Why do some people look so down on marijuana consumption?

[Kingofkings1992]

Just because a person uses marijuana doesn’t mean they’re lazy, irresponsible, or generally unsuccessful in life.

[SeymourBill420]

Because, most people are ignorant and uneducated on the topic. Especially if they consider marijuana a drug. This right there shows they have no education whatsoever. Because marijuana is not a drug. The definition of a drug is a chemical synthesized and a laboratory. And marijuana definitely does not fall under this category. But mainly, most of the perceptions of marijuana usage coming from people that have never smoked it or don't regularly smoke it and they're just regurgitating information that they heard somewhere that is not actual facts. But, truth being told, if anybody were to look at any facts or statistics, over 50% of the population smokes weed. And, well over 50% of the population is lazy. Lazy has nothing to do with weed smoking. Laziness is a human problem not a weed smoking problem. You don't have to be a weed smoker in order to be lazy. We see this all the time in fat people that don't smoke weed. Fat people are lazy. So, these are definitely very uneducated people that definitely have these opinions and they should not be paid attention to. They should be taught, if they allow themselves to be taught. and then if they don't allow themselves to be taught then they stay as ignorant as they were. So, I wouldn't let the ignorant people get to you.

[pickles77]

There’s a couple reasons


First is because it’s been illegal for so long it’s often associated with lawbreakers and criminals. There is a kind of tribalism against it. Especially with Parents because they don’t want their kids to be influenced by drug dealers and get in with the wrong crowd. Especially where harder drugs are accessible. The whole scene just paints a bad picture for weed. There is also the safety aspect of not knowing what your getting. If someone’s kid gets weed from a dealer and they lace it they can have permanent damage or die. I know someone that recently committed suicide because his brain chemistry was changed forever in his younger years and he just lost hope. Which isn’t weeds fault but everything around it.


Second with it legalized I feel like the stigma is starting to lift. It’s safer, it’s cleaner, you don’t have to associate with shady people. I’ve grown my own and smoked it and it’s been very healing for my mental health. Even though there is still a lot of un-processed feelings about marijuana and just plain ignorance it is still a drug and like with anything as long as you don’t abuse it your fine but the true negative assumptions about weed come from the people who abuse it and allow it to be destructive to their life.

[ZiaCowel2000]

I don’t look down on it per say nor do I think it’s anything to glorify. I know a lot of people who have addiction problems they turn from one thing to another or do all things at once. I don’t like the smell of it. And the people I seen in person are not all there. It reminds me of people who abused prescription drugs. But if it help them and their doing it responsibly and I don’t know about it.(I prefer not to know.) But it doesn’t matter what I think, everyone can do whatever they want.

[SeymourBill420]

Lol, not all there. It sounds like you haven't been around too many weed smokers. And, the majority of females are naturally not all there and that's regardless if they smoke weed or not. So, weed does not necessarily make somebody not all there. And, the bigger problem is with your gender not being all there. Hence is why you just said what you said.

[normalice]

In the 70s republicans needed a way to be able to raid war protestors and black people without drawing the ire of the general public. So they launched the war on drugs and invested in massive propaganda campaigns to demonize Marijuana and then associate it with war protestors and black people. This isn't a theory, by the way, Nixon's domestic affairs assistant (Ehrlichman) openly admitted it.

[Kingofkings1992]

I’ve told you before, I’m not a republican. I’m middle of the road. I just dislike the extreme far left more so than the extreme right

[normalice]

Sorry, but I don't remember you and didn't say you were a republican in this reply. Weird you came to that defense unprompted, though. If there is anything that instantly makes me think something about someone it is if they deny it without being accused.

But you then went on to repeat addictive far right misinformation so you've managed to convince me you're a dedicated lifelong republican voter even though I had no interest in whether or not you were when I replied. So that backfired..

[Kingofkings1992]

You didn’t say it directly, you hinted at the notion of it subtly. Almost every single opinion you post is in attack on republicans. I would strongly advise seeking professional help for your mental illness.

[normalice]

You picked up a hint that wasn't there. That's not my problem to seek professional help for.

[exitseven]

As a kid just about everyone I knew smoked it. I really never saw it do anyone any good. They would repeat the same BS. It is not addictive , while they smoked it every day , it is harmless while they coughed up a lung, or my fave , it is just a plant. I never saw anyone get comatose from a sunflower.

If you talked to one of the local sheriffs they would tell you that most of the people in jail were there for drug offenses and the vast majority started with pot.

[Kingofkings1992]

Ah, yes. The old “gateway drug” argument. If marijuana is a gateway drug, then so is alcohol. Really? Marijuana doesn’t do anyone any good? Tell that to the thousands of medical marijuana patients who have literally had their lives saved by marijuana. Do you wanna know what doesn’t do anyone any good? Alcohol

[Anonymous]

I don't think it should be illegal or anything, but every pothead I have ever met has been annoying as shit and I can't be around them. I've also cut some friends off because we couldn't go ANYWHERE without them smoking while they preach to me about how marijuana isn't addictive.

[SeymourBill420]

Marijuana is not addictive. And, I'm pretty sure that a lot of people say the same thing about you. I'm sure you're pretty annoying of a person too.

[Opinion Owner]

Cannabis Is Physically Addictive.

If you think it isn't, you are objectively wrong and you don't understand how the active ingredients get you high in the first place - or why you develop tolerance.
Just because the withdrawals won't physically kill you doesn't mean there isn't a physical mechanism of addiction taking place.
Nicotine is addictive.
Caffeine is addictive.
Cannabis is addictive.

[Opinion Owner]

And I get along with most people just fine. You're just doing you're best to find something to criticize me on because you don't like that I gave you an honest answer to your question.

[Opinion Owner]

*the question

[SeymourBill420]

@Opinion Owner so, are you using your own experience? Or are you using regurgitated information from somebody else? Because to me it sounds like you're using regurgitated information from somebody else because cannabis is definitely not addictive. Take it from somebody that has been smoking it off and on for 30 years and can stop whenever he feels like it. Take it from somebody that can not smoke if he feels like it. And, there is definitely no side effects when stopping marijuana smoking. Take this from somebody that has been smoking weed for 30 years and don't listen to yourself who's probably never smoked it in his entire life. But, I will agree with you that tobacco is addictive. And I will not agree with you that caffeine is addictive. Maybe if you drink a pot a day, but, caffeine is not addictive. Because if caffeine was addictive, then I would not be able to have coffee some days and then have coffee other days if it was addictive. And, if marijuana was addictive, then that means I wouldn't be able to go hours in a day without smoking it. Or hours in the morning after I wake up and then I first smoke it for the day if it was addictive. So, it sounds like you actually need to learn some real life experience here and stop using regurgitated information that's totally false.

[BourbonAndBacon]

I look down on it because it makes you dumber and it stinks. My friends from high school that got caught up in smoking pot all went from honor students to unemployable.

[SeymourBill420]

Well what about the people that are naturally dumb and don't smoke weed? How about those people? But we does not make a person dumb. A person is automatically dumb before they start smoking weed. We doesn't have anything to do with stupidity. You were born with stupidity. You are not born smoking marijuana. So, you definitely don't know a lot of weed smokers. And, your friends from high school, there could have been many reasons why they are unemployable, and none of it may have to do with weed smoking. Or, it may have to do what we smoking in the illegal prohibition on it. Which is what made them unemployable. But, we smoking in general does not make a person unemployable. You are very uneducated about the topic.

[Kingofkings1992]

@bourbonandbacon weed doesn’t make people dumber. Using a recreational drug doesn’t pertain to a person’s level of intelligence in any manner. You actually just put on display that your level of intelligence is not very high.

[SeymourBill420]

@Kingofkings1992. Yes, he is pretty stupid. It's just a regurgitated bullshit that he's uttering. The fake news regurgitated bullshit from the government. He must be a government lover. But, just to check you, marijuana is not a drug. Just so you know. The definition of a drug, is a chemical synthesized and a laboratory. Marijuana is definitely not a chemical synthesized in the laboratory. It is definitely a plant or an herbiven to Us by god. As per mentioned many of times in the book of Revelations as the 12 seeded or fruited plant that is used for the healing of all the nations as its referenced many a times in the book of revelations. So, yes you are correct he is a fucking idiot. And, you need to be checked because marijuana is not a drug. It's an herb. Big difference. And when you call it a drug you sound just as ignorant as dude.

[SeymourBill420]

And also, there is many people of many intelligent statures that smoke weed. I mean 30 years ago when I was with a girl, her father owned his own business as one of those guys that builds dispensaries for eye centers. When you go to pick out your glasses, those dispensaries that you pick your frames off of, my ex-father-in-law built and Design those. He used to hang around with eye doctors all the time. And he used to go smoking weed with all the eye doctors. Because eye doctors know that marijuana lowers retina pressures. And I know this very well because I have very high pressures in one eye, and I can lose vision in one eye if I don't take care of this. And, every time I go to the eye doctor and don't smoke weed, and they test for glaucoma, they always tell me my pressures are extraordinarily high in my right eye. And then I can lose vision in my eye if I don't take care of this blah blah blah. But when I smoke weed, they don't tell me shit about no high pressures. So, I doctors are smart enough to know the benefits of marijuana. Many a business owners smoke marijuana many a smart people smoke marijuana. So we both know that this guy is full of shit and just regurgitated uneducated bullshit that he's uttering.

[Kingofkings1992]

@SeymourBill420 I agree with most of what you said, but marijuana is definitely a drug.

[Kingofkings1992]

drug
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Pharmaceutics
Narcotics · Informal
noun
a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.

[SeymourBill420]

100% totally wrong. Marijuana does not do this. It's corrects psychological orders. So this means that everybody needs to be on it. If you drive down the road look at all the traffic out there and look at how people drive and how impatient their asses are. That tells you more people need to smoke weed right there. Look at all the road rage there is out there. That is because people need to smoke more weed and get more patience. Don't blame me read the book of Revelations in the bible. If you read anything about a 12 seeded or fruited plant that is for the healing of all the nations, then the Bible is speaking about Cannabis sativa. Because Cannabis sativa is the only plant capable of 12 seeds or 12 fruits on God's earth. So, the definition of a drug is a chemical synthesized and a laboratory. Your definition of of narcotic does not include marijuana because marijuana is not a narcotic. It's an herb very similar to say cilantro. And it does not have a psychological effect. It has a correcting effect. So, you really need to go back to school and stop reading government regurgitated information that is fake news and false

[AviatorTom]

Marijuana is just another mind-altering drug. Why do people desire it? Why not just live and enjoy what you have?

[jshm2]

Because it's for losers, the disabled and retards

[Kingofkings1992]

You don’t get to make judgments, asshole

[Anonymous]

Bro 85% of the cars I repo stink of weed. If these stoners would spend a little less time/money on weed, maybe they wouldn't be getting their car repo'd.

I'll be jackin' their ride and they will come out all stoned... zero sympathy.

[Anonymous]

I was around in the 60’s and 70’s. The people that I knew then. That used it regularly. Never made much out of their life. Were they just lazy or was it the marijuana? Hard to tell.

[SeymourBill420]

Well, I highly doubt it was the marijuana. Because laziness is not a product of marijuana. Laziness is a human problem. Meaning you don't have to be a marijuana smoker in order to be lazy. Most people are lazy regardless if they're a weed smoker or not. Laziness is a problem of humanity.