I didn't see it, but on a TV show, probably 10 years ago, a British psychologist said he thought the druggies were 'devolutes'. Worthless long before they started the habit.
My own experience tells me that none of my friends that used drugs made anything of themselves until the out grew the habit. Oh, I've seen successes start using. Some could handle it, others lost everything- after they lost their ambition.
But how can we outlaw something that can be grown in the garden, as easy as growing a tomato plant? Jimmy Carter legalized homebrew, for my own consumption...
This statement bothers me on so many levels, but i will try and sum up by eye rolling without going into pages.
I am one of the most motivated people i know, i have lost 180 pounds, managed to strike out as decent of an acting career as i can in my area, have had articles printed in both local media, and swift, have a 90% plus average in collage , and i have an array of skills that take time and effort to learn that i have achieved a great deal of proficiency in ( knife throwing and magic as examples. And as for putting my money where my mouth is, i have proof of any claims i have made. ). And yes i do on a semi frequent basis smoke pot.
People who don't want to do **** tend to smoke pot, because , well those kind of people like drugs. They already don't want to do anything, and drugs are relatively easy to come by and consume.
But it is a case of all of group X does thing Y not meaning that doing thing Y means being a part of group X.
Your statement ignores all the successful musicians and actors that can openly admit to smoking dope. Unfortunately because our society views it as it does, there are reams of professionals out there who smoke, but cannot " come out of the closet" as the case may be , for fear of people like you branding them as corrupt, incompetent, or in some other way shape or form, unfit.
Saying pot makes people lazy, is about as accurate as saying people who own guns are rednecks. Sure a lot of people who own guns may be rednecks, but it is not the guns that make them rednecks.
It is no different than drinking, some people come to work or school drunk, and fail. That is because they are getting ********** up when they shouldn't be. There is a time and place for getting ********** up, and it isn't at school it isn't at work, hell, it isn't even while studying. If people don't understand that, that is idiocy, not pot.
As an afterthought, i would like to offer a situation that would throw the whole " pot makes one fail at school " claim out the window.
Let's say a person, call him Mr. A, smokes pot. Mr. A. studies his material for hours on end until he feels he knows it, more than that , he feels he has it nearly memorized. Now after this, Mr. A, decides to smoke a joint. Mr. A then writes a sample test, or quizzes himself on the material. Now if mr. A finds he has knowledge of the material while under the influence, Mr. A can rest assured that while not under the influence, his knowledge is going to be better than this. By using a handicap as a benchmark, mr a has guaranteed better than average performance.
