Quote Originally Posted by JKDS View Post
Coffee doesn't impair your ability to drive.
Of course it can. It is a drug, it has effects, it can increase the heart rate, cause headache, nervousness, restlessness, stomach upset, nausea and vomiting. A single cup of coffee is likely to do very little, just as half a pint of guinness, or a few tokes on a spliff, have negligible effects on a person's ability to function. But many cups of coffee will indeed impair your ability to drive, if by impair we mean "reduce optimal performance".

But the bigger issue with marijuana is this: since legalization in Colorado and elsewhere, more children have been hospitalized after MJ use. More students dropped out of high school. In addition, we are slowly learning that the super MJ that is currently bring produced does have adverse health effects. Contrary to popular belief, it appears that the stronger strains can be addictive as well.
I don't think you'll find many people who smoke weed who think it doesn't have adverse health effects. The argument that most stoners make is that the effects are not as adverse as tobacco and alcohol. Furthermore, there are medical benefits which somewhat outweigh the adverse effects. The same can't be said of alcohol and baccy.

More kids have been hospitalised? Who the fuck gets hospitalised through smoking weed? What you're probably seeing there is more fucking idiots overreacting when they see a kid having a whitey. I do not know a single person who has ever had any kind of medical emergency through smoking weed. I've seen a few people turn white and go very quiet. The general reaction to someone having a whitey is to take the piss out of them. Worst that will happen is they'll throw up.

People are dropping out of college? Big fucking deal. That's hardly a reason to stop people smoking weed. Just means it's easier for those who don't drop out to get well paid jobs, since there are fewer graduates to challenge their qualifications.

Weed is addictive, yes. But it's not a physical addiction like heroin, it's largely psychological. I don't get twitchy, or moody, when I'm not stoned. It's addictive because it's nice, like tea is addictive, or chocolate. Dopamine is a powerful thing.