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Marijuana Is More Dangerous Than You Think
Wall Street Journal ^
| January 3, 2019
| Alex Berenson
Posted on 01/03/2019 8:36:53 AM PST by reaganaut1
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To: TruthFactor
If you want to put yourself on the fast track to mental imparement, smoke weed on a regular basis.
Thats like, wow uncool. You know? I mean dont be a downer man. Those negative vibes got no place around me, you know.
Like I remember when I was the smartest kid in fourth grade, or was it 2nd grade. Oh wow, look! Shiny!!!
Oh now what were we talking about?
Yea, those kinds of conversations! I knew many a wealthy stoner who only remained wealthy as long as mom and or dad was paying the bill. Some died when poverty became their path, a few went to prison.
Pot is a dead end path for most.
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:28:28 AM PST
by
9422WMR
To: LeonardFMason
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:30:23 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: LeonardFMason
Most people who use pot don't go on to the hard stuff; with those who do, the sequence can equally well be explained by a general propensity for mind alteration and the greater ease of finding pot; and the same sort of number-crunching that identifies pot as a gateway also does so for alcohol and tobacco.you have confirmed POT is a GATEWAY drug same as any other substance that starts a chase for getting high.
Does it START it or just REFLECT it? And note that "same as" could mean "not at all."
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:34:20 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: LeonardFMason
Making the ability to get high easier and easier is not a good plan.So should we make it more difficult by banning alcohol?
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:35:44 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: SaxxonWoods
Marijuana, tobacco and alcohol should all be illegal.The only amendment that has been removed so far has been prohibition. Would you really want to go back to the days of mountaintop distilleries? Or do you just not care?
When one doesn't have enough criminals...
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:37:20 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: notaliberal
You are absolutely right and politicians can promised anything and still get elected by a doped-up, dumbed-down population!Like "hope" and "change" by a guy that never accomplished anything of note in his life, and whose history was legally declared secret.
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:41:56 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: NobleFree
There's no reason to think that people who were responsible enough to avoid marijuana when it was illegal, will after legalization be so irresponsible as to toke themselves into befuddled unemployability.I first had alcohol at a New Year's at my aunt's when I was a kid. Everybody turned around and half the champagne cups were empty. I also had whiskey when I was 16. Laws literally mean nothing.
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:44:46 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: reaganaut1
Do you think marijuana should be legalized?
Not for recreational use.
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:52:50 AM PST
by
caww
To: wastedyears
Like "hope" and "change" by a guy that never accomplished anything of note in his life, and whose history was legally declared secret.Dont Bogart that Joint!
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:52:53 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(For Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies & other DemoKKKrats: It's all about PEOPLE CONTROL!)
To: rhombus10
“Cute, but conceding the argument with a stoner joke.”
I have worked around people who smoked dope.
One guy told me he quit because it affected his learning ability.
Of course, you can always look up the scientific research on the topic. The British in particular have researched it.
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posted on
01/03/2019 10:57:41 AM PST
by
odawg
To: NobleFree
I actually am against androgen inhibitors as it is a poison to masculinity, but my post was not intended as a stance just purely informative.
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posted on
01/03/2019 11:03:50 AM PST
by
George Rand
(-- I can't befriend liberals because I won't befriend ignorance --)
To: reaganaut1
In before the....wait, what?
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posted on
01/03/2019 11:12:04 AM PST
by
waterhill
(I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
To: Mr. K
I listened to a conversation of young people who spoke about those who illegally ‘sell’ weed. One said the ‘sellers’ will just start selling hard drugs to replace their “income” level.
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posted on
01/03/2019 11:29:16 AM PST
by
caww
To: caww
I listened to a conversation of young people who spoke about those who illegally sell weed. One said the sellers will just start selling hard drugs to replace their income level.Young people are seldom the sharpest economists; sellers can't create demand through force of will.
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posted on
01/03/2019 11:33:04 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: reaganaut1
"I worry that legalizing marijuana throughout the country will create more people who are unfit to work or parent. OTOH, I don't want to put people in jail for harming themselves."
I echo those sentiments. How do we do decriminalization without creating more users?
To: NobleFree
Well according to that speaker the sellers will be selling harder drugs... there are always addicts moving up and down the roller coaster of addiction. I don’t imagine those moving on to selling harder drugs are going to have a problem finding addicts to sell to.
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posted on
01/03/2019 11:42:24 AM PST
by
caww
To: reaganaut1
Marijuana should be decriminalized. Should not be legal however.
To: rstrahan
"They dont want it legalized because it would interfere with their business plan, which is more pills."
I agree totally. My question is: Why do we need so much medication (legal or otherwise)? Why do we have so many people who cannot exist unless in some kind of altered state?
To: caww
I dont imagine those moving on to selling harder drugs are going to have a problem finding addicts to sell to.Since they can't create new users, they'll have to undercut the prices of the existing sellers - leading to less drug-cost-motivated crime. More winning!
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posted on
01/03/2019 11:45:34 AM PST
by
NobleFree
("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
To: wastedyears
And smoking around non adults won’t cause developmental problems ??
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posted on
01/03/2019 11:52:34 AM PST
by
aumrl
(let's keep it real Conservatives)
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