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PrudentLifer 10-07-2019 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Dionysos (Post 1686839)
Pretty sure our founding fathers promoted hemp.

Hemp and Our Founding Fathers - World History



I would not have fought for this.

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3c7ecb46c4.jpg


"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears..."
George Orwell

karostay 10-07-2019 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1686594)
No thanks.

If I am going to lose touch with reality then my choice is a good cognac and a cigar.

Smell of Cigar smoke is about as appealing as burning garbage

manaboutown 10-07-2019 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by karostay (Post 1686862)
Smell of Cigar smoke is about as appealing as burning garbage

I agree and marijuana as it is smoked smells like burning garbage, grass and leaves from trees all mixed together.

karostay 10-07-2019 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1686865)
I agree and marijuana as it is smoked smells like burning garbage, grass and leaves from trees all mixed together.

Old school...new class

manaboutown 10-07-2019 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Dionysos (Post 1686839)
Pretty sure our founding fathers promoted hemp.

Hemp and Our Founding Fathers - World History

Well, they used to bleed people to cure them. Dec. 14, 1799: The excruciating final hours of President George Washington | PBS NewsHour

PrudentLifer 10-07-2019 10:27 AM

How many WOULD use Marijuana if it was legal
 
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Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 1686893)



In the future, will our medical science procedures be seen in the same light we see here?


"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears..."
George Orwell

Dionysos 10-07-2019 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by PrudentLifer (Post 1686896)
In the future, will our medical science procedures be seen in the same light we see here?


"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears..."
George Orwell

Haha, I don't think we are going back to archaic or medieval health care anytime soon. Even if we do, you and I will be long since dead!

PrudentLifer 10-07-2019 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Dionysos (Post 1686907)
Haha, I don't think we are going back to archaic or medieval health care anytime soon. Even if we do, you and I will be long since dead!



Not claiming our science is "medieval", just current. A hospital stay isn't exactly a walk in the park.


"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears..."
George Orwell

Dionysos 10-07-2019 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by PrudentLifer (Post 1686926)
Not claiming our science is "medieval", just current. A hospital stay isn't exactly a walk in the park.


"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears..."
George Orwell

Yeah I get you and totally agree no "walk in the park" Now its big pharma and Insurance doing the bloodletting.

billethkid 10-07-2019 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by karostay (Post 1686862)
Smell of Cigar smoke is about as appealing as burning garbage

I wouldn't know not frequenting burning garbage locations!

You know that old saying? To each his own.....

And aren't we all glad we don't have to like what everybody else likes (OR NOT!!!).

John_W 10-07-2019 01:49 PM

If I had the chance I would not. Main reason is I now have COPD from 35 years of cigarette smoking. Actually when I play golf one fellow in my group smokes a cigar and I rather enjoy the smell. If I didn't have lung problems, I still probably wouldn't, last time I smoked was with Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas, so I have that going for me. If anybody wants to know where David Lee Roth got his act, it was Jim Dandy.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos...9990?s=612x612

However, the years have not been good for Jim Mangrum, this is what smoking, drugging and drinking does to you.

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dewilson58 10-07-2019 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1686594)
No thanks.

If I am going to lose touch with reality then my choice is a good cognac and a cigar.






:bigbow:

PennBF 10-08-2019 09:11 AM

Not Humor
 
It is not humor to joke about Pot usage. As the experts will tell you about 20% of users of pot move on to different drugs, (E.G. Heron, Coke, Meth, etc). Below the age of 18 the impact on the user is also faster brain damage, etc. As an example of a quiet impact of a drug you should consider that in some cases when using a pain killer drug the pain can go away so the brain creates its own demand for the drug by pretending to be the source of the pain. The usage of pots has a number of effects on the body and if it is believed it is the source of your good feeling you are just being a sucker to the drug as it is having a host of impacts on your body and brain. Because you "feel good" is a temporary relief as it has you and fools you. Who is the SAP. The person who recognizes the need to keep the body and mind clean or the one who runs the body and mind to the ground for a "quick good feeling". :ohdear:

roob1 10-08-2019 12:01 PM

Yes you are better off using alcohol, nicotine, or an opioid or benzo prescribed by your MD....yea right LOL. These constitute the real substance abuse problems in this country. But oh wait, they must be OK for us because we as a society approve their usage...NOT.

Even if it is true that 20% of pot users move on to different drugs, one can not establish that they move on because of using pot, i.e. a cause/effect relationship can not be concluded, only a possible relationship. More than likely they moved on to harder substances for a similar reason they began using pot.


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Originally Posted by PennBF (Post 1687164)
It is not humor to joke about Pot usage. As the experts will tell you about 20% of users of pot move on to different drugs, (E.G. Heron, Coke, Meth, etc). Below the age of 18 the impact on the user is also faster brain damage, etc. As an example of a quiet impact of a drug you should consider that in some cases when using a pain killer drug the pain can go away so the brain creates its own demand for the drug by pretending to be the source of the pain. The usage of pots has a number of effects on the body and if it is believed it is the source of your good feeling you are just being a sucker to the drug as it is having a host of impacts on your body and brain. Because you "feel good" is a temporary relief as it has you and fools you. Who is the SAP. The person who recognizes the need to keep the body and mind clean or the one who runs the body and mind to the ground for a "quick good feeling". :ohdear:


manaboutown 10-08-2019 12:14 PM

Marijuana may be a gateway drug, especially with adolescents. Marijuana Has Proven to Be a Gateway Drug - NYTimes.com


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