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Old 06-20-2010, 01:55 AM  
CarlosTheGaucho
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head View Post
No, it makes sense to people who argue and understand it in the right context. The idea behind it is that most people shouting that "weed is bad for you!" are hypocritical at best because they partake in many other activities themselves that are far worse than any amount of weed ever could be. Your "seeking out herpes" analogy doesn't apply. But it's a funny thing, hypocrites can never see their own hypocrisy, even when it's presented to them right in front of their eyes.
Same applies to 99 pct. of serious pot abusers, only once in my life did I hear a guy coming over to me and telling me straight up that he fucked up five years of his life due to a constant pot abuse, and that he can't get off of it, it's my childhood friend and I met him after like 10 years two weeks ago, very honest guy who went through too much hell himself so he could lie to himself about it

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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head View Post
For the people still stuck in lockstep with the "weed is bad for you!" manifesto, I ask only one thing of you:

Alcohol has been proven to be bad for you.
Cigarette Tobacco has been proven to be bad for you.
(insert mile long list of other examples here)

So prove to me that Marijuana is bad for me, AND that the negative effects outweigh the benefits (as is done with anything we ingest). And then I will give some consideration to the thought of discontinuing its use and warning people against it. Seeing as how it's been used by humans for thousands of years with no attributable deaths, you've got a big challenge ahead.
It should be decriminalized, it can even be legal, but all I'm asking in exchange is to ADMIT that smoking weed is a personal fail, it's a drug abuse, people need drugs, I need drugs, but it's a fail.

I admit, very frankly, that I frequently engaged (and occassionaly still engage, I'm not a tea drinker) in drinking alcohol in the circle of my closest friends, shoot shit, act wildly and vicariously

But this game is really dangerous, cause you're always balancing on the edge where the "enjoyable" and "amazing" can become a "habit" a "burden" and "annoying"

The only proof that this applies to pot as well is to walk the streets and keep one's eyes open

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