Pot and Riding Bicycle are addictive

[TheTibetanMonkey]

Pot is an American pastime, says this article...

"Researchers found that 42% of people surveyed in the U.S. had tried marijuana at least once, and 16% had tried cocaine. About 20% of residents surveyed in the Netherlands, by contrast, reported having tried pot..."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/arti...#ixzz1lcTxa44Y

Common sense, nothing to do, no bicycle ride, wife is bitching, so let's smoke pot. Men are freer than women so a 90% of men who have tried marijuana is believable. And not just the Liberals. Even the Conservatives and Religious must have tried it. How can you otherwise talk to God and be inspired by his words?

By contrast, see how in the Netherlands, where riding bicycle is a national pastime, people try weed in a much lower number. Substitute an addiction for another, one that also gives you a "high" but it's cheaper, and the effects won't go away as quickly. Don't believe everything you hear. Remember, everything is "smoke and mirrors."

But that's only my humble opinion.

[Doug]

It's funny, because while I've occasionally enjoyed pot, I've never felt the least inclination toward an addiction. I know other people, though, that can't live without it. I agree that it and bicycle riding should both be legal, though!

[Michelle]

Bikram Yoga and running can also give you a much longer lasting and healthier high than smoking marijuana.

[Doug]

I can't speak for the yoga, but I know in Dave's case, exercise doesn't lessen his psychotic symptoms, but mj does. It also helps with appetite, irritable bowel conditions, pain, cancer (it shrinks tumors through a process called apoptosis) and other conditions. But if we're just talking about getting high, I would agree!

[TheTibetanMonkey]

I can't speak for the yoga, but I know in Dave's case, exercise doesn't lessen his psychotic symptoms, but mj does. It also helps with appetite, irritable bowel conditions, pain, cancer (it shrinks tumors through a process called apoptosis) and other conditions. But if we're just talking about getting high, I would agree!

Hey, sex can be addictive too. And not many side effects.

But it's not aerobic.

[TheTibetanMonkey]

> Pot isnot addictive but self extinguishing for most
> Pot and cycling isnot indicted as cannabis may affect equilibrium..

You know this deserves serious examination...

Some people are more addicted than others, some stuff is more
addictive than other stuff. Marijuana is a light addiction, bicycling
is a light addiction, tobacco is a hardcore addiction.

Think about this now: How many people do you see that smoke cigarettes
and ride bike? Not many, right? A positive addiction keeps a negative
addiction away.

Now the big question: If marijuana is a light addiction, why is it
illegal?

[moltobene]

I don't smoke pot or Tobacco, but I agree with your school of thought...