Hi Lorien,
I really don't know where you think I said that marijuana is detrimental to your health. I pointed out that prolonged use of the drug could cause paranoia (see items 6. and 7. of your link).
As for Argents' claim that I'm against cannabis and the like, I really don't know where he gets this idea from. He clearly didn't understand the beginning of this thread which in part read:
"Years ago I heard the excuse of a drug pusher justifying his trade declaring that he only sells what his client wants. At that time I thought that it wasn't a very good justification until the other day when a 'pundit' on one of the news channels justified the sale of guns to Mexico using the same excuse.
So I'm using this same theory for this post. The other side to the logic is, if there is no market, there can be no sales, if there are no sales there can be no supplier.... and the list goes on, you know where I'm getting to."
It's important to understand that I'm using the logic of the drug pusher and arms dealer for the post. It isn't an opinion, it's a logic and I made this extremely clear.
90% of drug sales are for marijuana in the US. Check out point 1. of your link to see how easy it is to get on the market.
I don't criticize people for not joining a cause, just as I do not criticize somebody for not giving to Oxfam, however I can be a little like Bob Geldoff when he launched Live Aid ("**** the telephones, give us yer money!") and try and get people to look more closely at the situation.
If you feel, just as other people think about other causes, which I cited in my post, the logic makes sense, good. If you don't, good too. At least you have an opinion.
But what really peeves me is that people start to see things almost at an hallucigenic rate which have absolutely nothing to do with the post, screaming foul for something that wasn't said nor implied.
Finally, in response to dantheman62, I replaced the message because it had already been placed in the public domain. There were two posts which claimed that I was 'seriously burned' by the comments. I needed to replace the thread for those two posts to make sense and also to have the right to reply. If I replied and there was no message there, the thread just wouldn't make sense.
As a kid growing up, my father always told me to call a spade a spade.
If you don't have the courage to say something, don't say it.
Best regards,
Steve
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Originally Posted by Lorien
Wait, did you read any of the stats on that page? It proves that marijuana is for the most part harmless.
Does not kill hundreds of thousands of people with cancer like tobacco does. Does not cause long term health effects.
Does not stunt growth or mental abilities.
People who are high are more aware of their state of mind unlike people who use alcohol.
And so much more.
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