marywanna is bad...it kills your motivation, promotes a bad attitute, and can turn a winner into a loser...
having said that, the penalties for simple possession ( up to and including death by stormtroopers ) are worse than the drug itself. Something has to give, and while legalization is probably not the answer, decriminalization is the answer.
In effect, aren't you sort of blaming the gun instead of the shooter. I know plenty of smokers who are motivated, have what I'd call good attitudes and are certainly not losers. When you see your stereotypical stoned pot-head it's really worth asking, is this guy this way because he smoked one of God's plants or was he headed this way regardless. Sort of the chicken or the egg question, maybe.
“having said that, the penalties for simple possession ( up to and including death by stormtroopers ) are worse than the drug itself.”
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Yes, people often fail to realize that some things are like growing old, the only thing worse is the only alternative.