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Originally Posted by REDVAN
I do cocaine everyday, speed recklessly, drink and drive, purchase prostitutes, beat on my wife, and I'm an Oiler fan (most of these are kidding).
I also have two degrees. Hey, look I'm educated and have a high IQ too...
Am I an idiot? Where is the line drawn? For me, I'd argue that someone who smokes weed everyday is just as big of an idiot as someone who speeds all the time.
I have a buddy or two who are heavy pot smokers. They also have a couple degrees. Being educated, or being smart doesn't mean you make the best life decisions.
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But if I can be serious. I've seen both sides of the equation.
I had a friend who was the occassional partaker, and to me, thats no big deal, he was functional, worked hard, had a good job, took good care of his family.
I also have friends who are what I would consider to be heavy smokers who hit that stuff every day. You can just tell that their brains have slowed down, they have memory problems, they're the stereotypical burn out from the movies.
Like Alcohol, grass does alter your brain chemistry, thats the reason why you get high, and if you do it long term and regular, you can't really convince me that your brain chemistry doesn't permanently alter.
As romantic as it is to say that grass doesn't effect your lungs, the friend of mine that has been what I call a heavy user has the same kind of lung rumble/hacking cough as a smoker.
Is it addictive? I don't know, but as much as it might not be physically addictive, it could be mentally addictive, and a bit of a crutch.
Legalization issues aside, I have no problem with legalizing it for personal use, but it needs to be treated the same as Alcohol, that means no driving under the influence, and use during work hours gets you fired.
Its funny, because for a lot of years, Tobacco studies showed it to be safe, mainly because the Tobacco companies were powerful enough and smart enough to influence studies. I still have a pamphlet that my mom gave me for pregnent woman that said that studies had shown that it was healthy for woman to smoke into the second trimester. That smoking was a great stree reliever, that with these gosh darn new wiz banging filters they were safe and gentle on your lungs. Taste the adventure they say, now its a habit for me thats hard to break.
But I see the same kind of lobby effect with grass. Its harmless, it cures cancer, its cures warts, its a great stress reliever, it doesn't hurt your lungs.
to me, if your inhaling smoke into your lungs, there's damage occuring.
A doctor once told me an interesting thing.
The feeling of euphoria that you get when you drink, is your body screaming "Your poisoning me", the high you get off of drugs is the same thing "Your piosoning me"
I just don't think its a good thing.