Poll: Have you ever tried Marijuana

[BabyHeadCrab]

It seems as I proceed through high-school most of my old friend are becoming completely obsessed with marijuana, I think it's beacuse they're life's lack real substance and things to make themselves feel comfortable. I personally tried it once and so far feel that it's not for me, at least as something to do very frequently like many kids I know and friends I used to have. Keep this thread a educated discussion of drug use and why people resort to it (specifically pot) and you and your friends experiences with this drug and why you felt you needed or wanted to smoke it.

 

[Neutrino]

Nope, never have. Hardest drug I've ever tried is alcohol and not much of that.

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

wasn't there a thread about this??

but anyways nope...

my friends do i to i guess excape reallity

 

[Steve]

Naw, bra, naw...my mom's a cop. made it kind of hard to come home red-eyed and shit... Now that i've got my own place, i could, but after all those years of not doing ANYTHING i just don't have any interest in doing it

 

[Raziaar]

Nope, never, and will never have an interest in doing it.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

wasn't there a thread about this??

but anyways nope...

No, that thread was on drugs in general, this thread focus is on American teenagers biggest drug problem: Marijuana and how it effects everyone who attends Highschool. I cant go through the halls or too a class without seeing someone high, baked, or down from the effects of Marijuana.

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

it seems to me that halflife2.net forums dont have that much potheads...or people who grew out of it...i thought there would be alot here but i guess im wrong

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

No, that thread was on drugs in general, this thread focus is on American teenagers biggest drug problem: Marijuana and how it effects everyone who attends Highschool.

sorry bout that no hard feelings, i guess you're right it was drugs in general

btw how do u put the person's name you quoted on...i can never seem to do that

 

[Raziaar]

it seems to me that halflife2.net forums dont have that much potheads...or people who grew out of it...i thought there would be alot here but i guess im wrong

Give it time for other people to see it. Many are asleep.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

it seems to me that halflife2.net forums dont have that much potheads...or people who grew out of it...i thought there would be alot here but i guess im wrong

They usually get banned actually, I think I remember one in pertiuclar (cant remember name) he had a wolf avatar and loved most drugs. He got banned twice second time was permanent. But I miss him because he was a spirited poster who brought flavor to the forum. Ahh the past.

 

[Danimal]

I reckon that people don't want to admit that they smoked marijuana

and no, I have never smoked and I don't plan to

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I may try it again, but I believe i'm addiction prone due to anxiety. I hope I never struggle with addiction to anything but I fear that I will. But i've pretty much laid down the law and said I refuse to do any of that except drink on special occasions. Just a couple days ago I was very tempted but I turned down weed and even stopped my friend who had never tried it before from doing it his first time (I made him come back up the path with me away from the people smokeing / sharing). I am proud of that decision and hope I keep straying away from this drug. I know at some point i'l end up trying it again but I tend to have better control of myself then to let it become a habbit. But in general for now I know I will avoid the drug and drinking heavily, neither appeal much to me. Getting tipsy with some mates is ok but becoming completely pissed or f'd up on Marijuana just always seemed really lame to me.

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

people get stupid from doing drugs and get slow...i remeber some dude who lost almost 7 jobs because he would not pay attention, for example:

my teachers brother who smokes pot got a job at a gas station and fills gas for people and one day while filling someones gas he forgot to take out the nozzle from the car as it was finished, he told him to leave saying it was finished. Then the dude left and took the whole gas tank or whatever you call it with him and he got fired.

what i also hate is parents that smoke pot, my friend's dad ask his son for some koosh because he did not know where to get any...i look down on those kind of people.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

people get stupid from doing drugs and get slow...i remeber some dude who lost almost 7 jobs because he would not pay attention, for example:

my teachers brother who smokes pot got a job at a gas station and fills gas for people and one day while filling someones gas he forgot to take out the nozzle from the car as it was finished, he told him to leave and it is finished. Then the dude left and took the whole gas tank or whatever you call it with him and he got fired.

what i also hate is parents that smoke pot, my friend's dad ask his son for some koosh because he did not know where to get any...those kind of people just make me sick.

Yeah I hear about that and have know parents that would probably due that, jesus they need to grow up. But about the stupid thing if you only do it every once and awhile (meaning once every like 6 months) and not even that much I doubt they're would be that big a problem. But Nobody really schedules it so that would be silly to say.

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

yes sh4mpoo stay away from drugs and live a straight life...my co-worker told me he screwed up in life and tells me that every time he sees his old friend that did not do drugs and exccelled in school sorta puts him down because his friend is up there and he is down there when he could have been up there... but he is getting back up which is good :thumbs:

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

yes sh4mpoo stay away from drugs and live a straight life...my co-worker told me he screwed up in life and tells me that every time he sees his old friend that did not do drugs and exccelled in school sorta puts him down because his friend is up there and he is down there when he could have been up there... but he is getting back up which is good :thumbs:

I'm gonna try, it's hard though.

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

sh4mpoo how old are u btw??

if you are a teenager, it should be hard b/c of peer pressure and people talking about how good it feels, which makes you want to experience it

 

[ailevation]

;( I smoke weed. But I only do it if my buds willing to share or has some to share. I don't actively search for the stuff, I just let it come to me. And I have tried shrooms, it's crazy, the couple times I have tried it... it got me high for too long.

 

[johnnypoopoopant]

tell us your experience with drugs ailevation and what you think about it.

o btw ill be back tommorrow b/c i'm getting tired and it is 11:30 pm here in the west and i have a long day ahead of me tommorrow so good night

 

[bliink]

nope, I havent... I just hate breathing smoke/tar

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

;( I smoke weed. But I only do it if my buds willing to share or has some to share. I don't actively search for the stuff, I just let it come to me. And I have tried shrooms, it's crazy, the couple times I have tried it... it got me high for too long.

Same, except i'd never do shrooms b/c of my anxiety. I also like you only smoke when people share and the people smokeing are good fun people that you can relate and talk to while you do it. But yeah tell us more about your experiences aliv (in drugs) you got me curious.

 

[Homer]

Total waste of time as far as I'm concerned. Thats not to say its not kind of fun, but who the hell has 7 hours to waste on getting high?

And you should NEVER do shrooms btw, a friend of a friend commited suicide on them last year. He wasn't depressed or anything, he just had a bad trip.

 

[Phisionary]

Yes ah have. I did enjoy it. Not the first or second time so much, but most of the time it is a good experiance for me. I know people who do not enjoy it very much as well, whether because they get paranoid, or they do not like the loss of control, or because they do not like the way it makes them feel. So I guess I would say I am fine with that. I do have a problem with people saying it is a very bad thing, yet have not experianced it personally. Then again, I have known people who advocate cocaine use, saying it it's dangers are far overstated if you are smart about it. I believe them for the most part, but that is a risk not for me.

It does help that I have very few connections to so-called 'drug dealers.' I have known a few in my time. Some were good people the best that I know, some are rather shady folks I wouldn't trust so well. That is where paranoia comes in for me.

As a result, I have not purchased weed from someone who makes it their business for a very long time. For the most part it is obtained from friends that have access to it, and even then it is not often. I am a light user, I might get stoned once or twice a week at most, but take breaks in between for several months usually. I've smoked once in the last month. It has never been a problem for me, addiction is it's closest when I had little else to do and no pressing priorities. It has never affected my school negatively, my education is a priority pretty much. come to think about it, halflife2.net has been FAR more distracting to my studies than drugs, even during the short time I smoked every other day.

I started smoking about 17 or 18 I'd say, in highschool. I was kind of a weed fanboi back then, I professed to be an expert about drugs and the culture. Many people assumed I was a pothead, evne before I'd ever used it

I was fine with that, really. **** people and their judgemental attitudes. I've seen a lot of people who like to feel superior to others who have or do use drugs of various kinds, and I feel that it rediculous and rude. Some people just want another reason to discriminate and to cast judgement, and drug use is often an easy excuse.

Well, anyway... of course, I did actually know more than the vast majority of them. I have little sympathy or understanding for people who are willing to put things into their body without considering the effects they have. I did a lot of reading before I used marijuana, same for the few other drugs I've tried in my time.
It's amazing the number of lies, half-truths, misconceptions, and regurgitated propaganda (you must see some of the material put out by federal agencies -- recently! -- to believe this shit. It's amazing) thst flost round in highschool. Some of the stuff I heard was amazing, and most very innacurate.

Anyway. I became interested in politics due to my interest in drug legislation, mostly in the interest of legalization. But this seems to be a scarce hope in this country... Anyway, I also support reform for medicinal use and hemp cultivation. I won't pretend, here, that it isn't in the hope that relaxed societal consideration of cannabis the plant and marujuana the perscription drug will increase support for more accepting drug laws, but these are mportant issues in themselves, and I have in fact donated my money to support a couple of organizations in their efforts.

Anyway... I have never seen drugs as a end in themselves, and would hope that others do not either. Marijuana use, for me, ahas been a way to have a good time with friends, or make a dull movie more interesting (if forgettable ), or kill a few hours, and help me sleep. I do not feel my use of cannabis has affected my life negatively in any appreciable way, and will not in the future, if I remain careful and avoid any entanglements with the law...

For the record, I do not smoke (cigs, I mean ), and drink alcohol very sparingly (fe beers a week, get slightly drunk once a month maximium). I consider both of these drugs to be FAR more dangerous and harmful. Come to think of is, aspirin probably is too. Not to mention many of the overpriced and improperly tested perscription drugs your doctor might try to sell you. Certainly, marijuan is not for everyone, but I doubtful would have any issues with someone who did use it, provided their priorities were strait and were capable of working and learning and such. Which accounts for just about every smoker I've known.

 

[Kangy]

nope, I havent... I just hate breathing smoke/tar

Yeah, I always get a bit of a headache around smoke fumes, and I tell anyone I know to put it out. I refuse to ever smoke or do drugs, although I have come close to the former at a party, when my friend bought some huge ass big cigars.

Marijuana should not be legalised, but users should not be punished, just dealers.

 

[Phisionary]

[...]but users should not be punished, just dealers.

I find that to be a remarkable bit of circular logic. I guess that would be called a 'catch-22.'

So, you don't want to legalize... so the thriving underground market will continue... And you don't want to arrest users, so that means that a 10 million population prison system is not your solution; but you want to impose penalties upon those that are in the middle? ...People who have chosen to either:
a.) Try to support themselves (and yes, possibly their own use or vastly inflated, artificially overpriced illegal drugs) by selling some small amounts to friends or the odd costomer.
b.) Take advantage of the incredible profit potential existant in the illegal drugs market, where hundreds of thousands of dollars can be made in months time... due largely to the risks imposed on dealers by police pressure.

Ok, sorry. I realize this is not intended as a political thread, but your positions seems ignorant and naive. If you just wanted to make it illegal and punish everyone, that would be bad... but it would at least make sense, in a superficial way...

 

[bliink]

although I have come close to the former at a party, when my friend bought some huge ass big cigars.

hehe.. i dont mind screwing around with a cigar on the rare occassion, only because its 'cool', but unashamedly so... not like you might say people only smoke cigarattes because they think they're 'cool'

you arent meant to inhale a cigar anyway I just like having the stub inbetween my teeth lol.. but yeah, only rarely (maybe once a year.. on new year's eve or something lol)

 

[Bad^Hat]

I tried once but I'm not sure which to vote... I enjoyed it initially but then the night got progressively worse

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I tried once but I'm not sure which to vote... I enjoyed it initially but then the night got progressively worse

same here, I said tried but didnt enjoy.. that's not to say i'd never do it again.

 

[Recoil]

Yes. It sucked. Never again.

 

[oldagerocker]

Never have and probably never will, although i am interested in it as a relaxant.

 

[we11er]

I smoked a lot for over a year - thoroughly enjoyed it. Stopped because it wasn't getting me anywhere. I will probably take it up again when I'm an old man.

 

[Bad^Hat]

I put didn't enjoy, it was okay but I'd probably hesitate to use it again. Same reason I don't touch alcohol, I have a hard enough time keeping a tab on my wacky antics as is :E

 

[DiSTuRbEd]

No I haven't, the reason why, my cousin, yeah hes like all in love with weed and now coke, yet his mom ignores his problems with drugs.

 

[DizzyOne]

smoking a joint atm

 

[h00dlum]

smoking a joint atm

My man in Amsterdam *quotes Pulp Fiction*

 

[AntiAnto]

Yes, many times and I enjoyed it. Now it's over. I do not need drugs to have fun. Actually, I was taking drugs because I had a lot of problems that I could not stop thinking of.

 

[DreamThrall]

I used to smoke A LOT ... and then I grew up and out of it. I'm fairly positive I'm better off without it.

 

[jaguar_987]

Yea tried it, tried it lined with coke too. Not particularly fun, won't be doing none of that anytime soon again.

 

[Asuka]

No, i've never tried Marijuana

 

[Fat Tony!]

never would consider it I dont like filling my body with crap. And no I dont drink either