Marijuana: Not That Big of a Deal
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Don’t we have more important things to worry about? Like rapists – and pirates.
Global warming, the National Deficit, depletion of out natural resources- these are just a few things that we should be concentrating on.
Instead, we’re too busy wasting tax payers dollars on catching and locking up the “dangerous criminals” formally known as your laid back, pot smoking, hippie neighbor.
I’ll admit, I’ve smoked a few joints in my life and I can honestly from the bottom of my heart say, I have never tried to kill anyone ( I wouldn’t kill someone sober, why would kill them high? WTF?!) I never robbed a bank ( not only because I’m not an idiot, but if truth be told that would have required way too much effort on my part) and I never decided that now that I’ve tried pot, it only makes sense to do some cocaine or meth too! OH BOY! DRUGS! Once again WTF?! For one thing, I actually value my life and while man made drugs are sketchy as hell I and I think anyone that does them is a complete moron, pot is a PLANT, and it helps me fall asleep at night. Get over it.
Every time I turn on the T.V I am bombarded with these “live above the influence” anti-weed ads and all I can do is laugh.
My advice to the writers of such ads:
Step one: Remove stick from ass.
Step two: Roll one up and smoke it- you seriously need to chill out.
Now don’t get me wrong, pot is in fact a mind altering substance, it leaves you sluggish, tired and STARVING. And you will most likely find everything rather amusing.
That’s it.
You sit on your couch for two hours, take a nap and eat an entire weeks worth of groceries while overcome with a slight fit of giggles. OMG! Call the cops! Joe just ate an entire freaking pizza and now he’s laughing hysterically at a crappy joke that I just told!
This is the reality of most pot smokers but, as we all know, within every society you get the smart-ass radicals who screw it up for everyone. Here I’m talking about the town junkie (who does not only smoke pot by the way) who robs the local sunny mart to support his “habit” ( because he is a lowlife dumb-ass to begin with who doesn’t realize that it is absolutely IMPOSSIBLE to get physically addicted to weed- your body doesn’t NEED it ) and I’m talking about the drug cartels that are simply making a living off of Americas #1 cash crop.
Think of all the uses for cannabis. Hemp rope, for instance is the greatest rope ever discovered in my opinion. And just think about it, all it will take to deplete the frequency of drug wars and help with the national debt is for the government to quit being such stiffs, make good old Mary Jane legal and then TAX the HELL out of it. The legalization of marijuana would not only open up numerous job opportunities (hello, we need farmers, pickers and packers, we can’t rely on the Mexicans forever people) but in my opinion, would make the world a much happier, stress-free place to live.
So I’m not a pot head, and being a relatively social person, I find the activity boring ( like I said, it helps me fall asleep) but in all honesty, can you really stand up there on your soapbox and say that MARIJUANA is the cause of world hunger, or civil wars in Africa, or the national deficit?
It’s not hurting anyone, and its not going anywhere so get used to it people. You used to say we would never have a black president ( so he’s only kinda black- whatever) what do you think is the next crazy thing to happen to America?
Pot doesn’t kill people. People kill people.
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WHAT the hell is up with the mexican joke?!!?!?! I knew you were racist! lol jk!!!!!!!!!! KUDOS!
EXCELLENT!!!! I LOVED IT!! !Everything you said makes way too much sense. I don’t smoke it or even cigarettes, but I also see the INSANITY in how our government is locking up so many people over POT, when it is not what they make it out to be. I have a child that has had a mental illness all her life. She usually is angry, and ready to start a fight with anyone who looks at her the wrong way, but when she is smoking pot, she turns into a sweet NORMAL person. Now tell me that is BAD????? You make a lot of great points. I am with you all the way. Thanks!
No people that think pot doesn’t kill people…. just kill more people.
What is wrong you? “Pot is a plant” ….yeah, and so is opium. DUH! Do some research before writing silly BS like this.
This is slightly ridiculous. I don’t mean to be hypercritical, but most of your works seem like they’re just to convey an opinion, which is fine, but for an article that many will want to read, perhaps actually have a factual basis behind your claims. In this article I see too much “get off my back” behavior from a rebelling youth rather than a researched document (not that I would accuse you of writing one of those, mind you).
Sorry to be so stiff, but, really, cannabis alters your mind, and in turn, with continued usage, alters your life. And you say that your body doesn’t actually get addicted to it, but until you can convince everyone who’s heard the rumor that it’s a lie, it’s as good as truth.
Dear Jo,
Please remove head from sphincter before speaking.
Dear Skeptic,
Thank you for being cordial with your response. From what I have heard, our writer here is doing this as a freelance opinion writer. I believe whoever is publishing these, however, may be publishing them in the wrong place for opinions because everyone seems to say she needs to get her facts straight when all she’s doing is sharing her opinion.
To everyone not wanting to see other people’s opinions with an open mind, perhaps you shouldn’t visit newsflavor.com/OPINIONS. The URL is kinda self explanatory.
And yes, cannabis alters your mind, but doesn’t alcohol as well? MY opinion is that they should either both be banned or the same rules should apply to using marijuana as do apply to drinking alcohol. Just a little food for thought for everyone.
I think you should head the advise of Skeptic and put some facts in, but ONLY if you want to divert your critics.
I enjoy your opinions and your insight on them, as I do not take them as fact!
Decriminalization (not simply legalization) would have boosted your story. Make it your next opinion, I want to read it!
firstly, I agree with you that pot should be legalized. It’s a personal decision that should be left to the individual.
But, marijuana is still a drug with side effects to your health and life style. I personally have suffered from a pneumothorax (a hole in your lung) because of the smoke from joints. I was not a heavy smoker at all, it just happened to happen to me.
Also I have many friends who just havn’t quite kicked the habit and their lives suffer because of it. Kinda like “why do homework when I can smoke a joint?” But that’s more of a personal characteristic than a drug problem.
Although I agree with your opinion, some facts would have went good with this.
Sir Gunfire,
*(would have went WELL with this)
The whole reason weed isn’t legalized is because America cant put tax on it because it grows so fast.
Littlekid137 yeah that’s the main reason there are a few complications. Wow everybody take it easy with some of the comments huh?
Legalize it and lets see what happens.
ok i know that Jo has been slated alot for their comment but i felt the need to clarify something.
Opium does indeed come form the opium poppy, but it is processed chemically to become heroin, which assume you are hinting at the problem being.
Marijuana is generally just dried or mixed with tabbacco, so it is still in its natural form.
Incidently, opium in its natural form can be used to make opium cake, which is not addictive, hardly hazardous to your health, and has many of the same effects as weed.
It is in truth mostly man made/modified drugs which do the most harm.
codeine and morphine also come from opium,
there is right ways and wrong ways to use certain plants,
i believe consuming cannabis is the right way for SOME PEOPLE but it still can be abused, just like caffeine can be abused.