(December 22, 2008 at 9:22 pm)Dotard Wrote: I say ban alcohol. You say you THINK marijuana is harmful even in small amounts yet you just said you smoked it a few times and it was a 'pleasant experiance'. You smoked a small amount, no harm done, correct? But then you say you had a bad first encounter with it. What was that bad first encounter? Your ex? That wasn't a bad encounter with pot, that was a bad encounter with a bad person.
It just P's me O that folks can take such a stance against pot and then go on to talk about how can we solve the HORRIFIC problems of alcohol use while keeping it legal and widely available. Alcohol USE is more harmful than marijuana ABUSE if you look at the info available to us.
You admitted you have first hand experiance with the devastation alcohol can bring and you were aware of the positive benefits of marijuana use. So I don't understand how you can maintain your stance against marijuana and not take the same stance with a substance much, much more harmful. Could it be you are a regular alcohol user? I don't know.
Just think if it were required that all leaders of all countries smoke a joint before meeting. Their differances are great and one says "Ah... were going to have to go to war over this!". The other says "Well, hell, that would mean we would have to get up, go over there and push a bunch of buttons and do a boatload of paperwork." First one replies "Yeah, fu*k it, nevermind, pass that joint please."
Ok, that was silly yes, but it makes a point.
Wooooa! Things are rushing along now and I think you're losing site of what I have said. To clarify, I BELIEVE marijuana to be not beneficial to one's health. What part of that don't you like? I've read the reports and I've made my mind up. Yes, smoking a joint was not unpleasant, and nor would be a shot of heroin, so I've gathered. The bad encounter was bad because these young people (18,19 year olds) were spending their whole day smoking it. They resembled zombies. Now, I know not all people who smoke it live like this. I know that hard working people may choose to smoke the odd joint of a weekend and they enjoy it. The young people in my 'encounter' were from a deprived background, lots of unemployment at the time. The marijuana abuse just exacerbated the situation for them and led to apathy, or so it seemed to me. Those things aside, the health risks associated with even minimal use of marijuana is something I take heed of. Right let's go on to alcohol. I wouldn't bat an eye lid if it was banned tomorrow, for all the reasons you've mentioned. Are you saying that alcohol taken as part of a meal in small amounts is dangerous?
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