Your opinion on weed?

[Atreyul]

I smoked weed throughout my last year of high school and my first couple years of college, and had a lot of fun doing it and don't regret it in the least. It helped me mellow out through much of my angst issues when I was younger. I tried coke a couple times and mushrooms and various pills, but pot was my favorite and suited me at the time.

I did it less and less my last couple years of college and since. I was usually around people who smoked, had many roommates and friends who did. But for some reason, my self-consciousness and depressive tendencies caught up with me, and smoking pot is infrequently an enjoyable experience anymore. There are too many personal issues I avoided for too long and smoked pot to depress and avoid them. I also became an increasingly cynical person, to a fault, and did not enjoy being so.

Now I get entirely too paranoid and eventually just have to leave the room and go lay down to sort out the multitude of negative thoughts compounded by being high.
I've always been a bit of a worrier. So being near 30, I think my worries have grown and grown, and pot does very little to diminish them. I also feel I depended on it too much as a means of socializing and meeting people because I've never been good at either of those, and I'd rather that not be the case any longer.
If and when I do get high, I have to be in a super good mood and drunk or drinking and around people who make me feel good about myself. I used to be able to get high and just listen to music and find it to be an incredible experience, but now I just have too many worries for my mind to enter that mode.
I don't have any problems with the drug and I feel it once had a positive influence on myself and it can on others. I support legalizing it. But, like any other drug, including alcohol, you just have to be under positive psychological conditions to being doing it. Typically when offered, I turn it down.

^ what he said.
Im still an avid smoker. I think one of the reasons that I am still a smoker is because I'm irresponsible and can't handle moderation. Probably think that's the case for a lot of people..
Now it's kind of hard to enjoy things without being at least a little stoned.
MODERATION people!

 

[Esquire0399]

When smoked, I think weed smells like burning dog shit.

^My opinion.

More than just your opinion lover.

 

[Esquire0399]

People who are vehemently pro or anti are considerably annoying

This is a massive understatement. Constantly high people (half the people I work with) are just as annoying, if not more so.

 

[TheFireGod]

Never tried it. The thought of smoke in my mouth or powder up my nose to name a few, sicken me.

I wouldn't date anyone that does any of those either.

But I don't care much about this as long as they do it in private and not a risk to people who wouldn't want anything to do with it.

 

[mikeyjon]

I have a friend that gets high. When she's not high she is funny and I love being around her. When she is high it's like someone turned off the lights. So I guess if you like being dull go for it.

 

[joaama]

Never tried it but I'm all for legalizing it.

It has yet to kill a single person.

No one has ever overdosed on it.

 

[killdawabbit]

Wow...so many dudes with a stick up their ass. I love pot when I'm smoking it with my bf. Otherwise, I don't care for it.
One thing I love about it....No matter what's on the tv it's funny and we laugh our asses off....and the smell is so nostalgic and wonderful...get high once in a while, people, and get the bug out of your ass.

 

[mikeyjon]

I think it's considerably less harmful than alcohol,the legal alternative..I support an immediate end to the war on drugs and the legalization of all drug use.It's not the role of the government to mandate what adults can ingest so long as they are not endangering the safety of others.

Wanna smoke crack? Fine. Drive a car on it and get caught or neglect your children because of it,then you lose your license and your kids.

The sad thing is a lot drug users do endanger others, be it physically or emotionally. I'am around people with addictions that have kids. They have been reported and their kids are still with them, and I cringe at what those poor kids see.

 

[Esquire0399]

For those of you that don't like people who are vehemently pro-weed... To you, does "vehemently" pro-weed mean shoving it down someone's throat? Or simply being in strong support of its legalization?

The former.

 

[The White Stripe]

Again, it comes down to this...



To live your life under the presumption that any substance use (booze/weed/etc.) automatically leads to a "loss of control" (classic straight edge mentality, btw) is, quite frankly, a naive and uninformed outlook on the issue.

Worrying that the substance may take control of your life? Understandable. Deciding not to ever use the substance, opting for better-safe-than-sorry? Also quite understandable.

But believing that substances (especially weed) have a universal effect on people?

That's beyond naive. Maybe I should have gone with "ignorant" as the replacement word.

So, he "lives above the influence?" Maybe "next to" the influence, or "on the other side of the room" from the influence.

But not above it.

I know plenty of doctors, lawyers, and other incredibly intelligent, productive and well-respected professionals who smoke marijuana regularly.

But I guess they're "below" anyone who happens to live a "clean and sober" lifestyle.

His statement was naive because he presented an authoritative opinion that was formed from a total lack of experience.


And I'm the demeaning one? O_O

Not sure I see how that works.

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I know I shouldn't...but I feel sorry for you...

 

[silosybin]

i'll say this... i've never met a pot smoker who was an asshole. they are usually pretty nice and laid back.

i like smoking pot to relax on my own or with a small number of friends... if i'm socializing i prefer alcohol.

 

[The White Stripe]

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So predictable. All you have is funny GIFs and ironic video posts.

Its too bad you don't have anything of substance to say. Well, I'm washing my hands of this thread. I'm done.

You go ahead an reply back. I'll let you have the final word if you want it.

Later

 

[TheRoyalGoat]

Well???

Is it bad or is it good?

I purposely haven't read the responses to this thread. 4 years ago I lost my job and home at the same time. I lived on the streets in a state where I knew no one for 7 months. And the only reason I didn't end myself, was because I smoke some pot and my emotions were muted and I could really take account of myself. Weed and God saved my life and I ignored everyone else's respones because I couldn't care less what others think.

 

[silosybin]

An exclusively positive ripple that you can call people naive and ignorant?

Drugs are still illegal and people commit crimes and die because of drugs.

People commit crimes and die for a lot of things. Why are drugs special?

IMO a lot of the problems with drugs are exactly because they are illegal and stigmatized... it causes people with drug addictions to try to hide it, and that just makes their problems worse. It also raises the price of drugs to needlessly high levels, which is what causes a lot of the crime. Also, a lot of ODs are caused by not knowing what is in the drug or how pure it is. If those drugs were legal, they could be regulated/standardized to prevent those deaths.

Well, I am above smoking crack and shooting heroin. Doesn't make me naive or an asshole.

No. You were condescending and can't stand the fact that people feel they are above doing drugs.

I'm not sure about naive but you definitely sound like an asshole if you really think you're "above" other people.

 

[floorrunner]

Not for me. I think it is a waste of money. i don't have a serious problem with those that do use, unless you are being irresponsible about your use.

 

[silosybin]

Please. Drugs are a problem. That's not news. lol

I don't really see how that answers the question you quoted.

Also, I disagree that drugs are a problem. Drug abuse is a problem.

In my opinion drugs are illegal because people get hooked on them and hit rock bottom. But hey, if you think it's all good and want to pretend that drugs are not a problem...more power to you.

I'll take the words from the FDA and DEA over anyone on a forum.

Of course the DEA is going to tell you drugs are terrible. Their careers depend on it. The government routinely uses biased studies and ignores legitimate ones to promote the drug war. If you think the way the government tells you to live is truly the best way to live, then I think naive is a fair description.

Keep in mind I'm not trying to judge you or anything. If your life is great and you feel like the risk involved in trying drugs isn't worth it - then I'd say fine, don't try them, that's a reasonable decision. But don't be so smug about it, and don't pretend like you're well-informed. Drugs aren't all bad. When used responsibly, you can have very positive, life-changing experiences with a number of illegal drugs. (I'm not talking about heroin or crack, neither of which I've tried)

I'm not above anyone. I am above taking drugs. Read again.

It sounds like the same thing to me... when you say you are "above" something, you're implying that there are people "below" it (and hence, below you).

 

[SailorJupiter]

I use to smoke weed, I don't anymore but I don't find anything bad about it. I think it should be just as legal as Cigarettes.

 

[Knucklehead]

Too bad the kids are the ones who are to suffer until the parents get caught on the drugs, not you. It's easy to say something like this in a situation that you won't ever have to be in..

Yeah,it's a shame about the kids.Happens everyday in America though..I know firsthand.

I may seem like the picture of stability,but, believe it or not,I come from a family ravaged by alcohol.Almost every adult male in my family was an alcoholic or pretty fucking close to it..The women could certainly hold their own too.

Us kids,the narrowback offspring,many of us carried on that proud tradition as well.But,it being a different time,most of us also devoted years of dilligent service to abusing drugs on top of it.Or as I say..I wasn't a cocaine addict.I just liked the way it smelled..

But yeah,all bullshit aside..On top of my own self induced insanity,one of my sisters who I later turned my back on and is now dead to me (not my other sister who was murdered by her husband after an extended session on Saint Patrick's Day) used to be a real dedicated crack addict..Bless her heart,seems she gave all her money to the dope man and forgot about the rent..Anyways,she was fucking mess.I took her daughter for a month while she got her act together enough to pay rent and not look like quite the strung out mess we all knew she really was..

So yeah,between my own lenghty career abusing all kinds of dope all kinds of ways,my families history,my freinds antics and the bullshit I'd see driving cab and tending bar,I think I can hold my own in a conversation about the peaks and valleys of drug use or abuse..You might say I come with flawless credentials in that regard.

See,the thing is,most people don't have the addict gene. The average person can do a few lines and have a few cocktails on the weekend and be done with it..Not so for the drunk and junkie.One's too many and hundred ain't enough.That's why bars have ''regulars''-that's a nice euphemism for a drunk. Normal people don't go to a bar everyday and get drunk and high.

My point is,whether it's legal or not,a junkie,by their very nature will abuse drugs. It's what they do.They surround themselves with people that do as well.That way,it all seems normal.No decent person would have anything to do with them.The scams and schemes,the over doses ,the cops,evictions,all the bullshit that comes with it. You hear people talk about ''lazy junkies'' That always made me laugh.To me, junkies define the American work ethic .Junkies never get a day off. They gotta get high everyday and figure out a way to pay for it..Have you ever tried to get an 8 ball and a 10 pack of points on Christmas Eve? It can be a bitch.

And for the bolded part, I agree, but it's too bad this isn't the reality of the general using such things as alcohol. People drink and drive all the time, people get killed and kill people over it. People aren't responsible, giving them more drugs isn't going actually solve the case.

My above argument isn't about weed specifically. But I don't care for it and really don't care whether it's legalized or not. I think it stinks like dog shit, as Moe put it.

Like I said,and it's ok if we disagree about it,MOST people are responsible enough to not drink and drive or smoke a rock at a red light..There will always be a certain percentage of every population that isn't though,and the rest of society shouldn't be penalized(criminalzation of drug possesion/use) in a futile effort to solve a problem that only afflicts a small percentage of people..

 

[Latimer]

I can't stand being around people who are stoned. In general I find that it renders bright people dull, smart people stupid. The worst part of it is that they think they're at their best while under the influence.

I should add that one of my best friends tells me that the only time his former wife treated him decently was when she was high and had mellowed out.

To use weed these days is to acquiesce in murder and violence. For that reason alone people forget about partaking.

 

[silosybin]

And I don't see what your point is. I posted my opinions. Deal with it.

Honestly, is there anything more childish than ending a statement with "deal with it"?

If drugs weren't available then there wouldn't be drug problems or drug abuse or drug related deaths or drug related crimes. People get fucked up and are very likely to commit crimes.

If it were possible to make drugs unavailable, you might have a point. The fact is the drug war has been going on for decades, costing tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, not to mention single-handedly creating the largest prison population in the world. Meanwhile drug use hasn't declined at all. Drugs are never going away. The drug war does nothing except amplify all the bad effects of drugs, and suppress the good effects.

The DEA lying to us? I don't even know how to reply. lol

Lying, maybe not. Exaggerating and being hypocritical, yes. They definitely have no interest in providing an accurate, balanced view of drugs.

Also you ignored what I thought was my most important point in that post, which is that drugs can be beneficial if used responsibly.

Excuse me, but you don't know me to assume that I am smug.

"Sounds" to you isn't good enough. You're making assumptions.

"I am above taking drugs"

If you are taking offense then maybe the issue is yours and not mine.

You're right I don't know you. What I do I know is that you said, "I am above taking drugs", which to me is a pretty smug thing to say.