[herbie]

When I was 16 the LeDain commission admitted the laws were wrong. Lots of friends busted since then Know friends of my kids busted. One of my goddam grand-kids is of the age where he could risk being labelled a criminal for trying it if these blockheads aren't tossed out in the 2015 election.
C'mon already this is just spiteful malicious bullshit by a minority of Cdns these days.

[BartSimpson]

Public_Domain Public_Domain:

You were the logic-learned man you are today when you were 14? Incredible! I wish.

Nope. My behavior is much changed from when I was 14.

But not everyone can say the same.

[Jabberwalker]

I would have disagreed with that ad when I was a teenager but now, having lived life and watched several people kill off their brain cells, I'm not so sure.

[Public_Domain]

[herbie]

They didn't kill off their brain cells. You were just too young to notice how stupid they already were.
Used to bug my son - I'd overhear his friends saying "Let's get stupid" when they were gonna smoke up and yell back "Whaddaya mean GET?"

[OnTheIce]

Public_Domain Public_Domain:

Which part makes me obvious? I'm curious. The leftism, I assume? Seems to be pretty tame then.

The drop-out, apathy riddled, lack of ambition, the woe-is-me attitude does it for me.

The leftism just comes along with the woe-is-me attitude cause their social agenda suits your future career of a "sofa rider".

[DrCaleb]

OnTheIce OnTheIce:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

It's just another example of the Conservatives ignoring science in favour of ideology. Researchers doubt any link exists, but it polls well, so go and do it anyhow.

Yet if you find anyone that's been smoking dope since they were a teenager, the affects are almost immediately obvious....but it's all scare tactics about this harmless drug.

Research has not shown any links between dope smoking and intellect. Did you ever consider they were just idiots to begin with? The dope use was just co-incidental.

I met many dope smoking, acid dropping, magic mushroom tea drinking people in University. And they were all very smart people. Kinda dispels that theory, eh?

[OnTheIce]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Research has not shown any links between dope smoking and intellect. Did you ever consider they were just idiots to begin with? The dope use was just co-incidental.

I met many dope smoking, acid dropping, magic mushroom tea drinking people in University. And they were all very smart people. Kinda dispels that theory, eh?

Incorrect.

There's research that supports both sides of the debate. A quick search online shows the various studies.

[andyt]

Wonder why we don't have anti-alcohol use ads in the same way? Sure we have don't drink and drive ads, and don't drink and be preggo ads, but none about the permanent impairment caused by chronic alcohol use. What the pot ad doesn't seem to do is tell you that long term, chronic pot use may impair IQ, and that there are questions raised about the studies that found this to be the case. What's wrong with this ad campaign is it's trying to bullshit people, and the kids will see thru it, as they always have.

Alcohol is far more damaging than pot. Lets have ads for that, if the govt is really concerned about reducing harm from drugs. Of course that doesn't play well with the red-meat Reformacon voters, and those the govt hopes to dupe into being so. "JT wants to turn your kids on to dangerous drugs. OMG, set your hair on fire, send money to the CPC, then relax with a few drinks."

[Yogi]

andyt andyt:

Wonder why we don't have anti-alcohol use ads in the same way? Sure we have don't drink and drive ads, and don't drink and be preggo ads, but none about the permanent impairment caused by chronic alcohol use. What the pot ad doesn't seem to do is tell you that long term, chronic pot use may impair IQ, and that there are questions raised about the studies that found this to be the case. What's wrong with this ad campaign is it's trying to bullshit people, and the kids will see thru it, as they always have.

Alcohol is far more damaging than pot. Lets have ads for that, if the govt is really concerned about reducing harm from drugs. Of course that doesn't play well with the red-meat Reformacon voters, and those the govt hopes to dupe into being so. "JT wants to turn your kids on to dangerous drugs. OMG, set your hair on fire, send money to the CPC, then relax with a few drinks."

[andyt]

Well thanks, Yogi. Not often I get one of those from you.

[Yogi]

andyt andyt:

Well thanks, Yogi. Not often I get one of those from you.

True enough andy, but not often we are one the same page either.

Weed will be legalized as soon as the govt can figure out how to do so without losing votes. Big $$$$ to be had and they know it. Same reason they will never try to curtail booze.

[andyt]

I'd be all for curtailing the whole sorry lot if I thought that would work. But since it won't, tax it and use those taxes to provide prevention and treatment programs.

[Thanos]

There's actually lots of anti-drinking ads on the internet and on TV from the AADAC type of organizations. Most of them are aimed at drinking-and-driving and at the binge-drinking 20-something party crowd. These ads are actually as ubiquitous right now as the 'war on drugs' ads used to be on US TV back in the day.

[Yogi]

Thanos Thanos:

There's actually lots of anti-drinking ads on the internet and on TV from the AADAC type of organizations. Most of them are aimed at drinking-and-driving and at the binge-drinking 20-something party crowd. These ads are actually as ubiquitous right now as the 'war on drugs' ads used to be on US TV back in the day.

It's only a case of 'being seen to be doing something'. If the govt was serious then they would apply all the laws and regs that apply to tobacco to alcohol. And then some!