Well, sure drugs are bad. Is pot a drug or a plant? See, if G-d made all plants and animals (Gen 1), then G-d made pot. If pot is a drug, and drugs are bad, then G-d made something bad. I'm not going to say the coca plant is bad, because good things can come out of it. Instead I say that cocaine (which is manmade) is bad. Likewise, I'm not going to call any one of G-d's creations "bad," I'm instead going to caution the youth that to various times and people, marijuana can cause all of the following: paranoia decreased reaction time decreased creativity increased creativity increased appetite apathy complacency lack of motivation and ambition jail/probation/prison/community service and a general sense of well being. Sin against G-d and answer to G-d. Sin against man, and you'll answer to man.

this is what i was getting at in the secular thread in the media miscellaneous forum. what would the purpose of pot be if is not smoked?

Hmm.. I don't know how much we can talk about this without somebody accusing me of glorifying it, which is not my intent. Well, they have vaporizers now, that will extract the contents of herbs without burning them (no smoke, no lung damage). And you can also cook with it, but of course, like any other recipe, the quality you get out of it is based on the quality you put in. But I wouldn't even say that 100% of the people smoking it are doing a bad thing. Marijuana has tons of medicinal uses. Just off the top of my head, it's good for glaucoma. The associated increase in appetite has really helped a lot of chemo and AIDS patients who have lost their appetite. And since I don't have insurance, I used to take just a couple of puffs to help with my acid reflux. I found it more effective than Tums or Rolaids, and MUCH cheaper than having to pay 100% to see a doctor and get a prescription for the "healing purple pill" or something. This was before I was convicted about breaking the law. There's no getting around that argument. I'm just speaking "in a state of nature" about the plant itself, not the implications of breaking the law. I'd rather use something natural, than something cooked up in a lab anyway. I do say that drugs are bad, and to be avoided, and I apply that regardless of whether that's by doctor's order, or "self-prescription." Sometimes you need to take a pill, to help you with a certain condition, I'm not against medicine. I just don't see it as the easy answer some people do. I think that we overmedicate people in the US, and a lot of that is due to the politics and the big money behind the drug companies. But yeah, it is illegal, so I'm stuck with Tums for now. :P

people can even make drugs that are bad out of drugs that are good. like when i go to the store with my mom to find out what medicine they need to give me, they only let us buy 1 of somethings and 2 of other things so we dont go and make drugs. but i think thats stupid cuz your buddy can comein later and buy the maximum amount of medicine, and then it repeats all over again