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I currently smoke pot and have used other illegal drugs in the past. No doubt will in the future too. I believe those with lower IQs are more open to, and unquestionably accepting of drug war propaganda..so the study makes sense to me.
People with higher IQs are more interested in intellectual stimulation than those with lower IQs.
Those with lower IQs are easily convinced by the fear factor that certain drugs are illegal because they are damaging.
Great! You have convinced me to go out and use Meth and Crack
After all, the fear factor has me and most others believing it is dangerous when much brighter individuals like yourself have inside info proving otherwise
Back to reality... stupid thread ...thought it would be funny to mock it though
People with higher IQs are more interested in intellectual stimulation than those with lower IQs.
Those with lower IQs are easily convinced by the fear factor that certain drugs are illegal because they are damaging.
People with TRULY high IQ's or those wishing to become smarter read books. Using drugs does not make one smarter or more openminded... it usually makes them an idiot, although I still believe that all drugs should be legalized.
Trying to convince people that the path to intellectualism requires drug use is intellectually dishonest
Trying to convince people that the path to intellectualism requires drug use is intellectually dishonest
As is the strawman argument you present here
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Great! You have convinced me to go out and use Meth and Crack
After all, the fear factor has me and most others believing it is dangerous when much brighter individuals like yourself have inside info proving otherwise
I don't believe anyone is this thread is saying that meth and crack are not dangerous
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Originally Posted by A&M_Indie_08
People with TRULY high IQ's or those wishing to become smarter read books. Using drugs does not make one smarter or more openminded... it usually makes them an idiot,
Actually, this is a strawman as well. No one has claimed that using drugs makes one smarter.
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although I still believe that all drugs should be legalized.
I mostly agree with you here. Drugs-yes. Pharmacuticals-no.
Those with higher IQs are more likely to experiment with illegal drugs, according to this study over 3 decades.
People with higher IQs are more open and curious.
OK, I've studied my dog for probably eight years now. I know that he doesn't do drugs. I do know that he's smarter than my sister in-law.
But, over time, I've noticed that he licks his balls on average, four or five times a week. I will remind you, he's a smart dog, although I don't know what his IQ is. He can retrieve a frisbee, he can get my newspaper and he can sit up.
Now, I bet that a STUPID dog could do the same thing.
If a STUPID person does drugs, does that make him smarter?
Many stupid people do drugs. I surmise, from your post, that it's different when smart people do drugs.
I don't debate this dumb study. I do have a problem with your assumption that smart people do drugs because they are smart and curious, but it's likely that other people who aren't as intelligent, do drugs because they are uncontrolled dregs, or something. And then people with high IQ's can stop. Many of them have destroyed their lives because of addiction.
And this thing about women from Memphis1979.
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"Studies have also been done, that show that women who attend college are more open to alternative sexual activity then women that don't go to college. This again, is attributed to open minded thinking one receives from higher education and mental capacity."
Now, if college girls have a better chance, through open mindedness and a greater mental capacity, of getting herpes or worse, while opening their minds and legs to alternative sexual activity, my question is, where is the study that proves that some home town girls are way smarter than college girls?
I know that the OP did not come right out and say that if you are smart that drugs can't come back and bite you in the butt. All he said was that smart people are more likely to experiment with drugs.
But, not all smart people are smart enough to stay clean.
To all those talking about Meth, Crack, Heroin...yes, those are terrible drugs, and the general idea is that intelligent people will RESEARCH the effects of any drugs they might intend on doing. And even a little bit of research will lead you to the conclusion that the previously mentioned drugs have life-ruining effects.
However, drugs like LSD, Psilocybin Mushrooms, and Marijuana have few or no negative side effects. I have a firm belief that anyone who decries the above mentioned drugs has not tried them, either out of fear of the law or general ignorance concerning "drugs."
OK, I've studied my dog for probably eight years now. I know that he doesn't do drugs. I do know that he's smarter than my sister in-law.
But, over time, I've noticed that he licks his balls on average, four or five times a week. I will remind you, he's a smart dog, although I don't know what his IQ is. He can retrieve a frisbee, he can get my newspaper and he can sit up.
Now, I bet that a STUPID dog could do the same thing.
If a STUPID person does drugs, does that make him smarter?
Many stupid people do drugs. I surmise, from your post, that it's different when smart people do drugs.
I don't know, nor care, how many times per week you lick your balls, or how ball licking is relevant to this topic but, as I mentioned in reply to A&M_Indie, the OP does not make the claim that doing drugs makes anyone smarter.
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And this thing about women from Memphis1979.
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"Studies have also been done, that show that women who attend college are more open to alternative sexual activity then women that don't go to college. This again, is attributed to open minded thinking one receives from higher education and mental capacity."
Now, if college girls have a better chance, through open mindedness and a greater mental capacity, of getting herpes or worse, while opening their minds and legs to alternative sexual activity
Again, you addressing something that doesn't exist
What does 'alternative sexual activity' have to do with herpes? You get herpes from having contact with an infected person. Nothing more and nothing less.
LOL to the thread subject/title! The drugs I experimented with in the seventies have convinced me that I was at my most STUPID, then so it's seriously hard to believe this study. My IQ isn't genius, I don't think the numbers matter and yes, mine is above average, but...psychedelics, speed, mescaline....it was sooo very stupid to put that stuff in my/our bods when most of us had not, and I had not researched the potential side, or longterm effects.
Drugs like LSD, Psilocybin Mushrooms, and Marijuana have few or no negative side effects. I have a firm belief that anyone who decries the above mentioned drugs has not tried them, either out of fear of the law or general ignorance concerning "drugs."
Flashbacks are not a side effect?
Charles Manson called on his LSD effected followers to murder people in California.
Manson was, and is a madman.
He became God while on acid.
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