Anti-drug companies don't have much left...

“Above the influence”, the anti-drug company doesn’t really have much to say about marijuana. I find it amusing just reading some of their ridiculous bullshit to try and keep moronic teenagers from smoking it. Here are their little factoids:

“Smoking pot affects alertness, concentration, perception, coordination and reaction time, many of the skills required for safe driving and other tasks. These effects can last several hours after smoking.” -Why yes, yes it certainly does! In fact, for most people, that is the purpose of smoking it. Great job ATI.

“Teens age 12 to 17 who regularly smoke marijuana were shown to be three times more likely than non-users to have suicidal thoughts.” -I see. I’ve also noticed, that people with an IQ above 100 also have suicidal thoughts. If you’ve never contemplated suicide, you must be as dumb as it gets. Great job ATI!

“Students who have smoked marijuana within the past year are more than twice as likely to have cut class than those who did not smoke” -Yep. AND?! Marijuana doesn’t affect your ability to HAVE SELF CONTROL. To blame such a statistic on smoking pot is just ridiculous.

“FACT: Actually not everyone’s smoking pot. The simple fact is that most teenagers do not use marijuana.” -Comments not even needed for this one.

“FACT: Despite what you may have heard, no scientific evidence indicates that taking niacin (vitamin B3) can alter a urine drug test result for marijuana.” -Yeah, it’s cool though they got drinks for that.

One by fuckin one, scientists are proving their BULLSHIT claims to be…well…bullshit.

I think pot is essentially medicine, whether for physical reasons or psychological reasons. For a healthy person medicine is poison. It’s a matter of recognizing for yourself when to stop, or how much is too much. I know it’s completely anecdotal, but I knew a guy who smoked pot all the time (nearly every day for 20 years) and what a mess he was. Did he smoke pot because he was a mess, or was he a mess because he smoked pot? Or was it just relaxing and fun and a completely separate issue from him being a mess? I don’t personally think it’s a completely separate issue. Anyway, have fun smoking - but I think the anti-drug people do have something relevant to say about it, even if they might get a bit carried away.