Do you still smoke?

[OldTroll]

No, not tobacco.

I'm curious about how many old hippies still get high .....

and if you do, are you able to use medical marijuana or are you forced into breaking the law?

[Fyrenza]

<~ law breaker :( ,

but for medicinal purposes. i have a scrip for marinol, and hope i can convince a jury that i was just "self-medicating"...

But i DO love the feeling of being high! :sifone: :coolgleamA:

[waukegan]

bending the law a little bit.

[waukegan]

every chance i get

[Fyrenza]

i can't believe more folks aren't posting to this thread...

BUMP!

[amberfilter]

what exactly do you mean by "and we shall be again".... is this a reference to hippy heaven? I really wanna know.

[OldTroll]

what exactly do you mean by "and we shall be again".... is this a reference to hippy heaven? I really wanna know.
Like all things in life, it means to you whatever you think it means.



Om Mani
Padme Hum

[earthmother]

Confirmed "pothead" of 37 years and counting. But I'd rather eat it. It's much healthier that way. Regrets? None what-so-ever.

[waukegan]

do you have to cook it b4 eating?i heard you do.but i've enjoyed it uncooked.maybe i'm missing something.

[PAX-MAN]

No, not tobacco.

I'm curious about how many old hippies still get high .....

and if you do, are you able to use medical marijuana or are you forced into breaking the law?

YES: I do smoke and I do smoke for my health. I am alot luckier than most of you are because I'm a Canadian and we have a Federal health exemption law here. It might be a little bit harder to get an exemption here in Canada as compared to a US state but it is under federal jurisdiction . Even if I wasn't smoking for my health I'd still be smoking. As Alan Ginsburg said, "Pot is fun ".
Isn't it?

PAX

[Kraken]

Haven't smoked anything for over twenty years. Ah, to be young again.

[Fyrenza]

Haven't smoked anything for over twenty years. Ah, to be young again.

TWENTY YEARS???

PM me and aide will be on it's way before you know it! ;)

[OldTroll]

Haven't smoked anything for over twenty years. Ah, to be young again.
Being old is a reality .... acting old is a choice.

[waukegan]

i always think of myself as the way i looked and felt about 40 years ago.i look in a mirror and i think "what the bleep?!!!!!!!!"

[Fyrenza]

i always think of myself as the way i looked and felt about 40 years ago.i look in a mirror and i think "what the bleep?!!!!!!!!"

NO KIDDING!!! :rofl:

[RetiredHippie]

On a rare occasion I'll partake.

[newo]

Smoked a lot in my youth, I still toke occasionally though I'm now older than my dad was when he bitched me out for smoking pot. What a difference a generation makes. do you have to cook it b4 eating?i heard you do.but i've enjoyed it uncooked.maybe i'm missing something.I've always just ground it into a powder and baked it into brownies or cookies. Seems to me eating it raw, you might not digest it fully and it will go through your system before it can release all of its THC. Besides, doesn't it taste shitty that way?

[waukegan]

thanks for the info.not too bad a taste but like you say better effects if it's baked first.

[junglejack]

No I very rarely smoke these days- - maybe I share a little with my son b4 thanksgiving dinner- - I always throw on Alice's,s restaurant and take a few hits- but with my daily methadone dose it usually puts me right to sleep

[OldTroll]

No I very rarely smoke these days- - maybe I share a little with my son b4 thanksgiving dinner- - I always throw on Alice's,s restaurant and take a few hits- but with my daily methadone dose it usually puts me right to sleep
Looping Alice's Restaurant all during Thanksgiving dinner has been a family tradition of ours for several decades.

[oink]

Not for about 27 years. I've thought about it.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

wtf .. a lot of you are the same age as me

what happened!! You into Geritol shooters now or what

[zombiewolf]

:smilielol5::smilielol5::smilielol5:


Mescalito bro', you're killin' me.



ZW :peace:

[junglejack]

It certainly helps the whole Thanksgiving tradition doesn't it
In NYC there used to be 2 or 3 FM & independent radio stations that played "Alice- at 12 noon every Thanksgiving.
I dont know if they still do- -but I certainly still do :cheers2:

just a 1/2 mile from the RR track,
JJack
:toetap05:

[zenloki]

law-breaker

[olhippie54]

I no longer smoke. I'm a recovering addict and alcoholic with nearly 23 years clean and sober. I only occasionally miss it, but not enough to risk returning to the hell I lived when I was an active user.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

I've known a number of alcoholics who got off booze by smoking weed

[olhippie54]

I've known a number of alcoholics who got off booze by smoking weedAddiction is addiction. If you truly have this disease then it has to be all or none.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

Addiction is addiction. If you truly have this disease then it has to be all or none.


Making bad decisions over and over and over--- doesn't qualify as a disease

It's a mental dis-order not a disease and a self inflicted one.

Diseases have cures... not meetings

Quit lumping weed into your list.. that's bullshit

[junglejack]

Addiction is addiction. If you truly have this disease then it has to be all or none.


A friend of Mr.Bill,s Huh, -- I'M certainly no 12 stepper, but at 58 I know plenty of older folks that have given up the old ways when their lives became unmanageable . Addiction is most definitely a disease.

This debate has gone on forever and I guess it always will- * no harm no foul * ;)

Respect to others and their beliefs ,
JJack
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The New England Journal of Medicine >

Drug addiction shares many features with other chronic illnesses, including a tendency to run in families (heritability), an onset and course that is influenced by environmental conditions and behavior, and the ability to respond to appropriate treatment, which may include long-term lifestyle modification.

I would guess weed VERY RARELY falls into this category

[olhippie54]

Making bad decisions over and over and over--- doesn't qualify as a disease

It's a mental dis-order not a disease and a self inflicted one.

Diseases have cures... not meetings

Quit lumping weed into your list.. that's bullshitIt's a disease according to the AMA.

[olhippie54]

A friend of Mr.Bill,s Huh, -- I'M certainly no 12 stepper, but at 58 I know plenty of older folks that have given up the old ways when their lives became unmanageable . Addiction is most definitely a disease.

This debate has gone on forever and I guess it always will- * no harm no foul * ;)

Respect to others and their beliefs ,
JJack
----------------------------------------------------------------------
The New England Journal of Medicine >

Drug addiction shares many features with other chronic illnesses, including a tendency to run in families (heritability), an onset and course that is influenced by environmental conditions and behavior, and the ability to respond to appropriate treatment, which may include long-term lifestyle modification.

I would guess weed VERY RARELY falls into this categoryRight on!

[waukegan]

i've known a couple people seemed addicted to weed.i don't know if they're bodies were but their minds were maybe.like an oz a day.me i like to smoke every day when i have it.but i'm o.k. during dry times and it gives me better lift off after not smoking it for awhile.i guess we've all been there.the thing about me is man after i smoke a doob.i smoke cigs like a fiend where usually i go without tobacco.so i can see where smoking it can maybe make you do things you usually don't do much or things you'd rather avoid.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

that would be the same AMA that's handing out over 100 million prescriptions of white collar marijuana a year.. this is the reason MJ is still illegal it's going to cut into the pharma and doc's racket

Drug Brand Class 2007 Prescriptions (in millions)
Sertraline Zoloft SSRI 29.652
Escitalopram Lexapro SSRI 27.023
Fluoxetine Prozac SSRI 22.266
Bupropion Wellbutrin, Budeprion, Zyban NDRI 20.184
Paroxetine Paxil SSRI 18.141
Venlafaxine Effexor SNRI 17.200
Citalopram Celexa SSRI 16.246
Trazodone Desyrel 15.473
Amitriptyline Elavil TCA 13.462
Duloxetine Cymbalta SNRI 12.551


Don't get me wrong.. if there is the need to call it a disease to make it work that's okay... some people need to say Jesus healed them .. what's the difference .. long as it keeps you off the juice.

Just don't lump weed in that group.. because it doesn't share the same attributes as booze and hard drugs

[olhippie54]

that would be the same AMA that's handing out over 100 million prescriptions of white collar marijuana a year.. this is the reason MJ is still illegal it's going to cut into the pharma and doc's racket

Drug Brand Class 2007 Prescriptions (in millions)
Sertraline Zoloft SSRI 29.652
Escitalopram Lexapro SSRI 27.023
Fluoxetine Prozac SSRI 22.266
Bupropion Wellbutrin, Budeprion, Zyban NDRI 20.184
Paroxetine Paxil SSRI 18.141
Venlafaxine Effexor SNRI 17.200
Citalopram Celexa SSRI 16.246
Trazodone Desyrel 15.473
Amitriptyline Elavil TCA 13.462
Duloxetine Cymbalta SNRI 12.551


Don't get me wrong.. if there is the need to call it a disease to make it work that's okay... some people need to say Jesus healed them .. what's the difference .. long as it keeps you off the juice.

Just don't lump weed in that group.. because it doesn't share the same attributes as booze and hard drugsAhh, but it does.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

Only to those who take the other drugs too far.

[zenloki]

Ahh, but it does.

i don't see where it falls into the same category as other drugs except by the legal definition so olhippie could you explain this?

[olhippie54]

i don't see where it falls into the same category as other drugs except by the legal definition so olhippie could you explain this?As I have been led to understand, all mood altering, mind altering drugs (pot included) affect the same part of the brain. The physical effects may feel different, but it is still the same area of the brain affected.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

yeah, but there is not the addictive behavior associated with the other drug, including alcohol which is the most abused drug on this planet.Not too many pothead beat the shit out of their spouses and kids or go around trying to pick a fight.

The progressiveness isn't there like it is with the other. In other words, someone who starts smoking say in the 1980's , a couple of joints a week ..is not smoking a pound a week today. We as the other stuff, the intake keeps increasing.

Don't get me wrong, if AA works for you that's great. I assume you must be in AA because you refer to alcoholism as a disease. Certainly I had some friends who are pushing daisy's because they wouldn't stop drinking. I never got into the hair of the dog myself, maybe that was my saving grace, having come from a long line of juicers. Nothing like losing a parent to affirm that it's not a good thing.

Now you can say I'm into denial or whatever. But I'm into facts and pot should not be in the category that program people want to place it in for their own agenda.

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

Also.. I want to add.. it's true there are use/abuse issues. You can't just sit around and get baked all day long. But I have found that many people end up drinking on top of it. Nothing will fuck up your judgment more than alcohol.. it makes you do dumb shit. Or the other way around they are drinking then they smoke same difference.

If someone does get baked all day long then they need to take a serious look at themselves. I'm not being a square, just realistic.

[lynnzy]

I'm not totally sure how old you have to be to be an 'old hippie'... I think I'm missing the mark by a NANO though since I'm 47 years old. I was only a little kid in the 60's so I'm more of a 70's generation person and part of the very early 80's was my youth soo........ As for smoking? I never stopped. I never did at all since about 1974 or 75, something like that. That said, I did not turn to other drugs at all. I never used cocaine, or heroin or some hallucingens or anything like that and I don't even drink alcohol except for a glass of wine a few times a year. I did not find this to be a gate way drug or whatever at all. If anything it kept me from doing something worse I think. Because of that, my kids had a rule that they couldn't smoke weed 'till they were at least 15, and couldn't go out and buy it on the streets. They had to get it from us (parents). Now the girls are grown, they have no drug problems and one of them has an awsome career in television, and the youngest is a manager at a restaurant. I think allowing them to smoke weed with restraints really worked. They never had to bow to peer pressure about other drugs because they were automatically 'cool' cause of the weed. So yeah, contrary to what you hear, letting your teens smoke weed will probably save them from becoming an alcoholic or some heroin addict. THAT SAID.. if someone is an addict, then I'm not bashing you... I understand that shit happens, and people become addicted for whatever reason to alcohol and what not..

[olhippie54]

Also.. I want to add.. it's true there are use/abuse issues. You can't just sit around and get baked all day long. But I have found that many people end up drinking on top of it. Nothing will fuck up your judgment more than alcohol.. it makes you do dumb shit. Or the other way around they are drinking then they smoke same difference.

If someone does get baked all day long then they need to take a serious look at themselves. I'm not being a square, just realistic.I'm not saying that pot was the problem and that it made me an addict. What I am saying is that now being an addict it has to be all or none. I'm also not saying that anyone who drinks or drugs will become addicted. Most probably don't and I commend them. I wasn't so lucky.

[wheatchick]

Still going strong!:D

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

I'm not saying that pot was the problem and that it made me an addict. What I am saying is that now being an addict it has to be all or none. I'm also not saying that anyone who drinks or drugs will become addicted. Most probably don't and I commend them. I wasn't so lucky.

I have a good idea of what you're saying. I think I know what you mean, if you partake of the green then what's next.... right

Hang in the there.

[olhippie54]

I have a good idea of what you're saying. I think I know what you mean, if you partake of the green then what's next.... right

Hang in the there.Exactly.

[junglejack]

Most probably don't and I commend them. I wasn't so lucky.

Me either-!
-developed a dope habit soon after I returned from S.E Asia and have now been on methadone maintenance for many, many years. Not a excuse, just that's the way it worked out.
Fortunately I been able to work, raise a son (without his mother) and lead a productive life with the help of this drug therapy. Regaining the trust I lost from family and friends means more to me than anything- especially as I get older, and there all of a sudden there aren't so many family and friends around anymore

love&light
JJack :)

[smokeybear2]

dont smash me for being to young but as far as this pot and addiction thing goes, i was addicted to dope/heroin for 2 years and wouldnt be clean for 6 months if it wasnt for weed, thats all i do now, and its my medicine ive got half a year off dope because of it. its healing, digg it.

[mildlygray]

36 of 48 years I've smoked herb No regrets and good memories. Dido to everything Lynnzy said I learned right away to stay away from all stupid drugs and have ...except for bouts with booze thank god I won and learned discipline, control and limits. To which is a constant learning experience. My exception is always fungi with the brothers of Tea Time as long some brew tea in the woods in their honor. today weed is much better so I smoke much less and stay more stoned Yeah
Live in the Light Close your eyes and enjoy Open them and learn
Peace all

[dormouse]

if i were still smoking pot i'd sure not announce my illegal activity on a public message board, especially one that is obviously designed to attract "hippies". i mean ... if the government decided to go all out in persecuting pot smokers it wouldn't be difficult to track down a physical address via ones IP.

just a paranoid thought.

[hippiestead]

Gee, dormouse, it would take the government a very long time to track all the people who admit to pot smoking on the net, especially since there are whole forums and groups dedicated to the 'dreaded' weed.

On the all or none theory, I think it all depends on the person. Some people give up alcohol and keep smoking pot and their lives are perfectly managable, others need to give up both. Then there is the whole factor of what all is addictive & what harm those addictions can do; tobacco is addictive, so is sugar; a diabetic can't ingest sugar without it causing harm but a non-diabetic can, while everyone who ingests tobacco is going to harm their body in one form or another.

[dormouse]

Gee, dormouse, it would take the government a very long time to track all the people who admit to pot smoking on the net, especially since there are whole forums and groups dedicated to the 'dreaded' weed.

On the all or none theory, I think it all depends on the person. Some people give up alcohol and keep smoking pot and their lives are perfectly managable, others need to give up both. Then there is the whole factor of what all is addictive & what harm those addictions can do; tobacco is addictive, so is sugar; a diabetic can't ingest sugar without it causing harm but a non-diabetic can, while everyone who ingests tobacco is going to harm their body in one form or another.


oh i agree. there's safty in numbers. in amongst a large herd an individual antelope is less likely to be brought down by a cheetah than an individual antelope standing on the veld alone and looking singularly yummy. i did say it was just a paranoid thought.

[hippiestead]

yup...maybe you should put that ummm, cigarette down ;)

[mildlygray]

I started speaking truthfully about smoking several years ago much easier not to be paranoid I think. I have spoke out to many,many. I am very careful bout caring pipes or where I'll smoke. My daughter was ticketed on a near by river smoking a bowl with friends while picking up trash off the bank.

[hippiechick03]

No I don't smoke it anymore, but I don't have a thing against it. Every minute of the day in this country, someone is getting injured or killed by a drunk driver. Have you ever heard of someone getting killed because the driver was smoking a joint? Or because he was high on weed? I'd rather see pot legal than alcohol!

[sunfighter]

Here in Massachusetts, marijuana is now decriminalized for amounts of one ounce or less.

I smoked for the first time on May 1, 1971 and I've never stopped. My health is excellent, by the way, and I am a successful professional. I know lawyers, doctors, and software engineers who smoke. I hope someday that all drugs will be legalized. I don't think the government has the right to tell anyone what they can take into their own body.

[mildlygray]

I smoked for the first time on May 1, 1971

:cheers2: Me too round bout 73 . I've quit for job for 2yrs once and it didn't make a better straight man. I happy enough with what I've done as a pot smoker. I would still be in the wants of what I don't have, if I never smoked. It wouldn't be an issue if pot hadn't been demonized so long and far from truth. I do enjoy the Kind that we get to smoke these days...emm good. I can and often stop smoking for lots reasons not a problem for me. I watch more and closer how much beer or hard liquor,... much much much more dangerous, than any amount of pot, smoked per any moment or length years. :sifone:. peace

[reefer118]

if i were still smoking pot i'd sure not announce my illegal activity on a public message board, especially one that is obviously designed to attract "hippies". i mean ... if the government decided to go all out in persecuting pot smokers it wouldn't be difficult to track down a physical address via ones IP.

just a paranoid thought.

paranoid is an understatement man. nobody has ever been tracked down solely from stating they use drugs on the internet. there is no physical proof. i smoke crack... no wait im lying.

you old people with your evils of the internet shit. haha.

[mildlygray]

you old people with your evils of the internet shit. haha.

I may be old, but definitely not paranoid bout smoking this bowl while online..hahaha.... Hang on as I pack up kindness..,ahhhyea :sifone:

[reefer118]

I may be old, but definitely not paranoid bout smoking this bowl while online..hahaha.... Hang on as I pack up kindness..,ahhhyea :sifone:
good to hear dude!! keep tokin' haha

on a side note, i love smoking with old people. well not all old people. ive smoked with some crackhead fuckups before that were just obnoxious. but its always nice to smoke with a well adjusted old person. someone who has done something with their life and is happy with where they are at. it gives me a more positive outlook on my future. and they always have great stories to tell so thats a plus too. :cheers2:

[jnorton47]

I still smoke. I don't like to get too high. But, if I got 'em I smoke 'em. I will continue as long as I breathe. http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/edoom/bounce2.gif

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

I still smoke. I don't like to get too high. But, if I got 'em I smoke 'em. I will continue as long as I breathe. http://smilies.vidahost.com/contrib/edoom/bounce2.gif


Far Out !! .. Right On...!!

[hafreed]

I put it down in 1979 when I left the US Air Force and decided to go to college. I knew there was little chance of me putting in the study time needed if I was getting high. I knew nothing of limits then. Then I just sort of forgot about it as life went on. Now I am back, regret leaving it for so long.
I don't have any old friends who smoke and usually smoke alone, but it is still a joy.

[scratcho]

I first tried a bit of the herb in '58.Still trying it ,but only some evenings at this point in my life.I was way out of control with alchohol until I tried L in '68.Just like a lightbulb going off,the error of my ways became hugely obvious and I quit the juice for 22 years until I could manage to get my emotions under control.Couple 'a beers now is fine for me,but the juice is a killer for sure.I enjoy weed because my mind surprises me with the funniest damn stories and routines ever when I partake.

[mildlygray]

good to hear dude!! keep tokin' haha

on a side note, i love smoking with old people. well not all old people. ive smoked with some crackhead fuckups before that were just obnoxious. but its always nice to smoke with a well adjusted old person. someone who has done something with their life and is happy with where they are at. it gives me a more positive outlook on my future. and they always have great stories to tell so thats a plus too. :cheers2:

:D I got old had to learn to smoke with young ...hahahaha
I be honored to smoke out with ya. And I don't smoke with any crackheads or obnoxious old farts. I am the sanest crazy man I know.And I give away stories like water. But pot induced sometimers is catching up with stories, faster than I can get rid of em...hahahhaa :cheers2:
peace n love
I smoke to your positive future...
Keith

[mildlygray]

I enjoy weed because my mind surprises me with the funniest damn stories and routines ever when I partake.

Lmao... :sifone:
Good job on clean years ,
Stay funny and happy
Peace Thanks for the laugh
Keith

[scratcho]

You're very welcome,Keith--------------

[mildlygray]

Right on Scratcho......

[scratcho]

Joel here,by the way.

[mildlygray]

Cool Joel, smoken kind in your honor..hahaha
peace Keith

[theflourchild]

I started smoking in 1969. I'm now 62 and at some point about 10 years ago stopped. I was living in Japan where it is extremely illegal still. Plus, I think because my energy to get things done was starting to wane, the addition of reefer wouldn't help that any. HOWEVER... in November 2007, a group of my women friends from my 20's came together from all different cities to rent a house in Baltimore for a long weekend. We used to always get high together in the early 70's. It was a town home and the owners told us we could smoke outside but not inside. So Peggy was the only one who smoked and went up to the roof to smoke her cigarillos. In the meantime, Margie is in the first floor bathroom and sticks her head out and goes "psssttt" to me and crooks her finger to come in. She was smoking a doobie with the fan on. I joined her for the first time in years and it was GREAT! We were giggling and opened the door and all the smoke poured out. In the meantime, Peggy (still on the roof where the fan from the bathroom vented) started smelling a very familiar smile and thought: wtf? She went to find out what was going on. The rest of the weekend was terrific. We had the best time playing Brainiac stoned, eating lots of Indian food, and laughing. After not seeing each other for 35 years, we all felt we had just seen each other yesterday and all felt 23 years old again!

[mildlygray]

Great story Flourchild. Big smiles. Best wishes for you and your girlfriends . Thanks

[theflourchild]

Thanks, Mildly Gray. My name is because I'm a baker as well as an old hippie. But no magic brownies. This is a small town, and although it could use it, it just couldn't handle it. Smiles right back atcha! :cheers2:

[White_Horse_Mescalito]

Margie is in the first floor bathroom and sticks her head out and goes "psssttt" to me and crooks her finger to come in. She was smoking a doobie with the fan on. !

hey flourchild.... you think that Margie might like to go out for a ride? :sifone:

[theflourchild]

She probably would, White Horse Mescalito, but she'd have to really watch out in her town. She's currently "Teacher of the Year"! If they only knew the REAL teacher! ;)

[lily_420]

No, not tobacco.

I'm curious about how many old hippies still get high .....

and if you do, are you able to use medical marijuana or are you forced into breaking the law?

ya we still do.

[homebudz]

I burn every day.I have my MM card,and here in oregon it really isn't a big deal.We grow some killer shit as you would guess,so a little goes a long way.It's still phunn too.

[Fyrenza]

Although i've taken some rather long 'breaks,' (8 years once, 5 years another time, a couple of years, here and there ~ always for my employment),

i've NEVER QUIT!!! :rofl:

Still smoking up a CLOUD! :sifone:

[cardinal456]

definitely, they need to make it legal everywhere

[Fyrenza]

definitely, they need to make it legal everywhere

WHAT?!? :eek:

It's ILLEGAL??? :confused:

Cripes.

[silverhippy]

Duh,, yea !!! I got a big water bong that I fill with wine, it has a power hitter on it too, I love my bong....

Peace

[Lafincoyote]

Law? What law???

[kinulpture]

i don`t anymore, & may never again. it`d be a really great environment 4 me to smoke pot again.

[Mellow Yellow]

Smokin' herb's about all I do anymore. It sucks that I have to break the law to continue in the lifestyle I've been accustomed since age 12 (that's 33 years, not that anyone's counting). I'm a high strung guy with ADD, and it's the one thing that seems to ground me without the harsh side effects of pharmaceuticals. I quit drinking almost a year ago because I can't seem handle the booze--y'know, the legal shit that's socially accepted and the cause of more car accidents and domestic violence than any other drug. There is legislation on the table to decriminalize it where I live, so I'm crossing my fingers they get their priorities straight and pass it before I get too much older. I'd sure like to be able to grow my own crop without having to worry about having my house and kids taken away.

I'll be tokin' till they plant me in the ground.

[waukegan]

i guess it's been 40 years now every chance i've gotten. the time has gone fast.but it's been fun.times are fun when you're having flys.....when the tough get going,the going gets tough.

[snowsurf]

Smokin' herb's about all I do anymore. It sucks that I have to break the law to continue in the lifestyle I've been accustomed since age 12 (that's 33 years, not that anyone's counting). I'm a high strung guy with ADD, and it's the one thing that seems to ground me without the harsh side effects of pharmaceuticals. I quit drinking almost a year ago because I can't seem handle the booze--y'know, the legal shit that's socially accepted and the cause of more car accidents and domestic violence than any other drug. There is legislation on the table to decriminalize it where I live, so I'm crossing my fingers they get their priorities straight and pass it before I get too much older. I'd sure like to be able to grow my own crop without having to worry about having my house and kids taken away.

I'll be tokin' till they plant me in the ground.

Ditto! could not have said it better. Have add started at 11 yrs old herb is the only thing that will focus me. I have been waiting for the war on freedom to ease up so I can use and enjoy the only thing that really works for me. The docs can keep their chemical liver killers. Hard to beleive that the laws are harsher now then when I was a kid. Medical bill passed here but governor has not signed yet. Keep the faith and hope the greed masters can see a profit in legalizing or decriminalization.:D

[onlyanegg]

Infrequently, these days. There are other ways to expand consciousness internally that it's not as necessary as it once was. Out in the woods, though, that is a fine time for a little herb.

[etherea]

No I don't. I used to use a lot of acid,then speed and barbiturates as well as the odd heavy pharmaceutical (In the 60's/70's) The only way to get a grip was to give it all up including hash. My partner still smokes and it doesn't bother me at all though I must say I do still like the smell.

[zencoyote]

I would still be smoking if my "reefer man" hadn't raised his price to $70 a half-ounce.
It was 55/half-100/ounce before I left for the gathering.

His excuse..."Well man, it's kinda dry now so I can charge what I want."
Idiot is gonna get himself busted with that attitude!!

Zen

[Jim Mac]

:sifone: When I can get it. Been really hard to score here in Locust Point, Baltimore. Ive been smoking for over forty years and I can not remember it ever being so dry. Since the cancer, it's been a big help.:peace:

[Jim Mac]

:peace:I've been smoking for over forty years now. Still for the buzz, but also for medical reasons.

[hv444]

thats awesome

[sentastorm]

I smoke about 3 or 4 times a week.