Agents seize pipe and marijuana, arrest man

LOGANSPORT - A Logansport man who had been the target of a report of suspicious activity at his residence is in jail on several drug charges, authorities said.

[GOD_s Creation]

There used to be a "head shop" on that road which runs parallel to I think College Ave. but a few blocks towards Texas St. This was between 1969-73.

I am a Christian gentleman. Tried, tested, & true. However, having grown up in the 70's I saw quite a lot of the movement in that era.

Smoking pot is way less harmful than drinking.

[Jilted]

How do you figure pot is less harmful than drinking?

[LEAP]

Jilted wrote:

How do you figure pot is less harmful than drinking?

Numerous people die each year due to alcohol overdose. Nobody has ever died from an overdose of marijuana. It is not toxic enough, it cannot kill. It actually has many potential beneficial uses for mankind.

Marijuana, unlike alcohol, is almost never the cause of aggression or violence. Marijuana is no more addictive than coffee, which is why neither marijuana users nor coffee drinkers steal to support their use. In fact, virtually all of the crime associated with marijuana is a direct result of prohibition. Prohibition keeps responsible, regulated businesses out of the market and gives criminals and gangs an exclusive franchise. Because illegal businesses have no legitimate means to settle disputes, violence inevitably erupts, just as it did during the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's.

Drug Abuse is Bad...The Drug War is Worse!
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROHIBITION
Criminal Justice Professionals Speaking Out Against the War on Drugs
www.askleap.org

[GOD_s Creation]

I smoked pot after Vietnam. All it made me feel like doing was watch TV, Movies, listen to music, eat like crazy. I was too scared and actually had not motivation to go out in my car or with anyone else in their car. Never did either.

When I got drunk. I'd squeel the tires, speed, act like a fool, do things I should not have done. Got rowdy, acted nuts.

That's the difference.

Alcohol tends to make people boiserous. How many fights can you think of that are associated with alcohol. Watch COPS and most calls are alcohol related.

Just for the record. I've not had any drugs nor alcohol since 1983.

[Jilted]

Thanks for the responses. I tend to agree with some of it, but disagree with most. I'll have to do some reading on that LEAP site. Are you open for continued discussion on this?

[GOD_s Creation]

Sure. My Dad used to own two stores in Natchitoches before Wal-Mart came along. Ben Franklin was the Franchise name. There was on on Front Street and one in the shopping center just across the Cane River.

I went to NSU, dated some extremely beautiful girls there. Worked for Campus Security, one of the Professors where my job was going atop the Arts & Sciences Bldg and retrieve weather data from this station we had up there.

Natchitoches has changed so much since then. I was at the concert when Jim Croce's plane went down.

Lived in College Manor, Trudeau Apts., Cele Cook [I believe she's passed now] rented us a huge house out in Tall Pines Trailer Park.

We had a blast. Natchitoches will always be special to me. Just seems like it's changed.

Weed is less dangerous than alcohol. How many times have you heard of someone going for "marijuana treatment"?

[BayouMischief]

GOD_s Creation wrote:

Smoking pot is way less harmful than drinking.

I AGREE!!!

[common sense is dead]

For those interest, Students for Sensible Drug Reformation is starting a chapter on campus. Hopefully, to partner with an organization like NORML to have a footprint in the community. Anyone who believes marijuana should be chraged the same as herion is a fool.

FWIW, Holland has banned all tobacco use, yet weed is still going strong.

The Drug War is the biggest waste of time ever. Even former DEA and CIA agents have quit and come out stating that the USA sponsors some forms of cartels.

[socrateez]

Jilted wrote:

Thanks for the responses. I tend to agree with some of it, but disagree with most. I'll have to do some reading on that LEAP site. Are you open for continued discussion on this?

yes i also think cannabis is less addictive/harmful than alcohol and cigeretts.

1. Marijuana is far less addictive than alcohol.

Dependence: How difficult it is for the user to quit, the relapse rate, the percentage of people who eventually become dependent, the rating users give their own need for the substance and the degree to which the substance will be used in the face of evidence that it causes harm.

Withdrawal: Presence and severity of characteristic withdrawal symptoms.

Tolerance: How much of the substance is needed to satisfy increasing cravings for it, and the level of stable need that is eventually reached.

Reinforcement: A measure of the substance's ability, in human and animal tests, to get users to take it again and again, and in preference to other substances.

Intoxication: Though not usually counted as a measure of addiction in itself, the level of intoxication is associated with addiction and increases the personal and social damage a substance may do.

Source: Jack E. Henningfield, PhD for NIDA, Reported by Philip J. Hilts, New York Times, Aug. 2, 1994 "Is Nicotine Addictive? It Depends on Whose Criteria You Use." See, http://drugwarfacts.org/addictiv.htm

http://www.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/32...

[smith1]

LEAP wrote:

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Numerous people die each year due to alcohol overdose. Nobody has ever died from an overdose of marijuana. It is not toxic enough, it cannot kill. It actually has many potential beneficial uses for mankind.
Marijuana, unlike alcohol, is almost never the cause of aggression or violence. Marijuana is no more addictive than coffee, which is why neither marijuana users nor coffee drinkers steal to support their use. In fact, virtually all of the crime associated with marijuana is a direct result of prohibition. Prohibition keeps responsible, regulated businesses out of the market and gives criminals and gangs an exclusive franchise. Because illegal businesses have no legitimate means to settle disputes, violence inevitably erupts, just as it did during the prohibition of alcohol in the 1920's.
Drug Abuse is Bad...The Drug War is Worse!
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROHIBITION
Criminal Justice Professionals Speaking Out Against the War on Drugs
www.askleap.org

You got to be kidding or you are smoking too much grass yourself.

[smith1]

GOD_s Creation wrote:

Sure. My Dad used to own two stores in Natchitoches before Wal-Mart came along. Ben Franklin was the Franchise name. There was on on Front Street and one in the shopping center just across the Cane River.
I went to NSU, dated some extremely beautiful girls there. Worked for Campus Security, one of the Professors where my job was going atop the Arts & Sciences Bldg and retrieve weather data from this station we had up there.
Natchitoches has changed so much since then. I was at the concert when Jim Croce's plane went down.
Lived in College Manor, Trudeau Apts., Cele Cook [I believe she's passed now] rented us a huge house out in Tall Pines Trailer Park.
We had a blast. Natchitoches will always be special to me. Just seems like it's changed.
Weed is less dangerous than alcohol. How many times have you heard of someone going for "marijuana treatment"?

Millions of times. You smoking too much yourself

[smith1]

common sense is dead wrote:

For those interest, Students for Sensible Drug Reformation is starting a chapter on campus. Hopefully, to partner with an organization like NORML to have a footprint in the community. Anyone who believes marijuana should be chraged the same as herion is a fool.
FWIW, Holland has banned all tobacco use, yet weed is still going strong.
The Drug War is the biggest waste of time ever. Even former DEA and CIA agents have quit and come out stating that the USA sponsors some forms of cartels.

add one more fool to your list. I have seen the results of one little old mj cigarette for the lasyt 30 years.

[legalize Industrial Hemp]

smith1, you haven't provided anything useful to back you up. At least say it's just your opinion. Spouting off makes you look like a fool. What are your seen results of one little old mj cigarette for the last 30 yrs. That would be helpful as a start.

[legalize Industrial Hemp]

Jilted, listen to socrateez and LEAP. They are very knowledgeable and won't steer you wrong. I've learned loads from them both, plus I do my own research, meaning, I read. Learn all you can and then make an informed decision. Did you know Henry Ford made his car out of hemp? Hemp is the non psy-active cousin of pot. Did you know tincture of Cannabis was used for medicine in our not too distant past? Just a little link for you. http://antiquecannabisbook.com/chap1/History....
Enjoy your research, you'll be amazed...

[smith1]

legalize Industrial Hemp wrote:

smith1, you haven't provided anything useful to back you up. At least say it's just your opinion. Spouting off makes you look like a fool. What are your seen results of one little old mj cigarette for the last 30 yrs. That would be helpful as a start.

It would take a book to expain to you and you wouldn't understand untill you were in my shoes, and seen and participated in the misery of what one little old mj cigarette started.
So just add another fool to your list.

[scoon66]

Smith1, if you say weed is harmful then you have to say something that supports your claim, as it goes against all evidence that there is.

[legalize Industrial Hemp]

smith1 wrote:

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It would take a book to expain to you and you wouldn't understand untill you were in my shoes, and seen and participated in the misery of what one little old mj cigarette started.
So just add another fool to your list.

Aw smith I didn't say you were a fool. Just looked like one. And that had to do with not providing anything but snide remarks, that's all.

[smith1]

legalize Industrial Hemp wrote:

<quoted text>Aw smith I didn't say you were a fool. Just looked like one. And that had to do with not providing anything but snide remarks, that's all.

like i said: just add another fool to your list and be happy.(old fool, that is)

[legalize Industrial Hemp]

smith1 wrote:

<quoted text>
like i said: just add another fool to your list and be happy.(old fool, that is)

alright ol' bean...

[Louisiana Pothead]

I saw this video this weekend about what they are trying to do in Fayettville Arkansas. They make some very good points about how much the prohibition is costing us. Check it out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch...

With everything that has gone on recently with taxes, police jury and the discussion of the cost of housing prisioners something like this could get a foothold here. Why should we be paying so much to house "criminals" when the only thing they have done wrong is being caught with a joint or two??