What a maroon. You don’t have a point, execpt for the one coming out of the top of your head. Marijuana has minimal tar in it, #1. #2, tar only becomes an issue when you smoke enough of tobacco or MJ to make a difference. smoking 20 J’s a day? Who does that? Plenty of people smoke a pack a day, and that is where the tar comes from.

MJ is bastardized for ridiculous reasons, and has medicinal uses above and beyond the poisons put out on the market by the “legal” drug pushers. And with little to no side effects, MJ is one of the best medicinal plant drugs out there.

If the drug companies were able to patent substances that grow in nature, believe you me they would be ALL OVER IT. Luckily they cannot, so that means they will have to continue making poison with dozens of side effects only to mask one particular symptom. I (and many others) know who the true Charlatans are, and that is the drug makers.

Now to Dungy: Please get of the MJ is a gateway drug argument. Alcohol is the biggest gateway drug there is, kills hundreds of thousands of people more than MJ does, and is legal. Go figure. And btw, because a guy had a history of MJ use in college, your quote of “I want to be careful about drafting guys who I know are going to have marijuana in their possession” is ridiculous. HOW do you “know” they will have marijuana in their possession/ I can guarantee you this, Dungy. MANY of your players from your SB team absolutely used MJ, you just didn’t know it.

It is a problem if the player continually fails a drug test, and ultimately loses playing time. To my knowledge, the only suspension that I am aware of was Ricky Williams for failing the test 4 times. Many others tested positive for it (Percy Harvin), and Santonio Holmes and Kenny Britt both were arrested for possession. It has its benefits in pain management, and the side effects are a lot less than Vicodin, for example, and it is NOT addictive. MJ is tested for by the NFL between April and August every year.

If a NFL player can’t stay clean for that period, then it is a potential problem. If it is more important than an NFL career, then it is an obvious issue. It hasn’t been a problem for the majority of teams, and it probably won’t ever be, but addiction to pain pills is a problem (Brett Favre, Ryan Leaf, to name a couple). I am not for making it legal for NFL players, but let’s get of the bandwagon for it being a bad drug. It has benefits, and little to no side effects. It is up to the NFL to make it legal or not, but the politics involved won’t ever allow it to be legalized by the NLF, IMO.

If vaporized properly 98+ % of harmful components remain harmless, nearly pure medicine. When ingested, 100% pure medicine and a little fiber. Combustion, the actually burning is responsible for any health risks, yet easily avoided.

The first one is silly to say the least…..That would make milk or beer a gateway drug as well.

The second part would stop being a problem with the legalizing of marijuana.

Weed is far worse for your lungs than tobacco ever will be.”

Does telling yourself that make you feel a little less stupid for using tobacco Juan? It shouldn’t, because your statement is factually completely wrong, and smoking cigarettes is about as healthy as flinging yourself off of tall buildings, it just takes a little longer to destroy your body (but not much).

Do yourself a huge favor Juan, put down the cancer-sticks, get a good vaporizer, and use as much marijuana as you can–you’ll thank me for it in the long run.

The problem is that emphysema kills off far more smokers than lung cancer, and the tar in both marijuana and tobacco is the direct cause of it.

Thank you for proving my point.

That being said, if you’re a college student who could make tens of millions of dollars and put that in jeopardy by doing something illegal (even if it shouldn’t be) – that demonstrates poor judgement in the extreme

I’d guess that coaches besides Dungy view poor judgment as a bigger issue than smoking pot

Players that can convince a potential coach that, having been caught, will show better judgement in the future might be able to salvage some draft value and dollars for themselves

Smart coaches know that there’s good value to be found among talented players who have been caught but will be smarter in the Pros

Try again. A recent study by Dr Tashkin has confirmed that even though MJ has more tar then cigs it does not cause cancer, nor does it enhance cancer caused by tobacco. In fact there was a very small decrease in cancer for tobacco smokers who also smoked mj. The statistical significance wasn’t enough to conclude that MJ fights cancer caused by tobacco but the study clearly discovered mj has a statistically insignificant effect on lung cancer.

Marijuana gets a bad rap due to an aggressive 60 year PR campaign against it, not from any rational arguments.

My faith in society has been restored.

Caffeine causes a behavioral reaction. I could have easily used that as an example. To label marijuana as a “gateway” is incredibly stupid propaganda. You could use ANY example you wanted, since almost all drug users have something in common (and drinking milk is one, sans those who were lactose intolerant). Whether or not something is mind-altering or intoxicating is irrelevant, the gateway argument has been proven to be false.

And this is coming from a non-smoker. I don’t particularly like weed, it makes me feel out of control. I just don’t think other people should use the government as a tool to legislate outdated morality.

As someone who smoked his fair sure in his teen years, I can safely say weed is a crappy buzz that makes you paranoid, withdrawn and alienated. I can’t imagine for the life of me how anyone thinks it induces a heightened state of awareness. As soon as I was old enough to get into bars, I dropped smoking that crap and fast. Stoners have to be among the most boring people I ever hung out with. Caveat emptor.

Horse is dead, stop beating it.

Saying marijuana is a gateway drug is like saying milk is a gateway to alcoholism
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^^^^this