🏈 Mystery surrounds Ole Miss LB Nkemdiche, report has him in ICU

[Snout Spout]

Legalize the real stuff that never hurt anybody. Instead people on this spice crap, meth, heroin, even alcohol etc. All bad stuff that messes up people's lives.

 

[alabama mike]

This is not about football to me, I just want the young man to get his life in order IF it is a drug problem.

 

[BamaFan334]

Legalize the real stuff that never hurt anybody. Instead people on this spice crap, meth, heroin, even alcohol etc. All bad stuff that messes up people's lives.

Never hurt anybody? I'll have to see some statistics proving that.

 

[Max]

Never hurt anybody? I'll have to see some statistics proving that.

here the conversation goes downhill with people splitting hairs

 

[BamaFan334]

here the conversation goes downhill with people splitting hairs

Splitting hairs? How is that splitting hairs? Something tells me we're not talking about one or two people, I'm sure the numbers are rather large.

 

[UAgrad93]

I see where this is going. Is weed a "gateway" drug or not? Is it a problem? I would say that the answers vary from individual to individual probably because of their moral and mental makeup. On one hand, you have the person that used to take a toke in HS on the weekends and still does it today as a 40ish year old man that is productive in society. On the other hand, you have the guy that tried it and liked the effects. He then went back again and the guy he bought from said, "hey, if you like that so much, try this!" Mentally, this second person isn't strong enough to fight the urge to try it and becomes addicted to this drug. He is then constantly on the chase of that next "high" or the bigger and better one. He loses any and every job. He robs and steals just to catch that next fix.
I have seen it firsthand. Friends that I went to HS with that took these roads. One guy didn't take another toke after HS. Another has fallen on hard times due to his addiction. Losing his job, wife, etc. all for the "buzz". I have even had some of my former students to go these paths.

 

[rick4bama]

The first time I smell the real stuff, I was riding a bus at Ft. Dix, NJ. I can tell you I have never tried it, but being around folks that did while I was with them I guest I did. I think the one reason I never try it, was I never smoked. I had friends while in the army that just didn't stop at weeds, also did coke. You want to get your friend mad at you, I had guard duty one night and let him and another use my car. The next day I get in it, to go home, get home reach down to pick up a paper bag and under it was a hand full of weed. Well I did the next best thing I toss it. My daughter ride it that car. That what I told him when I told him I toss a hand full of his stuff away. Yes, He was piss at me but I didn't care. That when I also found out he was using coke.

 

[planomateo]

Check this US Government patent, filed in 1999.

Patent US6630507 - Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants

Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants
US 6630507 B1
ABSTRACT
Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention. A particular disclosed class of cannabinoids useful as neuroprotective antioxidants is formula (I) wherein the R group is independently selected from the group consisting of H, CH3, and COCH3.

 

[rueben]

Weed is not the "gateway" drug. Alcohol is.

 

[TerryP]

@BamaFan334 Someone said something about splitting hairs earlier ... here's a case example.

Weed is not the "gateway" drug.

True. But with a huge caveat!

Smokin' isn't going to make a person suddenly think, desire, crave ... you pick the word ... to pick up another drug. Things like Cocaine addiction have nothing to do with the use of marijuana.

However.

People who are buying weed are far more likely to run across people selling other drugs. It's very accurate to say smokin' can lead to easier access.

It's led me to hate the word "gateway." It's too ambiguous.

 

[im4uainva]

All of these postsf about weed are good to discuss, we should discuss more, but...what about Nkemdiche?

Roll Tide! Beat CSU!

 

[AirForceBamaFan]

That's messed up.

Even with the proximity to the base here I don't see much of it floating around the bars.

Where is your bar Terry P?

 

[TerryP]

Where is your bar Terry P?

10 minutes or so from Joint Base Charleston, half of a mile or so from the main gate of Naval Weapons ... I see A LOT of NNPTC personnel.

 

[Snout Spout]

@BamaFan334 Someone said something about splitting hairs earlier ... here's a case example.




True. But with a huge caveat!

Smokin' isn't going to make a person suddenly think, desire, crave ... you pick the word ... to pick up another drug. Things like Cocaine addiction have nothing to do with the use of marijuana.

However.

People who are buying weed are far more likely to run across people selling other drugs. It's very accurate to say smokin' can lead to easier access.

It's led me to hate the word "gateway." It's too ambiguous.

By that reasoning, if they were buying it from a legal business, like in OR.WA/CO, etc. they're not running into someone selling hard drugs, like they would be in Alabama. That seems like an argument for legalization to me.

 

[TerryP]

y that reasoning, if they were buying it from a legal business, like in OR.WA/CO, etc. they're not running into someone selling hard drugs, like they would be in Alabama. That seems like an argument for legalization to me.

The likelihood is diminished with a lot of things once they are in a controlled environment.

I believe it's a solid argument for legalization for recreational use.

Earlier, the small bit @planomateo posted ...

I'm a FIRM believer in it being legalized for medical use ... I see its benefits, first hand, several times a week.

 

[im4uainva]

Thread hijacked! Don't bogart!

Roll Tide!
Beat CSU!

 

[RollllTide!]

Sorry all of you but why or what is a good argument for using any drugs but good ole alcohol. Those other numbing items are all illegal and will mess you up either way with your mind or if you get caught, your record. I have known guys that use weed or coke and their long term productivity and rational articulate thinking is not very good. I can't judge others but my experience has not been a good one. Just drink alcohol. Remember Beer on whisky is mighty risky. Whisky on beer never fear.

 

[Snout Spout]

Sorry all of you but why or what is a good argument for using any drugs but good ole alcohol. Those other numbing items are all illegal and will mess you up either way with your mind or if you get caught, your record. I have known guys that use weed or coke and their long term productivity and rational articulate thinking is not very good. I can't judge others but my experience has not been a good one. Just drink alcohol. Remember Beer on whisky is mighty risky. Whisky on beer never fear.

"Good ole alcohol" kills way more people than weed, be it through drunken driving, alcohol-induced violence, or the ravages of the alcohol itself upon the body.

 

[Sgt. Lincoln Osiris]

"Good ole alcohol" kills way more people than weed, be it through drunken driving, alcohol-induced violence, or the ravages of the alcohol itself upon the body.

This, x1,000,000,000

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[RollllTide!]

"Good ole alcohol" kills way more people than weed, be it through drunken driving, alcohol-induced violence, or the ravages of the alcohol itself upon the body.

What does killing people have to do with it. Way more people use alcohol vs weed. your a pot calling the kettle black. Any substance like alcohol or weed used in extreme will hurt you.