Guest Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='dominicansoul' timestamp='1296154735' post='2205119'] ..i suggested to a religious community, that they should grow it and sell it as "holy smokes." I told them, if they wanted a convent built, this "fund-raiser" would pretty much rake in all the dough they needed... ...they didn't think it would be a good idea... [/quote] Its a brilliant idea and I think the Most High would approve. Although I've been wrong before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1296154794' post='2205120'] Yes,[b] as well as domestic drug violence[/b], and would free up police resources for useful things. [/quote] Or would there just be more potheads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' timestamp='1296155387' post='2205132'] Or would there just be more potheads? [/quote] Maybe, maybe not, but there wouldn't be dealers killing other dealers over it. You don't see pharmaceutical companies in turf wars. Countries without drinking age laws tend to have far less of a problem with youth binge drinking. I think that's relevant to consider. Edited January 27, 2011 by Nihil Obstat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcePrincessKRS Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1296155819' post='2205140'] Maybe, maybe not, but there wouldn't be dealers killing other dealers over it. You don't see pharmaceutical companies in turf wars. Countries without drinking age laws tend to have far less of a problem with youth binge drinking. I think that's relevant to consider. [/quote] I wasn't considering drug dealers killing one another "domestic violence." When I think "domestic violence" I think more along the lines of spousal abuse. I guess you meant something broader by "domestic drug violence"? I agree that it would weaken the drug cartels, and likely ease the load for the police force. I'm just not sure that I think it would end up better for people on a family level. In my[s] experience[/s] observations recreational drug use hasn't exactly been a positive influence in family life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' timestamp='1296155819' post='2205140'] Maybe, maybe not, but there wouldn't be dealers killing other dealers over it. You don't see pharmaceutical companies in turf wars. Countries without drinking age laws tend to have far less of a problem with youth binge drinking. I think that's relevant to consider. [/quote] We for sure need drinking and smoking age laws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dUSt Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='Delivery Boy' timestamp='1296154919' post='2205125'] Its a brilliant idea and I think the Most High would approve. Although I've been wrong before. [/quote] Most High. lol You come up with the best puns, not to mention the single greatest title of a thread ever posted on phatmass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='dUSt' timestamp='1296156278' post='2205151'] Most High. lol You come up with the best puns, not to mention the single greatest title of a thread ever posted on phatmass. [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AudreyGrace Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Salvia is legal, and far worse than marijuana. There's "legal pot" that we have in NY that you can get at any head shop. It's just like pot... but it's not, and it's legal. My brother gets it but I don't smoke. Not my thing. I think it should be legalized because there are more harmful things out there. And I don't think it's the government's purpose to tell someone what plant they can and cannot smoke. If we tax it, gdp could go up, no doubt. We'd still have the people who abuse marijuana and those who don't. If pot was legalized, I might try it, but I wouldn't keep smoking. Just like if they legalized prostitution-- that isn't going to make every girl want to become a prostitute. It's a matter of those who smoke "in the closet" simply "coming out of the closet." People say that Jesus would smoke pot if He were around today. I say this: he wouldn't waste his time on a couch getting high when He could be out preaching God's love. That's why I don't smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fides' Jack Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='Maximilianus' timestamp='1296154103' post='2205111'] Maria Juana is ruined as a name. [/quote] Tell that to my mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) [quote name='AudreyGrace' timestamp='1296156919' post='2205161'] Salvia is legal, and far worse than marijuana. There's "legal pot" that we have in NY that you can get at any head shop. It's just like pot... but it's not, and it's legal. My brother gets it but I don't smoke. Not my thing. I think it should be legalized because there are more harmful things out there. And I don't think it's the government's purpose to tell someone what plant they can and cannot smoke. If we tax it, gdp could go up, no doubt. We'd still have the people who abuse marijuana and those who don't. If pot was legalized, I might try it, but I wouldn't keep smoking. Just like if they legalized prostitution-- that isn't going to make every girl want to become a prostitute. It's a matter of those who smoke "in the closet" simply "coming out of the closet." People say that Jesus would smoke pot if He were around today. I say this: he wouldn't waste his time on a couch getting high when He could be out preaching God's love. That's why I don't smoke. [/quote] Its good you don't smoke too. I don't think people should actually. But its their choice. And I don't think prostitution should be legal. Its bad. I live in vegas and they advertise on the strip with cards and its messed up. One of the vans that drives around has pictures of the prostitutes on it and there's billboards. Guess what the first 3 digits of the phone number are after the 702 area code ? 666 Edited January 27, 2011 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrestia Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I have mixed feelings. I've never smoked pot and have no desire to. My family is Jamaican, so I find it particularly irritating when people assume that ganja is a part of my culture. (The only time that I have even been offered pot in Jamaica was when I was visiting with American friends.) That being said, I think [b]everything[/b] should be legal and very highly regulated. Why not turn criminals into tax-payers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [url="http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=2012"]http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=2012[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sternhauser Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1296158892' post='2205179'] [url="http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=2012"]http://www.ewtnnews. .../US.php?id=2012[/url] [/quote] "The priest also cited the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry, whose pastoral handbook “Church, Drugs, and Drug Addiction” teaches that cannabis use is “incompatible with Christian morality” because it is an intoxicant that dims reason and potentially is damaging to the integrity of one’s body and soul." Clearly. Because alcohol doesn't do that. ~Sternhauser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) [quote name='IcePrincessKRS' timestamp='1296156106' post='2205146'] I wasn't considering drug dealers killing one another "domestic violence." When I think "domestic violence" I think more along the lines of spousal abuse. I guess you meant something broader by "domestic drug violence"? I agree that it would weaken the drug cartels, and likely ease the load for the police force. I'm just not sure that I think it would end up better for people on a family level. In my[s] experience[/s] observations recreational drug use hasn't exactly been a positive influence in family life. [/quote] Sorry, I meant domestic to mean "within the country". :D Forgot about the other sense. [quote name='Delivery Boy' timestamp='1296156271' post='2205150'] We for sure need drinking and smoking age laws. [/quote] Our culture has evolved to such that in the short term, a lack of drinking age laws would be a bit chaotic, but I believe that in the long term these laws do nothing but harm. (I also don't think these laws are moral.) Edited January 27, 2011 by Nihil Obstat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1296158892' post='2205179'] [url="http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=2012"]http://www.ewtnnews.com/catholic-news/US.php?id=2012[/url] [/quote] Hmm seems from that the church is against marijauna. They say its incompatible with a christian life. That's harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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