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  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody

    @westside-steve said:

    Yep.

    If in fact the health and well being of the American public is essential to lawmakers, and remembering that heart disease is caused by inactivity to a great degree, then the sedentary activities that people are devoting more and more of their time to should be regulated.

    WSS

    So TV, many forms of work, reading, sitting of any kind, using a car, etc

    @mld-woody said:

    So TV, many forms of work, reading, sitting of any kind, using a car, etc

    Yep.

    If Congress is serious about legislating good health.

    WSS

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  • W Westside Steve

    @mld-woody said:

    So TV, many forms of work, reading, sitting of any kind, using a car, etc

    Yep.

    If Congress is serious about legislating good health.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    Yep.

    If Congress is serious about legislating good health.

    WSS

    the only thing Congress is serious about is Congress.

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
  • Legacy FanL Legacy Fan

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Sure it will. With all the vaporizers patches and gum out there who's going to grow an illegal tobacco farm and go through all that?

    I should have clarified: "cigarettes" was inclusive of all tobacco nicotine

    @legacy-fan said:

    I should have clarified: "cigarettes" was inclusive of all tobacco nicotine

    Nicotine isn't particularly dangerous on its own unless you ingest a crazy amount of it.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • I would hope lawmakers are weighing the cost of law enforcement, incarceration, loss of tax money etc. and weighing it against the cost of law enforcement, health care costs, etc. but I have a sneaking suspicion that, like everything else they decide, they're only weighing which lobby will make the largest campaign contribution and the moral compass of their district.

  • http://www.lung.org/associations/states/colorado/tobacco/marijuana.html
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  • Mental illness a side effect. Thats why all the pot heads think its cool. They are mentally ill. 😆

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • well, since loudmouth blowehard is in "scheuwell",,,,

    let's just offer up some educational possibilities on the subject:

    http://smoking.ygoy.com/dangers-of-smoking-marijuana/

    oh, and "all natural pot" contains many of the same toxins...

    you can read all about it here, blowehard.

    http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/evidence99/marijuana/Health_1.html

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  • http://www.marijuana-addiction.org/Dangers_of_Marijuana.htm

  • C calfoxwc

    well, since loudmouth blowehard is in "scheuwell",,,,

    let's just offer up some educational possibilities on the subject:

    http://smoking.ygoy.com/dangers-of-smoking-marijuana/

    oh, and "all natural pot" contains many of the same toxins...

    you can read all about it here, blowehard.

    http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/evidence99/marijuana/Health_1.html

    @calfoxwc said:

    well, since loudmouth blowehard is in "scheuwell",,,,

    let's just offer up some educational possibilities on the subject:

    http://smoking.ygoy.com/dangers-of-smoking-marijuana/

    oh, and "all natural pot" contains many of the same toxins...

    you can read all about it here, blowehard.

    http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/evidence99/marijuana/Health_1.html

    I stopped reading after they called it a greenish-gray colored plant. Who the fuck smokes gray weed?

    "The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things " - mike huckabee

  • I had a nice response written up but I deleted it because cal may be the most close minded individual on this board and I do not feel like trying to separate my personal experiences from his skewed perceptions on pot.

    Long story short is I do not experience many of those side effects listed in your article. If you want your booze and cigarettes then you better give pot to those who want it. Consenting adults deserve that.

    "The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things " - mike huckabee

  • That is the convo here right? Should pot be legal? Or do you just feel like putting me down because you disagree with what I do in my personal time?

    "The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things " - mike huckabee
  • B blowe

    That is the convo here right? Should pot be legal? Or do you just feel like putting me down because you disagree with what I do in my personal time?

    @blowe said:

    That is the convo here right? Should pot be legal? Or do you just feel like putting me down because you disagree with what I do in my personal time?

    Disagree or disapprove? I suppose you can spend your time as you wish. I know people who love oxycodontin and cocaine and seem to be able to function. I don't know many but some like heroin. and I know people whose lives are negatively impacted by cigarettes and alcohol.

    WSS

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  • In the end, I see no rationale to have alcohol and cigarettes legal, but keep pot illegal.

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
    mohicanM 1 Reply

  • It will be a long time before the feds will make it legal. The sun may die before it happens.

    "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.

  • I strongly doubt that

    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
  • W Westside Steve

    @blowe said:

    That is the convo here right? Should pot be legal? Or do you just feel like putting me down because you disagree with what I do in my personal time?

    Disagree or disapprove? I suppose you can spend your time as you wish. I know people who love oxycodontin and cocaine and seem to be able to function. I don't know many but some like heroin. and I know people whose lives are negatively impacted by cigarettes and alcohol.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    Disagree or disapprove? I suppose you can spend your time as you wish. I know people who love oxycodontin and cocaine and seem to be able to function. I don't know many but some like heroin. and I know people whose lives are negatively impacted by cigarettes and alcohol.

    WSS

    I used the word synonymously with disaprove. The sun will most likely still be shining when pot is legalized and like woody said.. how can you keep cigs and alcohol legal but prohibit pot?

    "The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things " - mike huckabee
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  • Here are a couple sources regarding the economic benefits of legalization

    http://norml.org/library/item/revenues-from-legalization

    http://dollarsandsense.org/archives/2014/0314schneider.html

    http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/2089107

    Let's not forget about that cost of prohibition...

    http://www.prohibitioncosts.org

    "The purpose of the military is to kill people and break things " - mike huckabee

  • If you judge by money spent versus results the War on Drugs is a failure.

    If you judge by loss of personal liberty then the War On Drugs is a failure.

    The people that are winners in the war on drugs are the cartels and the people that make money off the prison system, and government agencies at all levels that skim through asset forfeiture.

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  • B blowe

    @westside-steve said:

    Disagree or disapprove? I suppose you can spend your time as you wish. I know people who love oxycodontin and cocaine and seem to be able to function. I don't know many but some like heroin. and I know people whose lives are negatively impacted by cigarettes and alcohol.

    WSS

    I used the word synonymously with disaprove. The sun will most likely still be shining when pot is legalized and like woody said.. how can you keep cigs and alcohol legal but prohibit pot?

    @blowe said:

    I used the word synonymously with disaprove. The sun will most likely still be shining when pot is legalized and like woody said.. how can you keep cigs and alcohol legal but prohibit pot?

    Well that's not the point but it is the reality. Of course it's not a great analogy since cigarettes are almost illegal now. apparently it's alright to deprive people of their livelihood if they smoke cigarettes in their homes on their own time.

    WSS

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  • mohicanM mohican

    If you judge by money spent versus results the War on Drugs is a failure.

    If you judge by loss of personal liberty then the War On Drugs is a failure.

    The people that are winners in the war on drugs are the cartels and the people that make money off the prison system, and government agencies at all levels that skim through asset forfeiture.

    @mohican said:

    If you judge by money spent versus results the War on Drugs is a failure.

    If you judge by loss of personal liberty then the War On Drugs is a failure.

    The people that are winners in the war on drugs are the cartels and the people that make money off the prison system, and government agencies at all levels that skim through asset forfeiture.

    And the drug treatment facilities lawyers judges police departments municipalities...

    WSS

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