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Posted on 08/15/2018 9:06:53 AM PDT by fwdude
Generally speaking , MJ smoking causes young people to become more than inclined to go along with a Liberal progressive pattern of voting .It breeds Democraps . I will guarantee you that virtually every single Bernie Sanders wingnut smokes pot . From the youngest to the oldest . I will bet that the great majority of Anti-Fa types all smoke MJ . It probably loosens them up to then go out and run amok committing acts of anarchy and mayhem . Every single one ....
I don’t think that is exactly what the case is.
I think the smoking of MJ makes one more inclined to go along with whatever ideas are being presented at the time.
I used to get high and listen to Rush Limbaugh, and guess what, he convinced me.
Unfortunately, almost all signals in this world are broadcasting leftism, so the chances of someone getting high actually hearing someone like Limbaugh are pretty darned slim, thus the disparity exists.
The problem is that we conservatives do not really actively seek out to convince as many people as possible to agree with us.
The Left, on the other hand, is rather cultish about it.
I am rarely, if ever, persuaded by pejorative sophistry.
This topic always brings out the jack-booted authoritarian types. Do you really want your foot on the necks of people who just want to mind their own GD business?
Whether you are physically addicted, or mentally addicted, isn't the end result the same - Continued use?
My statement was absolutely true. Prove what I said was false.
There is a chapter to the Agnostic in the big book *the AA book*.
I know a devout atheist who is in AA. His higher power is nature (God as you understand him), so it does work for him.
Apparently there are NA’s in the local AA, since there are no NA groups in the immediate area. They are welcomed in to the group even though focus is on alcohol. And alcohol is considered a gateway in some circles.
Your side.
That’s not worth even considering. Sophistry is the garbage “argument” of a liberal.
More sophistic propaganda. LOL
According to whom? How does one prove possession just for personal use?
I do not smoke it but do use cannibis topicals for pain. They are non-psychoactive meaning there is no high in using them.
My state, Colorado, has legal weed and our deaths from opioid overdoses are lower than other states b/c of marijuana. When I go into my dispensary (medical), I am amazed by the number of elderly people who have their medical license and use cannibis products for pain. If I had a loved one with cancer who was in severe pain, I would totally endorse giving him or her marijuana instead of opioids. If you want to talk about addiction, let's discuss prescription pain killers.
The author, Larry Tomczak, is a down-in-the-streets evangelist. He knows of what he speaks by personal experience, not by any Hollyweird concoction. He's not an ivory tower Christian by any means. He goes to the most raunchy "gay pride" parades to witness. He's no dummy or coward.
I'd feel confident deferring to his opinion on observations over his long life dealing with these pot-affected people.
Mmm, I’d say yes and no.
The result of a physical addiction is that quitting is far more difficult in terms of suffering and presents you with the risk of death in some cases.
The result of “mental addiction” is nothing, you just like to do something, so you continue to choose to do that thing.
Continued use in either case is simply a choice.
The person who is physically addicted has a far harder choice to make, but it is still a choice.
I look at it like this.
if at any time in your life you choose to get high, and you wander into Hell (because addiction is Hell), it is up to you to turn around and walk back out, and if you don’t, you will certainly remain in Hell.
And you had best make that walk sober, lest you become lost again, and let me tell you, walking out of Hell sober hurts. A lot. Hell is a bad place.
I personally think that it does not benefit people who are not addicted to tell them that they are addicted.
Many people who use drugs are simply making bad decisions, and making them believe it’s hard to quit because they are addicted, when they are not addicted, seems silly.
The marijuana smoker may well wish real hard he still had some MJ to smoke, but is it gonna kill him to not smoke? Is it going to cause seizure, trembling headache, feinting, 3 months of no sleep, forgetting how to speak and write? Nah.
“It is NOT addictive beyond the few days that you are bummed out that you ran out.”
https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/marijuana-addictive
Should we be concerned about something that is celebrated as a “harmless recreational” indulgence that progressive people should embrace excitedly?
Well, duh.
There: Hope I ‘triggered’ some 420s here.
I’m not debating potheads (a word - debating - which is an oxymoron in conjunction with any 420s).
Well, in America we do not have to prove intent to do anything else.
I am amused how all of the rights in the Constitution get tossed out the window when you don’t agree with a position. You are aware that amounts for “distribution” are spelled out clearly in the law. Or should we just jail all the potheads?
” Finally, a recent study from Northwestern University established clearly that teen “potheads” had brain abnormalities related to poor short-term memory performance. Healthy individuals who did not use marijuana scored 37 times better on average than users—not just addicts—who had smoked pot in the past. “
What does “... 37 times better...” mean?
What is 37 times better?
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