>>>Yeah his argument is that those are legal. Funny because the entire point of my original post was that the fact weed being illegal creates more problems than it solves and this panel wrote a 24 page report on it. I still don't know if he read it cause no comment on the contents of the report.
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>>the problem with these so-called studies, is that I can refute it with one that I find that supports my conclusions.
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>>http://www.nj.com/newark/davidkerr/index.ssf/2009/06/new_convincing_evidence_from_r.html
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>>I have lived this personally. My oldest son was hooked on MJ from about 13 yo on. He's 35 today and has never held a serious job, most jobs last about 1-3 weeks until he can't do it anymore becuase of the stress of working. Yet he smokes pot constantly and tells me that it has no effect on him. He can't think, can't function, can't hold a job but the MJ has no effect.
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>>He and a friend, while living with me ran out of weed. they asked me if I knew anyone that could get them some. I don't and told them so. They said they'd go to Walmart and find someone. Within about an hour they were back home having located someone to provide them MJ. My question to them is that if MJ has no effect on a person, how'd you pick out the one that could sell it to you? Of course, I got a blank stare and no response.
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>>So preach on about the non effect of smoking. I can spot a pot-smoker from just the way he talks and acts. I work with several people who wondered how I know they smoke. Its so easy to spot them if they are heavy users like my son, who smokes about every 60-90 mins all day long, not recreational once a month types.
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>John, you're making a point I don't contest and missing my point entirely.
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>I never said mj had no effect on the smoker.
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>The point is that making pot illegal has failed. It's still readily available to anyone who wants it by your own admission. Furthermore the criminilization of possession only serves to cost tax payers billions of dollars. I'm tired of paying to prosecute and jail mj offenders. It doesn't accomplish a damn thing except wasting tax dollars!

The only contribution I would make to this discussion is that I would much rather see those same tax dollars go towards education and structured rehabs in every locale...