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What Are Our Reasons That We Choose Not To Use Illegal Drugs

Why have you decided not to use illegal drugs?

  • Because I hear horror stories about addiction to them

    Votes: 12 23.5%

  • Because I know people personally who have suffered from addiction.

    Votes: 17 33.3%

  • Because I am perfectly happy and serene without them (If it ain't broke...)

    Votes: 26 51.0%

  • Because the consequences of their being illegal make life miserable for addicts

    Votes: 8 15.7%

  • Simply because they are illegal

    Votes: 10 19.6%

  • Other (specify in the thread if you would like)

    Votes: 19 37.3%
  • Total voters
    51
shiznit770 said:
Lets see

-impairment of judgment
-money sink
-short term memory problems
-addictive
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Let me guess. You think alcohol should become illegal too?

Something goes off inside me when people who don't actually use drugs at least illegal ones talk about marijuana like they actually have a ****ing clue as to what they're talking about. I know, I know. Just because you haven't tried it doesn't mean you can't talk about it. Problem is that most people in my experience who rally against marijuana have not a ****ing clue as to what it actually does. My 'judgment' has never once been impaired by weed.

I've never been in a car accident.

I've never killed anybody.

I've never burned down my house because I smoke weed.

I've never grabbed my kid and drowned her in the bathtub.

I've never run inside a high school and killed anybody.

I've never molested a child.

I've never missed a work deadline.

I've never skipped bills to pay for weed.

So what judgment of mine has marijuana impaired? I'd love to know because it seems like people who don't smoke weed are the ones who keep saying that I'm impaired after smoking a joint regardless of the kind of tolerance I've built up to weed. I'll find you a million people who have done all that I listed while high on everything from coke to religion. If the reasons for keeping marijuana banned is vague rhetoric like : 'it impairs your judgment' I say we don't stop there. I say we ban everything from sugar to Christianity to Vietnamese food. I say anything that fits the silly anti-drug mentality of 'it impairs your judgment' gets banned. But then that would ban a ****load of legal drugs wouldn't it? I'd love for somebody to tell me that weed is more dangerous then any other legal drug out there. Take enough aspirins and that'll be your last headache. Take enough morphine and your heart will bust quicker then a 14 year old. Smoke weed for 8 years non stop and the most you'll get is munchies.
 
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No I never used any type of drug. Personaly was lucky enough at a young age to learn (and care) what types of permanent damages can occur from even only trying some drugs once. In terms of chemical imbalances and/or nervouse system, especially the drugs of nowadays extremely high addiction (and damaging) like meth.

I'm sure I was a little hypocritical toward drug users as I had no problem drinking. Especially when I blew all my graduation money in a summer of drinking and partying fun!

For some reason I don't even take an aspirin for a headache.
 
Hatuey said:
Let me guess. You think alcohol should become illegal too?

Something goes off inside me when people who don't actually use drugs at least illegal ones talk about marijuana like they actually have a ****ing clue as to what they're talking about. I know, I know. Just because you haven't tried it doesn't mean you can't talk about it. Problem is that most people in my experience who rally against marijuana have not a ****ing clue as to what it actually does. My 'judgment' has never once been impaired by weed.

I've never been in a car accident.

I've never killed anybody.

I've never burned down my house because I smoke weed.

I've never grabbed my kid and drowned her in the bathtub.

I've never run inside a high school and killed anybody.

I've never molested a child.

I've never missed a work deadline.

I've never skipped bills to pay for weed.

So what judgment of mine has marijuana impaired? I'd love to know because it seems like people who don't smoke weed are the ones who keep saying that I'm impaired after smoking a joint regardless of the kind of tolerance I've built up to weed. I'll find you a million people who have done all that I listed while high on everything from coke to religion. If the reasons for keeping marijuana banned is vague rhetoric like : 'it impairs your judgment' I say we don't stop there. I say we ban everything from sugar to Christianity to Vietnamese food. I say anything that fits the silly anti-drug mentality of 'it impairs your judgment' gets banned. But then that would ban a ****load of legal drugs wouldn't it? I'd love for somebody to tell me that weed is more dangerous then any other legal drug out there. Take enough aspirins and that'll be your last headache. Take enough morphine and your heart will bust quicker then a 14 year old. Smoke weed for 8 years non stop and the most you'll get is munchies.
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A guy in Minnesota recently shot and killed his 8yr old son in a hunting accident. Told his boy who was dressed in camo to stay put and he snuck into a grassy field. He heard something behind him and turned around and shot his son which he says he thought was a turkey that stood up. He was high on pot.
 
creativedreams said:
A guy in Minnesota recently shot and killed his 8yr old son in a hunting accident. Told his boy who was dressed in camo to stay put and he snuck into a grassy field. He heard something behind him and turned around and shot his son which he says he thought was a turkey that stood up. He was high on pot.
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That has less to do with pot and more to do with being irresponsible enough to smoke pot before intending to use a firearm.

You could replace pot with alcohol, benadryl, percocet, or sleep deprivation and you still have the same core issue: an irresponsible person.
 
creativedreams said:
A guy in Minnesota recently shot and killed his 8yr old son in a hunting accident. Told his boy who was dressed in camo to stay put and he snuck into a grassy field. He heard something behind him and turned around and shot his son which he says he thought was a turkey that stood up. He was high on pot.
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What exactly makes you think this wouldn't happen if this guy was drinking alcohol, taking pain killers or drinking cough syrup?
 
Hatuey said:
Let me guess. You think alcohol should become illegal too?

Something goes off inside me when people who don't actually use drugs at least illegal ones talk about marijuana like they actually have a ****ing clue as to what they're talking about. I know, I know. Just because you haven't tried it doesn't mean you can't talk about it. Problem is that most people in my experience who rally against marijuana have not a ****ing clue as to what it actually does. My 'judgment' has never once been impaired by weed.

I've never been in a car accident.

I've never killed anybody.

I've never burned down my house because I smoke weed.

I've never grabbed my kid and drowned her in the bathtub.

I've never run inside a high school and killed anybody.

I've never molested a child.

I've never missed a work deadline.

I've never skipped bills to pay for weed.

So what judgment of mine has marijuana impaired? I'd love to know because it seems like people who don't smoke weed are the ones who keep saying that I'm impaired after smoking a joint regardless of the kind of tolerance I've built up to weed. I'll find you a million people who have done all that I listed while high on everything from coke to religion. If the reasons for keeping marijuana banned is vague rhetoric like : 'it impairs your judgment' I say we don't stop there. I say we ban everything from sugar to Christianity to Vietnamese food. I say anything that fits the silly anti-drug mentality of 'it impairs your judgment' gets banned. But then that would ban a ****load of legal drugs wouldn't it? I'd love for somebody to tell me that weed is more dangerous then any other legal drug out there. Take enough aspirins and that'll be your last headache. Take enough morphine and your heart will bust quicker then a 14 year old. Smoke weed for 8 years non stop and the most you'll get is munchies.
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I have gorged myself at Taco Bell a couple times.
Trust me, the next day, I was admitting some bad judgment!:lol:
 
I don't smoke weed anymore because it's illegal.

I don't do the other things because I feel they are dangerously addictive.
 
Hatuey said:
What exactly makes you think this wouldn't happen if this guy was drinking alcohol, taking pain killers or drinking cough syrup?
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Just an example against your statement that pot is never a factor in causing problems, accidents, or death
 
Hatuey said:
Let me guess. You think alcohol should become illegal too?

Something goes off inside me when people who don't actually use drugs at least illegal ones talk about marijuana like they actually have a ****ing clue as to what they're talking about. I know, I know. Just because you haven't tried it doesn't mean you can't talk about it. Problem is that most people in my experience who rally against marijuana have not a ****ing clue as to what it actually does. My 'judgment' has never once been impaired by weed.

I've never been in a car accident.

I've never killed anybody.

I've never burned down my house because I smoke weed.

I've never grabbed my kid and drowned her in the bathtub.

I've never run inside a high school and killed anybody.

I've never molested a child.

I've never missed a work deadline.

I've never skipped bills to pay for weed.

So what judgment of mine has marijuana impaired? I'd love to know because it seems like people who don't smoke weed are the ones who keep saying that I'm impaired after smoking a joint regardless of the kind of tolerance I've built up to weed. I'll find you a million people who have done all that I listed while high on everything from coke to religion. If the reasons for keeping marijuana banned is vague rhetoric like : 'it impairs your judgment' I say we don't stop there. I say we ban everything from sugar to Christianity to Vietnamese food. I say anything that fits the silly anti-drug mentality of 'it impairs your judgment' gets banned. But then that would ban a ****load of legal drugs wouldn't it? I'd love for somebody to tell me that weed is more dangerous then any other legal drug out there. Take enough aspirins and that'll be your last headache. Take enough morphine and your heart will bust quicker then a 14 year old. Smoke weed for 8 years non stop and the most you'll get is munchies.
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Why quote me if you're not going to address anything I said? If you want to debate someone who exaggerates and is demanding total prohibition of all intoxicating drugs you're barking at the wrong tree.
 
shiznit770 said:
Why quote me if you're not going to address anything I said? If you want to debate someone who exaggerates and is demanding total prohibition of all intoxicating drugs you're barking at the wrong tree.
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I think he's trying to say that your list of negative consequences are not unique to illegal drugs. Therefore it doesn't make sense that you use them as reasons why shrooms and weed are a "plague on society", while other legal things having the same consequences are not. Unless you explain what the difference is, it seems hypocritical.
 
I think for me, there was a whole lifestyle that went with drug use, as far as the acquaintances I spent all my time with, my work, everything.
I got bored with it all at the same time.
More, I got depressed with it. I just realized that I wasn't liking the direction my life was going. I didn't like my work. I didn't like any of my friends. I missed my family. I missed myself, the self I am when I'm alone and sober.
I felt guilty that I was getting older and contributing nothing positive to the world.
Drugs were becoming more trouble than they were worth, because I hated coming down off them almost more than I liked being high.
I was worried about my husband, who, unlike me, was actually falling into addiction.

So, you see, there were a lot of reasons.
I never liked pot; if I did like pot, I'd probably smoke it.
Many of my family members smoke it, and I don't see it as being much of a drug.
It doesn't take you away from the people you love or prevent you from living your life in a positive way.
I just... don't like it. That's why I don't smoke it.
If I wanted to, I would, though. And I wouldn't feel like I was doing anything wrong, cheating myself or shortchanging those I care about.
 
I don't and never have, simply because I view those who feel the need to ingest/smoke/pop/whatever something foreign in order to feel good about themselves, to be complete and utter losers. If you can't feel like a good person without altering your brain chemistry, you're an ass.
 
Cephus said:
I don't and never have, simply because I view those who feel the need to ingest/smoke/pop/whatever something foreign in order to feel good about themselves, to be complete and utter losers. If you can't feel like a good person without altering your brain chemistry, you're an ass.
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I agree with you, but not everyone who uses illegal substances "needs" them. It's like coffee: No one needs it, but a hell of a lot of people enjoy it.
 
Binary_Digit said:
I think he's trying to say that your list of negative consequences are not unique to illegal drugs. Therefore it doesn't make sense that you use them as reasons why shrooms and weed are a "plague on society", while other legal things having the same consequences are not. Unless you explain what the difference is, it seems hypocritical.
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The point is still vague, what legal thing are you talking about that has similar effects?
 
Other reason: I'm an intellectually superior Human Being (obviously,) and I have little desire to risk that exalted status.
 
Oftencold said:
Other reason: I'm an intellectually superior Human Being (obviously,) and I have little desire to risk that exalted status.
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Tell that to the doctors, lawyers, professors, etc. who use illegal substances.
 
Lets see

-impairment of judgment
-money sink
-short term memory problems
-addictive

How do any of these effects benefit society.
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The benefits incurred by society through a given practice are not the basis for its legality, nor is the individual beholden to the collective in the exercise of their rights, hence the term, "individual" rights. Perhaps you should bone up on your legal expertise, or lack thereof.

It has been my experience that people who smoke marijuana are usually lazy, lack a job (collect unemployment), lack motivation, and lack respect for law.
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And it has been my experience that people who try to pass anecdotal nonsense off as relevant information are usually uninformed, unintelligent, and narrow-minded.

You may enjoy it personally, but people who care about you pick up the slack and are forced to watch you drag yourself down.
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A presumptuous blanket statement masquerading as a substantive criticism.
 
Ethereal said:
The benefits incurred by society through a given practice are not the basis for its legality, nor is the individual beholden to the collective in the exercise of their rights, hence the term, "individual" rights. Perhaps you should bone up on your legal expertise, or lack thereof.



And it has been my experience that people who try to pass anecdotal nonsense off as relevant information are usually uninformed, unintelligent, and narrow-minded.



A presumptuous blanket statement masquerading as a substantive criticism.
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I think that you responded to the wrong post.
 
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