there’s lots of control still. The control has been taken
away from the farmer. What’s going to happen when it becomes legal?
How old should someone be to legally smoke?
I feel that if they need the medicine there should be no age limit. A
5-year-old child should be able to get cannabis if he has tuberculosis
… And that’s the other thing too. Why can’t it just be recreational?
Maybe someone doesn’t have cancer or they don’t have broken bones
and things, and they want to just alleviate the stress and the pressures
of the day by unwinding with a joint or smoking a bowl — what’s wrong
with that?
Do you remember your fi rst experience with marijuana?
Yeah, we weren’t even sure it was real. Back in like 1968 or something,
it had seeds in it and it looked like little clumps of dirt. We actually tried
to grow some of the seeds.
How old were you?
About 10.
What was the experience like?
It was great, except that I had to go home [laughs].
SKYLAR
Do you think pot should be legalized for
recreational use?
Yes, because it has less harmful eff ects than
people make it out to be. I also think it would
be great for the economy.
How do you feel about the dispensaries?
I think it will come down to being the same
thing as a liquor store. You just have to be
the right age to utilize it.
How old do you think people should be to
smoke?
21.
Should people be able to smoke in public?
Again, we’ve got laws against drinking in public — we should
probably have parity there.
Should people be able to smoke in public?
No. That’s not good for kids.
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