420 Use and Health

[Crow]

Ya think maybe those 2 girls might be Toms sisters?

That was the first thing that came to mind.

[Premium Parrots]

Ya think maybe those 2 girls might be Toms sisters?

[sgreger1]

We don't believe that 6million Jews were executed. I mean, there were not even that many Jews alive then.
'We know there were concentration camps but they had swimming pools and tennis courts - that's not how you would treat people if you were getting ready to kill them.'

Jesus christ....

[wa3zrm]

Marijuana changed us from Nazis to peace-loving hippies

At the age of 11, blonde-haired, blue-eyed twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede formed a band and saw themselves as the new faces of pop music.
But instead, the girls from Bakersfield, California, would soon be labelled the 'new faces of hate'.
Not surprising when you consider the group they created in 2003 was a neo-Nazi outfit called Prussian Blue - named after a by-product of the poison used to gas millions of Jews in the Holocaust - at the suggestion of White Nationalist leader William Pierce.
Now however, at the age of 20, the twins have radically transformed themselves from hate-spouting extremists to peace-loving hippies.
And the reason for their change? Marijuana.
By the time the twins were 13, in 2006, they had recorded a roster of songs that were infuriating the nation, with titles including Aryan Man Awake and Hate For Hate: Lamb Near The Lane, co-written by David Lane - the late member of terrorist group The Order and Lamb's then pen-pal.
Soon after the song's release, the girls were labelled by the media 'the new faces of hate', fuelling the firestorm with their angelic faces and smiley-faced Hitler T-shirts.
The young teen Lynx added: 'Lots of things were exaggerated about the Second World War. We don't believe that 6million Jews were executed. I mean, there were not even that many Jews alive then.
'We know there were concentration camps but they had swimming pools and tennis courts - that's not how you would treat people if you were getting ready to kill them.'
The sisters now say, however, they simply didn't know better. My sister and I were home-schooled. We were these country bumpkins.
Lamb, now a hotel maid echoed: 'I was just spouting a lot of knowledge that I had no idea what I was saying.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...

[sgreger1]

Same here mate. These days 2 tins. Any more and I feel like shit. I used to be able to drink all night - drink anything, wake up and be fine. Not now.

I thought there was something wrong with me at first but I've come to learn that it's just part of growing up I guess. I used to be able to drink a bottle of jack and wake up all dandy the next day and shit, but now if I drink 3 beers after 9pm I'm waking up hating myself. I mean it's good and bad in it's own way, I don't drink a lot due to this, but on the other hand if I did want to drink a few I am pretty much f@cked the next day. Firstworld problems I guess.

[sgreger1]

That really is quite a light drinking lifestyle but very benefiicial if it helps you de-stress... my wife does not like the MJ part in my life because she has never tried it and is a natural self control freak. If she see's my friends offering me a toke then I get that evil rolled back eye look with a "good god"!

I think that is the magic word with everything (Stress).

If alcohol, mj, exercise or whatever helps in calming you down then you are on the right track. Always being in high strung mode is probably what takes out people quicker over anything else. Many people do not even realize they are in that mode until it is pointed out to them.

Thank you, that is exactly my point. I like to drink a beer or two on the weekends at night and unwind, there is no way on earth that can be that damaging. Surgeon general says 2 beers a day, as I tell my wife often, but she would think I was a blatant alcoholic if I drank even half of that. She says it's a lie and that no doctor would say drinking is okay sine I used to drink a lot in the army :/, as though the fact people drink a lot in college or the army when they turn 21 means that drinking a few beers later in life means you are an alcoholic.

[Frosted]

Try telling that to my wife. I drink 2-3 beers on Fri and Sat and occasionally i'll have one on a wednesday, but she thinks I am a raging alcoholic since she doesn't drink. She says that normally 2 beers gets anyone drunk and that i'm just looking to get drunk. I'm like "Jesus christ, i'm drinking like 2 beers on a friday night at 26 years old, it's not that big a deal!". I used to drink a lot more though so I think she is just afraid i'll start drinking heavier again, but I never wll since I can't handle it anymore. Anything more than maybe 3-4 beers and I feel like shit in the morning now, i've become a lightweight.

Same here mate. These days 2 tins. Any more and I feel like shit. I used to be able to drink all night - drink anything, wake up and be fine. Not now.

[truthwolf1]

Try telling that to my wife. I drink 2-3 beers on Fri and Sat and occasionally i'll have one on a wednesday, but she thinks I am a raging alcoholic since she doesn't drink. She says that normally 2 beers gets anyone drunk and that i'm just looking to get drunk. I'm like "Jesus christ, i'm drinking like 2 beers on a friday night at 26 years old, it's not that big a deal!". I used to drink a lot more though so I think she is just afraid i'll start drinking heavier again, but I never wll since I can't handle it anymore. Anything more than maybe 3-4 beers and I feel like shit in the morning now, i've become a lightweight.

That really is quite a light drinking lifestyle but very benefiicial if it helps you de-stress... my wife does not like the MJ part in my life because she has never tried it and is a natural self control freak. If she see's my friends offering me a toke then I get that evil rolled back eye look with a "good god"!

I think that is the magic word with everything (Stress).

If alcohol, mj, exercise or whatever helps in calming you down then you are on the right track. Always being in high strung mode is probably what takes out people quicker over anything else. Many people do not even realize they are in that mode until it is pointed out to them.

[Crow]

I've already beaten this horse to death on the old cannabis thread, so I'll just leave it at that.

However, I will say this: cannabis is not suitable for everybody, just as alcohol is not suitable for everyone (or caffeine, or tree nuts, or shellfish, etc). Also, moderation is the key.

And to those that enjoy cannabis responsibly -- Have a brownie! Have a cookie! Have a soda!

[sgreger1]

Heavy Drinkers outlive non-drinkers but moderate drinkers live the longest.

So, a moderate drinker who also is a casual user of MJ probably will hit a 100 with no problems.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2017200,00.html

Try telling that to my wife. I drink 2-3 beers on Fri and Sat and occasionally i'll have one on a wednesday, but she thinks I am a raging alcoholic since she doesn't drink. She says that normally 2 beers gets anyone drunk and that i'm just looking to get drunk. I'm like "Jesus christ, i'm drinking like 2 beers on a friday night at 26 years old, it's not that big a deal!". I used to drink a lot more though so I think she is just afraid i'll start drinking heavier again, but I never wll since I can't handle it anymore. Anything more than maybe 3-4 beers and I feel like shit in the morning now, i've become a lightweight.

[sgreger1]

But...
There is a very slim chance that if I stroke a dog (after being bitten by one in youth) I will get hurt
There is a 100% chance that if I use cannabis (after smoking it in youth) i will get very sick.

So a fear/hatred of dogs is illogical, whereas a fear/hatred of cannabis (within this context) is perfectly sound logically.

Good point.

[Skell18]

+1 - Find 'The Middle Way' (Buddhist doctrine)

I'm a lawyer too and I knew there was a problem when judges started commenting on my hungover state :P

[Reynard]

I meant that the may weed made me feel was the same as being drunk makes me feel. I drink moderately, no more than a bottle of red wine a week (shared with my OH) and a few beers, my heavy drinking days are behind me. Anything in excess is bad for you, moderation is the key.

+1 - Find 'The Middle Way' (Buddhist doctrine)

[Skell18]

Well I am not saying you should feel differently about pot, but to state you will use alcohol instead and you like it more, well, when talking about health concerns, alcohol is absolutely toxic in the human body and there are no positives at all derived from the intake of alcohol. Again, not comparing it to weed in any way, just staying, alcohol is just so bad for humans.

I meant that the may weed made me feel was the same as being drunk makes me feel. I drink moderately, no more than a bottle of red wine a week (shared with my OH) and a few beers, my heavy drinking days are behind me. Anything in excess is bad for you, moderation is the key.

[truthwolf1]

Heavy Drinkers outlive non-drinkers but moderate drinkers live the longest.

So, a moderate drinker who also is a casual user of MJ probably will hit a 100 with no problems.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2017200,00.html