Comments on: The law is not only an ass… http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/ I see it, do you see too? Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mandrill http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-46922 mandrill Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:50:46 +0000 http://keithneilson.co.uk/2006/12/16/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-46922 Hi Shruti, Thanks for your question, it is a valid one. I'll answer each of your points in turn: Firstly may I say that I am not a heavy user. I rarely have anything to smoke and mainly reserve it for special occasions and/or treats. Also I don't drink, I would think that my occasional smoking does less harm to my family life than if I was out drinking every weekend like millions of my peers. I also don't smoke when the kids are around. So when I do smoke, which is rarely, its about the equivalent of a couple of glasses of wine after the kids are in bed. I'm sure that if I smoked as heavily as I have in the past, when I was young, single and carefree, there is no doubt that it would adversely affect my family. As to health considerations I'm probably doing more damage to myself by virtue of smoking tobacco and not eating as healthily as I could. Another thing that I have noticed (and this is only from my own experience and is not backed up by any empirical scientific data) is that I suffered less often from the cold, flu, and any other bugs that may have been floating around when I was smoking quite heavily. During my university days (both when I was a student and when I simply worked in the bar) each new influx of students in the autumn brought with it a fresh batch of viral infections which during the first weeks of the new term <em>everyone</em> suffered from. Except me. which was unusual in that I was working in the bar and came into contact with almost every new student (and every old student for that matter). It may just be coincidence, but I like to think that smoking marijuana gives a slight boost to your immune system (either as a direct effect of the drug itself, or as a result of being less stressed). Rest assured I have seen what overuse of this drug can do to someone and have been closer than I'd like to going the same way, as with any narcotic it should be trteated with respect and taken only in moderation. This goes for everything, including caffiene, alcohol and nicotine. Forgive my asking but how many cups of coffee do you drink in a day? How many beers do you drink on a night out? As a parting shot, the affects my smoking marijuana has upon my health and family life should not be anything to do with the state. I'm fully able and willing to take responsibility for myself and my actions and don't need the government to poke their nose in and regulate my behaviour by making some aspects of it illegal. I resent any law which does so and it should be expected that free thinking individuals will break such laws for that reason alone. Hi Shruti, Thanks for your question, it is a valid one.
I’ll answer each of your points in turn:
Firstly may I say that I am not a heavy user. I rarely have anything to smoke and mainly reserve it for special occasions and/or treats. Also I don’t drink, I would think that my occasional smoking does less harm to my family life than if I was out drinking every weekend like millions of my peers. I also don’t smoke when the kids are around. So when I do smoke, which is rarely, its about the equivalent of a couple of glasses of wine after the kids are in bed.
I’m sure that if I smoked as heavily as I have in the past, when I was young, single and carefree, there is no doubt that it would adversely affect my family.
As to health considerations I’m probably doing more damage to myself by virtue of smoking tobacco and not eating as healthily as I could. Another thing that I have noticed (and this is only from my own experience and is not backed up by any empirical scientific data) is that I suffered less often from the cold, flu, and any other bugs that may have been floating around when I was smoking quite heavily. During my university days (both when I was a student and when I simply worked in the bar) each new influx of students in the autumn brought with it a fresh batch of viral infections which during the first weeks of the new term everyone suffered from. Except me. which was unusual in that I was working in the bar and came into contact with almost every new student (and every old student for that matter). It may just be coincidence, but I like to think that smoking marijuana gives a slight boost to your immune system (either as a direct effect of the drug itself, or as a result of being less stressed).
Rest assured I have seen what overuse of this drug can do to someone and have been closer than I’d like to going the same way, as with any narcotic it should be trteated with respect and taken only in moderation. This goes for everything, including caffiene, alcohol and nicotine. Forgive my asking but how many cups of coffee do you drink in a day? How many beers do you drink on a night out?

As a parting shot, the affects my smoking marijuana has upon my health and family life should not be anything to do with the state. I’m fully able and willing to take responsibility for myself and my actions and don’t need the government to poke their nose in and regulate my behaviour by making some aspects of it illegal. I resent any law which does so and it should be expected that free thinking individuals will break such laws for that reason alone.

]]> By: shruti http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-46918 shruti Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:07:46 +0000 http://keithneilson.co.uk/2006/12/16/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-46918 hello mandrill, good piece i must say. the arguements you have given r very strong but tell me doesnt this cannabis sativa intake by you affect your family life? I mean it must be affecting your health. please clarify my query. hello mandrill,
good piece i must say. the arguements you have given r very strong but tell me doesnt this cannabis sativa intake by you affect your family life? I mean it must be affecting your health. please clarify my query.

]]> By: Cheeseburger Brown http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-44881 Cheeseburger Brown Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:45:54 +0000 http://keithneilson.co.uk/2006/12/16/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-44881 Merry Christmas! Love, Cheeseburger Brown Merry Christmas!

Love,
Cheeseburger Brown

]]> By: mandrill http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-44699 mandrill Sun, 17 Dec 2006 10:38:16 +0000 http://keithneilson.co.uk/2006/12/16/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-44699 Thanks Bill. You know you're the first person to mention the right justification. The idea was to balance up the page visually and I'll admit sometimes even I find it a bit jarring. The thing is Left justification doesn't look right and throws the balance of the design off. Centering the text doesn't work eithere for obvious reasons. If I could figure out how to get a fixed width column (left and right justified I may be better off. Thanks for dropping by, come back any time. Its nice to know that people are reading. Thanks Bill. You know you’re the first person to mention the right justification. The idea was to balance up the page visually and I’ll admit sometimes even I find it a bit jarring. The thing is Left justification doesn’t look right and throws the balance of the design off. Centering the text doesn’t work eithere for obvious reasons. If I could figure out how to get a fixed width column (left and right justified I may be better off.

Thanks for dropping by, come back any time. Its nice to know that people are reading.

]]> By: Bill http://keithneilson.co.uk/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-44693 Bill Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:01:08 +0000 http://keithneilson.co.uk/2006/12/16/the-law-is-not-only-an-ass/#comment-44693 Good article, dude. The page layout is really hard to read, though. I'd lose the right justification. It's cute, but off-putting. It'll lose you readers in the long run. WTH...none of my business. Good article, dude. The page layout is really hard to read, though. I’d lose the right justification. It’s cute, but off-putting. It’ll lose you readers in the long run.

WTH…none of my business.

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