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Marijuana, the New Beer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 612978" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>Hello. I'm new here and hopefully my (extremely long) first post will be up soon. But I had to say I'm so TIRED of pot and all the publicity about pot. My son is the cause of this, as that post will show. I've heard it all..."It's no worse than beer, it's no different than cigarettes." My husband and I both smoke cigarettes - we want to quit, but the stress caused by my son has made that completely impossible. Upon being asked why what I was doing was okay but pot wasn't, (when during a fight with son I went outside for a cigarette to calm down - we don't smoke in the house) I responded: I know cigarettes are a crutch and acknowlege that it is an addiction and we may need help to quit. (Differnce #1) I also know cigarettes are legal and pot is not, at least not where I live. (Difference #2) and finally, I could chain smoke a pack of cigarettes and, other than feeling a little sick, I could go back into my office and do my work, whereas smoking a single joint and you can't function like that. (Difference #3). Smoking a joint is not like drinking a beer - it's like drinking a six-pack. Someone who has one beer 3 or 4 times a week is probably just fine. Someone who gets drunk 3 or 4 times a week has a problem. That's the difference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 612978, member: 17309"] Hello. I'm new here and hopefully my (extremely long) first post will be up soon. But I had to say I'm so TIRED of pot and all the publicity about pot. My son is the cause of this, as that post will show. I've heard it all..."It's no worse than beer, it's no different than cigarettes." My husband and I both smoke cigarettes - we want to quit, but the stress caused by my son has made that completely impossible. Upon being asked why what I was doing was okay but pot wasn't, (when during a fight with son I went outside for a cigarette to calm down - we don't smoke in the house) I responded: I know cigarettes are a crutch and acknowlege that it is an addiction and we may need help to quit. (Differnce #1) I also know cigarettes are legal and pot is not, at least not where I live. (Difference #2) and finally, I could chain smoke a pack of cigarettes and, other than feeling a little sick, I could go back into my office and do my work, whereas smoking a single joint and you can't function like that. (Difference #3). Smoking a joint is not like drinking a beer - it's like drinking a six-pack. Someone who has one beer 3 or 4 times a week is probably just fine. Someone who gets drunk 3 or 4 times a week has a problem. That's the difference. [/QUOTE]
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