don't know what to think

Plan9FromAuburn · Post by **Plan9FromAuburn** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:48 pm

i just saw something on the good ole tv that made me wonder. it was the anti-pot commercial where the girl is flat and her friend is talking about how much fun she was before she started smoking pot, followed by............a friggin budweiser commercial! i...uh...well...i think i just had a stroke. just remember kids, if you smoke pot your friends will hate you, but if you drink beer everyone will love you. please drink responsibly.

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:02 am

Seriously, beer not only makes you attractive; it also makes you tougher! Pot on the other hand only leads to homosexual activity and heroin.

^the above statement is filled with sarcasm

=^-..-^= · Post by **=^-..-^=** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:06 pm

Beer drinkers vote;

Pot smokers don't.

Until that changes,

You'll have stuff like this . . . .

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:37 pm

Everyone knows that driving while you're high is more dangerous than driving with a Keith Richards-like BAC.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:24 pm

BEER!

Helping ugly people have sex for decades

:drinking:

Plan9FromAuburn · Post by **Plan9FromAuburn** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:02 pm

my favorite was........
"Marijuana...At Least It's Not Crack!"

Plan9FromAuburn · Post by **Plan9FromAuburn** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:15 pm

i really just don't get it. i am from an alcoholic family, my grandfather drank himself to death before he was 50 and he had 8 sons, all of whom are alcoholics/recovering alcoholics. i know the effects of being the child of an alcoholic and i grew up with a kid who's parents were pot heads. while my dad was binging or drying out, depending on what mood he was in, my friends parents were....just cool. i had to have my entire elbow joint reconstructed after a drunk driving accident, caused by my father, while the worst thing to happen in my friends house was that they ate all the cheetos. i guess i'm just disappointed in the population for not recognizing that pot just causes lethargic behavior, while the list of negatives caused by alcohol is endless. please don't get me wrong, i am not anti-alcohol, i don't drink myself, but i don't mind being around people that do. i just wish people would see the truth about both marijuana and alcohol.

Oliver's Army · Post by **Oliver's Army** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:23 pm

Booze is legal, socially acceptable in most cases, and is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Until they are legislated NOT to advertise they are going to continue to do so.

Weed is neither legal or widely socially accepted. Except for a few extreme left groups, you are NEVER going to see ANY politician make ANY moves toward social legalization or decriminalization.

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:30 pm

Except for a few extreme left groups, you are NEVER going to see ANY politician make ANY moves toward social legalization or decriminalization.

...unless making money is involved. Then maybe someone will decide to change their tune.

=^-..-^= · Post by **=^-..-^=** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:17 pm

Oliver's Army wrote:Booze is legal, socially acceptable in most cases, and is a multi-billion dollar industry.

Until they are legislated NOT to advertise they are going to continue to do so.

Weed is neither legal or widely socially accepted. Except for a few extreme left groups, you are NEVER going to see ANY politician make ANY moves toward social legalization or decriminalization.

I was looking on the net for the median age of pot users. One site said 16 (which I think is low), and another said 23 (which I think is a little high). Most sites said it drops dramatically aftter age 25. (Child-bearing age.)

This puts the top of your curve at about 18-20, with a standard deviation of maybe 2-3 years. That puts about half the pot smokers below voting age, and a majority of the rest in the largest demographic segment of the population that doesn't vote. By the time they get older and politically active, they have kids that they don't want using drugs.

That, plus the median age of congresspersons is about 57, means that pot will stay illegal. Yes, it is hypocritical that alcohol is socially acceptable while weed isn't, and it is stupid to fill prisons with weed users. I still don't want to get on an airliner whose pilot has blazed within the last 48 hours.

My students are always saying weed should be legalized. I always point out if it was, it STILL would be illegal for kids of high skool age to use it, just like alcohol.