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**Narkeere** · 02-14-2008, 04:30 PM

Uh, please sir? Don't start generalizing my comments.

I called you out on a ridiculous analogy. First of all, heroin is manufactured with the aid of chemicals. It is NOT a naturally occurring substance.

OMG!!!!!

I am saying they come from natural roots. I am saying that most of the chemicals that we use have some sort of basis in natural origination. A lot of the poisons, drugs and medicines.

I'm not saying all natural things are good, for God's sake. Nor are all unnatural things bad. HGH (the synthetic kind) has proven much safer than naturally harvested hormone.

What does all of this say about medicinal marijuana? NOTHING. Stick to the topic. the tangent you are going on has nothing to do with it. I was trying to steer the argument about MJ AWAY from the whole "It's Natural, therefore it is good" BS I keep hearing.

I hear that for almost any product. Until people realize that even dirt is "natural" they will keep professing that somehow something is better because it came from it.

Medicinal MJ is fine by me and we are wasting $$, federally, pursuing it. It is not a constructive or helpful drug in the sense that it does not inspire people to do much, but it is not as destructive as many of the drugs we have both legal and illegal (alcohol being one of them).

Having vending machines is more than a bit silly, but so is the persecution involving getting and using this stuff. And with 12 states saying "OK", how does the Fed have the right to start stomping all over them when it does not effect the country? Separation of MJ from the other hard core drugs may tighten the pipeline because of the removal of so many casual users from the supply chain of illicit.

It will no longer be a "gateway" if people stop associating a relatively harmless substance with the big guns. You say MJ is bad and a kid tries it and does not turn into a junkie it is hard to convince them that OTHER drugs that you put in the same category are as bad as you said. Not only that, the dealer would probably know where to get the others.

If you go to CVS for MJ, I doubt the cashier or pharmacist will be able to tell you where to get some smack.

So back fully to OT, I don't know which is sillier. The vending machines or the legal pursuit of those providing them.

Don't we have terrorists to catch or something?

02-14-2008, 04:30 PM	#20
Narkeere Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	Uh, please sir? Don't start generalizing my comments. I called you out on a ridiculous analogy. First of all, heroin is manufactured with the aid of chemicals. It is NOT a naturally occurring substance. OMG!!!!! I am saying they come from natural roots. I am saying that most of the chemicals that we use have some sort of basis in natural origination. A lot of the poisons, drugs and medicines. I'm not saying all natural things are good, for God's sake. Nor are all unnatural things bad. HGH (the synthetic kind) has proven much safer than naturally harvested hormone. What does all of this say about medicinal marijuana? NOTHING. Stick to the topic. the tangent you are going on has nothing to do with it. I was trying to steer the argument about MJ AWAY from the whole "It's Natural, therefore it is good" BS I keep hearing. I hear that for almost any product. Until people realize that even dirt is "natural" they will keep professing that somehow something is better because it came from it. Medicinal MJ is fine by me and we are wasting $$, federally, pursuing it. It is not a constructive or helpful drug in the sense that it does not inspire people to do much, but it is not as destructive as many of the drugs we have both legal and illegal (alcohol being one of them). Having vending machines is more than a bit silly, but so is the persecution involving getting and using this stuff. And with 12 states saying "OK", how does the Fed have the right to start stomping all over them when it does not effect the country? Separation of MJ from the other hard core drugs may tighten the pipeline because of the removal of so many casual users from the supply chain of illicit. It will no longer be a "gateway" if people stop associating a relatively harmless substance with the big guns. You say MJ is bad and a kid tries it and does not turn into a junkie it is hard to convince them that OTHER drugs that you put in the same category are as bad as you said. Not only that, the dealer would probably know where to get the others. If you go to CVS for MJ, I doubt the cashier or pharmacist will be able to tell you where to get some smack. So back fully to OT, I don't know which is sillier. The vending machines or the legal pursuit of those providing them. Don't we have terrorists to catch or something?
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