samaustinashlee_billiewjr asked:


I was visiting my family in New Orleans, and I had to evacuate for Hurricane Katrina. I was home helping out after the storm all I could. I turned down cocaine at least 20 times, but I finally did some, and then took some from my cousin. I was going to fly back to California( back to school) and and got busted by the security by their search. If I take the felony charge, will this effect my SSDI/SSI and the help from The Department of Rehabilitation?

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sherri c asked:


he manipulated me to have oral sex while I was high and unable to properly function? I am a married woman and never would have done this sober. He knows I have been struggling with my addiction for a long time and used that to his advantage.
Alsom could I sue him for ruining my marriage?

tylanbo asked:

Looking to see if anyone has an opinion on the matter. Take a quick look at the following observations and conclusions, thanks.

Ever wonder why marijuana is illegal? Some yes, some no, but let me assure you it isn’t why the government says it is.

Addiction rates:
Nicotine – 35%
Cocaine – 19%
Marijuana – 9%

Death rates:
Tobacco – 435,000 /yr
Alcohol – 85,000 /yr
All illicit drugs – 17,000/yr
Marijuana – 0, in all of history
* center for disease control

Effects:
*Tobacco
Yellow teeth/nails/skin, emphysema, lung cancer, etc.
*Marijuana
Obvious acute effects, bronchitis (long term) — notice I did NOT list cancer.

** A california study observing heavy marijuana users over the course of 8 years found that marijuana smokers were no more prone to cancer than non-smokers.

Nicotine withdraw symptoms:
-Physical
* Tingling in the hands and feet
* Sweating
* Intestinal disorders (cramps, nausea)
* Headache
* Cold symptoms as the lungs begin to clear (sore throats, coughing, and other signs of colds and respiratory problem)
-Mental/emotional
* Feelings of being an infant: temper tantrums, intense needs, feelings of dependency, a state of near paralysis.
* Insomnia
* Mental confusion
* Vagueness
* Irritability
* Anxiety
* Depression is common in the short and long term. In the short term it may mimic the feelings of grief felt when a loved one is lost. As foolish as it sounds, a smoker should plan on a period of actual mourning in order to get through the early withdrawal depression.

Marijuana withdraw symptoms:
*** Scientists disagree whether there is significant withdrawal symptoms or not. A 1997 report by the Institute of Medicine stated that average users, due to the long half-life of marijuana, experience little or no withdrawal symptoms. However, they can include any/all of the following:
irritability
anxiety
physical tension
decreases in appetite and mood
stomach pain
physical tension
restlessness
anorexia
insomnia
increased aggression / anger
strange dreams

Other reasons why marijuana is still illegal:

** Police make ENORMOUS amounts of money from drug busts. If they can prove that the money was tied to criminal activity they are allowed to confiscate it. Legalization of marijuana would mean huge losses for:

Police
Courts (from fines)

** Tobacco lobbyists obviously oppose the legalization of marijuana. This would introduce competition into the market, or allow current tobacco smokers to quit and replace their habit with marijuana. Either way, the tobacco industry loses, meaning a big “hell no” from them.

** The drug industry would be absolutely crushed by the legalization of marijuana. Currently, the only way to obtain substances legally is by visiting a doctor (paying a fee), getting a FDA-approved prescription, and getting a couple more to counteract the side-effects of the first drug. Marijuana is used worldwide as an alternative medicine for many health issues.

** International treaties make it difficult for individual countries to change their laws. If they were to legalize marijuana, they would violate the treaty, and that would cost them certain benefits.

** Consumer items would see a drop in demand, as the necessity to have more and more entertainment would decline with the introduction of marijuana. With a reduction in demand, that would mean one of two things:
– Production would have to slow down, meaning less profits since less volume is moved through the stores.
– Reduction in sale price, as the supply will be the same (for a while) and the demand will decrease.
It may seem ridiculous, but trust me many consumer items would see a decrease in sales.

** Pacifism would overtake america, at least in the smoking body, and would make it much more difficult to engage in conflicts with other countries, on any scale. War is the single most lucrative engagement, and a loss of money would certainly be against the interests of those currently benefiting. Not only that, but it will become much more difficult to get the american people rallied behind government-driven bills and actions. Keeping the american people gun-ho and ignorant is key for them to get their desired results. Pacifism would help reduce the “gun-ho” aspect of their success formula, and the resulting tact in their approach to political issues would likely result in many becoming educated with the fine-details of the matter. Educated decisions will collapse government corruption, which is very lucrative itself.

** Right-wing conservatives, armed with bible-in-hand (though from personal experience I can assure you they do not read, or at least interpret without distortion), will down-right refuse the legalization of marijauna.

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Final notes:

Now, for my personal opinion on the matter (drum roll … )….

Despite whatever the health effects may be, it is my belief that it is the constitutional right of o
It does not matter what it does or does not do to your body friends, it only matters what rights are unwillingly be taken away from you. It is your right to choose for yourself, is it not? Doctors have the right to recommend what you should do, but not legislate it. I’m not convincing you of safety, just trying to open your eyes to reality. Americans today give too much choice to the government, as if they are scared to choose for themselves. I pity you, I really do, and it breaks my heart.

I understand a huge drop in consumer demand is relative to it’s total consumer base, but they WILL see a large drop in business. When I started smoking I spent more time with the people I cared about instead of working to buy big televisions and expensive cars. It is the memories I have with other people that keep me going, televisions will eventually break down and need to be replaced.

Big tobacco will not start growing and selling. Why? Well obviously EVERYONE ELSE WOULD TOO.

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tylanbo asked:

Sources from http://www.drugwarfacts.org/marijuan.htm will be cited by the number corresponding to where it was found.

Understand that I believe that possession and the private use of marijuana should always be legal. Driving while intoxicated should not (and already is illegal). Smoking in public should be a local issue, as it is the preference of the people living there that should decide whether marijuana can be used publicly. Trafficking of drugs is the only thing that should be federally regulated, as it is an international issue and directly falls under their jurisdiction. Also understand that whether or not you use (or would use) marijauna is your choice, having marijuana legalized only means you can legally make the choice for yourself. At all times you can decide not to use it, but those millions of americans who do are facing excessive criminal penalties for behavior that affects only them, NOT YOU. You have the constitutional right to not use marijuana, but I believe that it should also be your right to choose for yourself.

The long half-life of THC prevents “crashing” after using the drug and greatly reduces the chance of dependency. Little to no withdraw symptoms were found with average marijuana use.
* paraphrased from the IOM report “Marijuana and Medicine”

There is no scientific evidence that marijuana use leads to ‘harder’ drugs.
* need citation

Addiction rates:
Nicotine – 35% * almost twice as addictive as cocaine and kills 25 times more people per year (if all 17000 deaths from all illicit substances were contributed to cocaine).
Cocaine – 19%
Marijuana – 9%

Death rates:
Tobacco – 435,000 /yr
Alcohol – 85,000 /yr
All illicit drugs – 17,000/yr
Marijuana – 0 (can not overdose)
* center for disease control
** Alcohol related deaths kill 5 times more people per year than ALL illicit drugs

Effects:
*Tobacco
Very mild calming feeling, Yellow teeth/nails/skin, emphysema, lung cancer, etc.
*Marijuana
Obvious acute effects, bronchitis (long term) — notice I did NOT list cancer.

** A california study observing heavy marijuana users over the course of 8 years found that marijuana smokers were no more prone to cancer than non-smokers.

“Since 1969, government-appointed commissions in the United States, Canada, England, Australia, and the Netherlands concluded, after reviewing the scientific evidence, that marijuana’s dangers had previously been greatly exaggerated, and urged lawmakers to drastically reduce or eliminate penalties for marijuana possession.”
*#32

“…It criminalizes large numbers of otherwise law-abiding, mainly young, people to the detriment of their futures. It has become a proxy for the control of public order; and it inhibits accurate education about the relative risks of different drugs including the risks of cannabis itself.”
* #37

“Statements in the popular media that the potency of cannabis has increased by ten times or more in recent decades are not support by the data from either the USA or Europe.”
* #39

The U.S. federal government spent over $19 billion dollars in 2003 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $600 per second. The budget has since been increased by over a billion dollars.
* Office of National Drug Control Policy
** Don’t you think this could go to more important expenditures?

Just this year 540,658 arrests have been made for cannibis. FBI statistics reported 829,625 arrests in 2006 for cannibis, the highest ever in one year, and of those arrests 738,915 (89%) were for possession alone. An American is now arrested for violating cannabis laws every 38 seconds.
*Uniform Crime Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Colin H asked:

Since the idea of freedom to choose what goes into your body isn’t reasonable to many when it comes to illicit substances, I’m going to single out the cannabis plant. The fact that it is not physically addictive, and not toxic enough to possibly overdose on are two very important facts that are extremely downplayed by proponents of prohibition. It can cause psychological dependence, but literally anything can cause psychological dependence. That kind of dependence is based on multiple factors, but the main two are how much pleasure said object or activity personally brings someone, and how much willpower they possess. Whether you like the feeling of cocaine or not, your body will crave it. With cannabis people’s bodies aren’t literally craving it, they consciously like the effects and that is why they seek more. That is also why thrill seekers wish to go skydiving again, or someone wants to play a video game again. To single cannabis out as addictive for anyone is like saying those two activities, or any other, will be equally pleasurable and likely to make a habit for anyone who engages in them. Physical dependence is real addiction, cannabis can only make a habit, like literally anything else can. It all depends on the individual, and how much they personally enjoy the effects of cannabis. To treat it as dangerous and addictive to the point of making it illegal for everyone is foolish and costly.

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SLIM asked:

When is our government going to hold these Pharmaceutical companies responsible for problems they have caused? We made war against Columbian drug dealers in the 80’s because of Cocaine, but that was nothing compared to what is happening to us now.

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