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I think W. genuinely thought he was doing the right thing.

Remember the DARE program?

I remember DARE...especially when the cop would bring in the drug case. Dozens of drugs in there clearly labeled what they were.
Man, that sure made it easier to identify what sh*t I was buying

What I'm really concerned is how heroin these days can be found in a boy and in 50 packets! Heroin used to be more exclusive....

Of course it's totally uncool to diss pot, but I don't think its all that benign as i once did.  Of course I realize it isn't some highly dangerous nasty thing, but I think it has the potential, however small, to ruin some lives.  Setting aside potential lung damage I think there can be a creeping effect on some people who smoke a lot, a general change in how motivated they are, possible behavioral changes, perhaps an effect on their life that isn't obviously direct but for which a constant desire to be high is a catalyst.  I'm not going to say much more because it would involve giving details about real people, but lets just say I have witnessed people whom I believe have been affected negatively by weed.  More than one.  I have 3 or 4 old friends who had different kinds of problems exacerbated by their usage, and i firmly believe they have paid for their years of recreational use.  I'm not saying everyone will have a bad experience, so chill you weed fans.  I'm just saying I think there is a dark potential for a percentage of people who become weed fans.  For those kinds of outcomes and for those who pollute their lungs to excess, I think for the most part the drug's image gets off pretty easy these days.  I think young people are best off not starting weed, cigs, or any drug.  I also realize that's pretty unrealistic and I'm not judging anyone.  Just my opinion.  

I'll take you're word for it.   I wasn't talking about DARE at all as I don't know much about them.  I was just talking about effects I've seen on the lives of friends.  Take it for what it's worth, as I said, I'm not judging anyone.   

Weed and alcohol should be treated like they are in other countries (at least the latter) where families can discuss about it without it being taboo and can even introduce the damn thing themselves so all that aura of mystery and unlawfulness is removed. In a way, recognizing their existence, talking about their disadvantages, trivializing them in a way, would work so much better than making them such a matter of attraction for young people. I guess the idiots who come up with legislation were never young because they can't understand young people tend to f**k things up and do as they please when they are told they can't. Also, sharing a glass of wine with one's son/daughter to make them try the thing and remove the magic off it should be a free decision by parents and not carry out the danger of the fed knocking on your door (fed as in federal agents, though soon even The Fed will find ways to mess with your private life). 

I always used to fly in/out of Denver, but apparently I missed out on the good stuff.

The T wrote: Apparently, pressure works. Zimmerman just got charged with 2nd degree murder. Or maybe a thorough study of the case made prosecutors do it. I hope this is the case.

All I know is people are ignorant and at swayed.  Students at my school immediately jumped to Martin's defense for the dumbest of reasons (No kid deserves to get shot!  That guy was a racist a****le!).  I've had to breathe deeply just to explain to them this concept: "No one presenting any information knows everything."

Oh, I get it now.  I should stop thinking and start tweeting and marching.  Thanks Mike Tyson.

A guy that bit another guy's ear (twice) and did time for other sh*t wrote: My personal feeling is that, as a young kid that was beat on by a bully, that was pretty much singled out—the guy [Zimmerman] stalked him, didn't follow instructions from a superior officer, when they said, 'Stop following the kid.' That tells you everything right there. But my all-around perspective, I wasn't there, I don't know what happened. But it's just so widespread and overt what happened. Even though this is the best country in the world, certain laws in this country are a disgrace to a nation of savages. It's a majority versus a minority. That's the way God planned it. He didn't want to do something about it, He wanted us to do something about it. And if we don't, it's gonna stay this way. We have to continue tweeting, we have to continue marching, we have to continue fighting for Trayvon Martin. If that's not the case, he was killed in vain, and we're just waiting for it to happen to our children. He'll have gotten away with impunity. It's a disgrace that man hasn't been dragged out of his house and tied to a car and taken away. That's the only kind of retribution that people like that understand. It's a disgrace that man hasn't been shot yet. Forget about him being arrested--the fact that he hasn't been shot yet is a disgrace. That's how I feel personally about it."