my favourite plant

seen quite a few threads spinning offtopic into smoking. lets have a thread for it. discuss your feelings about it. is it closely related to dreadlocks? its not a secret that a lot of our knotty friends do smoke. how come? is a random dreadhead more likely to be a smoker then then a non-dreadhead? if no/yes, why?

how do smoking cannabis make you feel? how does it affekt your life? discuss discuss discuss

be carefull tough. you never know who is reading =P

 

Years ago before I got my dreads I used to smoke a lot, but eventually I started getting paranoia so I eased off. Now it is something I enjoy at max a few times per month and only high-grade cannabis.

I can really only be happy with marijuana if I treat it like a psychedelic, meaning I have to be in the right frame of mind and the right setting.

I do not define myself as a pothead or stoner, just a responsible, occasional user. I feel much more clear-headed living the 'sober' life.

 

I smoked it a few times but it's never really done anything for me.

 

i smoke once or twice a week, but economy and the difficulty of geting good stuff in norway is what makes me smoke less. in norway its mostly bad maroccan hash, wich gives a much stonier effect then pot. its more of a relaxive effect then psycadelic.

i would probably be described as a stoner, especially during the times when my economy is good.

when it comes to the connection between dreadlocks and smoking pot/hash, there is several cultural connections. rastafarians, hippies, and dont forget the biggest stoners of them all, indian sadhus =D if dreadheads in general smoke more then other people im not sure about, but i believe so. maybe its just prejudice in me, like in most people, that makes me believe that. but i know very few dreadheads that never smoke, and most people i know well with dreadlocks smoke quite a lot.

how this cultural connection between dreadlocks and smoking across the world transfers to modern man, often holding a normal job, or studying, i am wondering

 

The only people I know personally who have dreadlocks smoke large amounts of marijuana. I really can't say what's up with the rest of the dreadlocked crowd in the US, but my speculation is that a larger % smoke than not.

I've not had any problems with my studies because I go to a public university in the states and dress codes and rules like that aren't even a consideration, unlike how it may be in other countries or private schools.

I've also not had a problem finding a job, albeit I've only worked non-corporate jobs since I've had my dreads (and it's probably going to stay that way).

HOWEVER......... A few weeks ago my boyfriend and two friends (one of whom is also dreaded) got the cops called on us at a National Park. I suspect whoever called 2 rangers and 2 town cops on us did it because of our hair/clothing and the passing of a rolled cigarette, not even a damn joint!! Fucking nosey people!!! I know my hair has a stigma attached to it while out in general public like the park.

 

I smoke on occasion. I don't hold a lot or I will smoke it until its gone... we grow one or two plants on our patio, and just use our own yield for a while... this is generally when I go incognito because I can't talk to people stoned... lol... I don't anwer my phone, door, or anything.... lol.... I get a large amount of movie watching done as well. and wierd online shopping.... *shrug* its best I don't smoke very often...LOL

Oh and when Yale is having heart surgery, I generally smoke first thing after he goes in so I can sleep a few hours...or I spend the entire time gittery like I'm high on coke (but not) and don't eat until I see him all well and tied back together.

 

In a recent survey of dreadheads I participated in elsewhere, it came up that over 75% were self proclaimd weed smokers.

 

Well i smoke pot everyday and i still attend university and keep decent grades i guess so i don't see if affecting me negatively. I feel relaxed and chillin when i smoke not tripped out or zoned like i used to get when i was younger. Now its like smoking a blunt between a few friends is like smoking a ciggy or 2 on campus. Lol not exactly but im just comparing as to say that marijuana doesnt make me out of it or unable to comprehend. I have dreads have had them for over 2 years and i dont wear them on my head becuase i smoke pot i just like the style carefree not having to worry about certain styles and its like a journey, so i dont see marijuana associated with my hair at all although alot of people do so its all good.

 

ive never had any trubles with law enforcement or job in norway because of my dreadlocks. i study at a university, and having dreadlocks there is not uncommon in norway. i allso work at a hospital. have never seen other employes there with dreadlocks. i got the job before i got my dreadlocks, but reactions after i got them have only been positive (except for 1 patient once, that suspected me of beeing a drug addict and didnt want my help. but that happened once before i got dreadlocks too. and both of them in the end realized i didnt want them any harm). in bars, out on cafe's and in the general public i get remarks and comments subtly inclining me smoking, but only from people that are positive to smoking pot themselves.

 

i do know lots of dreads who never smoke and lots thast do
but i believe that 50% of americans smoke (25% of those secretly)
and some very proudly
now the 3 peeice suite weekend smoker working in a corporate hellhole isnt about to dread and risk his 6 figure salary
but a smoker without a care in the world might dread. soo the 75% mentioned above makes sence not because more dreads smoke, but, because more smokers without corporate jobs might dread
the dreads that dont smoke tend to be the most religios or spiritual including the rastas that dont smoke eventhough thats a sacrement of theyre religion
the non smoking dreads (not all ofcourse just a large percentage) tend to follow the strictest diets and health restrictions meditate or do yoga the most or live the simplest natural lifestyles
not because smoking interferes with that just because as a quest for purity thwy gave up such vices (or never had em)

before i drewaded i smoked heavy..all day every day..after dreading i cur way back..on average from 1 bowl a week to 1 every couple months
except at gatherings when itrs hard to not be passed 3 joints at once so there, out in naturew surrounded by a possitive spiritual love vibe i tend to smoke as much as drifts my way

dreads who smoke are definately more willing to admit they smoke ..even right to a cops face..
the average laweyer cop judge or politition that smokes will deny it even after being caught
so ui yhink thats why it looks like more dreads smoke then straight haired ppl

 

I have UA's woot! and after rehab I decided it was no acohol and no drugs not even weed lol
but I used to smoke the best of northern lights almost everday

 

seems to be logic to your reasoning eagle. its obvius that societys stigmatizing puts people with dreadlocks at higher risk because it puts us in the searchlight, so the smokers chosing to dread, is probably the ones with the least fear of beeing cought

 

Im just like Tanna when high! lol. I cant talk to people nor do I want too. I become extremley anti social and just wanna veg out watching movies or paint. Because of this I dont smoke often....maybe once or twice every 3-4 months?

 

ok. im more of a social smoker. im playing Dungeans & Dragons and its becoming an important part of our d&d nights =P we also tend to smoke a lot while watching movies, or just talking, or just generally when we are the right crowd together.

if i smoke a lot i tend to either: get lost in someone's conversation, while not really beeing part of it myself. just chilling out and listening, and sometimes having my say, but rather just chill. or i start talking, and geting lost in my own stories and keep going off topic again and again until i end up talking about 10 different things at once, or one thing that didnt even have anything to do with what we where talking about whatsoever if i smoke less i just get really social. but i always get really relaxed and in harmony with myself and my suroundings

 

im a pothead...

i only smoke after i get off work though(well..this next monday i may smoke before i head in...i mean, it's an important day )

course, i dont have dreads...and the fact that i want to get dreads started more from the novelty of dreads (my reasons have changed however), rather than their relationship with bud (whether real or imagined)

the only negative impact i see from my constant use of weed comes when i have not smoked in a while...
1) i have little to no appetite...i'll know im hungry (my stomach yells at me quite often) but i have to force myself to eat, and usually i fail....once i smoke i get the munchies and pig the hell outiggy:...because of this i rarely ever eat breakfast or lunch, and usually wait and eat dinner sometime between 8 and 10, and either a second dinner, or ginormous snack around 12...
2) i have issues getting to sleep...well that ones pretty self explanatory...course i can always fight this one easy, just grab me some beer:cheers2:

when i smoke im usually alone (course, that's cause im just usually alone all the time, whether smoking or not) though around once a week or so i head to my buddy's house to smoke him out...for me smoking is a way to relax...i feel it mostly in my head, kinda like a light fluffy cloud of awesome has settled into my mind and is slowly seeping out into my body...i tend to stare off at nothing a lot w/ a completely dumbfounded slack-jawed expression on my face...i love it

edit: also, i tend to prefer shwag, what i can usually get is still more than decent, gets me plenty high, and i can smoke more for a longer amount of time because it's more affordable as well...dro is nice, but not so nice that it justifies the price

 

TOTALLY agree with you. i like cannabis, but after watching my boyfriend like live on the stuff i can't say that i miss doing it all the time. but occasionally a pot brownie or a toke for lossening up is great, plus my house is SUPER clean when i smoke!

 

but question for the community, does it effect your sex life?? like not to be too personal.. just wondering.

 

i recognize your withdrawal reactions. i get the same when we run out after periods of heavy smoking

 

i wrote a limerick about pot while i was smokin a cig just now...here it is:

mary jane
so freakin awesome
i love it

damn im good at poetry :tongue:

as far as my sex life being affected...well...i dont have a sex life haha...my sexual history is pretty limited...when i had a consistent sex life i wasn't really smoking at the time, only on very rare occasions...the few times i've had sex since then, well i didnt really notice too much of a difference, except that maybe i didnt last as long as she would have liked :tongue: but that could be chalked up to a number of reasons...i refuse to have sex outside of a relationship anymore so it'll be a while before i can give a good response to this :tongue:

 

for me it actually helps a bit. i dont have sex outside relationships anymore. but in the beginning of relationships im always really nervouse. smoking helps me relax. dont know if it changes my performance in any way, but at least it helps me to be more comfortable with the situation