Marijuana

[Double U]

You may consider this spaming, but after having seen everyone sharing his/her personal experiences on this id like to say this:

alcohol is fun, but can be bad

weed is fun, but i couldnt get my feed back on the ground, i fled into "another world" to forget...

dont use weed against depression, makes it worse, same for alcohol

havent done anything else

Anything in an abundance is bad. I don't think weed is any worse than any other drug on the market. You drink too much you become an alcoholic, you smoke too many ciggs. you are a chain smoker. Weed is no different. You smoke it too much, and you become addicted. Pot it no worse than people that can't handle their drinks. An to me quitting smoking was harder than quitting pot. People die from drunk driving all the time, and they haven't band that. truth is if they did it would go down just like pot. Sold on the black market just like pot is today.. It is your own responsibility to take care of yourself. Nothing is to blame for you taking drugs or drinking. You either do it or you don't.

[OnOneRyder]

I, along with many of my friends, drive perfect while stoned. I know many others who drive fine as well, the media hypes up on "Ohhh marijuanas so bad".

This is one of those uneducated smokers that I was talking about. Maybe you drive ok when stoned but you are not driving perfect. Your reaction times are significantly reduced and you are much more likely to cause an accident. Don't be an idiot and stay the hell of the road while ripped.

Not only that, just because you are driving okay doesn't mean you will be driving okay if you get into a collision. Anyone can drive, but it takes awarness to prevent a crash. That and if you are smoking pot while driving, that probably means you cannot call yourself that good of a driver. Judgment seems to be off without the pot.

[Hecate]

Pot has no addictive properties while Cigs have nicotine. Alcohol was banned before, and that's how bathtub gin came to be and everyone was making their own so they made it legal again. A main reason it's hard for smokers to quit smoking, isn't addiction, but just the 2nd nature coming into play of lighting one up at a certain time, the physical act of doing it becomes so second nature.

And chain smoking is lighting one up RIGHT after you finish one. Smoking a lot is just smoking a lot.....chain is one after another, hence the name.

Cigs and pot were both EASY for me to quit. Pot simply because...well...it's not addicting....and cigs because, even though I did for two years, I was never a heavy smoker, started out as 3 cigs (not packs) a day, went down to about 3 a week, stopped for the pregnancy, and recently I tried to smoke one again and it was like I was brand new to it again. My asthma started right up, kept coughing, I physicaly couldn't do it, so I'm fully off them now, not addicted. My mother would rather see me have a drink to relax than smoke....and I don't mean get drunk either, just one drink to relax and no more. Not even a buzz.

Originally Posted by OnOneRyder

This is one of those uneducated smokers that I was talking about. Maybe you drive ok when stoned but you are not driving perfect. Your reaction times are significantly reduced and you are much more likely to cause an accident. Don't be an idiot and stay the hell of the road while ripped.

Haha your just a moron, please leave my thread. I've done tons of research on the subject of marijuana, it's effects, and what it can cause. Don't try and sound smart, because, well you don't.

Anyways, I'm done with this thread... People start talking about all this other stupid shit when all I wanted to do was talk about marijuana, but I guess thats just to much to ask stupid little kids to do. Oh well.

Pzzzzzzz

[Tiffany]

But it wasn't the weeds fault she moved to harder stuff.

I'm sorry if you misunderstood me, I never ment to imply that it forced her to move onto harder stuff, or anyone else for that matter. People try it, they like it they try harder stuff. It's how it worked with me. Smoked weed, that was alright. Someone offered me acid. Decided to try it. Then awhile later I got offered Esctacy and decided might as well. But again... what pattern I did them in isn't going to reflect someone else's pattern.

Btw, my cousin is from BC She used to live in Surrey lol.

If someone is enough of an idiot to end up doing heroine then that's something on them and those of us who smoke weed should not suffer because one idiot out of ten cannot control themselves.

Arn't you one of those idiots that tried coke? lol. Or is heroin more hardcore than cocaine is? Anyways, I'm no smarter... although thank heavens I never went so far as to try coke or anything like that.

By 'gateway' drug, I mean that you experiement with it, and it's not so bad. So you try other stuff. With alcohol, (which isn't much better, don't get me wrong) what do you progress to? Wine if you're a beer drinker? Hard Liquour if you're a wine drinker? It's still the same thing. But again, I think alot of it has to do with a person's personality. I'm sure if my cousin was a stronger willed person, this wouldn't have happened to her. Which I already said so I don't need other people telling me something I don't already know

Originally Posted by Plinko

You sound like you need to stop beleive what you hear on television and what the government tells you, hell what anyone tells you, until you try it yourself.

I already said that I've done drugs... maybe if you actually READ my post you would have seen that. And I can assure you, while I was high, I was in NO condtion to drive. I second OnOneRyder's sentiment to stay the hell off the roads.

[OnOneRyder]

Arn't you one of those idiots that tried coke?

Yes, and I was an moronic teen when I did it and my dad beat my bloody when he found out.

Haha your just a moron, please leave my thread. I've done tons of research on the subject of marijuana, it's effects, and what it can cause. Don't try and sound smart, because, well you don't.

Haha, this coming coming from the guy who said

I, along with many of my friends, drive perfect while stoned.

Just because you make it home doesn't mean you drive great. It is a fact that it slows your reaction times and that greatly affects the way you drive. If you're put into a situation where you'd have to make a split second decision you're far less likely to be able to while baked. If you did so much research you'd know this.

Anyways, I'm done with this thread... People start talking about all this other stupid shit when all I wanted to do was talk about marijuana, but I guess thats just to much to ask stupid little kids to do.

Aww, gonna take your ball and go home because the other kids were mean to you? You started a thread in a DISCUSSION forum. When you discuss something the topic has to evolve otherwise it's just a poll of who agrees or not.

[Tiffany]

Just because you make it home doesn't mean you drive great. It is a fact that it slows your reaction times and that greatly effects the way you drive. If you're put into a situation where you have to change lanes really quickly while stoned you're far less likely to be able to. If you did so much research you'd know this.

Amen to that as well.

Oh, and I wasn't trying to belittle you for trying it... sorry if it came out that way.

Originally Posted by Sherry Wine

Pot has no addictive properties while Cigs have nicotine. Alcohol was banned before, and that's how bathtub gin came to be and everyone was making their own so they made it legal again. A main reason it's hard for smokers to quit smoking, isn't addiction, but just the 2nd nature coming into play of lighting one up at a certain time, the physical act of doing it becomes so second nature.

And chain smoking is lighting one up RIGHT after you finish one. Smoking a lot is just smoking a lot.....chain is one after another, hence the name.

Cigs and pot were both EASY for me to quit. Pot simply because...well...it's not addicting....and cigs because, even though I did for two years, I was never a heavy smoker, started out as 3 cigs (not packs) a day, went down to about 3 a week, stopped for the pregnancy, and recently I tried to smoke one again and it was like I was brand new to it again. My asthma started right up, kept coughing, I physicaly couldn't do it, so I'm fully off them now, not addicted. My mother would rather see me have a drink to relax than smoke....and I don't mean get drunk either, just one drink to relax and no more. Not even a buzz.

I think pot can be addictive for some. To say that nobody has ever been addicted it putting a huge general label on millions of people. Sorry, but unless you known millions of people just can't go around labeling them. I know people that have been addicted to pot. Therefore you left them out of that very bold statement. I only said smoking ciggs. were harder for me to put down than pot to emphasise the point that ciggs. are more addictive. I had no trouble quitting smoking , but there are plenty of people that disagree that it is an "easy" feat. Point is, no pot to me is not as addictive, but like all drugs, different people react to different things. It is up to the person if they want to do it so much it becomes like breathing.

[Tiffany]

Originally Posted by CheeseVixen

I think pot can be addictive for some. To say that nobody has ever been addicted it putting a huge general label on millions of people. Sorry, but unless you known millions of people just can't go around labeling them. I know people that have been addicted to pot. Therefore you left them out of that very bold statement. I only said smoking ciggs. were harder for me to put down than pot to emphasise the point that ciggs. are more addictive. I had no trouble quitting smoking , but there are plenty of people that disagree that it is an "easy" feat. Point is, no pot to me is not as addictive, but like all drugs, different people react to different things. It is up to the person if they want to do it so much it becomes like breathing.

I agree! I think it really depends on the person's personality, like if they have an addictive personality and whatnot. Or if stuff like that runs through their families.

I mean, why do some people touch a beer and are doomed to be alcoholics... yet pot doesn't carry the same effect? And visa versa. I definitly believe it depends on the individual.

[Plastik Assassin]

Exactly. Depends on the individual. Some just have more "damage" up there that helps them along the way to addiction...

Marijuana may not be as physically addictive as say, nicotine, but it sure as hell can be mentally addictive. Anything can be when not used in moderation. Hell, so can coffee for that matter...

Just basic human psychology. Haven't you heard - humans are messed up.

[Asheis]

Pot is psychologically addicting. So while there is no CHEMICAL that is causing the addiction, you're still the slave of the drug. Don't take psychological addictions lightly. Not only that, but it CAN cause respiratory diseases if you are a habitual user. If you abuse it, however, you're still in the lineup to get lung cancer, because it contains carcinogens.

Although it still is much easier to become addicted to ciggs or alcohol, saying that pot isn't addicting is just plain wrong.