Marijuana

[Paula]

i agree there are educated people who can teach and do all those things with pot in their brains, i can usually tell a pot smoker, thats okay...and yes, there is a link with burners and forestry. most of the time men who use heavy equipment, on and off the road, as i have here are beer drinkers. we need to have drug testing for mine, safety, health administration, and to drive (tri-axles) and dump trailers 600 plus miles per. day - you cannot have any form of drugs, alcohol over-usage is identified immmediately. I do not condem pot smokers, but i do believe they have one speed, prolonged use brings on toxicity, and inability to handle or be subjective to stressful situations, we would not be successful here with it...

[Loopie]

I am 27, a mother of two, happily married. I keep a tidy home. I am raising responsible, caring, well mannered children. I have built a very successful business from the ground up.

AND....

I have smoked pot for 10 years. No one would know unless I told them, I would bet money on that.

[Paula]

Signature explains completely, drugs affect the brain, and thats okay, its your brain not mine....lol, cheerio - color my world with hope...not dope...

[Loopie]

Signature explains completely????

I must be misunderstanding you because that sounds to me like you are implying that because I smoke marijuana from time to time I have no life. Surely that is not what you are trying to say...

[Paula]

Hello, you have revealed a problem on my behalf, in which there is not, its an opinion & signatures usually send a message, its in the eye of the reader and how they interpet what is written. You are okay, you're going to be okay, so everything is okay, right? don;t be so hard on yourself and me, lighten up....not light up...

[koan]

If the regulations exist to keep five year olds from getting access then they have failed. There are drugs being pushed in elementary schools everywhere. Kids are being recruited to sell them.

Legalizing MIGHT improve the situation by regulating the sale, putting drug dealers out of business and making sure that the drugs are not contaminated.

I've known a number of potheads. Just cause someone smokes doesn't make them one. There is a tendency to escape reality in users but they will always find a way. The worst would be suicide.

I hate the government regulating personal choices. They don't improve the lives of the people who want to make those choices and I don't find they really protect anyone when they legislate our bodies.

[capt_buzzard]

I'd like the lot to be legitimised. My scenario would be if you want to take it,
fine, you can. Anything you want. However, mis-deeds carried out "under
the influence" would be heavily peanalised - no excuses (like the drunken
person claiming "I did not know what I was doing!"). Half the reason people
get into illegal substances is that they are forbidden. A great deal of crime is
carried out by people who want money to pay for their expensive illegal
substances. Legitamising the lot would, at a stroke, get rid of one reason
for using these things, and rid us of a major cause of crime.

Very good Bill.

[Paula]

Yup, Capt. Buzzard & Bill, you are right, i think Koan is possessed though.

[Peg]

While I don't smoke it myself, I have no problem with people who do. I think sometimes that some people should so maybe they would be less judgemental, rude, and bitter and maybe chill out.

[greydeadhead]

Many a fortune was made during the Prohibition days.. and organized crime flourished. So, legalize it. But.. if you are gonna do that, create the necessary laws to go with it.. last thing we need is a bunch of stoners driving around.. running machines.. etc. And just think of the sales tax benefits..
And if you are wondering .. yep.. fired up the first doobie at 14 and have not looked back since.. anyone up for a Scooby Snak..ehehehehehehe