quote]Since Cannabis is being legalized in Canada in about a week, how should it be dealt with?
[For example, if someone asks you what you think about using Cannabis. Or, if you know of people interested in using it, but it may not be as safe as what the government claims.Quotequote]Since Cannabis is being legalized in Canada in about a week, how should it be dealt with?
Dealt with how, could you be more specific?
Dope is Dope, whether or not some government says it is legal or O.K.
If you use Dope, you are a Dope Head. End of Story.
When Jesus was dying, He was offered some Dope on a stick to dull his pain, but He refused it.
But how many care what Jesus did?
Dope is Dope, whether or not some government says it is legal or O.K.
If you use Dope, you are a Dope Head. End of Story.
When Jesus was dying, He was offered some Dope on a stick to dull his pain, but He refused it.
But how many care what Jesus did?
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Mat 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
I sort of doubt that vinegar would dull Jesus' pain.
It was more likely to insult him.
Bob
Hi John,
You are correct. I didn't see that although I did find in Mark 15:36 the following.
And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
That is why I took it to be a taunt rather than a benefit to help his suffering.
Thanks for your help, I-bob
Dope is Dope, whether or not some government says it is legal or O.K.
If you use Dope, you are a Dope Head. End of Story.
When Jesus was dying, He was offered some Dope on a stick to dull his pain, but He refused it.
But how many care what Jesus did?
Dope is Dope, whether or not some government says it is legal or O.K.
If you use Dope, you are a Dope Head. End of Story.
When Jesus was dying, He was offered some Dope on a stick to dull his pain, but He refused it.
But how many care what Jesus did?
In order to keep himself going while in great pain from his cancer, much to our benefit, Ray was on morphine and ibuprofen for quite some time.
Too bad. I guess he died a dope head.
I repeat my statement from a previous post: "It's like anything else. There is good use and misuse."
Mike
I have found that the Spirit of God and Scriptures give me a high.
God has blessed and guided me all my life.
Does anyone know what the Scriptures say about obeying the laws of the government that God has subjected you to?
You already made it better JFK by your kind words. I love you brother in Christ.
claudia
personal freedom is a good thing. If I don’t have the freedom to put whatever I want into my body so long as it doesn’t harm another person, than I do not have ownership over my own body. And if I don’t have ownership over my own body than someone else does and I am not free.I personally don't see freedom in "making any possible choice, regardless of consequences." Freedom is found in Christ, not apart from Him. How would hurting yourself, no matter how much or little it affects others, be glorifying God? It is not glorifying God.
I wish freedom for all of you to do what you want with your own lives as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. Even if you want to ruin your own life. Every person should have the right to ruin their lives if they so choose.... to their own master will they rise or fall.
All I know is what I hear: https://www.businessinsider.com/is-weed-stronger-today-than-the-80s-2015-10 (https://www.businessinsider.com/is-weed-stronger-today-than-the-80s-2015-10)
“Drugs” is an interesting word. Propaganda has turned “drugs” into a “bad” word. But alcohol is a drug, and no one will dispute that fact.
That means Jesus was a drug supplier.
Not only is alcohol a drug.. it is the most dangerous and destructive drug ever known to man. Alcohol is involved in more violent crimes, rapes, murders, robberies, spousal/child abuse, and divorce, than any other drug.. yet Jesus supplied barrels of it. “The good stuff” too, not just grape juice.
Why? Honest question..
Bob said much of what I was thinking, and better. But I'll tack a bit on.
There's a "sweet spot" in consuming alcohol that diminishes inhibitions just enough to allow people to let down their natural guard and worries and enjoy the company of others. But in many people, and especially when over-consumed, this reduction in self-control reveals aspects of character that should be self-controlled. Selfishness, violence, fear, hate, aggression. In these ways, it is a parable of Holy Spirit. Who knows what resides deep in the hearts of men? He does, and he shows it to us as we are prepared to see it.
That is the working of the grace of God in our lives and His gifts to us in like manner but more-so than barrels of fermented grape juice at a wedding.
"Be not drunk with wine, but be filled with Holy Spirit."
The moderate use of wine and other alcoholic drinks are blessed by God and the Scriptures. It is the misuse of alcohol that is condemned.
Which is why the use of marijuana and other illicit drugs is a sin because the users take these drugs to become intoxicated out of their minds. They feel guilty for their sins so they vainly attempt to justify their actions to others, without success.
Hi folks,
A friend sent this article to me as published by Hillsdale College in Michigan. I believe it is helpful in coming to understand the full impact of cannabis on the general population of America.
Please read it as time permits and comment if you wish.
Moderators let me know if the article is approved, thank you.
https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/marijuana-mental-illness-violence/
Having read this post from pillar to post, I would like to ask one thing and that is, "can you stop smoking cannabis or drink alcohol even for a day, a week, a month without withdrawal symptoms? And if not, has it not become an idol of the heart? Lust of the flesh and pride of life?
Heidi
You wrote a poem about your coffee ☕️ .
I thought I was weird.❤️
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHA😂😂😂😂😂☕️you always give me a jolt of delight
But alas I cannot consume you at night, hahaha, that is clever.💕
1Ti 5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
A 'little' wine means just a little, not a lot. Why? Because we do stupid things when we are not in control.
Physicians are mentioned many times in the bible so I don't think every medication is wrong.
But I know you will pay the price for anything that raises serotonin in your brain because when you get off the drug you are more depressed than when you first took the drug.
I don't have a problem with marijuana when used as a drug if it does not get you high.
"A powerful new form of medical marijuana, without the high"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-powerful-new-form-of-medical-marijuana-without-the-high/2016/12/29/81bbf7c0-b5b2-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f3ccb65fbcba (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-powerful-new-form-of-medical-marijuana-without-the-high/2016/12/29/81bbf7c0-b5b2-11e6-b8df-600bd9d38a02_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f3ccb65fbcba)
I cannot speak from experience about Cannabis. But if it alters your mind that's not a good thing. Especially if it opens your mind to outside forces.
The bible does not speak kindly about sorcery and pharmakeia.
But I know you will pay the price for anything that raises serotonin in your brain because when you get off the drug you are more depressed than when you first took the drug.
Lareli,
The conscious thought to which you refer may be found in Gen 3:10 where Adam was afraid of God's presence, but the first conscious thought was likely long before that.
Adam lived for many days before noticing that he was alone and then many days with Eve, enjoying the companionship with her before the temptation. I'm sure that they both had many conscious thoughts pertaining to their existence before God made them aware that they would be dying as described in Gen 3:19 and continuing.
Indianabob
Dear friend Lareli,
Appreciate your reply.
Personally I had lots of "thoughts" about girls, women, adventures of many kinds before I found and married my lovely wife.
Then many of my thoughts were able to be expressed toward and with her.
I didn't have my spiritual eyes opened until many years after marriage and children and life in general.
So frankly I'm not sure I understand what you mean about Adam not being self aware.
It is not like they took the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good/evil the next day after Eve was awakened, was it??
Please explain further if you wish. Thanks, bob
Just saw this: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/19/704948217/daily-marijuana-use-and-highly-potent-weed-linked-to-psychosis (https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/03/19/704948217/daily-marijuana-use-and-highly-potent-weed-linked-to-psychosis)
I am getting sick of the open acceptance of sin by many who post on this topic.
It is an unacceptable sin to rely on taking illegal drugs instead of relying on the Spirit of God.
Enough is enough on this foolishness.
The Church in Corinth accepted a member who had sex with his stepmother.
The false members wanted to show how much fake love they had by accepting the sinner in their midst. Paul had to kick some rear ends to correct that problem.
It makes me ashamed to be a member of this Forum that accepts sin.
What a poor example we are setting for those new and weak in the faith.
Would Ray have put up with this nonsense?
I am a sinner, but I don't ask others to accept my sins as good.
Thousands of websites I can go to to learn untruth and lies.
Enough is enough.