Defending the Truth

  Defending the Truth > Political Issues > Drugs and Alcohol
Legalize Everything!

Drugs and Alcohol Debate and defend your political beliefs of whether or not some drugs should be illegal or legalized.

Reply
Page 11 of 22 < 12345678910 11 1213141516171819202122 >
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 04-28-2006, 01:18 AM   #101 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
hevusa's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle (grew up around D.C.)
Posts: 8,493
Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Level up: 77%, 231 Points needed
Level up: 77% Level up: 77% Level up: 77%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
hevusa is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefferson
And it has not led you to other drugs? Experimentation?
Very little experimentation. I'm quite satisfied with marijuana and I've been smoking it about 10 years. I have never tried coke, heroin, LSD, shrooms, or crack. I have smoked opium a few times but I didn't enjoy it as much as marijuana. It didn't have much of an effect. I drink vodka a few times a week. That's about it.
--- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope ---

"There is no such thing as laziness. Laziness is only lack of incentive." Norman Reider, MD

Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality.
Sponsored Links
Old 04-28-2006, 12:11 PM   #102 (permalink)
Banned
 
Jefferson's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Omaha Beach
Posts: 7,363
Points: 21,921, Level: 92
Points: 21,921, Level: 92 Points: 21,921, Level: 92 Points: 21,921, Level: 92
Level up: 58%, 429 Points needed
Level up: 58% Level up: 58% Level up: 58%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Jefferson is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hevusa
Very little experimentation. I'm quite satisfied with marijuana and I've been smoking it about 10 years. I have never tried coke, heroin, LSD, shrooms, or crack. I have smoked opium a few times but I didn't enjoy it as much as marijuana. It didn't have much of an effect. I drink vodka a few times a week. That's about it.
Okay.

It's interesting (and good) that pot has not led you to anything harder, or impaired you in other ways (other than being a liberal!).

On the flip side of the coin, a kid that used to be a good friend of one of my sons started smoking pot when he was in about 9th grade. As far as I know, he never went on to anything "bigger and better". But now, at age 20, the kids is a complete burn-out.

Why the difference? What accounts for that? Seriously...
Last edited by Jefferson; 04-28-2006 at 12:14 PM.
Old 04-28-2006, 12:21 PM   #103 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
hevusa's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle (grew up around D.C.)
Posts: 8,493
Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Level up: 77%, 231 Points needed
Level up: 77% Level up: 77% Level up: 77%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
hevusa is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefferson
Okay.

It's interesting (and good) that pot has not led you to anything harder, or impaired you in other ways (other than being a liberal!).

On the flip side of the coin, a kid that used to be a good friend of one of my sons started smoking pot when he was in about 9th grade. As far as I know, he never went on to anything "bigger and better". But now, at age 20, the kids is a complete burn-out.

Why the difference? What accounts for that? Seriously...
Most people I know are satisfied with pot and don't wander far from it. A few of my friends don't drink and only smoke pot!!! Which is a drag when I'm trying to have a drink at the bar (alone).

I would certainly not recommend such a young person to smoke pot (or drink). The mind and body are still developing and there is much to learn at school. I didn't start smoking pot until late in my senior year of high school (when my diploma was already in the bag).

I think 18 would be a resonsible age for alcohol and marijuana. You are an adult, you can join the military, drive, vote and make decisions about your life.
--- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope ---

"There is no such thing as laziness. Laziness is only lack of incentive." Norman Reider, MD

Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality.
Old 04-28-2006, 12:34 PM   #104 (permalink)
Banned
 
Jefferson's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Omaha Beach
Posts: 7,363
Points: 21,921, Level: 92
Points: 21,921, Level: 92 Points: 21,921, Level: 92 Points: 21,921, Level: 92
Level up: 58%, 429 Points needed
Level up: 58% Level up: 58% Level up: 58%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Jefferson is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hevusa
Most people I know are satisfied with pot and don't wander far from it. A few of my friends don't drink and only smoke pot!!! Which is a drag when I'm trying to have a drink at the bar (alone).

I would certainly not recommend such a young person to smoke pot (or drink). The mind and body are still developing and there is much to learn at school. I didn't start smoking pot until late in my senior year of high school (when my diploma was already in the bag).

I think 18 would be a resonsible age for alcohol and marijuana. You are an adult, you can join the military, drive, vote and make decisions about your life.
Then you'd make pot illegal for persons under 18?


Okay seriously... How come some people can smoke pot for years - and possibly LOTS of pot over those years - and suffer no serious side effects, while other people become absolute burn-outs? What (beyond age when they start, and amount smoked) is the difference?
Old 04-28-2006, 12:36 PM   #105 (permalink)
Beer Man
 
onthefence's Avatar
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: stuck in the middle
Posts: 4,640
Thanks: 33
Thanked 120 Times in 86 Posts
onthefence is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hevusa
Most people I know are satisfied with pot and don't wander far from it. A few of my friends don't drink and only smoke pot!!! Which is a drag when I'm trying to have a drink at the bar (alone).

I would certainly not recommend such a young person to smoke pot (or drink). The mind and body are still developing and there is much to learn at school. I didn't start smoking pot until late in my senior year of high school (when my diploma was already in the bag).

I think 18 would be a resonsible age for alcohol and marijuana. You are an adult, you can join the military, drive, vote and make decisions about your life.
wouldn't it be smarter for it to be 21 like alcohol?
"We could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beer." - William Bradford



Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right.....

Now offering premium membership for only $25.00!! Click here to get started.!
Old 04-28-2006, 03:02 PM   #106 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
hevusa's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle (grew up around D.C.)
Posts: 8,493
Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Level up: 77%, 231 Points needed
Level up: 77% Level up: 77% Level up: 77%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
hevusa is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefferson
Then you'd make pot illegal for persons under 18?


Okay seriously... How come some people can smoke pot for years - and possibly LOTS of pot over those years - and suffer no serious side effects, while other people become absolute burn-outs? What (beyond age when they start, and amount smoked) is the difference?

Yes, if pot was legal and regulated I would suggest that there be a minimum age like tabacco and alcohol.

Burn outs?? I'm guessing marijuana is not the only drug involved. Sure a life long smoker will probably be a bit more laid back than the average joe, but their intellect is sharp.

I had a pothead teacher in college... learned more from that man than most.
--- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope ---

"There is no such thing as laziness. Laziness is only lack of incentive." Norman Reider, MD

Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality.
Old 04-28-2006, 03:03 PM   #107 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
hevusa's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle (grew up around D.C.)
Posts: 8,493
Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Level up: 77%, 231 Points needed
Level up: 77% Level up: 77% Level up: 77%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
hevusa is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by onthefence
wouldn't it be smarter for it to be 21 like alcohol?

Since tabacco is 18 and alcohol is 21...

how about 19.5??
--- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope ---

"There is no such thing as laziness. Laziness is only lack of incentive." Norman Reider, MD

Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality.
Old 04-28-2006, 04:17 PM   #108 (permalink)
Banned
 
Jefferson's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Omaha Beach
Posts: 7,363
Points: 21,921, Level: 92
Points: 21,921, Level: 92 Points: 21,921, Level: 92 Points: 21,921, Level: 92
Level up: 58%, 429 Points needed
Level up: 58% Level up: 58% Level up: 58%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
Jefferson is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...UGS.xml&rpc=22

Hmmmmmmmm, interesting.
Old 04-28-2006, 04:19 PM   #109 (permalink)
Super Moderator
 
hevusa's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Seattle (grew up around D.C.)
Posts: 8,493
Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97 Points: 27,119, Level: 97
Level up: 77%, 231 Points needed
Level up: 77% Level up: 77% Level up: 77%
Activity: 0%
Activity: 0% Activity: 0% Activity: 0%
hevusa is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jefferson

Very interesting. I recently read that Canada is proposing to make owning small amounts of marijuana legal as well.

I would like to see the amount bumped up to about 30 grams of marijuana if legalized in America.
--- help me Instant Runoff Voting, you're my only hope ---

"There is no such thing as laziness. Laziness is only lack of incentive." Norman Reider, MD

Morality is not contingent on religion to exist. Therefore religion only detracts from the purity of morality.
Old 04-28-2006, 06:38 PM   #110 (permalink)
Congressional Representative
 
intangible child's Avatar
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: California Dreamin
Posts: 3,065
Points: 19,109, Level: 87
Points: 19,109, Level: 87 Points: 19,109, Level: 87 Points: 19,109, Level: 87
Level up: 52%, 241 Points needed
Level up: 52% Level up: 52% Level up: 52%
Activity: 88%
Activity: 88% Activity: 88% Activity: 88%
intangible child is offline 		Reply With Quote
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by hevusa
Right on! Marijuana is a naturally occuring plant that needs no human process before consumption. It should be as legal as a tomatoe plant.

I think most of the country would be ok with just marijuana being legalized. We can use the money earned off of legalization to educate people to avoid the harder drugs.
And............
http://www.jamesarthur.net/ja.html

------------------
ACID IS NOT FOR EVERY BRAIN .... ONLY THE HEALTHY, HAPPY, WHOLESOME, HANDSOME, HOPEFUL, HUMOROUS, HIGH-VELOCITY SHOULD SEEK THESE EXPERIENCES. THIS ELITISM IS TOTALLY SELF- DETERMINED. UNLESS YOU ARE SELF-CONFIDENT, SELF-DIRECTED, SELF-SELECTED, PLEASE ABSTAIN.
--Timothy Leary, Ph.D.
Reply
Page 11 of 22 < 12345678910 11 1213141516171819202122 >

Bookmarks

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:54 AM.

Contact Us - Defending the Truth - Archive - Top

 Top Political Sites
Poltical Topsites 

Recommended Sites