Smoking marijuana is an issue of personal responsiblity. Thirteen-year-old kids are stupid for smoking it at all because of course it's going to affect their brain chemistry in the long run, mainly in the area of language and verbal skills. Pardon me for refusing to cite my millions of sources on this; do all the reading you want, but it's still up to you in the end to accept my claim or not. Once someone's brain has stopped developing, around 18 or so, then yeah, they can toke up like a mad fiend and probably not suffer any negative consequences. Sure, pot may be a carcinogen, but today, everything gives you cancer./cheap shot, it's in your best interest to laugh and not be snarky:\
Marijuana is only a problem if you make it a problem. It doesn't cause anyone to skip work or school because they had to get high. People make a conscious choice to get high, every single time. It's not as if this is some demon drug that wraps its talons around your brain stem and commands you to feed its hunger. Pot smokers do not devolve into freaks waiting for their next "fix" (*cough* that's much more evident at a Starbucks at six in the morning), nor do they flip out and get irrational like tweakers--methheads--if they don't smoke.
That said, I don't even care if little teenagers want to smoke pot. I don't care who smokes pot. If it ruins your life for whatever reason, you're a moron, it's your fault, and you knew what you were getting yourself into. If you didn't know, then you're an even bigger moron, and it's still your fault. The drug doubtfully impacts crime rates, aside from shady deals leading to murder (though people killing one another is hardly exclusive to drug users, especially in the USA). It's not as if we have huge marijuana conglomerates akin to Philip Morris running ads about how you can live the good life if you do something as simple as smoke bongs. You cannot overdose--you would have to smoke a hay bale of pot to even get close, and you'd be too high and lazy after a few dozen hits to keep going, if you even made it that far. Its effects on driving ability are negligible unless you smoke massive amounts, in which case you should not drive. Obviously. Of course, this varies from person to person. As with alcohol, you have to know your limit with pot. Whether the drug is addictive or not will forever remain up in the air. I think the claim is only there to justify outlawing the drug. Like I said, this is all about personal responsibility. It is up to you, the intrepid drug user, to figure out these answers for yourself. Don't just smoke pot to get "fucked up" the way getting drunk makes you, because that only makes you a tool.
"If you want to be a successful drug user, you have to be well informed." - Groove
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Smoking marijuana is an issue of personal responsiblity. Thirteen-year-old kids are stupid for smoking it at all because of course it's going to affect their brain chemistry in the long run, mainly in the area of language and verbal skills. Pardon me for refusing to cite my millions of sources on this; do all the reading you want, but it's still up to you in the end to accept my claim or not. Once someone's brain has stopped developing, around 18 or so, then yeah, they can toke up like a mad fiend and probably not suffer any negative consequences. Sure, pot may be a carcinogen, but today, everything gives you cancer. /cheap shot, it's in your best interest to laugh and not be snarky :\
Marijuana is only a problem if you make it a problem. It doesn't cause anyone to skip work or school because they had to get high. People make a conscious choice to get high, every single time. It's not as if this is some demon drug that wraps its talons around your brain stem and commands you to feed its hunger. Pot smokers do not devolve into freaks waiting for their next "fix" (*cough* that's much more evident at a Starbucks at six in the morning), nor do they flip out and get irrational like tweakers--methheads--if they don't smoke.
That said, I don't even care if little teenagers want to smoke pot. I don't care who smokes pot. If it ruins your life for whatever reason, you're a moron, it's your fault, and you knew what you were getting yourself into. If you didn't know, then you're an even bigger moron, and it's still your fault. The drug doubtfully impacts crime rates, aside from shady deals leading to murder (though people killing one another is hardly exclusive to drug users, especially in the USA). It's not as if we have huge marijuana conglomerates akin to Philip Morris running ads about how you can live the good life if you do something as simple as smoke bongs. You cannot overdose--you would have to smoke a hay bale of pot to even get close, and you'd be too high and lazy after a few dozen hits to keep going, if you even made it that far. Its effects on driving ability are negligible unless you smoke massive amounts, in which case you should not drive. Obviously. Of course, this varies from person to person. As with alcohol, you have to know your limit with pot. Whether the drug is addictive or not will forever remain up in the air. I think the claim is only there to justify outlawing the drug. Like I said, this is all about personal responsibility. It is up to you, the intrepid drug user, to figure out these answers for yourself. Don't just smoke pot to get "fucked up" the way getting drunk makes you, because that only makes you a tool.
"If you want to be a successful drug user, you have to be well informed." - Groove