NFL going up in smoke?

**Captain Silver** · 05-22-2012, 02:30 PM

I just want to weigh in on the idiotic nature of weed being illegal. I personally am not a participant, but I know many who do and they are some of the chillest people I know in comparison to some idiot that just drank a six pack of beer.

Fact is, weed becomes legal and half the people who use it will grow it and that is more money than the alcohol and tax revenue consortium wants to give away for free.

Always ask yourself, when a plant, a weed, indigenous to this country is banned, is because it is for your "own good" or is it because someone is going to lose money?

**BcRaven** · 05-22-2012, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Captain Silver

I just want to weigh in on the idiotic nature of weed being illegal. I personally am not a participant, but I know many who do and they are some of the chillest people I know in comparison to some idiot that just drank a six pack of beer.

Fact is, weed becomes legal and half the people who use it will grow it and that is more money than the alcohol and tax revenue consortium wants to give away for free.

Always ask yourself, when a plant, a weed, indigenous to this country is banned, is because it is for your "own good" or is it because someone is going to lose money?

Well said cap'n! Lotteries were illegal until the gov't could make money squeezing $ from people who could least afford it. Same goes for casino gambling in some states. "They" will legalize weed when it can be profitable (likely for tobacco companies if cigarette money dries up). Uncle Sam's hypocrisy continues... Bc

P.S. - Let us not forget about Prohibition too.

**terps19** · 05-22-2012, 04:48 PM

I tried to read all these posts, but I forgot why I was reading and decided to take a nap. Oh well cookies anyone?

**ballhawk** · 05-22-2012, 04:54 PM

Originally Posted by Shas

I actually have it on very good authority that Ed is bipolar. It's easy to draw a line between his behavior -- making contradictory statements, and swinging back and forth between being very negative and very positive about playing football -- and that diagnosis.

So, I shouldn't poke fun at his behavior since there is a mental disorder at the heart of it.

What do you mean you have it on "good authority"? I honestly dont know what that means....does it mean it is your strong opinion? Or does it mean you have heard something from a source close to the situation?

Reed has always come off as a pretty unique character when you listen to him talk. I would not be suprised one bit if he smokes a lot of weed. But to think he might be bipolar...and considering what he has accomplished....that would be absolutely amazing, imo.

I have seen first hand how devestating of a condition it is...i just have a hard time seeing somebody put in a HOF career while suffering from that. If true, ed reed's legacy becomes 10x more impressive, imo.

**Shas** · 05-22-2012, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by ballhawk

What do you mean you have it on "good authority"? I honestly dont know what that means....does it mean it is your strong opinion? Or does it mean you have heard something from a source close to the situation?

Originally Posted by freedictionary

Noun 1. good authority - testimony by someone who should know; "I have it on good authority"

I mean that I was told firsthand by someone who is in a position to directly know Reed's situation -- a person whose information is reliable.

**scbgirlxo** · 05-22-2012, 09:28 PM

Originally Posted by Shas

I mean that I was told firsthand by someone who is in a position to directly know Reed's situation -- a person whose information is reliable.

Lol people always seem to have a source.

**ActualSpamBot** · 05-22-2012, 10:19 PM

Shas doesn't toss around insider knowledge often enough for me to think he's doing it for attention, and Ed Reed's behavior is at best "mercurial." I think he's probably right on this one.

There are some high functioning bi-polars out there, they use their manic stages to great effect, being highly productive and tirelessly focused on the upswing, and then just kind of coast through the low times. I have a relative who's like that, dude makes more money than god in a highly competitive field because he can medicate to minimize his low periods. It wouldn't shock me if Ed does something similar and then takes a break from the meds in the offseason when he can slack off a bit. (I assume he's taking a break from his meds because a lot of the people with bi-polar who I've dealt with dislike their meds because they don't just reduce the lows, they also level off the highs somewhat, some of those folks only really feel good when their in their manic phase.)

**Real Fan Dan** · 05-23-2012, 11:04 AM

Nothing new.

When I was a kid in the 70's i remember all the guys on the neighborhood sandlot team routinely passing a joint around in the huddle.

When Johnny U went to San Diego he said most of the Charger players were a bunch of hop heads.

Football players come to the NFL right after college right? Most folks not named Bill Clinton either inhaled MJ in college or were around somebody who did lol.