NCAA Marijuana

[#VFL__]

Don't forget alcohol and tobacco.

And guns can be bad, ban those as well.

And this website, very addicting.

 

[apevol]

Already killing brain cells. Smoke on.

Its my liver I'm working on. You should smoke a little weed and lighten up. Don't giggle like a little girl though. That **** is annoying

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Its my liver I'm working on. You should smoke a little weed and lighten up. Don't giggle like a little girl though. That **** is annoying

Sorry man but weed ruined my dad's, 2 uncles, stepdads, 3 best friends and numerous cousins lives. Besides I have way to good of a life to waste time with something as worthless marijuana.

 

[therealUT]

Sorry man but weed ruined my dad's, 2 uncles, stepdads, 3 best friends and numerous cousins lives. Besides I have way to good of a life to waste time with something as worthless marijuana.

Weed did this, or did weak wills ruin their lives.

Marijuana is not physiologically addictive, it's merely psychologically addictive. The distinction is salient, since the former types of addictions mean that regardless of one's strength of will, the body will react to the withdrawal from the substance. Things that are physiologically addictive: alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, opium, cocaine. Psychological addictions, however, are such that one can resolve to step away and their body does not respond negatively to the withdrawal. Things of this sort: sex, video games, lying, religion, work, weed, meth, etc.

While everyone is prone to the first type of addiction, the latter quite often falls to "addictive personalities" which is just a clinically genteel way of saying weak-willed.

 

[Volfan76]

Sorry man but weed ruined my dad's, 2 uncles, stepdads, 3 best friends and numerous cousins lives. Besides I have way to good of a life to waste time with something as worthless marijuana.

Marijuana has ruined a lot of lives. People want to think that because you don't OD on it that it is somehow safe. There are no documented LSD overdose cases either, but there are countless instances of people who are permanently damaged from it. The thing that makes marijuana so dangerous is that it changes a person and their moral compass without the person even knowing it.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Marijuana has ruined a lot of lives. People want to think that because you don't OD on it that it is somehow safe. There are no documented LSD overdose cases either, but there are countless instances of people who are permanently damaged from it. The thing that makes marijuana so dangerous is that it changes a person and their moral compass without the person even knowing it.

Alcohol and tobacco have ruined far, far more lives than weed . So are you for the banning of those 2 substances?

 

[therealUT]

Marijuana has ruined a lot of lives. People want to think that because you don't OD on it that it is somehow safe. There are no documented LSD overdose cases either, but there are countless instances of people who are permanently damaged from it. The thing that makes marijuana so dangerous is that it changes a person and their moral compass without the person even knowing it.

Can you explain precisely what you mean by "personally damaged from it"? There is way too much ambiguity in the phrase for it to be meaningful without further explanation.

 

[#VFL__]

Sorry man but weed ruined my dad's, 2 uncles, stepdads, 3 best friends and numerous cousins lives. Besides I have way to good of a life to waste time with something as worthless marijuana.

I'm sorry but weed isn't what ruined their lives. Id be willing to bet that their course in life was not going very well before they ever smoked MJ.

We dont blame guns for shooting people. So stop blaming a plant for people not being able to get their **** together.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I'm sorry but weed isn't what ruined their lives. Id be willing to bet that their course in life was not going very well before they ever smoked MJ.

We dont blame guns for shooting people. So stop blaming a plant for people not being able to get their **** together.

I'm amazed at how inconsistent people are on these issues.

 

[#VFL__]

I'm amazed at how inconsistent people are on these issues.

I really think the type of environment that each person grows up in plays a huge part in this.

If you are surrounded by a bunch of uneducated and worthless people; you probably do have alot of negative experiences with drugs.

On the other hand, people that grow up in more educated and diverse backgrounds have another experience with MJ. It all starts with how you were raised and whether or not your parents put in the time to teach you how to act and how to treat others. It's not the plant that makes anyone do anything.

Your right Volfan76. It does different things to different people. Just like everything in this world.

The point is, that we have to stop arresting people for it and let people live the life that they choose.

 

[TrueOrange]

And another article from the daily telegraph regarding a 20 year study conducted by a professor who advises the WHO

Cannabis can be highly addictive, major study finds - Telegraph

I'm not sure a dependence rate of 1 in 10 for daily, regular usage is terribly high, especially compared to other drugs one would refer to as addictive (substance dependence).

It sounds more like, yes, one can become addicted, in the same way as one can become addicted to alcohol...and in those cases it takes quite a bit of regular usage. (more along the lines of abusing a substance enough - often well past enough - can lead the body to form a dependance.)

Plus

"Rates of recovery from cannabis dependence among those seeking treatment are similar to those for alcohol."

Amendments have been made to this report to reflect the fact that where Prof Hall’s study gave directly comparable figures, the risk of dependency among those who had ever used cannabis was 9%, as opposed to 23% for heroin and 15% for alcohol.

 

[apevol]

Weed did this, or did weak wills ruin their lives.

Marijuana is not physiologically addictive, it's merely psychologically addictive. The distinction is salient, since the former types of addictions mean that regardless of one's strength of will, the body will react to the withdrawal from the substance. Things that are physiologically addictive: alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, opium, cocaine. Psychological addictions, however, are such that one can resolve to step away and their body does not respond negatively to the withdrawal. Things of this sort: sex, video games, lying, religion, work, weed, meth, etc.

While everyone is prone to the first type of addiction, the latter quite often falls to "addictive personalities" which is just a clinically genteel way of saying weak-willed.

I agree that methamphetamine is not physically addictive, but speaking from experience it has a unique sort of psychological withdrawal syndrome. When you stop smoking weed, or stop gambling you don't encounter anywhere near the torment. Being on meth is like living in some kind of terrible cartoon bizzaro world. After you're out of it, you start realizing the horror of it all.

 

[therealUT]

I agree that methamphetamine is not physically addictive, but speaking from experience it has a unique sort of psychological withdrawal syndrome. When you stop smoking weed, or stop gambling you don't encounter anywhere near the torment. Being on meth is like living in some kind of terrible cartoon bizzaro world. After you're out of it, you start realizing the horror of it all.

It is unique because the pleasure of the high is so great.

 

[Catbone]

You guys realize in 10 years or so we are going to look back and say...

"Wow, we should have legalized and taxed the hell out Marijuana a long time ago"

In just 8 months, Colorado made 45 MILLION dollars off of tax revenue

But (most) older conservative people are against it. They're afraid of change.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

You guys realize in 10 years or so we are going to look back and say...

"Wow, we should have legalized and taxed the hell out Marijuana a long time ago"

In just 8 months, Colorado made 45 MILLION dollars off of tax revenue

But (most) older people are against it. They're afraid of change.

Pretty much.

 

[apevol]

It is unique because the pleasure of the high is so great.

Total hijacking of pleasure centers. Also, dementia sets in quickly and effectively seperates the mind from reality. It was fun while it lasted, but impossible to go back.