Smoking Weed

[legion]

You keep saying "sin" so you understand why you should not smoke. Smoking is significantly more dangerous to health than eating meat. Hmm what matters is as Christ once said "not my will be done but your will be done". Seems as if your trying to convince your self Smoking cigarette's and pot is ok. Never in my 65 years found any Church, bible study where this is ok to do. The world.. well they are on your side in this case. You backed nothing up with Gods word.

We don’t justify smoking by saying 'eating meat, according to WHO, is just as harmful as smoking.' The fact that eating meat may be harmful does not make smoking acceptable. For me I can eat meat (cooked) vs taking a drag of a cig.. and gag, keep coughing.. almost get sick. That's just the body not the word of GOD. You oddly didn't touch what pot does to body. Just things like.. for some reason you can't turn to page 58.. its not there.. you kept seeing cars go forward then come backwards.... you can't stop laughing.. or you tell your other friend.. there's a bear after you and he is so scared takes off across the park knowing some bear is chasing him because he was high. Shall I go on? More scary things..... this was me lol junior high/high School.

When you know Christ.. didn't need someone to tell me it was wrong to do. He in you tells you.. but you can do what you want and He will say nothing but remember you freely did it..you willingly made the choice. So any thing that comes for it.. not of GOD you allowed it NOT Him

And I'm certainly willing to find something else to poke at besides meat I've understood that eating a lot of meat is not healthy for you so I certainly could be wrong on that I'll try to find something else however my point Still Remains that in a moderation state where we are not abusing any object marijuana and or even cigarettes are not sinful to use

 

[legion]

Nicotine is my drug of choice. Don't drink alcohol or take drugs. Never even smoked pot.

Smoking pot may or may not be a sin, I'm not a judge or jury, but I do know that it is probably not a wise thing to start down that path.

I have known several potheads in my life, and I chose not to be around them. Seems like the most important thing for them was to score their next dooby. Their priorities were all screwed up.

I will 100% agree with it being a bad idea just because it presents the possibility of larger problems unbeknownst to the user

 

[WiselyWoven]

Marijuana is an addictive psychotropic drug and a gateway drug.

That is completely incorrect marijuana is a herbal plant that can be used in many different fashions it is us who have demonized it largely by those who don't have any self control

The claim that marijuana is not addictive is false. Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is a recognized psychiatric diagnosis in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5), page 509, defined as continued cannabis use despite clinically significant impairment. The DSM-5 also recognizes a cannabis withdrawal syndrome: dysphoria, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, decreased appetite, and restlessness that typically begin within the first week of abstinence and resolve over 1-3 weeks.

By the numbers: approximately 30% of all cannabis users develop CUD at some point. Among those who use daily or near-daily, 17-19% develop dependence. In 2024, nearly 7% of all US teens and adults met the diagnostic criteria for CUD; among those aged 18-25, the rate was nearly 16%. Among teenagers ages 12-17 who use cannabis, 45.2% meet criteria for a substance use disorder. The American Academy of Pediatrics calls this a public health emergency.

The comparison to other drugs is instructive. Roughly 9% of tobacco users become dependent, 15% of alcohol users, 23% of heroin users, and 30% of cannabis users. Cannabis is more addictive than tobacco by this measure. The common cultural framing, that weed is harmless and non-addictive while tobacco is dangerous, does not survive contact with the data.

Daily cannabis users are 5 times more likely to develop psychosis than non-users. The association between high-potency cannabis and psychosis is particularly strong: users of 30%-plus THC products show dramatically elevated psychosis risk compared to users of lower-potency products. A 2019 European multicenter study published in The Lancet found that use of high-potency cannabis products was associated with 5 times the risk of psychotic disorder compared to non-use. In cities where the most potent strains dominated the market, such as Amsterdam and London, the investigators attributed nearly half of the new psychosis cases to cannabis use.
Total US cannabis use has surged. In 2024, 44.3 million Americans used cannabis monthly. Cannabis use rates among adults now exceed tobacco use rates for the first time in American history. Rates of substance use disorder involving marijuana are 3.7 times higher in 2024 than in 2015. This is not a stable situation; it is an accelerating one.

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Sorry to bust your buzz with this one.