More Discussion on Marijuana (Merged with Skeete thread discussion)

[MililaniBuckeye]

So you're an OSU student, right? Ever taken an English class with Mack Davis? If not, sign up and see what an intelligent person is like after 20 years of smoking pot... he's maybe the most creative and interesting professor I've met in my time in academia. The fact is everybody is going to be worse off after 20 years of adulthood, regardless of their individual behaviors. Take your pseudo-science back to DARE, frosh.

Don't tell me that you really think that two decades of pot smoking doesn't effect your mental capabilities. Or have you been toking for 20 years?

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

I would say 95% of us on here have already judged Skeete.. as I will believe a police officer over a kid about 99% of the time.

So Rome would be a normal guy in terms of who he trusts first.
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I am not saying that Skeete did not do what was alleged, I am merely saying that who are any of us to judge a kid without all the facts being made public. He made a terrible decision and will pay the price. Why do media members like Jim Rhome think they have the right to blast a kid. Report the news, do not try to be the news.

 

[KevinBuck]

Mili, well of course it affects your mental capabilities, but by no means would I say it's in a completely negative way. As a longtime student of the humanities I've interacted with many professors and other academic-types who have been partaking for many years, with virtually no ill effects--though they are generally more willing to challenge status quos than your average square. Not every pot-smoker sits around in a basement hitting a bong all day; some will toke up just to relax after work, some when they go out to a show, and others to 'spark up' an interesting philosophical discussion. Many people would be surprised to find just how normal (and even accomplished) these longtime smokers can be...

 

[tundra1]

OK, I'm going to make an effort to get this discussion back on topic.

This thread isn't about the long-term effects of marijuana use. It's not about whether marijuana should be legalized.

This thread is about Skeete being arrested, charged with trafficking marijuana, and suspended from the Ohio State football team.

No matter what your viewpoint is on marijuana, this thread is about Skeete.

Marijuana is currently illegal (except when prescribed medicinally, I believe). Trafficking in marijuana is currently illegal. Therefore, Skeete allegedly did something illegal, and is charged with a felony.

If you can't understand that this thread is about Skeete, but then also claim that marijuana has no lasting effects, then you're proving the exact opposite of what you claim.

Sermon over.

If Skeete loses his scholarship (and if he's guilty, he should, IMO), didn't we once promise Pettrey a scholarship and then took it away when Huston got his 6th year? Did Pettrey enroll? And, if so, shouldn't we give Pettrey that scholarship?

(EDIT: Thread has been split. This thread is no longer about Skeete. Talk all you want about weed and life.)

 

[KevinBuck]

Why do media members like Jim Rhome think they have the right to blast a kid. Report the news, do not try to be the news.

Rome feels that's his right because that's what he's paid to do. He's not a reporter, he's a talkshow host who fills his phonelines by spewing 'controversial' opinions. He's also a jackass, so who cares what he says?

Tundra, in case you haven't been reading along the whole way, by now this thread is clearly about both Skeete and marijuana in general -- Whoops, looks like it's been split, so those of us way off-topic are now back on...

 

[BB73]

Thank goodness this thread got split, so now the musings of Timothy Leary can be debated outside the football forum.

Now that's it's split, I'll weigh in on Singapore. I've been there. On the plane ride, you're given a document that clearly explains that drug dealing is punishable by death. Their country, their rules. If you ignore them, it's you're own fault to suffer the consequences. If you don't like their rules, don't visit.

I enjoyed Singapore, especially the satay.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Dude........I like that word, meanderings. It just reminds me of..........dog.

 

[Buck Nasty]

Uhhhhh,

Nevermind,

what were we talking about?

fags, oh yeah. Selling pot is gay!


Buying it is ok though

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Rome feels that's his right because that's what he's paid to do. He's not a reporter, he's a talkshow host who fills his phonelines by spewing 'controversial' opinions. He's also a jackass, so who cares what he says?

Tundra, in case you haven't been reading along the whole way, by now this thread is clearly about both Skeete and marijuana in general -- Whoops, looks like it's been split, so those of us way off-topic are now back on...

so because you take a thread off topic its ok to keep going off topic? thank god it got split. thanks grad.

 

[KevinBuck]

That's what the mods are for--and just in time, too, thank goodness. This thread that had gone off topic yesterday was in jeopardy of continuing that way for another few minutes... Who could possibly wrap their mind around a conversation that covered two topics at once?

 

[Buck Nasty]

Who could possibly wrap their mind around a conversation that covered two topics at once?

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[BuckeyeNation27]

That's what the mods are for--and just in time, too, thank goodness. This thread that had gone off topic yesterday was in jeopardy of continuing that way for another few minutes... Who could possibly wrap their mind around a conversation that covered two topics at once?

Then why not listen to the mods when they say stop fucking talking about pot dipshit?

 

[ohiostate=life]

Yes I go to Ohio State. No I didn't have my English class with that professor. And for the last time I did not say that weed is a gauruntee one way trip to nowhere. I did say that it is not good for you and nobody can dispute that. As for the effects of old age. If you honestly think getting old alone is comparable to getting old WHILE smoking pot on a regular basis then we have more problems in this world than a football player smoking some weed. The fact is it is not good for you and everyone knows it. The only people that deny it or fight the argument are the users who, nine times out of ten, will hurt their lives by smoking weed before the weed makes it better.

 

[KevinBuck]

As for the effects of old age. If you honestly think getting old alone is comparable to getting old WHILE smoking pot on a regular basis then we have more problems in this world than a football player smoking some weed. The fact is it is not good for you and everyone knows it.

By "getting old alone", do you mean growing old in a vacuum, divorced from the effects of time and space? Because I don't know a lot of people who spend their lives partaking in NO activities that are going to affect them as they age: cigarettes, alcohol, fast food, watching too much TV, too much sleep, not enough sleep, the common cold... Life itself is basically bad for you and will ultimately result in your death, regardless of your behaviors; how you choose to enjoy your time is up to you.

As for the benefits to using marijuana, I refer you to the foremost authority on the subject, Harvard professor Dr. Lester Grinspoon:
http://www.marijuana-uses.com/essays/001.html

Then why not listen to the mods when they say stop fucking talking about pot dipshit?

I just told you, name-caller! I come here to read about the Buckeyes and related topics, and occasionally throw in my two cents; it's up to the mods to determine a place for everything and put everything in its place. You take this shit too seriously, BN27.

 

[BrutusMaximus]

Of course it has benefits. But how bout look into the other side of things. How bout looking into what the bad side-effects are. Number 1, just like smoking cigarettes, you are inhaling a foreign substance into your lungs, damaging them. Number 2, it dramatically slows down your reaction time, so if you happen to be walking down the street, and a car is coming toward you......you're toast, cause you cant react quick enough to get out of the way. It definitely DOES have long-term effects, as I have seen it. Not so much the drug itself, but people that smoke it tend to adopt these retarded beliefs that make no sense, and they immediately shun the rest of the world as not important. For instance if I walked up to you and said the sky was blue, you'd tell me this story about how it's not really blue, that's just how each different person interprets color or some bullshit. I have had lots of pothead friends......the shit is not good for you.

My argument is, alcohol is just as bad for you. Hence I dont see why it's legal to drink, but not legal to smoke weed.