On Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:58:48 GMT, Lois wrote:

> "merryb" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Feb 6, 1:24 pm, PeterL > wrote:
>> Dave Smith > wrote in
>> news:498ca55c$0
>> :
>>
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>>> I don't understand why athletes get sanctioned for smoking pot. No one
>>> worries if they get drunk. Some say they call it dope because it makes
>>> you stupid and impairs performance. Sports organizations ban performance
>>> enhancing drugs. Does this mean that marijuana is a performance
>>> enhancing drug?
>>
>> No. It's an *illegal* substance.
>>
>> It's called 'dope', because you have to be one to use it.
>>
>> --
>> Peter Lucas
>> Brisbane
>> Australia
>>
>> Tell me what you eat and I'll tell you who you are.
>>
>> Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
>
> Give me a break!
>
> Lucas is a dope without the pot.

i suppose it's cheaper in the long run. but at some point you come down
from smoking dope.

your pal,
blake