The reduced availability of drugs / increased fear of prison terms makes that the whole of the population uses less drugs, increasing overall life expectancy.
Intoxication should be considered an aggravating factor in any crime, and should be made a crime in and of itself in certain situations (see driving under the influence).
NO, it should not. If I beat somebody bloody with a bat, why would being drunk at the time make the penalty worse?
Why should driving under the influence (of any drug), when 99% of the drug users on the road do it successfully every day, even some of the drunks? Why should a drunk be banned from the road if he has driven successfully for 20 years without causing an accident? Clearly he is a responsible driver.....and shouldn't that be the standard?
I will never forget the story an old timer in my Air Guard unit told me, about how back in the old days when they were convoying down to Biloxi for annual field training, they'd pull their jeeps up beside each other and pass a beer back and forth. They used to have a bar inside the unit itself and on Sundays would gather there after drill to hang out and drink, then drive home.
Nobody ever died as a result of any of this.
Imagine trying to do anything like that today.
This country needs to get back to its roots: freedom, liberty, and justice for all.
A single use of pot every now and then might is not that harmful, but active/heavy use does cause you to become more passive, self-centered and other psychological issues
Dr Donald Tashkin of UCLA (a government-funded researcher) did a long term study on cannabis and tobacco smokers. His conclusion is that marijuana smoking is not only non-carcinogenic, it may also offer a slight protective effect against lung cancer.
As an advocate for the legalization of marijuana, even I think those JHB-based substances should be banned. There's no telling what goes into them.
Maybe you should try ordering from trusted suppliers next time, oh yeah, and I dunno, maybe do some research so you know what you're getting? O NOES, but that would require me to THINK for myself instead of trusting the government to do it for me!!1
JWH-018 is not a harmful substance in the least. Citation: my own personal experience. If you don't like the way I'm living, then fuck off.
It's amazing to me how many people whom you would think would be enlightened by their own experience at the hands of tyranny (i.e. marijuana smokers), won't hesitate to try and stab some other group in the back in the name of their own petty interests, without a clue as to how they are only screwing themselves over in the bargain.
Work with the man to deprive another group of liberty, and you don't deserve any yourself.
more like there is enough to explore in the physical world that there is no need for me to potentially screw up my central nervous system.
Again: this is pure ignorance speaking. Your mind is closed and you have no clue. LOL @ "potentially screwing up your central nervous system". 99% of drugs can't possibly do that. Pot, LSD, shrooms, MDMA, cocaine, opiates, etc etc won't do that. Cannabis (marijuana) has never harmed anyone in its tens of thousands of years of history. Give me anyone who is against marijuana but open minded enough to try it, and I guarantee after 2-3 smoke sessions I will make them a believer in it, if not a regular smoker.
Not to mention MDMA, which is a pretty much a one dose cure for a wide variety of psychiatric problems. 3-4 doses over a few months or so with good psychotherapy could done absolute wonders for a lot of people. It did help a lot of people in clinical trials in the 70s, before it was banned.
A good toke and I can barely figure out how to walk. It sparks off my imagination - my sense of humour goes ballistic, but I have to keep it separate from any work context.
The voice of ignorance speaks. Don't feel bad, you're just like 90% of most people who had no idea that there are different types of cannabis, with a huge variety of different smells, flavors, and effects.
I used to always hear people say "I don't like weed because it makes me sleepy." Only certain strains induce drowsiness and hunger. Others are upbeat and energetic. Some (esp. Mexican sativas) are crazy, heart racing and trippy as fuck, and those are the strains that usually send newbies to the hospital with panic attacks due to their ignorance.
There is an amazing variety, because this plant produces a number of different cannabinoids (active chemicals) and terpenes (smells, flavors, also active chemicals.) There is something out there for everyone. I'm smoking a blunt of Bubblegum right now, which is a nice mellow chilled out high for a sunny, breezy day like today. It's perfect for playing the piano too.
In an industry where one mistake can result in a pancaked human being under a 40,000 lb box and there are frequent traffic issues on container terminals that we try to engineer out, we can't just wait for an incident to happen and say "you shouldn't have been drunk.
The correct way to handle this situation, assuming your company leadership were actual leaders, would be to keep an eye on and get to know their employees. Those who are accident-prone drunkards can easily be spotted and fired long before they cause any harm, if the management has any clue about how to manage. Imposing mandatory drug testing (which is implicitly based on lies and false premises) is ridiculous, stupid, and a waste of everyone's time and liberty.
^ Most insightful and correct post in the thread. Grow some balls, "men", and stop cowing down to lick the hand of tyranny, or apologizing for those who do. When you truly live your life by principles, 95% of your decisions are already made for you.
Drugs have no place in the workplace. Drug users have no place in the workplace.
And yet every day all day long, millions of drug users sit at their desk and take hits of their drug of choice, caffeine, i.e. legal crack.
Others step outside every once in a while to take a hit of their drug of choice, tobacco, which is quite literally a poison.
What bad could come of letting a meth head drive the forklift?
I don't know. What good could come from letting a caffeine addict drive a forklift? The job will get done 10x faster, at perhaps higher risk of error?
I should also have no interest in whether or not the office worker who is about to walk into the warehouse full of moving machinery is stoned out of his gourd, right?
Of course not, since being high is absolutely nothing like being a drunk. A fact you would be aware of, were you not so ignorant, and had actually taken your time to familiarize yourself with the effects of this and other drugs.
Stop listening to lies. Do some research. Learn to think.
Point being, 1000 sq ft home is not standard, nor is $250K to $350K out of line for a modest sized newly constructed home.
Bullshit. Anyone who has ever built a home knows this is garbage. You can build a huge (3000+ sq. ft.) home for less than $100k, contractors + materials. It probably depends on the area you live in, but in Alabama and Michigan both I know that to be a true fact.
It is hard to beat with all appliances and furniture of 86K.
LOL. Are you kidding me?? 86K for that? Right now I'm looking at a gorgeous 1905 brick home in the nicest neighborhood in a beautiful small town, 3700 sq ft, 4 br, 2+2 bath, 3 stories, full finished basement, spacious two car garage at street level. Elevated, fenced front yard with a garden full of all sorts of wonderful smelling plants. Back yard is perfect, sunk into to the hill with painted artwork on surrounding brick wall and large wooden deck under a shade tree, perfect for barbeques. This place is my dream home....and it's $79k.
LMAO at your prefab home for $86k. It's like a 1.5-wide trailer, without the wheels. I lived in trailers all my childhood and I had enough of it. I'll take a real home....thanks anyway.
So does every other nation. And yet, Leon Panetta is on record repeatedly telling Ron Paul the only thing that matters in declaring war is U.N. approval, not the Constitution and Congressional approval.
Easy, the US withdraws and lets anyone who attempts to push this through self-destruct.
Russia and some Arab countries basically want to wire-tap EVERYONE, "legally". That alone would cause the overwhelming majority of nations to withdraw simply because they don't want their communications to be tapped.
......
And what makes you think the Establishment here in the U.S. is at all disinterested in having the legal ability to monitor and control its citizens? Additionally, why in the world do you think "exiting the UN" is an option, when those in power here not only are against that, but want to turn over more of our sovereignty to the UN?
I mean, it's almost as if you were under the impression that the Good Guys are in control of this country.
If you want things to be like you talk about, then you need to vote for Ron Paul this election. That is the only vote that will enable us to clean up this country. Everything else (yes, even Gary Johnson) is a vote for the Establishment.
Yeah and for every positive comment you make about some random old person, you can make it about me, a young person who's as smart as they come. You think intelligence is restricted to your generation, old timer? We all build on the generations that come before. The baby boomer generation in particular, however, "do not use internet for much themselves other than perhaps a archaic email client at work." Therefore it's reasonable to say that this generation by and large is out of touch with this whole intertubes things, especially considering that older people in general tend to be fixed in their ways and inflexible.
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The reduced availability of drugs / increased fear of prison terms makes that the whole of the population uses less drugs, increasing overall life expectancy.
False.
Intoxication should be considered an aggravating factor in any crime, and should be made a crime in and of itself in certain situations (see driving under the influence).
NO, it should not. If I beat somebody bloody with a bat, why would being drunk at the time make the penalty worse?
Why should driving under the influence (of any drug), when 99% of the drug users on the road do it successfully every day, even some of the drunks? Why should a drunk be banned from the road if he has driven successfully for 20 years without causing an accident? Clearly he is a responsible driver.....and shouldn't that be the standard?
I will never forget the story an old timer in my Air Guard unit told me, about how back in the old days when they were convoying down to Biloxi for annual field training, they'd pull their jeeps up beside each other and pass a beer back and forth. They used to have a bar inside the unit itself and on Sundays would gather there after drill to hang out and drink, then drive home.
Nobody ever died as a result of any of this.
Imagine trying to do anything like that today.
This country needs to get back to its roots: freedom, liberty, and justice for all.
A single use of pot every now and then might is not that harmful, but active/heavy use does cause you to become more passive, self-centered and other psychological issues
Bullshit
Dr Donald Tashkin of UCLA (a government-funded researcher) did a long term study on cannabis and tobacco smokers. His conclusion is that marijuana smoking is not only non-carcinogenic, it may also offer a slight protective effect against lung cancer.
As an advocate for the legalization of marijuana, even I think those JHB-based substances should be banned. There's no telling what goes into them.
Maybe you should try ordering from trusted suppliers next time, oh yeah, and I dunno, maybe do some research so you know what you're getting? O NOES, but that would require me to THINK for myself instead of trusting the government to do it for me!!1
JWH-018 is not a harmful substance in the least. Citation: my own personal experience. If you don't like the way I'm living, then fuck off.
It's amazing to me how many people whom you would think would be enlightened by their own experience at the hands of tyranny (i.e. marijuana smokers), won't hesitate to try and stab some other group in the back in the name of their own petty interests, without a clue as to how they are only screwing themselves over in the bargain.
Work with the man to deprive another group of liberty, and you don't deserve any yourself.
more like there is enough to explore in the physical world that there is no need for me to potentially screw up my central nervous system.
Again: this is pure ignorance speaking. Your mind is closed and you have no clue. LOL @ "potentially screwing up your central nervous system". 99% of drugs can't possibly do that. Pot, LSD, shrooms, MDMA, cocaine, opiates, etc etc won't do that. Cannabis (marijuana) has never harmed anyone in its tens of thousands of years of history. Give me anyone who is against marijuana but open minded enough to try it, and I guarantee after 2-3 smoke sessions I will make them a believer in it, if not a regular smoker.
Not to mention MDMA, which is a pretty much a one dose cure for a wide variety of psychiatric problems. 3-4 doses over a few months or so with good psychotherapy could done absolute wonders for a lot of people. It did help a lot of people in clinical trials in the 70s, before it was banned.
Specifically, Ron Paul.
someone willing to trash their body for extra performance
[citation needed]
It's cute that you made a smart ass remark to a guy who is clearly on our side.
A good toke and I can barely figure out how to walk. It sparks off my imagination - my sense of humour goes ballistic, but I have to keep it separate from any work context.
The voice of ignorance speaks. Don't feel bad, you're just like 90% of most people who had no idea that there are different types of cannabis, with a huge variety of different smells, flavors, and effects.
I used to always hear people say "I don't like weed because it makes me sleepy." Only certain strains induce drowsiness and hunger. Others are upbeat and energetic. Some (esp. Mexican sativas) are crazy, heart racing and trippy as fuck, and those are the strains that usually send newbies to the hospital with panic attacks due to their ignorance.
There is an amazing variety, because this plant produces a number of different cannabinoids (active chemicals) and terpenes (smells, flavors, also active chemicals.) There is something out there for everyone. I'm smoking a blunt of Bubblegum right now, which is a nice mellow chilled out high for a sunny, breezy day like today. It's perfect for playing the piano too.
In an industry where one mistake can result in a pancaked human being under a 40,000 lb box and there are frequent traffic issues on container terminals that we try to engineer out, we can't just wait for an incident to happen and say "you shouldn't have been drunk.
The correct way to handle this situation, assuming your company leadership were actual leaders, would be to keep an eye on and get to know their employees. Those who are accident-prone drunkards can easily be spotted and fired long before they cause any harm, if the management has any clue about how to manage. Imposing mandatory drug testing (which is implicitly based on lies and false premises) is ridiculous, stupid, and a waste of everyone's time and liberty.
^ Most insightful and correct post in the thread. Grow some balls, "men", and stop cowing down to lick the hand of tyranny, or apologizing for those who do. When you truly live your life by principles, 95% of your decisions are already made for you.
Drugs have no place in the workplace. Drug users have no place in the workplace.
And yet every day all day long, millions of drug users sit at their desk and take hits of their drug of choice, caffeine, i.e. legal crack.
Others step outside every once in a while to take a hit of their drug of choice, tobacco, which is quite literally a poison.
What bad could come of letting a meth head drive the forklift?
I don't know. What good could come from letting a caffeine addict drive a forklift? The job will get done 10x faster, at perhaps higher risk of error?
I should also have no interest in whether or not the office worker who is about to walk into the warehouse full of moving machinery is stoned out of his gourd, right?
Of course not, since being high is absolutely nothing like being a drunk. A fact you would be aware of, were you not so ignorant, and had actually taken your time to familiarize yourself with the effects of this and other drugs.
Stop listening to lies. Do some research. Learn to think.
Point being, 1000 sq ft home is not standard, nor is $250K to $350K out of line for a modest sized newly constructed home.
Bullshit. Anyone who has ever built a home knows this is garbage. You can build a huge (3000+ sq. ft.) home for less than $100k, contractors + materials. It probably depends on the area you live in, but in Alabama and Michigan both I know that to be a true fact.
It is hard to beat with all appliances and furniture of 86K.
LOL. Are you kidding me?? 86K for that? Right now I'm looking at a gorgeous 1905 brick home in the nicest neighborhood in a beautiful small town, 3700 sq ft, 4 br, 2+2 bath, 3 stories, full finished basement, spacious two car garage at street level. Elevated, fenced front yard with a garden full of all sorts of wonderful smelling plants. Back yard is perfect, sunk into to the hill with painted artwork on surrounding brick wall and large wooden deck under a shade tree, perfect for barbeques. This place is my dream home....and it's $79k.
LMAO at your prefab home for $86k. It's like a 1.5-wide trailer, without the wheels. I lived in trailers all my childhood and I had enough of it. I'll take a real home....thanks anyway.
So does every other nation. And yet, Leon Panetta is on record repeatedly telling Ron Paul the only thing that matters in declaring war is U.N. approval, not the Constitution and Congressional approval.
Easy, the US withdraws and lets anyone who attempts to push this through self-destruct.
Russia and some Arab countries basically want to wire-tap EVERYONE, "legally". That alone would cause the overwhelming majority of nations to withdraw simply because they don't want their communications to be tapped.
......
And what makes you think the Establishment here in the U.S. is at all disinterested in having the legal ability to monitor and control its citizens? Additionally, why in the world do you think "exiting the UN" is an option, when those in power here not only are against that, but want to turn over more of our sovereignty to the UN?
I mean, it's almost as if you were under the impression that the Good Guys are in control of this country.
If you want things to be like you talk about, then you need to vote for Ron Paul this election. That is the only vote that will enable us to clean up this country. Everything else (yes, even Gary Johnson) is a vote for the Establishment.
Yeah and for every positive comment you make about some random old person, you can make it about me, a young person who's as smart as they come. You think intelligence is restricted to your generation, old timer? We all build on the generations that come before. The baby boomer generation in particular, however, "do not use internet for much themselves other than perhaps a archaic email client at work." Therefore it's reasonable to say that this generation by and large is out of touch with this whole intertubes things, especially considering that older people in general tend to be fixed in their ways and inflexible.
Apparently "dying from heat" is a foreign concept to those living in mom's basement.
Are you an idiot?
I'm not seeing the downside of this.
You've never heard of being self employed, I take it?
Yeah and you know what? They said the same thing XP too. *I* said the same thing about XP too. 10 years later where are we?
On behalf of the "real" America: welcome. We need more people like you.
Sincerely,
An above-average American who is also sick and tired of the mediocrity and entitlement.