Pot Smoker Beware

[inactive]

Do you just make this stuff up? Anyone that has half a brain knows both industries have something to gain by drug use. In fact, I can't see how the tobacco industry doesn't get all excited when we talk about legalizing mary jane.

It's actually a song lyric.

 

[Danny Tanner]

Do you just make this stuff up? Anyone that has half a brain knows both industries have something to gain by drug use. In fact, I can't see how the tobacco industry doesn't get all excited when we talk about legalizing mary jane.

Not that I quiz all pot smokers, but I can't recall a single one that has stated they would drink the same amount or more if pot were legalized, they've all said they'd drink a lot less. Myself included, back in the day, and it wasn't just an empty claim either, I rarely drank anything besides water, tea, and strawberry milk.

I don't know much on the stance on pot smokers and tobacco. In the UK, it's common to mix backy in with marijuana, but that's not practiced much in the states. Being addicted to nicotine, I don't know if smoking pot would really alter the amount (+/-) of tobacco smoked, but I'd love to see some statistics.

Going off your comment, I'm surprised companies like Pepsico, Frito Lay, etc aren't out there rallying in the streets with all the hippies. Can you imagine what would happen to Frito Lay stocks if pot were legalized across the US? I'd also look into Denny's franchises.

 

[Weatherby]

Home of the free indeed.

 

[tRidiot]

Pot protects against strokes... wow. There's a new one I haven't heard.

And the founding fathers were "probably stoned" while fighting the Revolutionary War.

Gotta love it.

 

[inactive]

You know, this war on drugs is funded by tobacco and alcohol commissions.
It's not what "drugs" you're strung out on they care about so much as "whose."

To further expand in my statement, I'll let you know who holds the patent on using marijuana for health benefits:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...50&s1=6630507.PN.&OS=PN/6630507&RS=PN/6630507

 

[cjjtulsa]

Home of the free indeed.

Americans love to boast of their freedom while tripping over their chains.

 

[reddog1]

What were we talking about again?.I forgot.

 

[inactive]

What were we talking about again?.I forgot.

Did we harsh your mellow, friend?

 

[rhodesbe]

Druggies. The new oppressed minorities.

 

[JD8]

Not that I quiz all pot smokers, but I can't recall a single one that has stated they would drink the same amount or more if pot were legalized, they've all said they'd drink a lot less. Myself included, back in the day, and it wasn't just an empty claim either, I rarely drank anything besides water, tea, and strawberry milk.

Drinking I get, I just don't see the industry putting THAT much time or effort either way. The tobacco industry already has all the plans and logistics ready to go to put the fun stuff into mass production if they get the green light. To me that would be worth billions..... something worth lobbying for.