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Doesn't weed encourage laziness and make people slow and dumb?

SonyNintendoFan · 2013-03-11 04:00:10

At least, that's what's portrayed in the media. Is this true? should weed be legal?

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Alienware_fan

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#201 Alienware_fan

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Its worse than alcohol, It might not kill you, but it sure will make you wish you were dead. Its not for everyone, some people get serious mental illness from weed not just become slow and dumb, it also makes you look like a corpse after few months of heavy use. People that are defending it dosent know sh*t about weed and it is addictive.
MrPraline

Bro. Everything you said is false. False, wrong, incorrect and dishonest. But let's ignore that, and let us pretend you were accurate. You were right. Even if all of that is true, why can't a person smoke it of his own free will? Why does the government have to decide what is good for him? Who cares?

At some point it goes out of free will, u cant stop even if u want to.

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#202 CptJSparrow

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You might focus on things you normally wouldn't and everything else leaves your attention... I guess this could be seen as 'lazy' or 'slow' but it also has its advantages.
***edit : that's WHILE high
Rich3232

Oh yea, certain strains will make your creativity juices really flow.

Also depends on how you smoke it... ;)

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#204 MrPraline

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[QUOTE="MrPraline"][QUOTE="Alienware_fan"]
Its worse than alcohol, It might not kill you, but it sure will make you wish you were dead. Its not for everyone, some people get serious mental illness from weed not just become slow and dumb, it also makes you look like a corpse after few months of heavy use. People that are defending it dosent know sh*t about weed and it is addictive.
Alienware_fan

At some point it goes out of free will, u cant stop even if u want to.

sure you can, it's not physically addictive and even if it was, why should the government tell you what you cannot do to your own body?

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#205 Rich3232

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[QUOTE="Rich3232"][QUOTE="Murderstyle75"]"TRIED" is the key word here. The fact of the matter is, the amount of actual users is far lower than that. Almost every job in the country drug tests now days and most people are too responsible for the risks involved in illegally smoking marijuana. I know plenty of smokers and plenty of drinkers. But ironically its only the smokers I know who have to wake up and use it in the morning. They act like fiends all day long. As I have said earlier. In my line of work, weed is all I see and its been that way for the past 20 years. They all drink as well but ironically that only happens after work.Murderstyle75

:lol: I've backed you in a corner, and now you're desperately searching for a way out. I'm putting more faith in a study done by the government who already has a very clear bias against cannabis, so obvs, they will do their best to try and make the numbers look bad. Even then, the best they can come up with is 4.3%. As for the drinking aspect of your post. you really don't know much about alcoholism either, do you? Alcoholism is far worse than cannabis, and in fact, is one of the few drugs that you can actually fvcking die from due to withdrawal. Cannabis is nowhere near that level of danger. Do some research before spewing off your anecdotal evidence that has already been shown to be false, exaggerated, or lacking in merit/data/anything.

Umm. Backed into what corner? Do you get a prize for forum superiority or something? And again. It's 4.3% of the population. Not 4.3% of marijuana smokers unless of course you are trying to say the whole country smokes marijuana. Now according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the percentage of cocaine abuse is 0.7%. So by your logic of percentages, alcohol is far worse than cocaine. Now I'm not saying that alcohol is harmless or that marijuana can kill you. I never said either one. Only that there is great dependency and irresponsibility among the marijuana culture. Certainly the Mexican Cartels couldn't make billions of dollars off of a substance that is supposed to be non addicting. Could they? And it certainly wouldn't be funding criminal organizations and street criminals all over the world including the American ghettos where white suburbanites risk everything just to get their hands on it.

Not everybody drinks alcohol in the United states, either. I'm not sure what you think you're disproving by making silly statements like that. What we do know is that over 100 million have used it, and we know that there is a 4.3% dependency rate. Do the math. That means only around 4 million have issues with it compared to 15% addiction rate with alcohol. That means 96 million smoked cannabis, and never developed issues. I mean, you see bigger dependency/ addiction rates with stuff like caffeine, and sugar laded drinks/food. I am of the belief that all drugs should be legalized and regulated, so yes, I do believe cocaine should be legal. Also, you are absolutely correct in that alcohol is worse than cocaine. Alcohol is in fact one of the deadliest and most dangerous drugs out there. For fvck's sake, it's a neuro toxin. Except, I've already disproved your claims of high dependency rates by using a study done by the GOVERNMENT itself. You need to back up your claims of high levels amount of irresponsibility seen only with cannabis, and no, anecdotal evidence does not hold much merit. It's funding cartels because it's a popular, mellow drug that helps people relax. The same reason why billions of dollars are made with coffee, alcohol, tea, etc. People like it. In no way does that imply that it's an addictive drug. Furthermore, that's probably one of the biggest reasons why people want cannabis legalized so that the money goes towards the community rather than violent cartels.

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#206 JustPlainLucas

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Hey! So does TV! :o

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