2/1/2009 2:36:21 AM

1. who cares?
2. that magazine TOTALLY doesn't seem like an uber trashy/fake news mag
3. they source sounds incredibly jealous - like his girl wanted Michael, or the source is a girl who was hitting on him and got rejected

2/1/2009 2:37:30 AM

I'm Big Business and i approved this message.

2/1/2009 2:38:46 AM

Who cares?

2/1/2009 2:48:51 AM

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"i hope this is michael phelps because my opinion of him will go up"

2/1/2009 2:55:00 AM

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"i bet it really pisses anti-drug people off when they find out a DIRTY DRUG USER is better than them in literally every way imaginable"

LOL.... anti-drug people are the among the biggest losers in the history of humanity. I hope they choke on this.

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"who cares?"

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"what fully grown adult on this planet actually gives a shit about another adult doing drugs in his spare time"

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"Who cares?"

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"who the fuck cares? beer used to be illegal"

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"who cares?"

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"Who cares?"

WE GET IT!!!!!
YOU ALL ARE WAY TOO COOL TO CARE!!!
Shut the fuck up, already.

As has been mentioned, many people do care:

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"Cops, politicians, the media, ultra conservatives, doctors..."

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"advertisers the USOC"

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"a bunch of dumb fucking babies who want to control other peoples' behavior"

And those are just the bad ones. There are many people out there who, because they use weed, have had others in positions of power exercise anti-drug prejudice against them, resulting in them being denied opportunities, disenfranchised, etc. Any and all examples of hard-working and successful potheads, help to erode that prejudice. Perhaps you're already aware of the fact that potheads aren't necessarily lazy or unsuccessful, but very many people still hold this illogical, harmful, and prejudicial stereotype. If all that people hear about weed is that some was found on whatever violent or larcenous criminal that happens to be on the nightly news, then their irrational and bigoted prejudice strengthens. No matter how "cool" some of you must be to assume the position of "who cares?" in regards to this story, the fact remains that this story, (if true, of course,) is important and people on both sides of the debate do care.

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"if he is a pot head he is a way more successful pot head that I am as a non-pothead."

Which is exactly the line of thinking that will lead many ignorant anti-weed people to question why they've viewed weed as being deleterious to one's success.


Side note,
Nearly every swimmer I've known, and a good number of runners I've know, could take HUGE bong-hits. (lungs)

2/1/2009 8:02:12 AM

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"Is that an Omega Planet Ocean?"

that doesn't look like a PO in the first pic. They don't come in white face.

2/1/2009 8:20:36 AM

§ 90-95. Violations; penalties.

(a) Except as authorized by this Article, it is unlawful for any person:

(1) To manufacture, sell or deliver, or possess with intent to manufacture, sell or deliver, a controlled substance;

(2) To create, sell or deliver, or possess with intent to sell or deliver, a counterfeit controlled substance;

(3) To possess a controlled substance.

(b) Except as provided in subsections (h) and (i) of this section, any person who violates G.S. 90-95(a)(1) with respect to:

(1) A controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II shall be punished as a Class H felon, except as follows: (i) the sale of a controlled substance classified in Schedule I or II shall be punished as a Class G felony, and (ii) the manufacture of methamphetamine shall be punished as provided by subdivision (1a) of this subsection.

(1a) The manufacture of methamphetamine shall be punished as a Class C felony unless the offense was one of the following: packaging or repackaging methamphetamine, or labeling or relabeling the methamphetamine container. The offense of packaging or repackaging methamphetamine, or labeling or relabeling the methamphetamine container shall be punished as a Class H felony.

(2) A controlled substance classified in Schedule III, IV, V, or VI shall be punished as a Class I felon, except that the sale of a controlled substance classified in Schedule III, IV, V, or VI shall be punished as a Class H felon. The transfer of less than 5 grams of marijuana for no remuneration shall not constitute a delivery in violation of G.S. 90-95(a)(1).

(c) Any person who violates G.S. 90-95(a)(2) shall be punished as a Class I felon.

(d) Except as provided in subsections (h) and (i) of this section, any person who violates G.S. 90-95(a)(3) with respect to:

(1) A controlled substance classified in Schedule I shall be punished as a Class I felon;

(2) A controlled substance classified in Schedule II, III, or IV shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the controlled substance exceeds four tablets, capsules, or other dosage units or equivalent quantity of hydromorphone or if the quantity of the controlled substance, or combination of the controlled substances, exceeds one hundred tablets, capsules or other dosage units, or equivalent quantity, the violation shall be punishable as a Class I felony. If the controlled substance is methamphetamine, amphetamine, phencyclidine, or cocaine and any salt, isomer, salts of isomers, compound, derivative, or preparation thereof, or coca leaves and any salt, isomer, salts of isomers, compound, derivative, or preparation of coca leaves, or any salt, isomer, salts of isomers, compound, derivative or preparation thereof which is chemically equivalent or identical with any of these substances (except decocanized coca leaves or any extraction of coca leaves which does not contain cocaine or ecgonine), the violation shall be punishable as a Class I felony.

(3) A controlled substance classified in Schedule V shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor;

(4) A controlled substance classified in Schedule VI shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor, but any sentence of imprisonment imposed must be suspended and the judge may not require at the time of sentencing that the defendant serve a period of imprisonment as a special condition of probation. If the quantity of the controlled substance exceeds one-half of an ounce (avoirdupois) of marijuana or one-twentieth of an ounce (avoirdupois) of the extracted resin of marijuana, commonly known as hashish, the violation shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. If the quantity of the controlled substance exceeds one and one-half ounces (avoirdupois) of marijuana or three-twentieths of an ounce (avoirdupois) of the extracted resin of marijuana, commonly known as hashish, or if the controlled substance consists of any quantity of synthetic tetrahydrocannabinols or tetrahydrocannabinols isolated from the resin of marijuana, the violation shall be punishable as a Class I felony.

(d1) (1) Except as authorized by this Article, it is unlawful for any person to:

a. Possess an immediate precursor chemical with intent to manufacture a controlled substance; or

b. Possess or distribute an immediate precursor chemical knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the immediate precursor chemical will be used to manufacture a controlled substance.

Any person who violates this subsection shall be punished as a Class H felon, unless the immediate precursor is one that can be used to manufacture methamphetamine.

(2) Except as authorized by this Article, it is unlawful for any person to:

a. Possess an immediate precursor chemical with intent to manufacture methamphetamine; or

b. Possess or distribute an immediate precursor chemical knowing, or having reasonable cause to believe, that the immediate precursor chemical will be used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Any person who violates this subdivision shall be punished as a Class F felon.

(d2) The immediate precursor chemicals to which subsection (d1) and (d1a) of this section applies are those immediate precursor chemicals designated by the Commission pursuant to its authority under G.S. 90-88, and the following (until otherwise specified by the Commission):

(1) Acetic anhydride.

(2) Acetone.

(3) Anhydrous ammonia.

(4) Anthranilic acid.

(5) Benzyl chloride.

(6) Benzyl cyanide.

(7) 2-Butanone (Methyl Ethyl Ketone).

(8) Chloroephedrine.

(9) Chloropseudoephedrine.

(10) D-lysergic acid.

(11) Ephedrine.

(12) Ergonovine maleate.

(13) Ergotamine tartrate.

(14) Ethyl ether.

(15) Ethyl Malonate.

(16) Ethylamine.

(17) Gamma-butyrolactone.

(18) Hydrochloric Acid.

(19) Iodine.

(20) Isosafrole.

(21) Lithium.

(22) Malonic acid.

(23) Methylamine.

(24) Methyl Isobutyl Ketone.

(25) N-acetylanthranilic acid.

(26) N-ethylephedrine.

(27) N-ethylepseudoephedrine.

(28) N-methylephedrine.

(29) N-methylpseudoephedrine.

(30) Norpseudoephedrine.

(31) Phenyl-2-propane.

(32) Phenylacetic acid.

(33) Phenylpropanolamine.

(34) Piperidine.

(35) Piperonal.

(36) Propionic anhydride.

(37) Pseudoephedrine.

(38) Pyrrolidine.

(39) Red phosphorous.

(40) Safrole.

(41) Sodium.

(42) Sulfuric Acid.

(43) Tetrachloroethylene.

(44) Thionylchloride.

(45) Toluene.

2/1/2009 8:30:34 AM

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"looks kind of like djeternal "

but in WAY better shape

2/1/2009 9:10:25 AM

^^ i have a fifth of those chemicals in my apartment right now

lulz, i hope that the man doesnt come and get me

2/1/2009 9:11:14 AM

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"He looked just as natural with a bong in his hands as he does swimming in the pool. "

um. what?

2/1/2009 9:22:42 AM

That pic looks like every other douche bag frat boy smoking pot.


Hard to tell it's really him.

2/1/2009 9:27:55 AM

http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/150832/14-times-Olympic-gold-medal-winner-Michael-Phelps-caught-with-bong-cannabis-pipe.html

If you want to become the best of the best and crush every naysayer out there, you know what to do.

2/1/2009 11:07:02 AM

I just dont think the ears are big enough for it to be him

2/1/2009 11:12:00 AM

Phelps admits to "regrettable behavior and bad judgement" in response to the photo


http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-ap-swm-phelps-marijuana,0,249853.story

2/1/2009 12:54:44 PM

seriously, if you're famous don't make sex tapes and you don't take incriminating pictures.

just don't do it.

2/1/2009 1:00:20 PM

how many college parties have you been to when someone takes a picture of someone and they dont know it?

oh yeah, all of them

2/1/2009 1:01:47 PM

People should stop fucking with our American Heroes. I'm glad this didn't appear in an American tabloid.

2/1/2009 1:01:57 PM

old

2/1/2009 1:02:22 PM

looks like this kid from the side

2/1/2009 1:03:01 PM

And it also kinda looks like Phelps.

Ya know, since it is him and all.


I was skeptical, and I'm surprised he admitted it.

2/1/2009 1:04:17 PM

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"I'm glad this didn't appear in an American tabloid."

costas mentioned it at the top of the super bowl coverage on nbc

2/1/2009 1:05:17 PM

Michael Phelps, Ugly

2/1/2009 1:08:40 PM

i'd be like yeah i smoke weed

and yall can suck my dick until a non smoker beats me at the olympics

welp, laters

*swims off*

2/1/2009 1:12:37 PM

i'd be like 'yeah i smoke weed... please keep giving me commercials, promise i'll never get photographed doing it again'.

2/1/2009 1:17:28 PM

dblpst

[Edited on February 1, 2009 at 1:19 PM. Reason : dblpst]

2/1/2009 1:18:26 PM

I think in this case, it would have been better if he denied it.

I love how potheads react to this sort of thing.

2/1/2009 1:21:04 PM

"Good morning, Mr. Phelps. Should you or any of your Olympic Swim Team be caught or killed smoking pot, The Wolf Web will disavow any knowledge of your actions."

2/1/2009 1:22:06 PM

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"*swims off*"

haha I can see him walking away with his arms in a stroke motion and him saying sploosh, sploosh

2/1/2009 1:26:01 PM

I would love to chill with Mike

I bet he has a lot of great stories

2/1/2009 1:35:03 PM

MORE LIKE ROSETTA STONED LOL

2/1/2009 1:36:58 PM

This is disheartening. What a damn shame.

2/1/2009 1:45:14 PM

^ wtf why?

2/1/2009 1:49:44 PM

Because he cleaned the floor with the rest of the world during the Olympics. He was a strong symbol for American dominance in his particular arena, and someone to look up to. Think of what this does to any young kid who idolizes him. Hell, even what it does to me - I loved watching this stand-up kid pursing not just excellence, but perfection. You obtain perfection, and you have a responsibility and an opportunity to be something truly special. To blow that reputation and achievement on something stupid and trivial like this is just such a waste. It's just a shame he either didn't recognize that or just didn't care.

2/1/2009 1:57:31 PM

I think he earned the right to enjoy himself a little bit

2/1/2009 2:00:03 PM

I also think he's earned the right. And personally, I think pot should be legalized in this country. But it's illegal, and he broke the law. That's what breaks my heart.

2/1/2009 2:01:56 PM

Hopefully he just didnt care

It cant be easy having a bunch of people projecting their ideals on to you and expecting you to live up to them. Thats something he didnt ask for, the guy just wants to swim, quit making him some kind of saint

2/1/2009 2:04:24 PM

^Good point, OMG WTF HE BROKE THE LAW, YOU MEAN HE ISNT SUPERHUMAN?!??!1

2/1/2009 2:07:04 PM

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"It cant be easy having a bunch of people projecting their ideals on to you and expecting you to live up to them. Thats something he didnt ask for, the guy just wants to swim, quit making him some kind of saint"

That's a damn fair statement.

But again, I still don't think of it as ideals...it's about the law, whether you (he) like(s) it or not.

2/1/2009 2:07:44 PM

do you think he could melt down the gold medals and make an olympic water bong?

2/1/2009 2:11:51 PM

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"I also think he's earned the right. And personally, I think pot should be legalized in this country. But it's illegal, and he broke the law. That's what breaks my heart."

It's not breaking the law that broke your heart
You don't honestly think he's never switched lanes without using a blinker, or gone 5 over, do you?

OH NOES SOMEONE BROKE THE LAW ITS A GODDAMN SHAME
No, what's a shame are some of the laws on the books.

2/1/2009 2:24:33 PM

I like how his statement read as "I'm sorry I acted like a college kid my age."

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"MORE LIKE ROSETTA STONED LOL"

Thread over.

[Edited on February 1, 2009 at 2:27 PM. Reason : .]

2/1/2009 2:25:57 PM

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"No, what's a shame are some of the laws on the books."

Fully agreed, including the ones relevant to this incident.

2/1/2009 2:30:03 PM

it's not a big deal till things get tough and he breaks down and goes to cash4gold.com

2/1/2009 2:33:56 PM

I thought potheads were a peaceful people.

Ya'll seem angry.

2/1/2009 2:38:58 PM

perhaps he was in my new home state of massachusetts

where we've decriminalized weed up to an ounce

we also have legalized gay marriage and are on the way to legalizing gambling

we are a libertarian's playground and an evangelical's worst nightmare!

2/1/2009 2:44:28 PM

too bad its so cold. seems like a state that endorses free will

2/1/2009 2:47:44 PM

my roommate swam with him in high school in maryland, and yes he smoked a lot of pot in the off season, most of them do

2/1/2009 2:50:57 PM

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"Side note, Nearly every swimmer I've known, and a good number of runners I've know, could take HUGE bong-hits. (lungs) "

I would have thought theyd be worried about their oxygen uptake.

2/1/2009 3:15:54 PM

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"Because he cleaned the floor with the rest of the world during the Olympics. He was a strong symbol for American dominance in his particular arena, and someone to look up to. Think of what this does to any young kid who idolizes him. Hell, even what it does to me - I loved watching this stand-up kid pursing not just excellence, but perfection. You obtain perfection, and you have a responsibility and an opportunity to be something truly special. To blow that reputation and achievement on something stupid and trivial like this is just such a waste. It's just a shame he either didn't recognize that or just didn't care."

You're a fucking tool because you think that just because he won a lot of gold medals he suddenly has some responsibility to act like a saint just so that you can feel good.

2/1/2009 4:20:29 PM