There's a big difference between just being a freaking incredibly stupid, lazy, dumbass piece of shiat and the claim 'I was addicted to weed'.

robmilmel: There's a big difference between just being a freaking incredibly stupid, lazy, dumbass piece of shiat and the claim 'I was addicted to weed'.

Out of interest, what IS the difference?

40below: robmilmel: There's a big difference between just being a freaking incredibly stupid, lazy, dumbass piece of shiat and the claim 'I was addicted to weed'.

Out of interest, what IS the difference?

No kidding. Only dumbshiats get "addicted" to weed, and I think it's all in their head. I used to smoke a lot of weed, but I was never addicted to it. Hell, I'm not really addicted to...

Shiat. Got to get back to Quake Wars ;)

What in the name of christ was that about? Who gives a shiat?

I used to smoke a lot of weed, too (not that I ever got to meet Radiohead, although I did see them at Suffolk Downs) but you don't see me getting 500 words in The Times.

Newspapers are collapsing left and right and THIS is what one of your star columnists is putting out? Are you kidding?

40below: Out of interest, what IS the difference?

In the writer's case, if it wasn't weed it probably would have been damn near anything else he could blame it on.
Go into a top level professional kitchen/restaurant during service. See if you think those guys are lazy, stupid, and dumbasses as they put out up to 200+ plates of food an hour...and then remember probably 80% or more of them are multiple-times-daily smokers-which by most definitions would be "addicted".

robmilmel: There's a big difference between just being a freaking incredibly stupid, lazy, dumbass piece of shiat and the claim 'I was addicted to weed'.

If you were ever a teenager in California, trust me, there was no difference at all.

Trying to figure out if this is satire or not.

have no idea.

Hell, I put myself through college while high.....

/Don't remember what I majored in, but I graduated.
//I seem to have a knack with computers, so I think it was related to those.

40below: robmilmel: There's a big difference between just being a freaking incredibly stupid, lazy, dumbass piece of shiat and the claim 'I was addicted to weed'.

Out of interest, what IS the difference?

The former was a preexisting condition- which means Paul is hardly liable.

I had a girlfriend who said she was quitting when we started going out, and it never really happened in the three years we saw each other.

It became, "I didn't say that" or "I meant except for the one on the way to your place, and the way home." or "You can't make me!" Which was funny, since I'd never asked her to, and it only came up when I'd say things like, "Didn't you quit yesterday?"

Some people just have poor willpower perhaps? Most people wouldn't say food is addictive, but quite a few people have problems altering their diets.

kmmontandon: If you were ever a teenager in California, trust me, there was no difference at all.

I'd believe that-lived in the Bay area a couple of years in the mid-80's.

*slowly puts bong down

Dope.

The writer is a Moran.

*waits for proof that pot is addictive*

eqtworld: Pot Mr. Microphone destroyed America



FTFY

Does anyone even care about Caitlin Moran?

I did this woman's job. I interviewed famous people too. BB King, Yoko Ono, Les Claypool and also Christian bands, barbershop quartets and little girls who sang the national anthem at AAA baseball games.

Altogether, I interviewed over 600 people in my time as a reporter - all while stoned.

This woman is an idiot. She obviously has an addictive personality, an intense need to be accepted and shattered self-esteem. I wouldn't put some history of abuse past her as well.

Out of the estimated number of people I've interviewed in life, I would say I smoked with maybe 4. They were ones you'd expect. But I never chose an interview based on their smoking habits. Are you kidding?

She sounds like she was looking for a lay more than a story.

This is paranoid, anti-pot yellow journalism at its worst. fark this woman and her lack of ability and self-control.

1910: "Marihuana is the most frightening and vicious drug ever to hit New Orleans." -New Orleans Public Safety Commission
1920s: "Makes darkies think they're as good as white men." -H.J. Anslinger, Bureau of Narcotics
1930: "Marihuana is responsible for the raping of white women by crazed negroes." -Hearst Newspapers Nationwide
1932: "Hasheesh goads users to blood lust." -Hearst Newspapers
1935: "Marihuana influenced negroes to look at white people in the eye, step on white men's shadows, and look at a white woman twice." -Hearst Newspapers
1937: "Marihuana is the most violent drug in the history of mankind." -Congressional Testimony, H.J. Anslinger, FBN
1938: "Marihuana is more dangerous than heroin or cocaine." -Anslinger, Scientific American, May, 1938
1938: "If the hideous monster of Frankenstein came face to face with marihuana, he would drop dead of fright." -Anslinger, FBN, quoted in Hearst newspaper
1937-50: "Negro entertainers with their jazz and swing music are declared an outgrowth of marihuana use which possesses white women to tap their feet." -statements to Congress by Anslinger, FBN
1945: "More harmful than habit-forming opium, inducing fits of temporary insanity." -Newsweek, 1-15-45
1946: "Marihuana is an important cause of crime." -Bureau of Narcotics, Newsweek, 11-18-46
1948: "Marihuana leads to pacifism and Communist brainwashing." -Anslinger, before Congress
1973: "Marijuana increases breast size in males."
1974: "Permanent brain damage is one of the inevitable results of the use of marijuana." -Ronald Reagan, LA Times
1974: "interferes with reproduction, disease resistance, and basic biological processes." -Daily Oklahoman, 11-19-74
1980: "Marijuana leads to harder drugs." -Reagan Administration
1985: "Marijuana use makes you sterile." -Reagan Administration
1980s: "Marijuana leads to heroin; marijuana causes brain damage." -the 17-week D.A.R.E. Program
1986: "Marijuana leads to homosexuality, the breakdown of the immune system, and therefore to AIDS." -Carlton Turner
1990: "Marijuana makes you lazy." -Partnership for a Drug-Free America
1992: "Marijuana is ten times more dangerous than 20 years ago." -Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton

dodecahedron: The writer is a Moran.

It took that long for someone to say that?

Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc: I had a girlfriend who said she was quitting when we started going out, and it never really happened in the three years we saw each other.

And what exactly did YOU give up for her? If you had to place conditions on the circumstances under which you would "accept" her, then it was doomed from the beginning.

It was entirely your fault. Sorry.

thisdaydreamer: dodecahedron: The writer is a Moran.

It took that long for someone to say that?

Everyone else is stoned.

The part where he slept with wasps was the worst. Are there not enough brown skinned women in Britain?

RainWhenIDie: 1992: "Marijuana is ten times more dangerous than 20 years ago." -Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton

10 x 0 = 0

BoneStorm: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc: I had a girlfriend who said she was quitting when we started going out, and it never really happened in the three years we saw each other.

And what exactly did YOU give up for her? If you had to place conditions on the circumstances under which you would "accept" her, then it was doomed from the beginning.

It was entirely your fault. Sorry.


Wow - you've elevated "reading between the lines" to an art form with that one.

and, once, gave a wasp a blow-back

....giggity?

I lost brains cells just reading that article.

FTFA: and, once, (I) gave a wasp a blow-back.

Not familiar with this expression. Sounds dirty, though. Is it similar to unloading one's quads?

Infamous Dr. X:
Newspapers are collapsing left and right and THIS is what one of your star columnists is putting out? Are you kidding?

Hey, they've got a propaganda tradition to uphold.

ScottRiqui: BoneStorm: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc: I had a girlfriend who said she was quitting when we started going out, and it never really happened in the three years we saw each other.

And what exactly did YOU give up for her? If you had to place conditions on the circumstances under which you would "accept" her, then it was doomed from the beginning.

It was entirely your fault. Sorry.


Wow - you've elevated "reading between the lines" to an art form with that one.

God, I know right? How stupid can you be?

"Grow up and do coke like an adult."
-Dad

So wtf is a Caitlin Moran anyway?

If unloading one's quad mean breathing out into someone else's mouth so they can have your second-hand smoke. In this case, however, I don't think it counts because wasps have spiracles.

Incidentally, what's with people claiming they didn't have the willpower to quit smoking pot? I've known plenty of people that didn't have the willpower to keep smoking pot, and this is in Canada (go BC hydro!). I quit because it got to the point where I was only comfortable smoking if I was planning on a quiet night in - wandering around high was just too much like hard work.

I love the comments:

My friends and I were the biggest Beatles fans in America, but I can guarantee you, not a one of us ever smoked "weed" as you call it! I am highly offended that those of us who lived through those times are all labeled potheads. Not ALL of us did drugs or free sex.

Hoosier, Norco, CA, USA

Excellent article. I hope you consider giving talks to the local schools. Some will become enamoured, but the majority will, I hope, recoil in horror and resolve to stay back from the edge. Regards,

D, Mississauga, Canada

Workrate-wise, a ferocious skunk habit suits someone who can survive on the proceeds of six, maybe seven, hours of work a week, tops.

You're doing it wrong.

Also, Bob would like a word with you.



/high-functioning stoner

BoneStorm: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc: I had a girlfriend who said she was quitting when we started going out, and it never really happened in the three years we saw each other.

And what exactly did YOU give up for her? If you had to place conditions on the circumstances under which you would "accept" her, then it was doomed from the beginning.

It was entirely your fault. Sorry.

Thanks? I take it you didn't get to the next few lines of text in my post where I note that I never asked her to quit? I didn't care one way or the other, or I wouldn't have gone out with her that long.

I was remarking more about the nature of some people who always say they're going to do something, and never quite manage to follow through on it.

Pot in no way affects your mem

Awww...look at all the lonely people.

All you have to do is keep smoking for like 20 years and you'll start to get a handle on it....

Hey, remember that guy that overdosed on marijuana? Yeah, me neither.

Pfft. I love the Beatles, and I won't even stick around usually when my friends are smoking pot. Don't want the smell on my clothes. Pe-ew.

Who is this person, and why should I, or anyone for that matter, care?

DemonEater: Pfft. I love the Beatles, and I won't even stick around usually when my friends are smoking pot. Don't want the smell on my clothes. Pe-ew.

I like my system: Friends go outside to blaze, I eat all the pizza. They get annoyed then forget. (Also you can steal their rum.)

/Yeah, the non-stoner was the useless, klepto one

The Propaganda machine kicks into high gear, no pun intended.
As the economy continues its tumble "at near freefall speeds,"
The apparatus desperately seeks out an enemy, any enemy to blame.

Instead of opening a dialogue to help answer the most pertinent questions that any of us has ever asked, we are given a rehash of "Reefer Madness."

Is this really the best they can come up with?

I for one suport making couscus a schedule one drug. Won't someone think of the children?! Or the dried up ol reporter hag? Yea, she got just as addicted to eating possun. Sounds like a real bright bulb.

Telephone Sanitizer Second Class: Awww...look at all the lonely people.

Mmm, wedding rice. It'll go nice with with the fava beans and chianti.... well where did you think she got the face in the jar by the windowsill?

Then again, I'm the one who can't spell possum.

RainWhenIDie: 1937-50: "Negro entertainers with their jazz and swing music are declared an outgrowth of marihuana use which possesses white women to tap their feet." -statements to Congress by Anslinger, FBN

I find that sadly hilarious.

"Explain it to me. Heavy metal bands on trial because kids commit suicide, what is that about? Judas Priest on trial because my kid bought the records, and he listened to the lyrics, and he go into Satan... ALLALALALALALLALA! Well that's great. That sets a legal precedent. Does that mean I can sue Dan Fogelberg for making me into a pussy in the mid '70s, is that possible, HUH?"

- Denis Leary

stonehenj: Hey, remember that guy that overdosed on marijuana? Yeah, me neither.

Maybe you could remember if you weren't so baked all the time.

/I don't remember him either.