• Kids given anti-medical marijuana propaganda
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[QUOTE=yawmwen;22386927]What other black markets would there be without any drug prohibition? The only big 2 I can think of off the top of my head would be prostitution(which also should be legal in my opinion) and arms dealing. If drug prohibition ended the illegal arms industry would be crushed, the only organisations that would need guns anymore would be terrorists/insurgents. Without drug cartels to outfit their own armies it would devastate that black market. Not only this, but the prostitution market would be severely weakened, since illegal prostitution and drug dealing tend to go hand in hand. Legalise drugs and you are going to be putting a ton of criminals out of their jobs, murder rates would decrease, crime would decrease, and from that the standard of living(especially for high poverty areas that are filled with gangs) would increase substantially. Not only this but it brings in a taxable revenue for the government. Even if it was just in a state with an income tax having a new commodity on the market(especially one that is already very popular) would bring in huge revenues for the government. It wouldn't solve all problems, but if we legalised drugs, taxed them, and regulated them, it would allow us a lot more money to spend on shit we need, like education and public safety. Think of it, weed could pay for our police, instead of us paying for more police to eliminate it from the streets.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=_Loki_!;22397601]The chemicals that are sometimes used in hydro-grown weed are Carcinogenic meaning they produce cancer if induced enough... Why force something to grow when nature does it for you, only a little bit slower? plus natural weed has the benefits of all its Medicinal stuff... Hydro actually doesnt produce as much medicinal quality or value for some reason...[/QUOTE] When growing indoors you try to reach the optimal conditions for the plant. If done right, it's a safe and controlled enviornment where everything is designed to benefit Cannabis. Some chemicals from your nutrient-solution can be flushed out before harvest by using numerous techniques, so you don't really have any argument that can not be countered.
Haven't even smoked a cigarette yet, so I'll stick to staying off pot. (Haven't even bothered to buy any alcohol since i was 18 last month :3)
[QUOTE=CjienX;22396688]I smoke pot and I ran out 2 weeks ago. I smoked almost daily and haven't acted at all different since I stopped, and haven't felt the need to get high recently so I haven't bought more. There is nothing physically addicting in pot.[/QUOTE] I have not smoked in 2 weeks and I miss it terribly :( Only in the evenings do I think to myself how nice a joint would be, but alas.
The agrees on the first two posts shows that this propaganda is working. Seriously, these pamphlets are against MEDICINE. Replace marijuana with morphine and suddenly everyone would be talking about how bullshit this is, despite morphine being a much more dangerous drug. Why? Pharmaceutical companies have lobbyists and marijuana growers don't. In the States, at least.
Zeke smokes the cigars of the skin variety. :a2m:
[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;22396812]There's a reason they call it dope, facepunch [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine[/url][/QUOTE] Every single pleasurable or unpleasurable act you ever perform ever, is entirely reliant on dopamines actions in the brain. If you would like to do this, sex is a drug because of it. :colbert: don't do this argument with me I just spent half a year studying how drugs effect the human body and mind.
[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;22397121]being addicted to weed is the same as being addicted to games. you don't see me convulsing and vomiting when I can't play civ4 for a week.[/QUOTE] Speak for yourself. I genuinely think I threw up a little yesterday when I wanted to play it, but couldn't. [editline]05:46PM[/editline] [QUOTE=ButtsexV2;22399315]They tried that once, it was a massive failure known as [B]prohibition[/B][/QUOTE] Funny that so many people responded with this exact statement. The entire point he was making was that drugs are under prohibition as we speak, and cause even more crime than before.
[QUOTE=Wakka;22403694]Zeke smokes the cigars of the skin variety. :a2m:[/QUOTE] m2a idiot you never go a2m despite what clerks 2 says get it right
[QUOTE=BrainDeath;22396656]Incoming angry potheads pretending that they arn't addicted.[/QUOTE] Either you're trolling or you just don't get how it works. Since I think you're trolling I'm not going to explain
[QUOTE=Zeke129;22405609]m2a idiot you never go a2m despite what clerks 2 says get it right[/QUOTE] But you'll miss out on eating the poo poo licking it like ice cream.
The entire idea of medical marijuana is stupid. You can get THC pills prescribed to you just as easy, and it's stronger then smoking it as it's concentrated. I'm not against the legalization of marijuana, but the idea of medical marijuana prescriptions is just dumb.
[QUOTE=Gordy H.;22406199]The entire idea of medical marijuana is stupid. You can get THC pills prescribed to you just as easy, and it's stronger then smoking it as it's concentrated. I'm not against the legalization of marijuana, but the idea of medical marijuana prescriptions is just dumb.[/QUOTE] No. It doesnt work like that. They have no been able to synthesize marijuana that works as well as grown marijuana. They tried this, it didnt work. And so what? If THC was legal, WHY WOULD MARIJUANA BE ILLEGAL?
[QUOTE=Gordy H.;22406199]The entire idea of medical marijuana is stupid. You can get THC pills prescribed to you just as easy, and it's stronger then smoking it as it's concentrated. [/QUOTE] According to people I know who have used both, THC pills are utter shit
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;22406233] And so what? If THC was legal, WHY WOULD MARIJUANA BE ILLEGAL?[/QUOTE] because marijuana
[QUOTE=AMD 32;22396823]Yet nobody calls for alcohol to be banned?[/QUOTE] *points to 1900-1932* Yeah... Good luck with that.
Pot is awesome!
[QUOTE=CjienX;22396936]Theres a difference between a physical addiction and a mental addiction. That would be a mental addiction, and yes, you can become mentally addicted to it, but like you said you can be mentally addicted to anything.[/QUOTE] My opinion.... They are an addiction. Stop making classes for addictions cause you got one symptom. Withdrawal. If someone took away your computer, car, even your favorite food... You would withdrawal like a bitch from it. People make excuses for addiction, but I've seen it both first, and second hand with things... I tried too stop drinking soda... You know what happened? By the 4th day I was literally cramped with head-aches ,and could barley preform normal tasks without wanting to scream at the top of my lungs cause my head hurt so bad. Morale of the post...? Addiction is addiction. It doesn't matter if it's physical or mental. It's an addiction.
I love all the potheads that think marijuana is so great and not dangerous at all after watching documentaries by medical companies and random potheads. Just don't run down my kids when your high.
Children knowing about things is wrong!
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;22406764]My opinion.... They are an addiction. Stop making classes for addictions cause you got one symptom. Withdrawal. If someone took away your computer, car, even your favorite food... You would withdrawal like a bitch from it. People make excuses for addiction, but I've seen it both first, and second hand with things... I tried too stop drinking soda... You know what happened? By the 4th day I was literally cramped with head-aches ,and could barley preform normal tasks without wanting to scream at the top of my lungs cause my head hurt so bad. Morale of the post...? Addiction is addiction. It doesn't matter if it's physical or mental. It's an addiction.[/QUOTE] Uh, thats called a CAFFEINE ADDICTION. You had withdrawal symptoms because you were addicted to caffeine. An actually addictive substance. What you need to understand is that [b]You can be addicted to anything and everything, but not all things are addictive. There is a difference.[/b] There are two different types, and your opinion on this is wrong, you cant have an opinion on which fact is which. You can be mentally addicted to things, and physically addicted. [b]Physical addiction requires chemical dependency. Becoming mentally dependent, and chemical dependency are two, very, very different things.[/b] [editline]08:19PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Brage Nyman;22406818]I love all the potheads that think marijuana is so great and not dangerous at all after watching documentaries by medical companies and random potheads. Just don't run down my kids when your high.[/QUOTE] Driving while high is a bad idea, it would be illegal if marijuana was legal, just like drunk driving. Marijuana has been proved by organizations who are NOT pro-marijuana, to not be a cause of cancer, no serious health effects except from the smoke alone. By your logic, I love you people who think marijuana kills, is dangerous, is a terrible substance when scientists, Harvard doctors, and hundreds of thousands of people have smoked for years and have reported no ill effects. Marijuana is not a miracle drug, but it is underestimated, and is illconceived. People are too ignorant about it.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;22406862]Uh, thats called a CAFFEINE ADDICTION. You had withdrawal symptoms because you were addicted to caffeine. An actually addictive substance. What you need to understand is that [B]You can be addicted to anything and everything, but not all things are addictive. There is a difference.[/B] There are two different types, and your opinion on this is wrong, you cant have an opinion on which fact is which. You can be mentally addicted to things, and physically addicted. [B]Physical addiction requires chemical dependency. Becoming mentally dependent, and chemical dependency are two, very, very different things.[/B][/QUOTE] Human. Put this through your mind real quick. You just quit something you use daily. Your mind sends a message too your body saying, "I need this!" your body begins letting out distress (Physical Addiction) ,but the fact is it started with your mind. Therefore all addiction is physical/mental all together.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;22406969]Human. Put this through your mind real quick. You just quit something you use daily. Your mind sends a message too your body saying, "I need this!" your body begins letting out distress (Physical Addiction) ,but the fact is it started with your mind. Therefore all addiction is physical/mental all together.[/QUOTE] Ok, you know better than psychologist and pharmacologists. Yes, you are right, your body does send out those signals. However, it doesn't have the same reaction with chemical withdrawals. Ive been addicted to [b]heroin[/b], i've gone through heroin withdrawals. I remember bone crawls, nausea, fevers, I remember every symptom of heroin withdrawal. Ive smoked weed every day for 6 weeks before, and gave it up feeling nothing. I was bored more often, but I felt nothing different. No difference huh?
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;22407023]Ok, you know better than psychologist and pharmacologists. Yes, you are right, your body does send out those signals. However, it doesn't have the same reaction with chemical withdrawals. Ive been addicted to [B]heroin[/B], i've gone through heroin withdrawals. I remember bone crawls, nausea, fevers, I remember every symptom of heroin withdrawal. Ive smoked weed every day for 6 weeks before, and gave it up feeling nothing. I was bored more often, but I felt nothing different. No difference huh?[/QUOTE] Fair enough. I guess the best way of putting it... Some are mentally fit for weed, and some are not.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;22407091]Fair enough. I guess the best way of putting it... Some are mentally fit for weed, and some are not.[/QUOTE] Which is why its referred to as mental addiction.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;22407103]Which is why its referred to as mental addiction.[/QUOTE] Yup. It still recirculated to physical, but whatever.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;22407168]Yup. It still recirculated to physical, but whatever.[/QUOTE] whatever :downs:
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;22407168]Yup. It still recirculated to physical, but whatever.[/QUOTE] Mental addictions are from say, a lack of a certain chemical that a "drug" provides, or triggers, so its the bodies lack of ability to create that, or to keep it up to optimal levels. Chemical addictions require a chemical to have been introduced to the system, the body then begins to need that enzyme or reaction to keep its levels up to optimum. The key difference here is, the "drug" in mental addiction can be anything, and doesn't have to actually impact the system itself. Mental addictions also dont have serious withdrawals. Yes, there are withdrawals, and problems associated with it, but no where near chemical addiction. Caffeine addiction, for instance, can have withdrawals of extreme headaches, cotton mouth, stomach cramps, etc. Mental addiction to video games would breed more physical effects, like emotional instability. You would never get bone crawls from a mental addiction. [editline]08:36PM[/editline] Thats not to say some mental addictions aren't just as bad, they just don't carry as serious symptoms. Oxycontin withdrawals can literally kill you outright, no mental addiction will do that, but all addictions are hard to deal with.
[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;22407251][QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;22407168]Yup. It still recirculated to physical, but whatever.[/QUOTE] Mental addictions are from say, a lack of a certain chemical that a "drug" provides, or triggers, so its the bodies lack of ability to create that, or to keep it up to optimal levels. Chemical addictions require a chemical to have been introduced to the system, the body then begins to need that enzyme or reaction to keep its levels up to optimum. The key difference here is, the "drug" in mental addiction can be anything, and doesn't have to actually impact the system itself. Mental addictions also dont have serious withdrawals. Yes, there are withdrawals, and problems associated with it, but no where near chemical addiction. Caffeine addiction, for instance, can have withdrawals of extreme headaches, cotton mouth, stomach cramps, etc. Mental addiction to video games would breed more physical effects, like emotional instability. You would never get bone crawls from a mental addiction. [editline]08:36PM[/editline] Thats not to say some mental addictions aren't just as bad, they just don't carry as serious symptoms. Oxycontin withdrawals can literally kill you outright, no mental addiction will do that, but all addictions are hard to deal with.[/QUOTE] oh, shut it. i have a fuvcking headache daRLING
But it's not deadly like pot.
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