It's so illogical of society to promote smoking tobacco, drinking alcohol at almost any social event (dancing/partying/sports/formal events) but at the same time tell people that they shouldn't smoke weed. Well what's the difference? It might not be good for you - but it certainly isn't any worse than alcohol or tobacco.

I'm a person of logic, so if a decision comes up for me I always go with the most logical way to do it, and the most logical thing would be either to get rid of cigarettes and alcohol, or keep them but push weed as an alternative. The only bad thing about weed right now is that people think it's bad - but after that is overcome, and it becomes something more accepted, I am certain that a future human civilization will see the dangers of these drugs, alcohol first, then smoking tobacco and finally marijuana. But until then it's dumb just to allow some and not allow others when the consequence is no different (even more favorable from the one that isn't allowed).

I think the stats I posted above speak volumes. I am far from a junkie, the military only test people every 30 days or so. Im sick of a futile war on drugs that waste MY Tax dollars and does nothing to help the problem. Drug addiction is an illness, not a crime. Driving High or drunk should be considered a crime of course. Hundreds of drugs are readily available, have no health benefit, and will kill you much faster yet the goverment doesnt see the need to criminalize use.


Predinisone - kills millions more than the plant named marijuana
Tobacco - kills millions more than the plant named marijuana
Sugar - kills millions more than the plant named marijuana
Alchohol - kills millions more than the plant named marijuana.... and on and on..

I pay for the goverment to fuck up and unwinable war instead of making sure my kid gets health care. Fucking brilliant.

Well as I mentioned, I am not talking about anything extremely rational or quantifiable,

I don't say any drug beeing less or more harmful, not talking about weed to be illegal or legal.

To bust someone because smoking pot is a total non sense and only comparable with a sexual delicts registry record if you bang a 17 year old in a state where it's not allowed, I agree with Leslie.

I am only talking about the fact that I am inevitably watching for a while -

Marijuana IS IN VOGUE, and its pathologic effects are ALWAYS declined by ANY weed consumer I know.

I don't need anyone to showcase me his total independence on his own brain.

I am not really feeling comfortable with people I knew a couple of years ago and could actually comfortably talk to beeing seriously brain damaged now...

This is what I had in mind:

Addictive Potential

Long-term marijuana abuse can lead to addiction for some people; that is, they abuse the drug compulsively even though it interferes with family, school, work, and recreational activities.

Drug craving and withdrawal symptoms can make it hard for long-term marijuana smokers to stop abusing the drug. People trying to quit report irritability, sleeplessness, and anxiety32. They also display increased aggression on psychological tests, peaking approximately one week after the last use of the drug33.

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html

Well unfortunately, taken from all the angles of the logic - the human civilisation is not evolving anywhere for a decent while.

An increased number of serious weed consumers might actually as well be a logical step.

Yet another way how to cope with your overall dumbness and uncapabilities and meet another dumb and uncapable individuals elaborating about the mysteries of the universe.

From the replyes here I also assume I am the world's only person under 35 who thinks that weed is bad.

what you have to remember is that the hippies themselves never really made it into position of power without first selling out their ideals.

they were never able to properly mesh their beliefs with mainstream american culture.

the people running the country now, were the same people that hated hippies back in the 60's. the ideals of their movement were never perpetuated into society.

the one thing they never understood, is that if you truly want to change america, you can't do it by being ostentatious or offensive. you need to work within the political structure already set in place, or else you are branded as a freak and an outcast, and your views are not taken seriously.