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KevinBlazerFan · 02-27-2006, 05:40 AM

Honestly, this is Oregon. It's the second biggest crop in Oregon and it's really nice to come home and relax to a smoke It's healthier than alcohol, not addictive, kills less brain cells than alcohol and it's cheaper. Plus, this is Oregon. It's hard to find a person who doesn't or hasn't smoked pot in Oregon. I really don't think that it was a big deal. The spousal abuse was bad though. Domestic violence is a terrible crime. I just can't believe that people would get upset with players smoking pot. They sell alcohol at the game and in advertisements and no one gets upset. Alcohol is a serious drug. Marijuana doesn't have half the bad effects as alcohol on the body and yet people flipped out. Oh well, just my two cents.

GO BLAZERS!!!

mediocre man · 02-27-2006, 07:24 AM

I care, and how dare you not care. Pot, unlike alcohol is an ILLEGAL drug that has been proved to decrease brain cells, and my children think NBA players are cool. The last thing I need is for my kids to try pot because their favorite player smokes it.

And please don't preach to me about parenting skills because no matter how hard you try you can't be with your children 24 hours a day. There is a lot of pressure from their friends to fit in, so yes....I CARE

**Scout226** · 02-27-2006, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by mediocre man

I care, and how dare you not care. Pot, unlike alcohol is an ILLEGAL drug that has been proved to decrease brain cells, and my children think NBA players are cool. The last thing I need is for my kids to try pot because their favorite player smokes it.

And please don't preach to me about parenting skills because no matter how hard you try you can't be with your children 24 hours a day. There is a lot of pressure from their friends to fit in, so yes....I CARE

I don't think the poster has kids, or he probably wouldn't post something like this.

But to respond to the first post, I grew up in Oregon, and get this.. I have NEVER tried pot. Wow. How shocking huh?

mediocre man · 02-27-2006, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Scout226

I don't think the poster has kids, or he probably wouldn't post something like this.

But to respond to the first post, I grew up in Oregon, and get this.. I have NEVER tried pot. Wow. How shocking huh?

I never have tried it either. Maybe it was a good thing I moved to Houston recently......I just didn't fit in.

KevinBlazerFan · 02-27-2006, 07:44 AM

Hey, that's cool. Whether you do or don't smoke pot it's cool. The biggest problem for parenting is alcohol, that decreases brain cells at a much more alarming rate than smoking pot. If you cease smoking pot, more than 80 percent of your brain cells come back, USDA study. Regardless, I can respect protecting your kids. Although, i think alcohol is more important to protect them from, while smoking is not as important. Yet, keeping kids away from both is important. You just have to do what my parents did, i never touched drugs or alcohol until I was 21, thanks to good parenting. I had lots of pressure, but good parents. Good luck, but sports players should not be role models to begin with. Parenting should have been in on that one. Education before sports any day.

**IbizaXL** · 02-27-2006, 07:46 AM

LOL

funny post

Pot makes you slower.

it affects your lungs worse than cigarettes (meaning you cant play basketball effectively)

some say you cant get addicted to it. but i disagree. ive met many ppl who smoke that s*** everyday and will do anything to get some pot.

have i tried? oh definetly....but im not a huge fan of it.

KevinBlazerFan · 02-27-2006, 07:51 AM

Medically studies by the US FDA have proven Pot is not addictive. Secondly they have proven that marijuana stunts lung growth, but if you quit your lung tissue will grow back, healthy and normal. It does not destroy like cigarettes. Pot slows you only when your smoking, when it wears off your beta recepters clear and you go back to normal. I know my stuff, had to ask my doctor about before i tried it.

Here's some facts for ya: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3475#3

As for lingering effects, heres a little more for ya : http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3475#10

one more to educate: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=3475#12

This is not say that it's still not harmful. It is a drug like alcohol and should be done in moderation

**IbizaXL** · 02-27-2006, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by KevinBlazerFan

Medically studies by the US FDA have proven Pot is not addictive. Secondly they have proven that marijuana stunts lung growth, but if you quit your lung tissue will grow back, healthy and normal. It does not destroy like cigarettes. Pot slows you only when your smoking, when it wears off your beta recepters clear and you go back to normal. I know my stuff, had to ask my doctor about before i tried it.

ok yeah. thats exactly the reason why ppl care about NBA players smoking pot. if theyre smoking it during the season, they wont perform at 100% everynight.

now, if they smoke during the off-season, then i dont care. its their "off-season" meaning vacation. let them do as they please. just dont get caught

KevinBlazerFan · 02-27-2006, 08:05 AM

If their playing well then who cares, if their play suffers then they have to moderate.

mediocre man · 02-27-2006, 08:10 AM

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If their playing well then who cares, if their play suffers then they have to moderate.

I think you are forgetting the one main thing here, and that is pto is illegal. I mean that's it period. The league doesn't want them doing it, parents don't want them doing it, fans with any sense shouldn't want them doing it, so they shouldn't. IT'S ILLEGAL. Please don't give me the speach about jay walking either. Pot is an illegal substance that harms your body and others arounf you potentially if you're wasted. It alters your thinkinh, and that's not something people should do.

**IbizaXL** · 02-27-2006, 08:19 AM

theres no way anybody is going to do anything effectively if your smoking pot all the time.

after awhile it slows you down, even if your not smoking it at the moment. it makes you slow, even when your sober. of course if you stop for awhile, youll go back to normal. but athletes cant afford that, unless they dont give a s*** about theyre job.

i ve gotten pissed at a few friends and ppl in general that smoke pot all the time. i ask them something....and it takes awhile for them to respond to a simple question. this while theyre SOBER. ive seen it in school as well. ppl are high as f*** and have no clue whats going on in class. i know its theyre problem, but im just giving you a few examples of what I have expirenced.
My best friend is an avid smoker. we used to hang out all the time. Bars, clubs, sporting venues, meet girls, the beach.
now he doesnt really want to do all of that cuz hes so into his weed. we dont hang out or talk as much.

anyways, im done talking so much crap about me LOL

i do care if players/athletes are doing any type of drug. if its an important game, i wanna be sure that my team is playing at 100%

`nuff said

KevinBlazerFan · 02-27-2006, 08:22 AM

So why do we drink alcohol mediocre man? Your logic is ridiculous. One drug that causes a large number of deaths, has worse health effects is alcohol and you preach about pot being bad. I won't preach about the law, because marijuana is legal in one state and it will grow. The prohibition can't last forever on a drug that has less negative effects than alcohol.

I think they should play 100 percent too, but check the data i cited. If they smoke the day before it should be ok for game, they will be 100 percent.

**IbizaXL** · 02-27-2006, 08:30 AM

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So why do we drink alcohol mediocre man? Your logic is ridiculous. One drug that causes a large number of deaths, has worse health effects is alcohol and you preach about pot being bad. I won't preach about the law, because marijuana is legal in one state and it will grow. The prohibition can't last forever on a drug that has less negative effects than alcohol.

I think they should play 100 percent too, but check the data i cited. If they smoke the day before it should be ok for game, they will be 100 percent.

the reason im talking about pot specifically is cuz the thread is about that type of drug. A;cohol is also a problem, i know that...mediocre man.

if they smoke in moderation, players will alright, if they smoke a blunt 5 times a day, theyre f***ed. simple as that.

**Talkhard** · 02-27-2006, 08:34 AM

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this is Oregon. It's hard to find a person who doesn't or hasn't smoked pot in Oregon.

I know a lot of people in Oregon, and none of them smoke pot. Get your head out of the bong and get your facts straight.

But I agree that there's a lot of hypocrisy around the drug issue. Drinking is definitely more dangerous than smoking pot and yet it's perfectly legal. Makes no sense.

Ukrainefan · 02-27-2006, 08:40 AM

1. You've said yourself, Kevinblazerfan, that it affects the lungs as long as you continue smoking, so obviously a player who smokes marijuana regularly will not be in as good of condition.

2. I believe that longterm use lowers testosterone level; testosterone is one of things involved in giving us ambition, drive and aggression; i believe these traits are important in a great basketball player. Is it possible this is something holding Darius Miles back?

3. I believe that smoking tends to stunt social and coping skills, I have an employee who smokes and when he is high he can cope with stress and handles conflict fairly well; but if he's not high he has no skills for dealing with stress and dealing with difficult people, he just loses it. i think if he quit smoking he would be forced to learn these skills. Rasheed Wallace might be an example of this problem; he has never developed the skills to deal with stress and conflict when he is not smoking, so he ends up getting a lot of technicals,etc.

p.s. I have smoked marijuana fairly regularly when i was a lot younger.

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