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Drug Czar: Getting High Hurts Your Video Gaming Skills

Mon, Mar 09, 2009 2:20 pm

more: headline news, vietnam

Source: huffingtonpost.com

The White House Drug Czar's office has tumbled through a cascading set of warnings about the dangers of marijuana over the years. The drug that once would fry your brain or lead to heroin addiction has recently been downgraded to a cause of sloth.

The softer ads argue that while it might not kill you, pot will make you a couch potato and a good-for-nothing loser.

Now, the Drug Czar Office (currently run by acting chief Ed Jurith) is going one further: not only will marijuana sink you into hours of wasted time on your couch, you won't even be any good at video games while you're sitting there.

"Getting high affects your brain in ways that may directly influence your gaming ability," warns the Drug Czar's Web site, citing the impairment of "many of the skills required for winning a background, defeating an opponent, [and] beating games."

To dramatize how bad a stoner can be at video games, the site interviews a computer-generated character who laments the demise of a gamer friend of hers. "I used to have a good time with Lyle. We made a good team. He had skill. He had swiftness," she says. "Well, he used to, anyway. Then our last fight, Lyle decided to get high. And it was simply: sayonara skill, sayonara swiftness."

The 2009 budget allocates $100 million for the Drug Czar's media campaign.

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J-Unit

Mar 18 2009, 2:21 pm

If weed makes me bad at video games then why is is that I finish matches in first place when I'm high and 4th or 5th when I'm not?

Stoner in Pittsburgh

Mar 16 2009, 2:19 pm

smoking bud doesnt make you any better or worse at a video game... you just think youre better. thats it... plain and simple.

at hu

Mar 16 2009, 12:27 am

really, you equate legalizing all drugs regardless of their safety to the civil rights movement? you should ba ashamed. I hope your loved ones suffer from addiction to those drugs, then you can try to tell me how free they are. Legalizing pot and legalizing every other drug are not equal to eachother. Infact the fear that ppl have of legalizing those dangeous drugs is a major factor in keeping pot illegal. You are holding back the entire movement of pot legalization with those statements. If you do not see that you are a fool.

Jebebus

Mar 14 2009, 2:20 pm

I play Halo3 and when im not high I will beat you and your team,But after I smoke I will KICK your Arsh.

superhighme

Mar 14 2009, 7:06 am

The worst side-effect of cannabis is......COPS

sirsmokesalot420

Mar 13 2009, 8:42 am

I ALWAYS do better in games when I'm in a different state of mind; it may not be the same for anyone else, but I sure do.

Drugs don't destroy people's lives, the laws do; drugs don't change, people do.
Jail does not cure addictions and those with addictions need help through public health service.
Prohibition culture strengthens the black market and is open to criminal enterprise.
LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition-AskLEAP.org) says legalize all drugs. At least it will prevent 9 year olds from getting their hands on it and decrease crime.
A drug lord's main source of income is anything that is illegal and will do anything to protect their product and sell to whomever need be.
Do you really want your children growing up around that?
Me personally think anything that is a part of nature should be legal, whether it is cannabis, shrooms, peyote, etc.
Psychedelics are medicine for the mind and soul and is not for everyone; only people that prepare for it should be granted to consume the substance, very much like shamans have been doing for centuries.
It is time to educate and regulate!

cannabis
my anti-drug

peace love dope

HU210

Mar 13 2009, 8:26 am

Watch this and BOYCOTT everything advertised on NBC. Serew that yellow bellied Phelps too!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29664124/

HU210

Mar 13 2009, 7:11 am

I'm agree sheppley_420. Weather legalizing drugs can save the economy is debatable. But it sure would take peoples minds off of it for awhile.

@ shepply_420's detractor

Dont forget the words of Dr. King " No man is free until all men are free"

umm

Mar 12 2009, 10:43 pm

I'm pretty active as well, although there are times when I will "meditate" lol.
♥

to shleppy 420

Mar 12 2009, 9:03 pm

I hear you EXEPT for the legalizing coke part, Hell NO to legalizing coke. I'd rather see assault weapons legal than see coke legal. Not to mention the potential profits from cannabis and hemp products alone would save and boost our economy for decades and probably centuries to come, no need to legalize coke or shrooms, you're just trying to push your select favorite drugs to be legal, which is what the prohibition crowd has accused us marijuana law reform supporters of doing, but that isn't the reason to make it legal, there are so many good reasons that cannabis should be legal again that saying it should be legal just because we wanna get high does more harm then good to the cause. Mixing the legalize cannabis and make money off hemp message with your preposterous "legalize coke ans shrooms for money" message really taints the legitimate marijuana message, don't do that again, you are hurting the movement.

adam

Mar 12 2009, 5:28 pm

video games wouldn't exist without cannabis.

Dr. Satan

Mar 11 2009, 5:23 pm

these people are so fucking full of shit. i am never sitting around on the couch stoned and stupid. i am out running around. i own my own dj company work 4 nights a week and also work a 40 hr week at my normal job and i do it all stoned everyday i'm out at fairs theme parks out on my bike. so i'm putting a challang out there to those corp fucks that say weed makes you a couch potato and slows your gaming skills. i guarntee mine only get better. ive done my own research so here's my challange me stoned you not any game i'll beat you.

schleppynuts_420

Mar 11 2009, 5:05 pm

obama needs to quit being afraid of what the conservative pricks in the world are saying about drugs and just legalize and decriminalize. if obama had any brains he would see that marijuana and other drugs like mushrooms for example and cocaine could easily be cultivated cash crops and believe it or not, save the falling economy and make money for america. why do we need to spend all our money on weapons that are needless. we don't need bombs we need bongs!!!

Dank Bank

Mar 11 2009, 3:13 pm

Yeah, having a bunch of people say it is going to make you worse isn't a true statement, thats just there theory. If they ran some tests on people who play before they smoke, see how good they did in call of duty world at war, and then take their scores and put them against the scores after you smoke to see what truly is the truth when you smoke and play games. To me i am horrible sober when i play c.o.d, but when i blaze up a fat bong bowl, its game on with a 20 kill streak. so who do they think they are, saying this stuff well make you a sloth. Ha, if anything i'm getting pre training for my hand eye cordination.

DutchClutcher

Mar 11 2009, 2:19 pm

Ok first off yes I smoke weed and yes I also play video games! I will agree that I am better at COD 4 OR 5 when I am stoned. The only thing that I find to be odd is the fact that by writing the reviews that most of you have about how you smoke all day and play games proves one of the major points in the article. That you will be on the couch all day being a sloth. Go get a job Mr. Smoke all day and get a life Mr. People don't know what they are talking about. Think about what you write if you are trying to make every one see things your way! Don't prove their point for them! Go do something with your life and prove that every person that smokes weed or plays videogames isn't a couch locked loser and can actually be a productive member of society.

bones509

Mar 11 2009, 1:58 pm

yeah how can they say whtas it does when they never smoke and yeah the 360 should come with rolling papers lol

umm

Mar 11 2009, 12:31 pm

Getting high leads to the presidency.

Getting high leads to winning the Olympics.

These facts seem to not be uttered by the prohibitionists.

tmoney

Mar 11 2009, 11:55 am

what really pisses me off is all the people who have never smoked making comments like they know whats up. getting high and playing xbox go hand in hand if anything i concentrate more and have more fun. the new 360's should come with rolling papers

Twynn chi burbs

Mar 11 2009, 11:50 am

how do they even come to that conclusion? have they ever got super high and played c.o.d 4? i doubt it, but i have and its amazing. "marijuana effects ur gamin skills" yea f-in right homeslice. OPEN YOUR EYES=LEGALIZE.

HU210

Mar 11 2009, 6:32 am

Take a look at the irrational conclusion they are willing to attempt!! Police State anyone?

http://www.army.mil/usapa/epubs/pdf/r210_35.pdf

HU210

Mar 11 2009, 6:20 am

OFF Topic
Questions about Mexican border media coverage?

For years the Anti-drug Crusader has accused drug users of causing property crime, violence, and even murder. Unfortunately he reverses cause and effect, it is drug laws that greatly increase the incidence of crime, they are responsible for a considerable amount of all property crimes. In order to protect you from the so called "evils of drugs", the Anti-drug Crusader has put your property and personal saftey at the mercy of desperate drug addicts. With his warped sense of justice he considers drug use worse than property crime. Making drugs illegal greatly increases their price. The drug addict has an insatiable desire will suffer severe physical and psychological withdrawals if not satified. The only way he can obtain enough money is stealing anything he can turn into cash. Ironically, the harder government cracks down on the drug trade, the higher the price goes, and the more the drug addict has to steal, resulting in large sums of money being transferred from property owneers and insurance companys to drug lords. Most drug addicts don’t steal because its inherant in their nature, they steal because of the detrimental effects of these laws.

The Anti-drug Crusader points to violent crime in the illegal drug business. He acts as if violence is a natural part of this industry. He delights in demonstrating how drugs and violence go together. Why is this so? Why don’t we hear of violence in the clothing, medical, friut, or cosmetic industries? Why don’t we see storys about competing hamburger places shooting it out on the streets? The answer is simple: these products are legal.

Outlawing drugs causes massive problems. The participants in the drug market are now threatened with fines and imprisonment. what could be a harmonious trade is now filled with tension and antagonisiom. The participants are wary of each other , distrust in each exchange is now the rule. Violence soon follows, resulting in drug(law) related murders.

Disagreements among legal business can be taken to legal institutions and solved without violence. Drug dealers, being considered criminals, have no such recourse, so they must deal with their problems without these benefits. This places them in the role of prosecuter,defense, judge,etc. They must dispense justice themselves. As you can see government has forced drug dealers to become violent by failing to provide legal protection and forcibily interfearing with their exchanges.

U.S. government in collusion with the mainstream media(FOX news, ad nauseum) as Anti-drug Crusaders, preys on the prejudices of the common man. They know that the first step in paralyzing man's desire to seek the truth and justice is confusing and posining his mind. Propaganda is one of his favorite weapons because it replaces the truth. Once things reach an emotional state of hysteria and fear, reason takes a permanent vacation

Heated

Mar 11 2009, 5:54 am

Im sick of this stupid fucking government. we need to work to get some stoners in there that actually know what there talking about. the world is literally turning to shit, people are losing there homes and jobs and all the gov can do is use tax payers money to make idiotic ads that are so far from the truth.

el marijuano

Mar 11 2009, 2:39 am

actually, on the contrary, if i dont smoke, i'll lose, BADLY! i try to go sober sometimes but it never works. as soon as i hit that sweet grape rilo the i so deeply adore, my game skill increase 10 fold. HAHA!!! SUCK ON THAT, ANTI-DRUG PEOPLE!

Lies from the wolf!

Mar 11 2009, 12:53 am

More desperate attempts to distort the truth about pot. They are trying way to hard to trick ppl out of a good thing. Seriously, if they took half of the brainpower they waste trying to make up reasons to keep pot illegal and instead actually looked at the issue as a whole from scientific and human standpoints, they might discover how wrong they are about cannabis and hemp, and instead end up pushing for ending the rediculous prohibition and industrializing hemp and advocating for the proper use of medicinal marijuana as well as responsible use of recreational cannabis as a safe alternative to alchohol and tobacco. A conclusion that many of us have already reached thru personal experience and research and our history. They cling to old lies and even forge new ones because they refuse to acknowledge the simple truth, that they are supporting a corrupt and idiotic idea that only harms us as a whole and as individuals, and that they are far worse than the image of the thing they attempt to slander. Fuckers.

Mare A Jah Wanna

Mar 11 2009, 12:00 am

That's some bullshit right there :P:P

I smoke a nice phillie, maybe a zong bowl or two

and play some cod or halo

and kick ass lol

Czar of stupidity

Mar 10 2009, 10:46 pm

President Obama "inhaled frequently". I guess thats proof that marijuana DOES make you a good for nothing loser

jakenajera

Mar 10 2009, 9:29 pm

yeah thats some bullshit lol cuz i can whoop some ass on halo 3 after i smoke a blunt of that dank so lies!!!

gstlab3

Mar 10 2009, 9:16 pm

MORE BULLCRAP FROM THE FEDS! WE USED TO PLAY FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS GETTING HIGH AND PLAYING SOME MORE! DO YOU THINK IF WE STARTED TO SUCK ASS AT OUR GAME WE WOULD CONTINUE TO PLAY IT?! of course not! we would have done the obvious thing AND GOT HIGH EARLIER OR LATER! THEN PLAYED SOME MORE! WHATEVER! I AM HIGH RIGHT NOW AND I AM ON A COMPUTER!!ooooooooohhhh! IT MIGHT CAUSE THE INTERNET TO IMPLODE! GOD BLESS THE POLITICIANS FOR MAKING OUR JOB EASIER!! BUNCH OF OLD IRRELIVENT HALVETRUTHS AND OUTRIGHT LIES WILL CERTAINLY SINK THEIR BOAT!

Joe Schmo

Mar 10 2009, 7:28 pm

I agree. What the hell do they know about the human mind?

steinkbomb

Mar 10 2009, 6:57 pm

this is a bunch of bullshit.. there is no doubt that i am way better at call of duty after i smoke.

Dabearz

Mar 10 2009, 5:36 pm

What a load of shit this is. Next they are going to tell us that if we eat our food high we may stab ourselves with our silverware.

JohnnyPsychotic

Mar 10 2009, 5:35 pm

yo man when i smoke a blunt and play gears , ill kill their whole team. mary-j heightens ur senses, make u more aware so u can pop off tht shotgun after the melee way more easily

DROEY421

Mar 10 2009, 12:40 pm

HAVE U TRIED GETTING A DOUBLE OR AN EXTERMINATON KILL ON HALO NOT BLAZED! I SMOKE ALL DAY HERE IN TEXAS AND I DONT PLAN ON STOPPING ANY TIME SOON CAUSE I MIGHT START SUCKING IN GEARS OR LEFT 4 DEAD! FUCK THA GAMES GET HIGH!!!!! ITS SPRING BREAK OVER HERE AND IM GONNA GET HIGH AND TO THE BEACH. SOUTH PADRE TO BE EXACT! REMEMBER KIDDIES DONT 4 GET 2 BRUSH UR TEETH OH YEA AND GET HIGH LIKE A KITE.

Tony

Mar 10 2009, 11:56 am

It's nice to see that at least they're trying to associate pot with what kids think is cool. Good start there... I want to see kids avoid drugs (learn how to keep your body and mind as healthy as possible with the least amount of ALL drugs...)

But the problem with this message is that marijuana does NOT negatively affect *my* video game playing, *or* the ability to play the drums, *or* interact with society, or the people that I know...

(The way to get kids off drugs is to tell the truth and offer alternatives that THEY believe in.)

LB Dude

Mar 10 2009, 11:56 am

More BS from the feds. They don't know SHIT. Not a video game, but my friend and I always blast a fatty before, during and after dirt biking and we HAUL FUCKING ASS. Weed doesn't slow us down at all. Everything goes better with WEED.

al-ganja

Mar 10 2009, 11:47 am

First of all, so weed does not make you a mindless drone imitating an imitation? If this is true then weed must enhance your cognitive function and bring you closer to the understanding of the forms, no? Secondly, the drug czar, caesar, emperor clearly has never smoked weed or played video games. Do you have an true knowledge of the areas of society you comment on and underminding, or do you simply pull shit out of your ass, only to regurgitate it out of your mouth. Obama is not stupid, I just wish he would not apoint people who do not know shit about their "field of expertise".

Dan

Mar 10 2009, 11:44 am

So I had this to say to abovetheinfluence on the whole video game/pot stand: "I want to say that your whole "Marijuana makes you bad at video games" is a total bull. If that were the case I would have never made the money playing video games at a professional level making money winning and having all travel expenses paid. Stop attacking pot its a senseless battle that will never be won so keep dreaming. Why dont you focus on the real gateway drug - "Pharmaceutical Medicine" because honestly if it hadnt been for pot I would be dead. perscription pills came way before pot ever did in my life and I know of many more that have been the same way. Why dont you target a drug that is being widely abused with video gamers. COCAINE."

Dan

Mar 10 2009, 11:36 am

And another thing weed isnt the "gateway" drug. Let me tell you what the gateway drug is. Kids parents medicine cabinet filled with all those "Good for you" pharmaceutical medicines. Weed got me off pills, coke, and e. The only thing I do now is pot. so to me pot isnt bad it got me off prescription pills that could have killed me.

Dan

Mar 10 2009, 11:31 am

If that's the case ask him why I have made all the money I have in video games at lans while being stoned. And to tell you the truth weed is the least of the problems with pro-gamers. What you have to watch out for with pro-gamers(especially at lans) is the use of cocaine.

Dank4Sure

Mar 10 2009, 11:16 am

Shit FUCK you Ed Jurith Suck my dick!!!! What does this have to do with SHIT about your job stating whether i PWN at Cod World at War when im Blazed out of my mind or i suck?? I Smoke all day everyday and i suck when im sober haha. ACE2369 XBOXLIVE hit me up and LEGALIZE IT

Mike

Mar 10 2009, 10:42 am

More stupidity from these idiots. I know a few dozen serious gamers who know this is just made up crap. The only thing bad about pot is getting caught with it.

carebear

Mar 10 2009, 10:31 am

I believe it depends on the person who is smoking.Some people cant function on pot and some can.

Nathan

Mar 10 2009, 10:29 am

I for one am appalled and offended by this whole "Above The Influence" campaign. It's obviously most targeted towards cannabis, which is completely unfair. Why don't they tell kids how bad cocaine is? Or meth? Or heroin?

KEEP YOUR DAMN LAWS OFF MY MARIJUANA!

Go and tell them what you think of them:
http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/contact.aspx

Let's let them know we won't stand for being misrepresented!

420badhabits420

Mar 10 2009, 10:13 am

oh and to the guy a couple comments down i rock left for dead when im ripped fuck that shit up haha

420badhabits420

Mar 10 2009, 10:12 am

im callin bull shit on him haha. i fuckin rock the videogames when im ripped. legalize smoke till i die

person

Mar 10 2009, 10:10 am

thats hilarious! any serious gamer here knows that part of getting ready to play a video game is to get high first!

Lil Timmy

Mar 10 2009, 9:56 am

I learned to play Guitar Hero and Halo while I was high. So I'm going to have to call a big BS on that.

D-Bag

Mar 10 2009, 9:42 am

btw, anyone else here loooooooove getting baked and playing Left 4 Dead?

That game freaks me out, it's the best.

D-Bag

Mar 10 2009, 9:37 am

*head in hands*

How much more out of touch can they get with America's youth? Plenty more, apparently.

Again, once teens realize that weed DOES NOT hinder your ability to do something, they will continue to distrust our government and wonder what else they're lying about.

If anything, weed helps me to hyperfocus on any given task, including playing video games, plus it relaxes me, so I only play THAT MUCH BETTER.

Phil

Mar 10 2009, 9:29 am

god damm monkey in the suit thinks im worse at video games when im stoned "ha" i fucking laugh im alot better at video games when im stoned and i have more fun playing them too:D

wrong

Mar 10 2009, 9:24 am

drug czar , u really dont know your shit. i smoke pot every chance i get . my game play is tighter than ever, plus i work and in great shape six pack and all. soooo stop statin false facts. lets legalize and/or decriminalize.

CanadianKronik

Mar 10 2009, 1:30 am

Check It Out My imput on this Subject. Everyone I know smokes pot. I Smoke pot, you Smoke pot We all agree that If They Actually Tested The Right People they Would Get The true results. They Base There Speculations on nothing but Hypothesis. So All in All Let Them Say What they Want, Lets Just keep Smoking Anyway, WE know What it does. And yes I Blaze Before Every Gaming session. (12 hours + A Day)

teenther

Mar 10 2009, 1:15 am

weed dosent make u lazy u make u lazy but ther are diffrent type of highs a head high & a body high u can get 1 or the other or both at the same time it depends on the weed indica or sativa and hydroponic or ground grown it depends on u and the weed

Smokingdragon

Mar 10 2009, 12:34 am

more propaganda... How very sad. I just want the "Drug-free", I say the term very loosly, community to just leave us good stoners alone! Start telling the kids about coke, meth, pcp, all the actual drugs out there that can harm you! And no, getting high does not in anyway make you worse at video games! I, being a connaisseur of both video games and mary-j always makes sure to have a bong packed b4 I start a match of COD4. And it doesn't effect my playing at all. Weed doesn't make you lazy either. It's the person smoking, and not doing anything because they themselves dont want to do anything, I love getting blazed and going out side to do things. It makes everything and everyone funnier. Plus have you every seen a mean stoner???

Thats my piece about that, keep smokin everyone. Us stoners will have our day!

Mar 10 2009, 12:33 am

acutally weed intenses everything. from sex to video games. you lying sacks of shit!!!!!!!!!

tw1z7id_420

Mar 10 2009, 12:23 am

i cant stand these ignorant drug naziz...i dont play games but i got budd toking friends who do and there good competitive players not to mention the STONER FRIEND I HAVE WHO CREATES VIDEO GAMES AS A PROFESSION!!!!!!

anonymous

Mar 10 2009, 12:21 am

man this guys horrible at selling propaganda and what the hell does smoking Marijuana half to do with playing Video Games and as a Off Note Marijuana helps me Play Video Games

Massachusetts Cop

Mar 10 2009, 12:19 am

I let an acquaintance named Kiki violate me with a wii-mote. I enjoyed it immensely.

I GOT MY OWN BRAIN

Mar 10 2009, 12:19 am

when i smoke a jawn and sit down for a little xbox session, i kill it for the time im high and actually get worse as i sober up. what evidence have they ever had to support their argument? a fake character saying their friend out of nowhere has changed and isnt the same. truthfully the world has had a bigger influence on the way i am than a bong i might smoke in the process. next they will have a talking dog saying their owner isnt the same. WAIT THEY ALREADY DID THAT TOO!!!!

* cough* cough*

Mar 10 2009, 12:17 am

BULLSHIT* cough* cough*

james

Mar 10 2009, 12:12 am

yeah bull shit i can say that when high i can smash on halo online in fact i play better when high...and as far as making you a couch potato...possibly if i have food in front of me..lol...but i can say that i love getting high and working...in fact i was a roofer and that was the perk of the job.work your ass off and get high...and i can say that me and my boss as a two man team worked our ass off from morn till dusk...and i couldn't have done it without weed..smoke a blunt in the morn on the way to work, then work for a couple of hours and then at lunch smoke another..and i can honestly say that we worked harder, faster and stronger than most people not all but most...and its funny cuz you hear them talk so much shit about weed but they dont even have labor intensive jobs...and i wounder how many of them have employees that smoke...and any ways they probly dont even do thier job they send it along the line to some one lower than them ...so they can go play and spend our tax money to take vacations and buy new things...and they will lie about it, if asked atleast if someone asks me if i smoke i will tell them yes...

.spbk.1503

Mar 10 2009, 12:11 am

i smoke 2 joints when i play video games, and every 10,000 points!

Bullshit

Mar 9 2009, 11:55 pm

they have lied and made up propaganda trying too convince the
public that they had an important and necessary job. Now it's starting to sink in to the public that they have been lied too
and that the DEA and cohorts are going to continue lying and
spreading myth's. I can see in the very near future, when the fact that you worked for the DEA will be a black mark instead of a feather in your cap.

billy bong thorton

Mar 9 2009, 11:36 pm

i disagree marijuana enhances my gaming ability x10... it puts me in the zone

Wisconsin Toker

Mar 9 2009, 11:36 pm

Brilliant!

Disassociate marijuana with certain aspects of pop culture.
Not only will this type of approach actually keep some kids off of drugs it is the next step
to decriminalization

bonghoots4life

Mar 9 2009, 11:14 pm

except*

bonghoots4life

Mar 9 2009, 11:13 pm

thats fucking bull man
i blaze at least 3-4 times a week and i usually play a little game called guitar hero
and i gotta admit i am pretty fucking good when im not stoned but when im high it's like a steroid exceot for video games

Underdog

Mar 9 2009, 10:53 pm

Lips that touch alcohol,
will never touch mine.
Just stick to weed,
and you'll be fine.

Edwin Carp

Mar 9 2009, 10:39 pm

As I sip my elderberry wine, mixed with a small medicinal tincture of cannabis, I am in remembrance of a poem.
You need feet to stand up straight.
You need feet to kick the narcs.
You need feet to keep your socks on.
And stop your legs from fraying at the ends.
You need feet to stand on tippy-toe.
Or to dance the hoochy-coo.
Yes the whole world needs feet for something.
And I need feet to run away from you.

Neuromancer

Mar 9 2009, 10:36 pm

Peace is Patriotic.
Peace is Patriotism.
There needs to be peace in these forums.

Bush Doctrine

Mar 9 2009, 10:27 pm

No comment.

Obama Doctrine

Mar 9 2009, 10:26 pm

The Republicans lost. Get over it.

what???

Mar 9 2009, 10:26 pm

im not sure what is even going on anymore, what was that stuff in that funny cigar

Republic@n Pothead

Mar 9 2009, 10:25 pm

I don't understand why the democrats won.

lil' girl

Mar 9 2009, 10:23 pm

Haven't seen space mouse in a while

the real Spacemouse

Mar 9 2009, 10:22 pm

Over and out.....wayyy out!

BoardMama

Mar 9 2009, 10:20 pm

Yes. Be kind.

ALEX JONES

Mar 9 2009, 10:19 pm

Wow! The extent of the propaganda the government will go is ridiculous. I remember in the hay day when the guy holds up the egg and says "this is your brain" and this is your brain on drugs"(cracks the egg into frying pan) But hell it will never stop till its legalized.

SpaceMouse

Mar 9 2009, 10:16 pm

Be kind you people!

/aped in WI

Mar 9 2009, 10:08 pm

Shut up, and keep to the forum!

stonebox

Mar 9 2009, 10:06 pm

Thats mean

potoftheworldma!

Mar 9 2009, 10:06 pm

I don't let my children play video games.

bud

Mar 9 2009, 9:58 pm

its cuz all they care about is power an greed an thats what they will ever be good for

drinking and cigs...

Mar 9 2009, 9:19 pm

they are right....i play video games much much better after i down a fifth of jack daniels and smoke a whole carton of marlboro reds. I mean those legal vices make anything better. Even beating my wife seems like a "video game" after i've swilled that accepted legal elixir. Not to mention my scores after drinking down as much starbucks dark roast as i can. Forget playing video games on weed! Why waste your time when that hurts your scores. Nope, i'll just stick to my jack daniels and jim beam. Hell, M(ASS) cop is gonna come by later and were gonna play donkey kong till the sun comes up...the right way! with some good ole fashioned legal whiskey rotting our guts and cigs smoke blacking up our lungs! Your a terrorist if you don;t buy at least 7 handles of jack daniels a day and your an even bigger terrorist if you don't smoke my brand of cigs. Not only are you a terrorist, but your score on donkey dosen't even come close to m(ass) cop's.

good for nut'in'

Mar 9 2009, 8:42 pm

um... yeah

soulismissing

Mar 9 2009, 8:15 pm

me too , i dont think they know what they are talking about ....

ColtenChronic.

Mar 9 2009, 8:11 pm

Thats bullshit.
It just makes me better

ETC

Mar 9 2009, 8:08 pm

And yet another stupid ad paid for by us,and more propaganda
aimed at it's own citizens by an organization that is under a
budget scalpels knife not too waste any more of our tax dollars. Beat the cartels,beat big business,beat the government that ok'd this ad. STOP the BUY, GROW YOUR OWN

pissed and pregnant

Mar 9 2009, 7:39 pm

You have got to be kidding me. Are these people for real? Seriously, these dumbfucks have run out of so many legitimate arguments against marijuana that they're now using a line like "It will make you worse at video games"? Where was I when video games became such a critical aspect of life anyway? Jesus christ, let's put aside the fact that cigarettes, alcohol, and prescription drugs can kill you and just worry about the fact that weed makes you bad at video games. I don't understand the logic that these ignorant bastards are trying to convey. I guess this is why we should also make forced sterilization legal.

che_reborn

Mar 9 2009, 6:29 pm

Referencing a previous post:
I suffer from diabetic neuropathy,down my left side from the top of my rib cage,all across my lower back,and in both legs.The MAN(read:US Government) doesn't want me on NATURAL MEDICINE that is hardy and can grow pretty much anywhere with a little sun,a little water,and a little food...Oh no,they want me to take ALL of the following "GOOD" medicine,from the "GOOD" suppliers of "QUALITY" pharmaceuticals:
MS Contin-60mgs-2x daily(Morphine)
Lortab 10/500mgs-5x daily(Codeine/Acetaminophen)
Neurontin 400mgs-3x daily(Gabapentin-My Dr. wanted me to go up to 12 DOSES a day from 9,as my pain has been steadily increasing.I told him no,I wasn't putting that much of anything in my body.Then,I slowly started scaling my dose back,and now I'm down to 3 daily...Sure,the pain is hell,but I have to wonder how much worse my health would be after just a year of 4800mgs a day of this stuff,not to mention that much of this "WONDER" drug will make you feel like a zombie,making it impossible to get anything done)
Reglan 10 mgs-3x daily(Metoclopramide-to help my stomach keep working correctly,even with 120mgs a day of Morphine in it....As a sidenote,this is ending:There is NO WAY I'm going to keep taking something than can cause irreversible Parkinson's-like tremors and shakes)
Vasotec 2.5mgs-1xdaily(Enalapril-No,I don't have high blood pressure...Being a diabetic,the Dr. prescribed this to help keep my kidneys flushed from all of the toxins that build up from the other meds...HIS WORDS,not mine)

Of course,I could get by on much less of the harmful medicine if I only had the RIGHT to GROW and SMOKE my own MEDICINE.(I don't,as being on SSI/Disability,I could lose not only my home and all of the things I worked so hard for when I was physically able,but also my freedom,my benefits...everything.Of course,very few have that right,so I'm at least not on an island with that,although I would be if everyone else had the right to grow,harvest,and smoke grass)But as long as the fear-mongering continues from the suits in power,I wonder if any of us will ever have that right...again.(You tell me...George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were not only growing weed,but they were SEXING PLANTS!!!!As any self-respecting smoker will tell you,that's NOT for production of hemp rope!...Once again,just an example of those in power having,and those under foot having naught)

So please,brothers and sisters,PLEASE...Tell me which YOU think is more important:
1)"FACTS" from a group of people that we've ALWAYS known to lie,whether it was about Watergate,or Iran Contra,or Marijuana...about how grass effects your ability to get a high score at MADDEN,Or NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL,or CALL OF DUTY,or GEARS OF WAR,or RESIDENT EVIL,or PONG,or DIG DUG,or ASTEROIDS or whatever in the Hell it is?(Next thing you know,they'll be saying that grass makes me suck at KISS Pinball...the rat bastards)
------OR------
2)GETTING UP OFF OF YOUR ASS,GETTING INVOLVED in THE MOVEMENT,and MAKING A FRIGGIN' DIFFERENCE for ALL OF US,from those who enjoy a bowl after a big meal,to those of us who can't stomach food UNLESS we do smoke a pinner first...For those who want to watch our favourite NFL team on Monday Night Football while getting DEEP inot a LARGE bag of Chocolate Thai,to those who want to throw the Wham-O around in the park after a pull or 2 off of a one-hitter...For those who play video games AND for those who CREATE video games???

Just saying.PLEASE,if you cats and kittens love to light a bong,a blunt,a hookah,or a half-done j of some schwag rolled on a greasy 1.0...PLEASE MAKE A DIFFERENCE.I truly believe "they" do these types of studies to distract us from the IMPORTANT things we SHOULD be doing.If EVERY SINGLE PERSON who smokes weed(and those who don't,but believe that EVERY man and woman should have the PERSONAL DECISION left up to them,and not buerecrats(sp?) sitting in there ivory towers,with absolutely NO IDEA of what REAL folks are going through in the REAL WORLD) would just come out with it,be open and honest and say they blaze,we might not be IN a better environment for marijuana YET,but at least we'd have our feet on the right path.In the words of the IMMORTAL James Brown-GET UP,GET INTO IT,GET INVOLVED!!!!!You not only OWE it to yourself to break down the archaic,ignorant prejudices and "laws",you OWE IT to the MIGHTY SACRAMENT of MARY JANE,for ALL of the GREAT times she's helped you find.

You know I'm right.

Know Justice,Know Peace,Know GROOVE.Namaste-c. phillips

Bubidos

Mar 9 2009, 6:22 pm

First they tell us it weed makes us lazy. Then they say violent video games are bad. Now video games are good? WTF, video games are for entertainment. I still kick ass in Rock Band and beat ass in GTAIV, so what does that say about me? Dumb fucking waste of money.

Baltimore Fred

Mar 9 2009, 6:21 pm

The Drug Czar's office is a bunch of predgidious fools. (M)Ass Clown and I were appling for the job of writing these stupid ads and in the interview I said I could tell much better lies about reefer than he could. They must have thought I was lying because they hired him. I swear I could make up much better lies than reefer messes with video game skills.

logic

Mar 9 2009, 6:20 pm

Hmmm...Marijuana effects my video game skills. I'm switching to Cocaine or Aderall I guess.

Yates

Mar 9 2009, 6:18 pm

ive played games when im high as fuck and im way better than when im sober

Markiattulsanorml

Mar 9 2009, 6:17 pm

My husband and I are stoners and I have seen my husband beat 100 + games. He is far from a "bad gamer". If anything he is a bad ass gamer. This ad is full of shit. Why don't they take that 100 million and tackle something useful, like heroin or crank. That would be great.

myke

Mar 9 2009, 6:17 pm

im pretty good at call of duty when im baked

tucson budsmoker

Mar 9 2009, 6:14 pm

Fuk that shit I will bet my life savings that this "drug czar" has never somed a huge blunt and played any video game in her life! Weed is why video games are so big. If it was not for bud smokers, there would never be any playstation 3 or XBOX 360!

dude!

Mar 9 2009, 6:12 pm

vince, you just suck at madden, that's all that is. lol.

$EasyEasy$

Mar 9 2009, 6:12 pm

IM just glad GOD made it for me and you so smoke on just let these lil ignorant fucks get on there own trip i bet they smoke also they just dont want everyone to be high like they are. They remind me of GWB if you seen harold and kumar escape from guantanamo bay you know whats up

KatyIszzaWickeddFuckinggStonerr.

Mar 9 2009, 5:57 pm

thiszz iszz fuckingg bs. lolszz... i gehtt highh all theeh fuckingg time andd playy guitarr herro. i playy itt jusztt aszz good whenn im stonedd aszz whenn im nott... lolszz. andd., itszz funner whenn yurr highh tooh. =]]. jusztt everythingg abouhtt ihtt. theeh musicc soundsszz coolerr. if anythingg., weed mightt nohtt enhance yurr video gamingg skill., buhtt ihtt will make ihtt evenn funner.!! hahahh.

$EasyEasy$

Mar 9 2009, 5:50 pm

Trill and Vince are like 2 out of 1000 people that agree with this bullshit well i beleive it only effects you if you let it.

trill

Mar 9 2009, 5:43 pm

I hate to say it but I agree with this article. When I get high and try to play a video game, I often become very distracted and unable to focus on the game.

xbox GT: BigBaLLin719

Mar 9 2009, 5:41 pm

well fuck the drug czar. I been permabaked since the day I left high school (5 years ago) and played video games every day since. My gamerscore of 24,000 would like to have a word this this douchebag, as I'm sure it would t-bag the shit out of him.

Mr Soowoopa

Mar 9 2009, 5:36 pm

Shit, getting high improves my gaming skills most of the time...Sometimes I get too high and don't really know what going on but a majority of the time, I get a good high and it helps me concentrate more so I just dominate

$EasyEasy$

Mar 9 2009, 5:35 pm

Right i mean their trying to find anything to make people ta stop smoking well NEWS FLASH everyone is still gonna blaze cause thats all day. You "GIRLS" should worry bout the hardcore drugs that literally fuck people up in tha heads. Worry about tha shit that literally affects people this just makes you hungry, sleepy, and happy.

birdfather

Mar 9 2009, 5:31 pm

this is what america has come to... "You won't be good at video games if you smoke weed." like you're not a couch potato loser when you play video games sober

Dan Warnick moved on...

Mar 9 2009, 5:20 pm

Dan the Iraq Vet...

Some people think snowboarding or sk8ting is lame. Just because YOU think that video games are lame, does not make them lame. Your opinion is just that, an opinion. Everyone has one, and they all smell like shit.

Ps. I got bored of playing army video games, and decided to play real army. Come back from nam with no left foot, PTSD, and a heroin addiction. Should have just played pretend army games.

jimi hendrix

Mar 9 2009, 5:17 pm

haha soon enough they'll claim it will make you suck at music

anonymous

Mar 9 2009, 5:16 pm

I smoke bud daily and wreck kids at Halo.

The lying zit suckers...

Mar 9 2009, 5:14 pm

can't even come up with a good lie. We all know pot doesn't fuck with ya when it comes to video games. I'm not a kid either, I'm 60 years old and it just makes games more fun. So now the lying bastards have to come up with this crap??

Why not just say your nuts will fall off instead of spewing this shit that we all know is a lie? Just WTF!!

jjjj

Mar 9 2009, 5:13 pm

yeah, cause he decided to get high instead of sniffing the white shit before he started playing

anonymous

Mar 9 2009, 5:08 pm

vince ill smoke 5 percys and whoop ur ass in madden.... i play soo much better when im stoned or any other game.. many of my friends are the dame way

DirtyLuke

Mar 9 2009, 5:06 pm

To elaborate what I said already... It all depends on how you play the game. If you are good enough at the game that you can predict what will happen or can read the other players reactions, you will excel since you concentrate better. But if you play by reaction, letting everything happen to you instead of making things happen, then you will suck balls.

to vince

Mar 9 2009, 5:06 pm

to what degree is reaction time affected? Is reaction time the determining factor to ones ability to play a video game exceptionally well? You say in the end of your post how you dont want to preach, when you conversly preached that reaction time is slower when one is high.

Personally, I think a study should be done to see which strains, indica dominant or sativa dominant, affect game playing ability more. Maybe make sure that the thc content is the same as well as the dose for each strain. I will be the test subject. Not vincy.

dan tha veteran

Mar 9 2009, 5:05 pm

video games are lame!!!!!!
go skating snowboading or surfing (all while high)!
be active!

0L' dirTii

Mar 9 2009, 5:05 pm

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!.H0LLa.!

gump

Mar 9 2009, 5:04 pm

yea definatly blew through madden like it was nothin but can't do gta... i can't stop runin people over

DirtyLuke

Mar 9 2009, 5:03 pm

Vince... it depends on what kind of weed you smoke and what kind of games you play. If you get a ridiculous head trip on a good sativa you wont be very good at much at all... But if you get a chill body high, your concentration goes up a shit load. Games that involve instinctual strategy and mass concentration improve greatly (halo, cs, wow, ect) but games that involve reacting to your surrounding more than making them mess you up since reaction time is effected, like most flash games online, or madden in instances where you can't predict what the other team will do.

T0k3st3r

Mar 9 2009, 4:58 pm

I currently hold a United States Chess Federation rating of over 2000,2039 to be exact and I am on my way to getting my masters title. I smoke everyday it helps me to concentrate and focus. what an ignorant asshole he should be fired for being retarted

$EasyEasy$

Mar 9 2009, 4:54 pm

Vince your a dumbass i always play madden high an im not slower just because ur slow does not make everyone else slow. Ill challenge you man u just let these nonsense making homos that have nothing better to do other than try and make pot heads look bad well im here to change that!!!! Bring it man i got my evidence something you aint know about.

...SPEECHLESS...

Mar 9 2009, 4:54 pm

And we wonder why our economies going to shit. You don't need to fucking advertise and spend that much money. 100 mil??? Common sense would tell any fucking dumb ass that heroin kills coke kills meth kills and alcohol and cigs kill. They should be spending money on important stuff. I hope our economy goes to shit and all those fucking loser politicians lose the tiny remnants of respect they have.. if they have even a sliver of fucking respect for that matter, because they lost mine

Patrick

Mar 9 2009, 4:54 pm

gettin high might effect your playing a little but you have suuuuuuch a better time playin.

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TELL THE TRUTH

Mar 9 2009, 4:43 pm

KIDS SEE THOUGH THIS SHIT............JUST LIES..........

oregongrown

Mar 9 2009, 4:40 pm

I just blazed one and went 55-5 in counterstrike source.
then I went 50-7 on quakelive instagib.

Makes you worse at video games, my ass.

vince

Mar 9 2009, 4:35 pm

i believe it for sure, someone go smoke a blunt and go play some madden and tell me that your reaction time isnt slower than when you were sober. I'm a fuckin weedhead and proud of it but i can admit that that weed does impair your ability to perform to your highest potential and if you dont beieve what it is im saying its because ur a stubborn stoner point blank.........but fuck it who cares about this study, your thoughts and even my thoughts. smoke it and youll see what happens do your own study and keep the thoughts to yourself because no one likes to be preached to.

stoned-gamer

Mar 9 2009, 4:32 pm

i been playing video games since pong...by the time super mario bros. hit the market i was smoking weed but not everyday...and with super nintendo i smoked everyday...i have beaten every game i've ever played with the exception of one...Castlequest...it's an old school insanely difficult game...they start you off with 99 lives...but the point is...you put me in a video game contest stoned to where my eyes are shut i will still beat the pants off any straight-edger any day of the week...

Jesus Land

Mar 9 2009, 4:27 pm

They finally figured out that losers play video games. Call me a stoner but please don't lump me into a group with loser gamers!

bullshit!

Mar 9 2009, 4:21 pm

and i say: BULLSHIT!!!!! and my call of duty XP points and rankings prove why!

man they are really sinking to an all time low. Do they not realize that the only people who play video games are stoners?

fucking morons! i'll school their asses in any game any day!

mball89

Mar 9 2009, 4:21 pm

maybe it depends on the game? When I play internet puzzle games on addictinggames.com, I think it takes me longer when high, but it could just be my perception of time is slower. I also take different approaches to problem solving activities altogether when stoned. But, if im playin halo, (not a very cognitive game), ability to concentrate, like others have said, goes up. Regardless of the style of game, it is always more interesting and intriguing when high.

$EasyEasy$

Mar 9 2009, 4:13 pm

Do your research first than talk you aint know nothing man i can tell you the effects better than this dude. It just gets you hungry, happy, and sleepy. If everyone were to smoke i bet this world would be a happier place :)

BloWenTrees420

Mar 9 2009, 4:11 pm

Fuck what they say... Smoke weed ery day!

juggalobrandon

Mar 9 2009, 4:04 pm

comeon, weed is good, there is no hiding it. smoke a blunt and have a nice day.

WTF

Mar 9 2009, 4:02 pm

Dude im fucking really good at video games when im stoned

Put a sock in in

Mar 9 2009, 4:00 pm

HAHAHA! Another gov't hole blowing Sh*t!!

Notice, The video game industry would not dare bash cannabis smokers.

We built them.

dutch dimebag

Mar 9 2009, 3:58 pm

well, ok, weed might make you somewhat worse at videogames, but lets face it, it also makes games much more fun! its not like we smoke weed to play better, we smoke it to enjoy the games more! When youre high, the music is cooler and the graphics seem to pop out of the screen and suck you into the game...which is why i toke before playing, reading or even studying...

xbizzymaster420

Mar 9 2009, 3:57 pm

thats a bunch of fuckin bullshiiit i got a gamerscore of close 6k on the 360 and i get stoned as shit er 'day

home of the best tree..NorCal420

Mar 9 2009, 3:55 pm

fuck da system....im tired of them lying to us and brainwashing a younger generation at the same time...put down your alcohol and prescriptions pills. and realize weed is never gonna stop..i am a full time college student and i smoke everyday..i couldn't tell you how much cause a real stoner smokes as much as they can, but other than that lets do something productive.. like enforcing the borders from drug smugglers,and immigrants keeping out coke,speed, and bammer(Only green in my lungs)if it was legal then other parts of the us wouldn't have to spend our money on foreign weed which wont even be that good anyway..free the weed. and heal the economy one toke at a time.

$EasyEasy$

Mar 9 2009, 3:48 pm

Man this guy is a joke i swear alot of people try and make weed seem way worse than what it really is. I believe everyone is not always sober whether their drinkin alcohol smoking weed or doing drugs. For me weed is a reason to wake up, it gets me though this crazy world. I disagree with this statement 100% because i play Madden high and im good at it if anyone wants to prove me wrong shit im down holla at me ill get high and play some video game to prove all you weed haters wrong!!!!!! Cause I love being right.

iplayvideogamesand420

Mar 9 2009, 3:43 pm

nah man thats not true at all seein as how i suck at games like cod5 or madden when im sober and will ball on anyone when im cheeched. whoever wrote the article never got high and played videogames they just thought it makes u worse and wrote about it.

ufcFORLIFE

Mar 9 2009, 3:38 pm

i think it makes u better at video games considering it makes everythign seem more intereting.

onePi55ED B'OWL

Mar 9 2009, 3:37 pm

this has got to be one of the stupidest things ive seen the government do to try to get people to stop smoking weed. i play video games almost every day and when i do, im high as hell. and like a lot of other people have said. some of the best players ive seen, doesnt matter what game, smoke a lot of weed while they play. smoking also makes me less tense when i play and allows me to be much more accurate with headshots.

nice try feds, not fooling anyone...

LovelyStonerChick

Mar 9 2009, 3:36 pm

I Hardly Play Video Games And When I Get High I Tend To Play VIdeo Games More Than I'm Used To Playing.

N. Night

Mar 9 2009, 3:35 pm

Oh btw, I hope all you guys have seen this doozy of an ad. omg its fuckin hilarious. like I wonder if they are trying to appeal to entertaining us as they insult us and try to make us seem so untalented and lazy. Phelps is an example of how we are not this way. take a hint.

go HERE! http://www.abovetheinfluence.com/stoners/default.aspx

but regardless, this is piss your pants funny. its called 'Stoners in the mist', the dude in it is like steve irwin except he hunts down stoners and blazes with them...just watch you'll die laughing. and then there is an activity center where you can watch a stoner get paranoid, get the munchies, etc. its totally a good time..

the fuckers are so blind. hahahaha

JMUTHAFUKND

Mar 9 2009, 3:33 pm

tHIS iS soME fUNNY sHIT, While He Focuses On Only Marijuana, He FOrgets The Top Musicians,Artist Movie Starts, All Get High, ANd Do Heroin OD From Pills, ALL KInds Of Stupid SHit, I Think This Guy Bought SOme Bad Shit Weed And Is MAd At His Dealer, And Is Trying To DO Something ABout It.
Curt Cobain, Cheech And Chong, Metallica, Heeth Ledger, Arnold Swachinager, ANd Not To Forget All The SPorts Athletes And UFC Fighters, Cmon Now, Is This Guy Blind, Does He Not Realize We Are A Stoner Generation, This WOrld Gets High And We Are ALl Succesful, The World Loves Us!!! And We Make More Than You In Your Office SItting On Your Ass Critisizing The Biggest Generation(420 pot smokers).
Cause You Suck At Games WHile Your High Doesnt Mean The Rest Of The World DOes!!!! Get A Life, And Smoke And Maybe Youll Be Someone SOme Day!!!! Just Wanted To STay High, I Mean Say High,
From, The Guy On The COuch!!!!

murderja

Mar 9 2009, 3:33 pm

These people are on some bullshit i can beat the shit out of some games when im fired fuck them there on some shit it puts me in the game haha

Taiusuke`

Mar 9 2009, 3:29 pm

Doc Omen no wonder your ranked 3140 in the world.. ya it's cause your smokin that shit ya could prob be higher if ya stopped but hey who am i ta tall ya what ta do... i do the shit too.. but yeah i dunno...

Jake D

Mar 9 2009, 3:25 pm

hahah my friends bill and dave and i tear up gears of war 2 every single night almost lol we put it on insane mode and i guess from playing it so much it seems like it needs to be harder because of ,out of say 45 team kills, i would have close to 40 of them. get outta here if you think weed makes you bad at gaming its a joke lol

N. Night

Mar 9 2009, 3:22 pm

Man, it improves my concentration with video games because I have mild add, it slows me down so I can really try. If anything they should say that perscription drugs are bad to take, cause trust me, once you've taken 3 ambien and 3 klonopin and then try to play soul caliber, well, let's just say the outcome is messy. haha. but the herb doesn't do shit to that ability, especially for long term smokers

silentscope

Mar 9 2009, 3:21 pm

Who the hell is this guy trying to convince? The ONLY people who would be dumb enough to believe this have never played a video game high, I can tell you that. Whenever I play Call of Duty after i've smoked a bit i'm unstoppable. My kill/death ratio goes WAY up. Sure its a little harder to focus on other things, but only because the weed has made me completely focused on killing everything in sight.

Can't wait to shoot up some zombies in Resident Evil 5 this friday thats for sure. W00t for tolerance breaks.

C.S. Smoker

Mar 9 2009, 3:20 pm

This is the funniest thing I've ever heard. I mean even if it's true who gives a crap and besides the same thing can be said about alcohol and it's legal. They must really be running out of ideas for propaganda. Also like almost everyone else has said I play better stoned, and truth be told video games can't keep my attention if I'm not high.

Doc Om3n

Mar 9 2009, 3:18 pm

This is such propaganda, im sick of this shit. i play fifa 09 everyday and I am currently ranked 3140 in the world. Not to mention the chronic marijuana use before and after each game.

Kronkiller420

Mar 9 2009, 3:15 pm

i play like shit unless im high! lol honestly!

cody 91

Mar 9 2009, 3:12 pm

fuck that

n/a

Mar 9 2009, 3:09 pm

That is such bs I cant even play video games without being stoned !Just cant keep interested without it and I lose my place and concentration !

tosh marley

Mar 9 2009, 3:08 pm

thats not true i play nba live high and win all the time lets get high and play

Mr. 420

Mar 9 2009, 3:05 pm

I blaze up all the time when i play all my games and instruments and it is very doubtful that this could hurt your abilities of anything. i personally think that just because this person and her friend went at it and didnt have a good time was just their own fault. i go on halo3 all the time when i get the chance and talk to the people all the time and atleast 80% persons blaze up on the stuff and some of them are personally the best gammers i have ever seen. here high times send me a fuck load of pot ill use it personally to play some games and lets see how that works out, and i do bet i will either stay the same at it or even get better. it is only the other drugs people do that could affect this not good ol mary jane.

210

Mar 9 2009, 3:02 pm

Sorry Off Topic Below

HU210

Mar 9 2009, 3:02 pm

Because of diabetes, some of the nerve endings in Elton’s stomach no longer trigger the muscles to contract and digest food. The disease, called diabetic neuropathic gastroparesis, leads to vomiting and weight loss.

Prescription drugs haven’t helped much, Elton said. He’s reluctant to take Reglan, which can cause irreversible Parkinsons-like shakes and tremors, and Marinol is ineffective for him. He’s about to switch to Cesamet and hopes that helps.

“With every other anti-nausea medication that is appropriate for my condition, after a couple months of daily use it actually causes nausea,” he said.

While visiting a sister in California, Elton legally tried medical marijuana “and it gave me an immediate sense of relief. No nausea, no vomiting.”

Elton said: “My doctor would rather have me on real/natural medical marijuana delivered via the use of a vaporizer which eliminates all tar and carcinogens from smoking.”

The bill would not alter or interfere with existing state laws that prohibit non-medical, recreational use of marijuana.

Bolkcom said the use of marijuana as medicine is a public health issue, and shouldn’t be part of the war on drugs.

According to a recent national survey of U.S. physicians conducted for the American Society of Addiction Medicine, nearly half of all doctors with opinions support legalizing cannabis as a medicine, Bolkcom said.

Some 80 state and national health care organizations, including the American Nurses Association, American Public Health Association and The New England Journal of Medicine, support immediate, legal patient access to medical cannabis.

Here are the details:

PROPOSAL: Iowans under a doctor’s supervision could use marijuana to ease pain and nausea.

DISCUSSION: At 2 p.m. Tuesday in the lobbyist lounge of the Iowa Senate, lawmakers will have a public discussion of Senate File 293.

WHO WOULD QUALIFY: Those diagnosed by a practitioner with a debilitating medical condition defined as cancer, glaucoma, positive status for human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, nail patella, or a chronic or debilitating medical condition that produces wasting syndrome, severe pain, severe nausea, certain seizures, or certain muscle spasms.

PENALTIES: So-called "compassion centers" could acquire and deliver marijuana. Workers would have to keep patient names secret or face up to 100 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. Anyone who pretends to be qualified under this law would face a simple misdemeanor and a fine up to $500.

OTHER STATES: Thirteen states have medical marijuana laws: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.

Herb_Gardner420

Mar 9 2009, 3:01 pm

Right. And I'm sure the generation they are targeting won't ever get the shit kicked outta them on a game by a stoner...unless they play one! Then it's a hundred million down the tubes as a new generation learns that their government lies to them. If you are going to spread lies why not go all out, balls to the walls and say something like "if you smoke marijuana you will have your testicles fall off, unless you don't have any, girls, in which case you'll grow a monster batch of hair on your chest which will be unable to be cut and/or get pregnant JUST BY SMOKING IT!!!" It HAS to bad! Look at all that is written by our government about it. ALL BAD! (Yes, this is sarcasm). It's almost like a contest every year to see if they can top the previous years bullshit claim...which they usually do in grand fashion, this year no exception. WAY TO GO YOU LYING FUCKS! TELL THE TRUTH! If you smoke marijuana you'll be denied employment and made a political prisoner. That is the 'bad side' of marijuana. And it's entirely man-made...

HU210

Mar 9 2009, 2:57 pm

Maybe the Drug Czar ought to try it before rendering an opinion!

Brutal Juice

Mar 9 2009, 2:55 pm

Ya ever play Call of Duty, man? Ya ever play Call of Duty ON WEED!?!?! I only know one person (out of many) who's stats drop when he's blazed (and many who get much more focused), but he's crackin' us up the whole time, so it's alright. Dude, who the fuck does this "czar" expect to convince with that shit? The parents that don't want their kids playing games anyway?

BOUMAN

Mar 9 2009, 2:51 pm

tell that to my call of duty score

420 24/7

Mar 9 2009, 2:51 pm

Dont mean to double post, but I play guitar also when i'm stoned out of my mind, record the shit i play, then when i'm sober and listen to it. I could never come up with half the shit i play high while i'm sober.

educated hippy

Mar 9 2009, 2:51 pm

i dont think blazin up impares your game playing skills anytime i get high and play video games i usually do better.

another moose

Mar 9 2009, 2:50 pm

The drug czar is full of crap. Their failing anti-marijuana campaign has stooped to this. Reducing your ability to successfully win a video game. What a load of horse shit. Besides the fact that I don't believe a word that comes out from the drug Czar; I personally do better at video games when high. Particularly when I'm kill'n an spill'n on Call of Duty 4.

420 24/7

Mar 9 2009, 2:50 pm

Dude, I beast at games when i'm high as hell. No joke. i actually get better. That drug czar just sucks at xbox.

Big James

Mar 9 2009, 2:49 pm

My own studies say the exact opposite.

Also, 100 million for anti-drug campaign? You have got to be shitting me. If all the above the influence commercials didn't work why is the government spending that much money on a commercials that say you're going to be bad at video games if you smoke.

American government needs to know how to cut its losses. Anti-marijuana commercials do not work, all they do is make stoners laugh.

fergy

Mar 9 2009, 2:43 pm

without gettin high in the skky i aint got no skill.
halo 2 online aint nothin without a little regaen.

stayhigh

Mar 9 2009, 2:42 pm

i get 10X's better at halo when im blazed out of my mind hahaha

mackman

Mar 9 2009, 2:41 pm

i disagree with that. i love playing games high and i kick ass at the same time.

BurtBlaze

Mar 9 2009, 2:40 pm

I gotta disagree. I rip it up when tokin', especially Halo 3. Bong Hits to Victoy.

bman420

Mar 9 2009, 2:40 pm

i`ve been playin games since i was 4yrs old now that i can smoke i play videogames alot better what other lies are they gonna come up with now

Mr Dank

Mar 9 2009, 2:39 pm

Lol i dont give a fuk if i suck at video games wen im high its fun no matter wat!lol i will turn it off and go get more high!and go do sumthin fun why sit on a couch and do nothing ppl stereotype stoners like a mothafucka

Mr Dank

Mar 9 2009, 2:38 pm

spawn420

Mar 9 2009, 2:37 pm

wtf ill kill u at any game with a blunt in my mouth ,be stoned play make u more read of any then the one who ur playing

NorseForce

Mar 9 2009, 2:37 pm

YA, this is crap. Just look at my General rank in Halo 3, or all of my Achievements in Gears of War and Call of duty. All stoned. I hope that one day, people will step out of the way of us and learn that not just peace and understanding come in the form of a sticky green bud, but so do mad gaming skills.

budman_yuctown

Mar 9 2009, 2:36 pm

man thats some bullshit all the people i know that play video games end up in competitions and shit and all of them smoke the ganja thats crazy how they think they can scare people to stop smoking by saying they will suck at video games im gonna go get high and beat some gears of war really quick

acro-blowtokes

Mar 9 2009, 2:35 pm

that is a lie i can beat most none stoners at games i play video games baked as can be.and i still play better then most

520stoner4life

Mar 9 2009, 2:35 pm

I do not know about anybody else but weed helps me with my gaming skills. Obama says we need to stop spending money on stuff the is not worth it.......I think i know a way to save 100 million dollars, stop with the anti-weed campaign.

luvs2smoke

Mar 9 2009, 2:33 pm

what!! i play better when im high n its better cuz it looks like ur inside the game so ur paying more attention on da game.....0_o

sMacks

Mar 9 2009, 2:32 pm

psh im the shit at call of duty after i smoke a blunt. how does the gov justify spending $100 million on a campaign that is just going to make stoners and non laugh and want to get high? maybe that hundred mill should have gone towards some kind of poverty/economic downfall campaign instead of a joke that you cant play video games high? call me naive but c'mon people.....

blaze everyday

Mar 9 2009, 2:29 pm

I disagree i wreck when im high at video games