Reply #43

In the discussion thread: Great Non-Medical Reasons To Legalize Weed [View all]

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 01:25 PM

FrodosPet (1,019 posts)

43. Thats's EXACTLY what I am doing

Weed isn't the problem. Me buying and smoking it is the problem. Along with many other problems. So my theory is, if I quit smoking weed, I will have more time and money and energy and focus to clean up my credit and get a better, less stressful job.

If MJ works for you, no negative effects, your life is awesome, fantastic! But why do you have to trash my attempt to reach out to others like myself, to offer a chance to open our minds to the possibility that our individual lives MIGHT be adversely affected by marijuana consumption?

Is pot more important than people?

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78 replies	Author	Time	Post
Great Non-Medical Reasons To Legalize Weed [View all]	kpete	Jun 2012	OP
Great reason to NOT smoke weed even if legal?	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#1
FrodosPet	kpete	Jun 2012	#2
Unfortunately not	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#4
Why would anyone take advice from someone who describes himself as "stuck in a rut"?	Romulox	Jun 2012	#6
Because they might want to avoid ending up like me?	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#8
Logic problem: I have already avoided ending up like you.	Romulox	Jun 2012	#10
Congratulations!	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#12
You miss my point. Moobs come from poor diet and lack of exercise. Now that you're "clean",	Romulox	Jun 2012	#17
Yes. There are plenty of people who use marijuana responsibly.	phleshdef	Jun 2012	#29
I smoked for 42 years while holding down a job	madokie	Jun 2012	#32
Perhaps if you had been able to by pot at reasonable prices you wouldn't have blown all your money.	Ganja Ninja	Jun 2012	#50
Maybe this will help	lame54	Jun 2012	#22
Where do these authoritarians come from, and why are they attracted to DU???	Romulox	Jun 2012	#3
I come from looking at an eviction notice	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#5
Well, my mortgage is paid. Perhaps there's something else going on here.	Romulox	Jun 2012	#7
OK. Sorry. YOU can maintain, so EVERYONE can maintain!	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#9
Just like you can't, so you want to punish everyone else.	Romulox	Jun 2012	#11
FrodosPet	kpete	Jun 2012	#13
Thank you.	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#15
I'm convinced there are folks who just can't do it, like alcoholics	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#16
Vicodin is an opiate--narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant	Romulox	Jun 2012	#18
This is true. You aren't physically addicted.	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#19
Marijuana doesn't give you ESP. You talk about what is on your mind; you don't know me. nt	Romulox	Jun 2012	#23
That's fine. I've just met too many people whose habit has consumed their life	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#20
Facts matter. Anybody who lectures on this subject needs to understand the basics. nt	Romulox	Jun 2012	#24
You seem to be the only one lecturing nt	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#27
You compared pot smokers to "those who get hooked on Vicodin." It's a basic misunderstanding	Romulox	Jun 2012	#28
I was making a comparison to other legal substances	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#30
Both the substances you cited have been proven to be physically addictive. Marijuana has not.	Romulox	Jun 2012	#31
If you look at my posts, I've never once said its addictive	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#33
Your debate, it would seem, is with the peer-reviewed science of the matter. nt	Romulox	Jun 2012	#34
Nope. Its not. Any habit that's fucking up your life should be stopped	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#36
I think one of the main reasons pot is illegal is that it may expand one's vision of a life well	Romulox	Jun 2012	#39
You know, I've told my story on DU several times and why I take this position	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#64
Peace and blessings to your husband	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#65
Without some kind of empirical fact to back it up, it's impossible to put anecdotes like yours in	Romulox	Jun 2012	#67
Yes, facts DO matter!	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#37
Your over-riding thesis seems to be that your life is a mess. We can't help you here.	Romulox	Jun 2012	#40
I sincerely hope my series of responses to you wasn't cruel. However, I will NOT enable "magical	Romulox	Jun 2012	#68
Well, I am an agnostic non-supernaturalist, so magic is not a thing for me.	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#70
"Magical thinking" refers not to religion, but to the cognitive crutches	Romulox	Jun 2012	#71
Once upon a time, I could run for MILES	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#73
so don't smoke if it affects you that way, good grief	shanti	Jun 2012	#44
Normal?	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#75
booze is legal, should we ban it because some people are drunks?	dionysus	Jun 2012	#47
Of course not.	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#57
stop blaming the pot	Viva_La_Revolution	Jun 2012	#26
So you realize it's yourself that's the problem and not the pot?	EOTE	Jun 2012	#72
I'm sorry Frodospet. My nephew could be your twin	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#14
some people just have	shanti	Jun 2012	#45
For some people though, weed is the problem thing.	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#46
The point is if weed did not exist, it would be alcohol	jeff47	Jun 2012	#51
I've never been to AA. Is it massive guilt tripping?	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#55
It's all about how you are utterly powerless	jeff47	Jun 2012	#58
booze does (more like, can do) the same thing... of course SOME people	dionysus	Jun 2012	#48
Agreed on all points.	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#52
Funny thing, that. I smoked weed all through college and wound up a veterinarian with my own	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#35
Thats's EXACTLY what I am doing	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#43
you seem to be conflating your issue with other people...	dionysus	Jun 2012	#49
OK, I surrender!	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#60
I have reason to wonder about the actual truth of your situation.	kestrel91316	Jun 2012	#59
You caught me!	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#61
good luck ... hope you can get it under control	ThomThom	Jun 2012	#77
Thank you!	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#78
I am glad you were able to increase your happiness and better yourself. nt	ZombieHorde	Jun 2012	#38
I haven't YET	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#62
Many people can't or shouldn't use and that can be applied to anything, You're not the first	Egalitarian Thug	Jun 2012	#41
Both	FrodosPet	Jun 2012	#63
I am sorry to hear it has been a burden for you.	raouldukelives	Jun 2012	#42
tell it to michael phelps..	frylock	Jun 2012	#54
My daughter's friend	revolution breeze	Jun 2012	#56
Must every one of these conversations devolve into statistical outliers?	RadiationTherapy	Jun 2012	#21
Or some self-righteous self-help session, for that matter... nt	Romulox	Jun 2012	#25
I recced this thread old friend. Cannabis is unique-worthy of distinction.	bobthedrummer	Jun 2012	#53
I grow my own	sorefeet	Jun 2012	#66
"To call sensi a 'drug' is very absurd. It should be known as a natural herb..."	Romulox	Jun 2012	#69
what happened to all the replies??	shanti	Jun 2012	#74
Motivation	mick063	Jun 2012	#76

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