Phelps suspended for Marijuana use...

[Winnow]

...admits he smoked marijuana during his junior year in high school.

And? LeBron is a High School legend. He wasn't good back then?

Charles Barkley smoked the whacky weed while playing in the NBA and he did ok.

[Spang]

And? LeBron is a High School legend. He wasn't good back then?

I was under the impression you were insinuating LeBron had been smoking the herb recently, since you posted the article in a thread about an athlete who had been smoking the herb recently.

[Sueven]

admits he smoked marijuana during his junior year in high school

And A-Rod only "admitted" to using steroids while he was with the Rangers.

LeBron and Phelps are probably two of the, say, ten best athletes in the world, no? Who's next? Pujols? Federer?

[Winnow]

Are you fucking kidding me?

This dude is awesome:

http://www.sportingnews.com/other/artic ... ic-100-fly

Phelps sets world record in 100 butterfly August 1st

ROME — He defiantly spit out a mouthful of a water, climbed atop the lane rope, pumped his fists furiously and tugged on that supposedly inferior swimsuit.

The message was clear: Don't mess with Michael Phelps.

Pot, and the new restrictions on swimsuits = another world record for Phelps.

Watch the video. He was fired up!

His reaction was nearly as memorable. Phelps hopped on the rope that had separated him from Cavic — eyes searing, jaw jutting out. He pulled at both sides of his skintight LZR Racer swimsuit, letting his rival know that he heard about his offer to get Phelps one of those faster polyurethane suits so he wouldn't have any excuses if he lost in a Speedo.

No need, Milorad.

Phelps did just fine with his own attire.

"I've never seen him that emotional," Phelps' coach Bob Bowman said.

The two rivals finally shook hands, but that was about it.

Nothing more needed to be said.

"He congratulated me and kind of smiled a bit, but I have a feeling that our battle is going to go back and forth for a while," Phelps said.

Cavic did say one thing to Phelps: "You're the man."

"He just looked at me and smiled," Cavic said. "He knows it."

[Winnow]

Not to mention the gazillion more medals Phelps has won since this was posted, but here's another thing the pot smoker managed to do!

Phelps sinks 153 foot putt

Announcer said was 90 feet but caddy said 153.

http://blogs.golf.com/presstent/2012/10 ... &eref=sihp

Pot is bad.

[Aslanna]

I still think Cheez-Its suck.

[Leonaerd]

It was harder to quit pot than cigs.

[masteen]

It was harder to quit pot than cigs.

And quitting Cheez-Its is fucking IMPOSSIBLE.

[Aabidano]

I still think Cheez-Its suck.

True but crunchy cheetos are zomg tasty.

Quitting cigs sucked massively, can totally empathize with the poor bastards hobbling across the street from the cancer center for a smoke.

[kyoukan]

have you had the crunchy jalepeno cheetos? holy fuck.

[Leonaerd]

Jalapeno is the best flavor of anything.

[Funkmasterr]

[Canelek]

I'll take one bowl of Royal Purple Kush and one bowl of ice cream, please.

[Asheran Mojomaster]

It was harder to quit pot than cigs.

Seriously? I quit pot after 7 years of smoking basically every day, and did it without thinking twice. I went from spending $100+ a week on it to nothing for myself, though I still bought it for my fiancee.

Cigarettes though...I've been smoking for 8 years now, and have attempted to quit at least a dozen times. I've even made it for a week before, but I always fall back. I just cannot give them up, and I hate them because they make me feel like shit \ are killing me.

Quitting cigarettes is actually the only thing I have ever focused my will on and failed. They are fucking evil.

[Leonaerd]

On cigs, my guess is that your nicotine addiction was far worse than mine. I never smoked more than a pack a week. There was no benefit to smoking other than filling in the gaps of time and having a reason to chum outside the bar with people. These days I don't mind going outside to chill with others who are smoking, but I don't even feel the tug. It's a non-issue and I doubt I'll smoke again. Lungs are great to have.

What made it tough to stop smoking pot is that it wasn't easy to see how much it limited me, until I hadn't smoked for a week or two (imagine how often that happened). Being high, and the whole pot culture, is so damn fun that it's so easy to spark a bowl and be happy with simply existing while time accelerates. It's a tough philosophy to decry, because why not live a colorful life from a different angle?

It seemed impossible to notice there was a problem until I hadn't smoked for a week. Then, when sober, I'd sort of make up for all the shit I wouldn't do while stoned. I'd become super social, funny, active... doing good for myself and my life, and generally I'd just care a lot more about every passing moment. Even the things that I'd enjoy a lot while stoned, I'd have a much greater capacity to appreciate while sober. It was a very positive snowball effect to quit. Feels so good to care.

What made it final was after a two-week hiatus of sobriety, smoking a joint and all of a sudden I'm right back in the rut for a day or two. Fuck that.

Now, I see the negatives in my friends. I know that distant stare... you get in your head and you can't figure out what to say or think. It's sad to see someone consumed in a spiral of sorts. I'd like to think that they know better, but it's fucking tough.

I think what makes pot tougher to quit is that I'd still be a little bit high a couple days after the fact, and then smoke again. It's easy to lose track of what sobriety is. You don't really think you're high after awhile. It's twisted. Oh well. At least I can look back.

[kyoukan]

http://www.amazon.com/Allen-Carrs-Easyw ... it+smoking

If you read that book you will smoking, guaranteed.

[Aabidano]

It seemed impossible to notice there was a problem until I hadn't smoked for a week.

How many casual weed smokers do you know? I know they exist but they're certainly the minority (which doesn't mean it's evil, worse than alcohol, etc...). Very easy to get caught up into the lifestyle that surrounds it.

Quit cigs ~6 years ago, still feel the twitch now and again.

[Asheran Mojomaster]

On cigs, my guess is that your nicotine addiction was far worse than mine. I never smoked more than a pack a week. There was no benefit to smoking other than filling in the gaps of time and having a reason to chum outside the bar with people. These days I don't mind going outside to chill with others who are smoking, but I don't even feel the tug. It's a non-issue and I doubt I'll smoke again. Lungs are great to have.

What made it tough to stop smoking pot is that it wasn't easy to see how much it limited me, until I hadn't smoked for a week or two (imagine how often that happened). Being high, and the whole pot culture, is so damn fun that it's so easy to spark a bowl and be happy with simply existing while time accelerates. It's a tough philosophy to decry, because why not live a colorful life from a different angle?

It seemed impossible to notice there was a problem until I hadn't smoked for a week. Then, when sober, I'd sort of make up for all the shit I wouldn't do while stoned. I'd become super social, funny, active... doing good for myself and my life, and generally I'd just care a lot more about every passing moment. Even the things that I'd enjoy a lot while stoned, I'd have a much greater capacity to appreciate while sober. It was a very positive snowball effect to quit. Feels so good to care.

What made it final was after a two-week hiatus of sobriety, smoking a joint and all of a sudden I'm right back in the rut for a day or two. Fuck that.

Now, I see the negatives in my friends. I know that distant stare... you get in your head and you can't figure out what to say or think. It's sad to see someone consumed in a spiral of sorts. I'd like to think that they know better, but it's fucking tough.

I think what makes pot tougher to quit is that I'd still be a little bit high a couple days after the fact, and then smoke again. It's easy to lose track of what sobriety is. You don't really think you're high after awhile. It's twisted. Oh well. At least I can look back.

Well, I had a good reason to stop smoking, so that made it easier for me. I started a business with some friends, and it grew faster than any of us had ever dreamed. I was in charge of the bookkeeping \ accounts management, and being high made it so hard for me to keep track of the math, and I kept making little mistakes.

I made one mistake that cost us $5000 (I took that out of my own pay), and decided it was time to stop smoking. I just put it down and didn't touch it again for 2 years. As soon as I did that, I was on top of everything, and the little (or big) mistakes stopped happening.

Now, I do smoke from time to time, but never large quantities, and it is maybe once every month or two.