I beleive I’ve seen the video you’re referencing, the guy ends up coming back up the outside stairs and walks in the front door. I think he only fell down one story. He still didn’t have a good day, but he didn’t die.
Ah, the one I saw must’ve had that part cut off the end for dramatic effect.
Marijuana is fine. I haven’t smoked in some time, but I want to again because of it’s beneficial affects on health. I also want to see if in time it will improve my eyesight (or stop any regression on top of taking 2,000% of vitamin C and 8,300 of vitamin B12 a day). What’s odd about the cancer arguments is that there is far worse in my opinion, I’ve heard drinking enough Coke over the years can give you cancer, buttered popcorn from a movie theater can give you alzeihmers, eating a majority of microwaved food, fast food, GMO’s, etc. Pot cookies and brownies are pretty good, if made right (with the right pot) you can get pretty fucked up on them. My manager told me he’s had weed spaghetti that was pretty good, and weed tea that gave him a crazy body high that lasted all day.
Anyway, there’s this: Will Congress Kill the Dollar Bill?
A $1 coin typically costs about 30 cents for the U.S. Mint to produce, but then the government can sell them to Americans for a dollar each. That financial gain is called seigniorage, and over a period of 30 years, it could save the U.S. government about $4.4 billion, the GAO said. These coins typically last around 30 years.
In contrast, producing paper bills is cheaper, at about 5 cents apiece. But they also wear far more quickly. A typical $1 bill lasts only 4.7 years, according to GAO estimates.
Hmmmm…
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Man, there could be real good money in making a “pothead’s cookbook.”
And at the whole salvia thing…no thank you.
Wow.
I know some people in NYC who literally have a “business” making vegan pot treats. I can’t imagine what entrepreneurs are going to take advantage of that in Colorado.
The whole weed legalization in Colorado sounds a tad fishy. There are still ridiculous ristrictions on it.
I know that some people have said that if you really want to do the stuff, grow your own plant.
I have a friend who’s going to school out there and she says EVERYONE smokes (well, not everyone) but all varities/classes of people. It’s not taboo. Makes sense that it’s legal there on a local level.
Does it really make you a pacifist?
In the way SOME people become over-aggressive when using alcohol, SOME people become non-aggressive while using cannabis. However, neither is a rule. But from my experience, people using cannabis are quite peaceful, and even usually more polite than normal, especially in contrast to the opposite happening when people use alcohol.
No, that’s just propaganda. While high, most people feel “mellow” and everything just seems a little funny (or perhaps very funny), but this wears off over a few hours and they’re back to normal. It can also make otherwise dull things seem interesting, and perhaps help the user gain new perspectives or insights.
I imagine the “it makes you a pacifist” line came from the casual observance that hippes smoke pot, and hippies are (supposedly) anti-war, ergo ipso-facto perceived correlation equals causation and “pot made them pacifists”. Official propaganda is full of deranged logic like this.
“I want a cabinet post for Krugman – or at least Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (unless either would mean he’d be silenced in the press). We need his sensibilities at the highest levels of government. (Robert Reich and Joseph Stiglitz also are experts who understand the situation we’re in and write sensibly about it.)”
You can’t make this stuff up.
“and perhaps help the user gain new perspectives or insights.”
I guess this is why a lot of writers say they write their best stuff while drunk or on pot.
It’s a myth, and a very bad habit that has led to the downfall of a lot of writers. I’d say it’s akin to potheads thinking their thoughts are so amazing while high. Jokes are funnier, girls are cuter, when you’re buzzed, etc.
Better off learning how to get into a creative mood without using a chemical to bring down your inhibitions. Better than becoming an alcoholic.
Please don’t misunderstand me when I say that, I wasn’t implying that I’d go that path in some low-life attempt at making my writing material better through alcohol. Really what I was saying (or attempting to say) was that many artists (especially rock ‘n’ rollers of the sixties and seventies) claimed to have written their best stuff while either high or drunk. With most people who try that, I think that 9 times out of 10 it just comes out as meaningless dribble, and they end up wrecking their lives in the process.
One interesting case where it did work out was when Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys wrote the song “California Girls” while going through a scary LSD trip.
Brian Wilson was on a pretty far out trip.
The Beach Boys have had quite a dark history.
Guess that explains their Pet Sounds album, that was horrible.