[TheRightWay]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

More pothead rants

[Spike.]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

I simply rebuked you for your lying and support of the devil's weed.
Just because I talk to you doesn't mean I approve of your depraved lifestyle.. I don't.

Well,it seemed like we were friends up untill this....I dont approve of your lifestyle but I still like you as a person



The life you lead is despicable, but I hope and pray that talking to you will make you realize that too:
And make you change.. into finally accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour of course.
I dont think my life is so bad,I havent killed anyone.I dont break any of the major sins(theres like 9 isnt there)


Good. There's yet a little bit of hope for you then..
Atleast you're not a homersexual or an anti-gun hatemonger.
Always a start... HERE HERE!



That would be "spiritual side" as in satan..
Cause that's what weed does, it opens you up to demonic influence.

Nah,lest it never did for me.I always saw things in a good light after smoking.

Well, you were most certainly upset about it.
And I answered why in that thread.
Srry its kinda hard to show emotions when you type then.


No.. Weed may have some "medicinal" uses, yes. But medicine is of the devil!
Prayer and annointing of oil is how you heal the sick, not by using modern witchcraft.

So oil can heal the blind and cure polio.Ill be your friend,you seem to take your job for real and I respect that,your also doing good as a person,but comon man back in the 15 century we were pretty screwed as a race back when medicine was thought of like this(catholic ruled all).We couldnt study anotomy or anything like that....when we did though we learned so much.Witchcraft it may be but it is for the good of mankind.Embrace it because december 23,2012 you can kiss it goodbye for good.


Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church;
And let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
James 5:14



I did, back in my unsaved days..
And I'm telling you, weed is a tool of the devil!

Nah man nah,I cannot belive it.Jesus and peter did drugs.Jesus had his wine and peter was taking wormwood(used in vermuth) out the wazoo...comon drugs are part of socity.You cant have a good socity without plenty of good vices.

[Spike.]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

You do relize you look like a stoner,and you seem to be high in your avatar right?

flood control sucks!

[TheRightWay]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

You can't defend your marijuana so now you're resorting to personal attacks on my physical looks? You potheads sure are smart.

[Spike.]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

wasnt a attack,just observation(you do look like one) and as for my defence,well here ya go:

Reprinted in the public interest without permission from a flyer by the Family Council on Drug Awareness. This flyer is being distributed at public functions such as concerts, school gatherings, trade shows, and craft shows. Any typographic errors, unless noted, are mine. The author of this post has no affiliation with any agency or persons related to this document, and refrains from editorial comment.
"Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." -- Abraham Lincoln December, 1840
This pamphlet was researched and produced as a public service by the Family Council on Drug Awareness P.O. Box 71093, LA, CA 90071-0093
Additional copies available from:
BACH, PO Box 71093, L.A., CA 90071-0093 35 cents apiece, Ten for $2.00, 100 for $10
1 Q. What is Marijuana?
A. "Marijuana" refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant [1], which contain the non-narcotic chemical THC at various potencies. It is smoked or eaten to produce the feeling of being "high." The different strains of this herb produce different sensual effects, ranging from sedative to stimulant.
2 Q. Who Uses Marijuana?
A. There is no simple profile of a typical marijuana user. It has been used for 1000s of years for medical, social, and religious reasons and for relaxation [2]. Several of our Presidents [3] are believed to have smoked it. One out of every five Americans say they have tried it. And it is still popular among artists, writers, musicians, activists, lawyers, inventors, working people, etc.
3 Q. How Long Have People Been Using Marijuana?
A. Marijuana has been used since ancient times [4]. While field hands and working people have often smoked the raw plant, aristocrats historically prefer hashish [5] made from the cured flowers of the plant. It was not seen as a problem until a calculated disinformation [sic] campaign was launched in the 1930s [6], and the first American laws against using it were passed [7].
4 Q. Is Marijuana Addictive?
A. No, it is not [8]. Most users are moderate consumers who smoke it socially to relax. We now know that 10% of our population have "addictive personalities" and they are neither more nor less likely to overindulge in cannabis than in anything else. On a relative scale, marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate but more so than anchovies. Sociologists report a general pattern of marijuana use that peaks in the early adult years, followed by a period of levelling off and then a gradual reduction in use [9].
5 Q. Has Anyone Ever Died From Smoking Marijuana?
A. No; not one single case, not ever. THC is one of the few chemicals for which there is no known toxic amount [10]. The federal agency NIDA says that autopsies reveal that 75 people per year are high on marijuana when they die: this does not mean that marijuana caused or was even a factor in their deaths. The chart below compares the number of deaths attributable to selected substances in a typical year:
Tobacco...............................340,000 - 395,000
Alcohol (excluding crime/accidents).............125,000+
Drug Overdose (prescription)............24,000 - 27,000
Drug Overdose (illegal)...................3,800 - 5,200
Marijuana......................................... ....0
*Source: U.S. Government Bureau of Mortality Statistics, 1987
6 Q. Does Marijuana Lead to Crime and/or Hard Drugs?
A. No [11]. The only crime most marijuana users commit is that they use marijuana. And, while many people who abuse dangerous drugs also smoke marijuana, the old "stepping stone" theory is now discredited, since virtually all of them started out "using" legal drugs like sugar, coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, etc.
7 Q. Does Marijuana Make People Violent?
A. No. In fact, Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger once told Congress just the opposite - that it leads to non-violence and pacifism [12]. If he was telling the truth (which he and key federal agencies have not often done regarding marijuana), then re-legalizing marijuana should be considered as one way to curb violence in our cities. The simple fact is that marijuana does not change your basic personality. The government says that over 20 million Americans still smoke it, probably including some of the nicest people you know.
8 Q. How Does Marijuana Affect Your Health?
A. Smoking anything is not healthy, but marijuana is less dangerous than tobacco and people smoke less of it at a time. This health risk can be avoided by eating the plant instead of smoking it [13], or can be reduced by smoking smaller amounts of stronger marijuana. There is no proof that marijuana causes serious health or sexual problems [14] but, like alcohol, its use by children or adolescents is discouraged. Cannabis is a medicinal herb that has hundreds of proven, valuable theraputic uses - from stress reduction to glaucoma to asthma to cancer therapy, etc. [15].
9 Q. What About All Those Scary Statistics and Studies?
A. Most were prepared as scare tactics for the government by Dr. Gabriel Nahas, and were so biased and unscientific that Nahas was fired by the National Institute of Health [16] and finally renounced his own studies as meaningless [17]. For one experiment, he suffocated monkeys for five minutes at a time, using proportionately more smoke than the average user inhales in an entire lifetime [18]. The other studies that claim sensational health risks are also suspect, since they lack controls and produce results which cannot be replicated or independently verified [19].
10 Q. What Can I Do About Marijuana?
A. No independent government panel that has studied marijuana has ever recommended jail for users [20]. Concerned persons should therefore ask their legislators to re-legalize and tax this plant, subject to age limits and regulations similar to those on alcohol and tobacco.
For More Information, Write:
Family Coucil on Drug Awareness P.O. Box 71093, LA CA 90071-0093
FOOTNOTES TO THE TEXT:
1. The same plant, known as hemp, has an estimated 50,000 non-drug commercial uses including paper, textiles, fuels, food and sealants, but these uses are also banned by existing laws. Sources: Encyclopedia Britannica, federal documents and historical records.
2. Coptic Christians, Rhastafarnians [sic], Shintos, Hinus, Buddhists, Sufis, Essenes, Zoroastrians, Bantus, and many other sects have traditions that consider the plant to have religious value.
3. Their personal correspondence and records reveal that U.S. Presidents Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and others smoked hashish, as did Benjamin Franklin and Mary Todd Lincoln. President John F. Kennedy is also reported to have smoked marijuana to relieve his back pain. Many of America's greatest leaders and Founding Fathers (including George Washington) were hemp farmers. Sources: National Archives, published reports.
4. Archeologists report that cannabis was possibly the first plant cultivated by humans - about 8000 B.C. - and was used for linen, paper, and garments. Source: Columbia University, _History of the World_. It was being smoked in China and India as early as 2700 B.C.
5. Turkish smoking parlors were popular in both Europe and America. as well as the Middle and Far East, as recently as the turn of the Century.
6. The exhaustive Indian Hemp "Raj" Commission report (1986) by British authorities found no reason to restrict its use. But the notorious yellow journalist William Randolph Hearst fabricated and published horror stories about marijuana that were eventually investigated and shown to be lies, but not until long after the marijuana prohibition was enacted in 1938. Source: Larry Sloman, _Reefer Madness_.
7. Laws against marijuana were passed a year after the invention of a machine to harvest and process hemp so it could compete commercially against businesses owned by Hearst, the DuPonts and other powerful families. Source: Jack Herer, _The Emporor Wears No Clothes_.
8. Marijuana does not lead to physical dependency. Costa Rican Study, 1980; Jamaican Study, 1975; Nixon Blue Ribbon Report, 1972, et. al.
9. Source: Psychology Today, Newsweek, et.al.
10. Source: All univerity medical studies: UCLA, Harvard, Temple, etc.
11. Costa Rican Study, 1980; Jamaican Study, 1975; "The legal drugs for adults, such as alcohol and tobacco...precede the use of all illicit drugs." Source: National Academy of Sciences.
12. The FBI reports that 65-75% of criminal violence is alcohol related. "Pacifist syndrome" testimony was given by Federal Bureau of Narcotics Director Harry Anslinger before Congress (1948). However, the "Siler" Study conducted by the U.S in Panama (1931) reported "no impairment" in military personnel who smoked marijuana while off duty.
13. "The only clinically significant medical problem is that scientifically linked to marijuana is bronchitis. Like smoking tobacco, the treatment is the same: stop smoking." Source: Dr. Fred Oerther, M.D.
14. Coptic study (UCLA), 1981; "There is not yet any conclusive evidence as to whether prolonged use of marijuana causes permanent changes in the nervous system or sustained impairment of brain function and behavior in human beings." Source: National Academy of Sciences.
15. Source: Dr. Tod Mikuriya, _Marijuana Medical Papers_. Marijuana could replace at least 10-20% of prescribed drugs now in use. Source: Dr. Raphael Mechoulam. Marijuana was a major active ingredient in 40-50% of patent medicines before its ban.
16. 1976
17. 1983
18. The U.S. Government reports that the oral dose of cannabis required to kill a mouse is about 40,000 times the dose required to produce symptoms of intoxication in man. Source: Lowe, _Journal of Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics_, Oct. 1946.
19. In another famous study, Heath/Tulane (1974), wild monkeys were brutally captured, then virtually suffocated in marijuana smoke over a period of 90 days. Source: National Institute of Health.
20. Examples: the "LaGuardia" Committee Report (New York, 1944) and President Richard Nixon's Blue Ribbon "Shafer" Commission (1972).

[SalvationSeeker]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

Well,it seemed like we were friends up untill this....I dont approve of your lifestyle but I still like you as a person

I cannot truly be friends with anyone who is unsaved, God forbids it.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
And what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14

If you truly want to be my friend, you will have to get Saved first.

I dont think my life is so bad,I havent killed anyone.I dont break any of the major sins(theres like 9 isnt there)

Are you thinking of the 10 commandments?
That's more like a summary.. As there's actually hundreds of them.
And break one commandment, you break them all. (James 2:10)

Really..
Without Jesus in your life you WILL go to hell, no matter how good a life you live.
Mere works are nothing before God. Our tiny works simply cannot impress the creator of all that is..
And to think otherwise is silly.

Nah,lest it never did for me.I always saw things in a good light after smoking.

That's what you think.. But that's not how it truly is.
You can't trust what you think you see, feel, or hear: As satan is very deceptive and very convincing..
His lies and demons are EVERYWHERE, and he will stop at nothing to lure more souls to the lake of fire.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14

So oil can heal the blind and cure polio.

No, silly.
It's not the oil that heals and cures, it's God.

Ill be your friend,you seem to take your job for real and I respect that,your also doing good as a person,

Thanks for the praise, I guess..
But praising me is a waste of time.. I'd rather you would praise God:
If you hated me with all the hate you could muster but loved God I'd be alot more happy than if you give me all the praise you could muster but hate God.

but comon man back in the 15 century we were pretty screwed as a race back when medicine was thought of like this(catholic ruled all).We couldnt study anotomy or anything like that....when we did though we learned so much.

Witchcraft is always evil for it's always rebellion against God's plan.
We know not everything, who are we to say that it's wrong when some people die of easily curable with witchcraft - diseases?
It's God's will, we shouldn't question it, but trust in it.

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6

Witchcraft it may be but it is for the good of mankind.Embrace it because december 23,2012 you can kiss it goodbye for good.

I will NEVER embrace witchcraft, it's sin and rebellion against God and His will.
And what are you talking about?

Nah man nah,I cannot belive it.Jesus and peter did drugs.Jesus had his wine and peter was taking wormwood(used in vermuth) out the wazoo...comon drugs are part of socity.You cant have a good socity without plenty of good vices.

Nonsense.
Wine isn't a drug if consumed in reasonable amounts, and the Bible also tells us that DRUNKARDS shall not inherit the kingdom..
That would include those who drink too much wine, smoke pot etc etc ANYONE who gets "stoned"!

Vices are sinful and distracts from worshipping God 24/7, and that's why satan likes them and promotes them so much..

[Spike.]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

Marijuana Myths


1. Marijuana causes brain damage
The most celebrated study that claims to show brain damage is the rhesus monkey study of Dr. Robert Heath, done in the late 1970s. This study was reviewed by a distinguished panel of scientists sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. Their results were published under the title, Marijuana and Health in 1982. Heath's work was sharply criticized for its insufficient sample size (only four monkeys), its failure to control experimental bias, and the misidentification of normal monkey brain structure as "damaged". Actual studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of brain damage. For example, two studies from 1977, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed no evidence of brain damage in heavy users of marijuana. That same year, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially came out in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. That's not the sort of thing you'd expect if the AMA thought marijuana damaged the brain.
2. Marijuana damages the reproductive system
This claim is based chiefly on the work of Dr. Gabriel Nahas, who experimented with tissue (cells) isolated in petri dishes, and the work of researchers who dosed animals with near-lethal amounts of cannabinoids (i.e., the intoxicating part of marijuana). Nahas' generalizations from his petri dishes to human beings have been rejected by the scientific community as being invalid. In the case of the animal experiments, the animals that survived their ordeal returned to normal within 30 days of the end of the experiment. Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that marijuana adversely affects the reproductive system.
3. Marijuana is a "gateway" drug -- it leads to hard drugs
This is one of the more persistent myths. A real world example of what happens when marijuana is readily available can be found in Holland. The Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 1970s. Since then, hard drug use -- heroin and cocaine -- have DECLINED substantially. If marijuana really were a gateway drug, one would have expected use of hard drugs to have gone up, not down. This apparent "negative gateway" effect has also been observed in the United States. Studies done in the early 1970s showed a negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol. A 1993 Rand Corporation study that compared drug use in states that had decriminalized marijuana versus those that had not, found that where marijuana was more available -- the states that had decriminalized -- hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased. In short, what science and actual experience tell us is that marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.
4. Marijuana suppresses the immune system
Like the studies claiming to show damage to the reproductive system, this myth is based on studies where animals were given extremely high -- in many cases, near-lethal -- doses of cannabinoids. These results have never been duplicated in human beings. Interestingly, two studies done in 1978 and one done in 1988 showed that hashish and marijuana may have actually stimulated the immune system in the people studied.
5. Marijuana is much more dangerous than tobacco
Smoked marijuana contains about the same amount of carcinogens as does an equivalent amount of tobacco. It should be remembered, however, that a heavy tobacco smoker consumes much more tobacco than a heavy marijuana smoker consumes marijuana. This is because smoked tobacco, with a 90% addiction rate, is the most addictive of all drugs while marijuana is less addictive than caffeine. Two other factors are important. The first is that paraphernalia laws directed against marijuana users make it difficult to smoke safely. These laws make water pipes and bongs, which filter some of the carcinogens out of the smoke, illegal and, hence, unavailable. The second is that, if marijuana were legal, it would be more economical to have cannabis drinks like bhang (a traditional drink in the Middle East) or tea which are totally non-carcinogenic. This is in stark contrast with "smokeless" tobacco products like snuff which can cause cancer of the mouth and throat. When all of these facts are taken together, it can be clearly seen that the reverse is true: marijuana is much SAFER than tobacco.
6. Legal marijuana would cause carnage on the highways
Although marijuana, when used to intoxication, does impair performance in a manner similar to alcohol, actual studies of the effect of marijuana on the automobile accident rate suggest that it poses LESS of a hazard than alcohol. When a random sample of fatal accident victims was studied, it was initially found that marijuana was associated with RELATIVELY as many accidents as alcohol. In other words, the number of accident victims intoxicated on marijuana relative to the number of marijuana users in society gave a ratio similar to that for accident victims intoxicated on alcohol relative to the total number of alcohol users. However, a closer examination of the victims revealed that around 85% of the people intoxicated on marijuana WERE ALSO INTOXICATED ON ALCOHOL. For people only intoxicated on marijuana, the rate was much lower than for alcohol alone. This finding has been supported by other research using completely different methods. For example, an economic analysis of the effects of decriminalization on marijuana usage found that states that had reduced penalties for marijuana possession experienced a rise in marijuana use and a decline in alcohol use with the result that fatal highway accidents decreased. This would suggest that, far from causing "carnage", legal marijuana might actually save lives.
7. Marijuana "flattens" human brainwaves
This is an out-and-out lie perpetrated by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. A few years ago, they ran a TV ad that purported to show, first, a normal human brainwave, and second, a flat brainwave from a 14-year-old "on marijuana". When researchers called up the TV networks to complain about this commercial, the Partnership had to pull it from the air. It seems that the Partnership faked the flat "marijuana brainwave". In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly INCREASING alpha wave activity. Alpha waves are associated with meditative and relaxed states which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity.
8. Marijuana is more potent today than in the past
This myth is the result of bad data. The researchers who made the claim of increased potency used as their baseline the THC content of marijuana seized by police in the early 1970s. Poor storage of this marijuana in un-air conditioned evidence rooms caused it to deteriorate and decline in potency before any chemical assay was performed. Contemporaneous, independent assays of unseized "street" marijuana from the early 1970s showed a potency equivalent to that of modern "street" marijuana. Actually, the most potent form of this drug that was generally available was sold legally in the 1920s and 1930s by the pharmaceutical company Smith-Klein under the name, "American Cannabis".
9. Marijuana impairs short-term memory
This is true but misleading. Any impairment of short-term memory disappears when one is no longer under the influence of marijuana. Often, the short-term memory effect is paired with a reference to Dr. Heath's poor rhesus monkeys to imply that the condition is permanent.
10. Marijuana lingers in the body like DDT
This is also true but misleading. Cannabinoids are fat soluble as are innumerable nutrients and, yes, some poisons like DDT. For example, the essential nutrient, Vitamin A, is fat soluble but one never hears people who favor marijuana prohibition making this comparison.
11. There are over a thousand chemicals in marijuana smoke
Again, true but misleading. The 31 August 1990 issue of the magazine Science notes that of the over 800 volatile chemicals present in roasted COFFEE, only 21 have actually been tested on animals and 16 of these cause cancer in rodents. Yet, coffee remains legal and is generally considered fairly safe.
12. No one has ever died of a marijuana overdose
This is true. It was put in to see if you are paying attention. Animal tests have revealed that extremely high doses of cannabinoids are needed to have lethal effect. This has led scientists to conclude that the ratio of the amount of cannabinoids necessary to get a person intoxicated (i.e., stoned) relative to the amount necessary to kill them is 1 to 40,000. In other words, to overdose, you would have to consume 40,000 times as much marijuana as you needed to get stoned. In contrast, the ratio for alcohol varies between 1 to 4 and 1 to 10. It is easy to see how upwards of 5000 people die from alcohol overdoses every year and no one EVER dies of marijuana overdoses.
WHAT IS THE ICLU DRUG TASK FORCE?
The Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) Drug Task Force is involved in education and lobbying efforts directed toward reforming drug policy. Specifically, we support ACLU Policy Statement number 210 which calls for the legalization of marijuana. We also support an end to the drug war. In its place, we favor "harm reduction" strategies which treat drug abuse as what it is -- a medical problem -- rather than a criminal justice problem.
The Drug Task Force also works to end urine and hair testing of workers by private industry. These kinds of tests violate worker privacy to no good purpose because they detect past use of certain drugs (mostly marijuana) while ignoring others (e.g., LSD) and cannot detect current impairment. In situations where public and worker safety is a legitimate concern, we advocate impairment testing devices which reliably detect degradation of performance without infringing upon worker privacy.
For more information about the activities of the Drug Task Force, call the ICLU at (317) 635-4059 or call Paul Hager at (812) 333-1384 or e-mail to hagerp@cs.indiana.edu on the InterNet.

SOURCES


1) Marijuana and Health, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1982. Note: the Committee on Substance Abuse and Habitual Behavior of the "Marijuana and Health" study had its part of the final report suppressed when it reviewed the evidence and recommended that possession of small amounts of marijuana should no longer be a crime (TIME magazine, July 19, 1982). The two JAMA studies are: Co, B.T., Goodwin, D.W., Gado, M., Mikhael, M., and Hill, S.Y.: "Absence of cerebral atrophy in chronic cannabis users", JAMA, 237:1229-1230, 1977; and, Kuehnle, J., Mendelson, J.H., Davis, K.R., and New, P.F.J.: "Computed tomographic examination of heavy marijuana smokers", JAMA, 237:1231-1232, 1977.
2) See Marijuana and Health, ibid., for information on this research. See also, Marijuana Reconsidered (1978) by Dr. Lester Grinspoon.
3) The Dutch experience is written up in "The Economics of Legalizing Drugs", by Richard J. Dennis, The Atlantic Monthly, Vol 266, No. 5, Nov 1990, p. 130. See "A Comparison of Marijuana Users and Non-users" by Norman Zinberg and Andrew Weil (1971) for the negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol. The 1993 Rand Corporation study is "The Effect of Marijuana Decriminalization on Hospital Emergency Room Episodes: 1975 - 1978" by Karyn E. Model.
4) See a review of studies and their methodology in "Marijuana and Immunity", Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol 20(1), Jan-Mar 1988. Studies showing stimulation of the immune system: Kaklamani, et al., "Hashish smoking and T- lymphocytes", 1978; Kalofoutis et al., "The significance of lymphocyte lipid changes after smoking hashish", 1978. The 1988 study: Wallace, J.M., Tashkin, D.P., Oishi, J.S., Barbers, R.G., "Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subpopulations and Mitogen Responsiveness in Tobacco and Marijuana Smokers", 1988, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, ibid.
5) The 90% figure comes from Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction, Surgeon General's Report, 1988. In Health magazine in an article entitled, "Hooked, Not Hooked" by Deborah Franklin (pp. 39-52), compares the addictives of various drugs and ranks marijuana below coffeine. For current information on cannabis drinks see Working Men and Ganja: Marijuana Use in Rural Jamaica by M. C. Dreher, Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1982, ISBN 0-89727-025-8. For information on cannabis and actual cancer risk, see Marijuana and Health, ibid.
6) For a survey of studies relating to cannabis and highway accidents see "Marijuana, Driving and Accident Safety", by Dale Gieringer, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, ibid. The effect of decriminalization on highway accidents is analyzed in "Do Youths Substitute Alcohol and Marijuana? Some Econometric Evidence" by Frank J. Chaloupka and Adit Laixuthai, Nov. 1992, University of Illinois at Chicago.
7) For information about the Partnership ad, see Jack Herer's book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, 1990, p. 74. See also "Hard Sell in the Drug War", The Nation, March 9, 1992, by Cynthia Cotts, which reveals that the Partnership receives a large percentage of its advertizing budget from alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical companies and is thus disposed toward exaggerating the risks of marijuana while downplaying the risks of legal drugs. For information on memory and the alpha brainwave enhancement effect, see "Marijuana, Memory, and Perception", by R. L. Dornbush, M.D., M. Fink, M.D., and A. M. Freedman, M.D., presented at the 124th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, May 3-7, 1971.
8) See "Cannabis 1988, Old Drug New Dangers, The Potency Question" by Tod H Mikuriya, M.D. and Michael Aldrich, Ph.D., Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, ibid.
9) See Marijuana and Health, ibid. Also see "Marijuana, Memory, and Perception", ibid.
10) The fat solubility of cannabinoids and certain vitamins is well known. See Marijuana and Health, ibid. For some information on vitamin A, see "The A Team" in Scientific American, Vol 264, No. 2, February 1991, p. 16.
11) See "Too Many Rodent Carcinogens: Mitogenesis Increases Mutagenesis", Bruce N. Ames and Lois Swirsky Gold, Science, Vol 249, 31 August 1990, p. 971.
12) Cannabis and alcohol toxicity is compared in Marijuana Reconsidered, ibid., p. 227. Yearly alcohol overdoses was taken from "Drug Prohibition in the United States: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives" by Ethan A. Nadelmann, Science, Vol 245, 1 September 1989, p. 943.

[Spike.]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

I cannot truly be friends with anyone who is unsaved, God forbids it.
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers:
For what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
And what communion hath light with darkness?
2 Corinthians 6:14

If you truly want to be my friend, you will have to get Saved first.

What if I said I was agnostic,plus I got saved when I was like one....

Are you thinking of the 10 commandments?
That's more like a summary.. As there's actually hundreds of them.
And break one commandment, you break them all. (James 2:10)

Yea! and oh....that sucks.

Really..
Without Jesus in your life you WILL go to hell, no matter how good a life you live.
Mere works are nothing before God. Our tiny works simply cannot impress the creator of all that is..
And to think otherwise is silly.

I like the way you said that.


That's what you think.. But that's not how it truly is.
You can't trust what you think you see, feel, or hear: As satan is very deceptive and very convincing..
Exactly dude,but like my satan is the goverment.



His lies and demons are EVERYWHERE, and he will stop at nothing to lure more souls to the lake of fire.

And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
2 Corinthians 11:14



No, silly.
It's not the oil that heals and cures, it's God.
Oh,whats up with the higher death rate,oh yea the witch craft never mind.


Thanks for the praise, I guess..
But praising me is a waste of time.. I'd rather you would praise God:
If you hated me with all the hate you could muster but loved God I'd be alot more happy than if you give me all the praise you could muster but hate God.
DONT HATE GOD
GOD IS NOT HATED BY ME
HATE IS NOT WHAT I HAVE FOR HIM



Witchcraft is always evil for it's always rebellion against God's plan.
We know not everything, who are we to say that it's wrong when some people die of easily curable with witchcraft - diseases?
It's God's will, we shouldn't question it, but trust in it.

Ok,but I dont want my grandpa to die. I love him,and if medicine is keeping him alive then so be it.Plus he is baptist(yes your kind,and by theat I mean the kj1bible)and he wants to live.Btw what other christian bibles are there,ive never seen any other kind that I can rember.


Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:5-6



I will NEVER embrace witchcraft, it's sin and rebellion against God and His will.
And what are you talking about?

uh...nvm youll just get mad.Forget I mentioned it.


Nonsense.
Wine isn't a drug if consumed in reasonable amounts, and the Bible also tells us that DRUNKARDS shall not inherit the kingdom..
That would include those who drink too much wine, smoke pot etc etc ANYONE who gets "stoned"!
I dont get stoned,I get a little high.weed is my wine.
Vices are sinful and distracts from worshipping God 24/7, and that's why satan likes them and promotes them so much..

Wine is a vice.


are you a girl cause you say silly alot

[SalvationSeeker]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

What if I said I was agnostic,plus I got saved when I was like one....

It's not possible to get saved at one..
And if you were Saved, you would actually act it... Better yet, you'd BE it.

Exactly dude,but like my satan is the goverment.

Look "dude".. Stop being a pothead.
Forbidding weed doesn't make a government bad.
Big government is evil, yes. But that doesn't mean the government shouldn't ban the devil's weed.

DONT HATE GOD
GOD IS NOT HATED BY ME
HATE IS NOT WHAT I HAVE FOR HIM

Atleast you admit that He exists..

Ok,but I dont want my grandpa to die.

...And?

I love him,and if medicine is keeping him alive then so be it.

So you'd rather sin than honor God's will?

Plus he is baptist(yes your kind,and by theat I mean the kj1bible)and he wants to live.Btw what other christian bibles are there,ive never seen any other kind that I can rember.

No, he's not. If he was, he wouldn't use witchcraft nor would he so desperately cling to this life!

He that loveth his life shall lose it;
And he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
John 12:25

I dont get stoned,I get a little high.weed is my wine.

Don't argue semantics with me, sinner.

Wine is a vice.

If drank in too large amount, yes. As I said..

are you a girl cause you say silly alot

Are you nuts?
I say silly when I adress something silly, as I say fool when I adress something foolish, or retard when I adress something retarded..
I simply use the fitting label, seeing as you are quite silly, that's why I use it alot with you.

[Spike.]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

no,yo can(rember me bieng irish catholic and they put the oil stuff on my head around birth)
I can change.
Ya know ill talk to you tommoro when youve calmed down a bit ok.And dont call me a retard K?goodnight,see you in the morning when youve calmed down.

[TheRightWay]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

Go back to your "totse" pothead, and abuse some more leroy jenkems with this pickwick gentleman.

[Talitha]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

Go back to your "totse" pothead, and abuse some more leroy jenkems with this pickwick gentleman.

You seem like a nice well balanced young man.
Pleased to meet you.

[SalvationSeeker]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

no,yo can(rember me bieng irish catholic and they put the oil stuff on my head around birth)

NO, YOU CAN'T. Regardless of what some devil worshipper in a dress down in Rome claims, the Bible, the Word of God, say's YOU CAN'T BE.
Get that through your head.

It doesn't matter that cathylicks believe you can get Saved at birth, that doesn't change the fact that you can't!
One can believe whatever, but that doesn't make it so...

I can change.

Don't just talk about it, change then.
Have you ever even read the Holy KJV1611 Bible?
If not, it's time for you to start.

Ya know ill talk to you tommoro when youve calmed down a bit ok.And dont call me a retard K?goodnight,see you in the morning when youve calmed down.

And when did I call you a retard?
I only called you silly... Though 'hellbound recalcitrant' is starting to seem more and more appropriate.

[Spike.]

Re: My very first post,and yea im sticking around

I actully changed last night.Viking belived that there was no after life and what you did in life signified your status.You had a day picked for you when you were going to die,so no matter how you lived your life,you were destitnd to die.In other words I have nothing left to lose only gain.Goodbye sir.

[Sister Noddy]

Re: My very first post, and yea im sticking around

I actully changed last night. Viking belived that there was no after life and what you did in life signified your status. You had a day picked for you when you were going to die, so no matter how you lived your life, you were destitnd to die. In other words I have nothing left to lose only gain. Goodbye sir.

So you're leaving, just like a coward, without accepting JESUS as your Savior?

You've decided to become a heathenizer Viking instead?

With dismay, sir! Sister Noddy