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Date Posted: 09:58:42 08/18/04 Wed
Author: Cat
Author Host/IP: 172.193.120.166
Subject: Re: Getting caught vs. Protest.
In reply to: mnaz 's message, "Re: Getting caught vs. Protest." on 19:53:20 08/17/04 Tue

I don't think it's a threat to anything, except possibly the long term health of those that smoke it habitually. My ex did extensive studies on marijuana smoking vs. cigarette smoking when he was getting his Ph.D. I think he did come to the conclusion that the long-term effects of heavy pot smoking were worse than cigarette smoking (but who smokes THAT much pot?). I'll have to check. It's been years since I've looked at any of his papers.

I've heard some powerful arguments that not only marijuana but all mind-altering drugs should be legal. I haven't quite made up my mind on the subject, but certainly I think that the whole brouhaha over pot is totally ridiculous. Eventually it probably will be legalized. Let's just hope that is sooner rather than later.

Probably the "civil dis" connection with pot-smoking is just a rationalization, as you said.







>Well, I wish I could provide more insight into the
>world of
>marijuana, but I don't smoke. Never have. Almost
>all of my friends have smoked it, though. To me, the
>thing about pot is its natural, herbal origin, and the
>fact that "it doesn't do much", as many people relate
>after trying it. I never understood why this drug
>(THC) represented such a "threat to society"....enough
>to be lumped in with the "War on Drugs" and classed
>together with crack or crystal meth or whatever the
>next manufactured bomb cooked up inside some remote
>lab might be.
>
>My guess is that talk of "civil disobedience" in
>regard to commonplace pot-smoking might be cheap among
>those who associate this with their image while
>knowing that they will not be challenged directly.
>Just a theory, mind you.

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