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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:19 AM Original message |
What do you tell a 13-year-old about marijuana? |
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Zywiec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. The Pot Paradox |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. . |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. Tell him it's a mood altering drug |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Good answer. |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. just about the perfect answer... n/t |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
61. Well said - nt |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
71. Good job. I'd add that for most people it tends to take away ones motivation to excel. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #71 |
79. Bzzt! Reefer Madness alert |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #79 |
87. Nothing. I smoked pot for years and know how it causes most people to be satisfied |
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ContinentalOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #87 |
92. That depends on what you smoke. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #87 |
96. Think I'll smoke gospel instead |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:17 PM Response to Reply #96 |
201. okay wiseguy! Actually, as I posted just below you, I am not religious. Don't belong to a religion |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #201 |
208. Amen |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #87 |
138. It's no bigger crutch than religion |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #138 |
200. I'm not the least bit religious. LOL! |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #200 |
254. I didn't imply you were. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #200 |
301. Yet you quote scripture in your sig line.... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #87 |
157. So can alcohol, video games, church |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:29 PM Response to Reply #87 |
218. I'm a patient. My doctors found it improved my eyes and keep me from getting glaucoma. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:01 PM Response to Reply #87 |
267. LOL! |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #79 |
275. What's wrong with this picture is that it's complete bullshit. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #71 |
123. Carl Sagan was a pothead. It obviously wrecked his career. |
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Beam Me Up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #71 |
141. Another bullshit meme that keeps getting spread. |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #141 |
203. exactly |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:44 AM Response to Reply #141 |
289. bravo! on the money!!!!! |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #71 |
217. FALSE. Only heavy indica users who are already amotivational. |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:02 PM Response to Reply #71 |
268. That's horseshit! I know plenty of smokers of all types... |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #71 |
272. That is total fucking bullshit! |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #71 |
284. Wrong, He's the norm |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:43 AM Response to Reply #71 |
293. Totally wrong............ |
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Threedifferentones (820 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
91. If only that were how our legal system dealt with the issue |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
122. the health issues are that they could be using it for depression, asthma and other serious problems |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
134. Comparing it to alchohol might not be a good idea. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #134 |
151. I cosnider the lack of control, part of the health risks |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #134 |
219. HAHAHAHAHAHA! BULLSHIT. There is NO weed as strong as LSD. NONE. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
137. could you elaborate on the negative effects on health? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #137 |
147. Well you can start with the fact that you are using a product |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #147 |
166. Not exactly facts |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #166 |
167. If you want to believe that marijuana is some sort of miracle drug |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:30 PM Response to Reply #167 |
181. I never claimed to believe it was a miracle drug or anythig else |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #181 |
198. you won't get any facts backing up that posters' claims.... |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #198 |
253. I know |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #167 |
221. There is zero evidence that it is dangerous. You certainly have offered none. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #167 |
265. It is exactly that.. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #166 |
269. I know a guy that got convicted of vehicular homicide. He ran over someone while high. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #269 |
277. okay, Now I've heard of one. And he did this while hign on pot only |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #277 |
291. Just smoking pot, that's the only thing he tested positive for. |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #291 |
295. That's no proof............. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #295 |
302. That's proof that he hadn't taken anything else. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:17 AM Response to Reply #269 |
285. Going 5 mph will kill someone? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:40 AM Response to Reply #285 |
292. Running someone over with a 3,000 lbs vehicle at any speed will likely hurt or kill them. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #292 |
299. It the driver keeps going |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #299 |
303. I don't understand your point. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:44 AM Response to Reply #303 |
309. That it is really, really rare for MJ users to kill anyone while driving |
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Jeep789 (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:22 AM Response to Reply #269 |
288. Any proof that it was actually because he was high? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #288 |
294. The same could be said of every drunk driving case. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #269 |
312. News link? -nt |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:40 PM Response to Reply #147 |
220. Those aren't facts. Those are assertions that MAY be true. Sometimes. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #147 |
266. Oh bullshit! |
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Seldona (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
180. Exactly what I told my kids. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
216. There are no health issues -- except that it improves health. |
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Stargazer09 (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
257. That's exactly what I told my sons! |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #2 |
276. That's what we've told our kids. nt |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Generally non-addictive but people start habits with it out of convinience. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. that smoking can kill |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. But those BROWNIES are SO GOOD, Gertrude! |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
139. That brings up a funny memory. In the 70's even my parents were trying |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. I LOVE IT!!!! |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #144 |
279. I just remember that they never told my grandparents and let them |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:31 AM Response to Reply #279 |
282. I wish I'd tried it on my Mother. (She passed on in September.) |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #5 |
116. Smoking mary jane helps people with lung problems |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
222. Untrue. POT DOES NOT CAUSE LUNG CANCER. It SHRINKS tumors. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
286. OR they should use a vaporizer n/t |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. This might be the hardest discussion of the day! I didn't when my sons were 13 and |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I feel very similarly about it. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
223. You didn't lie to them, but DARE sure did. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #223 |
244. I'm not keen on that whole program |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Only Buy from a Friend? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. That raises the point, that there is no control or regulation |
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Scout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
199. there's some more bullshit |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
212. You're certainly skewering some sacred cows... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #212 |
224. Well, pot exists. Gods don't. Pot heals people. There's no evidence religion does. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 08:05 AM Response to Reply #224 |
290. Methinks you missed the point |
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dendrobium (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
246. Some people really LOVE their ganja! |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
8. Tell the truth |
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grannie4peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:30 AM Original message |
not always- |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
17. I was being fatecious. OP should tell 13 year old about medicinal maryjane too |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
9. Well, it's illegal in most states... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. People always stress the risks and dangers of drugs when talking to kids about them. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Yep! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #21 |
49. I don't think any responsible parent can advise a kid... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Of course. |
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wovenpaint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #21 |
57. You answered your question |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #57 |
63. I wouldn't. I leave that entirely up to her. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
73. you may have been "over-stimulated" but most often the thoughts you were having were |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #73 |
213. We used to tape record our Indian circles in high school... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
227. Uh, you have no idea what he was thinking. Carl Sagan had some genius thoughts while smoking. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #227 |
306. Well, what that comes down to is... |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #73 |
271. Lame! |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
148. kids are going to do what they want to do depsite what we tell them |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
150. here's what I've told my 16 yr old |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
247. Well, perhaps your hesitation comes from her age. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:45 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Maybe it makes some people lazy and stupid.. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #36 |
48. Links are not evidence. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #48 |
69. Yes, in that particular defendant. |
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uncle ray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #48 |
77. i'm reminded of a story posted a day or two ago |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #77 |
89. An expert still needs a foundation for his testimony. |
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snort (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
160. when is my psychotic episode due? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #160 |
164. This guy did it every waking minute for three months. nt |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #164 |
168. He was already nuts. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #168 |
174. I guess I should believe you... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #174 |
177. Or you can try to find reports of numerous psychotic potheads running around. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:22 PM Response to Reply #177 |
178. How do you know they are never sober? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #178 |
184. How do you know that they DO become psychotic? |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #184 |
189. I am not relying on the case. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #189 |
191. "Heavy, long term use can cause psychosis." |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #191 |
192. He slept. I'm not suggesting he was awake for three months. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:28 PM Response to Reply #192 |
193. I didn't say you suggested that. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #193 |
195. I'm done battling wits with an unarmed man. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #195 |
206. I'm done arguing with an ignoramus who can't back up his BS. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:54 PM Response to Reply #195 |
207. Project much? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #195 |
229. You just lost the argument -- which is fitting, because you never proved your allegation. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #178 |
228. Because it's a LIE. |
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snort (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #164 |
169. I've done that easy. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #169 |
176. And you base these suppositions on what? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #48 |
104. The DEA is not a reliable source for anything! They are lying thugs! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. You're misrepresenting what I wrote. nt |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #109 |
121. You wrote that the DEA "are as reliable of a source as anyone." |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #121 |
126. With a vested interest in anti-pot propaganda. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #121 |
145. It causes paranoia too... |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #145 |
209. You know that it ain't paranoia if they really are out to get you, right? |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #48 |
107. Of course links can be evidence.. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #107 |
110. Links lead to more websites with more claims... |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #110 |
119. Bingo! |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #119 |
143. The thing about a bullshit filter... |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #143 |
196. Actually, I don't catch your drift at all.. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #119 |
230. Clearly, the download is stuck. |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #107 |
173. Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #173 |
190. Put that in your bong and smoke it, Partnership for a Drug Free America |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #173 |
231. Oh, you and your DOCUMENTED FACTS! |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #36 |
187. People who are lazy and stupid are going to be that way anyway, I think. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
67. 40-year heavy pot smoker here and I have not gotten "psychotic" |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #67 |
90. See my other responses. nt |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
233. You mean your other bullshit responses wherein you make unsupported assertions... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
95. Funny how that "Reefer Madness" bullshit still holds sway for many |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #95 |
130. exactly |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #130 |
161. That example nails it tho! Indoctrination/brainwashing isn't contingent upon intelligence |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
226. Where do I start when debunking the bullshit? NO IT DOES NOT. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
11. I don't have kids, but if I did I would say something like.. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. It depends. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:35 AM Response to Reply #12 |
23. family addiction history is something kids NEED to know about |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Also any history |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
234. They are risk of using them. Pot does not cause the psychosis, however. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #234 |
256. I've been reading |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #30 |
250. Agreed here as well. nt |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
249. Very good answer |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:46 PM Response to Reply #249 |
262. Family history |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #262 |
263. Yes. Those/these years are definitely hard ones in that way |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
13. Already had this conversation |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Excellent post. |
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NOW tense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
14. Pot is illegal. With all illegal things |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
146. This is what I have focused on with my teens and with addictions |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
15. Tell them that it could get them arrested, and ruin their future. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
16. It's safer than cigarettes and alcohol. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. We pretty much used NJMaverick's argument upthread when we had this talk. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
19. that it's an artificial high |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. thats not likely to be duplicated in any non-artificial way. |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #32 |
113. I will contest that .. |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #113 |
127. I'll call you fortunate! |
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TheCoxwain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #127 |
152. I dont know what kind of meditation it was .. |
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lurky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
20. Don't exaggerate how bad it is. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
235. Once again, no, it does not cause psychosis. Correlation is not causation. |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
22. Careful: This could happen |
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droidamus2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
24. Another point |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
26. Depends on the individuals involved, context, maturity, etc |
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dkofos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
31. Don't tell him/her anything. Make it a knowlege project. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
236. With all due respect, that's an awful suggestion. It may lead to the kind of "reefer madness"... |
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Alcibiades (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
33. You don't have to tell a 13 year old anything |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
34. No kind of smoke is good for your lungs. |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
108. Smoking is good for some people's lungs... |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. another story |
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dendrobium (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #112 |
264. Doctors in Jamaica have done research on this. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #108 |
125. I have severe asthma... |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #108 |
158. I don't doubt the medicinal properties of the marijuana itself |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
237. Again, false. Pot smoke is a bronchial dilator, the opposite of tobacco smoke. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
35. Material Girl is 11 and I started out with the statement it is illegal. |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
37. Stay outta my stash! |
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Wickerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
39. It can screw up your student aid should you want help to go to college |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. wow -- this is something I *didn't* know! |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #39 |
307. Thanks! I printed that out and it is going on the counter.Sometimes it's better to |
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walkaway (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
40. I was a very stressed out kid until I smoked my first joint. |
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eagertolearn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
308. I have been truthful with my teens but I also tell them that the times |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
41. we have been talking about it a couple years, means my 11 yr old is ahead of 13 yr old in ways |
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bobbert (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
42. There's a time and place for everything, and that's called college |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. eh, I'd be happy if my kids waited until senior year to try it. That's when I did..not at 13 though. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
44. Not sure. Since it's legal for medical use in my state, I will mention that, but only for adults. |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
47. "Don't Bogart that Joint" |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. (*_*) |
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seemslikeadream (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
50. The truth |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
51. I would tell them the truth. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:11 AM Response to Reply #51 |
55. If it's "absolutely" harmless, then why are other opinions necessary? |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #55 |
72. Aren't there other ways to consume it rather than "smoking"? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #55 |
238. And yet again, another myth about pot. You are wrong. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:12 PM Response to Reply #238 |
273. Horseshit |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. Indeed. One needs to be wary of some of those varying opinions, especially the ones.... |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
54. tough call. i smoked for the first time when i was 12. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
58. The worst thing to say is nothing. It opens the child up to a bigger and worse world that pot |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
59. It's for losers but mostly harmless |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Wow, guess I must know a lot of "losers." |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Losers like Carl Sagan. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #59 |
76. Winners drink! |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #59 |
80. see, i dont teach my children with anything to qualify all of a person as loser |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #59 |
88. ill be sure to tell |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #88 |
98. That, however, is somewhat aligned w/that posters snide perception of "losers" |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #59 |
128. It's for losers? |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #59 |
132. Ok, Rush. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #59 |
240. Fuck you. I'm quite successful, with many friends. |
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benld74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
60. Well I did in the past, BUT,,, |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #60 |
64. Could you please source that? Just curious |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #60 |
78. You'll need to back up that statement with links. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #78 |
102. Exactly my point n/t |
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Fireweed247 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #60 |
118. that is bullshit propaganda |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #60 |
129. Really now? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #60 |
241. Fucking BULLSHIT. There are no such studies. Stop lying. |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
65. The one that doesn't kill is illegal? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. It's the perfect allegory for how America is centered around mass delusion/adherence to illusion |
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ogneopasno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
66. I talk about how it's illegal, and that there are decisions and things that people can do and |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
68. Tell her/him it is against the law.... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
75. Smoking pot is an albatross. It can open doors in our conscious mind but those same doors |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. The albatross |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. it doesn't matter how an individual defines excellence. Pot has one chasing butterflies |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #83 |
93. Me, I enjoy "chasing butterflies" while I'm simultaneously "accomplishing something." |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #83 |
103. Each person's experience with pot is different. I've known people |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #83 |
117. Do you listen to music? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #83 |
245. Man, that Carl Sagan never accomplished a thing! |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #83 |
297. I guess my clean house, successful vegetable garden |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:10 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. For some 'outside the box' simply does not exist - or worse, shouldn't exist |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
225. That's just plain silly. I'll be 60 in November, I started smoking pot 43 years ago. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #225 |
251. Hear hear, SW. It's certainly helping my writing career! |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #251 |
258. Wow. Ya know -- it's like the battle between the "straights" and the "freaks" is still raging. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #258 |
260. And like always, we have the facts and they have the fear. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #75 |
243. More ignorant bullshit. I doubt you ever really smoked. |
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clu (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
81. if they really want to party |
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freedom_to_think (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
85. When you are smoking a joint in front of them |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
86. what would you tell them about cigarettes and alcohol? n.t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:33 PM Response to Reply #86 |
252. That unlike pot, those DO kill people. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
94. well, i know what my husband would say..... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
97. It's too bad that most parents don't teach their kids how to moderately partake of intoxicants. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. So, the real "problem" then is that perhaps not everyone is geared to $ucceed in corporate culture? |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #99 |
105. If I had a kid I'd want him to "succeed" at least enough so that... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #105 |
115. What I'm getting at is that there are many varied approaches to living, and what defines "success." |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #115 |
135. "tailoring one's life to be a more valuable cog in the corporate machinery... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #135 |
159. I quit high school and have never once regretted it, so chances are that if my daughter .... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #159 |
170. Did you smoke when you were still in school, and if so, did getting high... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #170 |
171. I began smoking weed before age 10, but it was my interest in music and existential philosophy... |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #171 |
175. A couple more questions. (Thanks for replying.) |
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azmouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
100. I'd tell them it's not necessary for a happy life. |
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Neoma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
101. Show him the movie Reefer Madness. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
106. That the gov't, your teachers, and the TV are LYING to you about it. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
111. You Tell Them You Love Them |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
114. tell them it can alter mood and to be careful not to be caught smoking it because |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
120. Just show him this clip: |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. And since the state realizes the want will never be quelled, it would seem the motive is.... |
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trudyco (975 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
131. Good Question - I need help in this department.. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
133. Know your source, and avoid the stuff that may have been sprayed w/ paraquat |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
136. I would ask him if he has high expectations for his future |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:38 PM Response to Reply #136 |
255. Yeah, be sure to tell the kid what failures Carl Sagan and George Washington were. |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
140. Don't hog the joint? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
142. The first thing you must tell them is ... |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
149. How about... |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
153. To talk to their parents, not me! |
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bamacrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
154. Tell them ... |
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roughsatori (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
155. Tell them it is a GATEWAY DRUG!!! |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
156. "It's about the same as alcohol, yet it's illegal." |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:07 PM Original message |
I think the important thing is to make clear that it's illegal |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
162. I think the important thing is to make clear that it's illegal |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
163. Back in the 1980s, I told my then 13 year old son the following: |
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snort (132 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
165. I'm so glad my kids are in college |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
172. Same thing you tell them about whiskey, vodka, and grain alcohol. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #172 |
259. Except that medical science shows pot IS good for you. |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #259 |
296. I meant smoking it. n/t |
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Dukkha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
179. that drugs are bad. m'kay? |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #179 |
211. "There's a time and a place for everything, and it's called college." |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
182. Don't do it. It's illegal. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
183. Tell him it makes video games seem like you're actually IN them. n/t |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
185. There's a time and place for everything...Don't get caught with it. Buy only locally grown from |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:43 PM Response to Reply #185 |
261. Grass was fantastic! Great recommendation! |
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rcrush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
186. What do you tell him about alchohol or cigarettes? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
188. Wait until you're older, kid |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
194. "How can a weed be illegal?" asked my ten year old |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
197. Give that here! |
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plum eggplant (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
202. I would tell any tween or teen that pot, like all intoxicants, is something |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
204. Tell him too much pot can make him blind |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
205. Tell them to use flavored blunts |
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BalancedGoat (255 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
210. This letter is a great example in my opinion. |
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freedom_to_think (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
214. Tell them the truth |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
215. The truth -- that it's a medically-proven beneficial herb. |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
232. Tell them how you feel about pot. Your children will get many |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
239. First, I always told my kids that while their brains were still developing, it wasn't a good idea |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
242. We were always pretty upfront - though that's fairly easy |
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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
248. One thing to add -- tell him his brain is still developing, physically, until about age 20 |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
270. Tell him it's a crutch for the weak. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #270 |
300. Like shopping, or "careerism," or "working out" is |
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varelse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
274. I'd be the one asking questions |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
278. As father of 3 teens ... |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 02:33 AM Response to Reply #278 |
283. and one of those negative impacts could be the inability to get |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
280. "That Seventies Show" |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
281. That they can't have any until they are 18. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 05:08 AM Response to Original message |
287. Just be honest and use common sense |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
298. Vermont has the largest "ounces" ever. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
304. That it could cut down on opthamologist's bills. |
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marano35 (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-27-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
305. When you get 18..... |
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datasuspect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
310. puff, puff, pass |
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JFKfanforever (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-28-09 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
311. You tell him/her, "Just say 'Wait!' " |
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