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QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 11:53 AM ET  02.08 by Confucius.

Fact: Weed is less dangerous than most of the drugs you get from your doctor.Fact: Phelps is 23, 23 years olds often smoke pot at some point.Fact: Snoop Dogg does not = Pete Carroll. Why punish Caroll for snoop doggs actions.

Indeed.

I don't think people are really "bashing" Phelps. He is a young guy who stepped out of his "world" and was a "normal" person for a minute. He hit a bong. People have done so much worse. That said,

What the hell does Carroll have to do with this?? Why throw him under the bus?? Just go at Snoop.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 11:53 AM ET  02.08 by Confucius.

Fact: Weed is less dangerous than most of the drugs you get from your doctor.Fact: Phelps is 23, 23 years olds often smoke pot at some point.Fact: Snoop Dogg does not = Pete Carroll. Why punish Caroll for snoop doggs actions.

We finally see eye to eye on this one. Not sure about your reference to weed being a "demoralizer". Much more of an "uplifter".....If weed was legalized and taxed properly the revenue generated (and not having to spend billions on enforcement) would go a long way toward solving the economic problems faced by this great nation. <inhales deeply and feels uplifted>

Oops I meant to reference lana's reference to weed being a "demoralizer" not Confucius.

Hey 10acious, do you consider alcohol a drug? (And therefore should be avoided?)

What about the fact that no one knows what he was hitting? I am not stupid. I realize that bong's are used for pot....however, in the U.S.A a person is innocent until proven guilty...not the other way around. A hoka is a traditional pot inhaler but I have only used it for tobacco....(pot gets caught in the tubing and it is a MESS) anyway, I have pictures of me using a hoka...does that mean someone should assume i was smoking pot. I am not aware, I could be wrong, of any testing done by the association but shouldn't they be testing Michael-son before we ridicule and crucify him before the propaganda machine.

QUOTE(#10):

Originally posted 01:40 PM ET  02.08 by Ms. T-Rixi.

Oh and for the record so no one takes offense...I don't think smoking pot makes you less of anything. I think if you NEED IT to survive, it's an addiction, much like alcohol, cigs, anything like that and that to me constitutes as a problem. But that is just me looking at it that way.Doesn't make anyone less of a person, or less of a good person.

Thanks for the clarification. I agree. Now I need a hit.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 11:53 AM ET  02.08 by Confucius.

Fact: Weed is less dangerous than most of the drugs you get from your doctor.

Fact? Where are you getting your information?

The AMA would tell you that "These results suggest that residual diminished brain activation is still observed after discontinuing cannabis use in motor cortical circuits."

Can you truly think of a prescription or OTC drug that a person could take as directed that would be equal to this effect?

"As compared with smoking tobacco, smoking marijuana was associated with a nearly fivefold greater increment in the blood carboxyhemoglobin level, an approximately threefold increase in the amount of tar inhaled, and retention in the respiratory tract of one third more inhaled tar (P less than 0.001). "

Where in the world do people get the idea that cannabis is this innocuous little leaf that has no effect on the human body?

If anything is to be argued on the Phelps situation it would be that it's his body and he's going to do what he wants with it. Just don't ask his sponsors to like it if they're a family oriented business.

I thought Carrol acted like a jerk at Sanchez's presser. He should have smoked a jay with Snoop beforehand.

what the **** is wrong with you? legalize "small amounts" for personal use? **** your not a pothead

"What are its long-term effects?
Marijuana smoke contains some of the same cancer-causing compounds as tobacco, sometimes in higher concentrations.Studies show that someone who smokes five joints per week may be taking in as many cancer-causing chemicals as someone who smokes a full pack of cigarettes every day."

Where in the world do you get facts here? with words like STUDIES SHOW, and MAY BE....there is no proof.....because these ppl can still be smoking cigarettes.

Every negative they have found for pot, can also be attributed to other areas in their lives.

I agree that it is a demoralizer, as it takes away your want to do things.

QUOTE(#10):

Originally posted 01:40 PM ET  02.08 by Ms. T-Rixi.

Oh and for the record so no one takes offense...I don't think smoking pot makes you less of anything. I think if you NEED IT to survive, it's an addiction, much like alcohol, cigs, anything like that and that to me constitutes as a problem. But that is just me looking at it that way.Doesn't make anyone less of a person, or less of a good person.

So if you have a medical prescription for Marijuana because you need it to survive that makes you an addict?? hmmmm. I don't think so.

QUOTE(#12):

Originally posted 01:46 PM ET  02.08 by Oso: Ghost 4 CEO

Fact? Where are you getting your information? The AMA would tell you that "These results suggest that residual diminished brain activation is still observed after discontinuing cannabis use in motor cortical circuits." Can you truly think of a prescription or OTC drug that a person could take as directed that would be equal to this effect?"As compared with smoking tobacco, smoking marijuana was associated with a nearly fivefold greater increment in the blood carboxyhemoglobin level, an approximately threefold increase in the amount of tar inhaled, and retention in the respiratory tract of one third more inhaled tar (P less than 0.001). "Where in the world do people get the idea that cannabis is this innocuous little leaf that has no effect on the human body?If anything is to be argued on the Phelps situation it would be that it's his body and he's going to do what he wants with it. Just don't ask his sponsors to like it if they're a family oriented business.

Remember, the Gov't will say anything they want.

The whole reefer madness theory has been proved wrong and erroneous.

QUOTE(#19):

Originally posted 02:32 PM ET  02.08 by Confucius.

You don't know the half of it. You should look up some of the things they said about Pot and other drugs to make it illegal.I think it was in the 30's when they said stuff like,"Marijuana makes white women sleep with black men."They told some outlandish lies, some worse than the one above.

I know all about it.....hence the reefer madness reference.

Marijuana was banned because those "smoked it", wouldn't want to do what the Gov't wanted of them.