Phelps
 

Another great example for our kids to look up to. :rolleyes:

DUI 2 years ago and now the bong. :(

So he smoked some pot...

such a terrible thing... if anything, its proof that you CAN smoke and be an olympic champion!

hell.. imagine how well he would of swam if he wasnt an "Alleged" pothead...

hehe.

totally rediculous
 

Even President OBAMA smoked weed...

it didn't stop him from achieving the presidency

and he's still a role Model for all kids....

Obama's a role model for all kids? That's a crazy statement to make. Pass the dutchie, Raven.

Ya, imagine that!! A World Champion that represented the USA to the world and kids without breaking our laws. :)

I guess you think being arrested for DUI is cool too. :huh: :rolleyes:

The DUI is a 1000X worse than taking the bong hit. Hell the only reason it's a big deal is because he probably signed ethical behavior clauses when he raked in millions from sponsors.

He's a bit of a dope for potentially ruining a good thing, and at the age of 22 should have known better to protect his image as he is a role model. But the idea that this could scuttle his olympic bid in 2012 is pathetic if you ask me.

-spence

what the hell is he doing going to a College campus in the first place?!? He has millions of dollars, a nice house why not throw a party at his place!? If some jack@ss takes his picture of him taking a hit off a bong at his house he can narrow it down and single him out later on. Dealing with college kids is a totally different story you don't know anyone but a select few. so your pretty much screwed. just pure dumb, see what home schooling does to you!

maybe if we just legalized dope the whole issue would go away?

legalization with implemented taxation

In the scope of things /IMO ..its no big deal ;;


he,s 22 Y/O, & even thru he has accomplished so much / he,s a kid & after training 24/7 he deserves to be a kid for a while . the biggest mistake was trusting the people he was with /
Cell phone camera,s have put many people in awkward positions ;;

I,ll give him much more credit for being a great athelic [sp\] than the super heroes in the olymipics & pro sports / that take / took / drugs the would adhance their bodies & abilities ]]

Proabition [sp] Booze was off limits >> but how many drank ... Made it legal & now its OK to be a drunk /
Just as long as you don,t break the law while being there ;;

Smoke >. wait til its legalized //
IMO there will be far fewer pots heads with horror stories than there are with legalize drinking <<< oh do I mean liquid drugging ><><:huh:

The kid is being a kid, he screwed up just like Nancy Kerigan screwed up at Disney after the Olympics.
It probably will cost him alot in endorsement, particularly if the media continues to hype it.
I don't understand, if he has an agent, what the hell he was doing on campus like that anyway.
Now what I think was funny is the 2004 Olympic Village ran out of condoms!!!
I don't think that happened last year.

The only thing that I haven't done that he has( as far as I know) is win Olympic Gold metals. Get off his friggin back, he effed up , so what?

How about this state setting an example??!!! Its ok to possess an ounce or less of the stuff so what else are people gonna do with it but smoke it....so whats the message we are sending to kids there???????:smash:

That's why the criminalization of small amounts of dope is a dumb thing. Wait till the baby boomers really retire and start to gain employment as judges across the board :hihi:

-spence

How does being an Olympic Champion make him into a role model. He's a 22 y/o... how many people in this thread can say they *never* did anything like he did when they were in their 20s.

I don't think he woke up one day and said "hey, I'd like to be a role model to youths everywhere. I'm gonna go out and try to win a ton of gold medals to accomplish it."

Athletes don't make themselves role models, the media and public do.

I dont believe he inhaled....:uhuh:

I can see the replies about 10 years from now.
"He was just doing heroin, give him a break"
:1poke:
Society is in the %$%$%$%$ter and getting worse every year !

I am with you Ron! Zero Tolerance!

Larry,
"zero tolerance" or not society has gone way beyond repair from how we knew it when we were kids !

first off why is he a role model because he can swim?and second no one has complained that he has been partying his ass off in Vegas and getting drunk. i guess hitting on cocktail waitresses and getting drunk is a good role model these days?

Alcohol=Legal and he is of age. Pot=Illegal

To claim legal vs illegal and then lump pot in with Heroin is pretty silly.

Perhaps if we're really concerned about the messages we send to our kids, we should really think about what's important. Alcohol is a much more destructive drug than pot, which just about everybody has smoked at one time or another.

-spence

Not the BigFish! Drug free for every minute of my 44+ years! Spent my time drinking like a big fish though! Really don't anymore?

Oh....and I never mentioned heroin?

RR did, and you agreed.

And if you've done your drinking, then I hate to say that you're far from drug free!

-spence

You know what I mean Spence. How many people you know that have never done drugs/narcotics...you know....D-R-U-G-S. I am pretty proud of it! :tooth:

Yeah ok I agree with him then! Pot is a gateway drug....ever know anyone that started with heroin??

Keep fooling yourself BigHYPOCRITEFish.

And a lot of people, myself included, think the gateway drug theory is a bunch of rubbish. By that logic how many people tried booze before they smoke dope? 99%?

By that reasoning we should all be heroin addicts.

-spence

Why am I a hypocrite?:confused:

Gateway
 

Alcohol is the gateway drug.......all the things I did while influenced by alcohol compared to weed, No contest. And I never smoked weed until someone got me to drink.

Well I drank and never ever tried drugs so I do not agree. Guess we all have different gateways? Though I think I would agree with you that alcohol is a starter for many...its the natural progression I guess if someone tends to follow the trend!

What is a drug?

-spence

You say tomato....I say tomatoe. I understand your inference but I disagree...respectfully.:)

Sounds like denial you know, a sure sign of addiction.

-spence

A drug is illegal. That is where my line of thought is drawn. Had alcohol been illegal when I turned 18.....then I doubt I would have had it.

Numerous studies have show this to be completely false. Nothing more than government propaganda and mis-information created by a government on a failed War on Drugs campaign. (My favorite has always been "Smoking one marijuana joint is the same as smoking 10 cigarettes." Really, how?)

I don't know anyone that "started with heroin" but I do know of quite a few that started with either coke, meth or crack.

BigFish, while I admire your straightedgedness... I'd be willing to put money down that you are in the minority - in terms of people that have/have not tried.

So the Vocodin I took quite legally in December wasn't a drug?

Sure felt like one :lama:

-spence

The only positive affect alcohol had on my life
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...ood/finger.jpg
the scar in the middle of my palm where the bottle I broke cut the tendon......guess which finger dosen't bend now? Lets just say it comes in handy.

Spence twisting the facts....not talking about medication or prescribed drugs/narcotics Spence. Cocaine, Heroin, Crack, Pot, oh....and don't give me the "pot is a prescribed drug in the treatment of cancer" crap Spence......you know what I am talking about.....I think you are smarter than that. I have never used drugs recreationally Spence.;)

I agree, pot is a gateway drug to other illegal drugs, but imho the biggest gateway, that starts it ,depends on who your friends are.

I don't know any kid who the first time they drank or did drugs did it alone.

It starts with someone in a group saying let's do it and then the peer pressure kicks in and suddenly it's , "aren't we so cool, i must be cool too."

Birds of a feather.

I've got to chime in on this one.Pot can be a gateway drug to the right individual.Alcohol can be a gateway drug to the right individual.
Here is my take on it.In my 48 years,I've seen some people who drink,kick the tar out of thier wives,and lose thier homes,and if that is not tragic enough,lose thier lives.I've never seen such behavior with people who I know smoke pot.My 2 cents.

That may be Joe, but the tragic part of pot and drugs imo is the scum bag sellers it supports. Not good people, many people killed and lives ruined because of them.

In my years, many working with teenagers, I've seen many families and lives destroyed from pot. Families in crisis for years. Impaired thinking keeps them from facing ordinary problems keeping them stuck in immaturity.

One of the first signs is sliding marks in school and that means not living up to potential. I've seen a suicide and psychotic episodes from kids smoking pot from bongs laced with other drugs
Your rolling the dice whenever you take a mind altering drug.