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Originally posted by BBtB
And I know literally hundreds of succesfull working adults who smoke pot. So whats your point? Some people are just fucknuts to begin with, some people smoke pot because their lives suck but that doesn't mean pot made their lives suck. But hey since you know how it will effect me because you assume how it effects one person is how it effects everyone why don't you just go and tell everyone what to do.
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Agreed. Just about everyone I have talked to that is opposed to pot has had something bad happen to them in relation to it. Whenever someone is just opposed to it for no reason they are usually pretty misinformed. Not to say there is no intellegent stance against smoking pot, but I don't know how much of one there is for keeping it illegal, or with such high penalties.
If pot is ruining your life, or someone you knows, there is definetly a deeper problem then their pot smoking.
And yes it is "so bad to hear the truth" because they are giving half truths. And not letting people get actually facts so they can make an intellegent decision themselves.
Just a few examples:
"responsible for about 60% of all the teenagers who seek admission to drug treatment centers in the U.S. "
What they are leaving out is that the majority of these people have a choice between jail time, or treatment when they get charged with possesion.
"Research proves that marijuana is addictive.² It's true that withdrawal might not be as severe as with heroin or other drugs, but research shows that people who regularly smoke marijuana have withdrawal symptoms-drug cravings, decreased appetite, nervousness, irritability, stomach pain, aggression, and anxiety, among others"
In a study by the national center on drug abuse, pot was listed last, with caffeine. nicotine, cocaine, alcohol, and herion above it in that order.
thanks to pyramid for that info.