Heath Ledger's dead

[GeorgiaCoyote]

Not that you had anything worth salvaging if you're using either one in the first place.

Very harsh words but very true. It's just not smart to even try smoking either tobacco or marijuana. Sure there are a few people who've tried it once or twice and that was it but more often than not, you'll get hooked almost instantly and once you're hooked you're not getting off easily. My maternal Grandparents both smoked when they were younger. It wasn't viewed as such a health risk back then. Then a close friend of my Grandfather died of lung cancer and after his funeral, he put the pack of cigarettes away and never touched them again. My Grandmother followed suit not long after. The best way to avoid getting hooked on cigarettes is just not to start. Well this is pulling away from the main topic a lot. I will add that I've learned that as of yet, no illegal drugs seemed to have been involved with Heath Ledgers death. Really want know for sure till the toxicology report.

[Extreme-Speed]

Who?

[Tom Flapwell]

My mom, who has done marijuana maybe once every few years, does not believe it to be neurologically addictive -- merely habitual in many cases. So why do I find so much online about marijuana addiction? Apparently, it's just not as strongly addictive as most non-medicinal drugs.

There's also the factor of individual susceptibility. A college friend of mine says he's tried just about every drug, and in all but two cases, he felt he could take or leave the experience. He is now a functioning alcoholic with some longing for... I forget what the other drug is, but I hadn't heard of it before. Sounds similar to ecstasy.

[Hanging Tree]

Actually, marijuana isn't as damaging to your lungs as tobacco, but it does make a mess of your higher brain functions.

EDIT: Not that you had anything worth salvaging if you're using either one in the first place.

So says the person with no experience in the matter.

[Arloest]

Actually, marijuana isn't as damaging to your lungs as tobacco, but it does make a mess of your higher brain functions.

EDIT: Not that you had anything worth salvaging if you're using either one in the first place.

Are you really insinuating that anybody who smokes pot or even cigarettes is simply a waste of life? If so, you just seriously dissed a lot of people who post here. Do NOT make such sweeping, harsh generalizations. There is no need for them and it just makes you seem like a jerk.

[rabid_fox]

Hey, no man, I'm totally on board with that. I smoked since I was nine years old and I know that I've got nothing worth salvaging. Not even organs. They're full of nicodevil now.

[Arloest]

But I wanna yell at people :`(

[rabid_fox]

Yell at me for throwing my life away by calling the devil-weed nicotine a flower of the common man, for strangling myself in the Cult of Beautiful pain and dancing with the seven shades of mysterious, gorgeous pollution.

[Bocaj Claw]

I'd rather yell at you for indulging yourself in figurative language. That stuff is addictive, man! Don't make me organize an intervention. There will be cake served.

[Kazapsky]

Are you really insinuating that anybody who smokes pot or even cigarettes is simply a waste of life? If so, you just seriously dissed a lot of people who post here. Do NOT make such sweeping, harsh generalizations. There is no need for them and it just makes you seem like a jerk.

You say that as if I care about the opinion of someone dumb enough to deliberately run toxic chemicals through their body on a daily basis.

[Bocaj Claw]

Are you really insinuating that anybody who smokes pot or even cigarettes is simply a waste of life? If so, you just seriously dissed a lot of people who post here. Do NOT make such sweeping, harsh generalizations. There is no need for them and it just makes you seem like a jerk.

You say that as if I care about the opinion of someone dumb enough to deliberately run toxic chemicals through their body on a daily basis.

Ever get a vaccine?

[GeorgiaCoyote]

I'd rather yell at you for indulging yourself in figurative language.

I might join ya in that yelling match.

Ever get a vaccine?

Interesting point. After all vaccines are just the dead or attenuated form of a virus that could be toxic to ya in a sense. Also if you consider the mercury-based preservative used in em. Surprised they haven't started coming up with an alternative to that.

[Doc Sigma]

Yell at me for throwing my life away by calling the devil-weed nicotine a flower of the common man, for strangling myself in the Cult of Beautiful pain and dancing with the seven shades of mysterious, gorgeous pollution.

...dammit. Cigarettes are addictive on a whole other level. Just TALKING about them makes me want to smoke. BRB.

[rabid_fox]

I quit smoking. It was easy. I don't know what the big fuss about cigarettes being addictive is - I decided that I wasn't enjoying them anymore and haven't smoked since.

[Tom Flapwell]

I quit smoking. It was easy. I don't know what the big fuss about cigarettes being addictive is - I decided that I wasn't enjoying them anymore and haven't smoked since.

Again, I think it varies by individual.