Ozzy Says He Now Believes Pot Leads To Other Addictions

MTV ^ | 07.08.2003 | Robert Mancini, with reporting by Gideon Yago

[DannyTN]

"Ozzy was an idiot 20 years ago, and he's an idiot today. "

Now there's an interesting position.

Is Ozzy an idiot because he did drugs? Or is Ozzy an idiot because he now says pot leads to other drugs?

[Pahuanui]

I don't have any statistical evidence to support my "claim", but just common sense.

So making concrete claims about characteristics of specific populations with no statistical evidence reflects 'common sense'.

Ok. Sure. Thanks for clearing that up.

[TBall]

Or maybe Ozzy was born an idiot?

[DannyTN]

What will Jim Morrison say?

I know what Stephen Tyler said, "Hey, if you want to go through the Hell I've been through....be my guest!"

[FreedomCalls]

The problem with Jack is not the easy availability of drugs, it's that Jack has never heard his parents say "no".

There are millions of children out there exposed to the same availability of drugs that Jack is exposed to and they will not become addicts. They know there are limits in the the world. They have had loving parents who take responsibility for their kids and will set limits. Ozzy and Sharon have shirked their responsibility towards their children. Now they are blaiming something else other than themselves -- "it's the drugs." Here's the secret: and it's not the drugs, it's the parents.

[CWOJackson]

And let's not forget the quote Jimi Hendrix made last year on responsible drug use, ". . . . . . . . . . . ."

[Pahuanui]

So, I guess you know better, right??

It runs counter to my professional experience, but I refrain from making claims that I have no evidence for.

[DannyTN]

"This thread will soon be full of Libertarian Children saying that Alcohol is much worse than marijuana. "

The freeper reefers

[Mears]

I agree. My family has suffered the effects of alcohol for three generations and it isn't pretty.

[Pahuanui]

Yes, common sense. Let's see if I can dumb it down enough so you can understand it.

Oh, dear. You're really bringing out the big guns now.

I'll use California as an example. Lets say you are caught for simple possession of marijuana under an ounce. You get a ticket.

OK, you've established point A.

Now, lets say you get caught with a pound of marijuana. You go to prison.

And you've established point B.

See where I'm going with this, or should I dumb it down some more for you?

I'm afraid you've made no correlation between the points you make here and your original unsupportable claim.

Try using logic to structure your arguements. It should really clear things up for you.

[KEVLAR]

"This thread will soon be full of Libertarian Children saying that Alcohol is much worse than marijuana. "

The freeper reefers

It would appear we have some conservitive children here as well.

[Mr. Mojo]

sounds like some of my earlier years...only things missing are acid and peyote

No psilocybin?

[mvpel]

Most of the people in prison for drug offenses are not the users, but the dealers, who are often involved in other criminal activities. For you to say that "real" conservatives are not against drugs is just ignorant.

If it weren't for the War on Some Drugs, the dealers would be operating storefronts and paying taxes, if they'd even bother considering how the price of currently prohibited drugs would plummet, and would take someone to court for stiffing them instead of beating them up or killing them.

[journey7873]

Pot is illegal. It should be.

[A Navy Vet]

How special. Maybe we should now call him Ozzy "Nelson" Osborne?

Don't forget Madonna as "mom of the year"...now she wants respectability after teaching a generation of girls to be tramps. How do these people live with themselves?

[Ol' Sparky]

If Ozzy can eventually have the common sense to say pot should be banned, why can't the liberaltarians are Free Republic? It's pretty scary when Ozzy has more sense than dozens of posters at this website.