Do you smoke marijuana?

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LittleMermaid

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I don't smoke it and I don't support it. But I wouldn't say I'm completely against it. Just indifferent.
 
Desdichado

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I support legalization, but not use of the drug.

Or most other possibly addictive substances.

That said, curing cancer?! What a fairytale.
 
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I've never even tried it. And have no interest to. The majority of those that support it's legalization hide behind the medical purpose, but really just want legal access for personal use.
 
Lynx

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Fee fie foe fum
I smell a troll in this forum
Gotta hit that report button

Anyone else notice he joined in January and only now makes one single post? Smells like a troll's backup account.
 
Jimbone

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Lynx said:
Fee fie foe fum
I smell a troll in this forum
Gotta hit that report button

Anyone else notice he joined in January and only now makes one single post? Smells like a troll's backup account.
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Yea there is no way this could just be a legitimate question and is the first time he's felt he needed to ask. I joined 8/22/14 and only have 5 threads started, do I qualify as a troll to? He started 1 within 3 months, my average is 1 thread every 8 1/2 months, he is posting more often than I am. I am just not following your logic here, maybe he is trolling, but I don't think the case you made for it is very strong, plus what if he is not trolling and just asking a real question he has? Even if he is trolling this could still be a subject that could help out someone else, the whole "God uses the good and bad for His glory", thing.

As far as the OP goes, I honestly do not see smoking weed in it's self as sinful, but in my case where me smoking means everyday from dawn to dusk, I do see that as sinful. I also agree with Ugly, I think the medical reasoning is easily used as an excuse. I could easily use that excuse, and more than likely get the majority of folks to support my position, but I know me and it would just be an excuse.

MetalHeader, while I think it is important to ask other believers about these things, the most important thing is to go to Him and pray on it, ask yourself the hard questions like , why do I need this, do I need it, does this cause me to grow closer to God or further away, just things like that. Just trust God and seek Him in everything. I have been saved about 4 1/2 years and I have smoked while truly saved, and He had lead me to put it down now. I had to make sure that the weed use wasn't higher on my priority list (no pun intended) than God. It's all too easy for us to end up at a false idols alter and not even realize it.

I pray that God lead you into His truth deeper everyday. Have a great day man.
 
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".........I'm tired of waking up on the floor................"

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cinder

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Jimbone said:
Yea there is no way this could just be a legitimate question and is the first time he's felt he needed to ask. I joined 8/22/14 and only have 5 threads started, do I qualify as a troll to? He started 1 within 3 months, my average is 1 thread every 8 1/2 months, he is posting more often than I am. I am just not following your logic here, maybe he is trolling, but I don't think the case you made for it is very strong, plus what if he is not trolling and just asking a real question he has? Even if he is trolling this could still be a subject that could help out someone else, the whole "God uses the good and bad for His glory", thing.
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I have to agree that Lynx's take is the more probable on this one. It's not just 1 thread started, it's only 1 post at all in any thread and any forum. Which might not be horribly suspicious in and of itself if this guy is mainly a chat user, but his profile has no friends and almost no visits. So for 3 months this guy has been a non-entity on this site.

That doesn't make him a troll but take a good look at that OP. He's not asking for our opinion on what he's doing; he's taking a pretty definite stand that pot is good and should be legal. If he's really from a foreign country and living there like his profile says, why does he even care about US laws? I just don't think too many young Christians in muslim majority countries are giving that much thought to whether the US legalizes pot or not. Which leads one to suspect the profile is false. And if this is the only post from the profile then it makes a person think that this account exists to promote views most Christians would be expected to object to.

I might be wrong, one post isn't a lot of info. But the probability with what we can see is not just an honest question.
 
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Blain

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When I had cancer I was given marijuana I felt nervous at first but I do admit it really helps with the pain. Now as for if it helped cure me or not I am not sure, I had Leukemia which I hear is a cancer that not a lot of people can survive and it can last for last for years. Mine only lasted four years although even with that the damage left from the ordeal was quite severe. Now if that weed helped aid my beating cancer or not I don't know but I can say it is not addictive I never had any urge or need to smoke the stuff and sometimes would refuse just because I like having a sober mind. The weed helped in many ways but I hated how it made my head feel.

But I also do know that if all natural it has many good medical uses including helping to regulate diabetes, now it's not legal here in Oklahoma but if it was I don't really know if I would use it often because like I said I hated how it made my mind feel
 
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Blain said:
When I had cancer I was given marijuana I felt nervous at first but I do admit it really helps with the pain. Now as for if it helped cure me or not I am not sure, I had Leukemia which I hear is a cancer that not a lot of people can survive and it can last for last for years. Mine only lasted four years although even with that the damage left from the ordeal was quite severe. Now if that weed helped aid my beating cancer or not I don't know but I can say it is not addictive I never had any urge or need to smoke the stuff and sometimes would refuse just because I like having a sober mind. The weed helped in many ways but I hated how it made my head feel.

But I also do know that if all natural it has many good medical uses including helping to regulate diabetes, now it's not legal here in Oklahoma but if it was I don't really know if I would use it often because like I said I hated how it made my mind feel
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I never knew you had cancer, Blain. :( And you're so young.

And yes... marijuana is a bonafide medical treatment for cancer patients, peeple!! Even before all this legal/not-legal stuff started... For decades now, doctors have written prescriptions for THC (cannibus, the active ingredient in marijuana). But it is not given as a cure of course, just to ease symptoms..
 
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zeroturbulence said:
I never knew you had cancer, Blain. :( And you're so young.

And yes... marijuana is a bonafide medical treatment for cancer patients, peeple!! Even before all this legal/not-legal stuff started... For decades now, doctors have written prescriptions for THC (cannibus, the active ingredient in marijuana). But it is not given as a cure of course, just to ease symptoms..
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Yeah it has a lot of scientific proven benefits it's good for pain stress and also helps you to sleep and is also used for cancer patients and like i said helps stabilize diabetes however not everyone understands this and believe the mainstream views of how bad it is and how addictive it is when I know from experience how false that is. I do however know how it can make your mind loopy and it is very hard to focus even on a simple task and so if it ever is legal in Oklahoma( although I honest doubt it ever will be) I fear of people being irresponsible and smoking on the job or while driving and Oklahoma is well known for terrible drivers to begin with and I can attest to that due to being almost killed many times because people completely disregard the rules of driving
 
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Blain said:
Yeah it has a lot of scientific proven benefits it's good for pain stress and also helps you to sleep and is also used for cancer patients and like i said helps stabilize diabetes however not everyone understands this and believe the mainstream views of how bad it is and how addictive it is when I know from experience how false that is. I do however know how it can make your mind loopy and it is very hard to focus even on a simple task and so if it ever is legal in Oklahoma( although I honest doubt it ever will be) I fear of people being irresponsible and smoking on the job or while driving and Oklahoma is well known for terrible drivers to begin with and I can attest to that due to being almost killed many times because people completely disregard the rules of driving
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The premise that "I didn't become addicted therefore it's not addictive" makes as much sense as saying "I've never been struck by lightning therefore people don't get struck by lightning". I witnessed my best friend go through pot withdrawals.
The other side of the spectrum is that most people that support pot legalization also ignore much "mainstream" science in favor of getting high. So let's not twist it that those not in support are ignorant sheep while those in support are the enlightened ones.
And since it's easy to see that most people want it legalized so they can BS their way into getting it legally for recreational use, that can't be ignored as an aspect to consider.
It's a topic that has good and bad to it and there is no single right answer.
 
Jimbone

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I have to agree that Lynx's take is the more probable on this one. It's not just 1 thread started, it's only 1 post at all in any thread and any forum. Which might not be horribly suspicious in and of itself if this guy is mainly a chat user, but his profile has no friends and almost no visits. So for 3 months this guy has been a non-entity on this site.

That doesn't make him a troll but take a good look at that OP. He's not asking for our opinion on what he's doing; he's taking a pretty definite stand that pot is good and should be legal. If he's really from a foreign country and living there like his profile says, why does he even care about US laws? I just don't think too many young Christians in muslim majority countries are giving that much thought to whether the US legalizes pot or not. Which leads one to suspect the profile is false. And if this is the only post from the profile then it makes a person think that this account exists to promote views most Christians would be expected to object to.

I might be wrong, one post isn't a lot of info. But the probability with what we can see is not just an honest question.
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True enough, but that was why I specifically said "maybe he is trolling", then went on to say " Even if he is trolling this could still be a subject that could help out someone else, the whole "God uses the good and bad for His glory", thing." I took that into account especially because I'm not really on here all that much really, and I did no research before committing. I don't disagree he may be a troll, I disagree with always bashing people in the head with the finger pointing accusations thing.

Honestly I feel the same way when any married person has a big problem and the overwhelming response is always "leave them", "divorce". It's very possible that may be the best answer, but it's is weird to me for it to always be the first and loudest answer amongst Christians. If I'm not mistaken we are called to approach things as He taught and demonstrated regardless of the other mans motives. That's how He reaches people, why is this guy here? Do you know how God plans on using this in His life? Is it better we call him names and point our finger at him as followers of Christ, or answer his question honestly with patience even if he is "trolling". Again even if it has no effect on him it could answer another persons questions by reading it.

Sorry for the novel, I just wanted to share my thinking in the matter. I understand the other perspective too, as far as not casting pearls, and dusting off our shoes in certain cases, but not in this case anyway. Anyway I see your point.
 
cinder

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Jimbone said:
True enough, but that was why I specifically said "maybe he is trolling", then went on to say " Even if he is trolling this could still be a subject that could help out someone else, the whole "God uses the good and bad for His glory", thing." I took that into account especially because I'm not really on here all that much really, and I did no research before committing. I don't disagree he may be a troll, I disagree with always bashing people in the head with the finger pointing accusations thing.

Honestly I feel the same way when any married person has a big problem and the overwhelming response is always "leave them", "divorce". It's very possible that may be the best answer, but it's is weird to me for it to always be the first and loudest answer amongst Christians. If I'm not mistaken we are called to approach things as He taught and demonstrated regardless of the other mans motives. That's how He reaches people, why is this guy here? Do you know how God plans on using this in His life? Is it better we call him names and point our finger at him as followers of Christ, or answer his question honestly with patience even if he is "trolling". Again even if it has no effect on him it could answer another persons questions by reading it.

Sorry for the novel, I just wanted to share my thinking in the matter. I understand the other perspective too, as far as not casting pearls, and dusting off our shoes in certain cases, but not in this case anyway. Anyway I see your point.
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And I see yours, and would agree that there is a good discussion to be had on the topic (and that gathering more information before jumping to a conclusion is a good idea). I must disagree however that your post was anywhere near novel length proportions :p
 
Jimbone

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And I see yours, and would agree that there is a good discussion to be had on the topic (and that gathering more information before jumping to a conclusion is a good idea). I must disagree however that your post was anywhere near novel length proportions :p
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LOL, I realized that too after I posted that it wasn't really too long. It just felt like it was when I was typing it, that and I tend to be a bit long winded(or long typed maybe?) at times. :D Anyway I hope you have a great day.
 
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