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lab.hooqs.com — Mavs' Josh Howard admitted off season pot use on Dallas radio. Mavs now need to "deal with this"....He doesnt sound like a pot head, WTF?

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  • roosterjack, on 04/26/2008, -4/+35At least he admitted it and its off season. Let him have his fun:)
    • iamdan1, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1He said this right before a playoff game... not exactly the off season. He did say that he doesn't smoke during the season though.
  • GeneralLedger, on 04/26/2008, -5/+24Seriously, I am about as conservative as they come, and even I think that straight up making pot illegal is a dubious thing to do. Might be a good idea to regulate it, and tax it... then again, it is a very complex issue.
    • UberNick, on 04/26/2008, -2/+19How is it a complex issue?
      • quomen, on 04/26/2008, -13/+3How is it not?
        • bdawg123, on 04/26/2008, -0/+21People should be free to do as they wish to their own bodies so long as it does not harm anybody else.

          Simple.
      • chrisaug18, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Because there is already pretty good system for regulating tobacco, just copy most of it over to marijuana.
      • twiztidsinz, on 04/26/2008, -5/+2It's complex because while it would be a great source of revenue for for the whites in power.. it gives those of the "lesser races", which you can spot by the darker color of their skin, what the professional scientists call the "reefer madness". They'd be daring enough to stare into the white mans eye, look at a white woman twice and in some cases, bold enough to step on a gentleman's shadow.

        I'm no expert on this, and I do not claim to be, but from what I am to understand from the articles I've read (outside of Digg.com's front page) marijuana is indeed harmful to your health and it can cause caner. However, it is less harmful than tobacco and its non addictive, also the medical benefits of the drug also help to reduce the harmful effects and build up. And marijuana is less hazardous to yourself and others than alcohol is.

        We regulate and sell tobacco and alcohol which is KNOWN to kill yourself and even kill others, yet we cannot lift the ban that was placed on marijuana for racist reasons when it is known to have health benefits.
        • xedd, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1Racist?
          What, are you eventually going to get around to analyzing the political motivations of the makers of Colt 45 next? Goddam carpetbaggin mofo. Sheet!
        • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1It was banned for racist reasons. It isn't STAYING that way out of racism. That should be obvious to you.
        • twiztidsinz, on 04/27/2008, -2/+2Sarcasm... learn it
    • evilesttoast, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3Exactly, as long as you don't harm anyone else you should be able to do as you please.
      • foofightrs777, on 04/26/2008, -0/+5And that's the less than 20 word version of what liberty is.
    • gr3yn3t, on 04/26/2008, -0/+5dugg for "dubious"
    • atbnet, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4Surprisingly conservative republicans are more critical of the war on marijuana than liberal democrats. This is reference mostly to traditional conservatives and not the ***** crazy neo-cons of today. For example look at Michael Bloomberg who said "You bet I did, and I enjoyed it." when asked if he ever smoked pot. He was pivotal in getting marijuana offenses knocked down to tickets in NYC.
  • MookiBlaylock, on 04/26/2008, -4/+44who cares if they smoke pot off season, jesus.
    • quomen, on 04/26/2008, -2/+5teh lawz
      • whahaa, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4laws are inanimate and, as such, don't care about things.
    • masterm1nd, on 04/26/2008, -2/+3If you were paying him millions to physically compete with others who didn't smoke pot in the off season, you would care.
      • Corrosionx, on 04/26/2008, -0/+4If it's a clause in his contract, it's a problem and if not, then it's not.
        • masterm1nd, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Very true but do any professional athletes not have the clause in their contract? I'm pretty sure it's standard.
          • Corrosionx, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1So he deserves all the trouble he gets.
      • TheDeadDodo, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2Does moderate pot use cause decreased athletic performance? Any ideas or maybe links on the subject?
        • masterm1nd, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Smoking anything hurts your lungs. Granted you can vaporize and basically eliminate the hazards of smoking, but I don't think he did...
          • itsthebrod, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Anything and everything except for clean air "hurts" your lungs. You're probably doing more damage if you spend a significant amount of your time in any urban city with sufficient pollution rather than occasionally smoking pot. Who cares? You can bet the nonstop drinking some athletes do is a helluva lot worse than smoking marijuana.
    • fatcatman, on 04/27/2008, -0/+0No, no, I don't think Jesus cares, either.
  • cr4ft, on 04/26/2008, -4/+78I love how Alcohol and Tobacco are not only worse than marijuana, but have more adverse effects on one's health...and that whenever someone does pot everyone is up in arms because of societies view of what's taboo - pretty pathetic.
  • x0rcist, on 04/26/2008, -3/+57Everyone smokes weed -- world class athletes and couch potatoes alike. It doesn't hurt you and it shouldn't be illegal.
    • ufia, on 04/26/2008, -21/+2Rebel punks smoke weed only for its illegality. If we legalized marijuana they would switch to meth or something else. Because you can't really get victimized by the police for smoking a legal substance, are you?
      • RedHerringHack, on 04/26/2008, -1/+17No, they smoke it for the same reason everyone else does. Your argument is pathetic.
        • spinaltap87, on 04/26/2008, -10/+2He's being sarcastic you stupid idiot
  • TailsTheMan, on 04/26/2008, -2/+13Legalize it!
  • Nhmarine, on 04/26/2008, -11/+2Meh, if he wants to ***** up his brain that is great for him. I have no problem with it, I just hope his career isn't affected in any adverse way, it would just show how despicable our society is for rooting out and alienating people just because they like some weed. If I was a pothead I would feel so vilified right now.....
    • Locke21, on 04/26/2008, -4/+4Yeah.....because pot ***** up your brains so bad. Wait. No it doesn't.
    • Zlorp, on 04/26/2008, -3/+5i know plenty of people that are smarter than you can ever hope to be that smoke on a daily basis
      • RedHerringHack, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Me too. I can't smoke anymore, but when I did I was a better person. I always had anger issues and depression, which weed completely reversed. Now that I cannot smoke occasionally, those problems are back, and they are dangerous. BTW, it is bad for your lungs, or at least for my lungs. Wish it was legal and in pill form.
        • apetrie, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Vaporizers! Look them up, might help..
  • indigit4l, on 04/26/2008, -4/+14Go Mavs!
    • dizturbd2, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2Career best season for Josh Howard....Keep on tokin.
  • jftitan, on 04/26/2008, -5/+22Personally, I feel that this could be a start of a new national trend. If Josh is willing to admit to personal use during his off time, then WHY THE ***** NOT. I just hope this event gets the rest of the players to admit it as well. The problem I see here is, we have One player admitting use, when much of society knows very well that there is a larger percentage of people who use marijuana personally but never admit it. Because of this lack of admittance, society is still suck on the government bandwagon that marijuana is bad... err a taboo subject.

    When more people begin to admit personal use, it may just get rid of that stigma that marijuana has bad. Eventually if everyone admits then the laws clearly begin to loose their effect, and then society can transition to a better legal system that accepts personal use of marijuana.

    We need more celebs, to admit to personal use, but we need more common man civilians to admit it too. When the rest of the country begins to see that even the neighbor across the street does it, that still doesn't make that good neighbor a bad one. That neighbor is still your neighbor. It just shows that peoples' opinions need to accept the truth. More people than you know use it, and more than the fair share of people in prison are undeserving of punishment when society finally accepts the truth. That Marijuana isn't even remotely as bad as alcohol or tobacco.
    • OJdidntdoIT, on 04/26/2008, -14/+4buried for typing a ***** book
      • tmbrwolf19, on 04/26/2008, -0/+5Wow, someone contributes to social media with discussion and you criticize it? I think you have completely missed the point of Digg.
      • RedHerringHack, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2OJ DID do it. He is a monster. How about READING a book, douch?
    • bmc31190, on 04/26/2008, -0/+4Its difficult to admit to personal use when it gets you arrested if you aren't a celebrity basically.
    • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1buried for not knowing the difference between lose and loose.
  • BeeArePro, on 04/26/2008, -17/+2Pot's wack.. buried.
    • RedHerringHack, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Wack? Let's see. Not in the dictionary. It must mean 'cool'.
    • dynelol, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1You forgot to throw in "damn" and "*****".
    • itsthebrod, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Tokin' black guy, is that you?
  • Zlorp, on 04/26/2008, -4/+11i dont understand why any drugs are illegal at all. so much crime revolves around illegal drugs that its ridiculous. not to mention the war on drugs isnt doing a damn bit of good. "freedom" in our country needs an asterisk next to it.
    • MikeSD34, on 04/26/2008, -0/+5The same thing happened with prohibition. There was a massive underground and crime racket around alcohol then too. You make something illegal, and you make a black market for it. You reduce the quality, and increase the risk of contamination, because it's unregulated. The drug issue we have today is largely because they're illegal, unregulated, and taboo.

      You make something legal, you give normal people a place to buy it, you regulate its production and quality, you tax it, and you've got yourself a safe and booming market. Just like alcohol but without the liver damage or risk of overdose.
      • Malacandra95, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3Here's what I don't "get" - when alcohol was prohibited, it required a Constitutional amendment: the 18th Amendment.
        When it was repealed, it took another Constitutional amendment: the 21st.

        Yet when subsequent drugs became illegal, no such comparable amendments are to be found. If Congress didn't have the authority to ban alcohol without a specific Constitutional amendment, how did Congress gain the authority to ban pot and other drugs?
        • diggenerate, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1From Wikipedia
          The Marijuana Tax Act
          In the middle of the 1930s all member states in the United States had some regulation of cannabis.[5][6]. The Marijuana Tax Act passed in 1937 quickly and with little debate and no opposition in Congress. The American Medical Association (AMA) supported a federal law, but recommended that marijuana to be added to the Harrison Narcotic Act[7].

          The passing of this law, along with the subsequent lies regarding the effects of cannabis, have been deemed by opponents as both a conspiracy and a racist act directed at Mexicans. Although the latter is true,[citation needed] some (such as Jack Herer) have argued that the law was passed in order to prohibit industrial hemp from becoming a competing industry with paper and cotton, but more importantly, newly discovered plastics (DuPont's Nylon), and the fuel industry. An alternative explanation is that it was believed that it could be easer to supervise the law if hemp was included.
  • VacaN, on 04/26/2008, -18/+5You crazies how in the world can we legalize Weed? Last thing I need is a person who is high and not paying attention while driving, now I would've to worry about the drunks and the highs, how fun would that be?

    Legalizing weed = Lost productivity in our society.
    • BeeArePro, on 04/26/2008, -10/+4Seconded.

      in b4 -diggs from pot smokers.
    • zomgz, on 04/26/2008, -3/+5hahah. dood, every1 is already smoking.. only difference would be the HUGE relief on government spending due to the war on pot being stopped.. dumbass......
    • ccunni, on 04/26/2008, -1/+8The argument for legalization generally does not include driving while high. I don't see you point.
    • Jforsyth89, on 04/26/2008, -2/+5You are right. We should restrict personal rights just so you have the ability o get into a fast-moving metal box and feel safe. Good call.
    • peabody624, on 04/26/2008, -0/+11People already do this. Decriminalization has not increased use, this has been proven. Drinking is legal, but drinking and driving is not. What makes you think that weed being legal means it would be legal in any situation?
    • mniel88, on 04/26/2008, -3/+3Personally I drive better when I'm high. I'm actually more focused on driving than when I'm completely sober. I saw a program on BBC once where they had a guy go through a driving course completely sober, then had him do the same course after smoking a joint.. and believe it or not he did better the second time around.
    • ghounds07, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2yeah we should probably keep wasting our tax money on the war on drugs I agree.

      And drunk drivers are much worse than those under the influence of cannabis, so I would rather have people high while driving than drunk.
    • Niocan, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6Drunken people get into the car without thinking and endanger everyone else on the road.
      Blazzed people get into the car thinking it's the fridge and endanger the cat because he just ran off with holy crap did you see that mountain lion run away with our munch? *Chases cat*
    • RedHerringHack, on 04/26/2008, -0/+6How about ***** on the phone while driving? It's a great deal more dangerous than pot.
    • dizturbd2, on 04/27/2008, -0/+3I would rather drive on the freeway with a bunch of stoners than DRUNKS anyday.
  • OJdidntdoIT, on 04/26/2008, -11/+2I would have just shut the ***** up and kept smoking weed.

    oh yea this ***** website sucks.

    If your gonna host your ***** on a piece of ***** server don't promote it ever.
    • WindWithMe, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Sounds like you need a joint. Chill out.
  • Tyrghast, on 04/26/2008, -6/+3"You're lucky i'm even talking right now! I smoked a joint and my bed turned into a cocoon...."
  • cli006, on 04/26/2008, -4/+23Our ancestors didn't put up with alcohol prohibition, why should we put up with illegal marijuana?

    Oh yeah, we don't. Everyone uses it anyways. TAX IT AND FREE UP OUR JAILS.
    • diggenerate, on 04/26/2008, -4/+1taxing it would be hard since everyone would just grow their own, why pay for it
  • db0255, on 04/26/2008, -4/+3I know nobody cares about this except the NBA execs, but shouldn't he have presence of mind to know what to say and when and around whom?
  • mniel88, on 04/26/2008, -3/+6Josh Howard is now one of my favorite players
  • dizilbdog, on 04/26/2008, -2/+10You know I'm 30 and it's sad I don't think pot will ever be legal, the government is way too powerful and corporations to let it happen. I doubt it will be legal in my lifetime. It's much easier to start a war than get pot legalized...
    • FeloniusMonkey, on 04/26/2008, -2/+5Dugg for just blindly throwing "and corporations" into your comment (to incite political extremists?)
      • dizilbdog, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3If you don't think the tobacco companies and the alcohol companies have any pundents i'm sorry lobbyists to make sure pot is never legal then you Mr. Monkey are Blind
        • tehbishop, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3I think he meant that you sorta put the "and corporations" in the wrong place if you were meaning to add them to the "is way too powerful" comment. I dugg the random "and corporations" as well.
  • NinjaPig, on 04/26/2008, -1/+7Yeah, well...its not like he's using steroids. Chill out NBA.
  • darladoon, on 04/26/2008, -2/+7you can also eat herb, or vapourize herb.

    and, for godssakes, there are wild herbs (not marijuana) all across the world, which are totally legal and safe, which, in very small doses, could whoop anyone's ass to the point where competing in a pro basketball game is not an option.

    marijuana is a safe, sustainable, and extremely lucrative alternative to pharmaceuticals, tobacco, alchohol, and harder schedule 1 substances....




    • diggenerate, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3If you were to take about 6 teaspoons of nutmeg, it would have a strong psychoactive effect however you will have one hell of a hangover afterward. yet marijuana is illegal and there are no side effects
  • trixterIreland, on 04/26/2008, -1/+13I now live in Amsterdam and dont see the big deal. Here its like going to a cafe (bar) and having a beer. Some do it, some dont. Some have a problem with it, most can use it and still hold down a job. Its regulated (no sale > 5g, not more than 500g in the store at any time, not legal for coffeeshops to buy so no one questions where they got it from). There are licenses that a coffeeshop has to get, its taxed (like any other business), age restricted, etc.

    Banning alcohol worked oh so well in the 30s (anyone remember the 18th amendment?) and other soft drugs include caffiene (chocolate, coffee, tea, etc), cigarettes, etc.
  • skippyoh, on 04/26/2008, -1/+15Even my ultra-conservative mom who is a drug and alcohol counselor and is extremely against drugs of any kind admits that pot is no more dangerous than alcohol. I think it's about time people wake up and realize marijuana prohibition is doing nothing but harm to our country.
  • mrogi, on 04/26/2008, -1/+15Most NBA players are guys in their 20s. It is shocking that young American men smoke marijuana. I'm also shocked that water is wet.
  • rheaume, on 04/26/2008, -5/+3This ***** doesn't load worth a crap AND crashes Firefox, way to go
  • Zihuatanejo, on 04/26/2008, -0/+8Just as long as he doesn't try to smuggle it through an airport metal detector wrapped in aluminum foil, like Damon Stoudamire did.
    • Xiou, on 04/26/2008, -0/+0Or in a water bottle like Mike Vick...
    • StickWST, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Mike Vick:
      "I know! I shud hide mah weed in a water bottle! Something ELSE that isn't allowed on a plane!"
  • Dou6, on 04/26/2008, -3/+1Thats for the link, it crashed firefox and put a link on my desktop.
  • phenolholic, on 04/26/2008, -1/+5he's a rich young black guy. what you think the entire NBA is drug free?
  • KLowD9x, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2Legalize it!

    Marijuana being illegal makes no sense to me. It causes crime, wastes tax money, endangers the lives of people that are minding their own business (potheads), and creates a market for dangerous alternatives like soap hash.

    If we were to legalize it, sell it in a business and tax it in a similar way we do with cigarettes, the money earned, the lives spared, the more relaxed people who chose to enjoy it is worth FAR more than the money we are wasting to fight it.
    • diggenerate, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1why is hash more dangerous? All it is, is a concentrated form of THC and is made from the same plant and has the same effects, only stronger, depending on the quality.
  • goat2, on 04/26/2008, -4/+2no i ***** wasnt, i havent done it in like 4 years
  • NightOwl4, on 04/26/2008, -0/+8***rolls up a dooby....heres to you Josh....***
  • dikaiosyne, on 04/26/2008, -5/+2How comfortable would you feel knowing that, as your child/loved one was wheeled away into surgery after a motor vehicle accident, the doctor doing surgery on you and the anesthesiologist were both avid pot smokers? Think about that next time you scream "Legalize it!" I saw a silly tattoo on the forearm of an individual the other day that supported the legalization of marijuana. He was in the appropriate job - pizza boy.
    • diggenerate, on 04/26/2008, -1/+5that is a pretty stupid comment considering that alcohol is legal and I have yet to see a doctor who was drunk while on the job.
      • dikaiosyne, on 04/26/2008, -4/+1And of course you see everything.
        • JustinHopewell, on 04/27/2008, -0/+3The point he's making is that If it were an actual problem (surgeons performing while intoxicated or under the influence of a drug), you'd hear about it more often. If you're open-minded enough, read the book "Saying Yes In Defense of Drug Use" by Jacob Sullum; it goes over several different drugs and seperates the claims from the facts.
        • dikaiosyne, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2RE: JustinHopewell, Fair enough. I'll look up the book.
    • nickweston, on 04/27/2008, -1/+2exactly, what an IDIOTIC statement. How do you know your doctor isn't on LIthium? How about Prozac? How about Vicodin? How about Oxycontin? Dude, you're drinking the kool-aid. Is this what they taught you at church?
      Oh, and the pizza boy thing was almost as ignorant. Stereotype! Some of the greatest achievers and thinkers in HISTORY were pot smokers.
      Take the blue pill!
      • dikaiosyne, on 04/27/2008, -2/+1What does church have to do with anything? Nice try at thinking that since I am against pot that I must be a, how did you put it? Kool aid drinking blue pill popping churchgoer. Heh. More exclamation points and maybe you will get your point across.
    • itsthebrod, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2A lot, lot, LOT more people than you realize and are in daily contact with smoke it. You'd probably be surprised. Of course I'm against people doing it while doing important or dangerous jobs, just as I'm against doctors getting drunk before operations. According to your logic, alcohol should be banned too. What people do in their free time, however, is their business (and none of yours).
  • chingy1788, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2did any one else read it as John Howard?
    (Former Australian Prime Minister)
  • highlyhigh, on 04/26/2008, -0/+0he sounds high. i knows.
  • JustinHopewell, on 04/27/2008, -0/+2I'm all for the end of drug prohibition, but this thirty second "interview" doesn't really add or subtract anything from it.
  • nickweston, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1the only reason pot is illegal is that the day you can legally grow it for free in your back yardl, they'll never sell another Prozac.
    Freedom...
  • alchemist27, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Is it just me, or was anyone else expecting ex-prime minister of Australia??
  • hidromatic, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1Josh Howard...wow..

    He's a ***** snitch! I didn't know that they smoked weed???!!! Snitch... stick to basketball bitch...
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