Sherrif wants to charge Michael Phelps

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Even if you smoke dope on a social basis...let's say once a month at a party...doesn't make you a stoner. I'd even say if you did it every weekend it still doesn't qualify you as a stoner.

ETA: I just don't believe there's any way he could have achieved what he had and been a regular dope smoker. There's just no way. For one thing, it would impair his respiratory system.

Sure he could have. I know someone who smokes, constantly, and he has some pretty amazing lungs. Also the act of smoking weed, even if you do it every day, does not necessarily make you a stoner. What makes you a stoner, imo anyway, is if you are not productive. Some people actually become MORE productive when they smoke. (No, I am not a smoker.)

Frankly, I believe it's time we repeal the stupid drug laws, at least on plants. The Constitution and Bill of Rights are written on paper made from hemp. The first Fords ran on biofuel made from hemp. Hemp seeds are one of the most nutritional foods you can eat. Hemp is a VERY useful plant (as are mushrooms, which they now know can be used to clean up toxic waste), and it's time we recognized that and quit demonizing it. It really does have medicinal qualities tha help an awful lot of sick people.