El Sitherino Posted August 31, 2003 Author Share Posted August 31, 2003 Originally posted by Father Torque Weed can hurt you. In the long run, same with cigarettes. If weed didnt affect you. Why is it illegal. Just my 2 cents. same with sugar. too much sugar leads to diabetes and other diseases that cause disruption in the body. and it's illegal because people abuse it. if you abuse things too much they will become dangerous. what they need to do is moderate the amount of things people take and use. if you abuse sugar and millions of others abuse it i'm sure it would also be made illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I must be week minded, cause after seeing Johnny Depp in From Hell and Fear and Loathing In Las Vegs, I want to do Absinthe shooters and Laudnum. I also want to hang out with Samoan Lawyers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurgan Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Smoking ANYTHING is bad for your health. What gets me is the people who quit cigarettes to smoke pipes or pot. It's like... okay, so all you're doing is making sure you get a different kind of cancer. Good idea. ; p I mean sure, there are other differences. I don't smoke anything, period (waste of money and my health). I think pipes smell good. Clove cigarettes smell good. Cigarettes smell bad. Cigars smell almost as bad. Pot smells like @#*&. And don't get me started on chewing tobacco. Sure, you don't have smoke smell, but you have people spitting gross #@$ all the time. ; p With pipes you can get lip cancer. Cigars are worse than cigs as far as chemicals and things in them, but people usually don't inhale as much or uses them as often, so it all balances out. Low tar cigs really don't do much of anything (they just put a couple of extra holes in them, which would decrease the inhalation a tiny tiny but, the secondhand smoke would be the same). Studies of people who smoked pot for years shows that the "brain damage" thing was overblown, but the health effects from smoking weed were the same or worse than regular cigs. Chewing tobacco you get lip or gum cancer. And anything with nicotine in it of course eventually addicts you sooner or later. I mean its probably due to the fact that since pot was illegal it was harder to do tests on it, whereas with cigs being legal you can do far more testing on it easily. And they don't put warnings on bags of weed do they? Somehow I doubt it. Would it be logical to de-criminalize and then legalize smoking joints? Maybe. But then that's like saying cigarettes are okay. We all know they cause health problems. Why not ban cigarettes and keep pot illegal? Of course alcohol is another story. Alcohol doesn't do any harm until misused. When misused, it leands to more serious problems than all the stuff you can smoke combined. Every drug is a little different, which is why I get pissed when I hear people saying "legalize all drugs" as if they were all the same. If you want to start a "mouth habit" that minimizes grossness, chew some gum. Hey, it gives you fresher breath and cleans your teeth! Yeah, there's a lot of unhealthy things you can do, drinking (especially when you're past middle age.. and yes I know people say "well a glass of red wine with dinner increases digestion" but that's not the same thing as having a few beers on the weekend or shots of whiskey), living in smog filled cities, driving recklessly, eating lots of fatty foods with saturated fat and transfatty acids, etc. But the point is, why do you need to add ONE MORE addicting problem to your list? There have been people who have lived to ripe old ages smoking cigars and drinking hard liquor of course, but perhaps they'd have lived even longer (or had something else different in their lifestyle that balanced it out) if they hadn't done it. There's a lot we don't know, but anyway... I'm rambling now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 I can see an Oprah episode in IS's future. =P I'm glad you've made this decision, but I have one question. How come the people that get off of drugs get praise from here to wazu but the people that never even tried drugs get the "Who cares?" treatment? Not that I care, I was just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HertogJan Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Good decision on the beer, the liquid gold should be enough to keep you alive Oh and marijuana and cigs aren't bad, as long as you don't get addicted to it! In fact, most things aren't that bad if you're not addicted to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaruGlory89 Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Great Decision! Keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Shutt Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Originally posted by Kurgan Would it be logical to de-criminalize and then legalize smoking joints? Maybe. But then that's like saying cigarettes are okay. We all know they cause health problems. Why not ban cigarettes and keep pot illegal? Because if I want to do something that hurts nobody but me, then the government has no business telling me I can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Good luck with the rest of your life.. because we'll be watching:¬: BTW, does the also mean the you are going to give up LF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShockV1.89 Posted August 31, 2003 Share Posted August 31, 2003 Originally posted by obi-wan13 I'm glad you've made this decision, but I have one question. How come the people that get off of drugs get praise from here to wazu but the people that never even tried drugs get the "Who cares?" treatment? Not that I care, I was just wondering. I suppose all those people who stayed away from it deserve a pat on the back as well. But those who tried it and broke away from, I believe, had a harder road. Kudos to you, IS. And kudos to everyone who stayed away in the first place! (happy, Obi? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obi Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by ShockV1.89 (happy, Obi? ) Very. Actually, when I posted that question, I was trying to be somewhat funny. Even though now that I think about it, it makes sense. Anyway, congrats again IS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyrion Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by Carl Shutt Because if I want to do something that hurts nobody but me, then the government has no business telling me I can't. Second hand smoking doesnt exist then,hmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 1, 2003 Author Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by Tyrion Second hand smoking doesnt exist then,hmm? they could always pass an ordinance stating all smokers are to smoke in the privacy of their homes. simple as that. i could deal with that. but i dislike people telling me what i can and can't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Shutt Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Originally posted by Tyrion Second hand smoking doesnt exist then,hmm? There's little actual evidence to suggest it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBell Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I'm glad you've made this decision, but I have one question. How come the people that get off of drugs get praise from here to wazu but the people that never even tried drugs get the "Who cares?" treatment? Thats an Excellent point. SOmetimes straying away from drugs can be just as hard as quitting, considering peer pressure and "Being a cool guy" or just plain Depression. So if you havent ever done drugs, then pat yourself on the back right now ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 evil spelt backwards is live and we all want to do that, don't we? trouble is once we have really lived we find ourselves backwards behind the devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 I would give up drugs but I'm going to University and I apparently do more there; I could never give up beer and cigars though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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