Are you anti or pro marijuana?

<< Responsibility? The reason we have enough laws to make the planet wobble is that people DO NOT have ANY personal responsibility as a group. >>



Right, wiping your ass the wrong way is dangerous to your health, so why not make a law on how you should wipe your ass?

 

[BeauJangles]

Personally I don't touch the stuff, but I really could care less what others do. If everyone else wants it legal so they can get higher easier... more power to them.

 

[y2kc]

i'm anti all drugs. legal and illegal. haven't taken even a tylenol in years. ban all drugs!

 

[killface]

<< Sammy - I'm Pro. >>


You would be on the olympic team you're so pro

 

[milagro]

<< All I'm saying is that to use the medical reason to legalize pot has no footing at all. I am for medical use. but it does not need to be smoked or to get stoned to reap the medical benefits of THC. >>




ask someone w/ aids/cancer - its much easier for them to regulate the dosage via smoking than just applying a set dosage via pill/patch/digestion. It's unfortunate, however, that it damages your throat/lungs.

 

[milagro]

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<< ...hmmm..snort marijuana...interesting >>

It's a figure of speech, you effing moron.

Nik >>



a very poor figure - use some of those brain cells

 

[jobberd]

<< ask someone w/ aids/cancer - its much easier for them to regulate the dosage via smoking than just applying a set dosage via pill/patch/digestion. It's unfortunate, however, that it damages your throat/lungs. >>

The people with aids or cancer generally won't survive long enough to have their lungs damaged by the smoke. Marijuana smoke hasn't even been proven to cause lung cancer; only infections. However, if a patient is not terminally ill and/or dislikes smoking, then a patch would be a viable alternative (assuming the scientists make an effective product). The problem with the pill was that a) people had a hard time knowing how much was a good dose, and b) The nausea that the sick people had prevented them from keeping anything down for long; the pill would be thrown up and prove useless. Considering nicotine patches come in different concentrations and are not digested, the patch could really catch on.

 

[maximumx8]

I'm a stoner, gamer, lover.....is there anything else in life ?????

 

[Zoltarc]

Anti

 

[J3anyus]

Definitely pro. It actually was legal up here until 12 or 13 years ago, but I was just a youngin' back then. Anyway, yeah, if alcohol is legal, then pot definitely should be, since alcohol is a LOT worse than marijuana.

 

[FrancesBeansRevenge]

<< I'm a stoner, gamer, lover.....is there anything else in life ?????
>>



Music, good food and sleep... add those and you have Utopia.

 

[Rickten]

I haven't read through the entire thread so if this has been discussed just ignore me or flame me whatever. What is the reason for not making it legal. How many incidents can you think of that someone has smoked marijuana and gone out and harmed other people. I'm sure there are instances but I would doubt their are more than alcohol related incidents. Most people simply smoke marijuana to relax and just chill out, at least the people I know. It does cause damage to your body but does it do any worse than smoking a cigerette or drinking? Isn't it MY body and I should be able to do what I want to MY body. I would understand having a age limit like alcohol because I think that marijuana does carry a responsibility with it that younger people may not grasp. Is the fact that it alters your perception enough to make it illegal or is it just one of those things where they have to draw the line some where and it just happens to be at marijuana. I am pro marijuana.

 

[CyberCowboy]

Why is marijuana illegal?
I say it should be legal. Then we can use hemp to make paper and not kill anymore trees.
Also, why is alcohol legal and not marijuana? To me they have the same effect on people. Both are deadly with excessive use. But one is legal and the othe isn't. Does it have to do anything with the MAN trying to control us? YES of course.

Legalize m.j. let the people smoke it.

Heck... might as well add a hefty tax to marijuana while you're at it. S#@t, CA taxes everything else.. why not sell m.j. and tax it heavily and get more profit for the state. I would like to see that happen.

Also, medicinal use should definitely be allowed. What the heck is the government's problem with disallowing medicinal use? Why do they want sick people to further suffer? If modern medicine doesn't work, then let's go herbal! The government is f'ed up man!

eh.. just a rant.. I know I sound kinda anti-gov... but I'm not. I just hate stupid laws.

 

[jobberd]

<< Also, why is alcohol legal and not marijuana? To me they have the same effect on people. Both are deadly with excessive use >>

Believe it or not, there has never been a SINGLE death reported due to marijuana consumption. In order to overdose from marijuana, one would have to take 40,000 times the amount one would need to get high. Compare this to alcohol, where one usually overdoses by taking 4 to 10 times the amount he/she would need to get drunk. Marijuana is by far much safer then alcohol

 

Puff puff Giiive.

 

[royaldank]

<< I know a nationally ranked collegiate athlete that smokes weed. I also know 2 high school valedictorians that smoked too. On the other hand I know some straight up bums that do nothin but smoke weed and talk about doing things.
>>




On that note, let's discuss pro athletes that use weed...more than half the NBA. Hall of Fame football players use (and deal, in Nate Newton's case). Ever wonder why marijuana was excluded from the NBA's substance policy?

If I have a son or daughter, I'll probably smoke with them once I feel they are old enough. Why not? Most parents today spend all their time yelling or commanding their kids. They end up disliking their parents because they are a pain to deal with. So, why not light up a J and smoke it with them? You'll be laughing and having a good time. It will help you connect with someone that is 20-40 years younger than yourself and probably have little in common with. However, I wouldn't do this until I know they are mature enough to handle it. If you think that is crazy, how many people do you know that drink with their parents and have a good time? Many of my friends that are on great terms with their folks are also able to party with them. I'm not saying they go hand in hand, but it is something they can connect with and enjoy together. Weed is no different. But in the same regard, I have friends that don't smoke and their parents do...they just don't like it all that much. I have friends that don't drink and their parents do....they just don't like drinking.

 

[Flaredair]

Lets have all the members of the UN smoke a few. Only then will we achieve World Peace.

Pro here, folks....

 

[techweenie]

I'm for the legalizing it. I don't use it anymore, but I think there's more destructive things that should be taking up law enforcments time. I don't think it's anywhere near as bad as coke or e, but like anything addictive, it can mess up your life. I hate being depressed and not motivated. That's why I don't smoke anymore. However, I don't think my convictions should be forced on others.

 

[aniki]

Anti! My weed smokin roomate in college convinced me

 

[DUKAT1]

knock knock knock... Who is it?

It's Dave man, open up the door, I got the stuff
Who?
I'ts Dave Man, hurry up, I think the cops saw me
Dave?
Yeah man, Dave
Dave's not here.

"Thank You to Cheech & Chong"

 

[Stifko]

didn't the cotton industry kill the hemp industry years ago. Hemp is a stronger and more durable fibre, and the cotton farmers felt threatened. So they lobbied and had hemp outlawed, I think. Too bad, hemp rope and clothes are great. Smoking it does make you stupid, forgetfull and lathargic (sp). Its a better head than booze IMHO, so I am pro. The US will never legalize it, at least probably not in my lifetime.

 

[aidan]

recreational, can you say AMSTERDAM??

 

[jobberd]

<< didn't the cotton industry kill the hemp industry years ago. Hemp is a stronger and more durable fibre, and the cotton farmers felt threatened. So they lobbied and had hemp outlawed, I think. Too bad, hemp rope and clothes are great. >>

That was one of the reasons, yes.

<< Smoking it does make you stupid, forgetfull and lathargic (sp) >>

While you're high, yes. And maybe it lingers for half a day or so, but after that, you're completely fine. Marijuana also gives certain people more insight; it helps them relax, which in turn helps them be more creative. I know a programmer who wrote some of his best code while high.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Anti pothead.
Anti weed.

 

[xero940]

looks like I'll make my first post in a hot topic...

well...I'm DEFINITELY anti-potHEAD...you know, the guy who's totally immersed in the drug culture, and was perfectly motivated to do other stuff before trying it, and is now smoking almost ALL THE TIME, and doing other crazy drugs like opium, or shrooms and such. Essentially, the pot "addicts".

As for weed itself, I don't think I'm very much against it, as it is SO harmless, it's not even funny. They've been studying this stuff, and any/all derivatives for something like 40-50 years, and almost every single theory of it's harmfulness was disproven, or found inconclusive. I don't smoke...I tried it once, and didn't like it at all, b/c there was no effect for me. It's no biggie that my friends smoke it either, because all we do is b.s. and chill and eat stuff and talk for hours after that, and that's what friends love to do, ain't it? And it happens regularly without any intoxicants, so it's not necessary either.

As long as there's no such thing as a "marijuana-holic" like there are alcoholics, I'm good. IF anything, they should do it like alcohol is done, legally that is.

Well, I'm done. Have I wasted my post in ATOT? Hopefully no flaming...I've been lurking a bit and ya'll are pretty crazy...but funny too