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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (4944)11/18/2006 9:43:06 AM
From: Gersh Avery  Read Replies (1) of 10087
 
big post with lots of thoughts ..

I'll respond to a few of the points over a couple of respond posts.

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>Why do medical marijuana advocates assert every pothead is "self-medicating"?<

Did I do that?

As I recall a few days ago, you in essence did suggest that. If you want to disassociate yourself from that now, you can say so.

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I'm no longer sure how to discuss your statement. I thought that "pothead", as you were using the word, referred to addicts as defined by the science of today. Self medication is one way to explain addiction.

However, it seems that you may have a larger group in mind when you talk about "potheads."

Are you talking about people who smoke every day? Is a person that smokes every day an addict, to your thinking? Does that change if a doctor tells them to smoke every day?

Is someone who used every drug they can still a "pothead?" Or have they become something else? Are the "mixheads" still a part of your "most potheads?"

Also .. you know people that drink one or two drinks every day. Some people would call them addicted. I think you do not see this as problem drinking or addiction. I would tend to agree with you there.

I also think that you would believe any one that smokes every day to be a "pothead." And that every one of these people consume pot until they are ready to pass out. Have you ever considered that someone that smokes every day may only wish one or two puffs?

Is a regular light user a "pothead?"

Or is "pothead" simply a point of view. ie I favor pot so that makes me a "pothead."
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