02-18-2004, 02:57 PM
Second hand smoke is a retarded notion, for the most part. It's overdone... it's not healthy, obviously, putting any chemicals in your lungs is unhealthy. But their figures are weird and unrealistic, they should stick to the smokers and lung cancer and emphysema stuff.
I'd be careful in stating that pot is less harmful than caffeine, but I completely agree about alcohol. Have less control of yourself and destroy your liver... not the greatest idea. Here's my problem with comparing to caffeine, though, is that there are completely different effects and different methods of putting it into the bloodstream. Caffeine is a stimulant, although with the amounts that it's in coffee and some soda and chocolate, I'd venture to say that it's mostly placebo, because I rarely feel it. Coffee can stain your teeth, and soda is unhealthy because of the amount of sugar... the caffeine doesn't do much. Cannabis, on the other hand, can have long term problems and actually does make one braver to try worse things. Caffeine also has more social value (asking a girl to coffee, for example). I've also never hallucinated or acted like a retard under the influence of coffee. I'll shut up now, I know I'm gonna get barraged with statistics by those with the love of the weed that tell me that it's completely safe and is a free lunch.
I'd be careful in stating that pot is less harmful than caffeine, but I completely agree about alcohol. Have less control of yourself and destroy your liver... not the greatest idea. Here's my problem with comparing to caffeine, though, is that there are completely different effects and different methods of putting it into the bloodstream. Caffeine is a stimulant, although with the amounts that it's in coffee and some soda and chocolate, I'd venture to say that it's mostly placebo, because I rarely feel it. Coffee can stain your teeth, and soda is unhealthy because of the amount of sugar... the caffeine doesn't do much. Cannabis, on the other hand, can have long term problems and actually does make one braver to try worse things. Caffeine also has more social value (asking a girl to coffee, for example). I've also never hallucinated or acted like a retard under the influence of coffee. I'll shut up now, I know I'm gonna get barraged with statistics by those with the love of the weed that tell me that it's completely safe and is a free lunch.