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Hamlette

(15,556 posts)
9. Thanks WillT
Mon Jan 20, 2014, 10:27 PM
Jan 2014

that's what I was trying to say.

I was so pissed I couldn't even talk.

Especially when they went off on "all we know is anecdotal evidence" Yeah, and I have some of my own. There was a huge group of us in law school who smoked everyday. And ALL of us are upstanding, successful people, not all rich mind you, most of us when into public service, legal services, public defenders but we are NOT lazy and we did not lack ambition. We just wanted our lives to mean something besides saving some insurance company some money. And none of us hippies turned to harder drugs (yeah, we tried 'em all).

I'm sure it would be hard to watch a family member hit bottom and it might provide you with comfort to say it was all because of pot but it wasn't. It was because that person had "issues" and most of us do not.

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you want I should kick your venting ass, Hamlette? Skittles Jan 2014 #1
all but the 50 pounds I gained while giving up everything else! Hamlette Jan 2014 #6
Playing the piano really, really fast and raping white women is just the beginning DefenseLawyer Jan 2014 #2
i saw that. it was reefer madness 2014. spanone Jan 2014 #3
to Tweety, Kennedy, and Nancy Grace napkinz Jan 2014 #4
then and now napkinz Jan 2014 #5
I'm So Fucking Tired Of Those Who Succumb To Their Own Demon's And Addictions... WillyT Jan 2014 #7
Thanks WillT Hamlette Jan 2014 #9
k&r... spanone Jan 2014 #10
That's what I thought when he gave that same spiel on Bill Maher. Blue_In_AK Jan 2014 #12
I saw the interview, but do think the Kennedys babylonsister Jan 2014 #8
Of course. Patrick Kennedy's IQ has dropped so much he can't think intelligently. valerief Jan 2014 #11
That is the biggest problem for him on this. Brain not working. TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #13
some things pay well RainDog Jan 2014 #16
Might be it or he might be a dry drunk on crusade. Either way he needs a steaming hot TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #18
you mean this? RainDog Jan 2014 #19
That's the one! TheKentuckian Jan 2014 #27
I think that the Kennedy IQ deficit is largely genetic FarCenter Jan 2014 #14
Really - two addicts should decide for everybody? polichick Jan 2014 #15
The Rat Park Experiment delrem Jan 2014 #17
The pot in 2014 is not the pot of your day. former9thward Jan 2014 #20
You can most certainly use N CA's finest every day and get through work and thrive. DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2014 #21
I see daily smokers also. former9thward Jan 2014 #22
Of course... Buddyblazon Jan 2014 #25
It's not at all hard to do with today's strains. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2014 #23
The OP did not say that. former9thward Jan 2014 #24
That doesn't mean you have to consume.. Buddyblazon Jan 2014 #26
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