I regret smoking weed.

[Aphexxis]

14 hours ago, Centurius said:

You know what else has numerous negative long term health implications that are damaging to both your body and mental condition? Oxygen.

Where were you educated? if you were at all.

[handymanshandle]

Breathing air, and drinking water are gateway drugs. /s

Seriously though I hate using the word triggered to describe my opinion towards something, but in this instance the words "Gateway drug" I believe my opinion on those words would be best described by the word "Triggered".

 

But like with what @hey_yo_ posted, the war on drugs is a failure and a waste of money. I mean the harder drugs yes, those need to remain illegal those ruin lives and kill and generally are bad. But shit, cannabis or marijuana. It doesn't seem statistically to be shown to be a real life destroyer or killer. I mean I suppose if you were doing it all the time and weren't showing up to your job or showing up to your job while on it, then yes I suppose that may be a bit of a set back but alcohol does the same shit to some people so that point seems invalid.

[yathis]

Weed damages your brain and yes it is a gateway drug.

[.50]

In what way it damages your brain? And how that can be gateway drug? Then we should consider cigarettes gateway to everything.

 

Person who is psychologically weak, will try everything no matter what.

 

I have sat next to a person who was using cocaine, been on techno festivals where a lot of people use LSD and  in a such circumstances, never thought about using one.

[A Silver]

I think the only reason someone should do any form of drug is if they need it for a medical reason. Otherwise I think they should not be used 

[Polyvalent]

Sugar and its substitutes are terrible for you, so is gambling, alcohol, and pornography.  Weed is like anything else, how it is used or abused depends on how responsible the user is.  Any kind of smoke or particulate matter that goes into your lungs is going to cause long term problems whether you like it or not, vaporization of cannabis is a solution to this problem.  That being said, high concentrated doses of THC such as shatters and oils have been shown to be somehow connected with changes in brain structure within the corpus callosum, the part of the brain that connects the two hemispheres.  Whether or not the two are directly correlated as a result of THC use is still a matter of scientific debate.  It has been proven that THC can cause issues with REM sleep and brain waves during sleep, which [my own speculation] could be related to symptoms of depression and numbness in weed smokers.

 

After saying all this, I will say that I use cannabis to my own medical benefit.  I have suffered from anxiety and panic attacks since high school.  Vaporizing a small amount of herbs is calming for me, and stops the uncontrollable shivering and racing thoughts.  

 

sources for corpus callosum research (and trust me, there are more) http://www.neurologytimes.com/news/cannabis-and-corpus-callosum https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26610039 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754829/

 

sources for REM sleep research https://www.omicsgroup.org/journals/review-article-sleep-pain-and-cannabis-2167-0277.1000191.php?aid=40536

[Sauron]

22 hours ago, Kumaresh said:

Alcohol and drugs like Marijuana, cocaine and heroin are bad for your body and have numerous negative long term health implications, damaging both your body and mental condition. I can't say for certain which is objectively worse, but both are bad. Better to avoid them entirely....

Alcohol in moderation has no long term effects. The rule of thumb is to never get drunk.

[Lurick]

6 hours ago, yathis said:

Weed damages your brain and yes it is a gateway drug.

Beer damages your liver and is a gateway alcohol.

Sugar damages your body and is a gateway food.

[Arc_Jester]

Gateway drugs aren't a thing only gateway mentalities.

[Centurius]

7 hours ago, Aphexxis said:

Where were you educated? if you were at all.

Clearly a better place than you were, if you plan on arguing against empirically proven facts 

[Sauron]

3 hours ago, .50 said:

In what way it damages your brain? And how that can be gateway drug? Then we should consider cigarettes gateway to everything.

Yes, cigarettes should be banned. They aren't only because they have been around since before people knew how bad they were and the government makes too much money from them to be willing to ban them now.

[Sauron]

35 minutes ago, Lurick said:

Beer damages your liver and is a gateway alcohol.

Sugar damages your body and is a gateway food.

The liver has excellent self healing capabilities if you don't exaggerate.

 

Your argument is flawed - you can't compare sugar and drugs just based on the idea that it can damage your body. Being hit by a car also damages your body, but I hope you can see how these things are not comparable.

[Groundedbeef]

I regret that i quit smoking weed, nothing better after a 16 hour workday than a spliff!

The only reason i quit its that i got my drivers licence and the drug-tests the danish police takes, can trace residual amounts up to 14 days after, even though your not affected the day after, the punishment is the drivers licence being revoked and a 3 year driving ban. obviously i am against driving under the influence but if you are not high you shouldn't be punished.

The day the law changes, which it will eventually, il fire up big time!

Gatewaydrug lol, i call booooulshit!

Its a feeling enhancer and as for paranoia goes, i think it just triggers what is already in the mind.

[Sreno1]

23 hours ago, Kumaresh said:

Alcohol and drugs like Marijuana, cocaine and heroin are bad for your body and have numerous negative long term health implications, damaging both your body and mental condition. I can't say for certain which is objectively worse, but both are bad. Better to avoid them entirely....

Objectively, marijuana is infinitely more safe for your long term health compared to heroin. One simple statement proves this, marijuana has killed no one. Cocaine, heroin, alcohol, cigarettes, ect? Hundreds of thousands a year. I mean honestly you're more like to die from lighting than smoking marijuana.

 

I don't think marijuana is a good habit, that being said it doesn't put anyone else at serious risk and it is physically impossible to die from smoking it. With that there is extensive research showing it's therapeutic benefits and aide in treating certain cancers and glaucoma.

 

[Guest]

I'm a doctor. Do I win a prize or something? 

[Guest]

11 hours ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

 

Did I see an Illuminati triangle in there? 

[Sreno1]

44 minutes ago, Arc_Jester said:

Gateway drugs aren't a thing only gateway mentalities.

Exactly, a person who is addicted to crack cocaine would have eventually become addicted to a substance no matter if they smoked weed first. It's the addictive personalities of people that drive them to try harder and harder drugs (alcohol included).

[Polyvalent]

39 minutes ago, Sreno1 said:

. One simple statement proves this, marijuana has killed no one.

 

 

not directly, but it is incredibly difficult to draw correlation between marijuana and other forms of possibly related death.  For example, what is the number of people killed as a result of driving / operating machinery while baked? what about all the deaths resulting from drug deals, personal disputes, and unknown allergy?  how about those who become psychologically addicted, and then have to deal with depression or an aggravated case of bipolar disorder? Consider alternate corollaries and you start looking very naive in saying weed has killed nobody.  Careful when you use broad assumptions to prove your claims.  

 

Once again...

Sugar and its substitutes are terrible for you, so is gambling, alcohol, and pornography.  Weed is like anything else, how it is used or abused depends on how responsible the user is.

[Sreno1]

1 hour ago, Vizzion said:

 

not directly, but it is incredibly difficult to draw correlation between marijuana and other forms of possibly related death.  For example, what is the number of people killed as a result of driving / operating machinery while baked? what about all the deaths resulting from drug deals, personal disputes, and unknown allergy?  how about those who become psychologically addicted, and then have to deal with depression or an aggravated case of bipolar disorder? Consider alternate corollaries and you start looking very naive in saying weed has killed nobody.  Careful when you use broad assumptions to prove your claims.  

I am not naive to the fact that marijuana has indirectly harmed many people, but you can say that for an abundance of things. For example, prescription opioids lead people to unhealthy addictions and will get them to do harder and unregulated drugs. Sugar as well, unhealthy diets that consist of high amounts of sugar can lead to diabetes and heart disease among other things. Many things have risks and I assumed it was implied that driving baked isn't safe. Although I do realize sugar and marijuana will lead to very different adverse effects, they are similar in the way that both lead to dangerous outcomes.

 

My statement was strong to make a point, that being said I should have added that I realize the indirect effects of marijuana have probably lead to the harm of many. 

[Aphexxis]

9 hours ago, Centurius said:

Clearly a better place than you were, if you plan on arguing against empirically proven facts 

Oh we are anal jelly tonight heh.

[Mug]

I used to smoke weed with my mates when I was 16 and now they're all doing shit all with their lives. One is homeless, one is unemployed with a criminal record, one is working at a farm, one of them is in hospital.

[Nup]

On 3/22/2017 at 10:40 PM, dizmo said:

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Except there's usually no chemicals involved at all. Someone's a little uneducated.

Was just shit posting man... no worries. and it was more a reference to active chemicals if it was something. ;P

 

On 3/23/2017 at 0:33 AM, DildorTheDecent said:

He's just having giggle, calm down son. 

this guy gets it

[dizmo]

13 minutes ago, Nup said:

Was just shit posting man... no worries. and it was more a reference to active chemicals if it was something. ;P

 

this guy gets it

The fact that you properly quoted the part that applied to you and got rid of the rest brings a joyous tear to my eye.

[Speedyv]

One day we'll consider smoking weed just about the same as drinking. NOBODY considers drinking a gateway drug. I'd actually consider it better than drinking. 

You may not react well to it, but that doesn't reflect on everybody. If you didn't react to it the way you did, you'd probably think of it in a completely different light. 

[Speedyv]

23 minutes ago, Mug said:

I used to smoke weed with my mates when I was 16 and now they're all doing shit all with their lives. One is homeless, one is unemployed with a criminal record, one is working at a farm, one of them is in hospital.

That's just flawed reasoning.