Originally Posted by Catmandu

Yes, I have a mind and that's why I don't use it. If I want to get silly then I'd get a few drinks. Preferably extra strength White Russians.

Originally Posted by opr0000m

If you want my lengthy opinion , here it is:

i have used marijuana medically for the past year now, and can say that it has relieved my symptoms. i have smoked 1 gram of marijuana daily for the past year, and i haven't suffered any "amotivational syndrome" etc. Quite the contrary, I could say I have been most productive during this time.

I think that I would prefer to have my kids getting high at home, rather than out drinking and driving with their friends. You know, alcohol is the "party " drug and marijuana is the evil drug that corrupts youth--or so this is how society portrays it. In a pharmacological sense, marijuana is harmless. You simply can't consume enough cannabis to fatally overdose. Keep in mind, many people do die from overdosing on alcohol; oftentimes this is unintentional. There seems to be a lack of knowledge about the dangers of alcohol...

It is my opinion that programs such as DARE are dangerous. By lumping all drugs into one category, such as their comparison of weed to herion, gives a child innacurate information. When they do try weed, (and statistics say that something like 82% of all high school senoirs have smoked weed), they figure out that they were lied to about weed, and so come to the conclusion that they must have been lied to about the herion, too. If you want them to be responsible about their decisions, you have to provide them with accurate information. Weed does not create the gateway to other drug use....programs such as DARE create it.
You know, American culture is so hypocritical. Politicians like former California governor Gray Davis will tell you that it would set a bad example to legalize marijuana, hence he does not favor it. Why then does alcohol, the most widely-used and accepted drug in the world, remain legal? Prohibition did not work when the government tried it in the 1920's. It's the same thing that's happening now; have DARE to indoctrinate children in school with anti-drug bullshit and mindless biased conclusions, comparing marijuana to heroin( Ha!) In the 1920's we had Aslinger's babbling propaganda and rhetoric to convince us that Marijuana is addictive, will make you kill people, cause insanity and that black jazz musicians use it to seduce poor poor white women into their sinful and lustful ways. It was all lies and deception then and it's all lies and deception now... honestly, we have to be fucking kidding ourselves if we think marijuana will ruin society, when humans have used it for thousands of years.

Reefer Madness:giggle:

*lights spliff*

Originally Posted by Liebling:-)))

Originally Posted by Gamer12

quote of the day. people are easily duped by misinformation and pseudoscience. just ask adolf hitler or ronald reagan.

Originally Posted by opr0000m

Well this might start heated debates, but i'm wondering what everyone's opinion of marijuana is. Do you smoke it? Do you hate it? Do you support prohibition or decriminalization/legalization?

If you smoke, please do share your stories with us. Was it some disgusting ill-fitted mexican ditch weed, or was it a fine sativa?

If you hate cannabis, would you ever reconsider your stance on the drug?

In a society where alcohol use is so heavily used and abused, would you consider marijuana a safe alternative to alcohol?

When you smoke, do you get the munchies and sit on your fat ass all day? Or is it more of a giddy time?

Do you have? a mind??

Originally Posted by jillio

LOL! Good point!

Originally Posted by Grummer

Jillio, erm, gamer12 was referring to my quote..

O.K. LOL to you then..
Social creations such as drug laws are usually not based on the drug itself, but on class distinctions. Example: the stiffer penalties for crack coacaine as compared to powder cocaine. Same drug. Why the difference inpenalty? The social class of the population that uses it.

well, not this simple, coke, crack and all ths in - between from the same cocoa plant have different purity, and potential for further cutting that translates to more sales, so its not surprise there.
Crack is a dirty coke, like P is a dirty meth, smokable form of meth. both of which are far more serious becuase the access is much easier, that to buy cooked products is easier to get than smuggled gears. So i agree free up Pot, and go after the worst kinds the P and crack varietys and extortionists......

Access is not only easier, but think about the SES of the user.

but i do understand what you mean by social creation, or structure is another word, not quite the same thing, but similar , its more a matter of which analyses you prefer and what theories of you proscribe to explain social problems.

I tend to be a symbolic interactionist, but conflict theory would work well in this situation as well.

Lastly, I do agree that DARE is not a safe group to listen to, they indoctrinate that ALL drugs are all connected together , conforming to the legal system's classification. Accurate information should be spread out by independent sources and basically *akhem* commonsense needs to be placed back in society, not in the fashionable *business talks* that we see/hear so much on TV for example Trump's recently discontinued TV show, "the Apprentice" , people are easily duped to believe commonsense belongs to to 'rich people' for business management, this is untrue. in the same vain, i dont like it, because it perpentuates the normative "commonsense" as a means to justify 'normal thinking', replacing critical thinking with commonsense? that too is dangerous thinking, kind of similar to what DARE intends to do, but DARE takes away our own independent judgement for drugs, whereas 'commonsense' is for nearly EVERYTHING we say and think...put other way, it takes away judgement for what we consider important in politics and the effects on our lives from whatever proposed policys are.

Originally Posted by Grummer

hi Jillio,
could you explain what is SES please? i cant figure out the ancroynm
cheers
Grum

Originally Posted by VamPyroX

I personally don't see the point of marijuana. It makes you high and people do stupid things when they're high.

I speak from experience. I've seen people who were stoned and damaged things around them. Yet, they refuse to take responsibility for the damage because they were impaired at the moment.

Originally Posted by jillio

sorry...socio-economic status. You sounded like a sciologist.

Originally Posted by PowerON

use marijuana often, your body will develop Cadmium poisoning

Originally Posted by jillio

Eat tuna fish often, your body will develop Mercury poisoning. Take Tylenol often, your body will experience liver failure. Eat salt often, your body will develop high blood pressure. Run excessively for exercise, your body will develop shin splints. Eat saturated fats often, your body will develop clogged arteries. Expose yourself to loud noises often, your body will develop hearing loss. Expose yourself to stress often, and your body will develop elevated cortisol levels.

Originally Posted by PuyoPiyo

Good points.

Originally Posted by jillio

Originally Posted by ~*Kaelei*~

Originally Posted by jillio

Eat tuna fish often, your body will develop Mercury poisoning. Take Tylenol often, your body will experience liver failure. Eat salt often, your body will develop high blood pressure. Run excessively for exercise, your body will develop shin splints. Eat saturated fats often, your body will develop clogged arteries. Expose yourself to loud noises often, your body will develop hearing loss. Expose yourself to stress often, and your body will develop elevated cortisol levels.

Originally Posted by omegaman

Those things are true. But, drugs not only affect you, but people around you. So, I still say, "drugs are bad, mkay".