Seriously, if you're going to smoke that stuff, either grow you own or know your grower. If who you're buying it from is getting it from Mexico, there's a very real chance that your money is going to support some very violent people. It's not nearly as bad as buying coke, but the money may wind up buying someone's death.
the Olympics committee seems to think weed is a sports enhancing drug
Remember Ross Rebagliati, the Canadian who won the gold medal in snow boarding in 1998?
Well go figure, ol' Ross had marijuana in his circulatory system and was immediately disqualified...the disqualification was over-turned as it was found that marijuana is not a performance enhancing drug and Ross was given back his gold medal...
But if some dude was holding a Pizza at the bottom of his run it surely would have enhanced his down hill performance and speed. _________________ TEX
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Don't be a passenger.
DUSTY!
I don't think it's performance enhancing. This isn't a sport where 'zoning away' from pain would let you go farther or faster. Initially finding a thermal can be a Zen moment in itself and maybe a little taste of cannabis would help you let go and 'see' the thermals and feel the air, but after that it's all about critical thinking and making good, fast decisions which pot would not help.
Besides, if you've been high thousands and thousands of times and tripped dozens and dozens of times like me, you can pretty much re-live a kind of stoned/tripping headspace experience for a few seconds if you focus on the feeling hard enough (or actually focus on not focusing on anything....). Meditation is the greatest drug ever! I don't think I'm burned out though, I just i juss isjusss vacancies vagrancies and bacon seeds to me.
I flew high once and didn't like it. It was slightly too much of a hinderance to make it worth the increased risk. _________________ Carpool to local flying sites from Atlanta:
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When I found out Ross used to live in my (very small) town, his testing positive for THC was not surprising in the least, though I did wonder who his source was!
There was a time, perhaps when the Purple Haze strain was all the rage, when I stood on launch, saw a good cycle on it's way, and hollered out:
Actually, a little paranoia in flight MIGHT make us a bit more conservative in our decisions. Don't ask,don't tell didn't work for the military....BUT I've seen pilots drink beer on launch, and nothing ever seems to get said to them; don't honestly know if the red necks would begin to show brighter if anybody toked up, either. I think probably more apropro in the LZ setting for the eve festivities, but then I get a bit more laid back as I age a bit. I did hear a rumor that Arnie does see decriminalization as a possibility of relieving the debt in California. We'll see. I do know a lot of DEA and "SPECIAL" units would have to scramble to invent a new "ENEMY" to sell to the public, to justify their squeeze. Can you imagine, the new "BATFEM"? Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, and Marijuana? Actually sounds like some site dedicated to fisting or some other esoteric practice not generally known to hangglider pilots, who are mostly clean, upstanding, politically correct, model citizens not typically given to risky practices of any sort, whatsoever.NAHHHHHH!! Joel
It is bullshit for any of you to judge someone who smokes pot every day. The idea that they can't function correctly in flight or on land is also bullshit. The idea that they are lacking something because of it is also dumb.
How many of you, or the general public takes zoloft, or the like? I'll answer: a shitload. No difference. One is legal, one isn't. Anti-depressants are prescribed like crazy, people take them like crazy, but that is okay... while marijuana isn't... hmmm.
The worst of you might be the ones who have only tried it a few times. You are transferring your experience to what others experience. You have no idea what others experience. What it may or may not do for them.
Being Canadian I often see/smell it on launch. It's just normal round here. I partook in the lz after a 15 year hiatus last summer. After a munchy fit and a 4 hour power nap I remembered (miraculously) why I quit the stuff in the first place. _________________ -Jason
WW Sport2 155
rated?, we don't need no stinking ratings!!
Seriously, if you're going to smoke that stuff, either grow you own or know your grower. If who you're buying it from is getting it from Mexico, there's a very real chance that your money is going to support some very violent people. It's not nearly as bad as buying coke, but the money may wind up buying someone's death.
thats because its illegal, legalize the stuff and most of the mexican BS will go away, and then Holder the *(&)(*&)(&* that he is won't use it as an excuse to take away your rights with another AWB _________________ TSA, DHS, NDAA and SOPA Seig Heil!
THC is a very complex molecule. My chemistry professor told us that its' complexity enabled it to fit into the brain's receptacles differently for different people. I have seen amazing athletic skill displayed by folks who were stoned, and it seemed they did have more ability while high. I have seen others who lost their edge. It varies, I think. I reserve reaching a conclusion until a series of unbiased studies give us real insight into the effect of the weed on performance. _________________ I keep cuttin' it and cuttin' it, but it's still too short.
I think the real reason it's banned its because if you smoke it, you're less likely to let yourself be exploited. And if you are being exploited under its influence, then you're certainly not exploited to your full potential.
So rebel my brothers and systers, work less and get stinking high more often. !! _________________ Passing wind gets me stinking high !!
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