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HiPointDem

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21. what does chemo have to do with smoking pot? kids aren't smoking pot because they have
Fri May 4, 2012, 02:08 PM
May 2012

cancer, or for any health benefits, they're smoking it for the stupidest of reasons -- because their peers do.

the poster is right -- inhaling smoke is unlikely to be good for you whether it's tobacco smoke or marijuana smoke.

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
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