Recreational Use of MJ Causes Brain Damage

Fenton said:

Their " right " to pickle their brains should stop at my right of wanting to raise my family in a Society not inundated with people under the influence of powerful psychoactive chemicals.

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Oh my god. Change hardly a few words in there and you basically have the liberal argument about why we need gun control.

Perhaps there once was a time where conservatism meant less governmental intrusion, but man those times are most certainly gone.

Do you also have a right of wanting to raise your family in a society not inundated with people carrying powerful ballistic firearms?

See how disgustingly authoritarian that sentence of yours was? And it hides like a wolf in sheep's clothing by addressing some "right" of yours and your family that doesn't exist.

Fenton said:

Why does a drug addicts " right " to pickle their brain and go through life impaired supercede my right to raise my Family in a community not inudnated with drugs and drug addicts ?

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Why does a Christian's "right" to pickle their brain and go through life impaired supercede my right to raise my family in a community not inundated with supernatural nonsense and prayer addicts?

Because you have the right to self determine, not determine what all the other people in your society are. Do you have any respect for freedom or sovereignty over one's body?

RabidAlpaca said:

Why does a Christian's "right" to pickle their brain and go through life impaired supercede my right to raise my family in a community not inundated with supernatural nonsense and prayer addicts?

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If they're doing it right, you probably don't know.

The government banned marijuana in 1937, millions of people broke they law and used it anyway, so how'd that ban work out?

The government banned alcohol in 1920, people broke the law and use it anyway, so how'd that ban work out?

Hey, here's a great idea, let's have the government ban guns!

justlikethat said:

The government banned marijuana in 1937, millions of people broke they law and used it anyway, so how'd that ban work out?

The government banned alcohol in 1920, people broke the law and use it anyway, so how'd that ban work out?

Hey, here's a great idea, let's have the government ban guns!

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let's not
instead, we should comply with the provisions of the Constitution

but notice that alcohol, now regulated, is no longer the source of criminal activity that it once was

just as there is a lesson there for the regulation of guns, there is also something to be learned about regulating marijuana production, sale, and consumption

justabubba said:

let's not
instead, we should comply with the provisions of the Constitution

but notice that alcohol, now regulated, is no longer the source of criminal activity that it once was

just as there is a lesson there for the regulation of guns, there is also something to be learned about regulating marijuana production, sale, and consumption

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Just like drugs and alcohol, if we ban semi-automatic rifles, the black market will take over, making it harder for law abiding citizens to acquire them and easier for criminals.

justlikethat said:

Just like drugs and alcohol, if we ban semi-automatic rifles, the black market will take over, making it harder for law abiding citizens to acquire them and easier for criminals.

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but it will make it MUCH easier to identify who the criminals are
the ones in possession of semi/full authomatic weapons

justabubba said:

but it will make it MUCH easier to identify who the criminals are
the ones in possession of semi/full authomatic weapons

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Not in the least my friend.
When criminals use semi-automatic rifles to shoot and kill, it's too late, we will be left identifying victims.

The only thing a ban on semi-automatic rifles will do is infringe on the constitutional rights of law abiding citizens.
It's common sense, only was abiding citizens abide by the law!

Fenton said:

Casual Marijuana Use Linked to Brain Abnormalities: Northwestern University News

Ya think ? But hey, its not only a " safe "alternative to alcohol, its q healthy alternative alcohol

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Alright, when a person smokes marijuana they feel euphoria. That is going to stimulate part of your brain, brain builds pathways. The author assumes this is bad, yet shows no data suggesting the change in the brain affects the person negatively. Nor does this even link to the study itself.

Another thing, why trust any Marijuana study from the USA? As a schedule 1, no University has the ability to study pot in a proper way. The only place that does that really is Israel.

The argument that you should be able to live in a community free of people under the influence is laughable. It doesn't work as an argument when liberals use it for guns, and it didn't work during alcohol prohibition. I could care less what you want your family exposed to, and demanding that I do is ludicrous.

I challenge you to find one properly peer reviewed study, that shows a direct correlation between marijuana and adverse effects in an otherwise healthy brain. The study, not a journalist's reports on a study, the study. I can save you some time, you wont find many in English. But there are a few saying there isn't much difference at all. Like this study of Jamaican Mothers who smoked during pregnancy and the effects on their fetuses.

This plant has been used since Ancient China for many various reasons, mostly industrial. It hasn't been til the last 100 or so years that any stigma has been placed on it. Mostly as a way to oppress minorities, anti-war sympathizers, and then to boost the prison industry(At the expense of minorities, and white people use more than minorities go figure). It is a gateway drug because you have to buy it on the black market, where other drugs are available. It is habit forming, but not physically addictive. It can cloud your judgement, and stimulate your senses. It cleans the air better than trees, and makes bio fuel better than corn. The only way it can ruin your life, is if your caught in the wrong place with it. The Declaration was written on Hemp paper, grown by the founding fathers.

"Some of my finest hours have been spent on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing as far as my eye can see." - Thomas Jefferson

Didn't seem to hurt Jefferson's brain much...

At what point would you consider giving up your right to something, something that merely inconveniences (although I don't see how) others. The Government can not supply ample proof that marijuana does more harm legal, than illegal. And therefor has no grounds to make it so. To do so violates our basic freedoms.

Not to mention legalizing/decriminalizing all drugs and effectively treating addiction like a disease is the best possible course of action to solve addiction. It seems no matter how you look at it, trying to tell people what they can or can not do just isn't the way to go.