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randome

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28. Culture doesn't have to make sense.

Reply to Kalidurga (Reply #26)

Fri May 4, 2012, 03:39 PM

May 2012

I hear what you're saying, though. There is no doubt that marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco. But smoking it still puts smoke into your lungs and that's not a good thing.

Alcohol and tobacco were accepted and widely used by Western civilization before pot became widely used. That's the only 'rationale' for why two of those are 'accepted' and the other is not.

As for being a natural weed, well, yeah, but picking a weed out of the ground, sticking it between your lips and lighting it on fire is probably not as Nature intended.

And yes, I know that marijuana can be baked into foods. But it seems that most people prefer the smoked delivery method.

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Drug Fans: More Teens Smoke Weed Than Cigarettes; The War On Drugs Has Failed [View all] xchrom May 2012 OP

I'd call that a major success, actually. Tobacco is the worst drug. More addictive than heroin leveymg May 2012 #1

Why would pot put beer makers out of business? sufrommich May 2012 #4

Cheap beer and fortified malt liquor, anyway. leveymg May 2012 #9

Olde English 800? dionysus May 2012 #10

Go for the Gusto! Also, sales of really cheap "wine" are endangered - Mad Dog 20/20 . . . leveymg May 2012 #12

thats kid stuff.. try Cisco or Wild Irish Rose... dionysus May 2012 #13

Was WIRred once or twice as a stupid teen, but CISCO is an unknown to me (as a drink, not a tech co) leveymg May 2012 #14

Cisco tastes like cough medicine mixed with grain alcohol.... dionysus May 2012 #18

**** 4 Stars. leveymg May 2012 #22

Oh my God,the iconic bottle from my youth. sufrommich May 2012 #15

You must've hung out in the same grave yard we did. leveymg May 2012 #16

boones is like a fine wine compared to MD 20/20... dionysus May 2012 #17

On the other hand, the war on tobacco is going better than expected. Erose999 May 2012 #2

My 3 kids are in High school here in Central Florida. trumad May 2012 #3

I refuse to believe your kids are in high school Robb May 2012 #6

LOL...when I started posting here--- they were in 1st grade and Kindergarten. trumad May 2012 #7

Cigarettes are expensive and difficult to get. n/t LeftinOH May 2012 #5

This may prove fredamae May 2012 #8

Someone beat me to it... Kalidurga May 2012 #11

Marijuana has 400 chemicals, the last I read about it. randome May 2012 #19

thanks, once again for the opportunity to bring up the fact that there are safe delivery methods. uncle ray May 2012 #20

what does chemo have to do with smoking pot? kids aren't smoking pot because they have HiPointDem May 2012 #21

I am not advocating that people should smoke marijuana Kalidurga May 2012 #26

Culture doesn't have to make sense. randome May 2012 #28

Marijuana opens the airways while cigarettes constrict them Nikia May 2012 #29

So making cigarettes legal but regulated makes it harder for kids to get them 4th law of robotics May 2012 #23

High taxes on tobacco and high profile campaigns against the health effects... randome May 2012 #24

Teenagers don't really care about health effects 4th law of robotics May 2012 #25

The new TV ads about people losing limbs because of circulatory problems associated with smoking... randome May 2012 #27

Perhaps, but those ads came *after* smoking became uncool and lost mainstream support 4th law of robotics May 2012 #30