<p>acary617 - Yeah, whatever - you're right about the cell walls! I should have written CELL MEMBRANES. But it isn't nonsense, so don't miss what is important by focusing on the mistake. It's all good, scientific info. Google Dr. David Ohlms, a world renowned medical doctor who specilizes in addiction medicine, and read his research. Not one thing I wrote is a myth - it is all true.</p>
<p>Regarding the issue of making pot legal, because it is not water soluble, it stays in your body for a really long time (unlike alcohol, for example). Combine that with the fact that it makes you perform LESS effectively AND think you are performing MORE effectively (read about the airplane pilots study that Ohlms talks about). That creates the very solid reason why it should be illegal. If what you do in your free time effects what you do when you get back to your job or our roads, you better believe that the rest of us should have a say in what you do. It effects our safety, so it is our business.</p>
<p>None of this means that there aren't worse drugs. However, you need to know the facts about what you are putting in your body. Frankly, sometimes I wonder if those cell membranes, which really can be up to 400 times thicker with even moderate use, DO end up resembling cell WALLS. Smoking a lot of pot can make you about as effective as a block of wood. Perhaps instead of making a careless mistake, I was being prophetic.</p>
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<li><p>i think i did a pretty good job seeing as you didn't make a single point in your entire post</p></li>
<li><p>Weed can never be government regulated because then we would have to pay every planter minimum wage forcing us to jack up the price which wouldn't do anything to stop its illegal sale under the table sale. Ultimately the only difference would be people over 18 can smoke it, it would yield zero profit to our economy and when people can get high instead of study it would only hurt it in the long run.</p></li>
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<p>Why should we legalize something that has such negative effects and risk letting it turn into what the tobacco companies have turned into?</p>
<p>... I read in Time Magazine today that a single joint does more damage to your lungs than five cigarettes smoked consecutively. It's not completely harmless!</p>
<p>But this thread has been hijacked. To the OP: If there's a risk that your college is going to find out about your suspension from ANY source (GC, teacher rec, anonymous note from a hater), I can't imagine them being anything but upset that you didn't report it to them yourself - can you?</p>
<p>I reported my suspension--granted, it was for alcohol, which is illegal for minors only, while pot's illegal for everyone--but I'm already in to at least one college (again, granted, it was my safety school--we'll see how things pan out come December 15, won't we).</p>
<p>Basically, if you make it clear you've learned your lesson, you're a strong applicant in every other respect, and they STILL don't want you, then that's a bummer, but you'll get in somewhere and have a wonderful college experience. And if you don't intend to knock the "habit," perhaps you'll have an easier time enjoying your pot at a school that doesn't reject you initially for smoking it.</p>
<p>I'd appreciate an update, if there is one.]</p>
<p>Becca Jannol in Gatekeepers did self report, and it was an action that inspired the dean at her school to write her a letter of reco. She had a lot of difficulty getting any positive admission results... it is hard to tell if it was from here below median SATs for her target schools, or the suspension. The three positive outcomes that she did receive were with the help of a very talented advocate in the college counseling office at her prep school. I don't know if the OP has that sort of heavy armor at his disposal.</p>
<p>I would concur with the post that advised you to find out whether your suspension would be a part of your transcript. Even if so, I'm not sure what I would do with regard to alerting the universities I've applied to.</p>
<p>Ignoring the digression on pot's potential harmfulness and returning to the OP's question AT HAND...</p>
<p>Report any disciplinary charges that you have incurred and report them truthfully & honestly</p>
<p>From first-hand experience, after getting expelled from a college summer program for an alcohol-related charge and subsequently rejected ED at my first choice school (Ivy League), I know the role that a disciplinary issue plays in admissions</p>
<p>My disciplinary explication was not as remorseful or accurate as maybe it should have been. The summer school has a different account of what happened, and the school to which I applied may have cross-referenced with them. My advice to you is express your full remorse in the explication and maybe emphasize that you had the (unfortunate) opportunity to experience this prior to college, hence bypassing the later lesson that many may have to go through.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, you're still a fool for taking what spideygirl writes at face value.</p>
<p>More THC in marijuana than there was years ago? This means you can achieve the same high by inhaling less smoke, thus lessening the negative effects on the lungs. In other words, that's a good thing, stupid.</p>
<p>Complex tasks becoming more difficult while you are high? Wow, as if it was thought to be some kind of performance-enhancing drug. You're not supposed to smoke (or drink, or anything along those lines for that matter) before engaging in "complex tasks." Another superb point. </p>
<p>And don't get me started on the "amotivational syndrome" nonsense.</p>
<p>I noticed you also failed to mention any of the many research projects that show conclusive links between marijuana consumption and a decreased risk for lung cancer, Alzheimer's disease, etc.</p>
<p>I would talk to your school's Guidance department about whether they will be reporting this. As a practical matter many schools do not report disciplinary incidents, even very serious incidents, for fear of legal issues. My instinct would be not to tell them at this point but you should read the language on the application carefully and perhaps have your counselor call them.</p>
<p>I won't give you my parental anti-alcohol and anti-drug lecture right now but I do agree with the earlier comments. "Get high" only on life for at least a bit longer....</p>