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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion

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To: Dan B. who wrote (4805)11/15/2006 1:29:21 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (2) of 10087
 
I've known a laundry list of successful lawyers, businessmen, policemen, doctors, common high paid laborers, accountants, and etc., etc., who use pot and alcohol both. The biggest behavioral problems among them stem typically from alcohol, definitely not pot.

That may be. I just don't know any of those high-functioning professionals who are regular pot smokers. Sure, I guess the successes simply are hiding it well and the FU's are the ones who don't hide it well.

Instead of dueling anecdotal info, maybe someone can dig up some studies of high-functioning potheads and how many of them there are. You'd think norml would be getting the word out about all these success stories.

A prime example of this is the cult classic movie "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" in which Sean Penn's character

Don't forget to debunk Cheech and Chong now.

I'm quite sure the vast majority of pot smokers are NOT complete FU's, and those who are have other drugs or other factors to blame.

Yeah, that's the ticket. Those losers woulda been losers anyway.
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