# Barefoot Running vs. Shoes:Lets discuss.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 4, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barefoot-running-vs-shoes-lets-discuss/562944 "2010-12-04T17:53:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![El\_Presidente](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@El\_Presidente](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Presidente)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barefoot-running-vs-shoes-lets-discuss/562944/42 "2010-12-06T08:01:20Z")

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> [@dumbroad](#):
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> Okay. Let’s start off slow.
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> What is hemp? Let’s turn to Wikipedia which states this: Hemp is the name of the soft, durable fibre that is cultivated from plants of the Cannabis genus, cultivated for commercial use. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food, fuel, and medical purposes with modest commercial success.
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> What is marijuana? (For those of you who don’t know, or just need more specifics, it’s also called: weed, pot, ganja, and numerous other things.) Again, we turn to Wikipedia: Cannabis, also known as marijuana (sometimes spelled “marihuana”) among many other names, refers to any number of preparations of the Cannabis plant intended for use as a psychoactive drug. The word marijuana comes from the Mexican Spanish marihuana. According to the United Nations, cannabis “is the most widely used illicit substance in the world.”

No need to start off slow for me, I don’t toke tree like you do.

Hemp=cannibis=majijuana. Hippie lettuce. Weed. Pot. Let’s not confuse the issue. Hemp supporters secretly are potheads.

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> My suggestion to you? Go get some Zig Zags, find the nearest hemp field, pick some, roll you one, try to smoke it, then get back online and tell us all about your experience.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I will respectfully decline. See, I have something called a LIFE, and a JOB. So I will pass on your feeble offer to fall into your personal vortex of drug abuse, hippy.

Here’s a suggestion for you: get a haircut, get a shave, and take a shower, then file for a job. Then, if you can hold onto one for a year, and lay off the dope, get back online and tell us all about YOUR experience. I have a feeling you will tell us all a cheerful tale of self-respect and near financial independence.

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