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No, the effects of pot and alcohol are different.
Why I have to tell YOU that is any ones guess.
You folks seem to place your entire argument on those distinctions.
I can drink 1 or two Scotch and waters ( Dewars White Label Please ) and still remain mentally sharp and with little to no long term effects on my motivation or my intellectual capabillities.
Marijuana's effects are ultimately A-motivational. Stupifying and addicting.
The REAL reason States are choosing NOT to go
My main issue with weed is that smoking it is nearly or perhaps more harmful than smoking tobacco, due to various chemicals (although not the THC (sp?)).Keep in mind legalizing it and regulating it will take the drug dealer out of the picture. It won't take a criminal to get weed, and also less kids will get their hands on it when it is regulated and you get it with an ID at the store. Alcohol is generally harder for minors to get their hands on than weed is. Weed is not chemically addictive at all; you can die from alcohol withdrawals. You can not overdose on weed, but people die from alcohol poisoning all the time. There is really no way around the fact that alcohol is worse for you.
he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.
No, the effects of pot and alcohol are different.
Why I have to tell YOU that is any ones guess.
You folks seem to place your entire argument on those distinctions.
I can drink 1 or two Scotch and waters ( Dewars White Label Please ) and still remain mentally sharp and with little to no long term effects on my motivation or my intellectual capabillities.
Marijuana's effects are ultimately A-motivational. Stupifying and addicting.
The REAL reason States are choosing NOT to go
My main issue with weed is that smoking it is nearly or perhaps more harmful than smoking tobacco, due to various chemicals (although not the THC (sp?)).
I recall reading a bit about it somewhere.Do you have a source for that? I'm pretty sure this is not true.
Sorry for your loss, but if alcohol was all your uncle drank, he would have died a lot sooner.he and most supporters think legalized pot is less harmful than alcohol, when it fact it is probably much worse. My uncle died at 47 from lung cancer and pot was all he smoked.
I recall reading a bit about it somewhere.
Still, it makes sense - they filtered cigarettes not because of the addictive part (nicotine) but because of the various toxins in the smoke, especially tar(?).
Basically it's not the drug, but the ingestion method - smoking - that I have an issue with.
I didn't say anything about that meaning it should be illegal.Even if marijuana smoke was as bad for your lungs as cigarette smoke, and I don't believe it is, why does that mean it should be illegal? Should we make cigarettes illegal? Should we make alcohol illegal? Even if your answer to those questions is yes, making things that millions of people want to have access to illegal does nothing but empower the black market. Look to prohibition and the absolute failure of the drug war. Making these things illegal does not fix the problem; it makes the problem worse, because you're giving criminals a means of making money. The only reasonable thing to do is make it legal and regulate it.
Really? Have you tried pot?
I have and it didnt have that affect on me...'a motivational' or whatever that is. And hey...I didnt get addicted!
A person can smoke some of a joint and still stay mentally sharp and not have long term effects to their intellectual capabilities so I don't know the point you're trying to make here other than your pushing propaganda to support you big government desires
No, the effects of pot and alcohol are different.
Why I have to tell YOU that is any ones guess.
You folks seem to place your entire argument on those distinctions.
I can drink 1 or two Scotch and waters ( Dewars White Label Please ) and still remain mentally sharp and with little to no long term effects on my motivation or my intellectual capabillities.
Marijuana's effects are ultimately A-motivational. Stupifying and addicting.
The REAL reason States are choosing NOT to go
Aren't libertarians the one's that advocate for minimal government intrusion? Are they the ones the generally advocate that the nation's drug war is a lost cause? So much for the theory that libertarian is just a conservative that wants to get laid and smoke dope....
My main issue with weed is that smoking it is nearly or perhaps more harmful than smoking tobacco, due to various chemicals (although not the THC (sp?)).
I didn't say anything about that meaning it should be illegal.
I only said that the smoke issues were my main problem with marijuana.
Really? Have you actually tried weed, or are you just repeating rhetoric you've heard? I smoke most nights and I have a great job, great family, great home, and am happy and fulfilled in my life.
Also, I can smoke .01 grams, .1 grams, 1 gram, 10 grams, etc, just like you can select how much you poor into your scotch glass. Alcohol makes me dehydrated, have a headache, and makes my liver physically hurt. Weed just makes me relaxed and feel great, and I'm willing to bet I'm still dramatically better at math while stoned than you are sober.
Rocketman is NOT a libertarian. He does not even remotely resemble one, he's a statist who clicked "libertarian" from the dropbox.
There are no harmful chemicals. If you'd like to make an accusation, please be specific. THC is not dangerous, nor are the Cannabinoids, which occur naturally in the body.
Then don't hang around stoners. Seems like an extremely easy solution to a fabricated problem.
So legalizing it wont lead to a increase in the amount of chronic users ? Legalizing it wont lead to a increase in the amount of young people becoming chronic users ?
That's the price of freedom. Did legalizing alcohol increase the amount of chronic users? Yes. Did legalizing it lead to an increase in the amount of young people becoming users? Yes.
Again, it makes NO sense to make pot illegal while keeping alcohol legal.
You just want to apply draconian authoritarian measures against alcohol because you don't like it and you like alcohol.
Wow....are not Pot and Alcohol DIFFERENT ? DISTINCT ? IS THIS NOT THE ONE POINT PRO-LEGALIZATION PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY HARP ON ?
Plus, pot is illegal IN 48 States and Federally. It's not an issue of "FREEDOM".
Why are you arguing for the mass implementation of a additional societal crutch ? Justifying away the cumulative drop in IQ that legalization will no doubt lead to ?
After Obama's re-election I didn't think Americans could get any stupider, but I may be wrong.
You need to realize first, that the only reasons States are "legalizing " it is due to budget constraints, THAT'S ALL.
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Hi Alpaca.....
I will concede that there are exceptional people out there that can smoke weed daily and still function. Even maintain a level of ambition that allows them to grow professionally and personally, but again, they are the exception.
Since we've discussed this issue before and I do respect your opinion on this issue and a variety of others I'll try to keep this brief.
I'm not concerned about the small amount of people that can control their habit and still function, my concern is that the legalization of marijuana will lead to a devolution of the SAME society that I have to raise my family in. A society dumbed down by a pretty potent chemical that's had it's stigma removed by a bunch of dishonest pro-legalization narratives.
It's a bit hyperbolic and "it's" also a hilarious movie, but THIS, in some variation, is what I think the legalization of marijuana will eventually lead to ...
Check out " President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho "....LOL !!
You need to realize first, that the only reasons States are "legalizing " it is due to budget constraints, THAT'S ALL.
So legalizing it wont lead to a increase in the amount of chronic users ? Legalizing it wont lead to a increase in the amount of young people becoming chronic users ?
WRONG !!
Unbelievable. Wow, your'e really going overboard with your justifications now. ( You actually went full on left field when you compared marijuana to "SODA" )
Your'e telling me that a group of kids after smoking a joint, EACH, will test the same as a group of kids who never smoked weed in their life ?
It's called "dope" for a reason.
So legalizing it wont lead to a increase in the amount of chronic users ? Legalizing it wont lead to a increase in the amount of young people becoming chronic users ?
First and foremost, my experience is not the exception, but rather the rule. A few statistics for you:
Source
95,916,972 American adults have used marijuana
22,003,805 American adults have used marijuana this year
8,120,045 American adults have likely used marijuana today
22 million American adults have used Marijuana this year. That's 7% of the population, meaning statistically, one of your friends or family members, if not more than one, smoke on a semi-regular or regular basis, and you have no idea about it.
Most smokers are like me, we do it in the privacy of our homes, and we keep quiet about it. We have to, because we'll be fired and judged for it. You would never suspect I smoked if you met me in real life. I'm a high stress, motivated engineer that works in electronics research. I use my brain all day long to its fullest potential, and at night I want to calm it down and relax.
You're trying to fit 22 million people into a stereotype that you can throw stones at. Only a small portion of people ever get arrested for cannabis, and when they do, it's usually only for having cannabis, and not for their actions on it. You think that everyone who smokes has no motivation and is a criminal, because all you see is the criminals. You don't see the other 98% of the smokers who mind their own business, keep to themselves about it, and subsequently don't get caught.
Do you have no respect for liberty? Do you want the government to be so powerful that they can control what we can and can not put into our own bodies? Whether you want to smoke or not is your decision, but why you would want to make criminals out of 96 million Americans that have harmed nobody blows my mind altogether.
This is completely incorrect. Most of the medical marijuana initiatives, and both of the legalization initiatives in CO and WA were citizen ballots. That means the CITIZENS of those states decided as a majority to legalize. The CO governer openly and vehemently disagrees with legalization, but he respected the will of the people. Do you respect democracy and the will of the people, or do you want to override them to push your agenda?
Your numbers in terms of what the pro-legalize crowd want ( to legalize it nationally ) are not relevant. And it's been my contention throughout this debate that the universal legalization of marijuana will have a negative impact on the society as a whole.
I like the Co, Governor's statement. When did politicians sincerely start caring about the will of the people ? C'mon, Texas will never legalize it, not in my lifetime and it's still illegal in 48 States and possession is illegal in a majority of countries.
You cant tell me the CO or Ca Governor was absolutely powerless ? Of-course the see the fiscal benefit of legalization, and it's my contention that THAT's what motivates their position on legalization.
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