Your Experiences With Marijuana...If You Have Any

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QL
Snowy Owl

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03 Dec 2006, 5:24 am

Tried it once. Had a good time. I probably would again if the opportunity is given. I'm not in a hurry to though. I probably would have had a good time regardless.

AMDeering
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11 Jul 2010, 2:16 pm

Old post, I know, but I'll reply anyway.

I smoke pot frequently. I love to smoke a spliff after work or a long day. Nothing better than curling up with my kitty, eating ice cream, watching some animated movie and smoking a fatty. It's so enjoyable. It's like my "glass of wine."

I do get paranoid, however. I stopped smoking for a few years because the paranoia became so intense, but I'm now getting back into it. I just realised that I need to alternate smoking/not smoking into cycles and I'm fine.

As for the feeling, it is so relaxing (while being paranoid... yeah...) and I giggle about a lot of stuff. I have such intense creative bursts when I am high, so I like to think about novel plots and my characters when I am high. I now use it more as an influence into my art and stories now.

It also makes me super hungry and sleepy, two feelings I adore.

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Cheeseroyale34
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11 Jul 2010, 4:35 pm

Tried once, liked it. Its ridiculous how it seems to be illegal, yet has never directly caused any major deaths among anyone that has ever used it. Hopefully we can get it legal in California come November so we can smoke our way out of our debt :lol:

DerKodeMeister
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14 Jul 2010, 12:44 am

diseased wrote:

Dude... 10 joints in 24 hours will most emphatically not kill you.
Been there, done that. Several times. Most studies suggest that the lethal dose for THC (in adult humans) is technically unachievable, requiring ingestion of nearly 40 lbs (at a rate of 5% THC by volume... personally, that's pretty crappy weed.)

Rest of the post I agree with.
Went through the roof one time when my sister-in-law came down for the weekend. "We're doing drug education and awareness in school!"
"Oh, neat, have they talked about some of the new addiction therapies or harm reduction measures?"
"Huh? She just said pot will kill us, so don't try it."
KAPOW
diseased goes ballistic

The War on Drugs is a farce. A very expensive, nonproductive, unwinnable pseudo-war.
It's gone on far too long, wasted far too much money, ruined more lives than drugs (I'd be willing to bet... I guess at some point I'll look up some sources), and spread more misinformation than I'd've ever thought possible. The history of the War on Drugs is one of racism, greed, paranoia, propaganda, state-supported terrorism and outright BS.
If you want to have a winnable war on drugs, you can go about it one of two ways.
1) Outright war. Someone's caught with a joint? Immediate execution. Zero tolerance. Period. I don't care if it's the presidents' daughter caught tokin up in the bathroom. Execution. No special treatment, no "treatment", no rehab.
2)Paintball guns and LSD IV drips.
The big problem now is that if the administration (forget Bush for now, this predates him) admits that its policy is a failure, there's the fear that the US will become a nation of drug zombies overnight. This is flat out BS. It's long past time to admit their mistakes and implement a responsible, realistic drug policy.
For example... why is psylocibin a controlled substance? I have not once known of personally nor heard of any fatalities related to this fungus. If I choose to ingest it, who have I harmed? Certainly not myself... I enjoy the effects and I can tell you first-hand that my brain loves the extra serotonin.
If some guy in the UK chooses to grow a cannabis plant for personal use, who has he harmed?
I'm not even going to get into the still-semi-controversial ibogaine treatment for addiction, despite the fact that I think it's a great idea.

(sorry... hadn't intended this to sound ranty... this just happens to be one of my 'buttons', so to speak)

Pretty much this. I've smoked with friends once or twice but don't like to do it often. The simple reason is for me, my mind somehow rationalizes my high and instead of enjoying it, I try to keep thinking and doing things and I get annoyed when I can't do anything while thinking straight. Basically I just don't like to be in an altered state of mind that I can't control, unless perhaps I was so out of it I wouldn't even be aware that my mind was altered, but I don't have a desire to do anything like that.

If you do it, great, but it's just not really for me.

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GriffinGuitar12
Deinonychus

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15 Jul 2010, 1:05 pm

it smells!! :eew:

Stonecold
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20 Jul 2010, 3:55 pm

Don't try marijuana. You can't get addicted if you never try it.

AMDeering
Blue Jay

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20 Jul 2010, 4:12 pm

Stonecold wrote:

Don't try marijuana. You can't get addicted if you never try it.

Marijuana is not addictive in the chemical sense of the word. The only thing addictive about marijuana is the feeling you get while smoking it.

Etular
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20 Jul 2010, 4:55 pm

Tim_Tex wrote:

Never tried it, never will.

Tim

I couldn't have put it any better myself. Sir, I salute you. :salut:

To elaborate on my own personal thoughts, I see no point in it and no reason of why people should use it. I share that same view with Smoking and Drinking too, as well as all other forms of harmful drugs.

DerKodeMeister
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22 Jul 2010, 12:50 pm

Etular wrote:

Tim_Tex wrote:

Never tried it, never will.

Tim

I couldn't have put it any better myself. Sir, I salute you. :salut:

Since we're talking about things people do to harm oneself, why do people skateboard? Or skydive? Or even ask out a girl? All of those have some potentially serious physical or emotional consequences, so why do people do it? Drugs are just another way for some people to get that feeling of excitement or fulfillment that regular life can't give them more than they'd like. I noticed that a lot of (hard) drug addicts tended to be people who had extremely dull lives, or had an extremely low level of emotional fulfillment.

This doesn't mean to say that drugs are (always) good, but they are just another form of someones perception of "true" happiness. Can people be happy without drugs? For the most part, yes, although I know a few people who couldn't be happy without drugs any more than a musician could be happy without music.

Etular
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22 Jul 2010, 2:24 pm

DerKodeMeister wrote:

Ironically, I've been thinking the exact same thing - having never done either three myself. If people do any form of physical exercise, they will get an injury - so that (as well as my thoughts of exercise being dull and boring) is why I don't exercise or skateboard. As for skydiving, I've always seen risk in that and condemned it - as it's a sure-fire way to kill oneself. As for asking people out, I've never done so because I view myself (and my Aspergers) to be too unattractive anyway.

From the above, I'm guessing you can pretty much say that I live a pretty dull life as it is - constantly on the computer, taking very few risks, and I don't resort to intoxication or any physically/mentally/emotionally harmful things that could kill me (other than, ofcourse, the internet and my frustrating family).

If I ever need a way to find internal happiness, I (honestly) either meditate or listen to classical music (such as Pachelbel's Canon in D Major) to drift my mind away from the horrors of reality harm-free.

DerKodeMeister wrote:

This doesn't mean to say that drugs are (always) good, but they are just another form of someones perception of "true" happiness. Can people be happy without drugs? For the most part, yes, although I know a few people who couldn't be happy without drugs any more than a musician could be happy without music.

Which leads me to beg the question - why do drug addicts not become music appreciators, meditation practitioners, sportsmen or trainee in another, less harmful, profession/interest?

Although I don't condone or support self-harm, I find it difficult to understand why drug addicts are considered better and safer than self-harmers... The former put incredibly harmful substances in their body in huge amounts, whereas the latter just make thousands of heal-able cuts. The latter is prone to external infection, if the wounds are treated improperly; the former is at risk of severe internal damage and/or overdose risks...

AMDeering
Blue Jay

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22 Jul 2010, 2:45 pm

Etular wrote:

From the above, I'm guessing you can pretty much say that I live a pretty dull life as it is - constantly on the compute

Which leads me to beg the question - why do drug addicts not become music appreciators, meditation practitioners, sportsmen or trainee in another, less harmful, profession/interest?

I smoke marijuana, so I'd be happy to offer my view on things. Marijuana is a relatively safe practice as long as you do so in moderation. In fact, some of the foods and beverages we ingest are far more dangerous than marijuana. Nothing is good in excess and you must find a reasonable balance. Now, I would never put anything harsher in my body than marijuana. I don't even drink alcohol. Marijuana, however, has been used for thousands of years, and as many out there would agree, it is a ton of fun when you smoke it.

When I smoke marijuana, I find that my ability to appreciate beauty is even more intensified. I love listening to classical music while high or watching a favourite film or even stargazing with a friend of mine. I do not need marijuana to enjoy these things, it just enhances what is already wonderful about these things. It's the cherry on the sundae, so to speak.

Marijuana also helps me with my art and novels. Some of my best work came from while I was under the influence. Marijuana also helps me with social issues that I experience due to Asperger's and helps me relax when I'm overloaded due to sensory issues. It also helps with my IBS and migraines (which marijuana is a great medicine for). It also helps me to discover aspects of myself so I can better myself as a person.

Do I need marijuana? No, but does a person need that glass of wine at the end of the night? No, they don't. It just gives them pleasure with very little harm (especially if you eat marijuana, which is what I prefer to do in brownies... no smoking/tar risks!) and some health benefits. Same with marijuana. The benefits outweigh any risks, unless the person is irresponsible and then it is their fault, not the marijuana. The wine drinker may turn into a raging alcoholic and the marijuana smoker might turn into a drug user, but I think those people were most likely going to end up doing those things anyway.

Now, excuse me while I go smoke a bowl and enjoy this thunderstorm rolling in. My family and I have the stomach flu and marijuana is making it so we can at least keep water down and takes the nausea away!

Jookia
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22 Jul 2010, 4:50 pm

I'm not going to smoke it purely because I don't like anything that influences my decisions or alters my state of mind.

HeavyDrip
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08 Sep 2010, 8:49 am

Marijuana is the plant from heaven. Its wonderfulness with take you away. Pure greatness. I like marijuana.

Pseudeos
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10 Sep 2010, 8:01 am

I smoke marijuana infrequently. Usually it banishes my anxiety, makes me more sociable, makes me happier, and puts me in a dreamlike state. One time when I was in the wrong situation, it gave me extreme depersonalisation & derealisation, extreme anxiety and paranoia, panic attacks, and I became very introverted (lasted for 3 hours).

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Asp-Z
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10 Sep 2010, 12:21 pm

It's illegal for a reason. I don't take anything stronger than caffine unless it's medically necessary.

In fact, I think cigarettes and alcohol should be made illegal, too.

Pseudeos
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11 Sep 2010, 12:58 am

Asp-Z wrote:

In fact, I think cigarettes and alcohol should be made illegal, too.

If the government truly cared about the health of its people, tobacco and alcohol would be made illegal. I doubt that would ever happen, not even with cigarettes.

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