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DEL.ICIO.USIs marijuana use that serious?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Citing unnamed source, Pro Football Weekly is reporting that former Georgia Tech wideout Calvin Johnson is one of three highly touted players who admitted to using marijuana while being interviewed by league scouts at the NFL combine.
Johnson, so far, has not commented publicly on the report to confirm or deny it.
He is projected to be among the first few players selected in next week’s draft, but the report raises concerns that his draft position could be jeopardized.
Do you think an admission of marijuana use is serious enough for a player’s draft stock to drop? Or is an admission sufficient reason to believe that a player is still a person of good character?
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By redelephant
April 19, 2007 12:29 PM | Link to this
im surprised he wasnt using anything stronger having Reggie Ball as his quarterback for three f^*&^^%& years!!!!
By RLC
April 19, 2007 12:30 PM | Link to this
I can’t believe this type of stuff even makes news anymore. Did he admit to having drunk beer as well? Silly.
By wayne
April 19, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
No, it is not serious. No, it won’t affect his draft position at all, nor should it. And finally, yes, he’s pretty damn honest to “officially” admit it period. It’s just pot. It boggles my mind that it’s still illegal.
By Josh
April 19, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Georgia Toke Yellow Jackets
By Stephanie
April 19, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this
It’s not serious…he’s human, remember. Just because he admitted use of marijuana, does not means he’s a crackhead or should be admitted to rehab. The media is a farce, they make such a big deal about minor things!!!!
By Joe
April 19, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this
I think most of the scouts and GMs asking him the question probably smoked pot once in college. I am disapointed to hear he used it, but the reality is we have presidents and other leaders that have tried it. As long as he is not currently using or have other drug/alcohol problems, then it should not hurt his stock.
By Rock Preston
April 19, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this
Please people….don’t throw him under the bus for one mistake. Kids make mistakes all of the time. If you haven’t made any mistakes, please fly away because you must be heavenly.
By 94Dawg
April 19, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this
Serious? Well, its only a CRIME, so no more “serious” than that. But regardless of how non-“serious” the liberal AJC thinks it is, it is another great example of how they are such a ‘cut above’ on North Avenue and ‘hold to better standards’ than all the other Division 1 programs (read: the ones that whip GT regularly)…..snicker, guffaw…..
By KB
April 19, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this
I see nothing wrong with smoking a little weed. It’s not a gateway drug, it’s not addicting; no one has ever robbed a bank to get more to go buy more pot. The only reason it is still illegal, is the government is raking in tons of money with fines, and court, so something basically harmless.
So the guy smoked a little weed. Do does Michael Vick. It wasn’t jewelry in that water bottle.
By Mike Vick
April 19, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this
Draft Him, Artie!
Draft Him!!!
With him, I’z can be UNSTOPPABLE and win you a ring!
By chris mac
April 19, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this
Funny, but let a guy with the last name Vick do it and he is a thug or weed head. You’ve got to be kidding me thinking Calvin Johnson is not a pothead. Look at his lips
By Steve
April 19, 2007 12:42 PM | Link to this
I don’t think anyone is throwing him under the bus and I am certainly not intending to either, however, I am very disappointed.
He certainly has shown himself to be a classy person as well as an incredible football talent. This probably will not effect his draft status very much if at all. But personally, I am very disappointed. I hope he has left that crap behind him.
By greengiant
April 19, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this
NO. I think he should smoke more….lots more.
By staci
April 19, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this
WHO CARES!!!!!!!! Its football for pete’s sake!!! Can we please concentrate on why we are still allowing BUSH to remain in office. WHY we cant seem to keep “crazy people” in the hospital who clearly exhibit bizarre and inhumane behavior and all but put a sign on the wall that THEY ARE FREAKIN CRAZY!!! Can we please address WHY men and women are killing each other just BECAUSE they dont want to be with them anymore!!!! Can we address WHY teenagers are still dropping babies off DEAD on doorsteps instead of changing the law that states “you can drop them off at the hospital with NO questions asked…EXCEPT…ur names,SS#, ur parents name etc!!!!!!!! My God!!! What is the world is wrong with you people????? Can you not see what is going on with the world WE live in???? Enough already on the privacy issue…NO ONE CRAZY should have ANY PRIVACY!!! I’M SORRY I’M STILL ANGRY OVER THIS B.S. THAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY THAN TO WORRY ABOUT WHO IS SMOKING “TREES”!!!!!!
By RUKIDDINGME
April 19, 2007 12:45 PM | Link to this
It’s not serious? Yeah, doing drugs isn’t serious. Are you all potheads at GT? Maybe the whole team is stoned and that is why they can’t play football? KB, you’re an IDIOT. The government would make more money if it was legal, you moron. Hmmm, it’s called taxes. Go smoke another joint. Remember, it’s basically harmless. Gheesh
By Preston
April 19, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this
Really, who cares? This is such a non-issue. The use of pot is so prevalent, and not just among college students, that it shouldn’t surprise anybody.
By think about it
April 19, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this
Get real who hasn’t tried something. If the nfl is going to release the content of these meetings get ready for the guys to lie.
By Shawn
April 19, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this
Uhhhh, are we kidding? Disappointed? He committed a crime? Everyone makes mistakes? It’s just weed, people. I’m sure the guy that made the crime comment never breaks 55 mph on 285, because, you know, that’s a crime, and approximately 8 million more people die from excessive speed on the highways than pot. So what, the guy has the occasional bit of the happy leaf. I know for a fact that one of the more respected, innovative, and preemminant surgeons in Atlanta will have the occasional toke on the weekends. It hasn’t prevented him from saving umpteen hundred lives. The funny thing is that the people that morally condemn this kid are the same people that have no problem killing 2 bottles of red wine at dinner every weekend…
By Sean
April 19, 2007 12:51 PM | Link to this
So what! This is ridiculous to even bring up! Calvin, welcome to the famous life! LOL!
By Not Free
April 19, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this
Seriously, smoking pot is a victimless crime, and it shouldn’t be a crime at all. If pot is illegal so should alcohol and cigarettes. A vice is a vice but we should be free to make our own choices either way. People eat too much and have heart disease, people smoke cigarettes and get lung cancer, people drink excessively and kill their livers…. I still can’t believe this stuff is legal but pot is not… I don’t even smoke pot but I think we should have the freedom. Regulate it like alcohol. If the government has any sense they would give it a hefty vice tax and sell it themselves, help relieve some of the country’s debt.
By potbelly
April 19, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this
Guess he is lucky the police didn’t kick in the door to his house and shoot him dead, but then again he is not a little old lady.
Who cares what he does in his house as long as he doesn’t bother anyone else.
I think he should roll up a fatty and fire it up as soon as he is drafted to celebrate.
Maybe the Falcons will draft him and then he and the Vick Bros. can all celebrate together.
Or we could just sentence him to some prison time for breaking the law. That would show all those pot smokers what happens to you if decide to cross that line.
By The Truth
April 19, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
From the AJC’s perspective, it would be the end of the world if Matt Stafford admitted to it. And that’s THE TRUTH. Provide me with some real news to talk about…
By gt
April 19, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this
I’m glad he smoked some pot, if he didnt i dont think he would have been prepared for the amount of drugs that comes with being in the NFL (steriods, growth hormones..ect)
By Richard
April 19, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this
First, he was Reuben Houston’s teammate. Second, what a shocker!!!
The only NFL team that’s actually going to care is the Dolphins, and CJ won’t be available when they pick. It would have been more shocking if he hadn’t experimented.
By CDog
April 19, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this
Other than people who worship the false gods of sports and athletes, this is a big deal. It just goes to show that unfortunately no athlete can ever be held up as a role model. For whatever reason, immorality is a lot more prevalent among athletes. I thought Calvin would be different, but I was disappointed. I would much rather have a slow, short, out of shape person who is godly as a hero than a tall, fast, athletic, but immoral person.
By Barrett
April 19, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this
I will kindly ask all of you techies to step down from your HIGH horse. Tell Calvin if he runs out of that tweed, word on the street is that Reuben Huston still has a few pounds left over. The only reason more Dawgs get arrested is because we have a small town with a TON of a*******hole cops that want their name in the paper. They are never arrested for serious offenses. Congrats on looking the other way Tech. Why stop with marijuana? There is so many more things that you guys can look the other way on. For instance, the fact that tech football sucks, or the fact that the Dawgs are about to beat you 7 years running, or the fact that your coach cant tell the difference between a safety and a quarterback(see Reggie Ball),etc. Maybe one day guys……. So until that day,I would say get comfortable,and in the spirit of 420 spark another one up and pass it to chan, taylor, and tashard because lord know they are gonna need it.
By GT
April 19, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this
The AJC p** me off when they try and make stories out of nothing
By artie
April 19, 2007 1:02 PM | Link to this
Not an issue at all!!!! Marijuana is the least of the NFL’s worries these days.
By KB
April 19, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this
When 4 middle aged women get pulled over for doing 8 miles over the speed limit and the cop “smells” pot, the car gets searched (without permission because the cop had Probable cause - B/S), their suitcases get searched, the car gets impounded, those four women are hauled off to jail in hand cuffs, booked into the county lockup, hire a bond company, go to court, pay a fine, and take a drug class, all over two joints found in their vehicle, while on a road trip, who do you think is making money??? IF it’s legalized, the government won’t make 1/2 of what they are making now. THAT’s why its still illegal.
You you be surprised at how many people you know do smoke pot. I bet half your neighbors are, and 3/4 of the people you work with, not to mention your kids.
By Travis
April 19, 2007 1:04 PM | Link to this
Wow this is terrible. What a horrible person. How could he do such a terrible thing? I guess he won’t get drafted now. He probably doesn’t deserve a job anywhere. His life is going down the toilet. Geez people. It’s pot. Everyone has done it at least once. And if you haven’t, you are most likely a huge dork.
By Kevin
April 19, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this
No, it would only be serious if a UGA player were the subject. Two high (no pun intended) profile Tech football players in two years involved in very public pot stories. One is even let back on the team. And the AJC is quick at hand with the rationalizations.
By treksucks
April 19, 2007 1:06 PM | Link to this
CDog, are you serious? Godly? God supposedly created heaven and earth, right? So that means God created marijuana which is a natural substance found on earth. So how does trying something that God himself supposedly created make him immoral? You biblical morons truly amaze me! Get a life, its a book of fairy tales!
By jeff t
April 19, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this
The players who didn’t try pot in college should be making the news….who cares if dude smokes a little ganja?
By drugs are baad..mmk?
April 19, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this
just as long as he doesn’t get arrested and embarass his team and the league, he’s a grown and very fast man that makes his own decisions. the laws of the land are what they are. If he can manage his lifestyle, more power to him. flying calving will rule at the next level regardless. k bye.
By Brain
April 19, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this
C’mon Calvin, hook a brotha up. The only rule he may have broken would be the “puff puff give” rule. I don’t see Calvin doing that though. Reggie maybe, but not CJ.
By LOL
April 19, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this
LOL @ GT. I used to love the AJC, but you’re right… they really reach with these “stories.” I think this is one of the blogs they probably wanted to go in the standard direction…
By FilthyRichSkySuiteDawg
April 19, 2007 1:12 PM | Link to this
No, it’s not a big deal at all. However, if a UGA player had admitted this, the AJC would be condemning it on the front page, alongside discussion of the VT massacre.
By treksucks
April 19, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this
How did the AJC reach for this story? It is a national story first published on NBCSports.com. The AJC does suck but it certainly didn’t fabricate this story. There isn’t a conspiracy against you, Trekkies, so don’t get your Spock underroos in a wad!
By Jeffyg
April 19, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this
From what I’ve seen, it’ll probably make him welcomed by a lot of current NFL players!!
By GT
April 19, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this
RUKIDDINGME, do you have the $ figures on your arguement, or are you just spatting off at the mouth on how the government could make more money. That is what I thought. There are other implications to legalizing a drug, not just depositing the tax dollars.
Why don’t you just calm down. Gheez.
By dan
April 19, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
Give me a rock… I want to throw the first stone (or something like that). Thank goodness Calvin didn’t admit to looking at Playboy, downing a few “cool ones”, going 70 in a 55 zone on the “race track”,(aka 285),or eating brussel sprouts!!! What in the world would we be saying then !!!!!
Oh well…. so much for honesty!!! Just go ahead and give him what he deserves… a $50M contract to not only bring God given enormous tallent to your team but something far more important… “PERSONAL INTEGRITY” and “COMMITMENT” to the team (not “self” indulgence or “personal” gratification)!!!!!!!
By steve
April 19, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
Many have said that pot is not a “gateway drug” and compares smoking it with drinking a glass of wine.
The Journal of the American Medical Association disagrees. A fairly recent JAMA study concludes that marijuana is a gateway drug. You also don’t have to look hard to find the dangerous side effects of smoking pot. It bothers me that so many people think it is not a big deal. I think you are fooling yourself if you really believe that.
I still like Calvin, I am just disappointed. Like I said earlier, I hope he has left that garbage behind him and he goes on to have a great NFL career.
By Navigator
April 19, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this
I love Georgia guys, when they have short memories about their own players. To the point, it’s not important whether a kid lit a joint. It’s important whether he’s lighting them now, or even more importantly, will he light one in the future. I hope this drops him down to Atlanta’s draft slot. We don’t mind if our star players carry a little contraband around.
By Fulton
April 19, 2007 1:20 PM | Link to this
Oh will you POLITICAL bloggers give it a REST! Don’t BLAME the AJC for covering the SAME INFO as every other media outlet. In fact, they would probably be considered IRRESPONSIBLE if they DIDN’t cover it, especially since he’s a guy in their own backyard! The whole conservative vs. liberal view of EVERYTHING is nauseating. Calvin’s has done nothing that 60% of other college students haven’t done, white OR black. IMO, we ALL should be more upset at the MEDIA for turning this Va Tech killer into a MOVIE STAR!!
By Chris
April 19, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this
Jeeze… How many good people are in this world that didn’t smoke or drink in college? Didn’t our president admit to it?
By GT
April 19, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this
Steve,
Does The Journal of the American Medical Association consider alcohol as a gateway drug? Does The Journal of the American promote alcohol abuse?
I’m pretty sure that 99% of people who have tried marijuana, tried alcohol 1st. Please respond to that.
By GT
April 19, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this
Alcohol Effects:
hepatitis and cirrhosis of the liver gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining) or pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas) high blood pressure (which can lead to stroke) certain types of cancer, including mouth and throat damage to the brain heart failure neurological problems such as epilepsy certain types of vitamin deficiency
obesity sexual problems infertility muscle disease skin problems
By Gator Man
April 19, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this
Hey all you dogs, now don’t tell me you haven’t had some shine or puff. You ain’t got no guts to admit it. Heck if my gators didn’t have a little experience, I’d think they was mama’s boys. Just wait doggies until we get you in the out door drinkin party, you’re gonna need more than a puff do make the pain go away. Oh, I’m sorry, you strait a* doggies don’t partake in such things.
By GT
April 19, 2007 1:28 PM | Link to this
Thanks Fulton…..the political bloggers are very tiresome. Damned if you do…damned if you don’t. Always pointing a finger.
By Fulton
April 19, 2007 1:29 PM | Link to this
Wanna start a blog about UGA players with isses? Any of you care to defend Odel Thurmond, Quincy Carter, shall I continue? Thought not…
By JJ
April 19, 2007 1:33 PM | Link to this
Pot IS NOT a gateway drug, just because you read it in a journal.
You also don’t have to look hard to find the dangerous side effects of smoking pot
Please define the dangerous side effects.
By DawgBite
April 19, 2007 1:35 PM | Link to this
Did Rueben Houston sell it to him?
By Ramble ON!
April 19, 2007 1:37 PM | Link to this
yeah, but he didn’t inhale! Forget the NFL CJ, run for President!
By getreal
April 19, 2007 1:39 PM | Link to this
Give me a break please. If our country wants to get serious about things, start by making all of representatives and senators pass the “whiz quiz”. Now the results of that would be headlines. A college kid smoked pot….. What a friggin’ startling revelation! If CJ was pulling on it a little it sure as hell didn’t affect performance. Maybe the JAMA could do a study on that and get government subsidies to fund it.
By 2N4YEARS
April 19, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this
Part says that he’s honest, the other raises concerns if he was on my payroll. If he admitted, but says it’s been ‘years’ since using it, then I’d respect him for being honest. Why else would he even admit to it if he’d smoked recently??(unless he was ‘high’ when asked the question…lol)
By Georgia fans are obnoxious
April 19, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this
Marijuana should be legal. I used to smoke from time to time in college, but I don’t anymore and I still believe it should be legal. I think anyone who drinks has no right to knock people who smoke a little weed. Alcohol kills infinately more people than weed and causes much greater and numerous social problems. Here’s something to think about. Most people drink at some point before they try Marijuana. I guess Alcohol is the true gateway under their silly definition. The term gateway drug(in relation to Pot) was created by conservatives for propaganda reasons. Think about how stupid that term is. Marijuana is no more related to hard drugs than alcohol. It’s not an addictive substance and there has never been a single Marijuana overdose in the history of mankind. Tobacco is so much worse than Marijuana. I smoked over a pack a day for six years and successfully quiting was the hardest thing I have ever done. There was a time that I regularly smoked pot and I quit doing that without problems or withdrawal symptoms. Anyone who thinks it’s ok for alcohol and tobacco to be legal, but thinks Marijuana should be a illegal is a irrational, ignorant, moron. When my kids are in their teens I would be MILLION TIMES more angry if I found a pack of cigarettes on my child than if I found a joint or two. I can say from experience than Nicotine is a drug Marijuana is a herb. Fooling around with pot USUALLY doesn’t lead to life long abuse and addictions, but tobacco addiction SNEAKS UP ON YOU QUICKLY and it kills most of the people who “experiment” with it. As a society we need to get our priorities straight. Marijuana was made illegal in the nineteenth century because the beer lobby didn’t want people getting their buzz elsewhere. Nixon started the war on drugs becaue pot was considered a hippie drug and he had an irrational hatred of so-called hippies. Reagan brought back this Puritism and the current adminstration CUT FUNDING FOR COCAINE Prevention, METH(I guess to many Bush voters were using it), X and his administration made reducing pot use the number one priority. The commercials that the current administration have put out on Marijuana are the most laughable and flawed pieces of propaganda put out in recent memory. It was like an episode of Dragnet and I guess President Bush believes pot does that. Pot wasn’t good enough for him. He stuck to the cocaine and hard liquor until he was thirty five. Beyond the puritism of the modern GOP common sense should tell logical conservatives that Marijuana shouldn’t be against the law.
By Fulton
April 19, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this
Say what you want but RASTAFARIANS smoke more pot than ANYONE but yet, do NOT have a history of a higher cancer rate NOR, do they experience the ‘gateway drug’ effect. JAMA got any studies on THAT? Nope, because it does not support the view they wish to IMPOSE on the public. Alcohol AND cigaretts HAVE BEEN PROVEN to be bad for you, yet both are TOTALLY legal. Why? Because the govt. can MAKE MONEY FROM THIER SALES, PERIOD!! And it’s got nothing to do with left vs. right, it’s called plain ol’ COMMON SENSE!
By Fulton
April 19, 2007 1:54 PM | Link to this
Great job GFAO!! Yet, SOMEONE will still find FAULT in your FACTUAL analysis and probably call you stupid and childish names…
By getreal
April 19, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this
I guess if one of the foremost astrophysicists (Carl Sagan) can hit it a little, then CJ can take a toke or two. For an interesting read, Google search for: Carl Sagan “Mr X” essay.
By Ramble ON!
April 19, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
Darn, I forgot you have to be 35 to run for President. Go ahead and make a few billion dollars first.
I wonder what Odell put on his application?
By Darrin "The Vent King"
April 19, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this
Where’s Furman Bisher at? Where’s all the other AJC hacks that threw Vick under the bus, backed up, and ran him over again over this? Or rather over what was never even proven to be drugs. CJ admits he was smoking and no one is throwing him under there. I personally don’t believe anything is wrong with it (he’s young), BUT a person who relies on his body to make a living should be wary of putting things in there that might slow him down. It just makes me sick in today’s society, rules are different for different people. I guess CJ has to commit a few more discretions and hurt a few more people first for this weed thing to be a big deal. It’s not to me, but it’s as if the ajc writing is based on a popularity contest and right now it’s popular to hate on Vick and popular to love CJ. This bias has got to go. It’s okay for one hockey player to drive recklessly and kill his passenger, but it’s condemnable for another to just be “accused” of carrying a “dark particulate”. It’s okay for one baseball player to have children out of wedlock with another woman that is NOT his wife, but terrible when another professional boxer does it. While I don’t condemn CJ for what he admitted (heck, I’d be surprised if he didn’t smoke), the way the ajc writes a story one way for someone perceived to be the good guy vs the perceived bad guy is a complete joke. Stop showing favortism and report the facts.
By gator the dog catcher
April 19, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this
Calvin admitted to smoking marajuana………on his official visit to UGAY! Richt shouldn’t have let him room with O’Dell Thurman.
By steve
April 19, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this
As far as dangerous side effects of marijuana, I went to WebMD just to get a short overview…
http://www.webmd.com/hw-popup/Marijuana
Someone mentioned that alcohol is truly the “gateway” drug. You might be correct. I am not sure what research as shown, but my guess would be that the earlier one starts drinking that the greater probability it is that they would move on to harder drinks and harder more dangerous drugs. I don’t know that for sure, but I think that would be logical.
Others have said that alcohol is at least equally as dangerous or maybe more so than pot. If you said alcohol ABUSE I would agree with you. Moderate and responsible alcohol consumption has no negative health effects and studies have even shown that there are positive health benefits, particularly from red wines. I think comparing alcohol and pot is like comparing apples and oranges. However, in general, I do believe that alcohol abuse is a much more rampant problem on college campuses than marijuana use.
By Jay
April 19, 2007 2:19 PM | Link to this
“The only reason it is still illegal, is the government is raking in tons of money with fines, and court, so something basically harmless.”
Courts and jails cost the government money. Legalizing pot would reduce these costs, as well as generate tax revenue.
By GINGER
April 19, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this
NO IT SHOULD NOT EFFECT HIM, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SMOKED AT ONE TIME. OUR PRESIDENT ADMIT TO SMOKING.HE IS STILL OUR PRESIDENT. THE MEDIA IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEGATIVE STUFF ON ANYBOBY THEY CAN GET IT ON ESPECIALLY WHEN A PERSON IS TRYING TO DO GOOD AND MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THEIR LIVES. GET UP OFF THIS MESSSSSSSSSS PLEASE. CHECK OUT YOUR OWN CHILDREN
By GT
April 19, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this
GT, you don’t have to be a complete moron to know how much the gov’t would make on taxes for pot. They make billions off tobacco. No numbers needed, just common sense. I know pot kills your brain cells but how many have you had???
By CMS
April 19, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this
Just because a JAMA article reports marijuana as a gateway drug doesn’t say much. Yeah its a highly reputable medical journal … with tons of pharmacutical(sp) backing. Of course JAMA will point out any side effects that maybe “harmful”. What drug (legal or illegal) doesn’t have side effects? Pharmacutical companies must keep the one drug that can severely dent their profits “illegal” in order to make the amount of money they make in the U.S.
How about asking your doctor what’s their drug of choice. Trust me they have one. It may be legal…it may be illegal, but they have one.
Is this serious? You clowns at AJC kill me … If anything this paper/website is a drug. I need my daily dose of insanity.
By PEACE
April 19, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this
OH MY GOD STACI I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!! PEOPLE LOVE DISCUSSING BULLS*&T INSTEAD OF SITUATIONS THAT MATTER FOR THE PEOPLE, CHILDREN,COMMUNITIES, ETC.
By WHERE DOES HE HIDE HIS POT?
April 19, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this
In a fake Aquafina water bottle?
By bigpapat
April 19, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this
While we’re on it, I once parked in a handicap space and drove without wearing a seatbelt…ooooh!
I mean come on…
I’m sure most, if not all of those that interviewed these players and have written these articles have smoked pot at least once (judging by some of the articles they’ve written they still do). I would love to see some of them man up as Calvin did and admit their faults.
Most everyone I know has tried it at least once. Leave it alone and stop trying to sabotage these young men’s careers.
By CMS
April 19, 2007 2:36 PM | Link to this
Here’s one for yall: (Not at all related to CJ’s use of weed, but drug dependancy in general)
Long term use of ENZYTE can increase the size of your member. However, studies indicate after use of the drug has stopped, your member will show a greater decrease in size than compared to initial use.
It’s a nice little trick by the producers of ENZYTE to make you dependent on the drug … and make more money.
So for those of suckers get the free Enzyte packs just remember … the first hit is always free.
By bigpapat
April 19, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this
I mean I’ve never tried it…
but then again I’m a sucker for bootin’ black tar heroin.
By Bob
April 19, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this
In my opinion this just confirms CJ’s strong character. We all know that about 90% of the athletes entering the NFL have smoked weed. Probably about 5% admitted it. Calvin didn’t have to admit to it… He’s just an honest guy.
By GTracy
April 19, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this
I love how people say everyone has done it so it’s no big deal. Problem is, they want everyone to think everyone’s done it so they feel like part of the majority and feel okay that they have “done” it. I for one never have and know multitudes who never have either. So guess what, you can go to college and graduate and never have smoked it. Get over yourselves, if you think everyone has done it because that is FAR from the truth. And yes I do believe it is wrong. I’m disappointed in Calvin, but hopefully he left it behind and will be successful in his football career.
By getreal
April 19, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this
As for those making comparisons to Vick and CJ and complaining about viewing things differently. CJ, being honest, admitted it. Vick, on the other hand tried to get his “Aquafina” safe through airport security, then resisted when he was asked to throw it away. The problem some, myself included, had with the Vick situation is his utter stupidity of first trying to sneak the “bottle” with “that peculiar smell” through airport security, then to top it all off, resist when asked to throw it away. Can someone say red flag ? And this is the guy who is leading your team ? In other words, it was an indication of not too much mental aptitude on the part of your franchise player. So quit the moaning about being unfair to Vick. And for the ones who cry, “But they didn’t find anything”… come on!! There isn’t but one smell in the world like that. Maybe a skunk borrowed his Aquafina safe for a while.
By Mad Mike
April 19, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this
This explains why he picked Tech over UGA…he was baked!!
By UGAG SUX
April 19, 2007 2:53 PM | Link to this
Josh shows his true colors. He is an inbred redneck that has a perfect life. He insults people to get his kicks. I seriously doubt that you have ever been to college. And the same thing goes for your inbred cousin Barrett. What a pack of losers.
By Ramble ON!
April 19, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this
STEVE, STEVE, STEVE He spoke the truth, give him credit for Pete’s sake. For those without sin, cast the first stone (or something like that).
I respect him even more, it would have been easier to lie about it.
Staci you and PEACE are just crazy!!!! Shut up and go watch a Sean Penn movie, or stick pins in you Bush voodoo doll.
By Matthew At The SLC
April 19, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this
Where are all the Idiot Racist Redneck Faction members? Why aren’t they on here calling Calvin Johnson a THUG?
Where are you guys?
By getreal
April 19, 2007 2:57 PM | Link to this
Newsflash for Steve….. WebMD and the JAMA are not exactly immune to government influence and propaganda.
By haha
April 19, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this
If it was VICk he would be thrown under the bus asap!!! But since its not its ok? Vick hasent been caught smoking nor has never admit to using any drugs but he should be fired for the warter bottle? Georgia is backwards.
By Todd
April 19, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this
90 million americans have tried it. 10 millon are regular users. Alcohol kills 500,000+ people every year. 0 people have died from marijuana.
By RealEstateDawg
April 19, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this
Hey, if smoking a little weed will make me run a 4.35 and catch everything that’s thrown within 15 yards of me I’ll gladly pay above market price for someone to get it here quick.
Although, the fact that I am approaching 40 and getting fatter every year might mean there’s no hope for me. Damn. Guess I better stick to real estate and stay off the weed.
By Downtown
April 19, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
RambleOn, you are so full of sh!t. If it were a UGA player you’d be all over him.
By Bruce
April 19, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
God I hope so…..all the way to Number 8!!!!!
By getreal
April 19, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this
Come on RealEstateDawg.. admit it.. You know the “munchies” are making you fatter every year. lol
By Hypocrisy
April 19, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this
Oh RAMBLE ON, you sir are a hypocrite as well as all the GT clan on here. If this would have been an UGA player, you would be saying they should string him up and off with his head. Typical hypocrites, all of you potheads.
By Bob
April 19, 2007 3:12 PM | Link to this
What a moron! He is overrated anyway. Go Dawgs!
By steve
April 19, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this
Hi “get real” -
I am sure you are right, anyone or any organization that has anything negative to say about pot-use is influenced by the government and other biased propaganda.
JAMA is one of the most respected medical journals in the world. WebMD, is a well respected website for medical and health information.
Ramble on - I do give him credit for speaking the truth. I happen to be a Calvin Johnson fan and I still am. I hope he has a great career.
GTracy - could not have said it better myself.
By getreal
April 19, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this
Steve, I think the medical community and the government are most influenced by the dollar and not virtue. Sorry for being so skeptical, but everything always points to that.
By dawgfan
April 19, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this
Calvin smoking is old news in Fayette County - my 18YO son told me 6 months ago but I didn’t believe him. NEWS FLASH - almost everybody is smoking. The fact that it is classified as a “dangerous drug” in GA is a joke.
By DSM
April 19, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this
Everyone knows the stuff you can get over in Athens beats anything in Atlanta. With better pot and better football, why would anybody choose GT?
By GT89
April 19, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this
I am disappointed. Marijuana is illegal and he broke the law. If this were a UGA player many of my GT fan brethren would be talking smack about UGA and the unruliness of the athletic program. What he did was bring on a little more bad publicity to GT athletics. Disappointed in you CJ.
By Kelly Campbell
April 19, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this
Yo, CJ. Call me when you get up to the league and I’ll hook ya up, brotha.
By SL
April 19, 2007 3:23 PM | Link to this
KB - “Savannah or Bust”??? Are you one of the ones?? And a “bust” was what it was?? Just wondering?? :)
Seriously to this whole post!!! 99% of the folks here all agree that weed does not hurt anyone!!! What was the point of the story???
By getreal
April 19, 2007 3:24 PM | Link to this
Give CJ a break. If I had to rely on Reggie Ball week in week out, I’d have had a bong as big as a trash dumpster. And for the record, I am Tech fan.
By scbird
April 19, 2007 3:25 PM | Link to this
So what? Imagine how many lied and said they never have? Sports writers are really reaching for stories right now…
By Ramble ON!
April 19, 2007 3:25 PM | Link to this
Hypocrisy If he was a UGA player he would have lied, period. Can you say Odell?
Please tell me what you think he was suspend for EVERY YEAR!!!!!!!
By Lynch Law
April 19, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this
All pothead thugs should be castrated so they cannot continue to pollute society.
By Kris
April 19, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this
One can only hope that CJ’s dreams of catchin’ balls from Vick comes true. I totally hope we get him! On another note: Why are people still talking about Vick and the water bottle. Clearly they had every opportunity (and were very eager) to produce hard facts and charge Vick. That didn’t happen, because the test results came back negative. If I had a special bottle I wouldn’t want to throw it away either!! And if I had diamonds like him, that’s where I would hide themw hile traveling (probably commonly with people he doesn’t know or trust) In this judicial society - unless they can produce evidence to convict you, YOU’RE INNOCENT! And for the last 7 years they’ve found none. Any failed drug tests??? NO. Any proof of the greeny-green?? NO. SO GET OVER IT ALREADY AND STOP LOOKING FOR A CHANCE TO LYNCH VICK!
By Ramble ON!
April 19, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this
the difference between CJ and Odell is pot vs. crack
By GT-2
April 19, 2007 3:31 PM | Link to this
GT: The gov.t also spends billions of $$ due to tobacco. Also, look at the $ amount it cost in the healthcare arena. Short minded thought processes.
By blk-fit-1
April 19, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this
SO WHAT!!!! - Is this the best news the media can come up with today?
By ebwilb
April 19, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this
Yeah— it didn’t hurt Michael Vick and there is no doubt he used it…won’t hurt Calvin.
By Hypocrisy
April 19, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this
I hope Calvin is no Odell! RAMBLE ON, I’m saying you are a hypocrite for smashing UGA’s boys for doing it but you are on here saying it’s ok for CJ. Breaking the law is breaking the law. I’m not talking about ADMITTING to doing it. I’m talking about him being a pothead like the rest of you.
By Bushwacker
April 19, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this
I think the way you guys keep changing the headline will determine alot.
At first it was admits trying pot ,now the HEADLINE reads: ADMITS DRUGS USE.
By the time the draft gets here he’ll be a crack head.
Looks like me the newspaper would be more careful how it uses WORDS in their stories.
By doinou
April 19, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this
Puhleeze, the world would be a better place if more people smoked pot.
By Bushwacker
April 19, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this
“ADMITS DRUG USE” sounds alot worse than “admits trying pot”.
Sounds like the paper is trying to create an impression that is not true. Shame on you!!!
By ROD
April 19, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this
It’s not big deal; our male government leaders like boys. Why do people still talk about Vick and the water bottle, what happen to a young lady getting rape a Patrick Kerney house. You talk about Vick, but what about Kerney. Yes he said he was asleep, what if the was Vick house and Vick said he was asleep would it be this quiet.
By Daylight Come
April 19, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this
Smoke a doobie, ha? Let me see -several people got killed in Virginia this week by a stark raving maniac; a mother dropped her kid off on the interstate after getting p** about her poor performance at a soccer game…oh and let me see, AIDS, poverty, etc. etc. etc…….we’re talking about an herb peopole.(???)
By Bushwacker
April 19, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
I must be right, you won’t print my message!!
By RED and BLACK
April 19, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this
Hypocrisy- Ramble on has woman like qualities about himself. Do not pay attention to him.
Calvin must have been high when he decided to go to Tech. That explains a lot. How he p** three years of his life going to that dump of a school.
By KB
April 19, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this
SL ha ha ha ha. I know who you are…..;) Say hi to Karen for me. You know the rest of the story……
By Bushwacker
April 19, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this
I agree with “doinou”. Ever know of a fight to break out after a bunch guys toast a fat one. Only if you take the last piece of pizza!!
By Mark
April 19, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this
Ummmm, nevermind. I forgot what I was gonna say.
By Bushwacker
April 19, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this
Mckay is brilliant. He probabaly paid the reporter to ask the question in hopes that CJ drops of few spots in then draft and we can get him a number 8, to quote hthe “Guieness” guys…BRILLIANT!!!
By bigpapat
April 19, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this
If there’s anything NFL teams need to worry about…its jock itch. Its the silent killer.
By TruthSpeaker
April 19, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this
You don’t think marijuana is dangerous and that it can’t NEGATIVELY affect athletic performance?
Take a look at what it just did to the Thrashers!
By Falcons Fan
April 19, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this
Calvin Johnson smokes pot? No wonder he runs so fast and is considered the best player in the draft.
By Ms. Disparity
April 19, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this
VIRGINIA TECH Potheads = Gangsta Thugs and Idiots
GEORGIA TECH Potheads = Poorly Designed Interchanges like I-285 @ GA 400
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Either way, drug use makes you do DUMB things!
By Brandon
April 19, 2007 4:11 PM | Link to this
Typical Georgia Tech player.
By Daylight Come
April 19, 2007 4:12 PM | Link to this
DON’T, CAN’T — TruthSpeaker - if you used it you would use more positive words and not have to put them in BOLD LETTERS. Anyway I DON’T, CAN’T use it in a while so I should just shut up myself now, right……I’m so out. This is starting to be boring……
By joe
April 19, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this
OH NO!! With all the problems in this world, I can’t believe we are still concerned about this. Who cares.
By AlphaRomeo
April 19, 2007 4:17 PM | Link to this
As bad as GEORGIA 400 is, I wouldn’t be the least bit shocked if that dumb@$$ pothead Michael Vick had some part is designing it. F** D.O.T. morons!!!!
By Haze Gray
April 19, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this
The ypung man graduated from Tech so it must not have had an effect on his mind. I smoked a little in Viet-Nam and none since. I wish him well.
By Toker Grace
April 19, 2007 4:19 PM | Link to this
Calvin Johnson already had his NFL Workout for the scouts???????
I thought he wasn’t scheduled to show off his mad skillz until this Friday, 4/20.
HEY! Lookit what time it iz!
Yeah…. Uh, U dogz know what I’m sayin?
By Fanatic
April 19, 2007 4:24 PM | Link to this
About 99.9% of NFL athletes smoke pot, drink, take other drugs, etc. It’s no big deal—-just win baby!!!
By Titothebear
April 19, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
Ask Ricky Williams who cares about marijuana useage. Marijuana is an illegal drug and the fact this young man admits to using it points up his lack of respect for rules and law. Those minimizing this admission are probably pot users themselves. The NFL regularly tests for marijuana use. Whichever team takes Calvin will do so with the knowledge he could be lost to them at any time because of drug dependency.
By Ramble ON!
April 19, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
Red and black speaking of “dump” s, CJ will make more $ from the co-patent he has for the crappers he develop for South American countries (no that’s not Valdosta) than you will for the rest of your life.
I’m sure you have no idea what I’m talking about though. You may want to ask someone with a high school diploma what a patent is and we’ll take it from there.
By brusier
April 19, 2007 4:26 PM | Link to this
Calvin needs to get with Michael Vick and buy one of those fake water bottles to store his weed (oops, I mean jewelry) when he goes through airport scanners!
By GT-2
April 19, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this
Kris, I am sure that was diamond residue that disappeared with the special water bottle.
Can you say “Naive”
By Dick
April 19, 2007 4:28 PM | Link to this
You can’t be in the pros today unless you either: do drugs, are an alcholic, commit adultry, wear your britches down to your no-nads.
By Delia
April 19, 2007 4:31 PM | Link to this
I care. Did he smoke pot and then drive a car, cause an accident and kill someone? Maybe not, but he COULD HAVE. And pot IS a gateway drug. As the daughter of a lifelong drug addict, my father started with pot and branched out into heroin, crack and now meth. It’s amazing that he’s 60 years old, still doing drugs. But it all started out as fun and games smoking pot a few decades ago. He not only ruined his lives, but ours along with it. And did I mention the number of car accidents he had while high?
By GT-2
April 19, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this
Dick, you forgot about fathering several out of wedlock children.
By Ramble ON!
April 19, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this
Red and black speaking of “dump” s, CJ will make more $ from the co-patent he has for the crappers he develop for South American countries (no that’s not Valdosta) than you will for the rest of your life.
I’m sure you have no idea what I’m talking about though. You may want to ask someone with a high school diploma what a patent is and we’ll take it from there.
By GT-2
April 19, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this
Delia,
Real touching story, but your father obviously has a drug problem. That does not mean everyone does.
By Daylight Come
April 19, 2007 4:44 PM | Link to this
Delia sorry about your dad, - blame the other drugs on the car accidents as very people speed while high on marijuana and marijuana didn’t make him try the other drugs — maybe greed for more high and stupidity to actually go for it….
By ThisIsStupid
April 19, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this
The people that claim to be so upset because is illegal crack me up. You know what else is illegal??? Running RED Lights and BLOCKING Intersections! About 4 Million of you do that every day at 8 & 5! If YOU would stop breaking the law trafic would ease 30% in this town. But maybe you think you can get home faster. Why to get high??? Hypocrites!!!
By will c
April 19, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this
I don’t think its a big deal until it affects his performance on the field or his ability to lead a responsible adult life. Most everyone I know in college has tried weed at least once. Just remember your days in college and you will probably find something worse that you may have done.
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By Nub
April 19, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this
It’s not like it’s a performance-enhancing drug. Legalize it.
By dudedog
April 19, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this
The hypoocrisy is smoothering. The same drug Vick didn’t admit to using but was suspected of using made him a gangsta thug. Seems odd that the nit wit AJC readers and writers that wanted to tar and feather Vick and send down the river in a rowboat can be so understandng of young Calvin’s indiscretion. ATL Chickheads is such an appropriate description of Atlanta Fans.
By Falcons Fan
April 19, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this
Delia,
You father smoked a cigarette and drank a beer before he smoked pot. Those are the gateway drugs. Thanks.
By Falcons Fan
April 19, 2007 5:39 PM | Link to this
More people die in one year from Alcohol and tobacco related deaths than have ever died from Marijuana related deaths.
Marijuana has been scientifically proven to reduce the effects of glaucoma, cancer, and other serious illnesses.
Your daughter smokes it. Your boss smokes it. Your favorite football player smokes it. Get over it.
By RED and BLACK
April 19, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this
I love yellow jacket fans…..I mean take Ramble On for example. He can really dish it out but when it comes time to take it his little vagina gets some sand in it. And he starts talking about how much smarter he is then the rest of us. Typical of a Georgia Tech fan. Thank you for displaying your woman like qualities that I mentioned.
And I am just curious…..could Georgia get a patent rights on the 6 years of wins it has againist GTU ?
Calvin…I am truly sorry you wasted your three years at Tech with an inept qb and sorry coach and fans that make you have sympathy for there social disabilities.
Ramble On are you telling me that you make more money then Calvin would off a crapper (not the GT fan base) he designed? Anyway Ramble On shouldnt you be making an a* out of yourself on the Georgia Blog?
By sadeefari
April 19, 2007 5:57 PM | Link to this
The people who smoke Marijuana know it’s about as harmless as eating red meat.
Now compared to Alcohol and the plethora of deaths and violence attributed to it.. I mean really.. wake up America!
This doesn’t effect anything.
By shivas
April 19, 2007 6:05 PM | Link to this
What a laugh. Has anyone made it through college and not smoked a joint? Oh yes, hopefully he will drop to the 8th pick!
By Najeh Davenpoop
April 19, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this
There is no logical reason why alcohol and cigarettes are legal, when marijuana is still illegal. We spend so much time in this country debating topics like gay marriage which affect less than 1% of the population, while wasting millions of taxpayer dollars incarcerating people for non-violent weed-related crimes. The percentage of weed users who cause fatalities or serious injuries as a result of their weed use is minuscule. I’d be willing to bet half the people who cry out against weed use and spout the truth commercial garbage about it being a “gateway drug” have never actually tried it. I still hear people every day who try to claim it’s addictive, for crying out loud. I’m an occasional weed user, and I have never once felt the temptation to try cocaine, heroin, or any harder drugs.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with smoking weed in your spare time. As long as these players don’t smoke it during practice or during the game, who cares? If Calvin did anything wrong in this situation, he didn’t take into account the media’s willingness to blow the facts out of proportion. I wouldn’t have let the spin-happy media know about my prior weed usage. But as long as you pass the whizz test, more power to you, Calvin.
By Matt
April 19, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this
Have you ever drank alcohol before? Well, that is worse than smoking pot!! Get over this people, half the people you work with smoke too!
By Najeh Davenpoop
April 19, 2007 6:19 PM | Link to this
Oh, and also, the reason for weed being illegal is not money-related. Republicans and Democrats alike realize that if they added legalization or decriminalization to their platform, they would lose nearly every Christian vote in the country. Libertarians advocate legalization, and look how many votes they are getting. As long as the morality police are still a significant voting bloc, weed will never be legalized in this country. Of course, the same morality police could care less about the sky-high rates of divorce and adultery in our country…
By Jimmy smoke crack and I dont care
April 19, 2007 6:20 PM | Link to this
Yeahhh boyyy!!! you tell em Najeh, hell I have been smokin the Mary Jane my whole life and it aint effected me none, I havent lost my job or anything because of it either, as a matter of fact I was just promoted to drive through. I havent been kicked out of my trialer either, we just moved into a double wide. So all those who say that pot will destroy your brain, well like a said before. The poop in the wind is better than a dog in my pocket, or is it a dime in the jukebox is is better than poop in my pocket, ah hell y’all know what i’m trying to say.
By Jimmy smoke crack and I dont care
April 19, 2007 6:31 PM | Link to this
Wooof Wooof Wooof,GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Skip to the lou my darlin, skip to my louuuuuu!!!!!! 4 score and seven years ago today, I had a dream that I asked not what my country can do for me but,you cant handle the truthhhhh!!!!
By What's up!
April 19, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this
We all know that all Tech students Smoke pot! It is the only way to get thought the Hell of Tech and Calculus.
By Coach Pertrino
April 19, 2007 7:02 PM | Link to this
Token Grace you damn right its 4/20 Baby and I will party till the sun comes up 4/21 lol
By porksword
April 19, 2007 7:03 PM | Link to this
Golly gee, pop. I can’t believe he tried a marijuana cigarette. Well that’s just not too swell. Not swell at all!
By Fans with $hit for brains +sports writer
April 19, 2007 7:20 PM | Link to this
Vick ,must go says AJC now what about Calvin Johnson. What wrong with this picture?
By Fans with $hit for brains +sports writer
April 19, 2007 7:28 PM | Link to this
Calvin Johnson see what your home town news paper throws it’s home team player under the bus just for a story. You guy are evil all in the name of money. I guess Vick must go for this too.!
By bobby
April 19, 2007 7:37 PM | Link to this
To be honest, a person that has not tried weed, or have been drunk makes me weary. As much as many people try not to be hypocritical I would have to say that at least 90% of the population has tried weed or have been drunk. The media makes this an issue. As far as role model goes, if you are looking for your child to look up to somebody other than yourself then you are not doing a good job. Everybody has some kind of vice. If “all” he is guilty of is smoking weed I trust him more tham most pastors out there. I can expect to hear this from some old heads as they come from a time when information was hidden from the world at large. I don’t smoke weed, never liked the taste but I can care less about who uses it as long as I don’t have to smell it. Since you can grow weed in your back yard that is why the GOV. will not legalize it…can’t tax it. As I stated, I don’t care one way or the other but to be trippin over this…how many people responding has gotten in the car after a couple of drinks and drove over the legal limit which is what like a beer in a half or something…PLEASE Unless you have always gone 55 on the expressway and exactly all the legal limits then Shut up and move on!
By bobby
April 19, 2007 7:45 PM | Link to this
Didn’t Bush smoke weed? Don’t most Hollywood stars use drugs…you still go see the film ..right? Most of your musicians use drugs…you still by the CD’s and go the concert..right? You don’t make a big deal about that then stop trippin about this. Calvin is no role model..he didn’t ask to be! He just wants to play football!
By TECH '57
April 19, 2007 8:10 PM | Link to this
Aren’t Clemson’s Bowden comments classic?!!?? Those people just don’t know or care what is right and wrong!
By George Hale
April 19, 2007 8:19 PM | Link to this
I would probably smoke it, if it wasn’t illegal. And, I would inhale. However, that’s why I don’t. It’s illegal you dim wit! And, you will get caught. It’s just a matter of what? That’s right. Time. Say it loud and proud: Time!
By George Hale
April 19, 2007 8:30 PM | Link to this
Josh: You’re a crack up! LOL! Georgia Toke? LOL! How about Ron and Don Mexico from Virginia Toke? I predict No. 7 will never lead a Team to a Super Bowl. That’s right, I said NEVER! He’s not the only one I’ve seen with that kind of talent. I’m just sorry that some of those I’ve seen never got the opportunity. What a waste and to think his ilk disrespects the opportunity so that he leads this kind of life. Esta es la vida. Oh, for Ron Mexico, I’ll translate. That means: That’s Life!
By ga dog
April 19, 2007 8:50 PM | Link to this
espn just did a story on the cinci reds outfielder who blew 4 million dollars after he started smoking dope one day in a tatoo palor, bad timing for these 3 guys, their stock should drop
By ga dog
April 19, 2007 8:56 PM | Link to this
calvin cannot beat a top corner anyhow, what is all the fuss about, fred ginn jr, now he scares all corners in the college rank
By Mark
April 19, 2007 9:26 PM | Link to this
This is a non-story and a non-issue. Marijuana should be decriminalized. Stop wasting our taxpayer dollars on trying to stop people from using marijuana. There are many benefits to smoking marijuana.
By Van
April 19, 2007 9:35 PM | Link to this
I don’t smoke so I’ve never done pot. I have never heard of a violent pothead. Does it even make your teeth yellow like cigarettes or have all of the toxic additives that kill thousands like cigarettes? How many times on “Cops” do you see the police pull up to a domestic violence call where the culprit is weed and not alcohol? Again, I have never done pot but the older I get the more I think it is less harmless than alcohol or cigarettes. Legalize it and watch the snack food stocks take off like a rocket.
By Van
April 19, 2007 9:39 PM | Link to this
My mistake, I meant to say less harmful than alcohol or cigarettes.
By Hmmm
April 19, 2007 9:53 PM | Link to this
OK everyone who has had a teenage daughter and who is sure that there is “absolutely nothing wrong with marijuana”… A star athlete comes with a car full of mutual friends to pick up your daughter for a date. He has been smoking weed. You see it in his eyes and you smell it on his clothes.
Do you shake the boy’s hand, hug your daughter, and yell after them them, “have a good time!”? If not, why not?
By addicted
April 19, 2007 9:58 PM | Link to this
All those comparing this with the Michael Vick incident have to be idiots!
Calvin chose to admit having tried marijuana in the past. The only reason he did that was because wanted to be honest. How does that compare to an individual trying to sneak marijuana through probably the most heavily secured parts of this country accessible by civilians? Did Vick not know that passengers are actually checked in airports?
He was vilified more for being a complete idiot rather than the ‘shocking’ revelation that he smokes pot.
By Who gives a rats ----
April 19, 2007 10:58 PM | Link to this
How on earth is this viewed as a negative? How many athletes do you think have lied in responding to this question in years passed? News flash people- 9 out of 10 prospective NFL draftees smoke.(if not more) So lets give Calvin props for honesty here. He is answering the question truthfully. And I would love to see a polygraph conducted on those NFL prospects who contend they have never tried marijuana. I believe that would tell NFL teams who they should really be concerned about. So get a life people, and give my man CJ the credit he deserves for honesty.
By MikeT
April 19, 2007 11:09 PM | Link to this
Of course it’s a big deal! Isn’t pot illegal? Could he walk up to a cop smoking pot and not be arrested? We already knew he used poor judgement when he chose to play at GT. If he has been hidden the fact that he used pot, what other illegal drugs will he be doing in the future. I lost all respect for him now.
By ZGOLDATOWN
April 19, 2007 11:22 PM | Link to this
Legalize it. Free the prisoners. Just another example of how responisble Marijuana use does not negatively affect anything. I smoke 10 plus times a day and still make enough money to retire by the time im 35. Pot is nothing like any other illegal drug. It is not a gateway drug, that is so funny. It is just the most readily available, therfore it is looked at as a gateway drug. Pot is a beautiful thing that G-d put on this Earth just like that guy steve who is quoting medical journals and WEBMD hahah. Smoke one and see for yourself Steve. But at the heart of the issue if it does not effect Calvin on the field then it’s a non issue. People are naive, boring, and sad. to say all respect is lost for someone because they were honest about just TRYING pot is just insane. Mike T, I take it you dont have many friends because everybody smokes. Trust me, 75 percent of people you know if not higher have at least tried pot. Happy 420 to everyone on here. A great day to spread the word, and get blazed. i know im leavin the office early and making my georgia employees stay. I urge everyone who reads this regardless of opinion to just go to www.norml.org and give it a chance. read the responses to the propoganda in the American Medical Journal that Steve quotes. WebMD hahahahah, im not even gonna touch that one. I could argue this point forever and have already donated a lot of time and money to the cause and will continue to do so. However I wanna go get high. HAPPY 420! Legalize it, free the prisoners, Go Jackets. Fight, Win, Drink, Smoke, get naked!!!!
By Mike T is an idiot
April 19, 2007 11:25 PM | Link to this
MIKE T,
You, sir, are a loser. You lost all respect for someone who tells the truth? Give me a freaking break you f in hypocrite? I guess people are perfect in your fairy tale world. What rock are you living under? What planet do you reside in? Wake up and smell the 21st century.
Let me reiterate- give me a list of past NFL prospects who contended that they have never smoked. I’d love to see how many of those have subsequently tested positive once they were drafted by an NFL squad. And by the way, Calvin is smart enough to know that his honesty will result in tighter scrutiny of his urine for the foreseeable future. No big deal since he has nothing to hide. The ones with something to hide are the ones lying in response to the question.
You also add to your stupidity by referencing the error in judgement choosing to play at GT. Are you suggesting that he would have been better off at UGA with the positive role models there? ie. Quincy “key bump” Carter, Odell “Crack Head” and “I can’t stay out of jail” Thurman, give me a f ing break pal. Loser.
By Call me Earl
April 20, 2007 12:31 AM | Link to this
They should’ve taken a poll to see how many of you crazy fans smoke.
So CJ took a puff of the some purp, bubble, or dro. I hope it was good! Smoke all you want on the off season.
By Titothebear
April 20, 2007 12:33 AM | Link to this
Reefer Johnson will get picked by some team needing a hit from a speedy, smokin’ receiver. No toke! someone will take him and take a chance on being bong. Let’s face it, Reefer can roll with the best of them. He’s fast, has good hands and can give a devastating shotgun. His workout regimine is the chronic and you can’t get much better than that. Good luck Reefer! Have you tried a little hash oil on the tip? Sho nuff take you over the rainbow homes.
By baby boomer
April 20, 2007 6:31 AM | Link to this
I wouldn’t trust anyone who hasn’t tried pot. It’s all the other stuff I’d be concerned about.
By LudaKris
April 20, 2007 7:23 AM | Link to this
SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY………..thats different so keep on keepin on and being from the ATL i thank he’ll show up with his A game regardless.
By RufustheRoadRunner
April 20, 2007 8:00 AM | Link to this
You mean, Calvin is human? A college athlete smoking ganja? Who would have ever thought it possible! Anyone who thinks this is even news is an ostrich. People love to get high to help cope with the stress of a society that has its’ collective undies in a bundle over the slightest transgression. Try it sometime, your wife’s habits that you find so annoying will suddenly not seem so annoying…..
By Zoomie
April 20, 2007 8:01 AM | Link to this
Heck yeah, it should affect his draft status. The bum! I hope it drops him to the eighth spot!
By sav
April 20, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this
I respect calvin for admitting that at the combine. Most people lie, I bet 95 percent of college athletes have tried it before. He actually told the truth, he is great kid.
By gdawginkalamazoo
April 20, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this
First, Josh, LMAO! Ga Toke? Too funny dude.
Second, wait till CJ tokes on a joint laced with PCP or Angel Dust. We all know that drug dealers worry about the quality of their products and long term business. Never about how much and where the next buck comes from. They truly care about their clients.
By robo
April 20, 2007 8:49 AM | Link to this
happy 420 day!
By Jimmy Smoke Crack and I Dont Care
April 20, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this
I am sorry people I must disagree with the majority of the individuals within this site, as a civilized society we must adhere to the laws that have been put forth by our duly elected officials.
Anarchy invites chaos and chaos invites destructurization. A law has been broken here and this individual must be held accountable for his actions, any thing less would be a travesty and a mockery of our judicial system.
Now that that has been said has anyone seen my pet dragon JoJo ? The last time I seen him is when we were flying over the metro area and we stopped at an AM/PM to get a corn dog and a cherry coke, and when I came out he was gone. If anybody finds him I would apprecitate you giving me a call.
By Pop
April 20, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this
I would love to know what some of you HYPOCRITS did while in college…or did you even go to college?
Within a month Calvin Johnson will have more money than you or your entire generation will EVER SEE!!
Now put that in your meth pipes and smoke it…lol
By Tee
April 20, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this
Why does every blog have to involve Mike Vick? You hillbillies need a life.
You will leave Atlanta before Mike Vick will..lol
By Pop
April 20, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this
Zoomie, even if he drops to the 28th spot, he will still have more $$$ than you will ever see…..IDIOT!!
By jay
April 20, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this
Give me a break.The article said CJ has not comfirmed or denied the alligations.They might be completely false.Just like that Michael Vick lie.And you people still want him (Vick) to be guilty,but no one wants to find out if Patrick Kearney raped that girl and payed to keep it quiet.Things are funny that way huh?Hypocrites!What about Kearney?
By G'Vegas Dawg
April 20, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this
The only significance to this whole situation, in my opinion, is the message that it sends to young people who see this story. It is being made to sound like smoking pot is an OK thing to do, as long as you are just “trying” or “experimenting” with it. I don’t think this is the message we need to be sending to 8th, 9th, 10th grade young men and women.
By Bobby
April 20, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this
What’s worse, admitting to trying weed or going 65 mph on 285 everyday? Both are breaking the law.
It’s funny how this guy is being executed in the media regarding some information that was supposed to be confidential. Everyone on this post has done something illegal …jay walking, not coming to a complete stop at a stop sign…this guy hasn’t even been arrested for anything….I “BREAK THE LAW” everyday on 285 and 100% of all drivers go over the exact speed limit “BREAKING THE LAW”…the Law is the Law ..right? non-issue! I guess now I have to be on the look out for some of you Barney 5’s trying to make a citizen arrrest on 285!
By Jimmy Smoke Crack and I Dont Care
April 20, 2007 10:31 AM | Link to this
Here Kitty Kitty Kitty Kitty !!!!!!
By G'Vegas Dawg
April 20, 2007 10:40 AM | Link to this
Which highway do you travel on Bobby? I don’t think you mentioned it enough in your defense of your pot smoking habit.
By DawgStompper
April 20, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this
94 Dawg, don’t you even sit there and ridacule Tech and Calvin. I guarantee their are Pot heads over there in Athens Community College. That whole team is a joke. Half of them prob recruited from the State Prison. Oh by the way, didn’t a certain Dawg get in trouble with some Crack? ” Cough Quincy Carter, Cough”. Just another excuse for Redneck Dawg Fans to poke at a Smarter School.
By Amy
April 20, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this
G’Vegas….if your kids pay more attention to an Athlete or entertainment than their parents you have other issues.
That’s the problem with AmeriKKKa today, you want to blame everything and everybody else for your kids problems.
By SL
April 20, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this
robo - RIGHT ON!!! Happy 420 day everyone!!!
“It’s Friday…you ain’t got sh!t to do, let’s get high!!” (perfectly appropriate for today and the date!!!)
Anyone know that movie!!
KB - If you are checking, I’m still laughing at the post!! Small world, and I feel y’alls pain!!! That sucked BIG time for y’all!!!
By G'Vegas Dawg
April 20, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this
Actually Amy, I don’t have any kids. I was referring to all of the kids who grow up in poverty with single parents on welfare. Not the ones who grow up with parental support in their homes. Not the ones who know the difference between right and wrong because they have a daddy there to tell them. I was talking about the ones whose only make role models are athletes. You need to regroup, sit down, think about something intelligent to say and try again.
By G'vegas Dawg
April 20, 2007 11:03 AM | Link to this
smells mo like outdo to me.
By SL
April 20, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this
G’vegas Dawg
YAY!!! LMAO!!! What a great day today is going to be!!!
By BOBBY
April 20, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this
G’Vegas Dawg, I don’t smoke weed and to be honest I find that offensive. If you read my other post, I never liked the taste of it. I haven’t “tried” weed/reefer in 20 years. So yep, you could do a hair sample on me and you would not find Marijuana in my system. The thing is, I can care less about weed being legal or illegal it’s just that “trying weed” in the past should not be an issue. Most of these people are throwing up the “illegal” issue like they have never done anything illegal, and how they are so disappointed in Calvin. They must have put him on a pedestal higher than themselves. So you don’t have to worry about what highway I travel. Maybe coming back from a Superbowl party you may catch a couple of beers in my system but that’s it!
By im from crackworth
April 20, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this
lets ask Terence Moore if he has ever tried weed? stupid assumption: i thought all African Americans have tried weed.
By nel
April 20, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this
From the report on TV this morning, it appears the questions ranged from “Have you ever?”, to “Are you an habitual user?” The person who leaked the information didn’t bother to state which question Calvin answered.
By Monica L.
April 20, 2007 12:02 PM | Link to this
Is smoking pot worse than smoking pole ?
By Rick From PI
April 20, 2007 12:04 PM | Link to this
You should be worried about those that did not admit to prior use. This shows unbelievable character that he admits to his mistakes and moves on. Falcons need to deal for this kid.
By Ima Proctologist
April 20, 2007 12:05 PM | Link to this
Mr. Moore always seems like he is a bit constipated to me, especially when is on TV.
Perhaps he could add a little more fiber to his diet so he won’t always seem so uptight?
By Vicky Vick
April 20, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this
Is it true that the Falcons canceled their scheduled mini-camp practice for this afternoon out of respect for Mike Vick, knowing he has other PLANZ during the 4 o’clock hour ???
I hear the cafeteria there at the Falcons Complex in Flowery Branch received an unusually LARGE shipment of Cheetos and Oreo boxes this morning.
By MiDdle FaNga ZuP
April 20, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Whoever went and told Pro Football Weekly was probably the “tattle-tell” all through their school years. WHAT A LAME!! Who gives a F#&K. These kids aren’t even IN the league yet, and some A*******HOLE is trying to ruin them already. We refer to these people az HATERS, ladies and gents!!! Somebody should’ve given Cho tha Piece-of-S##t something to smoke on; VT wouldn’t be going through this BS!!!
GO HOKIE NATION!!!
By MiDdle FaNga ZuP
April 20, 2007 12:36 PM | Link to this
HEY “IM FROM CRACKWORTH”… YOU’RE AN A*******HOLE (JUST THOUGHT U SHOULD KNOW). AND IF I EVER KNEW WHO U WERE, I’D PUNCH U IN THE MOUTH AND BREAK THE FINGERS U USED TO TYPE THAT BS!!!
PLS BELIEVE!!
By G'Vegas Dawg
April 20, 2007 12:37 PM | Link to this
Booby - If you think I am offensive now wait til about 4:25 this afternoon….puff puff give
By jay
April 20, 2007 12:49 PM | Link to this
CJ hasn’t been available to confirm or deny these alligations,so for now it’s not true and for you Vick haters,the bottle was examined and there was no weed.How about finding out if Kearney raped that girl.The case where nothing made sense “the girl brought strangers into Kearney’s house and Kearney went to sleep”.Yeah right!
By Paul
April 20, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this
G’Vegas, 99% of the mass murderers have both parents at home…watch the news and read more buddy!!
By Ray
April 20, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this
“I’m from crackworth”….99% of white America does Meth. Weed or meth…hmmm I think there are more millionaires that smoke weed!!
You Meth users hang out in trailer parks…lol
By jay
April 20, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this
JUST AS I THOUGHT.WHERE IS KEARNEY AND WHY HASN’T THERE BEEN A DISCRIPTION OF THE GUY WHO SUPPOSIDLY RAPED THE GIRL AT KEARNY’S HOUSE,WHILE HE WAS THERE (ASLEEP WHILE STRANGERS WERE IN HIS HOUSE)?WHO GOES TO SLEEP WITH STRANGERS IN THEIR HOUSE?LET ME GUESS,YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT VICK OR CJ!RACIST HYPOCRITES!
By Straight$$$$Homie
April 20, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this
These guys were doomed from the beginning. Typical “Catch 22” situation, damned if they do or damned if they don’t. The fact that they admitted it show’s insight to their character. They’ve never failed a drug test, so I’ll assume it’s PRIOR usage. I’ll agree with the fact that it’s illegal, and won’t condone it at all. However, I refuse to throw stones because my house (like those we all live in) has a little too much glass in it’s composition. We’re not perfect and all make mistakes. It’s funny to see the lines drawn based on the two GA schools fan base. If you attend UGA, he’s scum and if you attend GT, it’s okay. No middle ground really. Please leave Vick out of this issue. His inclusion only serves to show the disdain you have for him, it doesn’t validate your claims. A few thoughts on the draft. I sincerely hope we don’t get caught with our hands in our pockets before Oaklands card is handed in. If the draft goes according to the thoughts of many, I doubt that everybody’s #8 pick (Landry) will be there. We will have to move to at least # 6 (Wash.) to get him. If we stand pat, we lose out on a QUALITY #8 selection (referring to slot value) and will have to settle for someone like Levi Brown or trade down. I’d like to get CJ and I think we should trade our next years #1 (cap reasons), this years #8 pick, and a 4th and 7th rounder this year to get him. I know this is alot, but high 1st rounders that are that good don’t come along that often. Mid to late 1st rounders (Jenkins & White) are plentiful and don’t always pan out. If we get CJ and have a good year, next years 1st round pick should have the same value as a 2nd round pick and we’d save from have to pay out the guaranteed salary and signing bonus. If we don’t do anything, we better hope that Al Davis decides to stick it to Jon Gruden for leaving and selects CJ instead of Russell. What do we do if CJ and Landry are gone but Peterson is there at #8? If Landry is gone, I like Aaron Rouse from VT with #39, and Sidney Rice @ #44. I think the biggest deficiency in our offense is a lack of a TRUE deep threat. Someone that commands an automatic DOUBLE TEAM would help out the line in pass protection tremendously. It would also minimize seeing 8 in the box. With that in mind, if everybody we need is gone at number 8 and we don’t trade down for additional picks, I say we select Ted Ginn Jr. That way, I’ll never have to see Allen Rossum in a falcon uniform again and my blood pressure wouldn’t spike on 3rd down and whatever! Just some thoughts. Remember, keep your responses to the point with no personal attacks please. Thank you…
By bobby
April 20, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this
G’Vegas Dawg, - That just brought back memories when I was pulled over coming home from night school about 18 years ago and this little officer about 5’8 weighing about 145lbs pulled me over for speeding. I was just sipping on some orange juice and he asked me had I been smokin with his hand on his pistol. No smoke from the car and no reason for that question, I wanted to say has you mama…but of course I may not be here today with that response:) What is funny, I kept seeing 420 all over the post and just kept reading as I had no idea what the significance was until about 30 minutes ago, one of my co-workers said 420 - 420 national smoke out day. She had no idea I was on the web. I remember it from years ago but had no idea it was still kept dear and it is still going strong. I could blame it on getting old but she is the same age as I am - 40.
By King JEC IV
April 20, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this
CJ smoked pot? Okay, so he tried it once. As long as he isn’t continuing to smoke, he’ll be fine. Whoever drafts him doesn’t want a guy who will constantly be suspended. Bush admitted to doing drugs, so I don’t see what the big fuss is about. As for falling short in the eyes of God, everyone has fallen short of perfection. We’re not God. Calling each other names doesn’t make your point anymore valid than the next guy’s.
* To CDogg: Immorality is all around you, my friend. It’s no more prevalent with athletes than it is with you and me. Because they are in the spotlight, you hear about all of their flaws and mistakes. Calvin made a bad choice. How dare you condemn him for making a mistake!! What did God say about forgiveness? You sound like you don’t like him now. In that case, it’s very sad. For someone so Godly, you should strive a little harder.*
By RF
April 20, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this
I admire his honesty. How can anyone place judgement. If a current user “not good”. I would assume it is in past as it is with most people. We try things as teens and then mature and make better choices..I would rather him tell the truth now then have someone discover it later and trash him for it. Good role models use their indiscretions of the past to teach from.
By King JEC IV
April 20, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this
To Jay: You raise a good question. However, the last I heard it sounded like it was established that Kerney didn’t have anything to do with it. As for finding the culprits, that’s a good question. Where are they? And why haven’t they found them yet?
By jay
April 20, 2007 2:17 PM | Link to this
WELL,WHEN THERE’S A SPOKESPERSON AND NOT A WORD UTTERED FROM THE WOMAN OR A PUBLIC APPEARANCE BY KEARNEY,IT RAISES QUESTIONES IN MY MIND,LIKE WAS KEARNEY DRUNK,WOULD HIS APPEARANCE MAKE HIM LOOK GUILTY,WHY DID EVERYONE GIVE KEARNEY AN OUT,WHY HAVEN’T WE HEARD ANYTHING ELSE AND FINALLY,WHAT IF THIS HAPPENED AT VICK’S HOUSE?THINK REALLY HARD.AND WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT VICK AND THIS DAMN WATER BOTTLE THAT HAS BEEN EXAMINED AND HE’S BEEN VINDICATED,BUT TO A LOT OF YOU GUYS,HE’S STILL GUILTY.I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO LIGHT SOMETHING THAT MATTERS,BUT EVEN THE AJC HID THE STORY IN THE SPORTS SECTION AND DAYS LATER,MICHAEL VICK WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PAPER TALKING ABOUT THE NEW COACH AND SCHEME AND SOME REPORTER ASKED HIM ABOUT THE WATER BOTTLE.CAN YOU SAY SMOKESCREEN?
By jay
April 20, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this
FURTHERMORE,I HAVEN’T HEARD THE WOMAN SAY KEARNEY DIDN’T DO IT.THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A SPOKESPERSON THERE IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING AND PLENTY OF NEIBORS STANDING UP FOR HIS CHARECTER.GIVING HIM EVERY OUT.WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IN SUGARLOAF AT VICKS HOUSE?LET’S FACE IT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT VICK TO BE THE QB FOR THE FALCONS OR THE HIGHEST PAID PLAYER IN LEAGUE HISTORY.
By Brian L.
April 20, 2007 3:29 PM | Link to this
I sure do hope that the pot smoking hurts Calvin’s draft stock!!!! In fact I hope it hurts him all the way down to the 8th pick in the draft!!!
By NAAWP President
April 20, 2007 3:45 PM | Link to this
Jay - Probably the reason you didn’t hear anything else is because there never really was a rape. It was a case of a group of hammered people coming back to Kearney’s house. Chick gets drunk, blacks out (whoa, that may be a little racist in your eyes, sorry) she loses her senses, comes back to her senses, realizes what she has done, and calls it a rape. You seem to want to rave that everything is racist like your boys Jessy and Al. Well, let me tell you something my friend….WAKE UP!! You live a miserable little life my friend. If i tried to spend every day of my life trying to pick out something that is racist in every situation, I would be miserable. You are a miserable person, who I hope is not raising children to be miserable, racist, children that are taught to hate the white man.
By NwordWhat?
April 20, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this
I’m smoking weed right now. Draft me!!
By theman
April 20, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this
CUT THE BULL MAN, JUST LEGALIZE THE SH%& AND WE CAN ALL RELAX A LITTLE BIT
By schs
April 20, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
I live in Tyrone and my son attended High School with Calvin. It’s a testament to his honesty and upbringing to tell the truth. It’s over and done, end of story.
By King JEC IV
April 20, 2007 4:52 PM | Link to this
You’re right. Everyone wants to run Vick out of town. Kerney is already gone to Seattle. Nonetheless, I believe the victim stated that Kerney didn’t rape her. To NAAWP President: Jay raised a good question. Why are people still carrying on about the water bottle? If not race, is it because they have a personal grudge against him? It smelled of weed but there was none. They didn’t have anything to prosecute him for. In no way does this justify his weed habit. Second, Vick is constantly blasted for his sub-par play. However, the fans never seem to criticize the other 10 players on offense. Granted, he’s the ‘team leader’ but he needs help. (ie. better blocking) That’s the biggest problem- you need Pro Bowl caliber OL. Maybe that’s why Jay raises his argument. Just trying to give you another perspective to think about. I try to think about something from another perspective besides my own. Sometimes you may come to a different conclusion. You’re right. Everything isn’t racist, but let’s not pretend that racism doesn’t exist anymore. And most black people don’t spend all day thinking about race. I don’t think anyone does. Given the history of our country, it’s a part of our country that most people would rather not talk about.
By THE WATERBOY
April 20, 2007 5:11 PM | Link to this
Why are people still carrying on about Mikey V’s water bottle?
Calvin Johnson = Intelligent, well-mannered, college kid and FORMER pothead with a sense of integrity and a bright future ahead
Michael Vick = Dumb, mannerless, selfish, venereal disease-ridden, woman-using punk and CURRENT pothead who is several years beyond college, SUPPOSED TO BE leader of an NFL team and of whom MUCH MORE is expected
CJ uses his fingers for catching balls and punching calculators, NOT shooting birds.
Friends and neighbors, THAT is why people are still carrying on about the “water bottle.”
Peace.
By Jimmy Smoke Crack and I Dont Care
April 20, 2007 5:21 PM | Link to this
Every single person on this blog needs to shut the F*&# up and go smoke a bowl, why the hell are you all on this blog site anyway, shouldn’t y’all be at work or something ?? at least I have an excuse, I got fired from my drive through job today for smoking smoke in the bathroom. Everyone of you smoke and so do you mama’s, I know cuz she was at my house last night firing it up with me, and after she was done she smoked my pipe if you know what I mean.
By Ripdog
April 20, 2007 5:39 PM | Link to this
I care somewhat. Nothing to do with pot being illegal or legal, but over time, and can slow down reaction time. If I had the ability of Calvin Johnson and could make as much money as him, I wouldn’t even so much as eat a Varsity hotdog. His body is his tool to make money. I’m not saying the guy is some crackhead. To even admit that he tried it once means this person has some awesome character. I just hope he realizes that he’s not like 99% of us and he has a very special gift. I’ve seen too man athletes not live up to their potential because they’ve been influenced by pot. Look at J.R. Rider and Ricky Williams. It’s not serious but now NFL teams know he has tried it, there should be a clause in his contract that has financial penalties for a positive drug test.
By Dorsey Hill
April 20, 2007 5:45 PM | Link to this
Now I know why he went to Tech instead of Georgia. We told him that he couldn’t be ‘rockin’ the ganj.’ Gailey probably told him he could do lines on his wife’s rear end if he’d come to school at Tech.
Anyone doubt that had he gone to UGA that there would be no question that this kid would be the no. 1 pick? Probably have a Heisman too.
By King JEC IV
April 20, 2007 6:17 PM | Link to this
I don’t agree with the questions of his intelligence or the claims of selfishness. Punk? That’s definitely uncalled for. As for flipping fans the bird, I’m tired of fans getting a free pass to act an a$$ to the athletes. I don’t care what you paid for your ticket or how much he makes. No one should have to tolerate verbal abuse from anyone. How would you like to have someone do that to you? Put yourself in somebody else’s shoes for a change.
By jay
April 20, 2007 6:33 PM | Link to this
TO naawp, DID I HIT A NERVE?I JUST THINK IT’S STRANGE A RAPE WAS FOUND IN THE BACK OF THE SPORTS PAGE AND A WATER BOTTLE MADE THE VERY FRONT PAGE.AND BY THE WAY NO ONE HAS HEARD FROM THE GIRL TO SAY KEARNEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.THERE JUST HAPPENED TO BE A SPOKESPERSON THERE IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.IT SEEMS YOU ONLY RECOGNIZED ONE WORD IN MY COMMENT.I WONDER WHY.AND FOR THE RECORD,THE STORY IS THAT SHE WOKE UP AND SOMEONE WAS HAVING SEX WITH HER AND SHE TRIED TO FIGHT THEM OFF AND SHE WAS FORCED TO GIVE (KEARNEY) A MAN,ORAL SEX.SO,WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THAT HAPPENED AT VICK’S HOUSE?DON’T TAKE AS A PERSONAL ATTACK ON YOU AND IF YOU DO,YOU NEED TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR.FACE THE FACTS AND READ THRU THE B.S.
By jay
April 20, 2007 6:53 PM | Link to this
JUST A QUESTION.WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME SOMEONE BROUGHT A STRANGER THEY MET AT A BAR THE SAME NIGHT,TO YOUR HOME AND YOU WENT TO SLEEP BEFORE THEY GOT THE HELL OUT OF YOUR HOUSE?THAT SHOULDN’T MAKE SENSE TO ANY CLEAR THINKING PERSON.IT WOULDN’T BE THE FIRST COVER-UP WOULD IT?
By Jacket Fan
April 20, 2007 6:56 PM | Link to this
With Reggie Ball as his quarterback, can you blame him?!?!
By GINGER
April 20, 2007 7:51 PM | Link to this
TO RLC, I JUST HOPE THIS NEWS PAPER THINK TWICE BEFORE ENTERING THIS AGAIN IN THE PAPER. WE WILL SEE IF THEY PRINT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AFTER THE 28TH OF APRIL. OKAY PRAY FOR THEM & THE NEWS
By GT Bob
April 20, 2007 10:22 PM | Link to this
I thought Calvin was high at the Tickle Pile after last years Miami game. He was laughing so hard. He had to be High. He just laughed and laughed and laughed. He also had the “munches”. God I miss those football game Tickle Piles. Can’t wait til next season.
By IWrecken
April 21, 2007 10:20 AM | Link to this
I’m not bothered by his admission and not surprised. I don’t think less of him.
What does bother me is that GT fans believe their athletes are above this stuff - I don’t think so. Then they rail against other athletes from other teams - a little hypocritical.
By Andrew
April 21, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this
who are all these stiffs in here who didn’t try pot in college? at my school the only ones with this holier-than-thou attitude are the jesus crusaders, of which thankfully there arent too many.
seriously people, most students, many adults, celebrities, politicians, and 60% of the NBA smokes weed. i love how “getting high” is treated by some as if it were shooting up herion or something. i honestly wonder what the people here who havent tried it think when they imagine someone “getting high”, because if youve tried it then you realize that it’s really not a big deal at all. a night of heavy drinking is far more dangerous/delusional/etc.
By Nick Saban
April 21, 2007 3:54 PM | Link to this
Cal and Ron Mexico can share celebratory blunts after the game.
By Braves Fan 79
April 21, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this
Judges smoke, Lawyers smoke, movie stars smoke…the only reason it was ever made illegal was to help kick the mexicans out after we used there cheap labor to build our railroads. Personally…id rather be hi than drunk. I think i have a right to my choice just like you have a right to choose bt Bacardi, Vodka or Tequilla.
By a question
April 21, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this
High draft choice?
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High draft choice?
By zombieboy
April 21, 2007 6:34 PM | Link to this
I have never tried pot.
This country is sliding down the slippery slope of a degraded culture.
They just don’t get it!
It is no wonder the AA culture is in such a mess….and they wonder…..?
By MaconMan
April 21, 2007 8:19 PM | Link to this
It’s time everyone got over the herb issue. Alcohol is far more dangerous. Minor deal. But maybe things like this will force the debate on marijuana.
By montanadawg
April 22, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this
aint nuthin wrong with some weed
By Atlanta Hawks #1 Fan
April 22, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this
I hope this admission does not mess with his money. Teams are going to look at little issues like this to determine whether a player will be a productive asset or a hinderance to the team. I would prefer a kid admit to doing a little pot as opposed to denying it and having a problem.
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By jabster
April 23, 2007 10:08 PM | Link to this
Holding, #21, on the offense, penalty is declined…
By reggie ball
April 24, 2007 8:08 AM | Link to this
I apologize, dog, for my lack of leadership and the peer pressure that I placed on Calvin as an upper classmen. You can blame me for his behavior, dog. It’s just pot, dog. Hey, dog, at least Calvin knows what comes after three, dog.
By cdog
April 29, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this
Calvin Johnson doesn’t deserve to slip past the law just because he is in the draft. he has used drugs. that should effect his draft position. He’s not a amazing as everyone says that he is. Georgia managed to stop him very easily.