Just say no! ...Wait, what?

[Princess Ash]

Look at what it did to your parents. It'll do that to you too.


Wanna do drugs now?

 

[U Just Got PUNKD]

Okay, i think this is an arguement thats getting a lil bit out of hand. I think some things have been said that were not necessary. Just because your 17 doesn't make you mroe informed than someone who is 13, or 15 and 16. Everyone knows alot about different things. This is a teen board yes about disney, but alot is more than just disney related. It's a place to go and talk about things with other teens, favorite movies music, problems and yes drugs. It's good to have others opinons on a subject.
Sure noone has died sdirectly from marijuana, but you can die from diseases it gives you[i.e. lung cancer] same as alcohol can give you liver cancer. I don't think mny teachers have given me the half truth, i'm in health and have seen literally organs and lungs from people who ahve smoked marijuana......not pretty at all it was disgusting [[btw it smelled HORRIBLE.]]

Thank you. =D

 

[PrincessKally]

your welcome
just trying to keep the DIS friendly hehehe

 

[SplshMtnLvr28]

Alrighty... I think we all need to just take a deep breath and calm down. I didn't mean for this to get so heated.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I think that you need to grow a brain.
Instead of spending all of our time focusing on who has the hotter boyfriend or who you had sex with last, we need to be more well informed about drugs.
I had to do a debate in which I had to prove why marijuana is better than drinking.
(I am 17 by the way not a 13 year old so I know what i am talking about).
Marijuana has caused no deaths at all, do you know how many people died in alcohol related accidents just in colorado?
Well over 6,000. Look it up yourself. Go to MAAD.com and get all of your stats.
Look at the "Blue Book" for the amendments trying to get passed because they have all of the facts.
I am not pulling this out of my *** for goodness sakes, all I am saying is that we need to be more aware of the truth.
I think that we all need to lay off taking the "chill pill" because we all know what that really is. "X"

First off, it's madd.com
Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
You can have drug related accidents as well, it exists. Honestly, you shouldn't be doing either. I do not promote drugs, and I never will. I do not believe it is healthier than drinking. Nor do I think drinking it healthier. They're equally dangerous, equally unhealthy & equally stupid.
Though, drinking is okay in small doses. Drinking is okay if you're not going to drive. I completely support Operation Rednose, which has someone come and pick up after drinking, and someone to drive you car home.
Most of us have been through DARE. My friends father is the DARE teacher, so I usually never hear the end of it. For more than half the year, our Health class focuses on drugs & drinking. I know more than I need to about drugs & alcohol.

 

[disneyworldluvr349]

I think that you people are so stubborn! I think that I know what this thread was about! Why it is ok for our parents to smoke pot and not for us teens to even talk about it. I think that it is because our governement is very money hungry. The alchohol buisness is very large along with the tobacco industry. It isn't OK anymore for us to talk about smoking pot because .....I just don't know. Look I am sorry it's just that my best friend's bro was killed in an alcohol related accident and I wish that we never invented this crap anyways.
Sorry if I was rude...

 

[Babyjustrun]

I'm confused.
you wrote:

Why is it okay.... for them to do and not for us to talk about.


and then you wrote:

it's not okay to talk about.

what do you really think?

 

[disneyworldluvr349]

I think that it isn't ok for our parents to not let us talk about it. I think that if we don't get their opinion or their experiences then we won't know why the say "Oh that is so silly", or "Those were the days". I think that our parents should understand as well that marijuana is less harmful the "X", Cocain, Heroin,or alcohol. If teens want to smoke pot then so be it and because those of you whose parents did do the drugs shouldn't say no. They need to tell us the truth about pot so that way we can determine the consequences, and if it is worth it instead of our parents pretending that this isn' a real issue.

 

[Babyjustrun]

I think that it isn't ok for our parents to not let us talk about it. I think that if we don't get their opinion or their experiences then we won't know why the say "Oh that is so silly", or "Those were the days". I think that our parents should understand as well that marijuana is less harmful the "X", Cocain, Heroin,or alcohol. If teens want to smoke pot then so be it and because those of you whose parents did do the drugs shouldn't say no. They need to tell us the truth about pot so that way we can determine the consequences, and if it is worth it instead of our parents pretending that this isn' a real issue.

Okay then.
My parents & I don't discuss drugs, they never did them & I don't do them. We understand that's it's dumb to smoke anything. We're on the same page.

 

[SplshMtnLvr28]

Though, drinking is okay in small doses.

Sorry, but so is pot.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Sorry, but so is pot.

I know, but I'd rather see someone drinking than doing drugs.
Actually, you shouldn't have drugs on you in the first place, should you?

 

[SplshMtnLvr28]

I know, but I'd rather see someone drinking than doing drugs.
Actually, you shouldn't have drugs on you in the first place, should you?

Unless prescribed by your doctor.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Unless prescribed by your doctor.

Unless prescribed.
But honestly, I don't many people that get prescribed drugs.
I just know (I don't actually know them) people who buy drugs illegally.

 

[SplshMtnLvr28]

Unless prescribed.
But honestly, I don't many people that get prescribed drugs.
I just know (I don't actually know them) people who buy drugs illegally.

Ok.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Right...

I'm not lying.
My friend's brother is in rehab right now.

 

[SplshMtnLvr28]

I'm not lying.
My friend's brother is in rehab right now.

I never said you were.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Nevermind xD
Anyways main point is:
Drugs are bad. Don't do them unless directed by your doctor.
Drinking is bad. Wait until you're 18 (or 21 in most cases) and don't overdo it.

 

[TheBellhop]

The longterm effects of marijuana use are disputed. Many websites will twist facts to fit their cause. Cases in point:

This is an excerpt from the NIDA, the National Institute Against Drug Abuse:

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"
Q: What are the long-term effects of marijuana use?

A: Findings so far show that regular use of marijuana or THC may play a role in some kinds of cancer and in problems with the respiratory and immune systems.

• Cancer
  It’s hard to know for sure whether regular marijuana use causes cancer. But it is known that marijuana contains some of the same, and sometimes even more, of the cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. Studies show that someone who smokes five joints per day may be taking in as many cancer-causing chemicals as someone who smokes a full pack of cigarettes every day (15) ."

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People who smoke five joints per day are insane. Rarely will you find somebody who smokes five joints of marijuana a day, and if you do, it should be evident that they abuse the drug. Normally, it is only one or two joints that are smoked, and even then most people do not use it daily. Some use it once a week, others, once a month.

Here is an excerpt from a site that wants to stop the drug war campaign, obviously pro-marijuana users:
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"Myth: Marijuana's Harms Have Been Proved Scientifically. In the 1960s and 1970s, many people believed that marijuana was harmless. Today we know that marijuana is much more dangerous than previously believed.
Fact: In 1972, after reviewing the scientific evidence, the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse concluded that while marijuana was not entirely safe, its dangers had been grossly overstated. Since then, researchers have conducted thousands of studies of humans, animals, and cell cultures. None reveal any findings dramatically different from those described by the National Commission in 1972. In 1995, based on thirty years of scientific research editors of the British medical journal Lancet concluded that "the smoking of cannabis, even long term, is not harmful to health." "

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People who rarely smoke marijuana (maybe 5 times a year) will NOT have the same conditions and effects of those that smoke cigs rarely. People need to read the facts before posting.

 

[MyHappyEnding_]

Well just to add my opinion to this lovely little thread here...

Alcohol is bad.
Marijuana is bad. It might not be so destructive to your health but it definately impairs your judgement. Just because it doesn't harm your own body instantly doesn't mean that it can't harm yourself and others around you.

 

[TheBellhop]

I think alcohol's more destructive than marijuana in that it's more widely available.