Danny O"Brien dismissed from team

#501
#501
I'm not going to argue with the anti-pot people, because it's useless. Still stupid for O"Brien to take that risk after getting caught last year.

I can't wait until in the not so distance future when pot is legal.
 
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#502
I am a 66 year old. If he was dismissed for smoking weed this is another example of how this nation is hypocritical in its laws. Alcohol is tolerated in certain circumstances (you know what I mean) but weed is 100% illegal. If treated the same as alcohol many young good men would still be playing. If team testing for alcohol was instituted my guess you would not be able to field a team on a given Saturday.

I smoked weed as a teenager like a large percentage of those on this board probably did at his age. That being said, I had a job that that did not tolerate smoking weed and tested its employees on a regular basis. If I wanted to stay with this company I had to make a choice of which was more important to my family and my career. It was very simple for me. I quit. I retired 20 years later.

These players are all faced with the same situation and decision if they want to stay on the team. If you can not abide by the rules then you get the discipline you agreed to when you signed.

It is a fact of life. Until the laws and team rules change you have to know where your priorities are.
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
Yes, if you ignore the depression part. Do you even understand how depression works?

His depression and inability to deal with it LEAD to him trying to escape in alcohol and weed. The depression was the source of the problem, the alcohol and weed were merely symptoms. They are cries for help.

As someone who has suffered from depression, I can tell you do you do a lot of crap to try to numb yourself.
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I suffered from post partum depression with my first child, so yes I understand "how it works". I wasn't saying the weed led to his depression. My point was that it magnified it and drove him over the edge when the consequences hit. Someone said it didn't hurt him in a previous post. And it most certainly did.
 
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This may not be a popular opinion, but that boy got carted off the field on a stretcher, tied the the dang thing. I don't care what he had in his system, you put him on injury, and let him either finish his career as a Vol, or wait a few weeks.


This is bulls#@t.
 
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TN_Transplant said:
This may not be a popular opinion, but that boy got carted off the field on a stretcher, tied the the dang thing. I don't care what he had in his system, you put him on injury, and let him either finish his career as a Vol, or wait a few weeks.


This is bulls#@t.
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Not the coaches decision. This is on OB.
 
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TN_Transplant said:
This may not be a popular opinion, but that boy got carted off the field on a stretcher, tied the the dang thing. I don't care what he had in his system, you put him on injury, and let him either finish his career as a Vol, or wait a few weeks.


This is bulls#@t.
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No what they did was right and they said if he has any further complications with the injury they will cover it which is also right.
 
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TN_Transplant said:
This may not be a popular opinion, but that boy got carted off the field on a stretcher, tied the the dang thing. I don't care what he had in his system, you put him on injury, and let him either finish his career as a Vol, or wait a few weeks.


This is bulls#@t.
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yes and no.

when you sign the loi..its in small print at very bottom ..no wacky weed.
 
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kiddiedoc said:
I was refraining from response as well until I read the above. Peer-reviewed medical literature does NOT agree with this (mis)information. It is clear that MJ has many potentially-serious psychiatric, neurochemical, and physical effects, some irreversible. It absolutely carries risk of addiction, with the classic properties of tolerance and withdrawal.

I will not reply to any rebuttals, as the real scientific evidence is clear and readily available.
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While I agree with what you said...you can become addicted to anything...dependency is the key word...and marijuana does not cause dependency.

I would say that there are many more Americans that are "addicted" to caffeine than THC. Caffeine may not have quite the psychological effects of THC but prolonged use can absolutely cause damage to your body. Also, speaking of "tolerance and withdraws" caffeine falls in the same category. So, I would say most Americans live with some type of addiction.

I personally would put nicotine, caffeine, and THC all in the same category. All can be highly addictive and cause damage to the body with prolonged use, but none of them cause dependency like alcohol...

But that's a topic for another day :)
 
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Rockytoptn83 said:
I suffered from post partum depression with my first child, so yes I understand "how it works". I wasn't saying the weed led to his depression. My point was that it magnified it and drove him over the edge when the consequences hit. Someone said it didn't hurt him in a previous post. And it most certainly did.
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*Facepalm*

At no point did I even remotely suggest you said that or that you were suggesting that.

The rest of your post is pure conjecture on whether it "drove him over the edge". He himself said the DUI is what was rock bottom for him.
 
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nationdom said:
i grew up in colorado around weed that would knock you and everyone else out in this thread. You guys grow up with this mid grade **** and think everything is fine. It's not and it'll keep getting worse. Once again i've seen the harm his stuff does to many close friends of mine.
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reefer madness!!!!!
 
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How dare he smoke a plant that came out of the earth...ridiculous. But hey, go get a script and take all of the man made chemicals you want and get addicted, so big pharma can make billions. This country needs to get over that ****. It's a plant that god put here for a reason
 
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Legal or not, one doesn't have the right to pick and chose what laws to follow or not follow. In my profession, it's more about the addictive nature than the substance itself. Addiction robs you of your identity and places it in the thing you're addicted to. No one I've ever worked with decided they wanted to try crack, or rob people or cheat on their spouse. It began small and innocent and evolved into something they couldn't control. Anyway, hope the young man gets the help he needs. He was a true VFL.
 
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Vol_is_Lyfe18 said:
Maybe, but I'm pretty sure that info remains confidential
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Not if your on scholly the school can request it just like your work does. Almost always if your having any types X-rays or procedures the hospital gets blood work.


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TN_Transplant said:
This may not be a popular opinion, but that boy got carted off the field on a stretcher, tied the the dang thing. I don't care what he had in his system, you put him on injury, and let him either finish his career as a Vol, or wait a few weeks.


This is bulls#@t.
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Third strike your out deal. Out od the coaches hands...
 
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jhcrane14 said:
While I agree with what you said...you can become addicted to anything...dependency is the key word...and marijuana does not cause dependency.

I would say that there are many more Americans that are "addicted" to caffeine than THC. Caffeine may not have quite the psychological effects of THC but prolonged can absolutely cause damage to your body. Also, speaking of "tolerance and withdraws" caffeine falls in the same category. So, I would say most Americans live with some type of addiction.

I personally would put nicotine, caffeine, and THC all in the same category. All can be highly addictive and cause damage to the body with prolonged use, but none of them cause dependency like alcohol...

But that's a topic for another day :)
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Dude! Do not mess with my caffeine! I'm cool with nicotine being schedule 1 but you ain't getting my caffeine!

I had to lay off coffee for a few weeks...the physical withdraws were bad...my wife asked if I was going to stay off coffee...I told her I would just never quit again!
 
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