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THIS IS NOT AN ONION ARTICLE. SERIOUSLY CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP.
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CloseWe all know that the general tide of the War on Drugs has turned against the government as more and states begin to legalize marijuana and more nations legalize drugs in general, but there's another threat we haven't considered, according to the DEA. The DEA; being the Drug Enforcement Agency; an office full of grown, rational adults. All of that pot will soon be in the open, and like any other crop, will be attacked by hungry wildlife, which could lead to attacks on people by stoned rabbits.
ATTACKS. ON. PEOPLE. BY. STONED. RABBITS.
STONED. RABBIT. ATTACKS.
Here it is. Okay, I think I'm done here.
ATTACKS. ON. PEOPLE. BY. STONED. RABBITS.
STONED. RABBIT. ATTACKS.
Here it is. Okay, I think I'm done here.
People will do absolutely anything to hold their completely irrational fear of "reefer madness" close to their dumbass old ass disconnected hearts. It's hilarious watching the anti-potheads clawing at any claim they can cry out to make pot seem dangerous.
Let me tell you: my room mate is a huge pothead, and the only thing in danger is our supply of pasta and alfredo sauce.
Let me tell you: my room mate is a huge pothead, and the only thing in danger is our supply of pasta and alfredo sauce.
I am all for the legalization and heavy taxation of pot, especially if those funds get funneled into my paycheck helping me work with kids who turn to pot to escape their shitty lives and it absorbs them into the void. =)
Seriously, though. Legalize it, make it 21+, and educate the populous about it. Marijuana is not inherently evil, but like any other drug it CAN be abused and the results are sad. Keep it the fuck away from kids.
I hate the shit personally and would never smoke it or date a guy who did, but tax it andreefreap the profits.
Seriously, though. Legalize it, make it 21+, and educate the populous about it. Marijuana is not inherently evil, but like any other drug it CAN be abused and the results are sad. Keep it the fuck away from kids.
I hate the shit personally and would never smoke it or date a guy who did, but tax it and
Housekeeping
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The article does bring up an interesting point about the ecological ramifications of a mass production of a narcotic. I mean, the bunnies aren't going to become killer monsters from eating a bunch of marijuana, but they're probably going to become slower, easier prey. Thinking about how our actions impact the world around us is a good thing, although in this case, yeah, it's more fear mongering than anything.
Hemp is a more efficient producer of:
Paper (four times more per acre) than wood and doesn't require chemical glues.
Fuel (diesel and ethanol) than oil and corn.
Oxygen (absorbs carbon dioxide at 4 times the rate) than trees.
It does not require herbicides or pesticides. It replenishes the soil with nitrogen and nutrients. It has higher protein than soy and is high in omega oils. It can replace oil in the manufacture of plastics. It has been used in the manufacture of ropes for thousands of years.
Hemp wasn't outlawed because of any ecological issues or for public health. It was outlawed in 1937 after it began to overtake the lumber industry. William Randolph Hearst, who owned controlling shares in a major lumber company, after seeing a steady, severe decrease in profit due to competition from hemp, lobbied Congress to outlaw the product. The human race has always grown hemp. Civilization didn't start to fall apart until after it was outlawed.
How's that for ecological ramifications?
Paper (four times more per acre) than wood and doesn't require chemical glues.
Fuel (diesel and ethanol) than oil and corn.
Oxygen (absorbs carbon dioxide at 4 times the rate) than trees.
It does not require herbicides or pesticides. It replenishes the soil with nitrogen and nutrients. It has higher protein than soy and is high in omega oils. It can replace oil in the manufacture of plastics. It has been used in the manufacture of ropes for thousands of years.
Hemp wasn't outlawed because of any ecological issues or for public health. It was outlawed in 1937 after it began to overtake the lumber industry. William Randolph Hearst, who owned controlling shares in a major lumber company, after seeing a steady, severe decrease in profit due to competition from hemp, lobbied Congress to outlaw the product. The human race has always grown hemp. Civilization didn't start to fall apart until after it was outlawed.
How's that for ecological ramifications?
author=Housekeeping
The article does bring up an interesting point about the ecological ramifications of a mass production of a narcotic. I mean, the bunnies aren't going to become killer monsters from eating a bunch of marijuana, but they're probably going to become slower, easier prey. Thinking about how our actions impact the world around us is a good thing, although in this case, yeah, it's more fear mongering than anything.
This.
Honestly, though, I've had bad experiences with the drug and I sincerely hope Australia keeps that shit away. No, not kidding here. Of my four brothers, three of them smoke it on an almost-daily basis and what used to be happy, well-adjusted men are now lazy, hateful, assholes. They push everyone away, are consumed by the habit and have changed so much that it's hard to see a glimmer of who they used to be. And it's all on weed. Fuck that shit. Fuck it to high hell.
Don't get me wrong, if you smoke I'm not gonna tell you you shouldn't - that's your choice - but honestly, I can't see the appeal at all for dosing yourself with a soporific and just being fucked up by a drug. There are better ways to escape reality if you need to.
(That said, I hate all forms of drug - alcohol, smokes, weed, harder stuff - so it's not just maj I hate, but in this case I've seen what it can do to people - and people close to me at that - so it's earned my eternal hatred.)
Corfaisus
"It's frustrating because - as much as Corf is otherwise an irredeemable person - his 2k/3 mapping is on point." ~ psy_wombats
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But if they start making paper out of hemp instead of wood, all the kids will be taking lighters to it and getting high off their homework instead of doing it, sending the entirety of the educational system down the shitter and resulting in the world that could be seen through Idiocracy.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Let's go back to lead paint, lead pencils and asbestos while we're at it.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Let's go back to lead paint, lead pencils and asbestos while we're at it.
Avee
5794
I'm looking forward to reading an article on the increased consumption of wild rabbit meat among potheads.
author=Libertyauthor=HousekeepingThis.
The article does bring up an interesting point about the ecological ramifications of a mass production of a narcotic. I mean, the bunnies aren't going to become killer monsters from eating a bunch of marijuana, but they're probably going to become slower, easier prey. Thinking about how our actions impact the world around us is a good thing, although in this case, yeah, it's more fear mongering than anything.
Honestly, though, I've had bad experiences with the drug and I sincerely hope Australia keeps that shit away. No, not kidding here. Of my four brothers, three of them smoke it on an almost-daily basis and what used to be happy, well-adjusted men are now lazy, hateful, assholes. They push everyone away, are consumed by the habit and have changed so much that it's hard to see a glimmer of who they used to be. And it's all on weed. Fuck that shit. Fuck it to high hell.
Don't get me wrong, if you smoke I'm not gonna tell you you shouldn't - that's your choice - but honestly, I can't see the appeal at all for dosing yourself with a soporific and just being fucked up by a drug. There are better ways to escape reality if you need to.
(That said, I hate all forms of drug - alcohol, smokes, weed, harder stuff - so it's not just maj I hate, but in this case I've seen what it can do to people - and people close to me at that - so it's earned my eternal hatred.)
But... People huff paint and aerosols. People do crazy things to escape reality. They are addicts, they have a problem and need help. I've seen people on both sides of the spectrum, people who use recreational drugs like alcohol and marijane without a problem, and those who abuse it.
There's also huge political ramifications of its legalization to take into consideration, at least here in the US. There are people serving long jail sentences for having a little bit of weed on them. The 'War on Drugs' imprisons people for non-violent drug offenses, most of which stem from marijuana possession. Hell, a five years ago, when California had a ballot question regarding the legalization of marijuana, the Feds threatened quite openly to come into the state and arrest people for possession if the state authorities weren't going to do it. The stigma of pot puts people behind bars unnecessarily. There's also the fact that the Mexican Drug Cartel has already taken a huge hit to their... "sales", for lack of a better term, because of what's going on in the State of Colorado, which recently legalized the sale of marijuana. Take a look. Any negative impact on a murderous criminal organization as such is a plus in my book.
I understand your personal experiences have been powerful, and I hope you can understand that I've watched friends and family members destroy themselves through addiction as well, but there is a fundamental misunderstanding of what addiction actually entails and what causes it.
The funny thing is, I don't even smoke weed. Makes me paranoid.
author=Corfaisus
But if they start making paper out of hemp instead of wood, all the kids will be taking lighters to it and getting high off their homework instead of doing it, sending the entirety of the educational system down the shitter and resulting in the world that could be seen through Idiocracy.
Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Let's go back to lead paint, lead pencils and asbestos while we're at it.
You can't get high off of hemp. Sativa and indica are the cannibis plants with high THC percentage. Learn something about it.
author=Libertyauthor=HousekeepingThis.
The article does bring up an interesting point about the ecological ramifications of a mass production of a narcotic. I mean, the bunnies aren't going to become killer monsters from eating a bunch of marijuana, but they're probably going to become slower, easier prey. Thinking about how our actions impact the world around us is a good thing, although in this case, yeah, it's more fear mongering than anything.
Honestly, though, I've had bad experiences with the drug and I sincerely hope Australia keeps that shit away. No, not kidding here. Of my four brothers, three of them smoke it on an almost-daily basis and what used to be happy, well-adjusted men are now lazy, hateful, assholes. They push everyone away, are consumed by the habit and have changed so much that it's hard to see a glimmer of who they used to be. And it's all on weed. Fuck that shit. Fuck it to high hell.
Don't get me wrong, if you smoke I'm not gonna tell you you shouldn't - that's your choice - but honestly, I can't see the appeal at all for dosing yourself with a soporific and just being fucked up by a drug. There are better ways to escape reality if you need to.
(That said, I hate all forms of drug - alcohol, smokes, weed, harder stuff - so it's not just maj I hate, but in this case I've seen what it can do to people - and people close to me at that - so it's earned my eternal hatred.)
I don't smoke it and I don't really know any. As far as I'm concerned, to each his own. That said, any drug brings with it a significant risk. Recreational use should be done responsibly, and that includes realizing that a significant percentage of people are scientifically proven to be susceptible to uncontrollable addiction (a condition caused by a chemical imbalance within the brain whereby upon making contact with certain substances, is convinced that it needs that substance). This means that there will be people who try it who won't be able to willingly stop using it.
The thing is, prohibition makes this all exponentially more dangerous. Prohibition criminalizes acts in which humans have naturally partaken since the beginning. It creates a black market that not only drives up prices, but is sustained by a naturally criminal element. Since this element must operate outside the law, it can only regulate business trade outside the law, which means that murder, extortion, racketeering, and other violent acts are prevalent throughout the black market business model. The black market business model is as susceptible to supply and demand as any other business model. This means products will have to often be substituted with substandard, inferior, and diluted products, which in the case of drugs, can make them far more dangerous.
Prohibition also extends to forms of illicit substances which do not have intoxicating effects. For example, as I stated above, hemp is a strain of cannibis that won't get you high, yet it's illegal simply for being related to strains of cannibis that will.
I have some friends who have gotten really into weed (and alcohol) and stopped giving a damn about anything in their life - school, hobbies, passions, significant others. My family's got a bad history with drugs and booze as well - it worried my mom to the point where she used to give me stern looks for having a single glass of wine. It's sad to watch those things just eat away at people, and IMO the pleasure is not worth the price.
...At some point, I think we have to trust people to their own sins. Banning weed (or alcohol, or porn, or supersize sodas or anything else that's addictive or potentially dangerous) can only go so far and we shouldn't have to babysit ourselves to that extent. If you can be responsible and not hurt yourself, you should be allowed to indulge in something less-than-healthy occasionally, right?
(That said, I don't have a problem restricting things that are frequently explicitly dangerous to others beside the user - if you're a grown-up, you should be allowed to dig your own grave, but don't drag everyone down with you.)
...At some point, I think we have to trust people to their own sins. Banning weed (or alcohol, or porn, or supersize sodas or anything else that's addictive or potentially dangerous) can only go so far and we shouldn't have to babysit ourselves to that extent. If you can be responsible and not hurt yourself, you should be allowed to indulge in something less-than-healthy occasionally, right?
(That said, I don't have a problem restricting things that are frequently explicitly dangerous to others beside the user - if you're a grown-up, you should be allowed to dig your own grave, but don't drag everyone down with you.)
The War on Drugs is one of the biggest wastes of federal time and money since Prohibition. It simply does not work. At worst, it fuels criminal elements home and abroad, costs taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars, and fills up prisons unnecessarily. Addiction is a problem, but we need to start treating addiction suffers like patients who need treatment instead of criminals.
I've never known anyone who's had their life ruined by weed. I know people who have ruined their life and smoke weed, but they're pretty independent of one another, even if it correlates. Out of most things you can do, weed is pretty harmless on its own and I'm not even sure its possible to be physiologically dependent on its own unlike other drugs. Most potheads just really, really like pot.
I used to smoke every now and then before I joined the military, and eh, it's not bad.
I've never known anyone who's had their life ruined by weed. I know people who have ruined their life and smoke weed, but they're pretty independent of one another, even if it correlates. Out of most things you can do, weed is pretty harmless on its own and I'm not even sure its possible to be physiologically dependent on its own unlike other drugs. Most potheads just really, really like pot.
I used to smoke every now and then before I joined the military, and eh, it's not bad.
Miracle
1044
pot really isn't the problem, ultimately it's irresponsible people who make bad choices that's the problem imo :/
Being the highly-cultured person I am, I'm reading Superfreakonomics (the sequel to Freakonomics), and it makes a good point about how cracking down (no pun intended) on the people supplying an illegal vice is never going to be very effective, due to the laws of supply and demand. A far more effective option would be introducing incentives to keep people from smoking weed in the first place - for example, by introducing harsher punishments for carrying it around or being spotted smoking in public.
That's only if you actually want to get the stuff off the streets, though.
Personally I'm thankful for weed because it gave us Snoop Dogg
That's only if you actually want to get the stuff off the streets, though.
Personally I'm thankful for weed because it gave us Snoop Dogg
author=Craze
yeah like people with an undeveloped frontal lobe?
just keep it away from kids and i'm happy
Exactly right, and studies clearly show that even though when adults over the age of 24 smoke it, their memory improves, when children smoke it, their memory permanently diminishes by up to 8 percent, and if they regularly smoke it, they become dysfunctional as adults.
It's definitely only for the physically mature.
TheNecromancer
3160
Yeah, I would agree with Feld. Chances are that person would have a shitty life even if they didn't smoke weed. Just so happens they picked weed as the thing they do instead of having a productive life.
It certainly does have different effects for each person. Some people get paranoid. Some people get sick. Some people get stupid. I'm in the lesser known group of people who get "smarter" on it.
Part of the problem with how burnouts smoke weed is that they smoke way too much. Most people, smokers and non-smokers, probably think that it's normal and okay to smoke a whole joint to oneself. That's overkill. Half or less and you will have a good buzz. People can't pace themselves(or don't realize they can) and it builds up a resistance in your body and you need to smoke more and more to get that same high. They will need to spend more money and have more of the negative effect on their lungs and brain.
As for the rabbits..saying they will be killer rabbits is pretty funny but its an exaggeration of a legit problem. If a rabbit's survival instinct is blocked that is a pretty serious effect and should be avoided if possible. As long as it doesn't mean not growing it.
It certainly does have different effects for each person. Some people get paranoid. Some people get sick. Some people get stupid. I'm in the lesser known group of people who get "smarter" on it.
Part of the problem with how burnouts smoke weed is that they smoke way too much. Most people, smokers and non-smokers, probably think that it's normal and okay to smoke a whole joint to oneself. That's overkill. Half or less and you will have a good buzz. People can't pace themselves(or don't realize they can) and it builds up a resistance in your body and you need to smoke more and more to get that same high. They will need to spend more money and have more of the negative effect on their lungs and brain.
As for the rabbits..saying they will be killer rabbits is pretty funny but its an exaggeration of a legit problem. If a rabbit's survival instinct is blocked that is a pretty serious effect and should be avoided if possible. As long as it doesn't mean not growing it.
author=Link_2112
Yeah, I would agree with Feld. Chances are that person would have a shitty life even if they didn't smoke weed. Just so happens they picked weed as the thing they do instead of having a productive life.
It certainly does have different effects for each person. Some people get paranoid. Some people get sick. Some people get stupid. I'm in the lesser known group of people who get "smarter" on it.
Part of the problem with how burnouts smoke weed is that they smoke way too much. Most people, smokers and non-smokers, probably think that it's normal and okay to smoke a whole joint to oneself. That's overkill. Half or less and you will have a good buzz. People can't pace themselves(or don't realize they can) and it builds up a resistance in your body and you need to smoke more and more to get that same high.
Yeah, when I used to smoke we had a pretty good size pipe and I would only do maybe 3 or 4 large drags off of it. That was good enough to get me totally stoned for around 4 hours, and I'm a pretty big guy. I think people overestimate how much they should smoke, which is a terrible thing to do since you're already fucking your lungs up to begin with.
I can't imagine smoking a whole joint to yourself. Totally pointless. The worst trip I ever had was off of a joint that I smoked like half of by myself, and it was so bad that I fucking quit smoking. A lot of it had to do with effects on my body too- protip: don't smoke pot if you have nerve problems in your body. I used to get alien hand syndrome in my left arm once I got high enough, and it's really not fun to lose control of yourself like that.
I also don't think you can lay 100% of the blame of a shitty life style on weed smoking. Like I said, my room mate is a huge pothead- he smokes up pretty much every night, but when he's up he's always working on game dev and generally using his time pretty well for a college student. Hell, I used to work 2 week turnarounds in Alberta and then spend my week home stoned/drunk, so I definitely think that it all depends on the person doing the drugs.
