CCKazi007 said:
Ya that's pretty much true I researched and read that Weed and tabacco contain different chemicals but both are still cancerous. I never really get why being high is so cool anyways there is a risk for "having a bad trip and freaking out" and that blows.
LOL! Well, some funny things are in this paragraph. It's true that marijuana and tobacco contain some of the same carcinogens -- yet marijuana is NOT shown to cause cancer. There's never been a case of cancer or even emphysema shown to be caused by using marijuana -- and it's not from a lack of trying. Also, unlike alcohol or tobacco, marijuana can't cause death.
"Marijuana, in its natural form, is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man."
-- DEA Judge Francis Young
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
http://www.aegis.com/NEWS/BW/1997/BW970515.html
"having a bad trip and freaking out"
This isn't an acid trip. This is simple marijuana use we're talking about here. You've obviously been brainwashed by the shockwave caused by the Reefer Madness movie, where actors smoke a little weed and everyone kills each other. Believe it or not, there is no "bad trip" with weed. Of course, it isn't surprising that you think there would be. Let me give you a few quotes from the man who founded the war against marijuana, Federal Bureau of Narcotics Chief Harry J. Anslinger:
"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others."
"The primary reason to outlaw marijuana is its effect on the degenerate races."
"Marijuana is an addictive drug which produces in its users insanity, criminality, and death."
"Reefer makes darkies think they're as good as white men."
"Marihuana leads to pacifism and communist brainwashing"
"You smoke a joint and you're likely to kill your brother."
I don't know of ANY tobacco smokers in sports. Despite the fact that marijuana is illegal, I still know dozens of pothead athletes. Just to name a few off the top of my head - Ricky Williams, Damon Stoudamire, Nick Diaz, Randy Moss, Michael Vick. These are some serious athletes. Hell, even Arnold Schwarzenegger smoked pot all through his bodybuilding career.
BluEyes said:
These stoners are what, 120 - 130lbs? They probably wear oversized jackets to hide how tiny they are, and they are careful to avoid physical activity because the effects of smoking pot might show.
I'm a 5'9" 140lb stoner and I'll get as physical as I need to with anyone, thank you very much. Forget the over sized jacket -- it would only slow me down. And never challenge me to a game of hoops when I'm high either 'cause I'll float right up to the basket.
"That being said, yes cigarettes are 10x worse than weed, only because nobody smokes a like 10 joints a day. People who smoke ciggys have alot more than stoners, so they feel it more."
Wrong. Puff for puff, tobacco is still worse. There's really not sufficient evidence pointing towards pot being bad for you. In the year 2000, 435,000 people died from tobacco in the USA. Also in the year 2000, no people died from marijuana anywhere. See the difference?
http://www.drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm