Why do people act like it's harmless?

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Perhaps it's effects are lighter then the others, but smoking pot isn't harmless.Its destroyed allot of peoples lives, and has been proven so. Why are there still people out there including my ex, who's saying there are no bad side effects.

Because there really isnt. lol

There's plenty of people, some people it has no effect on, but others it can really effect. I know some of my friends started smoking pot and their life went down the toilet.Their grades dropped quite a bit, they became self righteous, and impressed with themselves. They became poor. And most annoyingly, they decided all of a sudden they were geniuses. It also still can tar up your lungs.

There's lots.

The biggest killer I've seen in my friends is a major loss in motivation. These guys do nothing, have earned nothing and won't achieve anything, unless they change their ways.

Of course these are gram a day smokers.

Breathing air is also not harmless.

What's your point?

I guess it depends on the person. Im a pretty healthy person. Almost never sick. I also have a scholarship and not in any danger of losing it and i smoke 3-5 times daily.

3-5 times daily??? Rather hard to believe, but I guess if you build an immunity.....

Rather hard to believeWhile 3-5 times a day is pretty excessive, it's not all too difficult to believe.It also depends on what he means by 3-5 times. If he means 3-5 blunts/joints, then I can easily see that happening.

I'm sure it's possible, people do build immunities, which is why some people can get drunk off their ass the first time barely drinking it, then later, it takes more.It annoys me hearing "I'm so much better off now that I started smoking it, remember when I was depressed and miserable." It's like umm yeah I still deal with it every day when you're not fucked up =/It's killed off my friends ability to tell that they're miserable either way.I suppose you can argue if they're miserable either why does it matter but still, one issues at a time.

It's wrong if people expect their problems to get bette rwhen they smoke.But just to escape from all the things that bother you from day to day, is that so bad?

Actually I've come to find it's a really bad thing, I use to do that, and I could do it without pot or alcohol.But shit built up and got bad. and eventually I couldn't do it anymore, getting stuff that messed with my body to make me feel better to ignore a problem that won't go away by ignoring just doesn't work in the end.It's better to move on or resolve the problem. And doing it from day to day is bad too. At least in my opinion, if it's just getting to be to much to take over an extended period of time, I understand needing someway to escape.But doing it daily isn't going to get you anywhere. And in allot of peoples cases, tracking backwards.You can only hide from reality for so long, and what's gonna happen when it finds you? Are you going to let it destroy you?

But just to escape from all the things that bother you from day to day, is that so bad? Like Fallen said, using to escape does nothing to resolve the cause. In the long run, resolving the casue is better than masking it.

Nah, blunts take too much marijuana. I smoke out of pipes. I probably pack it about 2 times when i smoke. And thats what i mean when i smoke 3-5 times. Every time I smoke, i pack it twice. I dont even do it to get away from my problems. I love my life, well, except for the lack of women in it. lol.

You guys must've not read what I said.

> getting stuff that messed with my body to make me feel better to ignore a problem that won't go away by ignoring just doesn't work in the end.

> using to escape does nothing to resolve the cause

> resolving the casue is better than masking it.

Ok, now look what I said in my last post:
> It's wrong if people expect their problems to get bette rwhen they smoke.

Something about that statement that is unlcear? Let me know, I'll clear it up.

Ironically, Fallen actually agreed with me when he said this:
> At least in my opinion, if it's just getting to be to much to take over an extended period of time, I understand needing someway to escape.

The people whose lives are destroyed by pot smoking is either because their life was already on shaky grounds or, quite simply and quite commonly with most drugs including alcohol, through excessive use.
I'm a regular pot smoker and many of my friends are too but I limit myself to weekends or social events, just as I do with alcohol. Most of my friends are the same altho some of them light up whenever they feel that it is ok for them to do so. Has it ruined their lives? No, they are smart people who know better than to get baked off their faces when work needs to be done. These people come from lots of different backgrounds, most of them pretty shitty, but they do well in college and don't show any signs of dropping.
Pot smoking only requires a little common sense.
As for physical damage, yes smoking pot can cause lung problems, but unlike tobacco smoking, the damage is restricted to the larger parts of the lungs where it is more easily treatable. There has never been a reported case of death or cancer as a result of smoking pot, except for accidental injury.

Be quiet, bob, they don't want to ehar that. They'd rather live in their ignorant world where pot makes you insane and kills people!

what does LTTA stand for??

Let's try this againWhy?

Originally Posted By: RadecklIt's the safest bet to never use artificial means to gain happiness. Then never watch a movie or listen to music. These are artificial stimuli intended to alter your emotional state. Bambi will make some people cry and not others. Problem is, you don't know which one you are before you start watching.

Here's one of my favourite scenes from a rather crap-ish movie. LINK