Quote:What does ganja do, get you high and gives you the munchies, and it's effects can be permanent for those who abuse it. it's widely documented that prolonged use marijuana can depress the CNS thus making you SLOW Shocked even if you stop using, so once the damage is done, thats it.
Abusing alcohol is much worse than abusing weed, and unlike with weed, you can actually OD on it, and get addicted to it. It can make you slow, but only if you abuse it, and the whole "marijuana psychosis" thing is an effect that is much worse if you drink to excess. I don't smoke it, and I don't intend to (except when I'm about 80 - then I'll start doing everything under the sun just to see what it's like before I pop my clogs), but it shouldn't be illegal, just as kava shouldn't be illegal. It's a very hypocritical system we have in western countries. Legalise the lot, I say, and get taxes from the drugs - and more importantly, educate people about the real risks and not invented ones, so that they can make a reasoned choice.
Quote:the dampener for me is that you cant use your legs especially when they are so versatile at tripping, trapping and snaring your oponent.
Using the legs in a throw is great fun as well. There's a technique in shuaijiao called the "rowing hook" (huagou, I think, but I'm not sure of the exact Chinese) where you hook your leg in front of the opponent's leg, and just as he thinks you're going to trip him back, you loop your foot around the back of his ankle and flip his leg forward. But there's no groundwork in shuaijiao, unlike judo.