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- tqup, on 10/12/2007, -7/+83 The Dangers of Bread 1. More than 98 percent of convicted felons are bread eaters.
2. Fully HALF of all children who grow up in bread-consuming households score below average on standardized tests.
3. In the 18th century, when virtually all bread was baked in the home, the average life expectancy was less than 50 years; infant mortality rates were unacceptably high; many women died in childbirth; and diseases such as typhoid, yellow fever and influenza ravaged whole nations.
4. More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread.
5. Bread is made from a substance called "dough." It has been proven that as little as one pound of dough can be used to suffocate a mouse. The average American eats more bread than that in one month!
6. Primitive tribal societies that have no bread exhibit a low occurrence of cancer, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and osteoporosis.
7. Bread has been proven to be addictive. Subjects deprived of bread and given only water to eat, actually begged for bread after only two days.
8. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to harder items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter and even cold cuts.
9. Bread has been proven to absorb water. Since the human body is more than 90 percent water, it follows that eating bread could lead to your body being taken over by this absorptive food product, turning you into a soggy, gooey bread-pudding person.
10. Newborn babies can choke on bread.
11. Bread is baked at temperatures as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit! That kind of heat can kill an adult in less than one minute.
12. Most American bread eaters are utterly unable to distinguish between significant scientific fact and meaningless statistical babbling.
- polyGone, on 10/12/2007, -9/+66The war on drugs is propagated with outright lies. When they were trying to legalize it just recently, they said that people didn't BUY the fact that marijuana is less harmful than alcohol. As long as our media parrots what the government wants them to, we will have to live with miseducated America. To most people television is the almighty decider of truth.
- lw394602, on 10/12/2007, -14/+70Very informative read; its fun to see how ridiculous the arguments of Drug Free America are.
- rockforever, on 10/12/2007, -10/+57I dunno about most of you, but I'm still in college. Whenever I have to write an informative paper (for ANY class, not just English 1301 or something) I ALWAYS choose marijuana. It makes for a GREAT arguement and is always very informative. Its one of those subjects that gets more interesting everytime you look it up.
- xbudex, on 10/12/2007, -13/+60I never understood the gateway drug theory. Using their same logic, walking should be illegal. Nearly all hard drug users also walk. Therefor, walking should be banned.
Correlation is not causation!
If pot was legal, the biggest harm I see is that there would be a bunch of really boring people walking around thinking they are really interesting. - templest, on 10/12/2007, -6/+50"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom."
-- Bill Hicks. - rockforever, on 10/12/2007, -8/+49@adidos
No, I choose weed because its a topic that causes great debate. I choose marijuana because it is still one of the most misconcieved substances in America. Because the War on Drugs has cost more lives, money, and time than the War in Iraq. Just because my priorities are different from yours doesnt make me a Stoner college kid. - knuvue, on 12/05/2007, -4/+44"Marijuana dealers will sometimes lace their drug with a highly addictive drug like crack or pcp to get their users to come back."
HAHAHA yeah, because dealers are really going to go out of their way to spend extra money on harder drugs and then lace it through their entire supply to get people to come back to them. Pot dealers generally sell pot because they smoke pot. Period. If somebody wanted to get their customers addicted they would just sell crack in the first place. - nipuL, on 10/12/2007, -7/+46Like that song says (granted I am paraphrasing)
Why is marijuana illegal? It's a natural plant that grows in the dirt.
You know what's not natural? 80 year olds with hard ons.
Yet we spend millions keeping the old guys erect and throw people in jail for smoking something that grew out of the ground. - RichPowers, on 10/12/2007, -7/+45If booze is legal weed should be too. Simple enough.
But the pro-marijuana camp IS NOT helping their cause. Let me explain.
Seattle's annual Hempfest happens not to far from my house. To the police's credit, they don't harass the organizers/attendees for smoking weed during the thing. One of Hempfest's goals is promote legalization of marijuana. So what does the organizer guy do? Get so ***** high that he can barely speak coherently about the issue. It would be like the owner of Budweiser getting hammered before telling Congress why they should repeal prohibition. And of course the place is full of hippies, smelly people, and dumbass kids trying to score weed.
Because Hempfest is such a large pro-weed event, the media naturally covers it. And people at home see what I just described. In other words, the pro-marijuana lobby needs to get its ***** together and stop being so politically inept if they ever want weed legalized. But it's not like that matters so much if you live in Seattle... - orientis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+42Oh for $deity's sake. Legalise it and move on.
Let it go. It's just a weed, if you smoke it you get comfortably stupid for a few hours.
Now can we please, as a culture, move on? - SteveInsrtTtl, on 10/12/2007, -8/+41I agree. The real crime isn't that marijuana is illegal, but that so many governmental and media players take advantage of their authoritative positions to feed utter nonsense into the minds of millions of people.
- bentejis, on 10/12/2007, -2/+32The problem lies in that the most outspoken people about legalizing marijuana are those who want it legalized so they aren't arrested for smoking. Also, I'm not sure if this is the fault of the pro-marijuana lobbyists or the anti-marijuana lobbyists, but they have perpetuated the image of the pot smoking hippie as the poster child of the pot legalization movement. People on the Libertarian and small government end of the pro-marijuana movement need to step more to the forefront and make sure people realize the issue is not just about being allowed to smoke pot, but to stop wasting billions of dollars chasing down harmless potheads, to stop handing billions of dollars to drug cartels and gangs who exist and perpetuate violence only because marijuana is illegal, and to actually experience a windfall in tax dollars coming in from regulating and allowing the taxable sale of marijuana (I don't like taxes--but if you're in debt you have to find the money to pay it off somewhere.)
- headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27The current anti-marijuana commercials that show pot as being harmless, but making you a big loser that does nothing but sit in your basement, is the only half-decent anti-marijuana propaganda that I've seen. Doesn't mean I really believe them, but at least it's not loaded with *****.
If the government wants to discourage drug use, they should focus more on that type of propaganda. People aren't stupid. They know pot isn't going to kill them, or lead them to raping a best friend. - Dested, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26=/ Is it bad that I smoke more than 5 joints a day?
- SteveInsrtTtl, on 10/12/2007, -11/+31Here here! If you ask me, the Libertarian Party is the solution to most of our nation's woes, specifically this one. In fact, there is an excellent video of Milton Friedman (a staunch Libertarian) on YouTube going over the rationalization for ending drug prohibition. Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se_TJzB9-z0 - Sidedish, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24Maybe they complain about it because it's ***** stupid.
- jarcoal, on 10/12/2007, -8/+26http://imageigloo.com/images/4746Picture%201.png
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22No it's not bad, it's your choice.
- bentejis, on 10/12/2007, -10/+27Here's another misconception, but this one held by many pro-legalization proponents: Liberal judges and congressman are more likely to legalize medical use, if not marijuana in general. If you recall the 2005 Supreme Case challenging federal prosecution of California Cannabis clubs, all three dissenting votes were cast by conservatives: Rehnquist, Clarence Thomas, and Sandra Day O'Connor (though she could be considered a moderate). All liberal justices voted against the Cannabis Clubs. If you really want to see marijuana legalized in your lifetime, look to the Libertarian party.
- Zervas, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21I took a logic class in college, my favorite class and the most helpful towards the lsat. The final assignment was to find 12 different informal logically fallacies and report on them; I found all of them in anti drug ads/websites.
- berfmurret, on 10/12/2007, -3/+18sounds to me like she ate some shrooms.
- Mrstupid7, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18Mushrooms are not plants.
Also cocaine is not harvested off the ***** trees nor is heroin harvested straight off the poppy. You have to process it first, moron. That's like saying sudafed is meth. - Alawiggle, on 10/12/2007, -7/+21Ten years. Ten years marijuana will be legal and sold in stores and hemp will be used for virtually everything.
Hell, there was even a vote in Nevada in November that would have allowed the state government to sell weed in stores, and it didn't pass by a mere ten percent. Ten percent!
Ten years. It will be legal nationwide. - motbob, on 10/12/2007, -7/+20With all the stories about pot on Digg, I'm pretty sure I know everything there is to know about it.
I still have one question, though...
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...WILL IT BLEND?????? - JPOOPOO, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16I always found it funny that there would be an anti marijuana commercial and then a beer commercial on right after that. it really should be the other way around.
- headzoo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16"The majority of funding for state ballot initiatives (and legislative measures) to allow marijuana to be used as medicine comes from drug legalization organizations, not qualified medical professionals."
Wait? I thought all pot smokers were losers? I guess a few of them actually managed to become millionaires. Funny that. - andrewry, on 10/12/2007, -3/+148. Bread is often a "gateway" food item, leading the user to harder items such as butter, jelly, peanut butter and even cold cuts.
Best line, EVER. - Sidedish, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16And neither will you.
- templest, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12I conducted that experiment just minutes ago, and I can assert with 100% confidence that it does. Now, after all this work... I think I'm going to go relax for a bit. Who knows, order some pizza, play some video games.
- jonesin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@orientis:
OK, that's *****. Marijuana samples from all over the country are routinely and constantly tested by laboratories that work with the DEA and publish the findings on a public website. And guess what? There aren't any samples of pot laced with stuff like crack or heroin. It just doesn't happen.
And it's natural to want to get high from time to time. By trying to keep these safe substances away from kids the kids end up doing other more easily accessible yet vastly more dangerous drugs. Things like butane, spray paint, dustoff, ammonia, tobacco. I don't know about you but if a kid's going to get high I'd rather see him smoke something natural than mess around with something that could kill him. - steveiskfc, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15It's practically legal up here.
- Similar, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15AnalSexAddict
"Marijuana is not a drug. I used to suck dick for coke. Now that's an addiction. You ever suck some dick for marijuana?
I'm sick of all you pussy bitch stoners. Marijuana is for girls. Real men use real drugs like coke and heroin."
Why is a reference to Half Baked & Bob Saget in NA getting dugg down?
nicely done AnlSexAddict.. best part of that movie. - orientis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15Some dealers in bad areas will add lace weed with heroin specifically to get younger kids addicted - not to weed, to heroin. "Sorry kids, I don't have any weed at the moment, but I do have this other stuff which is kinda the same"
Doesn't happen often though. - TheWedge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10@aaronm67:
"Does that mean mushrooms should be legalized?"
Yes. - changyang1230, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12@xbudex
"I never understood the gateway drug theory. Using their same logic, walking should be illegal. Nearly all hard drug users also walk. Therefor, walking should be banned.
Correlation is not causation!"
While I agree wholeheartedly that "correlation is not necessarily causation", I would like to point out that the analogy you used in the first paragraph is wrong. Correlation is found by evaluating the "odds" or "risks" of one EXPOSURE on an OUTCOME.
For example, take a random sample of 10,000 smokers and 10,000 non-smokers. Say, 1000 smokers get lung cancer in 30 years, while only 100 non-smokers get lung cancer in 30 years. Hence we conclude that there is a correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
Take another example, marijuana use with walking. Again, we take a random sample of 10,000 people who smoke pot, and 10,000 people who don't smoke pot. It's likely that among 10,000 pot smoker, 9900 can walk. HOWEVER, among 10,000 people who don't smoke pot, 9900 can walk too. SO in this case, there is NO correlation found between walking and marijuana use.
The comparison of "9900 pot-user/10000 walker" is not the foundation of correlation, it's the comparison between 99% pot users and 99% non-pot users that is meaningful.
Again, it should be emphasized that correlation does not imply causation. However, at least we should get the meaning of "correlation" right. - craz3d, on 10/12/2007, -9/+17Here here! Libertarians understand how this country SHOULD be run because they understand WHY it was founded. For more information on the Libertarian Party and their views check out http://slightlybetterthanyou.com/2006/08/22/with-liberty-and-justice-for-some/
- SteveInsrtTtl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9It is simply proof that the digg demographic cares about this issue.
- Chipsandsnacks, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12@rockforever
I thought you were saying you get baked before writing your papers - Alawiggle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12@Urusai
I don't think it takes a genius to see where the world's heading towards right now. Call me naive all day, but there's a clear revolution going on. The Internet is the most wonderful thing to happen to the legalize marijuana movement, and it can only gain momentum. No one's gonna stop smoking weed. Denver has it legalized (if only for the city). Practically all laws say weed isn't even a big deal, so it's a misdemeanor and you spend no time in jail. Tons of my friends who get caught (never me, I don't smoke much) have been told by the cops to just give them the weed and get out of here. Cops are sick of spending so much time busting those who smoke weed and less time getting the real criminals.
It'll happen. But it'll take time. - drsnooks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I've also met a lot of extremely intelligent, very successful people who smoke pot. They're not mutually exclusive. Your chosen method of relaxation does not affect your working life unless you let it.
- grinch, on 10/12/2007, -5/+12It is sad to see how much money has been spent on the 'war on drugs' when so many people in the world die every day from hunger, aids, and other diseases.
Compare alcohol with marijuana for a minute. Drunk people can get mean, violent, and kill many people with speeding and erratic driving when they get behind the wheel of a car.
Unlike drunks, stoners don't bother anyone; they'll sit for hours staring at pretty much anything. They also help the economy by spending lots of money on munchies. :)
And if they do get in a car, they tend to drive really slow.. - orientis, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11And it should be noted that if marijuana was legalised there'd be no reason for kids to go to street dealers to buy this *****.
They could just raid dad's stash. - orientis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12Oh come on man. Weed is a good painkiller and all, but people just want to smoke it! Let them! The medical side of things is good but it doesn't mean squat to most people. Just let people do what they want to themselves...
On another note, this site is just asking to be hacked and text-edited. - benijuana, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9you know, i've always been told that mixing alcohol and smoking pot will supress the urge to puke... but goddam, in about 6 years of smoking, i can get really ***** drunk and be fine, but the second i get some weed up in me, i get like 5 times more ***** up and always end up puking for a good half hour. i wish it kept me from hurling.. jeez
- templest, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Whoops, sorry about the redundancy in that post. I was gonna delete most of the first paragraph after I made that list at the end but forgot to. Ah, damn pot and the short-term memory... hehe.
- Ystig, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11It's bad if it interferes with you ability to make your day a better day than it would otherwise have been if you weren't smoking.
It's fine, if it makes your day a better day than it would have been if you weren't smoking.
Or so goes the utilitarian point of view. - kagelump, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8-does nothing but sit in your basement
sounds like mmorpg addicts - templest, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12I don't know about your "science" or "proof", but I've smoked it regularly since I was 14 (I'm currently 19) and have never lost a job, failed a class (that I didn't hate), hurt anyone (that didn't have it coming), or committed any crimes (except for vandalism, but egging a bully's house is hardly something to rant about).
Let's see where my life is at the moment:
I've never lost a job,
I've never failed a class (that I don't hate),
I've never started a fight,
I've never committed any crimes (except for vandalism... kids),
I'm studying for my philosophy PhD,
I want to be a teacher,
I'm working on a book I want to get published,
I have a loving (I hope) girlfriend that blows me often (...enough),
I have the money to live comfortably while I study,
my average mark this term is an %82,
I send my parents $250 each month to help her out,
I pay my bills on time,
I'm probably one of the friendliest people you know (except if you're a dick),
I'm actively involved in extra-extracurriculars,
I'm helpful whenever I can,
I'm loyal to my friends,
I have many hobbies including: painting, creating music, writing,
and my mommy loves me.
My point? I don't give a ***** what you think, my life's just fine, I'm not hurting anyone. And even if I *am* hurting myself, I'll have lived an enjoyable life that I wouldn't trade for anything else. Trust me when I say that cursing pot for shortening my life-span is last thing I'll be doing on my death-bed. - mxfreak92, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9I vote for a pot section on digg
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