[Dane]

How many lives has the "recreational" use of fast food, alcohol, coffee and tobacco saved?

Hmm, you are always so negative and try to bring down products to the level of your precious drugs, just like a good leftist.

Fast food tastes good and does provide sustenance. Alcohol is used in all manners of cooking and a good glass of wine compliments a good meal. Coffee also tastes good and is uesd in social situations to help ease tension. Tobacco while bad for the health dosen't make one a stoned pot head.

So you see your little knee jerk liberal reaction of saying these products on par with your precious pot is ludicrous, when one looks at the different uses of these products.

But that doesn't matter to you, IMHO. You are on a crusade to replace the ceremonial glass of champagne with the communal bong at weddings.

[uncbob]

You are on a crusade to replace the ceremonial glass of champagne with the communal bong at weddings.

And the tens of thousands of deaths caused by druken drivers and the spousal and child abuse caused by booze was from those ceremonial champagnes at weddings
Just watch any of the cop shows on TV or the riots at Marti Gras and spring breaks and then ask a cop who he would rather deal with a gang of people on beer and booze who those who have been smoking joints

I don't know about you but I would rather have to be in a crowd ot POT smokers than boozers

[WyldKard]

So now you are losing ground, and have to change the parameters of your own question? the question was: How many LIVES ARE SAVED by the recreational use of substance X. Not: Does substance x has any positive benefits? Fast food tastes good and does provide sustenance.

Taste is a matter of opinion. A lot of fast food tastes awful. Over use of fast food makes you fat, and causes health problems. Sinces it causes obesity and health problems, and is a "drain" on society, why aren't you arguging for it being banned? You did not answer the question: Does recreational use of fast food save lives.

Alcohol is used in all manners of cooking and a good glass of wine compliments a good meal.

You did not answer the question: Does recreational use of alcohol "save lives"? Pot makes food taste better, and compliments movies and music. You don't NEED alcohol for cooking or for your food, so you might as well ban it, since it causes all these problems for society, yes? Alcohol is the number one abused drug, breaks up homes and families, causes death. Why aren't you out there trying to get it Prohibited?

Coffee also tastes good and is uesd in social situations to help ease tension.

Again, taste is opinion-based, and coffee is addicting, and long term use is linked to health problems. Again, you did NOT answer the question: How many lives have been saved through the recreational use of coffee?

Tobacco while bad for the health dosen't make one a stoned pot head. It does give one halitosis, an awful cough, more prone to sickness and can make people generally unpleasant to be around, especially if they are a chain smoker. I could not stand my roomates chain smoking, but I never tried to ban his cigarettes.

What is it about "being a stoned pot head" that is so dangerous that it requires violating the Constitution to ban pot? A substance LESS harmful than alcohol. Face it, you just don't have any good reason for it.

So you see your little knee jerk liberal reaction of saying these products on par with your precious pot is ludicrous, when one looks at the different uses of these products.

Hey, don't yell at me because you can't even answer your OWN questions properly.

But that doesn't matter to you, IMHO. You are on a crusade to replace the ceremonial glass of champagne with the communal bong at weddings.

Please show me where I have said such a thing. It appears straw man arguments and slander are the only tools at your disposal.