Found this to be very interesting...

[craigzter 10+ year member]

wow that was the most stereotypical thing i have ever heard.


not everyone that smokes weed sits around and eats. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

just like not everyone that smokes weed is stupid. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

it's the small percentage of people, that are to blame for this stereotype.

way more people smoke weed than you think, guaranteed, everyday you come in contact with 5 or 6 people that smoke weed on a daily basis and you don't even realize it

as far as marijuana legalization goes, sure initially the amount of users will go up, but really the only people that will continue are the people that ALREADY do it everyday.

man. touchy subject. you had to get me on this while at work huh

I agree..I was just saying..wasnt being serious about it.

I smoked weed for 6 years every single day. Then I just stopped and havent touched it in just under a year(about 10.5 months now).

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

Yep, prison is big business.

It's not just the business of prisons. The idea is to make all the conformists wear a gov't uniform, so they get their paychecks from and swear allegence to the police state so they have to do as they are told. The only other option is to be a victim of the police state as a criminal or "convict" with no rights, in a prison jumpsuit or out on parole/probation under police supervision.

That's a real police state. Everyone's either in a police/military uniform or a criminal. No middle ground.

Which camp do you want to be?

 

[wErd 5,000+ posts]

[q]Let's look at two scenarios: if marijuana alone were legalized and if all street drugs were legalized. Either way, we assume there'd be strict regulation similar to that for alcohol and cigarettes, including age limits, licensing, quality control, high taxes and limits on advertising.[/q]

Quality Controlled Meth...are you kidding me?

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

I believe it is completely harmless. how many alcohol related deaths do you hear of compared to marijuana related? it's non habit forming, proven to be non addictive, as well as proven to have no long term effects.

False. False. False. False.
It is harmful, see what I wrote below.

Anything "routine" related can be habit forming. If you buy a 6 pack every Friday night, that's a habit. If you smoke weed every night before bed, that's a habit.

It has not yet been proved to be physically addicting, but it is extremely mentally addicting. The common thing I hear most often about doing something and its not as fun as it was "when you were high". There are more examples I can list, but there's no need.

Long term effects: Raised blood pressure, more at risk of a heart attack, increased cancer risk, changes in brain functions, behavioral changes, infertility, decreased ****** pleasure, etc... this is off the top of my head, I can list more if you like.

Keep thinking that marijuana is harmless. Keep convincing yourself this.

To go back to the original article, I would be interested in seeing the economic and social effects of legalized marijuana.

 

[Ford302Redneck 10+ year member]

I don't care either way.

I don't smoke it, nor do I see the harm in it.

 

[Ford302Redneck 10+ year member]

False. False. False. False.
It is harmful, see what I wrote below.

Anything "routine" related can be habit forming. If you buy a 6 pack every Friday night, that's a habit. If you smoke weed every night before bed, that's a habit.

It has not yet been proved to be physically addicting, but it is extremely mentally addicting. The common thing I hear most often about doing something and its not as fun as it was "when you were high". There are more examples I can list, but there's no need.

Long term effects: Raised blood pressure, more at risk of a heart attack, increased cancer risk, changes in brain functions, behavioral changes, infertility, decreased ****** pleasure, etc... this is off the top of my head, I can list more if you like.

Keep thinking that marijuana is harmless. Keep convincing yourself this.

To go back to the original article, I would be interested in seeing the economic and social effects of legalized marijuana.

If you haven't noticed by now, theres long term effect to everything we do.

I mean almost EVERYTHING.

Yes, some are worst than others. But I don't think weed is worst than other thing that are legal right now.

 

[Ford302Redneck 10+ year member]

Another post for the record.

I do NOT smoke weed.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

the only two drugs that have no benifical side effecs or medicinal uses are the only two that are legal..

 

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

Long term effects: Raised blood pressure, more at risk of a heart attack, increased cancer risk, changes in brain functions, behavioral changes, infertility, decreased ****** pleasure, etc... this is off the top of my head, I can list more if you like.

You can keep making things up if you like, but all that is complete fiction.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

Quality Controlled Meth...are you kidding me?

its allready here.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

You can keep making things up if you like, but all that is complete fiction.

Published medical journals don't "make stuff up".
Sorry.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

The ignorance of some people actually pisses me off.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

You can keep making things up if you like, but all that is complete fiction.

its not good for your lungs, but neither is living in L.A.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

if marijuana were legalized, it would become the nations #1 cash crop.

1 acre of hemp can produce 4 times the amount of paper as an acre of trees and it will grow back in a year

used to make cloth and rope

more protine than soy bean

alternate fule source, the list goes on

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

pretty dumb. make drugs legal and gang murders will go down. was this person high?