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Old 04-02-2022, 02:45 PM
 
Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, Calif.
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I have gone my 83 years without alcohol or drugs.
Never ever drank, or smoked one weed.
I never felt I needed that crutch in my life.
I get high on life itself, and the challenges it creates.
Perhaps that is why I have lived as long as I have.
Same here. Although I am "only" 60 years old. Never consumed alcohol, marijuana or cigarettes. Those never appealed to me.

Would rather go for a bike ride or something similar to feel good.
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Old 04-02-2022, 02:48 PM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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Same here. Although I am "only" 60 years old. Never consumed alcohol, marijuana or cigarettes. Those never appealed to me.

Would rather go for a bike ride or something similar to feel good.
I think many people ( like myself) only smoke pot when they feel good already.
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Old 04-02-2022, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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I have gone my 83 years without alcohol or drugs.
Never ever drank, or smoked one weed.
I never felt I needed that crutch in my life.
I get high on life itself, and the challenges it creates.
Perhaps that is why I have lived as long as I have.
Maybe, maybe not. You might have good genes.
My dad made it to 83 also, with terrible health habits. Big smoker back in the day, big drinker, poor diet, and everything else.
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Old 04-02-2022, 02:58 PM
 
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Maybe, maybe not. You might have good genes.
My dad made it to 83 also, with terrible health habits. Big smoker back in the day, big drinker, poor diet, and everything else.
My father lived to just before his 85th birthday and smoked all his life. It's just more anecdotal nonsense that people like to use to imply that behaviors are unsafe.
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Old 04-02-2022, 03:35 PM
 
Location: NE Mississippi
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While I don't use marijuana, I know some very successful people who do. I'm not sure about your assertion that marijuana users have a screw loose. Do you have any evidence that companies fire marijuana users for poor performance? Perhaps it's because marijuana is illegal?
Companies fire employees who use marijuana.
You can discuss why all you want, it's still a fact. If you're driving a truck, they fire you on the spot. Take a Greyhound home. And that's smart. No one wants potheads, let alone a whole country full of them.
It's illegal in Ukraine. Maybe that's why they can fight like a bunch of rabid raccoons.



(Evidence. What a crock)
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Old 04-02-2022, 03:58 PM
 
Location: Boston
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But, that's not what he ran for President on. Why do we even Vote? They say what we want to hear and do nothing.....
show me any time in Biden's 45 year career in politics where he ever said he supported legalizing marijuana. I can't find it.
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Old 04-02-2022, 05:10 PM
 
Location: Northridge/Porter Ranch, Calif.
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I think many people ( like myself) only smoke pot when they feel good already.
You would be much better without that junk. If you already feel good, what is the point of using it?
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Old 04-02-2022, 05:28 PM
 
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You would be much better without that junk. If you already feel good, what is the point of using it?
Well that's your opinion. But despite all the idiotic examples, people use marijuana for a variety of reasons (many health related). In fact some of the most successful people in the nation have indulged. I take it you don't think sleep is important? How about reducing anxiety? Pain relief?

Why not just worry about yourself.
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Old 04-02-2022, 05:44 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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Well that's your opinion. But despite all the idiotic examples, people use marijuana for a variety of reasons (many health related). In fact some of the most successful people in the nation have indulged. I take it you don't think sleep is important? How about reducing anxiety? Pain relief?

Why not just worry about yourself.
One of the best ways to relieve anxiety is to get out and take a walk.
Do some outdoor activity like gardening, painting, odd jobs around the house etc.
For you city folks, take a walk in your local park.
Volunteer to be helpful in any way you can.
These things DO take away anxiety.
One does not need any mind altering drugs to relieve anxiety.

If one stays active, sleep comes naturally.
As for pain, there are many, many products on the market to relieve pain, and they work, else they would not be allowed to be sold.

You, like many on the MJ bandwagon, are just using it as a excuse to not face up to what life deals us.
Bad choice for all of you.
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Old 04-02-2022, 05:50 PM
 
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One of the best ways to relieve anxiety is to get out and take a walk.
Do some outdoor activity like gardening, painting, odd jobs around the house etc.
For you city folks, take a walk in your local park.
Volunteer to be helpful in any way you can.
These things DO take away anxiety.
One does not need any mind altering drugs to relieve anxiety.

If one stays active, sleep comes naturally.
As for pain, there are many, many products on the market to relieve pain, and they work, else they would not be allowed to be sold.

You, like many on the MJ bandwagon, are just using it as a excuse to not face up to what life deals us.
Bad choice for all of you.
Hogwash!

Are you a sleep expert? Obviously not.

Do you know how people with cancer feel? I'm guessing no on that one also

I guess Steve Jobs and Elon Musk don't know how to deal with life either. Their minds were altered so bad that they made more money than every poster on this forum combined. But I digress.

Just another line of close minded and intellectually rigid thinking for those that think they should be able to run other people's lives.
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