Smoker Poll!!!!

im tryin to find all the smokers out there in the forums!!! and by smokers, im sure you know what i mean (heh heh heh)!!!

 

Need I say more?

 

Wait a minute, what was I about to say? What thread id this? What forum is this? Woah dude...

Sorry for playin' off of your joke Matt but you inspired me

 

from time to time is a huge understatement! lol

 

My mom knows absolutely nothing about what half of the drugs known do to you. She thinks weed will hurt you. Omfg. No it doesn't. I havn't tried it yet, but more than likely I will. All it does is buzz/high. That's it. Unless I'm wrong....

 

evey 1/2 hour till i pass out, then every hour after that

 

Used to. Quite regularly. Sadly, I don't anymore. Not for any other reason that I am a single Mum to a sweet little boy, my Son. So it wouldn't be too clever being 'away with the fairies' when I am in sole charge of my baby Son. If I am not 'on the ball' to take care of him who will?
BUT....when he is away at his grandad's for the night (which is only occational...) or he's at home being babysat and I'm out for the night and babysitter is taking charge (even after I've returned home) untill next morning, well, then that, my friends, is a different story! Oh yes. I mean why not, huh? :H

Wow, just realised, that make's me just about the only hippie, I personaly, ever heard of who don't really smoke pot. Oh, I would if I could!

 

Hey,

Smoking pot,weed,hasj,ganja,or whatever you call it..
has got nothing to do with being hip or hippie..
I've smoked also..but very long time ago..and now not anymore..
If I want to get stoned I take booze..same effect for me..
I have known people who just want to smoke pot out of curiosity..
and later..made the mistake of thinking that if you smoke pot..
you are in..and on level with other hippies..forget it..
Being hippie is a STATE of MIND..you don't need drugs to feel that..
I recall in the beginning seventies in Kabul..in a hotel..one guy..
completeley freaked out..bad trip...you know what that means in Kabul??
in Bombay heroine deaths in hotel rooms..French hippie girls turning into
prostitutes in Goa for the need of hasj,heroine...is this worth while??
Think twice before you start smoking...if you do..one advice..
do it with the right people,right place,right mood,right music..
and always do it in moderation..otherwise you might end up in a vicious
circle...the world goes on around us..whether you are stoned or not..
old tiger

 

I think we all know my answer!

 

I was just nosing around. Drug free myself and I know 2 BIG hippies (tey consider themselves hippies and their way of thinking is def. hippie) both sober. One is trying to become sober and is currently in rehab (has some MAJOR hard drug addictions) and the other has been sober for 3 yrs and is a member of AA (I guess he was into Pot, Alcohol and acid). SO that proves that being a hippie does not require drug use.

 

I agree TOTALLY with both "BLUE_F7" and "Old Tiger" smoking pot doesn't a hippy make.

I myself, as I already stated, do not smoke pot anymore. (I have a baby so am of course going to be resoncible...) no good being stoned in charge of a baby, of course!

I'm a bit worried however that there seems to be a 'suggestion' that there is a link between smoking pot and trying, possibly even becoming addicted to harder drugs. I would have to seriously beg to differ!! I have smoked plenty of pot before having a child in my life and I can safely say I have never ever tried anything else!!! I never ever would!!! Other than pot I am anti-drugs.
I think those who start on pot and move on to 'harder' stuff already have it in their minds to do so. I don't think the canabis can really be held accountable for that!!

If someone wants to try any other kind of drug/s they were going to anyway whether or not pot just happened to come first on the list.

 

Yes, I think smoking the good stuff is fine and great

 

I will continue to maintain that one of the reasons that pot is called a "gateway drug" is because it is having to be bought on the black market which, unfortunetly, can make other illegal drugs easier to find and try. Only, IMHO

 

Blue F7,

Thanks for your answer..
I do like your ideas..you are as HIPPIE as eveybody else here..
the culture HIPPIES always had a connection to the 3 key words
of the sixties=sex,drugs and rock'n roll..all 3 of hem give a kick
and all 3 of them have been commercialised..which I think is a pity..
our goals in life are all the same..being HAPPY..and how to achieve it..
it's different for each one of us..If I feel HAPPY to drive a motorbike..
that's it..if Stasia feels HAPPY doing her art..that's O.K.too..
and if you feel happy by smoking weed or pot..well O.K..as well..
the moment you break the circle of HAPPY feelings into worries..
then you're wrong..and for many it's too late then..

If I could give you all really something...
I would give you all a subscription..
to a healthy and happy life..
old tiger

 

no, l eat it..

 

YES!! Quite. THERE is the only real link. So very well put. I have to admit, I didn't even think about that. But how true that is.

We in Stockport (near Manchester in UK) had a canabis cafe open up a couple of years ago, it caused a big stink on both sides of the argument, for or against. It kind of survived for a for short while (stuggling to do so with the current laws in the UK, opposition from people who are against it and of course all the politics surrounding it) but for a very brief time it survived due to the local police not wanting to waid in too quickly for the fear of getting accused of having 'nothing better to up hold laws' on and to neglected fighting 'real' crimes. But of course it was only a matter of time (and not much at that...) till they did come and close it down. My hope is that it got people thinking about this issue if nothing else.

 

I dont smoke anymore... I used to smoke alot.. And do alot of otherthings... But now When I smoke I get tired and hungry and parinoid... It just aint for me anymore.. But to each his own.. Im not against it at all.. Im all for it actually... Just not my cup of tea anymore... But every once in a while I do.. just for ha ha's

 

first off stasia I LOVE your signature pic. Moon fairy.. so pretty

Ok that aside... I don't know if pot is a gateway drug or even exactly what that means. It seems some ppl think one thing, others think it means something else. it's unclear.

To me I always thought it meant many ppl START with pot... ..maybe they should just call it a starter drug.

But actually my guess is more ppl start with alcohol (also considered a drug although legal). I bet more ppl broke into mom/dad's liquer cabinet before trying pot.

So I guess Alcohol is the gateway drug. Then I bet it's usually cigarettes..because it would be the next thing in line easiest to get. Coffee is probably in there too..AND THEN POT and after that harder drugs

The one in rehab..I dun know when he started smoking cigs or drinking coffee (he's heavy on both) but I know it was like this..alcohol, pot, acid, shrooms, coke, crack. In that order. I know he tried E @ one point yrs back but I don't know where it came into play.

I think drugs are a choice..

So it's not alcohol to blame for his step into weed..or weed for his step into acid etc. He is a human being with choices. I do believe some ppl are more vulnerable to making certain choices than others. And i think addiction is complicated. It muddy's the waters. Because once addicted to something that choice can become difficult or even invisible. Impossible to see.

I smoked pot back in highschool. Pretty heavily on and off. I was a person who was vulnerable to certain choices.

I started off drug free etc..freshman yr. Then smething traumatic happened and I dealt with it by 1)keeping it secret for as long as possible and 2)trying my first cigarette3)harming myself for the firts time

I became a heavy cigarette smoker @ 14. Shortly after this I tried pot and quickly became a heavy smoker. I don't remember if I drank before or after this but I took it up heavily as well.

My frinds changed. I started hanging with a tougher crowd. My "friends" by age 16 consisted of a lot of heavy pot smokers who dealt drugs, a lot of them snorted coke, a couple shot up heroin, and a few of them were big time dealers (2 even sold hard drugs). I was going to "parties" where we would get drunk, smoke Blunts, hash and Opium. PPl were high on E and coke and it as messy.

I hung with them and my "best friend" of the time was a heavy pot smoker hippie type. He didn't know this other group of friends. we would smoke pot in the park or at someone house.. It was pretty much our only activity.

My decisions often put me in danger. I have been slipped drugs in my pot and alcohol before. It was a bad scene. Luckily I never tried hard drugs..but it was very close for me.

When I decided to stop smoking pot...I stopped seeing thse "friends" the messy parties and all of that became a darker past for me. my "best friend" and I smoked my last jont in the park (it was huge..to "go out with a bang" he said). He claimed we would still be friends. I never saw him again after that summer.

Luckily I didn't "try" or get into anything with a seriously addictive quality. I quit smoking cigarrettes at 19 yrs old. I still crave them somewhat.

I don't regret my choices anymore..but I did for a while..because of the ppl I chose as "friends"

I know for some ppl it is not like that. They try pot for different reasons. They never get in with a dark "messy" crowd. I know ppl now who smoke pot occasionally. That is their choice. I know ppl who are mentally addicted to pot and can't smoke it in moderation. They smoke everyday and it damages relationships, jobs, etc.

I think it has to do with circumstances and who you are as a person, the choices you make, and your vulnerbilities. I think I have an abusive quality. I could easily abuse alcohol or pot when dealing with aan emotional problem. I am careful with my alcohol consumption and I choose not to smoke pot. I think that alcoholism and drug addiction could easliy be around a couple if corners for me..if I were to choose to abuse any substance.

There is a fine line between recreational use and subatnce abuse..and after that there is a fine line between substance abuse and substance dependency.

I dated an addict for 3 yrs. SO I learned a lot about drug addiction. I don't consider myself an expert. Just a person with personal experiences and an opinion.


SO as for pot being a gateway drug,..I think it depends on the person using it.

I don't really think ppl who start with pot have an intention of later becoming a crack addict or herin addict. But I think some ppl will end up there..in those places. B/c of who they are, why they are using, what their vulnrbilities are, how they cope with problems, self esteem, addictive nature and choices they make.


So if you choose to smoke weed, hopefully you know yourself very well I guess. It is your choice.


Something i have found interesting...

A person who is going to use a substance is going to use..there IS NO PREVENTION of that. An addict intending to get a fix will GET his fix. period. No law, no consequence, no person, nothing short of death itself will stand in his way.

Yet we have laws to prevent drug use.
It's ironic.

I am not saying we should legalise cocaine or whatever. Because sometimes the consequences (jail time etc) motivate someone to seek treatment. an addict NEEDS negative cnsequences to be motivated to seek help and stop using.

It's just interesting to me that the laws are there to prevent use. Because of the nature of addiction..the laws cannot prevent use. Only punish a person when they use.

It's just an interesting notion is all.

 

Weed is a wonderful thing...

 

so much deep fuckin thought for a poll thread, honestly who gives a shit? theres a whole forum for us.