Topic: SHOULD POT BE LEGALIZED FOR EVERYBODY?

[libby]

 
Here is what a reputable medical doctor (I looked him up) has to say about the "wonder drug."

The Washington Post
Monday, December 19, 2011

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
letters@washpost.com

Why Athletes and Pot Shouldn’t Mix

Published: December 18, 2011

As a physician, I am disappointed that Courtland Milloy used the phrase “wonder drug” in writing about marijuana [“Marijuana’s risks huge for athletes, but so are benefits,” Metro, Dec. 14].

Sadly, he also did not give a clear enough voice to conclusions of the study by Marilyn A. Huestis and Irene Mazzoni, who state that [/b] “the detrimental health effects of cannabis and its violation of the spirit of sport supports the prohibition of cannabis and its analogues.”

Mr. Milloy said the risks are “well known,” but he should have emphasized them more strongly.

These include: enhancing poor decision making and increasing the probability of injuries, psychosis, panic attacks and lung toxicity.

A better headline for his column could have been “The risks of athletes smoking pot.”

Unfortunately, Mr. Milloy’s column may give some of our youths in sports the encouragement they crave to attempt to enhance performance through marijuana use. These youths may end up with serious physical, mental health or legal problems as a result.

Andy Catanzaro, Washington
© The Washington Post Company

libby

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[Graybeard]

These include: enhancing poor decision making and increasing the probability of injuries, psychosis, panic attacks and lung toxicity.

I agree, he also should have included laziness. I do think if it has a legitimate medicinal use it should be dispensed like other controlled substances, but not in the joke of a way they're doing it in California.

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[Pender Kender]

Some people use marijuana for the same reason why others use alcohol. So, for a brief time, they can forget about what a miserable failure their lives are.
It makes more sense to treat it like we treat alcohol.
Making it available to ADULTS (selling it through state liquor stores), with severe penalties for anyone who provides it to minors.

On the positive side:
At least we could put the Mexican Drug Cartels out of business.
"BUY AMERICAN"


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[libby]

... It makes more sense to treat it like we treat alcohol.
Making it available to ADULTS (selling it through state liquor stores), with severe penalties for anyone who provides it to minors.

On the positive side:
At least we could put the Mexican Drug Cartels out of business.
"BUY AMERICAN"

Pender Kender

 

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[Graybeard]

There's one big problem to that line of thinking, most of the social problems our society faces today are directly related to substance abuse, legal or illegal. Making another one readily available will only increase the problem. Also, as I said in the earlier post, laziness is also a factor. We don't need to add more lethargic people to the large amount we already have.

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[libby]

I think of it in a different way: what marijuana has done, is doing to children. 

From what I've learned, from personal observation and reading, many children now first try pot at about age 15. That is truly scary because the human brain does not fully mature until about age 25 (or later).  Your observation about pot causing "laziness" is probably correct in that it's a result of that early introduction to a feel-good mind-altering drug.

So yes, I agree with PK's idea of legalizing it, like alcohol, for adults, "with severe penalties for anyone who provides it to minors."

libby


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[Pender Kender]

Illegal marijuana = people buy it from sellers who don't care how old they are

Legal marijuana = only sold to adults

We used to have the same problem with "kids" buying cigarettes until they started cracking down on the SELLERS and began to actually enforce the law against cigarette sales to minors.

You cannot legislate morality; we tried that with alcohol prohibition with disastrous results.
The best we can successfully do, is to put roadblocks in the way of those who are underage.

Plus legal marijuana would bring in additional TAX revenue.


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[Moonglow©]

I started smoking pot when I was 16. i work 30hours+ and went to high school. I passed the college entrance exam with high(ah-haha)grades. Went into the military and passed the entrance exam with high(pass that) marks, went in missle electronics program at 21.Went to college while in military, worked part time jobs also. And on and on. people are either lazy or not, no matter what if any their drug of choice is.
god doesn't make mistakes, free the weed now.

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[libby]

So, do you think you succeeded in spite of marijuana, or because of it, or, that it didn't matter one way or the other?

libby

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[Graybeard]

Anyone who says that weed doesn't often cause laziness has serious denial issues. It wasn't called the dreaming mans dope when I was young without good reason.

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[Pender Kender]

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

chicken: pot make you lazy
egg: lazy people prefer pot

chicken: beer makes you pee a lot
egg: people who like to pee a lot prefer beer

chicken: becoming a Republiklan diminishes your ability to think
egg: people who can't think prefer to be Republiklans


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[Duke Jupiter]

Anyone who condones the legalization of alcohol should condone the use of mj.

Best regards,
Duke (be hyprocritical if you must) Jupiter
ps alcohol breeds laziness among the masses


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[Graybeard]

Anyone who condones the legalization of alcohol should condone the use of mj.

Best regards,
Duke (be hyprocritical if you must) Jupiter
ps alcohol breeds laziness among the masses

There's one huge flaw to that line of thinking. Any responsible adult can have a beer or glass of wine with a meal, or just to enjoy, and not become intoxicated at all. Pot on the other hand, is used exclusively to get high. Since ya'll seem so gung ho on legalizing drugs, why not legalize cocaine, it's attributes are well known, and while we're at it let's legalize lsd. Many of the young folks today haven't had the enlightenment that comes from an acid trip like our generation did. Maybe that's why their music sucks so bad.

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[libby]

 Uh ... I'm a responsible adult, and I can get 'high' on half a can of beer or an ounce or two of wine. Let's hear your opinion about that.

libby

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[Moonglow©]

So, do you think you succeeded in spite of marijuana, or because of it, or, that it didn't matter one way or the other?

libby

Didn't bother me.

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