Dude, this isn't news. It happens like clockwork.

 

Some of the greatest art works and inventions available in the world today came to people "while thier mind was altered" or "impaired" as you put it.

If you had ever been in a painter's studio will the painter was working, you would understand the fumes altered thier thinking.

 

Thanks for the reply Tumba, no offense taken. I'm sure Willie knows what he's doing when it comes to "cultivation"........

 

And how does that make it right? Because an artist can make a painting while stoned is a good argument for pot making you non productive? I'm whiling to bet the vast majority of pot smokers are not master artists

 

Do you drink beer? Wait...how about coffee or soda? Caffeine is an addictive mind altering substance.

 

So it is as simple as someones opinion makes it wrong. I've never seen a person addicted to pot. I do not think it is possible.
Also when some one is sittng still does not mean they are not productive. That is an opinion.

 

I have worked with people who had to get a pot fix before work (drive in to work), during work (lunch break), and after work (drive home and at home). That is the definition of addiction.

 

Actually, I wouldn't say that defines addiction.

Obviously you have to be unable to function without the substance in question. Knowing the odd pothead that smokes it like it's going out of style, I'd say it's not an addiction, it's just that they don't care enough about their life or career (at the time) not to do it.

MJ makes you slower and not care to function , versus caffiene, cocaine or tobacco, which wakes or speeds you up so you CAN function.

 

^ I hate to break it to ya, but tobacco is a downer. It calms the nerves and relaxes you.

 

Pot doesn't cause cancer. Maybe a rolling paper does, but smoking through a water filtration pipe eliminates 99% of all carcinogens. Also, it's illegal, even to do studies on, so there's no proof that it causes cancer, and the tests that I have seen did not mention any other statistic such as tobacco use or anything else, so it's misconstrued.
Potheads don't all sit around doing nothing, and you're right, most aren't master artists. Some set records for gold medals, some sell millions of albums and entertain you in just about every medium you can think of, some run countries, some found countries (like this one), and tons of other things.
So, go ahead and close your mind, keep losing the battle against pot because not everyone is against it just because it was deemed illegal by guys who didn't want to compete with hemp in their timber businesses, and keep spending your money trying to stop it all. Good luck with that.

 

Nicotine raises your metabolism, that's why it's confused with an upper.

 

When I was a teenager. Floores Country Store was just that, a country store about 2 miles from the house that also had tables for folks to eat Bar-B-Q and drink beer. Willie would come in and sing for beer. I've taken him many a bottle of Pearl beer that my dad and friends would buy him. Sometimes after Floores he and my family would go up on Marin Hollow Drive to some folks we knew and have more eats and drinks. Willie always drank beer and smoked pot- always, since I've known him. He's about as simple a human as a human can get but he has his vices like most of us do. He enjoys life to the fullest. Yeah, he has done some great things besides FarmAid too. A lot of his money he just gives away. Folks in need, real need are his friends and he helps with a lot of the sick kids around this country too. He's probably the best ambassador this country will have in this generation. But you'll never hear him brag once about helping anybody. Great guy. Most likely if you ever get the chance to meet him, he'll take time to chat with you so the opportunity offers itself, take advantage of it. He's a lot like Hondo Crouch only Willie sings a lot better. Now Hondo Crouch....well, that's another adventure I've had the pleasure to experience.

 

Willie smokes weed?

 

People that drink coffee every morning are also addicts. You can be a very productive citizen and still addicted to something...

 

That's funny

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