I LOVE IT..

I dont get addicted to it. I can go along time without it. My ex's never knew. I have smoked it on and off for about 35 years. I must say I am ashamed for some reason. HMMMM

Donnie.

I can't emphasize enough that whether pot use or not depends on the person. Like you DJ I can take it or leave it. Truth is that if someone offered me cocaine it would probably be the same for me. I've done coke in the past, in powder form, and while I enjoyed the experience I can say that I doubt I'd become addicted to it as that kind of high doesn't resonate with my personality. Opiates, on the other hand, I better watch out. Having experienced Demoral a few times while hospitalized opiates are something I could fall in love with without looking back. JS

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When I watch these they nearly bring me to tears. This is the route my sister went. First it was smokes. Then beer, then hard booze, then pot, then....

Now she has I don't know how many diseases.

Yeah, personally speaking I've seen lots of kids who do nothing but smoke, and it seems the younger on they start using (with frequency) the more harm it does. I actually wrote a paper on it once. In kids who weren't developed yet (usually under 18)it had the ability to atrophy certain parts of the brain. While I achieved great grades for a year and a half while I was smoking, that was relatively light use. By my spring semester of freshman year of college I was using heavily cause I had nothing else to do and my grades dropped a bit, and once they dropped I was off it. It doesn't really work out with the martial arts thing for me either, although I did spend a lot of time honing technique when I was baked. The couple of times I got into scraps when I was high (never where I practiced mind you, that would be extremely disrespectful) I noticed that I was a lot more fluid because I was so much more relaxed. But all things come to an end, and I kinda just grew out of it.

AFAIC people that use pot (or any drug, really) are trying to run from reality. You simply can't do it. You may run out of weed once in a while, but reality will always be here.

I have yet to come to terms with my traumas, but I know what they are and I won't let "them" win by resorting to drugs.

The idea that pot is natural is no different that cocaine. It's natural, too. Pot is processed after cultivation. Cocaine comes from coca leaves. And....it's processed. To make....cocaine.

I watched what drugs did to my sister. Go watch those videos. AFAIC pot is no different.

I think if someone gets addicted to drugs (or maybe anything), there's more issues in the background that need addressing, and add to the probability of becoming an addict. In that situation, you can't just blame the marijuana.

The same can be said about any vise -- or pre>

i totally agree andy,...i know many articulate and intelligent sucessful individuals who smoke pot either on occasion or regularly...however some people do become addicted to a very wide range of things, if its not pot its going to be something else, perhaps gambling, or shopping or food, or sex or any other number of things that we are not inclined to ban simply because there are people out there cant control themselves...maybe they should ban everything, that'll solve the problem eh?

Good idea!

Not!

If you want to smoke pot, go smoke pot. I don't care. I never said that smoking pot ALWAYS leads people to other drugs. I only told what I have seen. And if you want to snort some coke, be my guest! Hell, you can snort a line from Denver to LA for all I care! Your life, your choice.