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Well the Rev is back folks and ready to Rock and Roll!!!!! So, hang on to your seats cause here we go.

In this issue I am going to talk about the good and bad things about smoking Marijuana. And yes smoking pot is not all good. Now where to start!!! Let's see.

OK ! I got it. People are always saying that there is nothing wrong or bad about smoking marijuana. Well to me that is not the truth. And I am going to tell you why. And, I know some people may not agree and that is cool.

Smoking Marijuana has a lot of good benefits besides just medical reasons. We all know or should know that pot helps people with many medical afflictions. Believe me there are lots which I will discuss in another newsletter. This one is going to deal with smoking for personal pleasure only.

Is everybody ready! I am...! First some good things about smoking POT that most pot smokers know and some that don't smoke know. If you have smoked it or have been around those that do then you know how chilled and laid back you get which is cool. And what happens when we get like that? Well let me tell you how most are that i have met and smoked with.

We like to listen to tunes, laugh and enjoy ourselves. We don't want to go out and beat the crap out of others. We don't think about going out and robbing gas stations and stores, we don't think of abusing our women and children, we don't want to go out and cause destruction of other peoples personal property either.

We smoke up and just want to enjoy that which we have and the mood we are in. We don't want no hassles from anybody and we don't want to fight and argue or get angry. What for? We are feeling great and enjoying life. One thing that I must say though there are those exceptions to the rule as there are in everything.

Some people no matter what they do or don't do are just mean and nasty and will act as they please. There is no way of stopping them it's just their nature I guess. But these people that do smoke pot and are like that are very rare. Now alcohol that is quite the different story, one which I will talk about in a later issue when I show comparisons on the two. But back to this issue. OK i have told you that smoking Marijuana has a positive side to it but it also has a negative side too. This is where I must laugh to myself because every time I hear people talk about pot in person or at rallies all they say is that pot is good legalize it.

Oh one thing before I continue. Has anyone gone to a pot rally that has turned violent? I haven't and I've been to a few. They are pretty peaceful and non eventful. The way it should be.

Ok REV back on track!

Now to the bad things about smoking marijuana.

If you smoke you can expect to mess up your lungs just like smoking cigarettes. You smoke it enough you will hack and cough and in some cases you could end up so short of breath that you can get dizzy and pass out. Thus resulting in personal injury perhaps. And it can sure play havoc with your sinuses and breathing. Example people who have or may have asthma. I have seen some have bad attacks and gasp for air as they reach for their puffers. NOT GOOD!
Some people may have allergies that kick in and cause them health problems because they smoke pot but they enjoy it so they ignore their health. That can be detrimental and they don't even realize it. Their choice to make as in all of life. They may not even realize that they are causing damage to themselves or just refuse to think about that aspect of smoking. Smoking cigarettes is the same.
We know it messes up our health but we still do it.
Yes me too!!!!!!

If you get really blasted from smoking marijuana some people think it is okay to drive their vehicle cause it is not like being drunk.
WRONG!!!!!
There are some differences yes. But all in all, the same as drinking you could have or cause an accident and hurt or kill not only yourself but others and innocent people as well. I hear the people who smoke now. BULL!!!
No bull. You can very easily get distracted. It has happened to me when I use to smoke and drive. Notice I said USE to. I dropped a roach in my lap once and in trying to find it dam near hit a semi head on. I was lucky that time. I would have been dead for sure.
Another time a drove right off a washed out road on my motorcycle because I was too stoned to remember that it was washed out. Totaled my bike but again I was lucky.
Didn't break any bones but was scratched and chewed up from head to toe. I must have more lives than a cat thank God. Or a guardian angel looking out for me.
Haha! Now here is a funny one. Another time, riding my bike I pulled up to a red light and forget to take my feet off the highway pegs. Well when you stop, always remember to put your feet down otherwise you fall down go BOOM!!! No harm done there either.

As in alcohol and other drugs whether illegal or legal like prescription drugs there is the the chance of abuse. You can become addicted to pot and then there could be trouble. You get used to the stone all the time and therefore you can get lazy. And when that happens? You don't want to work and you need money to buy but have none. Where do you get it from? Well you could risk selling drugs and getting caught and going to jail. Or how about break and enters or shop lifting? Maybe even stealing from friends and family. There are many ways to get the money. Oh! This is one that really bugs me. Wipe out your life savings and sell or pawn everything you have. And when that's done take the food out of the children's mouth. Yes that has happened. I have seen people do it and destroy their families lives as well as their own.
It is the same as with alcohol which is legal and gambling which is also legal. The opportunity for abuse is there and it all depends on the individual and how they elect to deal with it or if they let it take over and control their lives. We are all responsible for our own actions.

And, this is the last for now but there are more believe me and I will share them at a later date. Smoking Marijuana irresponsibly and getting so stoned that you cannot function could cause unforeseen accidents like falling asleep with a lit cigarette and starting a fire which could either kill you or other innocent people or leave you scarred for life. Especially if you combine marijuana with alcohol. It can cause you to not have any control over your mental faculties. And when that happens well...bad things can happen and sometimes do.
So there you go!!! There's are some negative things about Marijuana and its use.

Now some more good and positive ones.

You smoke pot at night you go to sleep you wake up. No hangover, no shakes, no headaches, no queasiness. You had a good sleep and you go to work clean and straight. You put in a good days work and everybody is happy. No losses for the people or company you work for because you were too under the weather to come in and phoned in sick. Or because you went to work still half drunk and couldn't perform your job properly. Maybe, you will get fired or sent home because of the way you are from drinking the night before. Then you lose and so do others that depend on you.

Say someone had a bad day at work. What happens then? They could go home smoke a joint relax. Or they could go out get drunk get madder and well... we all know what can happen then. The alcohol can make them turn ugly and then look-out. They can take their frustrations out on others including those that are close to them like spouses and children. Right here is where the abuse part comes in.
Take pot smokers now! I have not met any that just smoke pot and go home and beat up their women and children for no reason. Drinkers there's plenty of those to go around who do. Which would you prefer? I prefer to be around Marijuana smokers myself.

More and more kids are smoking pot instead of going to bars and drinking their lives away. They stay at home or with friends and chill out.

To me that is cool as long as they are of legal age. If you are old enough to go to the bar and poor booze into you you should also have the option to smoke pot without being hassled. I will tell you why I personally feel that way.

A couple of recent examples are what happened here in Winnipeg. First one. Two young guys drinking in a bar get into a fight and take it outside. What happens? One of them ends up dead because of this and the other has to live with that for the rest of his life. It was just an accident that should not have happened. In my opinion if they were both just stoned on pot this never would have happened.

The second incident. A young fellow goes to a bar and gets drunk. He leaves the bar in a stupor or what-ever you want to call it. He is going home to bed. He doesn't make it home. He disappears and is phoned later dead. Not because of any kind of foul play or violence but because something happened and he drowned in a river. Had this fellow smoked pot instead and not frequented the bars he may very well be alive today and his family and friends would not have had to have this loss and suffer the pain that they did.

Well, I could keep going on but that's enough for now.

I think some of you may see Pot smoking in a different light now or at least I hope so. And as per usual this is just my opinion according to the REV.

Before you pass judgment on those of us that smoke Marijuana please just try to understand the whole story and not just the good or just the bad. Their are two sides to everything in life. And Marijuana is no different.

Having said my piece I will wish all the people of this wonderful planet that we inhabit the best that life has to offer and peace and good health to all.

The REV.....