so lunghushan,
what are you saying?
are you saying that people are messed up because they use medical marijuana?
I'm a bit confused.
so lunghushan,
what are you saying?
are you saying that people are messed up because they use medical marijuana?
I'm a bit confused.
Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
Bruh we thought you knew better
when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better
No, I'm saying people are messed up for using marijuana. I think that a LOT of people are using it now, more than ever. I don't have hard numbers, only conjecture, but every time I mention it I just get little looks and snickers.
Among the people who actually will talk, it seems like a large percentage of the population are pot-heads these days. In fact, I think that's the reason so many guys are dropping out of school and doing construction and stuff.
I don't base my opinions in the area of drugs off of studies, but rather friends, relatives and acquaintances I went to school with.
Pot seems to make people kindof dumb and takes away their drive to succeed. I first started noticing the problem when I tried to find a decent guitar teacher.
My guitar teachers were pretty open about their marijuana usage, and it seemed to affect their drive (or should I say lack thereof), along with their teaching. So I searched around for one that didn't do pot, dropping hints (you actually don't even have to hint), and you know what?
I didn't find a single guitar teacher that didn't smoke pot. Not one.
Plus, getting a corporate job these days they test a lot.
Anyways, I won't argue with you, because if there's one thing I've learned from pot-heads, they will never agree that it affects them at all. I've heard all the studies, visited the sit-ins, hemp is good and all that, so there will be no convincing you otherwise.
It's just kindof sad, is all. But whatever. Doesn't affect me much except for the guitar teacher (or lack thereof). Oh, and trying to deal rationally with a bunch of pot and prozac doing idiots, which is just about impossible.
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"George never did wake up. And, even all that talking didn't make death any easier...at least not for us. Maybe, in the end, all you can really hope for is that your last thought is a nice one...even if it's just about the taste of a nice cold beer."
"If you find the right balance between desperation and fear you can make people believe anything"
"Is enlightenment even possible? Or, did I drive by it like a missed exit?"
It's simpler than you think.
I could be completely wrong"
Hmmmm, well if we're comparing. I have my bachelors degree, plan on starting my Phd in economics as soon as my sons are old enough. Yes, I'm a single father. I'm one of the top producers at my job (white collar profesional), train Judo, lift weights, still do bag work, have a healthy relationship with my girl, and still try to volunteer a couple hours at least once a month (I have a passion for working with at risk youth; crises intervention programs, etc.)
Most of my friends who smoke do equally well. All have college degrees.
Maybe you're just hanging around people with little to no motivation. Correlation does not necesarily indicate causation.
I personally think the effects of alcohol are much worse tha marijauna.
I have no idea what WD is talking about.--Royal Dragon
California IS Another country. oh and i am not even going to get in to the drug debate here. although i am allergic to it, i dont dis anyone who smokes it(was joking in my last post sort of) as statistics go ,pot is a big fat goose egg when it comes to related deaths and mishappenings with a car and such. alchohol contributes to more mayhem and death on the road and in the home than any other illegal/legal recreational substance, it even eclipses crack and meth.
Hey if it is legal for you HSK then kudos to you. although it must suck having a spinal injury.
Peace and be well, TWS
It makes me mad when people say I turned and ran like a scared rabbit. Maybe it was like an angry rabbit, who was going to fight in another fight, away from the first fight.
Well, whatever. I doubt you're smoking a lot. If you were you couldn't get a good corporate job because they test, and it would affect your motor skills, not to mention your sex drive.
I've met plenty of successful people who smoke once or twice a week. I used to body-surf with a bunch of doctors and lawyers some mornings in Santa Cruz and they'd all light up.
I guess we're all entitled to our opinions. Maybe the people that I met who got on pot and got all weird would have gotten all weird anyway -- I don't know.
Maybe the meth heads that I know that got started with pot would have turned out as meth heads anyway -- I don't know.
But for me, I'm against recreational pot use. As for medical marijuana -- I don't have enough data to make a decision on that one yet.
lunghushan,
but you are totally discounting the effect it has on people like me who is in constant pain. I can take vicodin, codenes, but I am likely to get more addicted to those than i would marijuana.
Plus, never once is there a record of someone overdosing, or dying from the use of marijuana.
but for someone who has cancer, and usually doesn't have an appetite due to kimo, marijuana would help the nausea, would make them hungry so they can eat.
marijuana is great for those with depression, women with cramps, and so forth.
you are only judging marijuana based off of what you've seen in a very limited scope of things.
however smoking cigarettes causes cancer, but weed doesn't. There are no Warning Signs on bags of weed when we buy it.
but the on the door to the weed club i go to has printed on the door."Welcome to Heaven"........
For those who need weed for it's effects, this place is heaven.
hsk
Hung Sing Boyz, we gottit on lock down
when he's around quick to ground and pound a clown
Bruh we thought you knew better
when it comes to head huntin, ain't no one can do it better
I go through between a half and an ounce a week.
I have no idea what WD is talking about.--Royal Dragon