Garfunkel keeping hair on end...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Mankie, why do you feel pot should be illegal, and alcohol should be legal?

[walkman]

bottom line is that the drug war is unbelievably expensive, completely unsuccessful, and often used to target segments of the population (specifically minorities and those of lower socioeconomic status).  Why do we continue to allow our tax dollars into Ashcroft's pocket?

[mankie]

Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
  Mankie, why do you feel pot should be illegal, and alcohol should be legal?

Because it's a very bad road to go down...pot first then mushrooms, then crack, then meth, then heroine....where does it end?
 
 Regardless if wether you drink beer, wine, vodka, gin etc etc...it's still alcohol

[mankie]

Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
  Why do we continue to allow our tax dollars into Ashcroft's pocket?

Don't get me wrong, I hate the Nazi, but he's hardly personally profiteering from it now is he?

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I have smoked pot and it didn't lead me any further down the road...
 
 My wife used to smoke pot every friggin day of her life, and it didn't lead her any further down the road...
 
 Beer and wine are much less harmful than hard liquor...

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by mankie:
 

Because it's a very bad road to go down...pot first then mushrooms, then crack, then meth, then heroine....where does it end?
 
 Regardless if wether you drink beer, wine, vodka, gin etc etc...it's still alcohol [/b][/QUOTE]
 
 Mankie, you remind me of my parents. It depends on who is taking these substances. Lots of people start with pot and stay forever with pot and never or accasionally try another substance, but they don't get addicted to it.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
 

Because it's a very bad road to go down...pot first then mushrooms, then crack, then meth, then heroine....where does it end?
 
 Regardless if wether you drink beer, wine, vodka, gin etc etc...it's still alcohol [/b]

Mankie, you remind me of my parents. It depends on who is taking these substances. Lots of people start with pot and stay forever with pot and never or accasionally try another substance, but they don't get addicted to it. [/b][/QUOTE]
 
 You should listen to your parents then.
 
 You just openly said, Quote" Occasionally try another substance" Unquote...and there's the slippery slope.
 
 Anyway, why do you stoners want it legalized? All that will happen then is they'll tax the shit out of it so you'll all end up paying a fortune for for the stuff.

[Bags]

Originally posted by mankie:
   

Originally posted by Bags:
  I was complaining because I think it's a stupid law, emphasized by the arrest of a guy in the back seat of a limo just hanging out doing nothing to no one no how...

I was just responding to your comment about me changing the law, when your original post was not about changing the law, it was about a "stupid law".
 [/b]

You're right, that was my original premise -- I diverged...  
 
 I agree with Paige on the whole drug war...that's just how I see it.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by mankie:
  Because it's a very bad road to go down...pot first then mushrooms, then crack, then meth, then heroine....where does it end?

you forgot LSD...it comes usually either before or after mushrooms...and, many people who do pot, shrooms and LSD would never do crack or coke...it's a totally different buzz

[Barcelona]

Originally posted by mankie:
   

Originally posted by Barcelona:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
 

Because it's a very bad road to go down...pot first then mushrooms, then crack, then meth, then heroine....where does it end?
 
 Regardless if wether you drink beer, wine, vodka, gin etc etc...it's still alcohol [/b]

Mankie, you remind me of my parents. It depends on who is taking these substances. Lots of people start with pot and stay forever with pot and never or accasionally try another substance, but they don't get addicted to it. [/b]

You should listen to your parents then.
 
 You just openly said, Quote" Occasionally try another substance" Unquote...and there's the slippery slope.
 
 Anyway, why do you stoners want it legalized? All that will happen then is they'll tax the shit out of it so you'll all end up paying a fortune for for the stuff. [/b][/QUOTE]
 
 I have tried pot but have never tried anything besides it. It's like with alcohol, you need to know the dangers associated to these substances. However, I agree with telling your kids that if you start with pot, you will soon end with something else, which will be more dangerous. I think it's a good preventive measure.

[Celeste]

why do you stoners want it legalized? All that will happen then is they'll tax the shit out of it so you'll all end up paying a fortune for for the stuff. [/b]

ha ha...I agree with this one
 
   

I agree with telling your kids that if you start with pot, you will soon end with something else, which will be more dangerous. I think it's a good preventive measure. [/b]

I disagree with this...why lie to them? It's really not true. Just tell them that it makes them dumber than they could be if they didn't smoke it, while believing that they are actually smarter and more interesting than they really are, and that inhaling any kind of smoke is bad for their lungs.

[walkman]

Originally posted by Celeste:
   

Originally posted by mankie:
  Because it's a very bad road to go down...pot first then mushrooms, then crack, then meth, then heroine....where does it end?

you forgot LSD...it comes usually either before or after mushrooms...and, many people who do pot, shrooms and LSD would never do crack or coke...it's a totally different buzz [/b]

agreed.  I've never tried shrooms or acid, but I think it appeals to a very different (and in my mind healthier and safer) crowd than crack/coke/meth/heroin etc.  plus you can't get addicted (at least physically) to any of the hallucinogens.

[thirsty moore]

A healthier and safer crowd?  Do pot smokers exercise more than coke addicts?  Who's to say someone that takes acid is safer than someone that does meth?
 
 I can see that acid/shrooms/pot is a healthier alternative to the other drugs listed.  But, unless I read your post wrong, I think you're logic is a bit off.
 
 

Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
 agreed.  I've never tried shrooms or acid, but I think it appeals to a very different (and in my mind healthier and safer) crowd than crack/coke/meth/heroin etc.

[mankie]

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
  A healthier and safer crowd?  Do pot smokers exercise more than coke addicts?  Who's to say someone that takes acid is safer than someone that does meth?
 
 I can see that acid/shrooms/pot is a healthier alternative to the other drugs listed.  But, unless I read your post wrong, I think you're logic is a bit off.
 
   

Originally posted by walkie hearts you all:
 agreed.  I've never tried shrooms or acid, but I think it appeals to a very different (and in my mind healthier and safer) crowd than crack/coke/meth/heroin etc.

[/b]

Of course his logic is a bit off....the chemicals have fucked his brain up.
 
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[markie]

It made sense to me......
 
 separating those drugs that are physically addictive, from those that are not.......