outtawack311
Pro Bowler
I dont smoke pot, but i dont care if others do. Its the same as alcohol, ok if you do it once in a while but when it becomes a problem its very harmful.
SkapePhin said:It'll mess you up just as much as a shot of vodka will mess you up.. So why is one legal while the other isnt?
Do you realize that crime rates would drop significantly if marijuana would be legalized? All those gang members making money off dealing would have to find some other endeavor, trafficking would be killed, the Government could better control the product making it safer, and better yet, TAX the crap out of it...
My feeling is that the alcohol/tobacco companies simply do not want to compete with marijuana if it were to be legalized.. and tobacco holds alot of power in political circles..
plc001[I said:]I have never smoked pot. I've also never jumped off a building from 30 stories up but I think I know what I'm talking about when I say it'll mess you up.
58 years old and you still smoke pot. That is sad. I'd let everyone believe I was 17 if I were you.[/I]
Regardless, there are rules to the game. If you can't abide by them then expect the consequences. Simple as that. Ricky is an a$$hole, not because he smokes pot, but because he expects to be above the system. I'm happy to have him off the team, even if we lose every game. Something to be said for integrity.
SkapePhin said:It'll mess you up just as much as a shot of vodka will mess you up.. So why is one legal while the other isnt?
Do you realize that crime rates would drop significantly if marijuana would be legalized? All those gang members making money off dealing would have to find some other endeavor, trafficking would be killed, the Government could better control the product making it safer, and better yet, TAX the crap out of it...
My feeling is that the alcohol/tobacco companies simply do not want to compete with marijuana if it were to be legalized.. and tobacco holds alot of power in political circles..
People in this country are addicted to cigarettes and alcohol too.ohall said:Ugh! God help us if this country ever get to the point they feel they have to try some of the things you are pushing here.
Not knocking you man, but for me, someone that has seen what drugs do to our youth you couldn't be more wrong.
It wouldn't matter if it was legal or not. They would be addicted, and when addicted you cannot work or function as a responsible human being, period. There would still be crime, because they wouldn't be able to work, because they would be calling out sick all the time, and would be fired eventually. They'd have to go back to stealing to get the $ to buy those legal drugs!
Oliver...
outtawack311 said:I dont smoke pot, but i dont care if others do. Its the same as alcohol, ok if you do it once in a while but when it becomes a problem its very harmful.
Gaphinfan said:Pot is for losers who have not motivation in life.
pigskinguy said:People in this country are addicted to cigarettes and alcohol too.
finfanatic99 said::shakeno: Is that what your mother and father told you? Or is that what the media told you? I'm so sick and tired of people saying that if you smoke pot you will loose motivation ..... you will get crazy ..... you get this and that. I've been smoking pot for 6 years and i am perfectly fine, i've been a straight A student all my life, and just accepted into a very good universtiy and i hope to pursue my college degree and make lots of money. I am just your average joe and i am perfectly fine. My motivation is not loss and my memory is perfectly fine.
p.s. if ricky smokes weed so what? If he rushes for 1,000 yards a season .. i'm happy.
Stop being brainwashed, watch the documentary titled " GRASS " and it will set you free, and give you the TRUTH.
pigskinguy said::shakeno: That post is very sad, short-sighted and quite frankly ignorant.
Ignorant because you state offthe top you never smoked weed, yet you claim to know all about how it'll mess you up.
Betcha don't see anything wrong with going out and getting sh*t-faced and smoking a pack a cigarettes in a night though. :shakeno:
ohall said:Well you're prob 18 years old or close to it. Wait a few years when you realize you are not invincible, and wait till age starts to catch up to you. What you are doing now is going to take years off your life. Nevermind if you plan on having kids, you are increasing the odds of those children not being born as healthy has they could have been.
People like you are very selfish, and when you finally realize this it's way too late, the damage is already done.
Oliver...
SkapePhin said:ohall? Do you think legalizing it will change the habits of anyone? Honestly, potheads are potheads and they will be whether its legal or not.. The notion that if it were legalized everyone in the country would just go out blazing all day long and the infrastructure of the country would just crumble because noone would want to work anymore is just laughable..
People who smoke are going to smoke whether its legal or not.. You will NOT be getting more marijuana users just because it is legalized.. Sure crime would continue, but none related to pot trafficking (which is a large amount of crime, gangs, dealers, petty theft, etc.)
Secondly, there is a large portion of the country who would simply not touch it if it were legal.. Ive tried it, but I dont really like it much.. so if it were legal I would just rush out and toke all day? No.. Nothing would change.. Legalizing it would simply save space in our jails for people who deserve it, rather than a guy who just wants to unwind on his couch.. If a dude wants to waste his life away on pot, thats his right.. same for a drunkard..
I dont feel the workplace would suffer one iota if pot were legalized.. Workplaces could still set their own rules, obviously dont show up to work high, same as most are not permitted to show up to work drunk..
BTW, Pot isnt really a physically addictive drug ala tobacco.. I have yet to see a pothead commit some violent act on society.. Alcohol is a MUCH more destructive drug.