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Originally Posted by Debaser
The REAL problem isn't that the laws need to be changed...before that can happen they need to change the definitions. Currently all drug use is considered abuse, and by that same token, if you use drugs, you are an addict. That needs to change, especially among pot smokers. The vast majority of poeple smoke pot because they enjoy it, not because they are slaves to an addiction, or have no self control. Forcing people into treatment for pot offences is basically the government ignoring that fact, and saying "we don't care if it's something you like, we're going to make you stop."
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I'm so glad to see someone else saying this. I've been saying it for years and I've felt like a voice in the wilderness most of that time.
Take a look at this so-called test for alcoholism:
Are You An Alcoholic?
If you have a glass of wine with dinner 4 times or more a week and some busy body has said "You shouldn't do that" you have 7 points - and if you have 3 or more drinks once a month on top of that you're an "alcoholic".
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Has a relative, friend, doctor or health worker been concerned about your drinking or suggested you cut down?
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If some blue-stockinged busy-body spinster aunt is 'concerned' about your marijuana smoking and said something about it in the past year you get 3 points...
...the one that's missing from that 'test' is the question about "have you ever been arrested or convicted..." A yes answer to that one is worth 8 points...
Here's another one:
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ARE YOU AN ADDICT?
Ask yourself the following questions. Answer as honestly as possible.
1. Do you lose time from work due to drinking/using?
2. Is drinking/using making your home life unhappy?
3. Do you drink/use because you are shy?
4. Is drinking/using affecting your reputation?
5. Have you ever felt guilt/remorse after drinking/using?
6. Have you ever had any financial problems due to drinking/using?
7. Have you ever been arrested due to drinking/using?
8. Does your drinking/using make you careless of your families welfare?
9. Has your ambition decreased since drinking/using?
10. Have you ever lost friends due to drinking/using?
11. Do you drink/drug before noon fairly often?
12. Does drinking/using cause you to have difficulty sleeping?
13. Has your efficiency decreased since drinking/using?
14. Is drinking/using jeopardizing your job/business?
15. Do you drink/use to escape worries/troubles?
16. Do you drink/use alone?
17. Have you ever had a loss of memory due to drinking?
18. Do you drink/use to build your self confidence?
19. Have you ever gone to anyone for help about your drinking/using?
20. Has anyone ever complained or gone for help due to your drinking/using?
If you answered YES to any one of these questions, this can be a warning to the possibility that you
may be alcoholic/addict..
If you answered YES to two questions, there are strong chances you are an alcoholic/addict.
If you answered YES to three or more questions,
there is a high probability of alcoholism/addiction.
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1. Do you lose time from work due to drinking/using?
Yeah, getting busted does take time away from work.
2. Is drinking/using making your home life unhappy?
Yeah, getting raided made me pretty unhappy.
4. Is drinking/using affecting your reputation?
Yeah, people like the ones that wrote this test think I'm stupid, unmotivated, and deplorable because I'm a medical marijuana patient.
6. Have you ever had any financial problems due to drinking/using?
Yeah, the government took everything I had (directly or indirectly) because I smoke marijuana.
7. Have you ever been arrested due to drinking/using?
I've lost count of the times.
11. Do you drink/drug before noon fairly often?
The first thing I do every morning is smoke a joint. I also currently have a 3-year recommendation from my doctor. (For those of you that don't know, especially in light of California Health and Safety Code 11362.7-11362.83, it is very rare for a doctor to write a recommendation for more than one year.)
14. Is drinking/using jeopardizing your job/business?
Yeah, most employers require drug-testing and fire people who smoke marijuana.
15. Do you drink/use to escape worries/troubles?
Yeah, all this judgemental crap really makes me want to smoke a joint.
16. Do you drink/use alone?
Yeah.
I also take a dump alone.
20. Has anyone ever complained or gone for help due to your drinking/using?
Has anyone EVER complained ... ?
EVER? ANYONE? You mean like when some bum threatens to call the police if I don't give them some of my stash?
If you answered YES to any one of these questions, this can be a warning to the possibility that you
may be alcoholic/addict..
If you answered YES to two questions, there are strong chances you are an alcoholic/addict.
If you answered YES to three or more questions,
there is a high probability of alcoholism/addiction.
Speaking of CONTROL...