I do not care if you smoke pot.

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Originally Posted by ukaking [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Aside from the use of sports enhancement injections, I am straightedge. I don't drink or smoke and never have. I don't care if people smoke pot as long as its not around me personally and in game they dont get us killed. But yes it can get overdone with people having to tell everyone in the group their habits or having their name reflect said habit. Then again, A LOT of gamers are burnouts.

So you actually use drugs and aren't straightedge?

Then again, A LOT of sportsmen are burnouts.

[Lazortag]

The quandary here is that if anyone tries to have a discussion about this, they're told that they "care too much", or, failing that, they're bombarded with strawman after strawman about how they think pot should be criminalized because they choose to criticize annoying mouth-breathers who act like something so magical happens every time they smoke a joint that it has to be broadcasted to everyone. Our statement is pretty clear: we don't think there is anything special about pot, and so we're irritated with how people are constantly talking about how high they are, which misrepresents how ordinary and un-special the activity is. Most non-pot smokers actually have nothing against marijuana or most marijuana-smokers, but rather have a neutral attitude towards both. However, pot smokers tend to think that being a pot smoker is like being part of a movement - that's why they make up their own holidays (420), write songs about it, and spend nearly every waking moment of their pathetic lives prowling google for conspiracy theory websites that reaffirm their mistaken belief that marijuana has no adverse health effects*. This pisses non-pot smokers off, hence why this thread exists.

*Note: I'm aware that pot's side effects aren't that bad, probably comparable to alcohol or other legal drugs, and am only ridiculing the people who think that marijuana has *NO* adverse effects.

[Barkingturtle]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

*Note: I'm aware that pot's side effects aren't that bad, probably comparable to alcohol or other legal drugs,

No, you aren't aware of shit. This statement is the epoch of ignorance on the subject.

[Lazortag]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No, you aren't aware of shit. This statement is the epoch of ignorance on the subject.

Thank you for elaborating on your point so well.

[KilyenaMage]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thank you for elaborating on your point so well.

His point is that, aside from the actual ACT of smoking, marijuana is 100x safer than alcohol....and even most over-the-counter drugs (aspirin, tylenol, etc. are actually very toxic - take 20 tylenol and you're a dead man)

Keep in mind that you don't have to smoke marijuana to get high.....you can buy a vaporizer and inhale only vaporized THC; no smoke.

And of course you can COOK with it and simply eat it.

Marijuana is a **FAR** safer pain management alternative than opiates....etc.

[Knuckle]

Originally Posted by KilyenaMage [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

His point is that, aside from the actual ACT of smoking, marijuana is 100x safer than alcohol....and even most over-the-counter drugs (aspirin, tylenol, etc. are actually very toxic - take 20 tylenol and you're a dead man)

Keep in mind that you don't have to smoke marijuana to get high.....you can buy a vaporizer and inhale only vaporized THC; no smoke.

And of course you can COOK with it and simply eat it.

Marijuana is a **FAR** safer pain management alternative than opiates....etc.

the liver has to break down the THC if its ingested

[Seaweedpimp]

Originally Posted by Knuckle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the liver has to break down the THC if its ingested

Too bad THC is non toxic.

[hedbonker]

Originally Posted by Knuckle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the liver has to break down the THC if its ingested

The liver is evil. It must be punished.

[Alawen Everywhere]

Originally Posted by Barkingturtle [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No, you aren't aware of shit. This statement is the epoch of ignorance on the subject.

As substance abuse goes, it's pretty hard to beat alcohol for health risks. You pretty much have to go for methamphetamine. Ironically, meth was originally approved for treatment of alcoholism! It's also been clinically proven to relieve narcolepsy. Heh.

[BlackBellamy]

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

MY statement is pretty clear: I don't think there is anything special about pot, and so I'm irritated with how people are constantly talking about how high they are, which misrepresents how ordinary and un-special the activity is.

Fixed it for you.

Originally Posted by Lazortag [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

However, pot smokers tend to think that being a pot smoker is like being part of a movement - that's why they make up their own holidays (420), write songs about it...

You'd be writing songs too if there was a possibility of spending 3 years in jail for a bag of joints, motherfucker.