Inhibitational Device Debacle
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<div class="IPBDescription">What do you think?</div> New commercials on TV say that one in three drivers pulled over for reckless driving tested positive for marijuana, and implies thaat people drive high and get in accidents because of it. What they don't tell you is that you can test positive for marijuana around 45 days after you last smoked it.
I'd say that for every one person marijuana has a hand in the death of, about ten thousand people will die as a result of things alcohol is a part of. How come I never see any commercials to promote responsible drinking?
"Marijuana, it's more dangerous than we all thought."
Well great, keep the kids off weed, then out the door and booze em up so they can go run people over, laugh, puke, then run some more people over, screaming and punching? I mean, it's a lot less dangerous to poison and choke your liver and brain than it is to calm and relax your muscles, right? That's what the US government as well as bits and pieces of others believe.
Marijuana? A drug? That's strange thinking. Meth is created in factories, even if they're as unprofessional as a frying pan and some bottles from the Quik-E-Mart. Beer and liquors have massive factories known as breweries that produce their product over several years. Hemp is a plant that grows naturally in the ground.
Everyone's heard of alcohol poisoning, right? Well you can rest assured nobody has ever heard of weed poisoning, because it doesn't exist. You can smoke till you're blue in the face and feel just fine when you wake up. There is no such thing as overdosing on weed, you just fall asleep and have a great night's rest. Drink enough alcohol and you get stupid, make extremely regrettable decisions, and hurt others. When the alcohol finally makes you pass out, you wake up feeling like sh** with a hangover, which is what it feels like when your brain and body are in pain from poisoning.
Can someone tell me why the restriction on marijuana is so great while there are cafe's known as bars that serve nothing but alcohol?
I'd say that for every one person marijuana has a hand in the death of, about ten thousand people will die as a result of things alcohol is a part of. How come I never see any commercials to promote responsible drinking?
"Marijuana, it's more dangerous than we all thought."
Well great, keep the kids off weed, then out the door and booze em up so they can go run people over, laugh, puke, then run some more people over, screaming and punching? I mean, it's a lot less dangerous to poison and choke your liver and brain than it is to calm and relax your muscles, right? That's what the US government as well as bits and pieces of others believe.
Marijuana? A drug? That's strange thinking. Meth is created in factories, even if they're as unprofessional as a frying pan and some bottles from the Quik-E-Mart. Beer and liquors have massive factories known as breweries that produce their product over several years. Hemp is a plant that grows naturally in the ground.
Everyone's heard of alcohol poisoning, right? Well you can rest assured nobody has ever heard of weed poisoning, because it doesn't exist. You can smoke till you're blue in the face and feel just fine when you wake up. There is no such thing as overdosing on weed, you just fall asleep and have a great night's rest. Drink enough alcohol and you get stupid, make extremely regrettable decisions, and hurt others. When the alcohol finally makes you pass out, you wake up feeling like sh** with a hangover, which is what it feels like when your brain and body are in pain from poisoning.
Can someone tell me why the restriction on marijuana is so great while there are cafe's known as bars that serve nothing but alcohol?
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That said i dont drive high, and i dont drive drunk.
I personally believe marjiuana is a very "tame" drug, and i would prefer it decriminalised and tabacco and alcohol banned.
Err.. more like 6 Months.
Err.. more like 6 Months. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Nah, the effects can last about six months after you quit from REGULAR smoking, as in, every day or so. Effects like poor short term memory.
Edit: Forgot to say that what I said earlier is still true.
Helped boost the economy up north with Canadian rum-runners. We were your salvation in times of savage drought...
Weed can impair your judgment to some extent. ive seen some pretty stoned people and belive me i would not want tthem to drive a car.
True the THC stays in your body for 45 days, but they are just trying to hype it up like anyother debate.
If you're too stoned you KNOW what you can and can't do. And you're in total control. Drinking = 100mph where smoking = 20mph.
New commercials on TV say that one in three drivers pulled over for reckless driving tested positive for marijuana, and implies thaat people drive high and get in accidents because of it. What they don't tell you is that you can test positive for marijuana around 45 days after you last smoked it.</b><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How are the police officers supposed to know when the suspect smoked? The fact is, there is a good chance that if they did it once, they'll do it again.
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Are you kidding me? In my area, there are multiple commercials for drunk driving prevention - some made by the very companies selling the beer!
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Well, it <b>is.</b> It <b>does</b> impair judgement. It <b>does</b> impair rational thought.
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Well great, keep the kids off weed, then out the door and booze em up so they can go run people over, laugh, puke, then run some more people over, screaming and punching? I mean, it's a lot less dangerous to poison and choke your liver and brain than it is to calm and relax your muscles, right? That's what the US government as well as bits and pieces of others believe.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--></b>
Rationalizing the use of marijauna doesn't mean it's right. I don't think alchohol is good either, but I certainly don't think that those who consider marijuana use think it's okay to run over children with cars.
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Marijuana? A drug? That's strange thinking. Meth is created in factories, even if they're as unprofessional as a frying pan and some bottles from the Quik-E-Mart. Beer and liquors have massive factories known as breweries that produce their product over several years. Hemp is a plant that grows naturally in the ground.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--></b>
Oh, yes, of course. Since it's natural, it can't possibly hurt you!
Hey, here's a thought. Go chew on some poison ivy.
Fact remains, just because it's natural doesn't mean it's not a drug.
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a. A substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease or as a component of a medication.
b. Such a substance as recognized or defined by the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
<b>2. A chemical substance, such as a narcotic or hallucinogen, that affects the central nervous system, causing changes in behavior and often addiction. </b>
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Everyone's heard of alcohol poisoning, right? Well you can rest assured nobody has ever heard of weed poisoning, because it doesn't exist. You can smoke till you're blue in the face and feel just fine when you wake up. There is no such thing as overdosing on weed, you just fall asleep and have a great night's rest. Drink enough alcohol and you get stupid, make extremely regrettable decisions, and hurt others. When the alcohol finally makes you pass out, you wake up feeling like sh** with a hangover, which is what it feels like when your brain and body are in pain from poisoning.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--></b>
Wrong. The more one smokes marijuana, the more toxic buildup in the brain.
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Can someone tell me why the restriction on marijuana is so great while there are cafe's known as bars that serve nothing but alcohol?</b><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yeah, sure. That's easy. Marijuana is illegal. Alcohol is not.
If you're too stoned you KNOW what you can and can't do. And you're in total control. Drinking = 100mph where smoking = 20mph. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Perhaps legalizing marijuana is the correct method. I don't especially care, because I find it morally wrong and totally idiotic to use in the first place. The average person has no need for the stuff.
You are wrong again though, on what 'stoned' users think they can do. Tests have shown that people who take marijuana are overconfident, while their actual performance is actually inferior.
Besides, driving 20 mph on a 40 mph road can cause just as many accidents as those who drive 70. Stop trying to rationalize an illegal drug.
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I take it that you are also against alcohol?
I wouldn't mine if alcohol was gone myself; my brain can go insane naturally, and that one taste of real wine for communion at church, bleh. I'd go with Welch's anyday.
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I take it that you are also against alcohol?
I wouldn't mine if alcohol was gone myself; my brain can go insane naturally, and that one taste of real wine for communion at church, bleh. I'd go with Welch's anyday. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I don't plan on drinking. Getting drunk is wrong. Always. I go so far for myself that drinking alchohol and <b>not</b> getting drunk is also unnecessary.
It has been shown that wine can calm an upset stomach. However, so can Pepto Bismol. Rotten grapes, or bubblegum. Hmm. Questions.
This is just another we can't come up with a valid reason for pot to be illegal so we'll dramatize a situation and try to pass it off as logical reasoning.
What those comercials don't tell you is if those drivers tested for anything else than marijuna, sure if the guy was smoking a J snorting coke and drinking a quart of whiskey he's going to get into an accident and theres going to be marijuna in his system, did he crash because of it, that's doubtful.
PS: Even habitual use of marijuna's about as harmful as a pile of puppies.
And you know this because...? Did your other drugged up friends tell you this? How can you conduct a study when you are in an altered mental state?
I'll take personal experience over your stern logic based on made up statistics any day.
As far as reckless driving goes talking on your cellphone is the equvilant to being drunk according to some of those same studies, so it shows just how easily distracted the people they study are. I for one don't drive like a jackass sober or stoned.
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Okay okay okay, I get it. So if a crazy person doesn't think they're crazy, the studies proving that they are, in fact, loopy, are null and void!
I also never gave any statistics. I refrained from using any numerical value for my findings. As you know, 42.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
However, just because you don't like my findings, doesn't mean that they aren't true. Perhaps you should join the smokers dying of cancer who still don't believe that their addiction is the cause of their predicament?