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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas anyone here ever actually witnessed or experienced violence from marijuana use?
I'm watching an old Dragnet episode in which a junior high schooler threw punches at his teacher after smoking a joint (Juvenile: The Little Pusher; Season 12, Episode 6) .
I'm not aware, I've never been aware that smoking pot made people act in such a way.
Alcohol yes. But not marijuana.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)One time, I violently tore open a bag of Doritos after smoking a bowl. The chips flew everywhere. It would have been a big mess if not for the dogs.
CatWoman
(79,294 posts)Cha
(297,120 posts)Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)I had a second bag in the pantry.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)brooklynite
(94,489 posts)rzemanfl
(29,556 posts)can you still do that?
OAITW r.2.0
(24,446 posts)Absolurely destroyed it after I smoked a significant# of bong hits.
Voltaire2
(12,995 posts)than decreasing them as alcohol does. However there are violent people who smoke pot.
Seedersandleechers
(3,044 posts)It's an LSD episode. So funny.
CatWoman
(79,294 posts)will watch it later (three stooges on right now)
CanonRay
(14,097 posts)Cartoonist
(7,314 posts)Where Joe says they'll never legalize pot?
Over his dead body.
Clash City Rocker
(3,396 posts)The first black and white Dragnet series from the fifties was a far better show, but I dont know where youd even see it today.
And no, pot basically has the opposite effect. It makes a person too placid, if anything. Ive never heard of a guy going psycho because he smoked a joint.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)CatWoman
(79,294 posts)yonder
(9,663 posts)Sgt. Friday's badge number was 714. As in the number on script quaaludes. Ironic, eh? I always get a laugh thinking about poor, uptight #714 Joe.
Some things you just can't forget.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Lochloosa
(16,062 posts)Now that's old school.
malaise
(268,885 posts)people smoke, eat, laugh, laugh, eat and sleep
malaise
(268,885 posts)had great sex
tblue37
(65,290 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,486 posts)I think that Dragnet episode was just another manifestation of reefer madness.
I read years ago about somebody asking lots of cops to name the last time they had to deal with violence from somebody who was high on pot but with no other drugs in them. None of the cops, surprisingly to many of them, could think of a single case. This was years ago when I read it, and I obviously have no link.
On the other hand, supposedly the feared ancient Parthian warriors got high on cannabis to go into battle. Also, supposedly the word "assassin" is derived from "hashish" because certain assassins in certain cultures used it to get up for doing their deeds. I'm skeptical, although I can sorta kinda imagine the possibility of deliberately using the altered state to get into a mental zone. I think it would take practice and social conditioning to achieve those results.
I've never seen any violence, but I have seen plenty of cases where people just dropped some disagreement or tension because, being high, they just weren't interested in conflict.
shanti
(21,675 posts)It's the alcohol that causes the violence. But like someone else said, some people are just assholes.
spanone
(135,816 posts)Reefer Madness ( Movie )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness
Autumn
(45,042 posts)BootinUp
(47,138 posts)a profile of a troubled youth.
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marble falls
(57,063 posts)that can alter one's reality that aren't recreational; one's inherent bio-chemistry for example.
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Blue_true
(31,261 posts)centrarchus
(62 posts)marble falls
(57,063 posts)few bad behavior problems they get.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)And I have never witnessed a single act of violence committed by a single person under the influence of marijuana in all that time. And that's probably thousands of people at this point.
Alcohol? That's a much different story.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)But a good moral panic doesnt need any basis in actual reality.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Oh, and our we out of Doritos? Already? Bummer.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)He said he had a bale on a high shelf. Got on a ladder, but the bale fell hitting him on the head and knocked him off.
marble falls
(57,063 posts)Quixote1818
(28,927 posts)eat fudge one night.
Arkansas Granny
(31,513 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Kahuna7
(2,531 posts)Demobrat
(8,968 posts)Dealing it, yes. Money makes people violent.
Chemisse
(30,807 posts)Maybe even enough to cause a minor injury to laugh-related muscles!
CareerGuyMA
(14 posts)4 drunk guys start a fight.
4 guys smoking marijuana start a band!
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,100 posts)the past...
Sedona
(3,769 posts)KT2000
(20,572 posts)but I remember many times sitting in rooms with some guy pontificating about the nature of the universe. Ugh. I learned to navigate to the music appreciators. This was all back in the day.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)1). Sex
2). Intense movie viewing
3). Extended periods of laughter
4). Sex
5). Guitar playing and / or listening to music, often for hours on end
6). Intense relaxation
7). An increased interest in anything that tastes good
8). Sex
Those are the side effects I have witnessed.
doc03
(35,324 posts)H2O Man
(73,528 posts)Really loud, prolonged laughter more than a few times. Good music. Food. But fights? No.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)then into a jar of marshmallow creme. Other than that, never.
doc03
(35,324 posts)when he was found dead at 48 on the kitchen floor there was an empty bottle of vodka in his hand.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)at the time:
About 30 some years ago, I was awakened by the ringing of my land phone (I still have a working Trimline, Western Electric). Checked the alarm clock, who could be calling at 2:10AM? It was my friend Barbara, she sounded distraught and asked if I could drive her and Max to the vet's office.
Max was a pomeranian with a golden, orange highlights, fluffy coat. He had brown eyes that twinkled with mischief. A handsome dog and very intelligent. His favorite pass time was to climb into open dresser drawers and destroy the contents.
So she says in rapid fire not amused voice, my son left a bag of marijuana in an open drawer and Max ate the whole bag and contents. To keep from laughing I asked, 1/8th or quarter? She did not laugh with me. I said I'll be there in 15 mins.
Max did not require having his stomach pumped. The vet keep him overnight for observation and Max spent the next day back home eating and sleeping. Her son was grounded.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Generic Brad
(14,274 posts)A toddler drowned in the bathtub because the parents were too busy getting high. That episode scared the crap out of me at the thought of a parent neglecting their kid to the point where they died. That did not depict violent, but it jarred me nonetheless.
jcgoldie
(11,627 posts)...for going 10 in a 50...
JesterCS
(1,827 posts)"you're lucky if you can find your own goddamn feet"
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)And I was in college in the 70s. Not even when, at a party, I passed a joint to the person sitting next to me, I couldnt feel my fingers, and I dropped it in her beer. They just laughed and pulled out another one.
Skittles
(153,141 posts)just people acting, well, dopy