Why do you smoke Cannabis?

I assume a poll is forthcoming but my quick answer is to help me sleep.

 

It helps me sleep
It helps me relax
Also I just really like being stoned, blasting music, cooking food and sliding around the kitchen floor all at once.

It also makes bike rides more fun if they're going to be leisurely. Physically hard things when high is basically the same as drinking a bunch of coffee beforehand, I just get tired too quickly.

 

Cause its hilarious

 

I consider Marijuana the same as Asprin. A miracle drug. Good for what ails ya.

 

like all your respondents - cos I like it, helps me relax, gives me good sleep, and heightens pleasures - e.g. sex. music, nature, etc. etc.

Been doing it now for 44 years!

Simon :sunny:

ps: oh and helps me be creative

 

it prevents me climbing a clock tower with a high powered rifle :mickey:

 

i can't stop

 

primary reason- pain management. it takes the edge off so i can tolerate moving around. still hurts, but tolerable back, hips and leg pain, if you wondered.

secondary reasons- it definitely helps me eat. i already eat less than my 4 year old. if i didnt smoke, i think id starve on accident. this has gotten more important since ive had thyroid issues.
it helps me sleep, but i also smoke because it suppresses my dreams. i have had prophetic dreams in the past, i dont care for them, and smoking helps me avoid them.
i find that it helps with my depression too, as well as panic/anxiety attacks, which i havent had since i got out of the navy and started smoking again.

Marijuana gives me a quality of life i would not otherwise have.

 

when i do it helps me function. everything hurts.. :frown: and i get frequent migraines. oddly enough, smoking cannabis makes me hyper, no matter the strain. the whole house gets cleaned!

 

I selected all of the above choices except relieving pain and keeping me sane, though it does help with both of these issues when they are relavent

Of course smoking bud feels good; for me there are no questions about that. It definitely increases my creative side, I love journaling when I'm baked. The past year or so (though not all the time) my appetite has dramatically dropped. I can usually eat without being stoned, but sometimes I NEED to smoke in order to become HUNGRY.

I love being outside in nature. When the temperatures outside are warm, or at least not TOO cold, I take daily stoned walks/hikes for exercise and simply to be outside. It's so relaxing! After a long, hard, and stressful day at work it's nice to come home to a packed bowl, spliff, blunt, vape, whatever! :sifone:

It's great for me cuz I'm 23 and back at my parents house after college (moving out in early May!!!!!!!). I love my parents but living with them at my age is beyond frustrating. Occasionally we get into a minor spat, and bud just helps ease my mind afterward, especially if it's something that shouldn't bother me but I can't get it out of my mind.

I love the happy feeling it gives, I like being high!

YES!


oh and like Booga said, sometimes when I smoke I do get into a cleaning ZONE...kinda cool

 

...i suffer from chronic pain due to some bionic body parts .I have over 6 feet of surgical scars..the weed doesnt help so much with the pain..it helps me deal with the fact that i am a walking wounded and all the stuff that goes along with my injuries...helps me sleep,helps my appetite and allows me to relax and 'bury' the pain in my subconscious....that said...i do not know if i would be a stoner if i had never crashed that day....probably not as much as i am now

 

It feels good, mentally and physically. I like zoning out. It helps me concentrate. It helps me sleep and eat. It makes music/tv/movies/everything better.

It also helps me to sort through my feelings and emotions regarding certain things in a more positive and productive way, as opposed to just focusing on how shitty everything is and feeling sorry for myself. It really is a wonder-drug, in my case.

Not to mention, when I'm able to smoke a little bit of weed, I have no desire or need to consume more harmful/addictive drugs, such as alcohol, benzos, and opiates.

 

Almost all of the options you included are regarding symptoms of PTSD though, and you did include "other". Even "pain" could be emotional pain.

 

it makes me feel good - i love being high :ssmokeit:

it makes me sane - pot helps me chill out alot if i'm stressed, and keep me on the level.

it helps me sleep - yea definitely helps me sleep better.

it helps me eat - yep definitely helps me eat.

it helps me to be creative - i've come up with many ideas while high.

it helps me to relax - definitely.

it makes my life easier - what someone else said about pot enabling me to reach a quality of life that i wouldn't have been able to reach otherwise.

pot also helps me to integrate some of my psychedelic experiences.

 

What about music, when you smoke for no other reason than for the fact it makes music better. Excuse me while I put this amp to 11.

 

I second this.

 

pretty much all the above except with nausea and pain, those would only be on certain scenarios like having a hangover.
and all in turn make me relaxed and sane

overall i just do it cuz it makes me feel better.

the joy of listening to music 3x better than normal is one of the best joys in life.

 

I used it for every reason you listed already today, and I've only been awake for less than 5 hours. I'm coming down with a cold, and marijuana is helping the systems better than the dayquil, nyquil, and aspirin yesterday.