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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's not two friends. That was two examples. I would say it's a much larger number than two and in fact close to 50% of the people I grew up with. Nobody can convince me otherwise that pot doesn't narrow one's focus and result in unproductivity in a majority of users. It's not like the stereotype of pot heads zoning out on their couches in front of a TV with a bowl of chips in front of them isn't true because it is. There's really nothing really recreational about smoking pot as it doesn't promote much if any activity.
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So you believe all stereo types are correct 100% of the time?
I understand what you are saying and I'm not debating that marijuana can affect people in different ways but how do you know that your friends wouldn't be unproductive in life without marijuana? How do you know they don't replace marijuana something else, or even an addictive drug?
Honestly if what you say is true than there would never be a successful person who smokes pot. And I think we can all agree that is not true as some very rich, powerful, and smart people do smoke marijuana and are very successful in life.
There are too many things on this planet to distract us from being productive and marijuana is a lesser of many of those evils that are legal, let alone illegal. You could claim TV, internet or video games make people less productive in society and there isn't a huge push to make them illegal. Because like marijuana someone playing video games in their house is none of my business as they are not hurting me in anyway.
Also I know plenty of people that smoke marijuana before they go to the gym as they feel it gives me energy. And I also know plenty of people that sit on the couch and eat chips. It's about individual choice, and to blame it on anything is just a cop out, people need to take control of their own lives and having just as easy access to it but gaining tax revenue will not bring down this country and will not put your kids in harms way. If anything it will make it harder for them to access and they will have a better understanding of the effects instead of it being a mysterious entity.
You're friends are lazy and unsuccessful because that's who they are, not because they smoke marijuana.