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I don't care if people smoke, as long as they don't smoke around me. I get really sick really fast. I don't think it's anyones business other then the smoker. I personally don't see a reason to smoke, but I can understand that people do it to feel better, addicted etc.

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Wow, a lot of your parents smoke. o.o;
My parents smoked, but they quit before I and my brother were born.

Then again, my parents were big hippies, so maybe they were smoking some stuff other than tobacco... o.o;

Anyway, I don't smell like smoke. My clothes don't smell like smoke. And this is either because I (a) smoke cloves and/or (b) only smoke like once every few weeks or so, and don't do it that much.

When I first came to college, EVERYBODY was smoking. It's a common joke around here to ask who DOESN'T smoke, because it's an art college. But frankly, I have no flipping idea why art and smoking (tobacco, at least) is connected.

I don't smoke at school, and I don't smoke with people who don't smoke. I smoke outside, by myself, and usually, I don't even like smoking around other smokers.

Like I said, I'm kind of a hypocrite. I met this guy named Zack, and he smoked Marlboro lights. Zack is now my best friend here, and it was through him that I got the courage to even start smoking.

I've wanted to smoke ever since I can remember, I think it's a mixture between wanting to piss my parents off and wanting to look "cool".
But once I smoked a marlboro light, I realised how crappy they tasted, how crappy they smoked, etc., etc.

Zack made some funny comments about how smoking might be better if the companies didn't put stuff like dog piss in the cigs. XD

Anyway, long story short I was told (falsely) that cloves are healthier than tobacco so I wanted to try those cigarettes and see if they tasted any better. I did this not because I wanted to look cool, but because at the time I wanted to do voice for some radio spots that were opening at school and basically what they told me was, I should start smoking. Because my voice as it was was not the type of voice that would get me on the radio.

I'm only psychologically addicted to smoking, not physically(as you would be nicotine). I smoke now mainly just to keep working on getting the voice I want for prospective radio gigs.

I dislike people smelling like smoke, but over time the smell has grown on me and I like it. Alcohol, though, is a smell I can't stand. Which is again, ironic, since I also used to be an alcoholic.

I'll stick with my statistics, and you stick with yours.
I wonder why weed is illegal if it's so ******** healthy?

It's simple... it makes you feel good...

And if you remember, the puritans' (some of the first europeans to settle here...) idea of fun was to make sure that no one else had any... which still pervades the attitudes of many older people today... And the last time I checked, all the members of congress, and of the senior positions in gov't agencies were older people...

Also, I'd like to mention the fact that sometimes the gov't can't find anything better to do than to ******** with people... don't believe me? go look at your local town ordinances... I s**t you not when I say that Ft. Walton (town I lived in before here) wouldn't let businesses cut down trees on their property... or forced them to cut down other trees... or regulated sign sizes... or wouldn't let people put up treehouses out in the back of your yard... or have any sort of mess... hell, they'd fine you for not mowing your grass...

And the tendency is for the gov't to make MORE rules, not take away the ones they've already made...

And of course, you've got the parents vehemently opposed to their kids touching ANYTHING that might change their state of mind (though usually this is a GOOD thing...)

And until I see scientific, documented evidence to the contrary, I'm going to go with what I've read about the studies on marijuana...

[sarcasm]
No... not the ones YOU provided...

See... None of the organizations here (quoted on WebMD), are actually reputable... I mean, they're only organizations that are composed of only really smart doctors with many years of experience: International Neuropsychological Society, Igor Grant, MD, professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine; director, UCSD Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research Center. Tod Mikuriya, MD, president, the California Cannabis Research Medical Group, Oakland; former director of non-classified marijuana research, the National Institute of Mental Health Center for Narcotics and Drug Abuse Studies. Lester Grinspoon, MD, professor emeritus of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston; author, Marijuana: The Forbidden Medicine and Marihuana Reconsidered.

I mean... even though they've had years of medical experience, and have done through testing of marijuana and have come to the conclusion that it is not harmful, I'm not going to believe them since the government said it was bad for me... [/sarcasm]

and sorry, I guess I should have added to the end of my post that the only studies I've seen so far are practically the same ones you posted... o.o Iono, I have a bad habit of sometimes posting unclear things... x_x

And for everyone's knowledge, I don't smoke, drink, or do drugs... I just don't really bother, I've better things to do... But I don't really care if you want to... ^_^