He smokes what he wants

[Filo]

It's the disgusting stink that users have in their pores and on their clothing, not to mention the stink in the immediate area around them that they impose on others that annoys me, because they can't smell it they think no one else can

[The Red Baron]

I'm not making the case for cannabis, although I'll confess I have indulged myself in the past. But isn't cigarette smoke just as disgusting in a confined space?

[Filo]

I'm not making the case for cannabis, although I'll confess I have indulged myself in the past. But isn't cigarette smoke just as disgusting in a confined space?

I'm not talking about confined spaces, you can smell weed from halfway down the street, having said that, I agree, cigarette smoke is disgusting

[River Don]

In my youth and my time at Uni, I didn't not no many people who hadn't tried it and quite a few who were occasional users. To my knowledge none of them have descended down a path to addiction and hard drugs.

I'm not saying it isn't a gateway for some but I think the threat is overstated.

I tend to echo RB, a more concerning aspect is that it is a gateway to a nicotine addiction.

[MachoMadness]

Squeaky-clean manufactured boy band in being normal flawed people shocker, more at 10.

[vanderpanda]

Sorry can't remember who asked about failing a potential Rovers drug test. If they do the army/police style drugs test not just a urine sample then depending on how much the lad smokes it can stay in hair follicles for up to 6 months if he smokes a lot of it and stops from today.

Im a bit torn on this. Yeah its 2014 and its legal in many places and alcohol costs the NHS a lot more over 12 months but it is still illegal here and he does have many followers who are at that age where they will do anything to be like their heroes. Ive done it and I'm sure lots have.  But parents would not like their own doing it and probably don't appreciate the lad getting into a situation which can be leaked to the press for the younger ones to copy.

I think this is one of those do as I say not as I do kinda scenarios.

[The Red Baron]

Sorry can't remember who asked about failing a potential Rovers drug test. If they do the army/police style drugs test not just a urine sample then depending on how much the lad smokes it can stay in hair follicles for up to 6 months if he smokes a lot of it and stops from today.

Im a bit torn on this. Yeah its 2014 and its legal in many places and alcohol costs the NHS a lot more over 12 months but it is still illegal here and he does have many followers who are at that age where they will do anything to be like their heroes. Ive done it and I'm sure lots have.  But parents would not like their own doing it and probably don't appreciate the lad getting into a situation which can be leaked to the press for the younger ones to copy.

I think this is one of those do as I say not as I do kinda scenarios.

I believe the test is fairly basic and in any case a player failing due to recreational drugs would be given a warning and counselling for a first offence rather than suspended.

I agree with you over the (alleged) dope smoking. If they were rockers then no-one would have batted an eyelid. In fact, I doubt it would have made the papers. However, they are a boy-band whose appeal is to teenagers and therefore it doesn't look good. I don't think it would have been any better for their image if they'd been filmed smoking cigarattes or getting sloshed either.