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Pot
7/11/2007 at 12:15 AM
I am all about free choice and I personally never said anyone is suddenly a criminal if they smoke, the laws have a call on that. Everyone has a right to choose their lifestyles and I respect that choice as there are good people who like to smoke.
Definition of an addition: 'Wanting to stop a habit but cannot.' There are plenty of casual smokers but ALSO the extreme smokers who will cheat, lie, sell and steal for it and cannot function without. That is when it crosses the line, especially if other people's lives are sadly effected over someone else's choice of habit, whatever it may be.
To say everyone who smokes pot is 'bad' is not correct in my views. Unfortantly some really do take it too far at the cost of themselves and others.
As of inhaling being the only health risk, that is not fact. It also effects functioning, thinking, perception - do some research, unfortantly it doesn't make some relaxed at all. No two persons obviously react the same to pot or any other substance.
Go by the actual researched facts, education is not ignorance. As for 'every young person selling drugs' that stereotype is farfetched alright. Also everyone who DOESN'T smoke pot is not ignorant or think its a horrid drug. Each scenerio is different!
As I said everyone has a choice. They can choose to smoke as often as they wish, not smoke, or move to Amsterdam.