Cannabis Poll

[IronLungs31]

Weed is nothing like what it's been portrayed as for the last 50 years or so.

Recent studies show weed that has been grown properly with no extras added etc, is far better for you health wise than most other legal consumables and/or over the counter drugs. It doesn't lower sperm count nor does it hinder the oxygen intake capacity. It's a million times better for you than alcohol and a billion times better for you than tobacco. This is a given....

There hasn't ever been a recorded death from cannabis, the only danger is you don't know whats in the weed if you don't know the source. Also depending what you smoke it with (tobacco).

IF you already have underlying mental issues, then it has the potential to make these worse OR better, also it can make you entirely lazy OR it can help you delve deeper into your creativity, it all depends on the person and how the person chooses to use it.

It's complete stupidity to even associate it with the likes of crack, herion, meth etc, open your eyes you silly people. Even if you don't like people that use weed or never have had the interest to use it yourself it should be blatantly obvious that it is nowhere even close to the destruction they bring into people lives.

As with a lot of things in life, it's not weed that's the problem. It's mankind

This is a great statement and I agree 100%!

 

[IronLungs31]

I laugh at the stance some people take like it's heroin or meth. To me it's less dangerous than a beer.

Glad I live in forward thinking California.

Say what you want but you start some of the best threads on the forum...

 

[agen_kolar]

That is why I would like agen_kolar to expand on what he meant by



and how exactly someone can a human get by, partaking in the hefty menu of drugs, without "affecting" other people.

the only thing that could validate Kolar's comment could be the POV that Bill Burr has.
We are the only species that saves the weak and doesnt let natural selection weed out the sick and weak. Legalizing drugs could allow the weak-minded to spiral out of control into their ultimate demise and, in the long run, actually strengthen the intellect of our species

I can't be anymore clear: one should have the right to put into his/her body whatever he/she desires. Then, beyond that, if you cause harm to another individual due to your enjoyment of your choice of drug, you must be prepared to endure the consequences.

I think taking drugs is cowardly. In my mind, it's a person's way of masking their true issues for a period of time. I lost a friend to a drug overdose in 2011. I know firsthand what it can do to people. But everyone (should) have the right to do as they please with their bodies.

 

[occulum]

an addiction is an addiction. Whether its to a drug or to a hobby *gasp*. Any addiction is detrimental to parts of life

 

[The Ween]

Right, cos everyone is taking weed, heroin, meth and God knows what right now.

If they didn't teach kids it's bad for you, all of them would be doing it, which is not the case. How many percent take drugs now?

Here in Belgium we have a ton of stuff in schools against drugs and it works.

I'm not talking about teaching kids against it in schools. They do that here and it's basically free.

I'm talking about the actual "War on Drugs" that was started years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Drugs

 

[The Josh]

I have not. Just never felt the need to and still don't. I've never been tempted for whatever reason nor so stressed I felt I needed to.

 

[devilof76]

Used it all my life till about 6 years ago. It turns on you after a while (panic) I've gotten all i can get from it. Now it's time for the next level.

It happens to certain people. (from what i've been finding usually these people are quite intelligent/or spiritual) MCA of the Beastie Boys as well, it's nothing physical. It's a special kinda plant and it will let you know when you personally have gotten all you can from it.

"It's a tool and it let's you know when it's time to quit" -George Carlin

I hate that answer.

 

[hoodonit00]

For one thing, if people want to use them, they will, legal or not. There are all kinds of legal drugs that people abuse. If one is going to do it, they will. The war on drugs is one big bust and waste of money.

I disagree with this statement. Yes you have your users that will smoke no matter what. But I think you have your users who want to smoke but don't because it is illegal. In my opinion, I think if it were legal, there would be a lot more people who would smoke it. My statement does not mean I am for or against. I am honestly split on the issue of it being legal or not.

 

[EnShinNoi]

What's the difference between 'yes' and 'sometimes'? That's like a 'vegetarian' that occasionally eats meat

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

Difference, someone who uses consistently versus someone who does occasionally. Duh.

 

[Blackthornone]

Difference, someone who uses consistently versus someone who does occasionally. Duh.

He was saying that everyone who uses it, as in yes, DOES use it sometimes, unless someone has found away to smoke in 24/7, like in their sleep. Sometimes to one person might be consistently for someone else. Yes or no or did but don't are the only clear answers.

 

[EnShinNoi]

Difference, someone who uses consistently versus someone who does occasionally. Duh.

What about someone who is consistently occasional or occasionally consistent?

 

[Blackthornone]

I'll admit my response was over the top. But so was comparing (???) smoking weed to pedophilia(??)

All those things can kill ya. Weed can't kill you. At least not on it's own. I mean, you can die if you get to high and do something stupid...but that's on you.

Only weed should be legalized. Because it's not that bad. Some people don't like it, and I get that. It's not for everyone. But it's not this evil thing that many think it is.

If people want to smoke weed, that's their problem and their business, so long as they are the only people affected and not the smallest particle of smoke reaches a non user.

However, the fact that it is illegal does discourage a lot of people, particularly children, who have their whole lives ahead of them and actually care about their health and doing the right thing enough to be discouraged from smoking until they are mature enough to make their own major health decisions.

Since medical marijuana has been made legal for medical use, there have been a lot of people that have become sick all of a sudden, or people who believe that minor aches and pains that many normal people experience entitles them to legal access to it, and so do some health practitioners.

The prescriptions of medical cannabis have gotten out of hand. I know a guy who was in the business and worked for a small company in CA that sold it and got raided by the FDA and lost his otherwise legal job. I'm guessing that had to do with a lot of the abuse of the system, letting people smoke recreationally with the excuse that it was medicinal.

 

[Blackthornone]

There is a huge list of things weed and hemp are good for. It's an interested read. It's always an interesting read on just how and why growing hemp became illegal. If the growing of weed and hemp would become legal, it would really help our economy bigtime!

I'm familiar with it. William Randolph Hearst and the Dupont company collaborated to make it illegal, because the invention of the mechanical decorticator made making hemp paper more economical than tree paper. This would make Mr. Hearst's vast tree reserves worth far less, and made Dupont's synthetics like nylon less competitive against hemp rope.
Before the mechanical decorticator, the work had to be done by hand, so hemp wasn't a threat to wood pulp paper economically.

Hemp was made illegal because of it's industrial applications, and they used it's psychoactive properties as propaganda to garner public support to outlaw it.

The Diesel engine was originally designed to run on hempseed oil, George Washington grew hemp, the rope and shoelaces in WW2 were made of hemp, and Henry Ford made a car using hemp as a type of fibreglass for the body.

Hempseed oil can be used to make biodegradable plastic, as well. Hemp is 4 times more durable than cotton.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

He was saying that everyone who uses it, as in yes, DOES use it sometimes, unless someone has found away to smoke in 24/7, like in their sleep. Sometimes to one person might be consistently for someone else. Yes or no or did but don't are the only clear answers.

Is life always this difficult for you...

 

[Blackthornone]

Is life always this difficult for you...

Yes to one person means sometimes to someone else and vice-versa. You could say that yes is once a month or more and sometimes once a year or more, but not more than 4 times per year, as in once every quarter.

 

[Bodie The Cursed]

then I guess answer the question the best you can. its a tough one.


*eye roll*

 

[Blackthornone]

then I guess answer the question the best you can. its a tough one.


*eye roll*

There are people who when you ask them how often they drink, they say once in a while, and then when you ask them how often that is you find out it's every day.
The only thing this poll answers as far as yes or sometimes is whether the person taking the poll thinks however often they use it is yes or sometimes to THEM.

If someone has been smoking two or three times a day or more, if you ask them if smoking twice a week is "a lot' they will likely say no. If you ask someone who never smokes pot or only did a handful of times, if you ask them if twice a week is a lot, they will probably say yes.

 

[uscmhicks]

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[Frank Jaeger]

There are people who when you ask them how often they drink, they say once in a while, and then when you ask them how often that is you find out it's every day.
The only thing this poll answers as far as yes or sometimes is whether the person taking the poll thinks however often they use it is yes or sometimes to THEM.

If someone has been smoking two or three times a day or more, if you ask them if smoking twice a week is "a lot' they will likely say no. If you ask someone who never smokes pot or only did a handful of times, if you ask them if twice a week is a lot, they will probably say yes.

Not really it's just common sense. If you asked the same question but changed the product from weed to alcohol, the answer would most likely be no. Because it isn't