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Cheese Elemental wrote:
Can you ACTUALLY THINK of a reason WHY I WOULD LIE about him dying?

He didn't have mental problems because of his childhood, it was because of marijuana.

He had problems with substance abuse because using it IS SUBSTANCE ABUSE. It's killing yourself. I do NOT present myself as the font of all experience, I'm pointing out what I know and how I know it's right. I am NOT trying to get pity here. I'm warning you that if it's legalised, the death rate from drugs will soar and the life expectancy will drop. There is nothing good about it whatsoever.

Other than your self admitted tendency to exaggerate or outright lie for "affect" or as well as do you mean ? It's almost like there's some moral at work here ....

"not because of his childhood"...hmmmm......

He did it at 14 to try and escape from his terrible upbringing, and even though he moved out of home at 16,

so he did have problems from his childhood then.... or is this more "exaggeration" ?

Using it is not substance abuse, using it excessively is. It's the difference between drinking and being a drunk.

As I pointed out you do not "know" that X caused Y anymore than you know what a witch your dad might have been anyway.

There's lots of good things about it, to an extent, that's why it's popular to use.

Countries that have legalised it don't have massively inflated death rates.

i'd vote to legalize it.
while i've known a few people that sucked at life that smoked, they generally did other substances also.
The straight up stoners, almost always had a job, and were generally nice folks to be around.

I've no problem with stoners, and i'm tired of seeing them getting busted for trying to relax after a long day or somesuch

Cheese Elemental wrote:
He didn't have mental problems because of his childhood, it was because of marijuana.

As someone with a history of drug abuse I respectfully disagree. I didn't come damn close to destroying my life snorting and popping pills because I was a happy person who just got happier doing it. I did drugs because I had an extremely lonely childhood and felt socially isolated. Getting high was easier then facing my demons. Drug abuse is often a manifestation of an underlying problem.

One of my best friend's parents have been smoking weed since the 70's. His dad owns a small construction company and his mom works at the humane society. Neither has ever been arrested and they life a perfectly normal life. Drug use is no guarantee that someone will destroy their life.

This thread is being locked down again because some seriously impolite behavior has occurred.