Too much discussion about this has focused only on whether it should be legal or not. I thought maybe we could stand a thread about the substance itself. Have you ever used it? Do you still use it? How has it impacted the culture where you live? Do you think its effects are positive, negative, neutral?
Personally, I like the stuff. Its pretty tolerated where I live (lots of old hippies who passed on the habit to their kids) and i've never felt like anyone was worse off for that fact.
I think that it enhances certain senses and thought patterns so it's actually a benefit to people who use it responsibly. The way it has impacted my community is that it's everyones side hustle. The youth around here have responded to the lack of jobs by serving trees and it's really quite prevalent. I'd say that you'd have an easier time finding mj around here than quality pipe tobacco. That's a pro but the negative impact is that practice as a drug dealer is practice as a drug dealer and the bridge to dangerous drugs is to close for comfort. That sucks but what can ya do?
I don't think i'd ever deal in it but consuming it is no problem for me. Really I feel like i've had much improved quality of life (while sober) after starting to use it.
I agree... I know people who totally messed up their life with binge drinking but I haven't seen any who did so from pot alone (well, aside from getting arrested).
I smoked pot from about 1975 to 1985. Haven't touched it since. Is it good? No. I do believe it's effects can be harmful, but I think the cost to society of keeping it illegal are worse. We should legalize it.
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Very negative, a woman I loved more than anything on earth, become increasingly paranoid and irrational through continued use. She used it to self medicate over some issues she had from her past. In the end it destroyed our relationship. She lied over use, nah, longterm heavy Pot use is more than just a gateway drug.
Not really, it really depends on the person. No one is the same, if you have negative effects from anything, stop doing whatever it is that you are doing. This woman would most likely have done the same thing to you even if she wasn't toking on a blunt. No offense intended brah.
Quitting smoking removes the fear of getting arrested which would automatically remove plenty of subconscious anxieties. Stress removal is probably highest on the list of things that do improve quality of life. I wonder if usage could be done out in the open would it benefit the community rather than seclude the partakers as outlaws.
Sometimes I wonder if the term sober should even apply to a drug that doesn't leave you drunk even if you try to overdose. You know what I mean. I'm not saying that smoking some good won't leave you wobbly, but if you're familiar with the term "blow my buzz" the ability to quickly straighten up and perform normally is appreciated by smokers that get into serious situations like being pulled over. If you're not sober when you get pulled you'll fail a sobriety test. See what I'm saying? I think mj just got heaped in with other drugs and their negative terminology. I don't even tell people that I'm high cause they associate that with being wasted which I rarely ever am. ( That's only every month or two as well ) I tell people I'm lifted when I've been smoking cause I feel somewhat enlightened. I notice things that seemed insignificant before and analyze things deeper just for fun. Sometimes I can be quite the philosopher when I'm just mellowing at home. I don't really care for the damage I'm doing to my lungs but a vaporizer should take that risk out of the equation.
What I want to know is, does ceasing smoking mj embracing sobriety any more than ceasing tobacco or coffee? I ask because sobriety is a badge to some people that they use to boost their ego.
I can tell that's not what you're doing but the people who do are too self-righteous to me. Do they deserve to be able to equate smokers
to drinkers?
I've only tried it once or twice although I've taken other drugs more frequently (and occasionally still do)...Can't say I'm bothered by it and it's not even prevalent in my social circles at all...
It used to be though...I used to have friends who, for them, it was a daily thing and it pretty much took over their lives...I had one friend who was stoned from the moment he got up til the moment he went to sleep (he prepared a bong ready so he could smoke it the moment he woke in the morning)...It got to the point where we was so wrecked that I'd go up to his in the evening and he sit there slumped over sideways on his sofa and not say a word the entire night while I played the playstation...When I'd leave he'd mutter for me to lock the door from the outside and post the keys through the letter box because he was so stoned he couldn't be bothered getting up to do it himself....Odd now that he's a reasonably successful DJ and music producer.
One my housemates smoked it while I was at university, I didn't although one of his friends put a bong up to my face and blasted me with it. I didn't like the smell, too sickly sweet- the house was reeking for days afterwards.
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Nov 10th, 2010 02:21 AM
) I tell people I'm lifted when I've been smoking cause I feel somewhat enlightened. I notice things that seemed insignificant before and analyze things deeper just for fun. Sometimes I can be quite the philosopher when I'm just mellowing at home. I don't really care for the damage I'm doing to my lungs but a vaporizer should take that risk out of the equation.
