No Pot Charges for Phelps

91. wow jay, sounds like you got an entire chemical lab there in your own living room? Do you even have time for anything else? A job, a wife, kids? Sports? ...Seems like an awful lotta trouble you go through JUST TO GET HIGH!!?? Really,... how's that working for ya?

You not only enjoy the BUZZ, you CRAVE it? To me, it's rediculous to be "addicted" to ANYTHING!! No matter how pretty you try to paint the picture to make your ADDICTION acceptable to those of us whom DISAGREE with it... it's still YOUR CHOICE. We have all but made Cigarettes illegal,.. putting the taxes and the squeeze on those individuals in efforts to make them quit. But it's STILL a Choice... I don't care what you do in your home, but my tax dollars are already at work on people just like you. Without all your mumbo jumbo just say what you're trying to say.... YOU LIKE TO GET HIGH, YOU LIKE TO BE BUZZED, YOU ENJOY THE SENSATION YOU GET FROM POT!!! Why are you constantly making excuses? Guilt perhaps?

Posted at 7:38PM on Feb 18th 2009 by dopeheads.. shheeesh.

92. Lol. So you're telling me that b/c i can regurgitate information, I dont have a life or im addicted? I do that with many things that I am intrigued to learn about (e.g. rock climbing, photography, etc.). There is nothing wrong with being informed with what you decide to partake, or are interested in. I guess you just like to go into things blindly. Good luck with that. Great angle on the discussion by the way.

I do have a "life"; I workout 4 out of 5 days a week, eat right, I have a fiance, graduated from college, and have a career. I also make time to rock climb (sport, boulder) as much as possible. I also volunteer my time, helping others that are in need. So don't worry about me. Maybe you should worry about your own life choices, rather than trying to talk down to others.

Chemical Lab? HAHAH what? Where did that come from? The info about the patents were copied & pasted from the US patent site. I encourage you to check it out. I choose to smoke from time to time to help with my ADD that medicine cannot properly retain. I also like to do it to relax b/c I am constantly on the go or doing something. Many do the same thing with alcohol with a glass of wine. Like I said, I am an advocate b/c of many reasons, but mostly b/c three of my grandparents died of cancer and I saw them suffer. The meds weren't helping and were causing them to still be in pain. When they did take stronger meds, it put them in a trance like state that made it nearly impossible to be aware of their surroundings and family members. Such a horrible way to live your last few days if you ask me. If medical marijuana was legal/decriminalized (like it is in 13 states) then I feel, along with others, that it would be better for the patients that chose to ingest cannabis. No, its not for everyone, and I DO NOT pressure anyone to try. Its that individual's choice.

So this leads me to my next question. Do you drink? Do you enjoy the feeling of being "buzzed" or even "drunk"?

Once again, another individual that can't bring any facts to the discussion and instead turns to degrade individuals. Just shows your character and that you don't know any facts besides what the government, tobacco companies, and pharmas want you to think. Did you know that the "Above the Influence" commercials are funded by them?. You should know that stereotyping people is no way to go. Grow up.

Posted at 11:20AM on Feb 21st 2009 by Jay

93. Ok after watching most of this I just cannot sit mute any longer. I am amazed on how many people say "he is not my hero" because of a mistake he made. Yes it was a mistake, a very stupid one, but a human one. If you take a look at so many other people today...our Mr. President for example!!! OMG he is elected president and also had a drug problem in his younger days (much worse than POT). Wow, he must not be a role model either (even though he was voted as our president) People are human, there is not 1 person in this world who has not made a mistake and regretted it....just because he is who he is....should not matter. If you think about it...to most kids now he should be even more so a role model, why....because he is human and does make mistakes but has taken the responsibility which most kids today do not ever do. They should know they can make a mistake and still be loved, that it is okay but need to truly think before they do it. That's what we as parents should be expressing to our kids, not that Michael Phelps is no longer a role model but that he is human and we need to understand and learn from that....as a parent to other parents, take off the blinders, accept it and come up with a different reason why your kids should still look up to Michael, he did win a ton of gold metals! Use your wisdom, not your anger

Posted at 9:48AM on Mar 19th 2009 by JMPMI

94. WHYYYY do people think weed is harmful?
and why are people calling phelps a tool? i think you have no idea how many people in your life are smoking weed and you just don't know they are. whats wrong with it? hop off his back, he's a human being ANDDD didnt he win the million gold medals AFTER he smoked the weed? BOOYAAAAAA he's just happens to be that badass, get over it.

Posted at 12:51PM on Mar 13th 2009 by mysistersmellslikepoopsodoyou