Do people ever give you a hard time about your drug use?
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PenalColony — 18 years ago(January 23, 2008 09:07 AM)
Solidus,
You know from our past interactions that I have no problem with people who smoke, in fact I do it myself fairly often. Not as much as I used to, but I'm getting to the reasons for that.
You said something a little disturbing in your post here.
once you are off it's magical effects that world is a depressing sludge hole again, but that is just because weed takes you away from the troubles of the real world
I don't relly have the right to lecture ANYONE on pot, but I have to be honest and say that your saying this is not a good sign. Escaping from everyday life through habitual behavior, no matter whether it's pot, alcohol, sex, gambling, whatever, is pretty unhealthy. Ask yourself this: If for some reason, you couldn't get your hands on weed for say, a week, would you go nuts and feel depressed and irritable? Would you wish you could just get high and forget about the crappy world for a couple of hours? This is the subtle danger of weed, and believe me, I've been there.
I remember being so depressed when my girlfriend broke up with me that I just wanted to get high every minute of every day, and I did. For about 2 years after that, I didn't go one single day without smoking, until I ran out and didn't have a connection lined up it hit me pretty hard, but it was good to detox for about 6 months. Now I smoke maybe once or twice a week instead of daily, it helps you appreciate it more I think.
The key is to not smoke it for the wrong reasons. That's the root of a psychological addiction. If you're just having fun, enjoying the feeling, etc., that's awesome and that's why people should smoke. Using it as an escape hatch is bad news for most people.
Having said all that, I love weed, and I'm glad you do too. Just be careful.
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JH_Kalashnikov — 18 years ago(January 23, 2008 09:15 AM)
Man I forgot even writing that. Must of had a bad day or something. Sorry if I got you upset. You're a good guy penal and I'm glad you look out for others. Thanks for the input.
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PenalColony — 18 years ago(January 23, 2008 06:41 PM)
Well, well, well. Look who decided to show his ignorant face again.
Where you been, Nippleripper?
Yes, marijuana, like ANYTHING (including posting ridiculous inflammatory crap on message boards so people will pay attention to you) can be psychologically addictive if you choose to abuse it in that respect.
Hey Hippie have you ever done any of the following?
-had a girlfriend? (guessing no on that)- gambled?
- masturbated? (how many dozen times a day?)
- watched television?
- eaten?
- cleaned your house? (probably no because you live with your mom)
- had sex? (no)
Any and all of these things can be abused to the point where they become psychological addictions used to escape the problems of everyday life. Addictions of this nature start with YOU and your own mental state. Don't blame the drug because of the person who chooses to abuse it. Some drugs are physically addictive like heroin, marijuana is not one of those.
I'm really looking forward to having some more rational discourse with you on the subject that you know absolutely nothing about besides what you learned in the DARE program. Welcome back, I'm going to enjoy destroying you.
-Penal
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werecow2003 — 17 years ago(August 21, 2008 07:22 AM)
Heh, shows how well informed you are. I live in Holland, where personal use of cannabis is considered legal. I've heard it mentioned that Dutch pot is the strongest there is, though I can't really verify that (but we tend to mix it with tobacco anyway). Although I'm not a big pot smoker, I like to have a smoke every once in a while (something like three or four times a year). I don't think I know more than two or three people from here who haven't smoked pot at least once, but having said that, it's the visiting foreigners who AREN'T allowed to smoke it in their own country who are really intent on lighting one up. People who are from here are usually non-habitual smokers, i.e. they may or may not smoke pot every so often, but definitely not daily (with one or two exceptions). I'd say it's probably not a great idea to smoke a few joints a day, since it tends to make people a little slow, but that's about all. By far the most addictive and dangerous thing about the pot that is smoked here is the tobacco that's usually mixed in with it.
I get the impression we actually have fewer potheads here than the U.S. does, and I think the reason is because it's legal here, and therefore less exciting. But yeah, the drug CAN be psychologically addictive, like anything at all can - but as mentioned, that has very little to do with the drug itself. Anything that makes you feel good is potentially addictive. And as far as I know, eating addictions are no more rare than addiction to pot. On the other hand, alcohol can be both mentally and physically addictive, making it a hard drug according to formal distinctions. Ever had a drink? -
SpeedRacer2K — 18 years ago(November 06, 2007 07:00 PM)
Oh dude, you ever want a half-assed argument, talk to someone who's been brainwashed by their high school health classes about weed. Most people I know are cool with what I do, but there's a couple of asshats on campus who think I'm the spawn of Satan for what I do.
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Phantasm01 — 18 years ago(December 10, 2007 10:37 AM)
My family does but thats only because it's illegal. They don't care about me drinking or smoking regular cigarettes though. And most of my family are hypocrites anyways. They all admit to smoking when they were young and now they act like they are better because they don't anymore. I just smoke to relax.It calms me down way more then damn anxiety pills my doctor prescribes.
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ItsEddieHaskellBeyotch — 18 years ago(January 10, 2008 03:12 PM)
Heres a story for ya:
My buddies used to do just about everything down the pike a few years ago and I was the "square" that didnt smoke or anything. Now, all of a sudden since they have girlfriends and junk, they think they're above it all and turn up their nose at me when I'm around and blaze up even though they've done worse stuff(Meth,ice,shrooms,coke,etc.)and all I touch is the green. beep' hypocrites, EVERY. LAST. ONE. OF. THEM.
"A commitment to cinema means to lead a technically deviant lifestyle." -
JH_Kalashnikov — 18 years ago(January 30, 2008 03:51 PM)
"First of all i have had sextual relations with MANY BEAUTIFUL WOMEN."
Imagining it doesn't count hippie. Also what's "sextual?" I'm more familiar with the word "sexual" so please let me in on this new word of yours.
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chickenpork — 17 years ago(April 04, 2008 04:32 PM)
Definition:
Sextual
"Analy penetrating the stump of a red wood"
No joke though, Hippie Ripper, your an ignorant, hate driven fool spreading propaganda that has been disproven for years. I blow my smoke in your face good sir, in hopes it will straighten out your clearly warped mental state.
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oniisan608 — 17 years ago(August 19, 2008 12:56 AM)
Man. That guy is FAR too serious about weed. For YEARS I railed against doing drugs of any kind (drinking, smoking cigs, smoking weed, ANYthing), until about my sophomore year of college, when my roommate asked me if I wanted to come drink with him and a few friends. Yeah. DRINK. If anything, I would consider alcohol a gateway drug, not weed.
After that, the next significant thing happened about a year and a half later (This past March) when my housemate (totally different person than above) asked me if I wanted to smoke a bowl with him. So I did. We watched Pi, and I didn't understand a damn thing about it, but I damn sure giggled my way through most of it.
First off, in no way is marijuana physically addictive. Physical addiction would be the nicotine in cigarettes, or getting the DTs from no long doing heroin, or the like. The crazy guy that's practically been spamming these boards makes mention of psychological addiction, but I'm even skeptical of THAT in cases of smoking a bit of puff.
The next thing that happened in my line of experimentation, and this is aimed at you, hero4hire, was shrooms. To be perfectly honest, that was the best time of my entire life. I spent a good four hours, with three of my best friends, laughing our asses off at whatever we saw or did. It was an absolute blast, and I would love to do it again sometime. My point, I suppose, is that to lump hallucinogenic mushrooms in the same category as meth and coke, I'd say is poor choice of grouping. Especially considering, like the weed you smoke, shrooms grow out of the ground just the same.
Anyway, just my two cents:
Crazy guy: Chill out and let people live their lives. Spamming boards that practically cater to people who smoke down isn't going to get anyone anywhere. Go ahead and volunteer at your local homeless shelter and tell me how many people come in there vomitting because they haven't smoked some bud that day. I promise you won't find any.
Also, in response to another post in another thread, mentioning that smoking pot ruins your life and all that garbage:
I'm a grad student in Berkeley, CA. I've maintained a 3.8 GPA thus far. I smoke usually about once a week, sometimes more.
hero4hire: It sucks that your friends dissed you like that after you started smoking down. But considering shrooms a hard drug (although they are hallucinogenic) in the same league as coke and meth just isn't good practice.
In response to the OP: I used to be the guy giving people hard times. Now I'm the guy having good times with those I used to be giving the hard times. Go figure.