Posted on 09/08/2012 12:51:31 PM PDT by neverdem
Facts and logic are overrated. Attaching labels to whoever you disagree with is SO much more effective.
Just don't let them control your Commerce Clause language while you're busy with your illegal drugs language.
Wine and beer names are getting as weird as race horse names.
If you have cancer/chemo treatments and you're in pain and wasting away, you might have a little different perspective.
Why else would you use it? Medicinal? Maybe...you did not write that.
Nor marriage.
More mental/emotional addiction than physical. As an ex pot smoker, and recovered alky, I know the difference - booze nearly ruined me and pot was gone when businesses started testing for it.
You sound like a good man, I made a post, don’t go crazy on it.
If you could ask anyone who died from cancer whether they would have liked to have had access to marijuana either to help treat the side effects, or if it could be used to directly treat the cancer, they wouldn’t have cared about any Puritan ethics regarding the drug, or who thinks it has what effect or how many cannibinoids or alkaloids it has, or if it is addictive. Like so many things, from Archaeology, to Physics, to Astronomy, we don’t know enough about anything to make empirical statements that are universal truths. Anything can become addictive - running, Facebook, eating, etc. It is all about how what we do appeals to the pleasure center in the brain. Marijuana use, by those who understand it, are mature and intelligent enough to use it responsibly, and enjoy it, should be allowed to use it and be non-regulated. Too many people want to impose their beliefs, morals, ethics, and fears on others because they don’t understand something completely themselves. Let humans make the decisions for themselves. And certainly, let those who are stricken with cancer decide if they want to allow themselves to be treated with something that might either ease their pain, or possibly even cure them. That should be their right, and no person or agency should have the power to regulate that.
You did not ask.
Why would I watch television, watch a movie, drink coffee, smoke a cigar, take a drive in the country, sip a nice ale, play a game of cards, watch fireworks, see a play, photograph wildlife, etc, etc, etc?
I enjoy the experience of it.
Where did I attack your maturity?
Are you saying that you are addicted to a non-addictive drug?
You’re sending mixed messages.
There was no mention of addiction in any of my posts, your post or the one you replied to. You chimed in to agree with the inane comment directed at me and added your own shot at me there. Trying to pretend otherwise isn’t helping your stance any.
Some things are enjoyable, others are just fun, but unhealthy and actually filthy for our bodies. Like cigars and smoking pot. You can excuse it away all you like, but my point still stands....inner happiness precludes the need for many substances. Of course we can still enjoy certain pleasures, but not ones that are obviously really harming our bodies and souls.
Suit yourself. I’m happy and healthy.
You may be paranoid.
My comment directed no slurr toward you, nor do I believe that the post to which I responded did either.
You may have inadvertantly told us more than you intended (I hope not)
ok...but how happy would you still be without all of your comforts? Just wondering...
1. Does that include the mind altering drug alcohol?
2. Do you think fedgov should be involved in that decision, or should the states decide intrastate drug policies under authority of the Tenth Amendment?
Well, I did say that I take or leave them for months and years at a time. With average yearly living expenses of less than $5,000 (for everything) I wouldn’t exactly say that I live a life of luxury. Many years I have lived on less.
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