Cannabis smoking 'permanently lowers IQ'

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Since you only use 10% of your brain anyway, why not burn out the other 90%?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What is safer?

1 beer or 1 glass of wine in moderation, sure.

But other than that, nothing.

Religion. Get high on Jesus.

Are you advocating that we make all substances that are bad for you illegal? Or just the ones you don't like? Smoke free zones make sense because second hand smoke affects bystanders. Keeping marijuana illegal makes no sense, regardless of any negative consequences since we don't regulate or outlaw alcohol, for example, which by far, has done more harm to more people's health, adding substantial costs to healthcare every year. You should visit your local hospital's ICU unit and see how many people are on life support for weeks on end because of alcohol consumption. Stop vilifying marijuana as if it is any more dangerous, because it isn't even close to alcohol.

Legalizing marijuana just to dumb down a larger and larger portion of the population so that they will vote more commies into office? Nice try Mao.

[Darnell 8,479]

8 points? I blame it on the food intake.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Deal: Fake marijuana use rising, connected to death, violence and "bodily harm"

Evidence supports Deal’s claim that use of the drug has "dramatically increased," as has synthetic marijuana-related "bodily harm." Some evidence suggests that deaths have risen, too.

The link between the drug and violence is less clear. News accounts suggest there is an increase in both, but we found so few cases it’s hard to tell.

Deal’s statement could use clarification. Still, it earns a Mostly True.

http://www.politifact.com/georgia/statements/2012/apr/09/nathan-deal/deal-fake-marijuana-use-rising-connected-death-vio/

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

2001 Total Deaths: 2,416,425

Cannabis "Related" Deaths: 138

http://www.briancbennett.com/charts/death/01pot-related.htm

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Legalizing marijuana just to dumb down a larger and larger portion of the population so that they will vote more commies into office? Nice try Mao.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Most people know that alcohol can cause problems. But how many realize that 10 percent of all deaths in the United States - including half of all homicides and at least one quarter of all suicides - are related to alcohol? The economic cost to the nation exceeds $100 billion a year. At least 13,000,000 Americans, about one out of 10, are alcoholic - the personal cost to them and their families is incalculable.

http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/deadly-persuasion-7-myths-alcohol-advertisers-want-you-believe

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/deadly-persuasion-7-myths-alcohol-advertisers-want-you-believe

Alcohol bad. Bad alcohol!

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Alcohol bad. Bad alcohol!

Moderation in all things.

ETA: I thought you quit drinking years ago?

Edited August 30, 2012 by Commie Appeaser

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Moderation in all things.

ETA: I thought you quit drinking years ago?

I imbibe occasionally, especially with Mexican food. Marriage will do that to you.

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

Hey Commie, what you gonna do when your little boy comes home with a couple blunts in his back pack? Sit down and smoke it with him?

[Ban Hammer 13,558]

Moderation in all things.

you rang?

[Pinocchio Liberal 268]

you rang?

[Dakine10 5,452]

Since you only use 10% of your brain anyway, why not burn out the other 90%?

Unfortunately you don't get to select which brain cells die. What if you burn out the 10% you are actually using?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Unfortunately you don't get to select which brain cells die. What if you burn out the 10% you are actually using?

I forget.