Study: Pot Smoking Damages Brain Function

[Tubby Raymond]

Didn't except T-man to be an advocate for the nanny state.

Just because something is bad for you, doesn't mean it should be illegal.

What's next, T-man? Fatty foods? Alcohol? High sodium foods? Time limits on television and computer?

The legalize it crowd has always used the "it's not bad for you" arguement. This is a blow to that.

That's NEVER been the argument. The argument has been it's no worse for you than >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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[Gil Dobie]

Just read in my hometown paper the news about a 3-time DUI criminal who just killed a young boy while driving drunk. This tragedy happens in every community, every year. Everyone has a relative who is dying of alcoholism or has a severe alcohol problem.

That being said, it's sad Tman minimizes the true and horrific dangers of alcohol (his drug of choice) with these bs pieces on pot. No one has ever died of pot. I have at least 4 familiy members who have died of alcoholism.

**** you Tman, you alcoholic, pompous ass piece of conk ****.

D1B is in severe denile. I've known several people that died after using pot. Even though you don't OD, it affects your driving just like alcohol, your mood and whether you give chit about your life or someone elses.

[Grizalltheway]

Just read in my hometown paper the news about a 3-time DUI criminal who just killed a young boy while driving drunk. This tragedy happens in every community, every year. Everyone has a relative who is dying of alcoholism or has a severe alcohol problem.

That being said, it's sad Tman minimizes the true and horrific dangers of alcohol (his drug of choice) with these bs pieces on pot. No one has ever died of pot. I have at least 4 familiy members who have died of alcoholism.

Fuck you Tman, you alcoholic, pompous ass piece of conk shit.

Fully agree, D, but fokk you and your critical-fumble-causing hex!

[D1B]

Just read in my hometown paper the news about a 3-time DUI criminal who just killed a young boy while driving drunk. This tragedy happens in every community, every year. Everyone has a relative who is dying of alcoholism or has a severe alcohol problem.

That being said, it's sad Tman minimizes the true and horrific dangers of alcohol (his drug of choice) with these bs pieces on pot. No one has ever died of pot. I have at least 4 familiy members who have died of alcoholism.

**** you Tman, you alcoholic, pompous ass piece of conk ****.

D1B is in severe denile. I've known several people that died after using pot. Even though you don't OD, it affects your driving just like alcohol, your mood and whether you give chit about your life or someone elses.

Bullshit, liar. IMO. How did they die Gil? Be more specific please.

[D1B]

Just read in my hometown paper the news about a 3-time DUI criminal who just killed a young boy while driving drunk. This tragedy happens in every community, every year. Everyone has a relative who is dying of alcoholism or has a severe alcohol problem.

That being said, it's sad Tman minimizes the true and horrific dangers of alcohol (his drug of choice) with these bs pieces on pot. No one has ever died of pot. I have at least 4 familiy members who have died of alcoholism.

Fuck you Tman, you alcoholic, pompous ass piece of conk shit.

Fully agree, D, but fokk you and your critical-fumble-causing hex!

Don't blame me. I was gonna hex another team, but you fuckers just had to keep pissing me off. One of these years you will give me and the hex the respect we deserve.

[89Hen]

Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:16 pm

Here's that amotivational syndrome kicking in.

[Gil Dobie]

D1B is in severe denile. I've known several people that died after using pot. Even though you don't OD, it affects your driving just like alcohol, your mood and whether you give chit about your life or someone elses.

Bullshit, liar. IMO. How did they die Gil? Be more specific please.

One person got in a shootout with the cops after he killed a woman, one of the biggest pot dealers in the county. A couple others were driving under the influence. I've road in cars that were driven by people that were drunk and with people that were high. Not really much difference.

[CID1990]

This is like a "Drunks run over children, potheads run over Taco Bell" kind of argument.

[Gil Dobie]

This is like a "Drunks run over children, potheads run over Taco Bell" kind of argument.

No kidding, I'm all for legalizing pot, but I'm not in denile over the results of it's use.

[D1B]

Bullshit, liar. IMO. How did they die Gil? Be more specific please.

One person got in a shootout with the cops after he killed a woman, one of the biggest pot dealers in the county. A couple others were driving under the influence. I've road in cars that were driven by people that were drunk and with people that were high. Not really much difference.

yeah, right....pot

Make it legal and there won't be shootouts with cops.

Really, who were they? - the "couple others" who died driving. Surely this must have made the papers - fatal accident caused by pot.

Look forward to reading about this.

[D1B]

This is like a "Drunks run over children, potheads run over Taco Bell" kind of argument.

No kidding, I'm all for legalizing pot, but I'm not in denile over the results of it's use.

If you want to legalize it, quit exaggerating the results of its use.

[Gil Dobie]

One person got in a shootout with the cops after he killed a woman, one of the biggest pot dealers in the county. A couple others were driving under the influence. I've road in cars that were driven by people that were drunk and with people that were high. Not really much difference.

yeah, right....pot

Make it legal and there won't be shootouts with cops.

Really, who were they? - the "couple others" who died driving. Surely this must have made the papers - fatal accident caused by pot.

Look forward to reading about this.

Spinmiester D1B

[Gil Dobie]

No kidding, I'm all for legalizing pot, but I'm not in denile over the results of it's use.

If you want to legalize it, quit exaggerating the results of its use.

All you info comes from biased pro-legalization readings, not life experiences.

[D1B]

yeah, right....pot

Make it legal and there won't be shootouts with cops.

Really, who were they? - the "couple others" who died driving. Surely this must have made the papers - fatal accident caused by pot.

Look forward to reading about this.

Spinmiester D1B

Dont talk out your ass Gil.

Really, who were they? ....the drivers....

[Gil Dobie]

Spinmiester D1B

Dont talk out your ass Gil.

Really, who were they? ....the drivers....

They were people I knew, and I'm not going to bring there names up in public.

[travelinman67]

No one has ever died of pot. I have at least 4 familiy members who have died of alcoholism.

Fuck you Tman, you alcoholic, pompous ass piece of conk shit.

A D1B f-off is always vindication I'm correct.

Sorry, D...Gil is right.

Stoned driving kills just like drunk driving...

...oh, the tales I could tell.

Yes, alcoholism is a treacherous disease effecting 100's of millions worldwide...

...but in what universe does the existence of one destructive chemical addiction ethically support the justification to create yet another?

Death Dealer, Blueballs and I have gone over this ad nauseum. For every successful "functioning" pothead, there are hundreds whose minds have been blown away by chronic cannabis abuse. If we required drug testing of welfare recepients, the money saved, I'd wager, would not only allow balancing our budgets, but most likely warrant steep tax cuts.

Go ahead...deny it.

[D1B]

No one has ever died of pot. I have at least 4 familiy members who have died of alcoholism.

Fuck you Tman, you alcoholic, pompous ass piece of conk shit.

A D1B f-off is always vindication I'm correct.

Sorry, D...Gil is right.

Stoned driving kills just like drunk driving...

...oh, the tales I could tell.

Yes, alcoholism is a treacherous disease effecting 100's of millions worldwide...

...but in what universe does the existence of one destructive chemical addiction ethically support the justification to create yet another?

Death Dealer, Blueballs and I have gone over this ad nauseum. For every successful "functioning" pothead, there are hundreds whose minds have been blown away by chronic cannabis abuse. If we required drug testing of welfare recepients, the money saved, I'd wager, would not only allow balancing our budgets, but most likely warrant steep tax cuts.

Go ahead...deny it.

Not denying there are negative effects. They are mild compared to alcohol.

There are millions of functioning potheads. So there are hundreds of millions of blown away minds from pot? You fucking idiot.

You're exaggeratiing solely in order to take a shot at people you hate - hippies, the young and the poor. You are an asshole of the highest order.

[travelinman67]

A D1B f-off is always vindication I'm correct.

Sorry, D...Gil is right.

Stoned driving kills just like drunk driving...

...oh, the tales I could tell.

Yes, alcoholism is a treacherous disease effecting 100's of millions worldwide...

...but in what universe does the existence of one destructive chemical addiction ethically support the justification to create yet another?

Death Dealer, Blueballs and I have gone over this ad nauseum. For every successful "functioning" pothead, there are hundreds whose minds have been blown away by chronic cannabis abuse. If we required drug testing of welfare recepients, the money saved, I'd wager, would not only allow balancing our budgets, but most likely warrant steep tax cuts.

Go ahead...deny it.

Not denying there are negative effects. They are mild compared to alcohol.

There are millions of functioning potheads. So there are hundreds of millions of blown away minds from pot? You fucking idiot.

You're exaggeratiing solely in order to take a shot at people you hate - hippies, the young and the poor. You are an asshole of the highest order.

Classic D1B...

Can't argue against truth, so you attack the speaker.

[Cap'n Cat]

Not denying there are negative effects. They are mild compared to alcohol.

There are millions of functioning potheads. So there are hundreds of millions of blown away minds from pot? You fucking idiot.

You're exaggeratiing solely in order to take a shot at people you hate - hippies, the young and the poor. You are an asshole of the highest order.

Classic D1B...

Can't argue against truth, so you attack the speaker.

Again, disingenuous. T is a pot smoker, bigtime.

[death dealer]

What pisses me off is that grant money was wasted on this useless POS study. What next, eating dunkin donuts everyday will make you fat? They coulda saved a bunch of time and just asked a few potheads. Yes, it damages brain function, so what? If I'm smoking pot, I'm looking for a little brain damage. There is a reason we used to call it "getting stupid".

T-man, sorry, I don't really care what your study says, nor do the vast majority of users. 89, we will have to just agree to disagree on this, and stick to what we can agree on, the love of a good homebrew.

Viva la MaryJane!!!

[D1B]

What pisses me off is that grant money was wasted on this useless POS study. What next, eating dunkin donuts everyday will make you fat? They coulda saved a bunch of time and just asked a few potheads. Yes, it damages brain function, so what? If I'm smoking pot, I'm looking for a little brain damage. There is a reason we used to call it "getting stupid".

T-man, sorry, I don't really care what your study says, nor do the vast majority of users. 89, we will have to just agree to disagree on this, and stick to what we can agree on, the love of a good homebrew.

Viva la MaryJane!!!

Tman and 89Ass - couple of old bores.

[JohnStOnge]

Good grief I'm on the same side as D.

I have never argued that Pot should be legal because it's not bad for you. I have argued that it should be legal...as many other things should be legal...because this is supposed to be a free country. People should be free to do things that are bad for them if they wish to as long as they as an individual don't directly and defintely harm someone else.

It is not possible to say that any particular individual is going to directly and/or definitely harm someone else as a result of smoling pot. Many, many people function well in society while regular using the substance. Sure, it may be possible to develop statistics suggesting associations between smoking pot and lower performance levels on average. That does not mean it's possible to say, just on the basis of smoking pot, that any particular individual will not perform well.

Aside from that, we should not be obligated to perform at our maximum level. We should be free to underperform if we want to.

Do you realize how far it is possible to go in restricting liberty if we accept the premise (as we already have to a certain extent) that government can dictate your behavior based on what is "good" or "bad" for you? How far is it possible to go with the idea that government can demand that you maximize your potential?

No. "It's bad for you" is not a sufficient basis for government intruding upon liberty like it's intruded upon liberty with the marijuana prohibition. Neither is the argument that there may be some small probability that you will do something like get into an auto accident when you otherwise wouldn't have.

The point is supposed to be Freedom.

[D1B]

Good grief I'm on the same side as D.

Blow me. I'm right, all the time.

Just cuz you don't like it, or are too chicken shit and weak to accect the truth don't mean I'm wrong.

[JohnStOnge]

Blow me.

I absolutely will NOT blow you (or anybody else for that matter).

[bandl]

Blow me.

I absolutely will NOT blow you (or anybody else for that matter).

Don't you have a jar of peanut butter to go rape?