Originally Posted By: KrisZ
I'm not against pot, believe it or not, but I am against legalizing pot. This is because there is this notion spread around that pot is basically the perfect substance. You can't get addicted to it (so they say), you don't have a hang over (so they say), and you can't overdose. So basically there are no negatives just the positive buzz. EXCEPT your mind goes to mush.
I will agree that some of the real negatives tend to get glossed over. For one, any mind altering substance can be addictive. Pot is absolutely psychologically addictive, but physically it has no withdrawal symptoms. No vomiting, seizures, or any of that.
Smoking it also produces the same problems that smoking anything causes. Tar in your lungs, carcinogens. However, eating it has no lasting effects once it is out of your system.
With turning your mind to mush, you could make that argument about some, but is that really grounds to make something illegal? Lots of things can turn your mind to mush that are 100% perfectly legal.
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If this stuff is legalized what do you think will happen in high schools and colleges? We have a pretty uneducated youth as is and if we tell them that pot is free for their taking and it has zero negative effects, most will reach for it and thus, further lower our pool of educated professionals.
Nothing. For one, you can put an age restriction on it, just like with alcohol. It won't do anything because it's already available, but it will be a nice gesture.
The first time I used pot was at school when I was 14. A couple of my friends and I smoked a blunt in one of the bathrooms. I later tried cigarettes at 15 and got drunk for the first time when I was 17. Interesting how that worked out...I guess it was my gateway to legal drugs.
I'm not against pot, believe it or not, but I am against legalizing pot. This is because there is this notion spread around that pot is basically the perfect substance. You can't get addicted to it (so they say), you don't have a hang over (so they say), and you can't overdose. So basically there are no negatives just the positive buzz. EXCEPT your mind goes to mush.
I will agree that some of the real negatives tend to get glossed over. For one, any mind altering substance can be addictive. Pot is absolutely psychologically addictive, but physically it has no withdrawal symptoms. No vomiting, seizures, or any of that.
Smoking it also produces the same problems that smoking anything causes. Tar in your lungs, carcinogens. However, eating it has no lasting effects once it is out of your system.
With turning your mind to mush, you could make that argument about some, but is that really grounds to make something illegal? Lots of things can turn your mind to mush that are 100% perfectly legal.
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If this stuff is legalized what do you think will happen in high schools and colleges? We have a pretty uneducated youth as is and if we tell them that pot is free for their taking and it has zero negative effects, most will reach for it and thus, further lower our pool of educated professionals.
Nothing. For one, you can put an age restriction on it, just like with alcohol. It won't do anything because it's already available, but it will be a nice gesture.
The first time I used pot was at school when I was 14. A couple of my friends and I smoked a blunt in one of the bathrooms. I later tried cigarettes at 15 and got drunk for the first time when I was 17. Interesting how that worked out...I guess it was my gateway to legal drugs.
