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Marijuana: Facts, Myths, and plain old Stupidity.

Cyrone Torbin said:
Agreed with this post. Smoking weed is definitely a potential hazard. You bring up a good point though. Alcohol has a test to see how drunk a person is. Too my knowledge, no such test is available for weed. Your friend must have been pretty stoned too, or he is just the kind of dude who spaces out hard.
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My experience was similar to his though different. I was riding with a friend who was stoned (as was I). He actually fell asleep while driving and we would have has a major accident had I not woken him up in time to miss it. I don't believe he would have fallen asleep if he was not stoned, it was not all that late.

However it is also my experience that most people who drive stoned drive slow and paranoid. Which to me means they are far less likely to have serious accidents than somebody who is drunk.

Driving while on drugs or alcohol is stupid and dangerous. But of all the drugs available Mj is much better than alcohol, pain pills, texting, or a lot of other legal drugs.
 
I agree completely with Nate. The evils of marijuana have been greatly exaggerated because of politics. People in power are making lots of money keeping it illegal. Yes, it is a drug but not a dangerous one. Its effects are insidious and regular heavy use can lead to a psychological dependency that will rob a person of initiative and can consume a person, but moderate use is not harmful. Like Nate said you don't want to be operating heavy machinery while using it, though small amounts don't affect driving as much as equally small amounts of alcohol do.

What people haven't touched on is Medical Marijuana. There is a ton of scientific research that shows the curative powers of marijuana. I suggest people watch the following video, "What If Canabis Cured Cancer," narrated by Peter Coyote. I think they took it off the free sites, but it is available if you join one of the movie sites. It goes into the four cannabanoids and their ability to cure disease and ease pain, especially with regard to cancer. Very interesting film.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Your friend must have been pretty stoned too, or he is just the kind of dude who spaces out hard.
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Well, neither one of us had much experince with weed at the time. One of the biggest differences between pot and alcohol impairment is the tolerance factor, IMO. People who smoke pot daily build up a tolerance, and aren't nearly as likely to be as impaired as someone who doesn't use much. Not quite the same with alcohol. Yes, you can build a tolerance to booze in the sense that your body will let you drink more, but the level of impairment does not diminish with someone who uses regularly like it does with pot.
 
freakazoid said:
Well, neither one of us had much experince with weed at the time. One of the biggest differences between pot and alcohol impairment is the tolerance factor, IMO. People who smoke pot daily build up a tolerance, and aren't nearly as likely to be as impaired as someone who doesn't use much. Not quite the same with alcohol. Yes, you can build a tolerance to booze in the sense that your body will let you drink more, but the level of impairment does not diminish with someone who uses regularly like it does with pot.
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Very true. Not wise to do anything like that under drug use, especially if its your first time with it.
 
GVC said:
Never heard of BC bud? Not much money to be made in Western Canada selling weed.
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Well the dude said Western Canada was like a 'sheltered Amish village.' I've never been there, but if it's true I'd be all too happy to liberate Western Canada at 60 dollars a head, plenty more liberation where that came from, tell a friend.
 
billyshelby said:
Well the dude said Western Canada was like a 'sheltered Amish village.' I've never been there, but if it's true I'd be all too happy to liberate Western Canada at 60 dollars a head, plenty more liberation where that came from, tell a friend.
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Ya well, lots of Mormons up in Alberta, but plenty of cheap weed from west of the Alberta-BC border. Much more money to be made selling weed in the States. Hell, in parts of Quebec, you can find weed (outdoor grown) for as little as $100/oz. (with per pound prices even lower). I never succumbed to the temptation of buying in bulk and trucking it down to NYC. Some do, of course, and with the right contacts, make a bundle.
 
GVC said:
Ya well, lots of Mormons up in Alberta, but plenty of cheap weed from west of the Alberta-BC border. Much more money to be made selling weed in the States. Hell, in parts of Quebec, you can find weed (outdoor grown) for as little as $100/oz. (with per pound prices even lower). I never succumbed to the temptation of buying in bulk and trucking it down to NYC. Some do, of course, and with the right contacts, make a bundle.
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You can get mid-grade stuff in Utah for $100/oz.
 
GVC said:
I find that very hard to believe.
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You opinion of what mid-grade is might make the difference here, but I'm not talking about brick weed. I guess it also matters who you know...
 
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