On 03/08/2010 02:23 PM, John Massey -> Ed Hulett wrote:


 EH>>>> No, it is addiction. When a person feels the need to
get high, it is
 EH>>>> addiction.


 JM>>> If a person feels the need for a cup of coffee in the
morning to "get
 JM>>> their eyes open" does that mean they are addicted to coffee?

 EH>> Yes.

 JM> Fair enough So it's not the addiction part of it that makes smoking pot
 JM> illegal, so must be something with its the the effect it has on the
 JM> addicted person. What effect is that? Being Lazy? Eating a lot? Clearly
 JM> it's not smart to suck hot smoke directly into the lungs because if it
 JM> was, tobacco smokers would be filling the prisons.
 JM> If we made every stupid thing humans do illegal, everything would be
 JM> illegal.
 JM> Is it because it makes people insane?
 JM> In spike of how pot smokers are portrayed in the "reefer
madness" ask
 JM> any LEO, they will tell you that they would much rather arrest a pothead
 JM> than a drunk because they are not violent.

 JM> So why should pot be illegal?

Where did the argument over legality come from? This thread started with my
comment about John Patrick Bedell holding a "medical marijuana"
card to feed his addiction. I didn't once comment on whether pot should be
legal or not.

Ed

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