posted January 11, 2011 07:45 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSquared:
And, let me clarify, I believe that people who are pre-disposed to mental illness (which is NOT A FEW PEOPLE, mind you) should probably not be messing around with Marijuana.

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or any kind of drug for that matter

posted January 11, 2011 07:46 PM            

1. Saying that pot is harmless for everyone, is harmless.

Consider the potential effects on the mentally ill, and the prevalence of mental illness amongst the population.

Also, consider how many mentally ill people in the U.S. go misdiagnosed. It is not possible, at times, to pinpoint someone suffering from mental illness.

posted January 11, 2011 07:55 PM            

That just doesn't sound like an effective killing machine to me.

I see nothing wrong with pot as opposed to alcohol, drunk behavior is 10 times more difficult to put up with than some slacker raiding the Fridge.

I can't help but think if California had legalized Marijuana then they could be regulating and taxing it which in turn could pull them that much closer out of debt.

It would also help with Mexico's' War on drugs as smuggling pot would become obsolete.

I'd rather buy American any day

posted January 11, 2011 08:08 PM            

Of course you can't, because you either like your pot, or believe that pot is just fine for everyone. But, this guy was obviously not ok to be doing recreational drugs.

I also don't agree that people who use pot are less dangerous. In fact, many pot smokers often use alcohol, and the compounded danger of pot and alcohol dangers triple the rate of DUI and DUI related death...

posted January 11, 2011 08:17 PM            

Just as bad as the FDA!!!

This is another industry that has promoted itself as completely harmless, and the people who use marijuana or support those who use absolutely refuse to be taught otherwise.

I know this up-close and personal, having volunteered for a non-profit vaporizing "educational and community" center here in Colorado.

There is a huge mishandling of this "harmless weed" and not just by the government, and anti-drug folks.

It's being mishandled by the people who are making money off of this stuff...

posted January 11, 2011 08:37 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSquared:
I have to say that the anti-drug propagandha has been JUST AS BAD as the Pro-Marijuana movement promoting the use of Weed...

Just as bad as the FDA!!!

This is another industry that has promoted itself as completely harmless, and the people who use marijuana or support those who use absolutely refuse to be taught otherwise.

I know this up-close and personal, having volunteered for a non-profit vaporizing "educational and community" center here in Colorado.

There is a huge mishandling of this "harmless weed" and not just by the government, and anti-drug folks.

It's being mishandled by the people who are making money off of this stuff...

As it ever was... people need to be educated. The brain is not an organ that should be handled irresponsibly, and people with a history of mental illness should steer clear of the drug.

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i personally dont support the legalization of recreational use for marijuana, just the medical use...both my father and my friends mother had cancer and their doctors TOLD them to smoke pot so that they can have an appetite....yes, it isnt for everyone, i agree with that, but i disagree that everyone who smokes pot also drinks..and from personal experience the two do not mix well, i was literally hacking in the sink, lol...it is safe to say i will not do that again

posted January 11, 2011 08:44 PM            

I think that people with cancer, pain related disease, and other illnesses should have access to marijuana.

I'm just afraid of people who refuse to handle anything responsibly, let alone consider for a moment that using weed could be dangerous for certain people (or even age groups)...

posted January 11, 2011 08:45 PM            

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Originally posted by lalalinda:
Do you even know what you're talking about Plutosquared?
Have you ever even tried Pot?

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I guess not Lalalinda, if you say I don't... right?

posted January 11, 2011 08:47 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSquared:
NickiG,

I think that people with cancer, pain related disease, and other illnesses should have access to marijuana.

I'm just afraid of people who refuse to handle anything responsibly, let alone consider for a moment that using weed could be dangerous for certain people (or even age groups)...

Consider being 5 years old and being high before you can even write your own name... just because mom and dad want to use recreationally...

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thats why there is an age limit on everything else that is potentially detrimental or life altering..such as alcohol, cigarettes and porn

posted January 11, 2011 09:10 PM            

to filtch kats line, just sayun

I`ll let each one highlight what they see as most pertinent.

Tuesday January 11, 2011 Moon in Aries is quiet today with an opposition to Saturn and a positive closing aspect to Mercury. Take actions around needed communications today, clarifying and crystallizing via conversations to resolve unanswered questions or issues. Mercury has oodles of aspect today too ~ Dancing with an inspiring dream while you sleep, taking action around psychologically processing a separation, expanding into creative abandon and healing or working with old wounds that prevent you from being who you truly can be. The whole point of Mercury’s retrograde journey through Sagittarius and Capricorn was to point out the self limiting beliefs and frames that you put around things. This is the time to let those beliefs and frames shift, change, dissolve and swirl into new forms. You may find yourself suddenly irritated or irritating today when the Sun squares Eris ~ harness the impatience or irritation towards transformation. Redirect it. Become comfortable and at home with the irritation or impatience ~ understand the source of it as deep in your desire to get what you want for yourself. Sometimes being “selfish” is a good thing. Today is such a day. Establish what you want and need going forward to move the situation from irritation or impatience to a new reality. Direct that anger towards change, idealism and creativity.

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posted January 11, 2011 09:13 PM            

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Originally posted by PlutoSquared:
Unfortunately, NickiG, it's hard to regulate Marijuana consumption when 90% percent of users are unlicensed to have medical marijuana, and disregard current laws, regardless.

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true, but as far as i know only one state in the US has legalized medical marijuana and anyone who lets a 5 year old smoke pot should go to jail for child abuse alone...forget possession or paraphernalia

posted January 11, 2011 09:15 PM            

you are the rudest most offensive person here.
It is because of you that our best and brightest left
you have done everything in your (limited) power to cause arguements and hurt feelings
you seem to think of it as sport to push your limits and it is because of you that Lindaland has lost some of its trust. Who wants to pour their hearts out with a real issue and watch you ruin it with your BS.

You also talk about subjects you know nothing about (like this subject)

posted January 11, 2011 09:16 PM            

but because a deranged person smokes pot does not mean the pot made him deranged! and this was not the act of a "potsmoker" but a deranged person. whether he gets high on pot or petrol, he is still deranged. the petrol would be more likely to encourage a violent act like this!

and pluto squared, it does make a difference if you have tried it or not. you are of course free to decline, but don't judge what you haven't tried unless you KNOW that it has caused such behaviour there is no link...

in the old days, when the media spent a fortune on behalf of dow chemical criminalizing and demonizing pot smoking, it was said a single joint led to employment at the whorehouse, heroin addiction and worse...white women sleeping with black men!!!

those who had never tried it either believed those smears and stayed away, or tried it...and found out they were propaganda bearing little relation to fact.

posted January 11, 2011 09:16 PM            

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Originally posted by lalalinda:
try harder? ok

you are the rudest most offensive person here.
It is because of you that our best and brightest left
you have done everything in your (limited) power to cause arguements and hurt feelings
you seem to think of it as sport to push your limits and it is because of you that Lindaland has lost some of its trust. Who wants to pour their hearts out with a real issue and watch you ruin it with your BS.

You also talk about subjects you know nothing about (like this subject)

YOU JUST WANT TO HEAR YOURSELF
go for it, because we're all laughing at you

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Who's "WE"... is that the 1998 group? As far as your personal issues, Lala... shove em.

Get off my thread.

posted January 11, 2011 09:18 PM            

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Originally posted by katatonic:
i repeat NOTHING is completely harmless.

but because a deranged person smokes pot does not mean the pot made him deranged! and this was not the act of a "potsmoker" but a deranged person. whether he gets high on pot or petrol, he is still deranged. the petrol would be more likely to encourage a violent act like this!

and pluto squared, it does make a difference if you have tried it or not. you are of course free to decline, but don't judge what you haven't tried unless you KNOW that it has caused such behaviour there is no link...

in the old days, when the media spent a fortune on behalf of dow chemical criminalizing and demonizing pot smoking, it was said a single joint led to employment at the whorehouse, heroin addiction and worse...white women sleeping with black men!!!

those who had never tried it either believed those smears and stayed away, or tried it...and found out they were propaganda bearing little relation to fact.

no it is not harmless. neither is your baby's blanket but would you let him sleep in the cold without it?

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