re: Why is LSU the only school that suspends it’s players for weed?

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That’s because they understand the implications of mass legalization of all drugs to which weed legalization opens the door to.

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What implications? Name them.

Do you know the amount of tax money that is wasted on “the war on drugs”? It’s insanity and has not managed to slow it down even remotely. If anything, it’s caused the reverse effect. It’s literally a hundreds of billions of dollars a year industry that, as it stands today, only people who are already very willing to break the law are benefiting from. Empires have been built off of the drug industry because of the amount of wealth some of these cartels have managed to make off of it. Why? Supply and fricking demand. You eliminate the legal issues behind these things and all of a sudden everyone is producing it. Mass production lowers the price. Lower price means these cartels no longer have a monopoly on the industry and are no longer acquiring mass fortunes off of it. You will never eliminate drugs. It’s never going to happen.

If you want to attenpt to go with health concerns over the issue being the reason for keeping them illegal, then why are you also not in favor of making alcohol, tobacco, or even shitty foods like McDonald’s that are all also very unhealthy for people? Where do you draw the line between “this is bad for you so you can’t have it” and “this is bad for you but we are still going to allow it”? If you are so concerned with people’s health, why are you not pushing for more subsidies to be given to organic food produce to lower the cost so more people can afford to eat healthier? Why are you not pushing to make tobacco and alcohol illegal? No, the reality is, you associate pot with something else you don’t like so that’s why you are so against it. Because it’s obvious you are not really concerned with any health issues over it.

You watch too much fricking Netflix.

“You are really bad at this.“


The epitome of irony lol. No it isn’t the only reason and that’s been discussed at length here as well as the implications. You’re very ignorant and vitriolic in your responses to everyone. You and the OP do a disservice to the others echoing your side who are actually making real points and adding to the discussion.

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This seems like a slightly irrational response to someone not in favor of weed legalization

I thought smoking it relaxed you.

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I haven’t smoked it

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I’m arguing that it’ll a college athlete can do whatever the frick they want as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody else or effect their performance. You disagree?

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If you want to talk about edibles, that’s one thing. But ANYTHING you smoke is detrimental to your lungs, and that’s kind of important for an athlete. That is a medical and scientific fact. You may be able to withstand it better and recover faster in your 20s, but it’s still the truth.

As for all the arguments about pain management and relief, they are valid. But most of us who might be recovering from chemotherapy or have issues with chronic pain aren’t world-class athletes.

All these stupid arguments aside, it would be nice if our compliance department set rules and enforced the same as the rest of the conference.

Why are you for a drug like alcohol that kills and destroys more than all other drugs combined? Is it because the federal government says it’s legal?

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What reason can you logically give for it to be illegal yet rationalize alcohol, tobacco, McDonald’s, etc for being legal?

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It’s very easy to rationalize the reason these should be legal when pot should not (assuming we accept that pot should not). Drugs cause breakdowns in judgement which leads to harm to innocent people, for example DUI. Tobacco and McDonalds (odd choice) do not.

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First statement - false

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How can “my logic is that I want everyone to be playing by the same rules” possibly be a false statement?

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Second- straw man

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It’s not a straw man. It’s a legitimate example of LSU losing on-field production due to our policy, which is the entire point of the thread.

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Third statement- false and ironic

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Uhh.. no, it’s not. The NFL does not randomly test for marijuana. They test all players once a year, before training camp, unless they are in “the program.”

Also marijuana is no longer against the rules in the NFL as of the new CBA that was recently passed.

And let’s not forget that LSU actually sells weed. Such hypocrites.