joedirt wrote:
Unfortunately most posters on this site haven't lived long enough to see the long term side effects of recreational drug use (especially recreational drug use at a young age). Harmless pot has been a factor in at least three suicides of people I have known growing up, and at least two individuals I have known that have had to check in to mental health clinics due to psychosis from smoking weed. It is not a harmless drug. I have seen it ruin enough lives to know better. This guy will be dealing with the adverse effects of this arrest for the rest of his life.
LOL... seriously?? People who commit suicide do so for a wide variety of reasons, most of which have to do with untreated depression. What possible evidence do you have that pot was a factor in their suicides?? How do you know pot didn't lower their stress and depression to a point that delayed their suicides?
Psychosis from smoking weed? Again, do you have access to their clinical diagnosis that states pot was the causal effect? Your post is a classic example of the fallacy of the small sample set... "Gee, I've seen a few people who had problems I THINK were caused by pot (with no actual evidence whatsoever) therefor it must be bad!"
I know doctors, scientists, software engineers, civil engineers, incredibly successful professionals from all walks of life, fit athletes as well) who smoke pot recreationally and have wonderful, rich, great lives.
Your post is just silly.