Quote Originally Posted by Methyl3
Without going into a 5 page discertation let me just make this point. Some of us in society think "people just smoke pot to get high...". Some do and some smoke it for it's medicinal purposes, but what does it matter if someone smokes it to get high. I sports all of my life (up till the colliegate level) because I loved the HIGH (rush) that you get when you suceed. Scoring a touchdown, hitting a triple....these are all ways of exciting our conscious beings. You think Lance armstrong went through all of what he did just to get the trophys?! Hell no....he got a physical rush from accomplishing these feats.

If you look at society, most people do something in order to stimulate themselves (get high in a way). When the stimulus for you to feel good starts to have negative personal and societal implications then it must be looked at carefully and somehow regulated. As far as I have known the only societal problems that arise from MJ is from its imposed illegality which raises all kinds of societal problems, some taking generations to possibly resolve and return to status quo.

Like anything else in this world, MJ should be regulated to an extent. Children should not be given free reign on open cannabis use as they are not mental formed yet. They are learning abstract thought processes and the ability to make rational decisions. In an optimal situation, they would have nothing clouding there development, but thats not real; life and kids will be just like adults.....finding ways to, in essence, get "high" and relieve some of the stresses that this human enviroment throws upon us.



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Without going into a 5 page discertation let me just make this point. Some of us in society think "people just smoke pot to get high...". Some do and some smoke it for it's medicinal purposes, but what does it matter if someone smokes it to get high. I played sports all of my life (up till the colliegate level) because I loved the HIGH (rush) that you get when you suceed. Scoring a touchdown, hitting a triple....these are all ways of exciting our conscious beings. You think Lance armstrong went through all of what he did just to get the trophys?! Hell no....he got a physical rush from accomplishing these feats.

If you look at society, most people do something in order to stimulate themselves (get high in a way). Mountain climbers, sky divers, extreme sking etc are all done in order to feel that rush. The problem is when the stimulus for you to feel good starts to have negative personal and societal implications then it must be looked at carefully and somehow regulated. Even athletes who will win at all costs...this is just as destructive as some drugs. As far as I have known the only societal problems that arise from MJ is from its imposed illegality which raises all kinds of societal problems, some taking generations to possibly resolve and return to status quo.

Like anything else in this world, MJ should be regulated to an extent. Children should not be given free reign on open cannabis use as they are not mentally formed yet. They are learning abstract thought processes and the ability to make rational decisions. In an optimal enviroment they would have nothing clouding there development, but thats not real; life and kids will be just like adults.....finding ways to, in essence, get "high" and relieve some of the stresses that this human enviroment throws upon us.

As far as lethargy at work.....that could very well be an issue in an industrial/capitalistic society such as ours. I have to ask though.....where are you going? Do we need to work like mice or monkeys? Whether your religous or not.....did god lay a prerequisite that you had to work like animals in order to suceed? IMHO....we are all destined to be recycled. Enjoy life while your here because before you know it its all gone.