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is smoking weed bad? (3 Viewers)
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hmmmi dunno but i learnt in South Australia, decriminalisation of cannabis posession (enough for personal use) has not lead to any real increase in its use/consumption. It think the fact of the matter comes down to it that most of the time, the illegality of the substance is no disincentive to users of drugs like cannabis - sort of like underage drinking. While i personally don't have an issue with people taking illegal substances and stuff i understand and agree with the criminalisation of it - its just a moral and ethical thing i guess.SashatheMan said:
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do you know how fucking paranoid and skitzo people can get while under the influence of pot!? i know this from my own and people i've knowns experiences. I've seen people get the shit beaten outta em cause some stoned wanker has been having delusions that they've been ratted on by em to the cops or whatever. I'd say the societal effects of marijuana are just as bad as those of alcohol.
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Wouldn't touch it myself, too much potential risk for no actual gain. Yes, I'm aware that makes me uninformed seeing as I haven't tried it, and so be it. Don't want it, don't need it, don't care.
I also don't see the point in arguing that alcohol is worse for you aside from in relation to arguing the law, as this doesn't *actually* do anything to demonstrate that pot is good for you, or at least not harmful.
I also don't see the point in arguing that alcohol is worse for you aside from in relation to arguing the law, as this doesn't *actually* do anything to demonstrate that pot is good for you, or at least not harmful.
thejosiekiller
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ah theres always something, first i had to drive your pregnant mother to the hospital so she could give birth to you and now THIS...
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and for mellowing outKorn said:
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I reckon if u made pot legal people would get over it pretty soon, then u can have 'quit' campaigns like for smoking.
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The only problem is usually if you rely on it like that over time it takes more and more to get the same result... and that is not always good.glycerine said:i find it helps me get up on time for work! seriously, i fall asleep easier, sleep deeper and therefore am more refreshed in the morning.
score one for the green
glycerine
so don't even ask me
that's why i no longer do it every day, no longer buy any more than $50 at a time and always wait at least 4 days between running out and buying more.
trust me, i've done the reliance thing where i needed to smoke 6 times as much. i've learnt my lesson
trust me, i've done the reliance thing where i needed to smoke 6 times as much. i've learnt my lesson
^CoSMic DoRiS^^
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say what you will but i don't have much respect for people who smoke pot, unless they do it for medical reasons, and even then...hm, not a fan. i have family members who use/used it and it's fucked them all over in various ways. my uncle developed schizophrenia and as far as i know is now in a mental institution in south australia, just as an example. my dad's epileptic and i know he used to use it. i can't prove there's necessarily a connection there, but i know that pot can have side effects of that nature. he only started having seizures a couple of years after.
im not going to tell anyone NOT to use it, but just think about what it might do to you.
im not going to tell anyone NOT to use it, but just think about what it might do to you.
katietheskatie
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as far as i'm concerned it's way less detrimental than alcohol or cigarettes
katietheskatie
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i said detrimental not illegal, dickhead. and i'm sure far more people are arrested over public drunkenness/drink driving etc than over pot.
glycerine
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there's also studies to show that marijuana can HELP epilepsy. (for the record, mine started before i ever touched the stuff, i imagine it would be the same for my 9yo sister^CoSMic DoRiS^^ said:
). incidentally, when i was strongly into it, i had my first seizure in about a year after abruptly stopping for a week or so it's possible there's a connection. it's more probable that there's not a connection seeing as epilepsy is caused by an excess of electrical activity in your brain and weed is not actually a stimulant.
but hey - i'm not going to tell anyone NOT to use alcohol, but just think about what it might do to you. seriously, there are much more PROVEN ill-effects from alcohol... do you say you have little to no respect for people who drink?
^CoSMic DoRiS^^
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look, i see your point, and maybe taking marijuana works for you, that's fine. I was just trying to say that it has varied effects on different individuals, you can't necessarily predict what it's going to do to you, and i honestly can't say i have a whole lot of respect for people who are willing to take that kind of risk with their body just to get high. that's all i'm saying. if it's taken for medical reasons i guess i can accept that but i won't say i'm comfortable with it, because i'm not. i saw it screw up people i care about which is probably why i am so against it. the effects of pot, like i said, are different for everyone - which would explain why it apparently helps your epilepsy whereas it seemed to trigger my dads.glycerine said:there's also studies to show that marijuana can HELP epilepsy. (for the record, mine started before i ever touched the stuff, i imagine it would be the same for my 9yo sister
it's possible there's a connection. it's more probable that there's not a connection seeing as epilepsy is caused by an excess of electrical activity in your brain and weed is not actually a stimulant.
but hey - i'm not going to tell anyone NOT to use alcohol, but just think about what it might do to you. seriously, there are much more PROVEN ill-effects from alcohol... do you say you have little to no respect for people who drink?
I don't know anyone who has an alcohol addiction so i can't fairly draw a comparison between the two things, but i will say (and i apologise if it sounds flippant) that the body has mechanisms to metabolise alcohol (the liver) and it's possible to get a liver transplant (i know that sounds like i'm trivialising the effects of alcohol; i'm not). but marijuana has irreversible effects on the brain if you take it for extended periods of time. you cannot replace your brain. the effects of the damage it will do are more or less permanent. The body can get rid of alcohol in a matter of hours; THC camps out in your fatty cells and can stay there for weeks. There's also the issue of lung disease - when you smoke a bong you're drawing the smoke deeper into your lungs and holding it there for longer than a normal cigarette which cannot be good for you.
so basically, if you know all this and are still willing to take it just to get high or to look cool, then i think you're a dropkick, okay. if you take it for medicinal purposes i can accept that even if i don't like the idea.
I don't have the same level of disrespect/whatever you want to call it for people who drink because i have never seen it cause the same havoc in someone's life. besides, if you drink responsibly, in moderate amounts and don't go on binges, your health will be fine. your body will metabolise the alcohol, and as long as it doesn't become a habit and an addiction (which i know it can, dont get me wrong) you're okay. Marijuana is a different story and i think i've already explained why. i didnt mean to offend you or anything, it's just my opinion.