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Old 09-13-2004, 02:53 AM   #11
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Cannabis itself is harmless. If you choose to use it in a harmful way, that is your choice and shouldn't be blamed on marijuana. If you choose to smoke it, rather than eat it, than you have chosen to make it harmful which is not the plant's fault. Other than smoking it, I have never read anything that made me believe that it could be harmful in any other way.

Just my 2 cents...

Nice post Higher Logic. Good points.
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Old 09-13-2004, 04:23 AM   #12
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I got a question...when you buy the weed, comes all wrapped on the plastic and ****...can you eat that?! And still get high?! Hillarious, can you guys give me some tips on how eat the plant, I mean smoking sometimes sucks, I was smoking a blunt at the mall parking lot with a friend the other day and started coughing like a wh0re dude, this lady saw us, it sucked. So how can I eat it, just eat it normally like eating a chocalate bar or do I need to mix with something else? Thnx.
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Old 09-13-2004, 05:43 AM   #13
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The best and most sanitary way to eat it is cook it in oil. It smells up your house, but you can put anything with your cannabutter or oil. Fried butter Bananas are a nice treat. Bananas taste better fried anyways, and the herby flavor makes it much better.

If you dont want to get caught skunking up your house just put the bud in your mouth and chew it like gum. Dont swollow it, just keep it in your mouth and suck on the juice. It will be hard to swollow anyhow, this is probally why bugs dont eat the plant. It also makes you hungry, so why eat something if its just going to make me hungry(at least thats what bugs are thinkin)?

Marijuana is a strong anti oxidant, and its also (likely) a good anti biotic.

If you consume too much of anything it can be harmful. You can take too many vitamin C pills and have to go to the hospital. Smoke it, or eat in moderation.

You know how people dont like **** before they try it. Their attitude affects how they percieve the taste, and they dont like it. The same goes with marijuana, but its likely worse because its an intelligent plant. If you don't like marijuana it may not like you. This is a sacred plant your dealing with here.
Its intent is to make you happy, and healthy. This plant is likely one of the healthiest plants in the world. The problem is the DEA is controling all the research in the USA. This is a big problem for us smokers who want accurate research.
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Old 09-13-2004, 07:44 AM   #14
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I can garentee ya one thing, your better off eating/smoking pot, then eating at one of the highly known fast food restaurants, not being specific that food at times seems addictive to me, i keep saying i won't eat at them, but i still do
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Old 09-13-2004, 08:29 AM   #15
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Originally Posted by HappyMan
The question is

"Is Cannabis harmless".

The answer is no.

If the question were
"Is Cannabis harmful"

The answer would also be no.
But that's why the question sucks. "Is cannabis harmless." Sure! If it's sitting in a bag and no one's touching it, it's harmless. The term "harmless" is too vague, to what degree of harm are we talking about? Sitting in front of the computer screen all day is harmful to your eyes. Breathing in air in California is harmful to your health.

Is cannabis harmless compared to what? To squeezing too hard when you take a crap? Perhaps, what if you burst a vein? Compared to all the foods we consume, it's far safer. Is smoking it harmful? Probably, but smoking anything is. That's why the question sucks, it assumes you are smoking it and it doesn't factor in the other methods of ingestion. What are we talking about when we say cannabis, the flowering tops, or the stems, or the seeds?

In essence, everything is harmless.

How about this: Is smoked cannabis potentially hazardous to your health?

Now I know we are talking about smoking, and the potential for a hazard, not a harm, to my health. Then I would answer "Yes!" because smoking IS hazardous to your health, thusly smoking cannabis, or wood or dog ****, is also going to be hazardous to my health. Is it hazardous to my brain? Probably not.

Semantics, sheesh, gotta hate it
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Old 09-14-2004, 12:18 AM   #16
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the only thing I see with MJ affecting my body is I cough a little more than I probably would if I did not smoke it, so I am sure it is not being that nice to my lungs; but I can still exercise to the peak I am used to even when I don't smoke, perform my job at the top of my game, and checkups at the doc are always fine.................
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dude i wonder what would happen if you did smoke dog **** i bet you would have the worst breath ever man and cheech and chong kinda suck because that supposed "maui wowie and labrador" blunt was actually lettuce.

anyway as for harmless ive been smoking for about 4 months with a one month break in there somewhere and all ive noticed is a cough a tendency to ramble and a little weight loss because when i smoke i like to walk my dog or bike or do something because weed is a motivator for me it is atleast atleast good weed is because if its mids or the dreaded swcagg you might as well just sit on the the couch and get your munchies and somethiung to watch cause bad weed is a bad influenece and good weed is a good influence

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In essence, everything is harmless.
Interesting that you drew this conclusion. Christians sometimes can be the most fervent prohibitionists, and Paul wrote about exactly this subject in the book of Romans.

He summed it up as: "All things are lawful, but not all things are expedient."

Basically, anything that "exists", whether it be an object, a food, or a drug, is lawful/harmless in and of itself, because God created it just like God created you and me. But it is the PEOPLE that can abuse these things, the PEOPLE that can't keep them in moderation, and the PEOPLE that cause harm from these harmless substances. "Drugs don't kill people, people kill themselves."

He also mentioned in another book, how that some people abstain from eating meat on the Sabbath in respect of God, and that some people, knowing that God views all things he made as harmless, eat meat on the Sabbath and give thanks, also in respect of God. He says that just because you might be strong in your faith and know that God allows you to eat meat, not to be a stumbling block for your brother who thinks he must abstain.

Valuable lessons, even if God doesn't exist =). Conclusion: Marijuana itself is harmless, but some people can't help but harm themselves with it. Therefore, use it if you know you can control yourself with it and understand that it's harmless, but don't force it on others or even bring up the fact that you do it around those who feel otherwise, as they simply may not be ready for the fact that God offers much greater freedom than conservative Christians tend to believe.
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I just realized when I smoke weed I breathe better for the rest of the day and I don't have trouble sleeping!
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When it comes to laws like not eating certain meat or not harming a cow, those are not really religious laws, but laws that have mixed with religion. Let me put it this way, people who consider the cow sacred don't consider it sacred because religion says so, they consider the cow sacred because back in the day the cow's manure was used as fuel to light fires and so on. If you didn't protect the cow, you wouldn't have fuel. Same goes for not eating certain meats, in the Middle East there is a disease you can catch from eating certain means, so religion tells the people not to eat it; not because they shouldn't or because God says so, but because they could potentially get sick and die. Some laws just go hand and hand with religion and culture, even though they appear to be religion-based.
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