[wardaddy]

Has anyone here with such strong...in fact crazy as hell...notions about marijuana ever smoked any to any extent

I did....for many years and knew folks who did worldwide

Worst thing I could ever tell was apathy and laziness is some who smoked all day every day

It is not a gateway drug.....no more than beer is

It doesn’t make anyone violent....quite opposite....it may even thwart those marginally violent

It sure doesn’t promote jihad....that is absurd

All this heartfelt anger over a drug many here know little about themselves

They just hate hippies and hipsters and blunt thuggas

I don’t like them either but pot just doesn’t do what the ignorant here think

Oh yeah ....the higher quality weed can give panic attacks to women....they get nervous easy

Its not a harmless drug....none are...but it is not what these truly nutty articles try to say

Saxons drank to excess

DDay heroes took amphetamines

And so on.....its not why anything....its just what they used

Frankly to go out and kill....I prefer coffee or diet Dr pepper and a xanax afterwards to numb the weirdness

And tobacco....now that is your warrior dope.....nicotiana.....75% of line company troops smoked in WWII

Its still 3-4 times higher rate than general public

I myself would never ever been stoned purposely in life threatening situations

[Ditter]

You said that marijuana is not a gateway drug. Maybe the gateway is just getting to know your dealer and the dealer talks you into trying the hard stuff.

I am just guessing here because I have never used drugs or had close contact with anyone who has.

[Louis Foxwell]

Muslim warriors are all stoked on drugs. They are sent into battle high. Afganistan and Columbia are the primary sources for Muslim drug trafficking. Terrorism is a drug culture phenomenon.

[GBA]

My extensive experience being around drunks and alcoholics, as well as having been around stoners, tells me you are speaking the truth.

It's the drunks, not the stoners, who tend to be prone to violence at some point, usually after that one drink too many that transforms them from whatever kind of drunk they usually are into Mr. Hyde.

Stoners, otoh, are generally the last I suspect will become violent.

I think it has to do more with what you bring with you rather than the drug (THC) or poison (alcohol) and that moderation is the key to keeping things safer/saner rather than Darwin level dumb and dangerous.

Regardless, I think pot is less a danger than alcohol and I really don't believe either should be illegal or banned.

People have been self-medicating since the beginning. It's hubris and foolish to make what appears to be just human behavior illegal, as we have with the "war on drugs" and with prohibition of alcohol.

Taking that kind of power for oneself is ALWAYS like that one drink too many.