Wanna smoke some pot?

ddaryl my thoughts exactly.
                     Why do I still smoke weed but not drink beer?Let\'s see,I can\'t drive when I drink beer,can\'t drink a six pack and then hit the basketball court,I don\'t really feel like reading a good book after I\'ve been drinking.But really I guess it comes down to a personel choice.Personaly I don\'t like the loss of control that comes with drinking.                                                              
                                                                                                         
                       Shockwave you wrote"theres a reason it\'s illegal".You\'re right,and I\'ll tell you the reason right now.In America back in the late20\'s to early 30\'s this country was in the midst of the great depression.At this time pot was not illegal in this country.But when the breadlines grew long local governments in the southwest started looking for a way to get mexican immigrants out of the country.Back then you could think of mexicans and pot the way you think of american indians and pot.It was just a part of thier culture.Well to make a long story short,it took the southwest territories a few years but they finally got (almost) what they wanted.A federal law that made marijuana illegal.I paraphrased almost because what they really wanted was for possesion of any amount to be considered a capital crime.That means they could execute you for possesion of any amount of pot.Did they really want to kill people over pot?No.But they did really want mexicans to leave and they figured making it a capital crime would do it.                                              
                                                                                                       
                           I\'m going to end this with a story about the former mayor of New York city Laguardia.Yeah,the guy they named the airport after.In the 60\'s or 70\'s,right now I can\'t remember when he was in office,the government gave him money to do a study on the effects of pot on his city.Well I don\'t think they thought that he was going to do an honest study because when he came back with a report that said that marijuana had almost no negative impact on his city he found himself on the outside in washington so to speak.I\'m not going to try to say that the report was the unequivical truth about pot I\'m just trying to impress upon you what the government does when a report comes out that does\'nt say what they want it to say.Think about it.

Well put Ben.  I know ur not bragging bout doing other drugs but in a sense it sounds like it.  I\'ve done many other harmful substances in the past and I regret it, almost ended up killing my self because of a stupid drug.  Pot is hard to see has a drug substance on the otherhand, about the worse pot can do to u is make u pass out and go to sleep.

You know what PSX_J I post from the heart and seldom spellcheck or read over my post afterwards.But after reading your post I did re-read my post and although I really was\'nt trying to brag it did come across that way,so I edited that part out.My apologies.Looks like I killed the thread anyway.

Thanks for the thought Ben.  I know u werent trying to brag but others might take it the wrong way.  I did the whole drug bit for a while. I wasn\'t trying to be cool or fit in, I did it just cuzz I wanted to try it at first and then I got hooked and couldnt get enough. I started w/a little pot and that led me on to other substances.  

As I progressed into doing drugs I started to feel low, lower than I had ever felt in my life. Nothing began to matter to me, not my friends, school, nothing.  Although I had it pretty good I was really depressed. I started taking anti-depressants but this just mixed with the drugs I was taking plus alcahol and landed me in the hospital fighting for my life.

That right there is why I quit all along.  Alright, I dont support smoking marijuana, or taking any other drug substances but I do support marijuana to be legalized in some sense.  It\'s like saying I dont support smoking cigarettes but I dont see any big deal if it\'s sold legally.  People make the choice as if to wether or not they want to take on alcahol or cigarettes, marijuana should be no different.  The only thing that would concern me about marijuana being legalized is if say parents smoked it but there young kids happen to find it somewhere in the house or something. Marijuana isn\'t something you\'d want to smoke in front of ur own children because they can get a second high from the smoke and pot is very addictive. U also very well know if u do it ur kids are gonna want it very bad, I dont think they\'d frown down on pot like ciggaretes because marijuna isn\'t as bad for ur health and such.

Originally posted by PSX_J
Marijuana isn\'t something you\'d want to smoke in front of ur own children because they can get a second high from the smoke and pot is very addictive.

there is nothing in pot that is actually, physically addictive. like, say, nicotine in cigs.

any addiction anyone has to weed is strictly mental.

hell, im addicted to cheesecake.

Dont know if I agree with u or not Luke. I know theres not nicotine in marijuana but if this is so then there sure are alot of ppl mentally addicted to marijuana. What gets u addicted to marijuna is getting high, u get addicted to becoming high or stoned or w/e. If marijuana didn\'t get ppl high we wouldnt run around smoking it. I mean, do u smoke the grass of ur front lawn, ofcourse not because it doesnt get u high. Again I say, ppl get addicted to the high they get from marijuna thus meaning they are addicted to marijuna it\'s self. Same reason ppl run around looking for shrooms out in thier pasture at 4\' in the morning, wouldn\'t do it unless they knew they were gonna get high.

 I will say that anything can become an addiction though. Like u said, ur addicted to cheesecake, Im addicted to kit-kat bars.

Originally posted by PSX_J
Dont know if I agree with u or not Luke. I know theres not nicotine in marijuana but if this is so then there sure are alot of ppl mentally addicted to marijuana. What gets u addicted to marijuna is getting high, u get addicted to becoming high or stoned or w/e. If marijuana didn\'t get ppl high we wouldnt run around smoking it. I mean, do u smoke the grass of ur front lawn, ofcourse not because it doesnt get u high. Again I say, ppl get addicted to the high they get from marijuna thus meaning they are addicted to marijuna it\'s self. Same reason ppl run around looking for shrooms out in thier pasture at 4\' in the morning, wouldn\'t do it unless they knew they were gonna get high.

 I will say that anything can become an addiction though. Like u said, ur addicted to cheesecake, Im addicted to kit-kat bars.

either way..its just a mental thing.

Yea it is luckee, Im not trying to shoot down Lukes point because he\'s correct on that. All Im saying is that if it was legalized and someone smoked it infront of thier kids they\'re kids could very well become addicted to it also. Any of ya familar w/drugs know that ppl get a secondary high from this and this would be say from smoke entering someones system.

Originally posted by PSX_J
Yea it is luckee, Im not trying to shoot down Lukes point because he\'s correct on that. All Im saying is that if it was legalized and someone smoked it infront of thier kids they\'re kids could very well become addicted to it also. Any of ya familar w/drugs know that ppl get a secondary high from this and this would be say from smoke entering someones system.

Just like eating steak in front of your kids..drinking alcohol in fornt of your kids, smoking ciggs. in front of your kids.. etc...

when does itt stop, there is a proper time for everything to start introducing your kids to. I for one, will tell my kids about drugs as early as possible so they understand the dangers, however they will never see me smoke weed.

Good point luckee but ur kinda missing my point but thats ok because by this time I dont even know what I mean anymore.

But if u like to eat alot of brocoli, dont think ur kids gonna pick up that habbit or they now? Very unlikely.

Originally posted by PSX_J
Good point luckee but ur kinda missing my point but thats ok because by this time I dont even know what I mean anymore.

But if u like to eat alot of brocoli, dont think ur kids gonna pick up that habbit or they now? Very unlikely.

Ahhh..but thats just it, they may want to eat it b/c they see mommy and daddy eat it, then they may happen to like it..so therefore being addicting by some ppl\'s theories. I know im using terms loosely, but just trying to get the point across.

Well I never really picked up anything my parents did but I understand where your going with this.

Got a question though. I dont know if u smoke pot or not but u said ur kids would never see u do it. Does this mean u do? If so would u tell them about it or try and hide it?

Originally posted by PSX_J
Well I never really picked up anything my parents did but I understand where your going with this.

Got a question though. I dont know if u smoke pot or not but u said ur kids would never see u do it. Does this mean u do? If so would u tell them about it or try and hide it?

I smoke occasionally. I wouldnt tell them untill they are old enough to make there own descision regarding smoking. Course that doesnt mean they wont anyway, I just want to be the one educating them on the subject and not some of their *friends*

Yea, I understand.

Imagine them actually catching u though, it\'s gonna be hard to just hide it for years. One day they might come home from school and u might be out back toking it up and not even realise they\'re home. They walk out on u and u find ur self stuttering for an explanation as to why your holding a pipe in ur hand. Uh...er..installing underground watering system.

Originally posted by PSX_J
Yea, I understand.

Imagine them actually catching u though, it\'s gonna be hard to just hide it for years. One day they might come home from school and u might be out back toking it up and not even realise they\'re home. They walk out on u and u find ur self stuttering for an explanation as to why your holding a pipe in ur hand. Uh...er..installing underground watering system.

Yea, Im sure they will find out before I tell them, since kids usually do, but I\'ll figure something out I guess Then again, I dont smoke much, so maybe they wont catch me. O, well, thats still a long way off..gf isnt even pregnant