i'm fricken out of it

[A Black Falcon]

Look at what is being discussed in this thread, OB1. It's pretty simple. Consistent topic. So when you say that it is clearly going to be in reference to the topic at hand, right?

Alcohol isn't as dangerous as cigarettes.. unless you get behind the wheel.

Cigarettes are far more addictive, and harmful to your body. You're literally killing yourself each time you take a puff. I've read before that you lose 10 minutes of your life each cigarette. Not sure how they came to that figure, but it's thought provoking.

Wheras a glass of wine a day is good for you. Go figure.

Right. Alchohol is definitely bad when abused, but in moderation it is not. While cigarettes are bad in any quantity.

As for how successful banning cigarettes would be, yeah, it wouldn't be very successful. Think of that more as an ideal than as something that is actually viable...


Oh yeah, and hemp farming is totally different. Normal hemp has almost no quantity of drug in it, so greatly restricting that is somewhat silly... I don't think you can get very high off hemp. :)

The gateway drug theory, for instance, is complete bullshit. Many prohibition advocates reason that many hard-drug users "started" with marijuana. On the other hand, if you look at statistics, you'll find that a vast majority of people who have tried marijuana do not move onto harder drugs. I'll find figures, if you want them.

But still, I'd bet that most people who did move on to harder drugs started with soft stuff like marijuana. Would legalizing it cut that back? I really don't know. Maybe (if you arugement is that it would reduce their contact with criminals and thus reduce amount of hard drugs available), or maybe not (if the arguement is that trying some drugs will make people want to try harder stuff).

Sound like sensible policy to you?

We have to try, so yes.

My point is that marijuana is no more harmful than alcohol, and it's therefore pointless it keep it illegal. What makes you think it's so much worse? D.A.R.E? Perhaps other groups that sensationalize it's adverse effects, implying that by doing so much as taking a puff will make a person instantly hooked and become a lazy, apathetic loser? Not everything you hear about marijuana is true. Don't get me wrong - much like alcohol, it isn't harmless and certainly has the potential to be abused. However, much of the dangers of marijuana you hear from government programs and some of the media are greatly exaggerated.

Marijuana is just about as bad as cigarettes. Re: my opinion on the legality of cigarettes.