11-04-2015, 02:15 PM
(11-04-2015, 01:37 PM)Benton Wrote: Not really. More people try caffeine and become addicted than marijuana or nicotine. It effects the brain and alters moods just like any other drug.
It's socially acceptable. So was smoking once. So was smoking weed once. So were a lot of things.
I don't smoke it. I probably wouldn't if it were legal in Kentucky, but it's not so I don't have to guess that one. But I find it odd when people say it's a drug therefore it's bad... but have no problem drinking coffee or taking a pill prescribed by their doctor for depression, erectile dysfunction or ADHD. And yes, ED fits into that as the majority of cases aren't believed to be physical problems, but mental ones that prohibit stiffy.
- Again with the addiction thing... People can become addicted to huffing spray paint form a bag. That doesn't mean that spray paint or bags should be illegal. Why do the weed backers always think it's about addiction?
I'm laughing my ass off at "People try caffeine". Ahahahahahaha! Do you live in Amish country?
Saying that the effects of ingesting a normal amount of caffeine in a soda or a cup of coffee (again, ANYTHING can be abused) and equating that to weed is absurd. It's a petty, weak argument that doesn't compare in the least. The effects of a normal amount of caffeine compared to weed once ingested is incomparable. To even begin to assert so shows how weak your stance is. That's what you have in your arsenal of relate-able norms in society? A Mountain Dew? A Venti Starbucks?
^ Question? Are you knowingly saying that or is it just what stoners say to make themselves feel better about their drug use? I can see it now: Guy takes a long draw from a bong, "Man, this is no different than a latte at Starbucks. Only, it just relaxes me from my impossible day."
It isn't socially acceptable and widely accepted as normal by most people's standard.
- You're pointing to medical conditions and medicine for it. Medicinal weed is a different subject than legalizing recreational marijuana.
