A Scout is Thrifty?

[evmori 11]

scoutldr,

Here's some definitions

 

An agent that intoxicates, especially an alcoholic beverage

 

a drug that can produce a state of intoxication

 

Tobacco fits neither. Totally inappropriate.

 

Ed Mori

Troop 1

1 Peter 4:10

[Fuzzy Bear 12]

Tobacco contains the alkaloid nicotine, a powerful neurotoxin (a nerve poison) that is particularly harmful to insects. All means of consuming tobacco result in the absorption of nicotine in varying amounts into the user's bloodstream, and over time the development of tolerance and dependence. Absorption quantity, frequency and speed seem to have a direct relationship with how strong a dependence and tolerance, if any, might be created. In lower concentrations, the substance is a stimulant and is one of the main factors leading to the habit-forming qualities of tobacco smoking. In higher quantities it produces a depressant effect. A lethal dose of nicotine is contained in as little as one half of a cigar or three cigarettes; however, only a fraction of the nicotine contained in these products is actually released into the smoke, and most clinically significant cases of nicotine poisoning are the result of concentrated forms of the compound used as insecticides. Other active alkaloids in tobacco include harmala ( an hallucinogenic chemical used mainly in South America).

 

A chemical dependency is when a substance becomes necessary to function properly. The need of a substance is developed from abusing it, which leads to a requirement of the substance for survival, like the need for food or water.

 

Tolerance occurs when an organism builds up a resistance to the effects of a substance after repeated exposure, so that larger doses are required to achieve the same effect.

 

Since it is both a toxin and a drug, you both are right!

 

FB

[Hunt 11]

"Since it is both a toxin and a drug, you both are right!"

 

So it's like the mint that's both a breath mint and a candy mint--only the opposite.

A few serious points on this:

1. It may have been money well spent to have risk experts look at the Guide--even if they didn't find much. That just means the prior drafters did a good job. Any document with legal consequences needs periodic review, because laws may have changed.

2. I continue to believe that the wording on smoking is too vague--I find it difficult to believe that it is worded that way in order to allow people to exercise their understanding of Scouting's values--I just think it's poor drafting, and it's too bad it wasn't fixed.