Hempfest 09'

[mrose 10+ year member]

Smoke everyday! Kills the dead brain cells

 

[MTXman 10+ year member]

god i hope they keep marijuana illegal. now if only they will pull that crap of medical usage off too. life would be great.

you're an idiot.

 

[I<3Boston 10+ year member]

It is estimated that 60 to 70 percent of all adults in America today have at least smoked marijuana once in there lifetime. Marijuana is, by far, the world’s most commonly used illicit drug. Now before I delve into the subject of legalizing marijuana I would first like to give a brief history over the drug known as marijuana.

Marijuana was first recorded in 6000 B.C and was being used as a food in china. In 4000 B.C the plant was being used in textile factories. (Hemp is one of the strongest and softest materials used as fabrics. It is known for being as soft as cotton but much stronger.) In 2727 B.C First recorded use of cannabis as medicine in Chinese pharmacopoeia. In every part of the world humankind has used cannabis for a wide variety of health problems. In the 12th Century Cannabis is introduced in Egypt during the reign of the Ayyubid dynasty on the occasion of the flooding of Egypt by mystic devotees coming from Syria. In 1840 in America, medicinal preparations with a Cannabis base are available. Hashish available in Persian pharmacies. 1936 Propaganda film "Reefer Madness" made to scare American youth away from using Cannabis. 1937 Cannabis made federally illegal in the U.S. with the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act. June 2003 Canada is first country in the world to offer medical marijuana to its patients.

Marijuana is now legal in California, and Oregon, and is becoming more and more popular and decriminalized in the United States. So im wondering why this plant hasn’t became legal. Marijuana is literally safer then water. It is actually impossible to overdose on this drug where drinking too much water can cause your body function improperly and can cause your kidney to shut down.

Marijuana is associated with many myths that cause this harmless plant to have a harmful reputation. Myths such as, marijuana causing permanent mental illness, and marijuana is highly addictive, marijuana has no medicinal value. All of these have been proven to be untrue.

Given all this information I will now list the reasons why I believe that marijuana should be legalized.

Prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic production of marijuana. Marijuana is used by over 25 million people annually the fact that it is illegal doesn’t curb people for there love of this plant.

Marijuana is the cause of 47.5% of all the people in jail. We are paying for this. Personally I don’t want to be paying for the imprisonment of people that in my opinion aren’t necessarily criminals.

Legalized marijuana would reduce the flow of money from the American economy to international gangs. Marijuana's illegality makes foreign growing and smuggling to the United States extremely profitable, sending billions of dollars overseas profiting these smugglers.

Marijuana's legalization would simplify the development of hemp as a valuable and diverse agricultural crop in the United States, including its development as a new bio-fuel to reduce carbon emissions. As this country is searching for a answer to end there dependency on oil, we have an answer right in front of us. The only reason this isn’t currently being researched further is because of the lack of this plant because of its legality.

Marijuana is not a lethal drug and is safer than alcohol. It is established scientific fact that marijuana is not toxic to humans. Marijuana is not addictive, and it is unfair and unjust to treat marijuana users any differently then someone who drinks or smokes.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

As far as it being a gateway drug, this is obvious. How many people who have used harder drugs will tell you what they first used was pot? I would say a very very high percentage. Does this mean all that smoke pot will use harder drugs? Hell no..but pot opens the mind to the idea of using harder drugs, becuase it is fairly rare for a person to just try heroin or coke or anything else without having experimented with weed first.

The vast, vast majority of people who have used cannabis have never tried any harder drug than that; if there is a causal effect, why don't we have 100 million people who've tried coke in the US?

You're right in saying that cannabis is used prior to harder drugs, just like alcohol and tobacco are usually used before cannabis, yet I don't see you railing against these as gateway drugs.

As I explained earlier, scientific studies have been unable to demonstrate the gateway effect; if it was real, we would have found it. If there is any gateway effect that is not internal, then it is likely a result of the black market created by prohibition.

Trust me, you are way out of your league on this one.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

The vast, vast majority of people who have used cannabis have never tried any harder drug than that; if there is a causal effect, why don't we have 100 million people who've tried coke in the US?
You're right in saying that cannabis is used prior to harder drugs, just like alcohol and tobacco are usually used before cannabis, yet I don't see you railing against these as gateway drugs.

As I explained earlier, scientific studies have been unable to demonstrate the gateway effect; if it was real, we would have found it. If there is any gateway effect that is not internal, then it is likely a result of the black market created by prohibition.

Trust me, you are way out of your league on this one.

Weed is a gateway to doritos, little debbie snacks, peanut butter and jelly eggos, etc, etc...

 

[LGK 10+ year member]

Not a bandwagon jackass. A year ago i was smoking a lot every day. Then i got in trouble and had to clean up. My friends are still smoking every day and it is sad to see them becuase of how worthless and single minded they are on pot. Is this how everyone is? No. But you cant act like it doesnt happen to anyone.
so gtfo

You got into trouble becuase your a fvck up, not becuase you started smoking weed. Try putting the blame where it's needed, you, not weed.

 

[4OZGLOVES 10+ year member]

I'm going to hop in on both sides of this. Everybody reacts different to pot,I have smoked for 15 years and it has not affected me in any negitive way the whole time. Some people on the other hand just cant handle it,it's not the pot it's the mental of the user. I have friends that just can't get high,they just turn stupid,they cant think,they cant drive they just sit there in a pile giggling. I on the other hand can function 100 percent as high as i can get. As an example my wife took 2 hit's of some dank diesel trainwreck and could not walk in high heels for the life of her,yet i can smoke a whole vape bag of the same stuff 20 minutes before i go spar at the gym. I for the most part fight better if I have a little smoke,although I would not really recomend it for most people.

the moral of the story is pot will be bad for some people and not for others just like beer.

 

[Hii Im Justin 10+ year member]

it doesn't do anything to me anymore, then agin i stared smoking when i was 13

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

I'm going to hop in on both sides of this. Everybody reacts different to pot,I have smoked for 15 years and it has not affected me in any negitive way the whole time. Some people on the other hand just cant handle it,it's not the pot it's the mental of the user. I have friends that just can't get high,they just turn stupid,they cant think,they cant drive they just sit there in a pile giggling. I on the other hand can function 100 percent as high as i can get. As an example my wife took 2 hit's of some dank diesel trainwreck and could not walk in high heels for the life of her,yet i can smoke a whole vape bag of the same stuff 20 minutes before i go spar at the gym. I for the most part fight better if I have a little smoke,although I would not really recomend it for most people.
the moral of the story is pot will be bad for some people and not for others just like beer.

pot + mma gloves = win

it doesn't do anything to me anymore, then agin i stared smoking when i was 13

they why still do it?

 

[Hii Im Justin 10+ year member]

i dont smoke anymore, i stopped doing that shit years ago when all my friends became dumb ****s

 

[mrose 10+ year member]

I'm going to hop in on both sides of this. Everybody reacts different to pot,I have smoked for 15 years and it has not affected me in any negitive way the whole time. Some people on the other hand just cant handle it,it's not the pot it's the mental of the user. I have friends that just can't get high,they just turn stupid,they cant think,they cant drive they just sit there in a pile giggling. I on the other hand can function 100 percent as high as i can get. As an example my wife took 2 hit's of some dank diesel trainwreck and could not walk in high heels for the life of her,yet i can smoke a whole vape bag of the same stuff 20 minutes before i go spar at the gym. I for the most part fight better if I have a little smoke,although I would not really recomend it for most people.
the moral of the story is pot will be bad for some people and not for others just like beer.

Agree 100%!

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

Nah, there's alotta idiots on this forum who bash weed smokers with no reasoning behind it. They are just ignorant dumb fvcks who like to run their pvssy lips too much about shit they know nothing about.
Remove medical marijuana usage? Honestly how does someone smoking some weed to get an appitite so they can eat something and gain a little bit of energy affect your life in such a way where you have to hate on it and wish it was illegal for everyone, including medical patients?

Is it so wrong for someone with chronic back pain grind up a quarter of some green and make some tea to ease their pain?

Have troubles sleeping? **** blaze a bowl, make some butter and cook some brownies.

**** it, is it so wrong for some adult to enjoy smoking a bowl just to get high?

Were not criminals like you kids categorize us as. We are not the meth heads blowing up apartment complex's because we put 1 too many drops of water. We do not stay up days on end until our minds our legally insane. We do not pump our bodies full of chemicals striving for that frist high.

How does any of this affect your life?

The stupidity of alotta you people amazes me.

Actually you are, your breaking the law, habitually. So yes your a criminal.

 

[▼)Ñ╩fZΣµ& 10+ year member]

i decideed to grow tha shit, from sept to feb, and i smoked from like everyday from feb to end of april.. i started getting stupid and angry

i am el dunno with the biddness of weed, no matter whatttt i be dunn 6 days son makin progress

as said above itts a gateway drug to doritos, and muffins,, lol

i dunnzo mayns dont need the shit to live

only real reason i kept doing it because i was bored and it passed the time... now when i am bored i sit here saying im bored like normal ppl.. which sucks, but w/e

or go gym/offroadin/guns

 

[LGK 10+ year member]

Actually you are, your breaking the law, habitually. So yes your a criminal.

Funny thing, I'm not doing anything illegal. If you would read my other posts you'd understand I have my medical card, I have full legal right to purchase from a clinic, smoke in the comfort of my home, grow in my house (with limited restrictions). Even federal law cannot touch me or any other medical card holder anymore. Thank you obama.

 

[LGK 10+ year member]

This never was an argument thread until kiddies started bashing a beautiful plant ;/

This wasn't meant as a debate, this thread was for common intrest people who are going to hempfest to discuss meeting up and maybe having a little fun on the side showing off systems or just bullshitting.

I never said weed is for everyone or everyone should do it. I stated why it shouldn't be illegal, it's just like alcohol, people can abuse it. But you kids are coming out like it should 100% be illegal, and anyone who uses weed in any form are morons. This is completely wrong. I'm done with this thread. I tried and lost. I give up. You kids win this time.