IF it were biofuel made from hemp or some biomass that is carbon neutral.. yes, it would be eco-friendly.

>> ^kulpims:

burning a few gallons of fuel per minute just to pick up one log? yeah, very environment friendly

If I had my way, everyone would wear home made hemp sacks!

The solution to our climate change issue is deceptively simple: stop using petroleum and start using hemp (along side a few other sources of energy, such as solar). No one needs to suffer. No one needs to commit to huge sacrifices. We just need to change how we do things, not what we do. The freedom of the people and the health of the environment must go hand in hand.

>> ^Ornthoron:

What irks me is people who spread misinformation about important health subjects, resulting in unnecessary death and suffering. It's rather tangential to the topic of this video so I will not go more into it here.
There are plenty of things that irk me about libertarianism too, but when it comes to american elections I am just a spectator, not a participant. So I will let all of you carry on without me and sit back with some popcorn.
http://i.imgur.com/af9fU.gif


Ha. Fair enough.

But if I can add something? According to wikipedia, people exclusively consumed raw milk prior to industrialization. And even some claim that raw milk can be produced hygienically without the dangerous pathogens. I wouldn't know one way or another, but I'd also suspect you don't either, right?

That's the problem with telling people what to do. You don't always know what's correct and what isn't. If I was a paper manufacturer who was in strict competition with let's say hemp manufacturers then I could, for instance, collude with government and get them to make all kinds of wild speculations about the dangers of marijuana and have it banned completely. You may remember Refer Madness?

I leave people alone. I wish everybody else did too.

I am a student and I've often flatted with people who smoke weed, and I have to say that it annoys the hell out of me, because the smell and smoke goes through the whole house. But in terms of civil liberty, human rights and the advantages of hemp, I'm all for it. Basically, if America keeps letting things like this happen, at some point you have to say, well it's not the politicians, it's the people that aren't holding them accountable.

>> ^jmd:

petpeeved, your argument is fairly hollow. This incident may have been drug related, but the firefight itself was allowed to happen because the cities security is no where near the level as ours. With our level of police work we could have mexico cleaned up pretty damn tidy. I mean we are by no means clean as a whistle, but you really don't see acres of hemp and weed being grown in the US. US's drug problems is that of importing, not production. Mexico has corrupt gov, officials, and a lacking police force to police their land and thus the drug cartels have made it their home.


It's their own damn fault for being too poor to pay for proper policing! We shouldn't feel bad at all for our massive demand that we are preventing ourselves from fulfilling.

Echoes of neocon elitism.

petpeeved, your argument is fairly hollow. This incident may have been drug related, but the firefight itself was allowed to happen because the cities security is no where near the level as ours. With our level of police work we could have mexico cleaned up pretty damn tidy. I mean we are by no means clean as a whistle, but you really don't see acres of hemp and weed being grown in the US. US's drug problems is that of importing, not production. Mexico has corrupt gov, officials, and a lacking police force to police their land and thus the drug cartels have made it their home.

Building a house out of hemp is like building a house out of SIN!!!

"1776 A.D. The U.S. Declaration of Independence drafted on hemp paper."

So that means the USA was founded on hemp!

http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/content/2010/12/01/House-Made-Hemp

>> ^Jinx:

And what about the evidence that smoking weed can cause schizofrenia etc in certain people? Isn't smoking anything going to carry a risk of cancer?
I know weed is a lot less dangerous than alcohol or tabacco, but I don't buy that its completely harmless either. There are plenty of really good reasons to legalise pot without exhaggerating its lack of risk.


@ Matthu is basically right in this. Your doctor will most likely remind you of this if you were Schizophrenic. The psychedelics of course have a "chance" to trigger an event , but the schizoid type usually know this before hand. The first try is a bitch for almost everything. Depending on how the drug interacts chemistry wise is what creates the problem; either your body over/under-compensates or does nothing.

The last part is that some psychedelics can cause, serious, irreversible problems when used. Marijuana isn't exactly, the drug to be doing that. Secondly, Marijuana doesn't cause cancer. The fact that you're still breathing in smoke is the problem. This still doesn't cause cancer, but it can decrease your overall lung capacity. Use a bong or breathalyzer.

>> ^Gamble:

No one has ever died from pot? Sorry, stopped watching right there.


Hi Gamble, you seem genuine. Let me add what I can.

I'm going to call bullshit on that French study.

It says, "French researchers studied all drivers involved in fatal car crashes over a two-year period and found 7% tested positive for marijuana, including nearly 3% who tested positive for a combination of marijuana and alcohol."

This study is from before 2005, I don't believe roadside marijuana tests existed back then, as they aren't used much even now. That means they did tests that determined the person smoked weed in the past few weeks. And so 7% of those people tested positive for having smoked marijuana in the past few weeks? Whopp-dee-doo. From The National Survey on Drug Use and Health:

Among adults aged 26 or older, 6.3 percent were current illicit drug users in 2009. In this age group, 4.6 percent used marijuana, and 2.1 percent used prescription-type drugs nonmedically. Less than 1 percent used cocaine (0.6 percent), hallucinogens (0.2 percent), heroin (0.1 percent), and inhalants (0.1 percent). The only statistically significant changes between 2008 and 2009 in the rates of past month use among adults in this age group involved nonmedical use of stimulants (which increased from 0.2 to 0.4 percent) and methamphetamine use (which rose from 0.1 to 0.2 percent). In addition to these increases between 2008 and 2009, the rate of current marijuana use among adults aged 26 or older was higher in 2009 (4.6 percent) than in 2002 (4.0 percent).
( http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k9NSDUH/2k9Results.htm#2.4 )

So obviously among those 4.6% marijuana users aged 26+ there are a lot of drivers who would test positive for drug use in the past few weeks.

It also says, "The study also showed that drivers who tested positive for marijuana were more than three times as likely to be responsible for the fatal car crash. Researchers say the likelihood of being at fault increased as the blood concentration of marijuana increased."

So they took blood tests? That doesn't determine if you're stoned. Marijuana stays in your blood for a long time. If you smoked yesterday at 2 P.M. you would still definitely have marijuana in your system. But you definitely wouldn't be stoned at all.

Lastly my own personal experience: I drive stoned all the time. But before you harangue me for being a danger to society let me tell you that I know when I am in control and when I'm not. I am a responsible driver and there have been very few occasions when I've smoked a joint and needed to rest before driving. It's happened a couple of times where I've been somewhere, smoked a big joint and then needed to leave. I get to my car and shit is still spinning and overwhelming a bit. It's these times when I take 10-15 minutes to let the initial effects wear off and adjust to and get serious about my surroundings.

Alcohol is far far worse, for me anyways... I've driven tipsy once or twice, and it's just not to be done. It's different, everything's just a big fucking joke when you're drunk. I had to keep reminding myself to be careful and not just let go and enjoy the ride lol. When stoned, I'm vigilant.

Lastly, I would like to mention that I feel weed affects me quite strongly. I've smoked a ton of weed in my day, and compared to me friends, I still get pretty darn high. Especially if I've gone even a week without smoking.

Anyways, tl;dr Marijuana is a relatively safe drug and the prohibition against it is highly suspicious.

I searched google for about 20 minutes for news articles to back up my statements. In all honesty, I found just one. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/
25/driver-blamed-string-crashes-says-he-smoked-pot-fi/ I'm not quite sure why so few articles come up. Perhaps drivers aren't tested for marijuana as much as they are alcohol? I'm open to debate here.

>> ^Duckman33:

>> ^Gamble:
I'm not discussing whether or not it's toxic. I'm stating the the claim that nobody, IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, has ever died from marijuana abuse is bullshit, and a ridiculously unbelievable claim to make.
I drink, I smoke, and a few years ago, before my employment started testing me, I smoked pot. I have no problem with anyone else doing the same. However, the claim that it can't kill you is, frankly, retarded.
Take automobile accidents alone. (Keep in mind, in the interest of being fair, that alcohol-related auto fatalities occur far more often.) In France alone, 7% of all drivers in fatal car crashes were found to be under the influence of marijuana. As with alcohol, the impairing effects stack with the more you consume.
Alcohol is statistically shown to kill more on the highways than marijuana. I disagree with drunk-driving, and sincerely hope that all those that do find their way into a ditch without harming others. Marijuana is an impairing substance as well, and I have no more patience for it on our roads than I do alcohol.
In light of all that, I'm 100% supportive of everybody getting baked out of their minds as long as they don't endanger others.
>> ^enoch:
so can i infer from your comment you disagree with joe rogans claim?
while i did find three "possible" recorded deaths over the last 20 yrs due to weed..they could not be substantiated and a coroner in england who theorized much more...there really is no evidence to back up the claim that weed kills.
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
but you go right ahead and plug your ears and cover your eyes and continue to believe the corporate funded propaganda campaign demonizing weed.
it is like it's the 1940's again!
yaaaaay.

>> ^Duckman33:

100% correct. No one has died from pot. Get over it.


I have never seen any evidence that anyone has ever died as a direct result of marijuana use, and you provided none to back up your claims. But I have heard and read many reputable people say that no one has ever died from it's use.
I can tell you one thing. I'd feel more comfortable getting behind the wheel after taking a bong hit or two than after drinking a six pack. If anything I'd drive slower and more cautiously. Drunk I'd speed, and more than likely be swerving all over the road. Comparing the impairment you get from weed to alcohol is ridiculous.

>> ^Gamble:

I'm not discussing whether or not it's toxic. I'm stating the the claim that nobody, IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, has ever died from marijuana abuse is bullshit, and a ridiculously unbelievable claim to make.
I drink, I smoke, and a few years ago, before my employment started testing me, I smoked pot. I have no problem with anyone else doing the same. However, the claim that it can't kill you is, frankly, retarded.
Take automobile accidents alone. (Keep in mind, in the interest of being fair, that alcohol-related auto fatalities occur far more often.) In France alone, 7% of all drivers in fatal car crashes were found to be under the influence of marijuana. As with alcohol, the impairing effects stack with the more you consume.
Alcohol is statistically shown to kill more on the highways than marijuana. I disagree with drunk-driving, and sincerely hope that all those that do find their way into a ditch without harming others. Marijuana is an impairing substance as well, and I have no more patience for it on our roads than I do alcohol.
In light of all that, I'm 100% supportive of everybody getting baked out of their minds as long as they don't endanger others.
>> ^enoch:
so can i infer from your comment you disagree with joe rogans claim?
while i did find three "possible" recorded deaths over the last 20 yrs due to weed..they could not be substantiated and a coroner in england who theorized much more...there really is no evidence to back up the claim that weed kills.
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
but you go right ahead and plug your ears and cover your eyes and continue to believe the corporate funded propaganda campaign demonizing weed.
it is like it's the 1940's again!
yaaaaay.

>> ^Duckman33:

100% correct. No one has died from pot. Get over it.



I have never seen any evidence that anyone has ever died as a direct result of marijuana use, and you provided none to back up your claims. But I have heard and read many reputable people say that no one has ever died from it's use.

I can tell you one thing. I'd feel more comfortable getting behind the wheel after taking a bong hit or two than after drinking a six pack. If anything I'd drive slower and more cautiously. Drunk I'd speed, and more than likely be swerving all over the road. Comparing the impairment you get from weed to alcohol is ridiculous.

I'm not discussing whether or not it's toxic. I'm stating the the claim that nobody, IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND, has ever died from marijuana abuse is bullshit, and a ridiculously unbelievable claim to make.

I drink, I smoke, and a few years ago, before my employment started testing me, I smoked pot. I have no problem with anyone else doing the same. However, the claim that it can't kill you is, frankly, retarded.

Take automobile accidents alone. (Keep in mind, in the interest of being fair, that alcohol-related auto fatalities occur far more often.) In France alone, 7% of all drivers in fatal car crashes were found to be under the influence of marijuana. As with alcohol, the impairing effects stack with the more you consume.

Alcohol is statistically shown to kill more on the highways than marijuana. I disagree with drunk-driving, and sincerely hope that all those that do find their way into a ditch without harming others. Marijuana is an impairing substance as well, and I have no more patience for it on our roads than I do alcohol.

In light of all that, I'm 100% supportive of everybody getting baked out of their minds as long as they don't endanger others.
>> ^enoch:
so can i infer from your comment you disagree with joe rogans claim?
while i did find three "possible" recorded deaths over the last 20 yrs due to weed..they could not be substantiated and a coroner in england who theorized much more...there really is no evidence to back up the claim that weed kills.
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
but you go right ahead and plug your ears and cover your eyes and continue to believe the corporate funded propaganda campaign demonizing weed.
it is like it's the 1940's again!
yaaaaay.

>> ^Duckman33:

100% correct. No one has died from pot. Get over it.