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Smoking marijuana and drinking
Thu, 02/07/2008 - 01:51Comments
Re: Smoking marijuana and drinking
Submitted by rejjie on Mon, 2009-01-05 - 00:13
you are sooo off the air JAN - WHO DID POT KILL? do you think you can o.d. on it? it is probably safer than any other recreational drugs & most prescribed drugs. anyone reading your post would probably think heroin is safer the way you are ranting on. do you want that? well tell the truth. you don't die from pot! addictions are handled by education! i can go out & look for heroin & find it i'm sure. but i don't because i know the truth of what it will do to me. THAT IS WHAT STOPS ME! if you LIE & get caught your not believed the next time. so when someone YOU told pot will kill them finds out the truth, there is nothing to stop them trying harder drugs & there death will be your fault through your trying to get people to believe what you want them to believe.
real life is not like religion - you can't just make up stories & say it's true because you "feel it". in the real world you need proof.
you are sooo off the air JAN - WHO DID POT KILL? do you think you can o.d. on it? it is probably safer than any other recreational drugs & most prescribed drugs. anyone reading your post would probably think heroin is safer the way you are ranting on. do you want that? well tell the truth. you don't die from pot! addictions are handled by education! i can go out & look for heroin & find it i'm sure. but i don't because i know the truth of what it will do to me. THAT IS WHAT STOPS ME! if you LIE & get caught your not believed the next time. so when someone YOU told pot will kill them finds out the truth, there is nothing to stop them trying harder drugs & there death will be your fault through your trying to get people to believe what you want them to believe.
real life is not like religion - you can't just make up stories & say it's true because you "feel it". in the real world you need proof.
Re: Smoking marijuana and drinking
Submitted by sydney03 on Thu, 2008-04-10 - 12:51
As a person in the younger generation I just want to say this is a valid question. This is why people click on the forum discussion highlighted...so we can see people's answers...if we wanted to see people say drugs are bad don't do drugs...we'd go talk to mom and dad. Isn't that the point of this website? By all means i'm not advocating drugs cause the amount of drugs i've squeezed into my body in the last 7 years of my life has most likely contributed to my epilepsy. But as a newbie to "epilepsy" and to this website i'm disappointed by certain reactions to "Stupid" questions. Don't go to a forum and comment on something you are against, especially if it's not helpful. Being an epileptic in social situations is difficult enough, especially when your in your 20's and you have to rediscover your body's limitations, and thats why these questions are asked here first. All I'm saying is let's keep this a positive environment for people like me, who already are having a hard time with the other side effects Epilepsy gives you at first.
Keep it peaceful
As a person in the younger generation I just want to say this is a valid question. This is why people click on the forum discussion highlighted...so we can see people's answers...if we wanted to see people say drugs are bad don't do drugs...we'd go talk to mom and dad. Isn't that the point of this website? By all means i'm not advocating drugs cause the amount of drugs i've squeezed into my body in the last 7 years of my life has most likely contributed to my epilepsy. But as a newbie to "epilepsy" and to this website i'm disappointed by certain reactions to "Stupid" questions. Don't go to a forum and comment on something you are against, especially if it's not helpful. Being an epileptic in social situations is difficult enough, especially when your in your 20's and you have to rediscover your body's limitations, and thats why these questions are asked here first. All I'm saying is let's keep this a positive environment for people like me, who already are having a hard time with the other side effects Epilepsy gives you at first.
Keep it peaceful
Re: Smoking marijuana and drinking
Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Sat, 2008-04-05 - 00:38
FIRST, I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND THAT IS WHY I USE ALL CAPS. IT HELPS ME SEE. NEXT, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS BLOG AND ANYONE I HAVE OFFENDED. IT IS UNLIKE ME TO JUMP ON SOMEONE THE WAY I DID WITH YOU. MY ONLY REASON FOR CONCERN IS BECAUSE I AM A PRODUCT OF THE VIETNAM ERA AND THE HIPPIE GENERATION...........WHICH FOR SOME WHO GOT INVOLVED WITH DRUGS, CAUSED THE DEATH OF PEOPLE VERY DEAR TO ME. ALSO, A SIBLING WITH A LIFELONG ADDICTION. THESE IMPRINTS HAVE NEVER LEFT MY MIND, OR MY HEART, AND IN MY DESIRE TO PROTECT YOU, I INSTEAD ATTACKED YOU AND FOR THAT I AM SORRY. I STILL DO HAVE TO SAY, MIXING MEDICATIONS WITH ALCOHOL AND ANY DRUG, BE IT MARIJUANA OR OTHERS, IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS COMBINATION AND PLEASE CONSIDER THAT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO OPT FOR DOING SO. SINCERELY AND MANY BLESSINGS, JAN
FIRST, I AM VISUALLY IMPAIRED AND THAT IS WHY I USE ALL CAPS. IT HELPS ME SEE. NEXT, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE PERSON WHO WROTE THIS BLOG AND ANYONE I HAVE OFFENDED. IT IS UNLIKE ME TO JUMP ON SOMEONE THE WAY I DID WITH YOU. MY ONLY REASON FOR CONCERN IS BECAUSE I AM A PRODUCT OF THE VIETNAM ERA AND THE HIPPIE GENERATION...........WHICH FOR SOME WHO GOT INVOLVED WITH DRUGS, CAUSED THE DEATH OF PEOPLE VERY DEAR TO ME. ALSO, A SIBLING WITH A LIFELONG ADDICTION. THESE IMPRINTS HAVE NEVER LEFT MY MIND, OR MY HEART, AND IN MY DESIRE TO PROTECT YOU, I INSTEAD ATTACKED YOU AND FOR THAT I AM SORRY. I STILL DO HAVE TO SAY, MIXING MEDICATIONS WITH ALCOHOL AND ANY DRUG, BE IT MARIJUANA OR OTHERS, IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS COMBINATION AND PLEASE CONSIDER THAT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO OPT FOR DOING SO. SINCERELY AND MANY BLESSINGS, JAN