Hi
kiwiman127
1. robbing someone and killing them "is still worse" than just robbing them.
but that doesn't mean I want to promote one more than the other!
Abusing either alcohol or other drugs is equally bad and addictive.
Why can't anyone admit that?
The problem I see is there is a lot MORE awareness that alcohol has addictions and dangers
so FEWER people are in denial about this and people TRUST people to handle that
since there is GENERAL AWARENESS.
The OPPOSITE is going on with marijuana -- there is such DENIAL of addictions and abuse,
people making excuses, trying to argue to DEFEND use, that it is HURTING your argument.
It makes people fear even MORE that people are being IRRESPONSIBLE about it.
So if you REALLY wanted to be respected equally, you would do as MUCH support
as possible to ADDRESS the issues of pot abuse and addiction TO SHOW RESPONSIBILITY.
Then maybe more people would trust you and other advocates.
The same with the backlash against prochoice and progay.
As long as people DENY the problems and dangers with abortion, then prochoice is fought against as IRRESPONSIBLE.
As long as people DENY that homosexual orientation has changed for some people, then progay rights are rejected, too.
2. Also
kiwiman127 especially for marijuana advocates pushing medicinal benefits,
I challenge you to promote EQUAL support and research for spiritual healing as a NATURAL cure for multiple diseases, as well as for healing the causes of addiction and abuses including BOTH alcohol and pot and other drugs. If this is denied, then it looks irresponsible.
That's another way to change the image of medical research that appears biased by political pot agenda.
If the SAME people pushing for medical marijuana ACKNOWLEDGED addiction and abuse issues
and DIDN'T want to deny or skirt those, then wouldn't you promote natural cures to PREVENT addiction and abuses?
For example, if you really want to sell guns, you would support proper gun training and safety so these don't become dangerous. Where is the advocacy to PREVENT the abuse of something you want to legalize so much?
Don't potheads claim that pot makes you more aware and 8 creases the ability to make sound judgments? Pot never caused any harm or hurt anyone.
Yeah. Right.
And get ready for more stories like this, once pot is legalized in more and more states, which will make the availability skyrocket.
Seems to me I have heard/seen reports of parents going into a bar and leaving their child in a hot car with the windows up.
But booze is OK, right? I think you seriously need to educate yourself on how many deaths have been alcohol related versus pot. It's not even close
Don't potheads claim that pot makes you more aware and 8 creases the ability to make sound judgments? Pot never caused any harm or hurt anyone.
Yeah. Right.
And get ready for more stories like this, once pot is legalized in more and more states, which will make the availability skyrocket.
Seems to me I have heard/seen reports of parents going into a bar and leaving their child in a hot car with the windows up.
But booze is OK, right? I think you seriously need to educate yourself on how many deaths have been alcohol related versus pot. It's not even close
Christ you guys are a broken record.
Prove me wrong. You can't. It's a very well known fact that alcohol related deaths are much more higher than pot. Alcohol has a much greater negative effect on the human body.
Here's an interesting article and you can be sure it's not marijuana friendly.
Busting The Myth Marijuana is Harmless
According to Freedom of Information requests submitted by the group ProCon.org, from 1997 to 2005 the Food and Drug Administration recorded 279 deaths to which marijuana contributed. 187 of these deaths were listed as being directly related to the use of the cannabis plant itself.
These people may not have died from a marijuana overdose, but if they had not used marijuana, they might still be alive today.
Some doctors have also stated they believe the actual number of marijuana-related deaths is probably much higher because marijuana is often dismissed as a cause of death due to its “harmless” reputation, the appearance of other substances in the deceased’s toxicology reports, or routine omissions in coroners’ reports.
This assessment was substantiated by an estimate published on ProCon.org linking marijuana to as many as 296 preventable deaths in the year 1990 alone.
Marijuana Causes Strokes and Deaths
A 2004 report in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics examined three case studies in which otherwise-healthy adolescent boys were admitted to hospitals due to strokes following heavy marijuana use.
The study concluded that smoking an amount of marijuana to which the user was unaccustomed (i.e. going on a marijuana “binge”) could cause a drop in blood pressure, which in turn leads to a very uncommon type of stroke known as a cerebellar infarction.
These three case studies were backed up by additional case studies illustrating similar principles, going back to the 1980s:
Family Council Busting The Myth Marijuana is Harmless
Now compare the numbers.
True, many, many more people drink than smoke pot but even if it was equal numbers alcohol is still much more dangerous. As I said earlier, it's not even close.
I didn't even bring up the violent crimes committed under the influence of alcohol. Pot rarely induces violence because of it's sedating effect.