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Only if you have a really bad chair and computer desk. On a side note, drugs are for drug dealers and losers. Only one benefits.

djcapelis 14y ago
> On a side note, drugs are for drug dealers and losers. Only one benefits. So I take it you don't drink alcohol or use caffeine?
- qompiler 14y ago
  I did a while, it only gives me trouble like headaches for coffee and mood swings with alcohol.
  - veemjeem 14y ago
    It's weird how marijuana gets grouped with all the hard drugs when it's far less toxic than alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine. You can die with less than 250ml of 200 proof alcohol (about 1 cup), 60mg of nicotine (around 60 cigarettes), or 3 grams of caffeine (around 15 bottles of the 5 hour energy drinks). However, you'd need to consume around 1000lbs of marijuana to kill yourself. 1000lbs would probably bankrupt most people -- it's around $4M. I doubt anyone in the modern age can claim they have never used drugs before. Most of the OTC drugs at the pharmacy can be more damaging to your health than alcohol. The only people who can probably claim to be drug free are those who claim to heal with prayer.
    - pyre 14y ago
      Marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance in the US (the most restricted set), while cocaine is a Schedule II controlled substance. The US government considers marijuana to be a harder drug than cocaine. There is no logic to this stuff other than: - Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm) - I don't need no 'scientists' to do 'studies,' because everyone knows that Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm). - Since Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm), I can't allow a drug to go down in the rankings, only up! - If a drug were to go down in the rankings, it would be political suicide. Political/religious/etc opportunists would come out of the wood-work to ply their silver tongues and attempt to get the general public to tar-and-feather those responsible (while benefiting the opportunists immensely, of course). - Even if I wanted to allow a drug to go down in the rankings, it would be political suicide
- ahi 14y ago
  Or sugar? Or crap food? Everything we put in our bodies affects our chemistry. I would be more productive regularly smoking marijuana than regularly eating big macs.
pjscott 14y ago
I had a nasty headache the other day. I took some aspirin and washed it down with some coffee, and the headache went away. The drug-makers and the drug-sellers profited that day -- and so did I.
- qompiler 14y ago
  You suppressed the headache with aspirin and coffee. It didn't resolve the underlying problem.
  - loeg 14y ago
    And what solution are you peddling? I don't think GP could do much better than aspirin. People get headaches out of the blue, not just from avoidable causes (hangover, ...).
    - qompiler 14y ago
      3 week vacation :-D
      - loeg 14y ago
        Good point, sir =). I approve, but a 3-week vacation is not nearly as accessible as aspirin (e.g., at my work I get three weeks of paid vacation time per year).
Raphael_Amiard 14y ago
Yes let's see, losers like Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Victor Hugo, Jack London, Rabelais, Bill Gates, etc ..

djcapelis 14y ago

> On a side note, drugs are for drug dealers and losers. Only one benefits. So I take it you don't drink alcohol or use caffeine?

qompiler 14y ago
I did a while, it only gives me trouble like headaches for coffee and mood swings with alcohol.
- veemjeem 14y ago
  It's weird how marijuana gets grouped with all the hard drugs when it's far less toxic than alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine. You can die with less than 250ml of 200 proof alcohol (about 1 cup), 60mg of nicotine (around 60 cigarettes), or 3 grams of caffeine (around 15 bottles of the 5 hour energy drinks). However, you'd need to consume around 1000lbs of marijuana to kill yourself. 1000lbs would probably bankrupt most people -- it's around $4M. I doubt anyone in the modern age can claim they have never used drugs before. Most of the OTC drugs at the pharmacy can be more damaging to your health than alcohol. The only people who can probably claim to be drug free are those who claim to heal with prayer.
  - pyre 14y ago
    Marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance in the US (the most restricted set), while cocaine is a Schedule II controlled substance. The US government considers marijuana to be a harder drug than cocaine. There is no logic to this stuff other than: - Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm) - I don't need no 'scientists' to do 'studies,' because everyone knows that Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm). - Since Drugs Are Bad Mmkay(tm), I can't allow a drug to go down in the rankings, only up! - If a drug were to go down in the rankings, it would be political suicide. Political/religious/etc opportunists would come out of the wood-work to ply their silver tongues and attempt to get the general public to tar-and-feather those responsible (while benefiting the opportunists immensely, of course). - Even if I wanted to allow a drug to go down in the rankings, it would be political suicide
ahi 14y ago
Or sugar? Or crap food? Everything we put in our bodies affects our chemistry. I would be more productive regularly smoking marijuana than regularly eating big macs.

pjscott 14y ago

I had a nasty headache the other day. I took some aspirin and washed it down with some coffee, and the headache went away. The drug-makers and the drug-sellers profited that day -- and so did I.

qompiler 14y ago
You suppressed the headache with aspirin and coffee. It didn't resolve the underlying problem.
- loeg 14y ago
  And what solution are you peddling? I don't think GP could do much better than aspirin. People get headaches out of the blue, not just from avoidable causes (hangover, ...).
  - qompiler 14y ago
    3 week vacation :-D
    - loeg 14y ago
      Good point, sir =). I approve, but a 3-week vacation is not nearly as accessible as aspirin (e.g., at my work I get three weeks of paid vacation time per year).

Raphael_Amiard 14y ago

Yes let's see, losers like Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Victor Hugo, Jack London, Rabelais, Bill Gates, etc ..