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News: Data that shows pot is dangerous
Member Since: 6/10/2011
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I've never smoked weed (and I don't plan on it), so I can't comment on if it's addictive. I don't really know how I feel about it being legalized because, on one hand, I just really don't care. To each his own. But on the other hand, I think the "teens are already doing it, so you might as well make it legal" argument (which has been used in this thread) is weak and tired. I guess since some teens drink and drive, we should just make that legal too....or am I misunderstanding the argument? I can't imagine voting for something to be legalized just because "people are already doing it". I'm in high school, so I know a lot of people who use/have used weed and it's the "cool" thing to do at my school. Teens (at least at my school) think that you're cool if you smoke weed. And I will say that, in my opinion, it smells ****ing disgusting. I can't even describe it, but it gives me a headache and it's not something I would want a person smoking in my face, in public. At the end of the day, weed will eventually be legal in all 50 states (it's inevitable) and I suppose if cigarettes are legal, weed should be legal. I understand both sides of the argument.
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Member Since: 3/26/2011
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Well duh, isn't it obvious?
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Member Since: 10/7/2011
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Yeah, most of that is BS.
Let me go smoke a blunt.
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Member Since: 4/9/2012
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My teacher told me that weed is illegal because the government can't make money off of it (something that concerns cotton.) Anyway, why does this matter? Let people do what the **** they want.
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
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everything is dangerous, even diet coke gives you cancer
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 5/28/2011
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If cigarettes and alcohol are legal, pot should be as well.
It's not that big of a deal. You can tax it for filth.
People act like weed is such a big, horrible thing. Shall we count how many deaths there have been directly caused by pot? 
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Originally posted by Fernando.
Its true, unfortunately people believe in the myth that pot isn't bad for you.
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More like, unfortunately, people believe in the myth that it's bad for you. 
If it isn't smoked (there are other ways to use it, obviously), it's not exactly unhealthy. It can be fun. That's the point with it.
Now, there are the same risks that come with smoking if you smoke it, though, that's the main way people use it.
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Member Since: 2/13/2012
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I've used marijuana since I was barely 16. I am going to one of the best state colleges in the nation.
I can NOT at people claiming this is physically addictive. I have smoked daily for months at a time and I'm not addicted.
The only 'addiction' is the constant desire to smoke by stupid teenagers that don't know how to manage themselves.
That's going to happen with alcohol and sex more often than marijuana, might I add.
Additionally, it's NOT a drug as this article refers to it as. Drugs are not natural substances, sorry.
And heart attacks? I ccccccan't. That's the most irrational reach I've ever seen.
Also, did anyone notice that they don't ever cite these "legitimate studies" they keep referencing?
It could just be because many marijuana users are irresponsible maniacs that are horrible at living a managed life.
There is NO actual causation in ANY of their statistics, it's simply unproven correlation that cannot be backed up.
Please, do not try it. I see all these straight-edge users trying to claim it's a Bible verse or something, sit down.
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Member Since: 3/22/2012
Posts: 25,520
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Originally posted by ZachM
My neighbors (I live in an apartment complex) smoke it all the time and it seriously makes the whole floor stink. It smells horrendous, almost like a skunk. I would rather smell cigarette smoke than pot smoke. It gives me the worst headache ever and it just smells downright trashy. It's gotten to the point where I report them every time I smell it.
that being said I still think Marijuana should be legalized.
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You have a reason. I understand. Unlike some people who just like to complain.
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Member Since: 6/12/2012
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Here some facts for you kids
+ Marijuana has never killed a single person
+ Marijuana has never caused lung cancer or any damaging effects to the body
+ Marijuana is NOT a gateway drug
+ It's not addictive, but the person with the addictive personality can make it so
Mess at all this Iack of intelligence in regards to marijuana and the benefits it actually provides for the human body and mind.
Ignorance, I say, Ignorance.
I smoke pot everyday and I have since I was aged 16. I'm not addicted, I could quit if I freely chose to.
It's not a gateway drug, I've never dabbled nor have been interested in any other drug.
How old are all of you? 14? 15? Grow up and talk to me in four years when you're all high as kites jammin to the music you love.
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Member Since: 3/22/2012
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Originally posted by AllThat****ery
Here some facts for you kids
+ Marijuana has never killed a single person
+ Marijuana has never caused lung cancer or any damaging effects to the body
+ Marijuana is NOT a gateway drug
+ It's not addictive, but the person with the addictive personality can make it so
Mess at all this Iack of intelligence in regards to marijuana and the benefits it actually provides for the human body and mind.
Ignorance, I say, Ignorance.
I smoke pot everyday and I have since I was aged 16. I'm not addicted, I could quit if I freely chose to.
It's not a gateway drug, I've never dabbled nor have been interested in any other drug.
How old are all of you? 14? 15? Grow up and talk to me in four years when you're all high as kites jammin to the music you love.
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This!
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Member Since: 6/12/2012
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Originally posted by collin
I've used marijuana since I was barely 16. I am going to one of the best state colleges in the nation.
I can NOT at people claiming this is physically addictive. I have smoked daily for months at a time and I'm not addicted.
The only 'addiction' is the constant desire to smoke by stupid teenagers that don't know how to manage themselves.
That's going to happen with alcohol and sex more often than marijuana, might I add.
Additionally, it's NOT a drug as this article refers to it as. Drugs are not natural substances, sorry.
And heart attacks? I ccccccan't. That's the most irrational reach I've ever seen.
Also, did anyone notice that they don't ever cite these "legitimate studies" they keep referencing?
It could just be because many marijuana users are irresponsible maniacs that are horrible at living a managed life.
There is NO actual causation in ANY of their statistics, it's simply unproven correlation that cannot be backed up.
Please, do not try it. I see all these straight-edge users trying to claim it's a Bible verse or something, sit down.
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The most intelligent thing I've read in this thread  I can't at the ignorant statements and "facts" these children are trying to sustain
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Member Since: 5/28/2011
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Originally posted by AllThat****ery
Here some facts for you kids
+ Marijuana has never killed a single person
+ Marijuana has never caused lung cancer or any damaging effects to the body
+ Marijuana is NOT a gateway drug
+ It's not addictive, but the person with the addictive personality can make it so
Mess at all this Iack of intelligence in regards to marijuana and the benefits it actually provides for the human body and mind.
Ignorance, I say, Ignorance.
I smoke pot everyday and I have since I was aged 16. I'm not addicted, I could quit if I freely chose to.
It's not a gateway drug, I've never dabbled nor have been interested in any other drug.
How old are all of you? 14? 15? Grow up and talk to me in four years when you're all high as kites jammin to the music you love.
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Ironically, I believe it's the people older than the ages you specified actually saying the ignorant things about it.
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Member Since: 10/2/2010
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Originally posted by H2o
Once again 
Just cause they want to we should allow it? So we should allow people to do things now because they want too? *sigh* |
Why do you care so much? 
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Member Since: 1/7/2011
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I don't do it, I have, I liked it, but just nothing special, nothing risking my future (not because it will ruin it, because of the law), and I want to keep my job tbh.
I think it should be legalized so we don't keep clogging up the jails and using up all my tax money. I want the murderers, rapists, and crazy ass people in there, not people who had pot on them...
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Member Since: 8/15/2012
Posts: 6,964
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Originally posted by collin
I've used marijuana since I was barely 16. I am going to one of the best state colleges in the nation.
I can NOT at people claiming this is physically addictive. I have smoked daily for months at a time and I'm not addicted.
The only 'addiction' is the constant desire to smoke by stupid teenagers that don't know how to manage themselves.
That's going to happen with alcohol and sex more often than marijuana, might I add.
Additionally, it's NOT a drug as this article refers to it as. Drugs are not natural substances, sorry.
And heart attacks? I ccccccan't. That's the most irrational reach I've ever seen.
Also, did anyone notice that they don't ever cite these "legitimate studies" they keep referencing?
It could just be because many marijuana users are irresponsible maniacs that are horrible at living a managed life.
There is NO actual causation in ANY of their statistics, it's simply unproven correlation that cannot be backed up.
Please, do not try it. I see all these straight-edge users trying to claim it's a Bible verse or something, sit down.
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On point.
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Member Since: 9/27/2011
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Originally posted by collin
I've used marijuana since I was barely 16. I am going to one of the best state colleges in the nation.
I can NOT at people claiming this is physically addictive. I have smoked daily for months at a time and I'm not addicted.
The only 'addiction' is the constant desire to smoke by stupid teenagers that don't know how to manage themselves.
That's going to happen with alcohol and sex more often than marijuana, might I add.
Additionally, it's NOT a drug as this article refers to it as. Drugs are not natural substances, sorry.
And heart attacks? I ccccccan't. That's the most irrational reach I've ever seen.
Also, did anyone notice that they don't ever cite these "legitimate studies" they keep referencing?
It could just be because many marijuana users are irresponsible maniacs that are horrible at living a managed life.
There is NO actual causation in ANY of their statistics, it's simply unproven correlation that cannot be backed up.
Please, do not try it. I see all these straight-edge users trying to claim it's a Bible verse or something, sit down.
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Oh ****
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Member Since: 2/13/2012
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Originally posted by AllThat****ery
The most intelligent thing I've read in this thread I can't at the ignorant statements and "facts" these children are trying to sustain |
Your post was also excellent, it's nice to see intelligible smokers, as paradoxical as that may sound 
It's really just the stupid people who end up doing stupid things with marijuana, in all honesty.
About the gateway drug thing, again I think that for stupid people it IS a gateway drug.
I have considered other drugs, but not because of weed, because of my open-minded perspective.
That in no way means I plan to make it a habit like I have with weed, however.
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Originally posted by ininja3g
I don't do it, I have, I liked it, but just nothing special, nothing risking my future (not because it will ruin it, because of the law), and I want to keep my job tbh.
I think it should be legalized so we don't keep clogging up the jails and using up all my tax money. I want the murderers, rapists, and crazy ass people in there, not people who had pot on them...
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Well, I mean, to ruin your future you'd have to be dumb about it 
I agree, it's a stupid thing to waste taxpayers' money on. Especially when alcohol creates more issues...
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Originally posted by Mastamaind
On point.
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Thank you 
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Member Since: 8/1/2012
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Well, pot is less dangerous and addictive than smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol, and has many beneficial effects. Yet, pot is the illegal one out of them... the irony.
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Member Since: 12/31/2010
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I simply can't at the ignorance. Let's not even get into the fact that tobacco and alcohol are far more dangerous, and tobacco is addictive while marijuana is not. The addiction in the VERY small percentage of people who get "addicted" is found in other life concerns, and the side effects of a weed addiction is at worst acting like a damn fool, eating excessive amounts of Cheetos, and not giving a **** about ****. Is driving while high a good idea? Of course not, I'll give them that. But driving drunk is just as stupid, if not moreso. I've never driven under the influence of either, and I don't plan to. The fact of the matter is, if you don't want to smoke weed, don't smoke. Let those with the good tea have the ability to legally smoke, cause tbh they will do it anyway, and let the government tax the hell out of weed and make money off of it.
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Member Since: 2/13/2012
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DvnR, rip tha weaves right up off.
By the way, I drive 'under the influence' of marijuana a lot. It's really, really not dangerous 
It really does depend who you are, I suppose, but I've been doing it for two years and have never had even
close to a dangerous encounter. I get into more trouble when I'm sober on the road, in all honesty.
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