On 3/8/2010 7:04 PM, Ed Hulett -> John Massey wrote:
 EH> 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
 EH> pothead
 JM>> than a drunk because they are not violent.

 JM>> So why should pot be illegal?

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

Sorry, haven't been keeping up.  I have often  wondered why somethings like
catching a nice buzz with some good brandy or  Cognac is accepted and
something similar, smoking a bowl of some premo homegrown is not.
So I guess, to answer your question, it comes from me. Nothing personal meant by it.

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