Originally Posted by Toy Soldier (Post 9429411)

I honestly reckon there must be drugs in the WIND today, every thread has gone bonkers.

Kizzy... the point was that she knows people with complicated jobs who smoke weed (evenings and weekends I assume, not in the office :hehe: ), and smoking weed doesn't affect their ability to do their job during the day, thus anecdotally demonstrating that smoking weed doesn't necessarily damage people psychologically or reduce their brain function.

It has nothing to do with the job itself somehow reducing the side effects of the drug :think:. No one said that, anywhere. I assume it was the example used because it's the example she knows of people who need to "use their brains a lot". Likewise, I could use the example of having known a lot of students who smoked all through University and still came out with good / 1st class degrees.

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 9429182)

YOu see your sig, Vicky? That is the best forum name anyone has ever had in the history of the Internet. Miss Kitty Fantastico....

Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 9429191)

It's also the best quote. Michelle :love:

Originally Posted by Vicky. (Post 9429226)

Yup. Michelle is amazing in every way :laugh:

Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 9429534)

But the quote beneath it is clearly much better and made by a superior member of the forum? :hee:

Aww, thank you ladies.

Originally Posted by Livia (Post 9429537)

Marshy, your magnificence goes without saying x

Originally Posted by Dezzy (Post 9430896)

I've never smoked it but I think it's ridiculous that it's criminalised. There is literally no real argument for making it an illegal substance.

It poses no health risks (tainted strains can cause some mental issues but that wouldn't be an issue if they legalised it) and it's far better for your health than alcohol or cigarettes, both of which can kill. People smoking weed are generally more agreeable and less likely to cause issues than a drunk person would and if they legalised it, it would probably bring in more tax money than cigarettes would plus regulations when it comes to growing weed to be sold would likely solve issues involving the previously mentioned tainted strains that you can get if you buy it off a dealer.

It's long past due for it to be decriminalised.

Originally Posted by letmein (Post 9430938)

It doesn't have to be tainted to trigger schizophrenia. It does mess with the brain. People need to be careful. However, filling up prisons with people over smoking pot is ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Kizzy (Post 9429179)

If you drink with it it will mess you up, friends at school called it 'throwing a whitey'. I don't get why being a professional would make it less likely if smoked for years to have any adverse affects either :/

Originally Posted by Redway (Post 9431065)

So throwing a whitey's justification for locking up peeps who fancied a high?

Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 9431120)

I really don't think that was what Kizzy said. :unsure:

Originally Posted by Adam. (Post 9431300)

I think i like it better when it is illegal

Originally Posted by Redway (Post 9431065)

So throwing a whitey's justification for locking up peeps who fancied a high?

Originally Posted by Redway (Post 9431181)

Obviously not directly but I know kizzy's part of the anti-weed squad. The thing about these arguments against legalising weed is that most of them are rooted in personal bias and subjectivity. It's one thing to not rate drugs as a person but that doesn't hold water when it comes to debating its legality.