I may not have as much scientific knowledge as some do, but I have personal experience.  If you want to put those in different categories then go right ahead.

I'm pretty much done talking about this now, it's the same tired debate and I'm not passionate enough about it to keep defending it.  I do it, and that's my choice.  I am neither proud nor ashamed of it.

It will be won 6-5 by one side or the other.

LongHairedLady said, "I have BIG a problem with people that don't do it, or have only done it a few times talking like they know about it."

Why?

I think LongHairedLady (LHL) is equating experience with scientific knowledge. You can have smoked pot your entire life and be extremely experienced and still have no knowledge of what the stuff does to you (other than make you stoned).

And vice versa.

In the days when ...]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:38:48 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/page-2/#p65570 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/page-2/#p65570

unknown said
Yeah, I got that you were agreeing with me on the addictive part, I was just using that as an example. 

If somebody says something, it's implied that it's that person's opinion; there is no need to say "I think," or "in my opinion" everytime I say something. Doing that would come off as infantile, which is why I don't do that. 

Allright Allright, so in my opinion that's not infantile.  

If somebody says something, it's implied that it's that person's opinion; there is no need to say "I think," or "in my opinion" everytime I say something. Doing that would come off as infantile, which is why I don't do that. 

LongHairedLady said

Yeah... have to disagree on many points here.  I've drank, and I have smoked..  lots.  Drinking doesn't alter your brain like marijuana, really?  I'm sorry to sound pretentious here, but I have BIG a problem with people that don't do it, or have only done it a few times talking like they know about it.  Sorry, but if you haven't, then you really have no idea.  

If somebody has one beer, then for many people, no. I'm not talking people who drink to get drunk, if I was, then I wouldn't have said that. Alcohol causes way more ...]]> Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:25:21 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65565 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65565

unknown said
People who say marijuana is not addictive is wrong, you can get addicted to anything, like I used to be addicted to sunflower seeds. I would literally eat them all day long and skip breakfast, lunch, and dinner, have sunflower seed instead. I still love them, but if I eat too much of them now I get massive stomach aches. 

I don't think marijuana should be legalized, and there is a difference between alcohol being legal and if marijuana were to be. The big one is that if marijuana were to be legalized, there would be no way in making ...]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:44:03 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65549 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65549 People who say marijuana is not addictive is wrong, you can get addicted to anything, like I used to be addicted to sunflower seeds. I would literally eat them all day long and skip breakfast, lunch, and dinner, have sunflower seed instead. I still love them, but if I eat too much of them now I get massive stomach aches. 

I don't think marijuana should be legalized, and there is a difference between alcohol being legal and if marijuana were to be. The big one is that if marijuana were to be legalized, there would be no way in making sure people don't drive ...]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:57:46 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65543 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65543 My older sister used to tease me and my friends in highs-school.  Every time we got together she'd call it a "pop and chip party" just because we were all straight.  We had a great time, didn't need drugs or drinks!  

Egroeg Evoli said
Hi everyone. As of now, my plan is to be drug-free, cigarette-free, and alcohol-free. Call me a goody-goody. I don't mind.

SatanHimself said

There's nothing wrong with saying 'no'.  It'll be an individual choice that you'll have to make, and your friends and peers won't make it any easier.  But if you do keep straight-edge, you'll certainly save a lot of money and your body will thank you for it as well.

Except for the pot, I don't smoke cigarets or drink.  I tried cigarets, but it wasn't for me and drinking never appealed to me.  While you ...]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:04:18 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65527 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65527

Egroeg Evoli said
Hi everyone. As of now, my plan is to be drug-free, cigarette-free, and alcohol-free. Call me a goody-goody. I don't mind.

There's nothing wrong with saying 'no'.  It'll be an individual choice that you'll have to make, and your friends and peers won't make it any easier.  But if you do keep straight-edge, you'll certainly save a lot of money and your body will thank you for it as well.

Egroeg Evoli said
Hi everyone. As of now, my plan is to be drug-free, cigarette-free, and alcohol-free. Call me a goody-goody. I don't mind.

That's not goody-goody, there's nothing wrong with that!   I definitely do not advocate people that don't smoke pot to start.  To me it's about people that already do it, people that have been smoking it for years and are going to smoke it whether it's legal or not.  I smoked cigarettes from 19 (legal age in Canada) to 26.  Basically I felt like shite for 7 years.    Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:00:25 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65517 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/drugs-beatles-music-legalization/#p65517 Hi everyone. As of now, my plan is to be drug-free, cigarette-free, and alcohol-free. Call me a goody-goody. I don't mind.