Hey every1, i think in your life every stoner always expierence the people who look down on you for smoking and they think weed is the worst thing in the world. So what are some good points i can bring up to defend it, like when i friend asks why i smoke or that its bad for you, what are some points i can bring up to show up that theres worse things to worry about and how it helps your mind , ect...
We've all contemplated this over and over.. and after trying to explain it 300 times you eventually just realize it's not worth the oxygen. Because no matter what you say, at the end of the day - your just a pothead to them, plain and simple. Everyone's different but this is from my (and many many other's) experience. But if your really concerned about it, go to the activist section for some good insight on the plus' of MJ. Or just wait for some better answers..
yeah i really hate it when people just don't understand because they get influenced by the media making it look bad. the best advice i have for you is when someone starts babbling about how bad it is for you and stuff, start talking about them. Ask them if they drink, and tell them how its actually worse in some cases than weed. You could also give them some famous names of people who have lived with weed all their life and have no health issues and have had a successful life. Tell them how you can OD from alcohol but not even from weed... tell them weed is natural.. its grown in the ground.. not made from toxic and flammable chemicals.
http://paranoia.lycaeum.org/marijuana/facts/mj-health-mythology.html http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/ You might want to read through those sites. You'll be better educated, when people use their ignorant statements.
well i dont know why people who smoke weed always claim that it doesnt cause cancer, well the weed doesnt, but smoking it does....
My bother still seems to think this and he is only a year younger then me, he keeps on going your friends smoke weed, you probaly do ect. I just tell him he drinks which is worth, and you only get mental side effects (not even 100% true) if you a big pothead. So basically just tell them they are damaging their body more with alcohol, which isnt natural and is toxic, then you are smoking weed.
ask them if they have ever smoked weed. if their answer is "no," then tell them they cant talk about it because they have no idea what its like. also explain that a lot of "information" about weed and drugs is misleading and untruthful - so even the shit they´ve been reading may not be accurate.
i have similar situation. just keep the mj smoking on the dl when u around ur friends who dont like weed. simple stuff.
I don't really go out of my way to defend smoking unless it comes up as a debate rather than an argument. If somebody makes a negative comment, I basically just tell them that I have the right to do what I want with my own body (maybe not legally, but at least philosophically, in my opinion) just like they have the right to do what they want with theirs. Smoking weed doesn't hurt anyone else- hell, it doesn't even affect them in any way if I smoke on my own time and don't insist on doing it around them.
well my thing is i have a very short temper that has been getting worse lately and i know im gonna snap so i need to do anything and everything i can to keep my head clear and keep me calm.so when somebody runs thier mouth about me smokeing weed i say "would you rather i smoke some weed and get fucked up and calmed down or would you rather me snap?that works cuz everybody know my temper and they know that there are only 3 people that can stop me when i snap and the chances of getting one them in time before i really fuck something or somebody up are slim to none.
tell the person that if they ever see you break any law, other than mj possession, you'll quit smoking weed. it's usually best to not even try to defend weed, but rather engage in unrelated conversation and show the person your personality. If you're an impressive person, you'll give weed a better name. If you're not, just say "shut up; george washington smoked weed."
George didnt toke weed (it'd be great if he did though).. they used hemp as a fiber source like rope and what not, back then.
Ask if they drink alcohol .... If they respond with a yes then it's pretty easy to defend cannabis. Just respond with some facts. Why do you smoke pot? Why do you drink alcohol ... ? Pot is bad for you! So what, Alcohol is much worse for you! Pot makes you addicted ... Mentally, Alcohol makes you both mentally and physically addicted. Pot gives you lungcancer. Cigarettes more, and Alcohol can cause kidney or liver failure! Pot makes you retarded and slows your mind down. Alcohol causes Alzheimer and Kalashnikov and make you irreversible retarded ... with pot it's reverseble by quitting. I can go on for this like hours lol ... it's really easy to defend pot from the demonizing comments about it when people use an other drug like alcohol. Ok, I can't defend stuff like "You look weird while stoned" ... it's just that I answer such things with ... "Ok, so what?" Oh and something to defend the following line with: But you drink alcohol and pot, so that's even worse! Yep, but I enjoy life and don't give a fuck and that's not your problem. Is it?
All I know is that I read that he wrote in a journal that he was removing the male plants from his hemp field at the begining of the flowering season. The only reason one would do that is to obtain the smokable sinsemilla buds to get high or to treat medical conditions. I don't know how much one can trust supposed historical documents, but one can presume that since the drug cannabis has been integrated so pervasively into all of human history, that it might have been a staple in early american history
