Doc says smoking pot ok

[NikPreviousAcct]

Who cares who funded it? It's one truth 🙂

 

[Brule]

Originally posted by: MAME

uh, no. That shows that you aren't high anymore but ask any stoner how much work they do after smoking pot and it's going to be less than if they didn't smoke at all

I have known people who work after getting high. I think most fast food places in my town have a little place out back where they light up while working. Seems like a waste to me, but it's their money. Back in high school almost every pot smoker worked to fund their activity. I don't know why you'd get high/drunk before working, but it certainly happens. That doesn't change the fact that most smoked drugs are out of one's system quicker than other routes, with the exceptions being PCP and a few more exotic chemicals(AMT and some indoles for example). The ability, not ambition, will return to normal quicker. What they can do and what they chose to do are different things.

 

[Brule]

Originally posted by: FFMCobalt
Who cares who funded it? It's one truth 🙂

Because people who fund things have agendas or they wouldn't be so quick to pull out their pocketbook, or in this case every tax payer's pocketbook. Since when was power derived from the government to the people and not the other way around? I'd like to see a nice DEA commercial where they bust in on a large MJ growing operation with guns drawn, except they find an elderly couple growing tomatos. Happened a few years ago when the feds went door to door with a customer list from a large hydro growing equipment supplier. There's another "truth". 🙂

 

[MAME]

Originally posted by: Brule

Originally posted by: MAME

uh, no. That shows that you aren't high anymore but ask any stoner how much work they do after smoking pot and it's going to be less than if they didn't smoke at all

I have known people who work after getting high. I think most fast food places in my town have a little place out back where they light up while working. Seems like a waste to me, but it's their money. Back in high school almost every pot smoker worked to fund their activity. I don't know why you'd get high/drunk before working, but it certainly happens. That doesn't change the fact that most smoked drugs are out of one's system quicker than other routes, with the exceptions being PCP and a few more exotic chemicals(AMT and some indoles for example). The ability, not ambition, will return to normal quicker. What they can do and what they chose to do are different things.

Work as in productive activities around your house or other non-money making things.

Think about it, they can do a crappy job at their fast food job and be fine. Doesn't matter if you're drunk or high or whatever. But you think they'll clean around the house or something on their free time when they're high?

That's my point.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: Brule

Originally posted by: MAME

uh, no. That shows that you aren't high anymore but ask any stoner how much work they do after smoking pot and it's going to be less than if they didn't smoke at all

I have known people who work after getting high. I think most fast food places in my town have a little place out back where they light up while working. Seems like a waste to me, but it's their money. Back in high school almost every pot smoker worked to fund their activity. I don't know why you'd get high/drunk before working, but it certainly happens. That doesn't change the fact that most smoked drugs are out of one's system quicker than other routes, with the exceptions being PCP and a few more exotic chemicals(AMT and some indoles for example). The ability, not ambition, will return to normal quicker. What they can do and what they chose to do are different things.

Work as in productive activities around your house or other non-money making things.

Think about it, they can do a crappy job at their fast food job and be fine. Doesn't matter if you're drunk or high or whatever. But you think they'll clean around the house or something on their free time when they're high?

That's my point.

Smoking cannabis doesen't make you sit on your ass. It doesen't automatically strip you of motivation. Basically I'm trying to say that it's the persons fault they're a lazy slob, not the pot's.

Anyway.. just like not everybody that drinks alcohol is an alcoholic, not everybody that smokes pot is a pothead.


As for the whole work thing.. so what? People have to work to fund any of their "activities", whether it be smoking pot, or cigarettes, drinking alcohol or going skiing.

The only reason cannabis is so expensive is because it is against the law.

The government is the one that puts the money in the hands of the drug dealers. The prohibition of substances such as drugs clearly does not work. When are we going to realize that the old "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" routine applies to social drug use?

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: Brule

Originally posted by: MAME

uh, no. That shows that you aren't high anymore but ask any stoner how much work they do after smoking pot and it's going to be less than if they didn't smoke at all

I have known people who work after getting high. I think most fast food places in my town have a little place out back where they light up while working. Seems like a waste to me, but it's their money. Back in high school almost every pot smoker worked to fund their activity. I don't know why you'd get high/drunk before working, but it certainly happens. That doesn't change the fact that most smoked drugs are out of one's system quicker than other routes, with the exceptions being PCP and a few more exotic chemicals(AMT and some indoles for example). The ability, not ambition, will return to normal quicker. What they can do and what they chose to do are different things.

Work as in productive activities around your house or other non-money making things.

Think about it, they can do a crappy job at their fast food job and be fine. Doesn't matter if you're drunk or high or whatever. But you think they'll clean around the house or something on their free time when they're high?

That's my point.

Smoking cannabis doesen't make you sit on your ass. It doesen't automatically strip you of motivation. Basically I'm trying to say that it's the persons fault they're a lazy slob, not the pot's.

Anyway.. just like not everybody that drinks alcohol is an alcoholic, not everybody that smokes pot is a pothead.


As for the whole work thing.. so what? People have to work to fund any of their "activities", whether it be smoking pot, or cigarettes, drinking alcohol or going skiing.

The only reason cannabis is so expensive is because it is against the law.

The government is the one that puts the money in the hands of the drug dealers. The prohibition of substances such as drugs clearly does not work. When are we going to realize that the old "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" routine applies to social drug use?

Well said.

 

[imported_KirbsAw]

I know potheads that are way more active and have a lot more energy than me. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean you should take it away from others.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

I think of pot the same way I think of a choice or prime steak, or a slice of cheesecake, or a big hunk of chocolate.

It will make you lazy/fat. but only if you let it - only if you don't mind anyways. If you are have no self control with food, I don't think you'd do well with pot either.

It's all about self control. Hell, I would say a good slice of cheesecake is *more* addictive than pot. 😉

Banning pot makes no more sense than banning cheesecake and chocolate...

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Reliant

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: Cheeseburger
Gee wiz.

Using drugs to overcome life's stress instead of dealing with it like everyone else.

How American.

Kindof like people that drink caffeine each morning to wake up for work?
Or what about people that eat an ibuprofen after a workout that might lead to sore muscles?
Or what about women that take Midol when they have cramps?

Just because it's legal doesn't change that it's still a drug.

BTW, caffeine is more physically addicting than pot or alcohol.

Tell me about it....I can't stop drinking this damn coffee in the mornings while at work.

and i cant keep from putting coke in my spiced rum....

 

[imported_yovonbishop]

Originally posted by: Bovinicus

Originally posted by: Gurck

Originally posted by: yovonbishop
What exactly USEFUL do you gain from doing marijuana? nothing.

Untrue, pot increases alpha brain waves, which are associated with creativity. Why do you think so many musicians smoke it? It's a tool which aids in both the creation and enjoyment of art, art being anything creative; music, movies, etc. As opposed to my country's great addiction, TV, which is associated with lower levels of brain activity than sleep 😉

Let us also not forget that it can help relieve stress. Stress can have very profound effects on one's health. In fact, I would venture to say that stress can negatively affect a person more than a moderate amount of pot smoking.

Also, you are no longer talking about the negative effects of marijuana, but saying it doesn't provide any positive benefits. I could say the same thing about a hundred different activities people do on a daily basis. Going to an amusement park, watching television, eating dinner at a restaurant, playing PC games, etc. They are all enjoyable activities, but there aren't quantifiable positive benefits from any of them.

if you would have read my entire post and the quote I used it in, you would discover that I was replying to preslove's reaction to remagavon. He compared posting in forums to that of smoking marijuana and a cokehead who also is a compulsive shopper. So I made a comparison of the two and said that in the case of anandtech, forums offer a lot more to a person than pot does.

As for the things you mentioned that don't provide any benefits, I'm afraid you're wrong and many gamers on here could probably agree with me. Playing video games improves your reaction time. I never said that those other things were beneficial, you only assumed.

If none of you think marijuana has negative affects, ask your pregnant wife to smoke it throughout her pregnancy and see how her baby turns out. Don't argue with me on this one because I've seen firsthand what it does

oh and if you want to relieve stress, exercise, it's much more beneficial than smoking pot.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: MAME

Originally posted by: Brule

Originally posted by: MAME

uh, no. That shows that you aren't high anymore but ask any stoner how much work they do after smoking pot and it's going to be less than if they didn't smoke at all

I have known people who work after getting high. I think most fast food places in my town have a little place out back where they light up while working. Seems like a waste to me, but it's their money. Back in high school almost every pot smoker worked to fund their activity. I don't know why you'd get high/drunk before working, but it certainly happens. That doesn't change the fact that most smoked drugs are out of one's system quicker than other routes, with the exceptions being PCP and a few more exotic chemicals(AMT and some indoles for example). The ability, not ambition, will return to normal quicker. What they can do and what they chose to do are different things.

Work as in productive activities around your house or other non-money making things.

Think about it, they can do a crappy job at their fast food job and be fine. Doesn't matter if you're drunk or high or whatever. But you think they'll clean around the house or something on their free time when they're high?

That's my point.

Smoking cannabis doesen't make you sit on your ass. It doesen't automatically strip you of motivation. Basically I'm trying to say that it's the persons fault they're a lazy slob, not the pot's.

Anyway.. just like not everybody that drinks alcohol is an alcoholic, not everybody that smokes pot is a pothead.


As for the whole work thing.. so what? People have to work to fund any of their "activities", whether it be smoking pot, or cigarettes, drinking alcohol or going skiing.

The only reason cannabis is so expensive is because it is against the law.

The government is the one that puts the money in the hands of the drug dealers. The prohibition of substances such as drugs clearly does not work. When are we going to realize that the old "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em" routine applies to social drug use?

Well said.

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