Is marijuana harmless?

[hblair]

It came up recently in court testimony that the parents of a San Diego girl who was kidnapped and murdered had been smoking marijuana the night their daughter dissapeared. They didn't notice her gone til the next day.

Here's the story. Is it responsible to smoke marijuana while you are at home looking after your children? Doesn't it make you less sharp mentally?

Comments?

[mason22]

not if you share with your kids

[straffo]

they were out of alcool ?

[Udie]

Originally posted by hblair
It came up recently in court testimony that the parents of a San Diego girl who was kidnapped and murdered had been smoking marijuana the night their daughter dissapeared. They didn't notice her gone til the next day.

Here's the story. Is it responsible to smoke marijuana while you are at home looking after your children? Doesn't it make you less sharp mentally?

Comments?

 Some people it makes dumber than a bowl of rocks others it helps stimulate thought.  Some it makes tired, some it make hyper (it is a stimulant).  It looks to me like these people had a sicko neighbor who is now busted. I've heard the anti-potters say that it's the parents fault that their child got kidnapped. Hmmm I wonder if they would have heard him breakin if they were sober?  My guess is probobly not, the stuff doesn't effect hearing that I know of.  Also in terms of marijuana, I've had emergencies hit while I was under the influence.  I've always tripped out at how fast the mind comes back and the buzz goes away.  There's a saying for it "buzzkill"   What about the mom going out to bars and drinking?  


 The sad trueth is that they had a freaking demented neighbor who kidnapped and killed their little girl (allegedly).  He did it, not them.  He's responsible, not them, not pot, not booze.   Could the parents have done more?  I think that's up to them to decide, which I'm sure they will.

[Swoop]

Depends how shrecked you get on it.


It's like alcohol:   Do ya have a little drinky every night or do ya get rolling-on-the-floor-blind-drunk every night?


Personally I see nothing wrong with moderate (albeit almost constant) use of marijuana.  When the lads are over it's a good excuse to get completely toasted until ya cant even remember your name.......in which case ya really shouldn't be doing stuff like driving / looking after kids / talking to policemen.


Is it ok to have a beer when the kids are around?  Yup.
Is it ok to get blind drunk when the kids are around?  Nope.

Is it ok to have a joint or two when the kids are around?  Prolly.
Is it ok to get so toasted ya cant even stand up when the kids are around?   Nope.

There's degrees to everything.  How shrecked do *you* get after one joint?   And how big was the joint?

[Elfenwolf]

Pot is absolutely harmless. Anyone who could somehow conclude that this little girl was murdered because her parents got stoned is almost as pathetic as anyone who wants to turn this tragedy into an anti-pot statement.

[Ripsnort]

Moderation is the key to ANYTHING you do in your life.

[AKSWulfe]

Or they used it as a scapegoat.

Either way, this would of been no different than if the parents were drinking.
-SW

[Swoop]

I wouldnt say it's harmless.



I went to college with a guy who used to roll massive joints, light it, take a sniff of the end (NOTE:  Not a drag of the joint....a SNIFF of the burning end of it) and pass it on.  After 2 or 3 of these (1 sniff per joint only) he'd be so stoned he couldnt walk / speak / focus.........the guy had such a low tollerance he could get whacked off of a blim.........lucky bastard.  

But I certainly wouldnt trust him to look after my kids (if I had any) after a joint.

And there's more to consider.......


What were they smokin?



I mean a light, Morrocan Goldseal hash makes me all hyper, chatty and quick thinking.  Purple Haze turns me into a zombie with no capacity for independant thought.

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by Swoop
he'd be so stoned he couldnt walk / speak / focus......
 

Ive never tried the stuff myself, and I never will. But I have to ask, is this what you want to achieve? Heck when I'm piss drunk I cant walk either, but at least it has taken me a good couple of hours of alcoholic beverage-fun to get there.

I just dont get it I suppose.

[Swoop]

Originally posted by Hortlund


But I have to ask, is this what you want to achieve?

All depends who you ask.  


For me personally?  Nope.  The desired effect to is expand the mind not to subdue it into submission.  

Some people do though......but I daresay they'd be alcoholics if they weren't stoners.

[Wlfgng]

Pot is not harmless.
it isn't dangerous as a drug IMO, but it has many of the same toxins as cigarettes.

and it does make you lazy and forgetfull.. but that's about it.

It sounds like a scapegoat in this case.

[AKSWulfe]

Actually, if you smoke a joint you're enhaling the same amount of toxins/carcinogens as a pack of smokes.

Although I don't think this should even come into question, whether someone wants to destroy their body or not is none of anyone's damn business. They still sell packs of smokes and advertise the hell out of 'em, don't they?

Under the influence, it does make you lazy and forgetful... but how forgetful depends on your priorities.

Obviously, watching their kid was not one of their priorities.
-SW

[Elfenwolf]

The best way to get high is to feed your pot to a cow and then drink its milk. Not only are you building strong teeth and bones, but you'll get wasted too.

Personally I've graduated from pot onto ice cream. I eat it as fast as I can to induce a massive brain freeze. What a rush!!!!

[Wlfgng]

wanted to add but skwulfe beat me to it

as for comparissons.. alcohol is much more dangerous than pot.
impairs judgement more severly etc.

so to say pot is harmless isn't true.. but it's not as bad as a lot of other 'legal' things.

and besides, at least one gets a buzz from pot..
what do you get from ciggies?  bad breath/cancer... 'bout it.