Old Folks who smoke Pot....how many are there?

[mopaul]

just watched an interesting washington journal this morning with a guest from NORML, discussing marijuana laws.

two or three old folks called in, some in thier mid sixties, and it got me to wondering, how many others, over 50 like me are dirty filthy pot heads?

what are they gonna do with all of us, put us all in retirement home prisons?

cough cough, hack hack, choke choke!!!

[Spinzonner]

1. Just dirty and filthy

Never touched the stuff

[Cooley Hurd]

2. I'm 39... is that old enough?

:shrug:

Been smoking since 1980 and, as far as I can tell, no harm done...:thumbsup:

[Drifter]

3. It won't be long ...

I'll be there in about 10 years.

Cheers
Drifter

[TacticalPeek]

4. What was the question again?

Oh yeah.

*cough*

[CabalPowered]

85. LOL!!!

Classic!

[The Flaming Red Head]

207. OOPS

I should read the other post before I post, but then I am an aging pot head so what do ya expect (post 206)

great mimes blink alike

[htuttle]

5. Twenty seven years of twice monthly phone calls that go like...

Q: "Is it a good time to stop by?"
A: "Sure"

I'm a little sick and tired of this cloak and dagger business. Sure would like to just go down to the liquor store and pick it up off the shelves.

[blueknight]

6. my sister is 57

and she smokes everyday

[tinanator]

19. why would you ever spend the $ doing that?

why do you think they call it weed?

[htuttle]

22. Well

Having grown up in the heart of wild hemp territory, I have to say that ditchweed sucks.

While I've certainly tried my hand at small scale clandestine horticulture over the years (successfully, too), I've rarely had a location suitable for it.

The way I see it, I pay more so that someone else can assume the risk of growing and distributing it. Usually, it seems like a reasonably fair deal, given the capitalist nature of the country I live in.

[seabeyond]

32. why do you spend money on twinkies

you know the biggest challenge i have with my really huge yard. telling the weed from the flower, not to mention wild flowers. my mom use to stop off side of road and gather seed. i have stuff growing everywhere. every spring i look at what grows and have to say, weed, not. i leave it, only to get a beautiful flower. yet still i am asking, weed, or not?

so what is in a weed

[bush_whacked]

101. Exactly, weed is in the eye of the beholder. nt

[WhiteTara]

71. ecause it grows so quickly and shows up in the strangest

places?

[HeeBGBz]

133. Why? Because it likes me

Why would I not?

[seabeyond]

30. twice a month. wow

you are bad, lol lol . i hear you. mine is much more a struggle.

silliness

[Ganja Ninja]

33. That's the worst part of the whole thing.

Always trying to find a reliable connection. Dealing with people that you might not otherwise have contact with if you had a choice.

Yup buying off the shelf would be great. Being able to have your own little garden, in your own back yard, without fear of being busted or ripped off would be nice too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

89. We used to do the Cheech and Chong bit

"Hey, it's me, Dave, open up, I got the stuff"

[shadowknows69]

127. 36 and no signs of slowing

cough cough.

[kliljedahl]

151. Dave's not here

http://www.kliljedahl.net

[freeplessinseattle]

95. "is it a good time to stop by?" lol, exactly! must be universal (nt)

[cheezus]

115. have a spare closet?

pssst... it's a plant

[tinanator]

190. If its legal enough to sell at the liquor store

it better be damn good, because it is far too easy to grow in dirt.
a plant you say?

[LiberallyInclined]

205. a pain in the ass plant...

I grow an outdoor crop every year- but i gave up on the indoor variety- too many hassles- and the smell.

[HeeBGBz]

131. Amen, brother

I can relate.

[ima_sinnic]

7. been smokin' for 40 years now, since 1965

I'm a week away from 59 and will always be a pothead!

[Pepperbelly]

155. 1968 here.

And turned 52 today, old timer.

[wtbymark]

8. the culture of 'herb enjoyment', lets say,..

has been around for thousands of years and will continue to be around for thousands more (if we survive that long)

[SpiralHawk]

9. A parable, of sorts

My wife died of cancer at the age of 59. She never smoked pot. She had an A.B. from Harvard in ancient Greek and Latin, and a PhD from Brandeis in systems analysis. She was brilliant, and liked to stay clear.

But when the cancer began to eat her up, and the chemotherapy onslaught began, several of her friends took it upon themselves to bring her a bit of pot, to ease her pain and soothe her nausea from the chemotherapy.

Son of a gun, it worked. It gave her so much comfort, and so much relief from all her suffering. I was surprised, because I had no idea that this herb could be so helpful. And I was so happy to know that there was a way to help her through this.

The people who work to prevent the sick from having access to this are badly informed and wrong headed.

i must conclude that they are "despitus abdicare scrutinium"<1>, contempt before examination. <1> latin for: a contemptible person who renounces something before making an honest search or examination.

(eom)

[mopaul]

10. it IS a tonic

a sad and profound story, thanks for sharing it SpiralHawk.

if alcohol is legally used as a holy sacrament, why can't pot be, or at least as a tonic against pain?

they give terminal patients heavy drugs i know that, so why not pot?

[seabeyond]

37. excellent post, ty

what i find so interesting people who have never done, literally never done, they think, well it is odd what they think. like people are totally incapacitated, in a ball in a corner or something. i get the weirdest comments from adults

[elehhhhna]

91. Spiral-- my neighbor the UberReep was in the same situation as your wife,

(not brillinat & well educated, but very ill with cancer). She used to drink (too much IMHO) but BOY did she look down on the few smokers she was aware of.

When the oxycontin, etc. wasn't working, it was arranged for her to locate some very good smoke.

Called her half an hour later and she was GIGGLING! Yes! She felt well enough to take a bath and relax with the kids. Her husband was sooo happy to see her "old self" again--she ate and slept well.

The docs later put her on marinol and it didn't work as well, but it's "legal".



I'm aware of quite a few people who, as they age, are not so interested in boozing anymore, and are switching to smoke.

[mike_c]

11. 50 year old stoner checking in....

eom

[CatWoman]

15. hah!!!

I KNEW IT!!!!!!

:hi:

[burythehatchet]

20. whatchu talkin bout willis?

[catmandu57]

12. When I can get it

It's not that often, but I enjoy the herb. I eat and drink water when I'm stoned, usually I don't do enough of either.
I've got the perfect spot for growing just enough for my own consumption, trouble is the town cop lives just above me and it wouldn't be long before I'd be getting a visit.

[mopaul]

13. he's probably high too

i've gotten high with several cops, including a state trooper.

[donsu]

86. in the past I've obtained grass from 2 different cops in 2 dif. states

and I'd say oodles and oodles of old people toke.

maryjane is a beautiful and interesting plant to grow. shame we can't grow it except in secret.

[alfredo]

98. Same here. In the military, the CID was the place to get good

samples from all over the world. Black Ganga was the best stuff. Ethiopian was kind of like good Jamaican. It had the light color and big seeds you would see from the Rasta smoke. State Department people got the good stuff too. Hash oil from Nepal would put you on your ass. You would smear it on the paper of your cigarette. Tobacco and pot will knock you to your knees.

Now it is too expensive for a guy living on Soc Sec.

[catmandu57]

99. I don't trust this guy

I really think he's a full on nazi that gets his kicks from having power over people. that being said though I have many options on where to have plants growing, if I do it right a couple here and there instead of concentating them, I improve the odds of a harvest.

[alfredo]

119. Which guy?

[catmandu57]

134. The town cop

He's got a corner lot and it was full of b/c and other minor evil piggies last fall on both sides. Like I said he's off on a powertrip.

[alfredo]

147. Oh OK.

[RebelOne]

14. Please do not refer to us as "old folks."

We are mature adults.

[SpiralHawk]

16. I believe "farking geezers" is the

hip term for our cohort.

"When you're in with the in crowd,
You know what the in crowd knows"

[Dez]

17. I love the herb

and I love to make my turtle pipes (see profile)
Cannabis has been used as medicine for thousands of years. The DEA supressed a study which concluded that cannabis dissolves brain tumors. It's all about the big corporations (DuPont, drug corporations, etc.) fighting to keep it illegal, because it will eat into their profits. So much for democracy in America, no , it's all about the buck.

[Marnieworld]

18. Cannabis disolves brain tumors?

Then explain how Bob Marley died of brain cancer.

Herb smoker since 1984 by the way. It certainly is medicinal.

[Dez]

23. I will look for the link

there was a study done with rats injected with cancer causing agents, and then they developed tumors. Then they were injected with THC and the rats given the THC lived, the ones that didn't died. The DEA suppressed this information. There was also a study performed in Spain on this, but it received little attention in USA. The drug companies don't want this information known.

Perhaps if Bob had taken mega doses of cannabis he would have lived.

[Marnieworld]

27. All Bob ever did was take massive doses of cannibis

But who knows what else was involved? Some believe he was assassinated. Who knows? I'd appreciate the link. I guess cancer prevention can be a defense claim for possession now. ;-)

[Dez]

51. Here's a link on it

but not the one I was looking for. http://www.primidi.com/2004/09/05.html

[yodermon]

58. Is this the link?

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=12088

Cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink, halts growth of blood vessels

15 Aug 2004

Researchers in Spain have discovered that a cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink by halting the growth of blood vessels that supply the tumors with life. Cannabis has chemicals called cannabinoids, these are the chemicals that could effectively starve tumors to death, say the researchers.
...
They selected two patients who had glioblastoma multiforme and had not responded to chemotherapy, radiotherapy or surgery. The scientists took samples from them before and after treating them with a cannabinoids solution – this was administered directly into the tumor.

Amazingly, both patients experienced reduced VEGF levels in the tumor as a result of treatment with cannabinoids.

[Dez]

67. That's one of the lnks

not the one I was originally looking for though. thanks for the link :-)

[elehhhhna]

92. Reverse Bill Clinton: Tried it in college--I did NOT exhale.

[alfredo]

100. My wife had a prolactine tumor pressing on her optic nerve

smoking pot relieved pressure much better than the bromocryptine the doctor gave her.

these tumors come and go. When her eye starts twitching, it means it it time to see the doctor, and a friendly "farmer." It's usually free for people they know have medical needs.

We haven't needed it for many years, so maybe the tumors will not return.

[babylonsister]

107. I thought Bob Marley died of cancer

that started on a foot or toe. :shrug: Honestly! Now I'm a googlin'...
Edit to add from a google search: The first indication that something was amiss with Marley's health came in May of 1977. While on tour in France, Marley re-injured a right toe during a soccer game. The injury refused to heal and instead quickly worsened -- the entire nail came off and doctors recommended amputation. Citing religious beliefs, a limping Marley refused the surgery and gamely continued on tour. Later that summer, Marley finally allowed an orthopedic surgeon to perform a skin graft on the toe, and the procedure was deemed "a success."

In September of 1980, a weakened Marley almost fainted onstage while performing in New York. The next day, he collapsed while jogging in Central Park. Marley was diagnosed with a brain tumor (a result of the untreated cancer in his toe) and given less than a month to live. Despite the grim news, Marley played one final show in Pittsburgh before being flown to Miami. There doctors verified that the singer had cancer in the brain, lung, and stomach. Eight months later, Marley passed away.

[proud2BlibKansan]

90. Wow

Cool pipes.

[seabeyond]

21. what a bee u tee full day it is today.........how about 43

is that old.

feelin old. but what a grand old it is

in the 70's, flowers bloomin, birds chirping and kids in school. does it get any better than this

[Ironpost]

24. 57 today, and first started sampling the herb in june of '68

and furthermore none of the things happened to me like the navy was telling us then what was going to happen to us. Like growing teets, our little part would schrivel up and go away. We knew they were lies then and are living proof we knew what we were believeing was true.
Anyways count me in there.

[mopaul]

26. happy birthday sailor

cough cough

[Ironpost]

34. I believe I'll have a toke on that, thank you

[Viva_La_Revolution]

47. Do ya know what a stoner's favorite body part is?....

"ear" <Viva mimes passing something to Ironpost>

[meganmonkey]

25. What a fun thread!

Many of my suspicions have been confirmed, you bunch of stoners!

:smoke:

In twenty years I can join the club. For now, just a 30-something...

[mopaul]

28. some won't admit their ages of course, & some wont' admit smoking

i got their number

and some of the names i see in this thread, i am SHOCKED, i tell you, shocked.

[CatWoman]

29. ok, Mo

ya got me!!!

49, and have been indulging since my early teens :smoke:

[0007]

110. Ck. out the chick on #108 of this thread

:woohoo:

[BronxBoy]

162. Same here

Me and Mrs Bronx are pushing 50. You used to be able to buy the best weed up the street from Yankee Stadium

[anakie]

31. not old

43 and daily for about 20 years.

[msmcghee]

35. I've been lighting up since 1964 . .

. . when I was 22 years old. If you can figure out how old I am from that you need to roll another one.

To me it's a quality of life issue.

[mopaul]

39. the pursuit of happiness, it's guaranteed

and there are many ways to pursue happiness.

[johnaries]

36. 48, but I quit several years back.

It started to just making me sleepy and stupid. Every now and then I'll indulge with a friend.

[kohodog]

38. Does hash count? n/t

[HeeBGBz]

137. Man, I haven't seen any hash since the mid 70's

*wishful sinful*

[Straight Shooter]

40. I've got two friends in their fifties who are total stoners

These two women smoke every day, and they've been doing this for 35 years. Both of them function pretty well, but sometimes it's hard to communicate with them. :D

I won't touch the stuff because, for me, it detracts from experiencing life and to me I prefer unfiltered reality, although Little Boots in the Monkey Palace makes me want to practice escapism, true.

However, I smoked in my late teens and then just kind of left it behind. It's not a big deal to me either way. I definitely think it should be legalized, though, and readily available to anyone in chronic pain or with other medical conditions which marijuana can help. I think to withhold marijuana from patients is a violation of the Hippocratic oath, to first do no harm.

But I'm sure Frist would disagree with my reasoning. x(

[seabeyond]

41. not to attack you, cause i totally respect what you say, but.....

"it detracts from experiencing life and to me I prefer unfiltered reality"

it detracts from experiencing life. this isnt mere opinion but stated as fact, and i would just simply disagree and leave it like that.

i think, most people on this thread are pretty reality based, as we show in example of being on this board, discussing tons of topics, in a reality based function. so again, i will disagree, and go so far as to say, you have evidence all over the place, to suggest otherwise

this is what i am saying, the perception of this drug. people decide the persons experience, and reality...........they dont have a clue.

[Straight Shooter]

109. Please read my post again

I won't touch the stuff because, for me, it detracts from experiencing life and to me I prefer unfiltered reality

I am relating it to my own experience, and no one else's.

[seabeyond]

116. you are right

i should have read closer. i am very good at expressing my own experience, not people as a whole. i should have picked up on that.

thanks for the clarification

see told you i totally respected what you were saying, lol lol

[Straight Shooter]

161. Well, it's a rare occurrence for me to be right.

Sometimes I get close, though :D

[seabeyond]

165. maybe it is just a rare occurance

to hear it out loud, ;)

[CrispyQ]

42. I've adopted this philosophy:

"A life spent searching for the perfect hashish brownie is a life well spent." Zonker Harris

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

43. I am

in spirit that is. About 16 months ago I admitted to myself I was alcoholic. In order to work the program most effectively I stopped smoking dope.
Anyhow, of all the substances humans can ingest, I'd rank pot towards the bottom of any list in terms of danger/harmful side effects etc.......
:)
But to all of you still smoking pot and drinking, have one for me :toast:

[Dez]

124. I was sober in AA for almost 8 yers

and gave up on it after I started smoking again, I loved the herb more than 'the program'.

[paineinthearse]

44. Daily CSPAN schedule

Viva_La_Revolution posted in the CSPAN alert about this discussion.

Were you aware the CSPAN group monitors future CSPAN events and posts info for the next day to the POLITICS forum by 10PM the previous day?

See today's schedule at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1689944

[paineinthearse]

45. Daily CSPAN schedule

Viva_La_Revolution posted in the CSPAN alert about this discussion.

Were you aware the CSPAN group monitors future CSPAN events and posts info for the next day to the POLITICS forum by 10PM the previous day?

See today's schedule at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1689944

[mopaul]

46. the cartoon hippy with a giant bong cheech & chong image doesn't fit

not anymore. the pot head next door could very likely be a great grandmother, who likes little richard and tex williams.

[placton]

48. "Don't bogart that joint my friend"

"Pass it over to me"

No confessions, but would nearly 57 make placton the oldest DUer IF he were to indulge in the evil weed?

[mopaul]

50. maybe ms. mcghee above

but i'm so high i can't do the math

[Mizmoon]

49. I'm still pretty young, y'know

I'm setting up a campground in my own backyard. The rule is you can only go inside to use the bathroom ... we'll have drinks in the cooler and I even made a platform for the tent and stuff. We'll roast weenies too.

what were you asking me again?

:evilgrin:

[spanone]

52. 53 and weened on it.

[seabeyond]

54. thats a good defense, lol n/t

[WilliamPitt]

53. Waaaaaaaaaaaay more than most think

Beyond the recreational users are the ones who use it for its pharmaceutical properties.

It's a magic plant, and its banning has everything to do with American racism.

[mopaul]

55. tsk tsk tsk......

a mind is a terrible thing to be wasted....or somethin' like that.

[Mizmoon]

56. A mind tastes terrible unless you're wasted

THAT'S how it goes ...

[seabeyond]

60. bah hahahaha you guys are funny, thanks for the giggles this

morning mopaul, and starting this thread. terribly interesting, and funny

now this old lady decided i wasnt satisfied with my purchase from saturn. gonna buy a toyota. cause i want to. peak oil is just forefront in mind. shaking head, at our reality

[libertypirate]

157. So you mean all the time....

[tavalon]

168. Racism? n/t

[WilliamPitt]

174. Yep

The weed laws date back to the time when only 'Negro jazz singers' supposedly smoked weed. Can't have the good white children of America come under the spell of those evil people.

[mopinko]

181. jazz singers and mexicans nt

[shanti]

201. yep, can't forget

the "messicans", you know, the messicans wasted on weed looking to rape the virginal white women :eyes:

definitely a racist law.

[tavalon]

186. Hmm

I really had no idea.

[slay]

183. DuPont, money, and racism

* DuPont: 1937 patented a process to make plastics/nylon: direct competitor to hemp. Also a process to make paper from wood pulp. These processes used chemicals to which DuPont owned the rights
* Prior to the Marijuana Tax Act passage, a report to DuPont shareholders indicated: "radical changes (were coming) from the revolution raising government into an instrument for forcing new ideas of industry and social reorganization"
* DuPont's financial backer==> Andrew Mellon. Mellon served as President Hoover's Secretary of the Treasury. Mellon appointed Harry Anslinger (a relative) to be the head of the Bureau of Narcotics (1931).
* Anslinger viewed marijuana and its"spreading use" as a cause for the "greatest national concern."

# Hearst's newspapers, dominating the American market, provided further "documentation" that minorities such as "mexicans, niggars, and chinamen" were responsible for most of the crimes in American society
# This association with "deviant" minorities, coupled with the depression which led to a distrust of "foreign influences" helped steamroll the act through congress.

more:
http://www.umsl.edu/~rkeel/180/pot.html

[tavalon]

187. Thanks

I really wasn't up on my pot history.

[underpants]

57. What's "Old"?

What's "smoke pot" mean?

From time to time yeah sure but not regularly. As Will Pitt says above WAY more than you would think. I know several people you from time to time do and some you don't smoke but eat it.

[shanti]

202. i know an asthmatic

reggae musician (over 50 btw) who only eats his herb....works for him!

[Solly Mack]

59. My friend, Glory-B, is damn near 70 and still toking

Has been for years. Her daughter is just over 50 and still hitting it.

[mopaul]

62. when i was 22, i got high with my 80 + nieghbor

he liked to have a shot of whiskey and a bowl of weed and read for an hour before retiring, and said he'd done it all his life.
cool old dude.

[Solly Mack]

66. Glory-B's husband didn't like her smoking so she would

slip him a valium in his beer and light up once he was out cold. Her husband gave up his complaining and his beer but Glory didn't give up her weed.

She's one of those salty old women. What comes up, comes out ...and she brooks no foolishness.

Your old neighbor sounds like my kind of person.

[kohodog]

173. When I turned 16, my grandmother gave me 15 bucks and said

Here, go buy some marijuana. At the time an ounce was $15. She was awesome, marched for the woman's vote and never turned back. She died in 1973 when sh was 90. Never lit one up with her though.

[bobthedrummer]

61. I'm 55, disabled and in chronic pain

marijuana affords me some pain relief and I can then function better physically within my disabilities.

I support the Marijuana Policy Project/MPP.

[mopaul]

63. same here...

only 53.

when i visited my daughter in san francisco, she pulled some strings and got me a pill jar with 1/8th oz. way cool. cost too much though, 85 bucks, but she got it for me.

[Oilwellian]

64. It's one of God's greatest creations

I'm 49 and have enjoyed it since my mid-teens. Fire that mother up! :D

[stanwyck]

65. Me, my husband, most of our friends

and most of my co-workers. And guess what? We don't miss work, we pay our bills, we're in committed relationships, our health is good, we have close relationships with our children, and we don't cause car accidents.
Imagine that.
Meanwhile the alcoholics in my extended family, and at work, and in my social group, often miss work, have a higher rate of divorce, are often estranged from their children, have lousy health, and have DUIs.
Yet, we're the criminals.
Damn, that alcohol lobby is good. All the cost associated with alcoholism paid for by the taxpayers and pot is demonized.

[Dez]

68. Booze is America's drug of choice

they don't even like to call it a drug! *LoL*
Everyone knows that cops are drunks, but they get off on busting pot smokers. There is a problem with American culture, bigtime!

[Moosepoop]

93. It's the alcohol lobby, AND the drug-testing industry

that keeps marijuana "demonized". Drug testing in the workplace, schools, and court/penal systems is a huge industry, and growing larger every day.

Guess which "illict drug" is by far the most often detected???
Hard drugs like cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine leave the system in a very short time (hours to a few days), while pot stays detectable in urine and blood tests for many days or even weeks, depending on usage.

I had to give up smoking pot in order to get or keep various jobs. Now that I have a job that doesn't test, I no longer have the "contacts" to obtain any -- and I'm too chicken now to go looking for it. Ah well... one or two hits would probably knock me off my feet now -- I always was a lightweight!

[stanwyck]

96. you're so right!

it's gotten to be such a farce. But companies are really testing these days. Testing for pot when they should be testing for what is truly destructive -- both to the individual and to the prospective employer: the abuse of prescription drugs. (like Rush Limbaugh). People miss huge amounts of work due to prescription drug abuse. And they wreck their health.

[Dez]

112. If ya smoke BC bud, it would

you'd be baked in no time, I'd say! When I lived near Vancouver, I smoked some of the best herb available :-)

[Dragonfly]

189. Please add the monster pharmaceutical

companies to this list. As well, imbibed judiciously, the stress-relieving qualities of the sacred herb allow one to take a much deeper look at what is really driving the race to chaos existent in society today.

Type "Lester Grinspoon" into a search engine to find a great site where many candid accounts of "marijuana uses" are talked about, including for spiritual contemplation. Carl Sagan's perspective is particularly inspiring.

[mopaul]

69. I wonder what our overall political influence on America is?

i know of many republican conservatives who get high, and a lot of church goers too. respectable types y' know.

[Dragonfly]

195. Nat'l NORML in D.C. would love to receive this thread

to see how many progressives, et al, are touting MJ routes to pleasure, relaxation.....peace.

[Rowdyboy]

70. Great thread.....Started 1st week in college, September 1972

still going strong at age 51. Helps keep me grounded and focused on what I like to do, mostly gardening and cooking and being a good house-husband.

[guinivere]

72. Hey, *cough cough* I'm not old

:smoke:
They should just legalize it, put a little tax on it. That's the way to save SS. Who said they had twinkies?

[BronxBoy]

163. Forget the twinkies

Back in the 70's it was Michelob and Chips Ahoy cookies. And some Cuervo Gold when me and the fellas could scrape up the money

[immoderate]

73. Started in 1966.

Do it when I can get it. Almost 40 years now.

--IMM

[mtnester]

74. Define old...

to my 4 year old nephew, I am old

to my 24 year old son, I am sometimes old

To myself, I don't feel a bit different than I did when I was 27, expect for that knee thing, and that elbow pain, and that left hand pain...

now, if you know what a dugout is, then let's talk.

:)

[soulcore]

77. i have a dugout

and a pipe, and a water bong, and a vaporizer. Nothing like a lil' *puff to get ya going in the morning.

Just about everyone i know smokes, some more than others.

Give me 20 years and i'll be right there with all you "old folks".

[mtnester]

78. My son calls us "Closet Pot Smokers"

He can spot closet pot smokers a mile away, even when they are not stoned...and he is uncannily correct most of the time

[seabeyond]

79. what does he see. curious n/t

[mtnester]

82. It is a sense...he claims it is how a person talks to you

how they laugh, their body language...it is just one of those intuitive things, but damn near every person he has labeled that has turned out to be true. Not every, mind you, but the super majority.

[seabeyond]

83. kul, i think there is a mellow, opennes...........i betcha

he is capable

[CanSocDem]

87. My friend's high school students....

would pick up on the way he smoked nicotine.....said he held it too long.

[arcos]

171. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

179. Mine has a mushroom on it..

and is worn smooth from use. I lost the lid and had to whittle a new one. :)

The most economical way to smoke it, I swear. Cause the price has gone UP yo! member $15 lids? Well, I don't, but I've heard stories!

Got my Mom a dug for her B-day one year, and my brother makes sure she always has a little. She has MS, and nothing else stops the leg spasms.

[mopaul]

75. 72% of retired folks support pot

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/368/aarp.shtml

Nearly three out of four older Americans support legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana, a poll conducted for the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has found. The poll, conducted in mid-November for the nation's largest group representing senior citizens, surveyed 1,706 people aged 45 or older.

Overall, 72% of respondents agreed that "adults should be allowed to legally use marijuana for medical purposes if a physician recommends it." Support was highest in the West (82%) and Northeast (79%) and lowest in the Midwest (67%) and Southwest (65%). In the South, 70% agreed with the statement.

The poll asked if respondents thought marijuana had medical uses, and oddly enough, many seniors who said they didn't think it had medical uses supported it anyway. Less than half of those over 70 agreed marijuana had medical benefits, but 69% of that group wanted it legalized for medical purposes. Younger respondents were more likely to think marijuana has medical benefits, with some 70% of 45-49-year-olds agreeing that it does.

[jojo54]

76. Off and on for about 35 years

It once was a daily thing for hubby and me, but in recent years it's been declining drastically. It's made hubby almost pass out a few times, and I haven't smoked but maybe 2x per year for a long time. It just got to the point where it made me sleepy. We haven't had any in our house for some time now and I don't think we will again.

btw-back in the 70's, it sure made for some interesting art when the teacher sent us seniors outside to draw what we wanted.:bounce:

[CanSocDem]

80. The last 40 years haven't been easy.

At times, it was hard to remember that pot was illegal....

Not only because it was everywhere but because it had yet to be demonized.

Now it's hard to remember that it is 'illegal' mostly because I seemed to be forgetting a lot more things at the ripe old age of 58.

I tried not smoking pot a few times. I didn't like it.
.

[seabeyond]

81. not smoking pot a few times. I didn't like it.

that just hit me so. that was funny. really did laugh out loud

[mopaul]

84. me too, shouldn't read and smoke at the same time

i feel more like i do now than i did a while ago.

[donsu]

88. I always toke when reading novels

and I always toke when creating.

[placton]

102. The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers said:

"Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope."

[CrispyQ]

111. Thanks for the great laugh!!

And it is sooooooooo true!!

[catzies]

126. So that's where my mom got that from! She's been saying it for years

Yes, she's one :hippie: :smoke:

[musiclawyer]

94. Speaking of which

I don't like smoke. But I like pot once and a while. Can anyone provide a link or good recipe for baking. Eating always was more pleasurable, although I was always afraid to eat too much of the baked stuff.

[mongo]

114. THC disolves in oil.

So what you want to do is take the butter in a recipe (like brownies), and some finely ground up weed and sautee it together. It will turn the butter green - then just add it to whatever you are making.

Not that there's any particular reason why I should know that :smoke:

[TexasSissy]

97. I would....if I could get it. But I can't, so I don't.

And I don't drink, either. So I'm forced to watch the disintegration of our country with nothing to fog the reality! Arrrghhhhh! (well, except yoga)

(typo edit)

[lapislzi]

103. Once a year or so, whether I need it or not

The older I get (I'm 43), the more paranoid and squirrelly it makes me. I thought I would get over that when there was no danger of being caught by law enforcement or school authorities...now I just worry that my kid will wake up, or find it in the house, or smell it...or ask to try some...

Once in awhile, though, when conditions are right, it's good for a goof. A bag of Doritos, a DVD of Airplane (or something equally juvenile), and the SO and I are good for 2 hours of giggles.

[Blue_In_AK]

104. 58 - coff, coff n/t

Seriously, I credit it for my youthful good looks, no white hair, and astoundingly good health for someone my advanced age. :) Marijuana reverses the aging process.

[LilBitRad]

105. Do brownies count? n/t

[formernaderite]

106. over 50 here...

ahem...not dirty and filthy though ;)

[0007]

108. 72 & checking in - been smoking shit for 52 years and I ain't hook yet

....and that's on a daily basis.

Hope you ain't agent Mike. My cpu has been acting strange at times.


Now here's a chick that needs about a 300 mic hit of Orange Sunshine

[OxQQme]

118. 64 here

been puffin since 1961 with a few times of 'no contact'. Indeed it would be nice to go down to a 4/20 convenience store and pick up some legaly.
Two things stoners and old folks lose along the way:
First, the memory slips away.
Second, ....uummm...i forget the second.

[seabeyond]

121. i just came into this world, lol lol in 61

you guys are just all trippin me. hubby came home for lunch and i told him how amazed i was with this thread. just grand i tell you, just grand

[0007]

122. I have a little short term memory lost from time to time but

I sure don't blame it on the grass. I've grown my own for many years. Very powerful stuff. The buds were as big as donkey dicks. One joint would keep up 'ya up all day. Now the stuff is about two a day shit!

Long term memory is good and better than most old folks I know that are my age.

Of course when I'm indeed stoned the memory takes a hike.

Shit man, we're still living in the dark ages. I thought for sure in the early 50's that it would be legal by 1960, man, was I wrong! Here in Texas they send ya to the joint for having a roach.

[Blue_In_AK]

139. Thumbs up, 0007

Not saying that I myself would ever do such a thing (wink, wink) but it sure does save the bucks, doesn't it??

[WhoDoYouTrust]

166. Hey, Blue!

Next time I'm in Anchorage.....I'm coming to visit you!

[Blue_In_AK]

178. Where are you, Who? I see from your profile you're an Alaskan.

E-mail me the next time you're coming here, and we'll meet up. :hippie:

[seabeyond]

142. you are a texan

i moved here and people were telling me a seed was all it took. no i say, no it doesnt. for real. really. no way

yup

calif where i was a ticket. dont know what it is now. cops didnt care. that was a couple three decades ago though

five finger bags. bong shops

[0007]

146. Fuck no, I ain't a Texan. I hate Texas. I followed my dick and wound

up in Texas. It wasn't a smart move.

[seabeyond]

149. lol lol lol i got married and got stuck here, lol n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

156. Texas was where I first started getting high...

Can't believe the chances I took, but we were young and invincible. Alaska has one of the strongest privacy rights constitutions in the country, and possessing MJ in your home here is considered one of those protected privacy rights (up to four ounces). Every time "they" try to make it illegal up here, it gets shot down in the courts. Ravin v. State, 537 P.2d 494 (Alaska 1975), is the precedent case. Now, our stupid governor is trying to recriminalize it, and is being opposed by a strong coalition which includes the former director of the Department of Corrections and public safety officials, as well as all the usual suspects. I love this place.

Anybody ever hear of Matanuska Thunderfuck? Most of our weed is grown locally and it is one of the most profitable cash crops.

[kimchi]

113. I'm close to 40.

And I didn't even start until I was 24. Before that I subscribed to the stereotype that those who partake are losers. I have smoked with CEOs, lawyers, professional archaeologiests, and business owners. We all get up in the morning and lead responsible lives.

I plan to smoke until I can't lift the bong. I actually look forward to walking down the street with a joint in one hand and a cane in the other. I hope by that time I will have more problems with people wanting me to share than with cops.

[Lorien]

117. My dad is 63, and he still smokes from time

to time (I don't). Since he works for the state prison system as a staff shrink, he gets the really good stuff from his friends in law enforcement. :eyes:

[nonconformist]

120. I'm only 31

But in 19 years, I will SO still be able to check in on this thread.

Someone keep it kicked. ;)

[Zhade]

123. I was discussing this with an older coworker the other day!

People know my stance - LEGALIZE.

We'll probably have to legalize at least hemp in our lifetime, and probably marijuana will follow. Then we can end the stupidity of prohibition with regards to this excellent plant.

Fun fact: ancient societies low on food used to eat hempseed gruel to get by. Healthy, easy to grow, and nourishing.

[Swamp Rat]

125. ... hey... where'd ever'body go?...

:smoke: :D

[Cuban_Liberal]

128. I know a 71 year-old who tokes up regularly.

I suspect there are more than we know.

:)

[HeeBGBz]

129. I'm a 50 yo partaker of the herb

This Easter marked my 35th year of smoking reefer. Woo HOo.

It's sometimes hard to get at my age because I don't trust too many peeps. Granny needs her medicinal though.

[PlanetBev]

132. Been at it since the Summer of '67

I'm 54 now and still haven't gone after my family with a meat cleaver. Isn't that what they say would happen if we smoked dope?

[Blue_In_AK]

140. Me, too. '67, great year.

October 27th to be exact.

[PlanetBev]

143. I thought I was the only crazy one who remembered the exact date

Blue_In_AK was October 27th, first time I tried it was August 30th.
Maybe I remember it because I was doing something forbidden and I loved that idea.

[Blue_In_AK]

150. Maybe that was it for me, too. :-)

I remember what music we were listening to, too. The Bob Dylan album with "Everybody Must Get Stoned," which, of course, was hilarious -- and the Mothers of Invention album where they're all in drag on the cover. "Brown Shoes Don't Make It." Funny what stays with you over the years.

[HeeBGBz]

191. I was camping on Easter weekend

Listening to the last Hendrix album, Black Sabbath and being amused at the Easter bunny approaching the tent.

[sellitman]

130. Put up a poll on DU.

That will give you a better gage than this way. Good luck!

BTW I'm 49 and haven't smoked since I got married 18 years ago. Only because my wife never has gotten high and I don't think it's a good idea around my teenagers. I would if the situation was right though. I'm not against it.

[northamericancitizen]

141. At 51 I'm starting to use it again. n/t

[luvLLB]

135. well, 47 here, and smoke almost daily...

[Zorra]

136. My four closest neighbors range in age from 50 to 63, and all of them

smoke the herb every day.

[slackmaster]

138. Man, I just squeaked by!

I'm only 47.

[Scout]

144. I know a couple over 50s (much closer to 60!)

who still smoke, and have for most of their adult life.

I'm 45, and have been smoking pretty much daily since my mid-20s (with a few months off here and there to detox for employment drug tests). Sometimes several times a day!

So far, no ill effects, except maybe gaining weight from munchies.

[evil_orange_cat]

145. I'm 24, do I count? ;)

[jonnyblitz]

148. I love this thread!!

:thumbsup: :smoke:

[kliljedahl]

152. 55 still goin' strong

Don't want to end up like this:

[dog_lovin_dem]

153. I am 46 and have

been enjoying the magic herb, off and on,(mostly on), since '72. I also have a advanced degree obtained at the age of 40. My husband says I'm living proof that pot doesn't kill brain cells, though I sometimes question that!
I think that a "retirement home prison" would house some pretty cool personalities!!! B-)

[phish420]

154. 32...is that old yet?

Still toking after all these years

[scarlet_owl]

158. My mother in law is in her fifties and she's smoking

this very second.

[Q]

159. I used to smoke...but I never inhaled...

...okay...I inhaled. But I had to stop long ago when I married a LAW ENFORCEMENT officer. She's not against it and thinks the laws are insane...but nonetheless neither of us wants to put her career at stake by indulging.

I guess love is stronger than the urge to smoke. But when she retires......who knows?

[spanone]

160. The 'reefer madness' mentality that still exists is astounding.

All the folks in jail for possession is ridiculous. Don't get me started.

[mopaul]

192. hundreds of thousands of political prisoners

who's only crime is enjoying a good smoke

[Cleita]

164. Since a lot of the old pot smokers were once young pot smokers,

I say quite a few if they can afford it.

[mopinko]

167. medicinal sorta

after 10 years of off and on quit, i happened to get lupus. after a year of pills that went from useless to dangerous, i said :wtf:
i still have chronic pain, and much bs. but reefer has helped me out in many ways.
and i guess i will have to hang on to my house and my money no matter what. cuz i ain't going to no "no smoking" home.

[mopaul]

169. Tony Frikkin' Bennet smokes 6 doobies a day

and he always has

[mopinko]

198. i love tony bennet

he's a pretty good painter, too. what a life.

[tabasco]

170. I'm 47 and toke up daily.

Well, almost daily.

I quit for 12 years of military service, and now I'm catching up.

:hippie:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

172. The oldest person I currently know who smokes pot is 67

He's also my father. He's smoked pot as long as I can remember. My mom also smokes pot and she's 58.

[kohodog]

175. Anybody have any Screaming Yellow Zonkers?

I'll settle for brownies!

[katinmn]

176. Now and then, at 48

I used to smoke daily between 72 and 82 or so, and that was too much (for me).

[mopaul]

177. even the mighty Louis Armstrong imbibed in swamp smoke

and he's GOD

[Swamp Rat]

188. I love you mopaul

:D

Louis Armstrong is a childhood hero of mine. I strive to be like him someday... and you. ;) :smoke:

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world

The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?"
They're really saying "I love you"

I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world

Oh yeah :smoke:

[slay]

180. I'll smoke weed til the day I die.. if I want to

The govenment and the MSM, who basically control what "society" thinks is important, will never let up on the Michael Jackson or Scott Peterson or Terri Shiavo diversion news to ever focus on anything important, much less legal issues regarding weed. I say, smoke um if ya got um fellas! :smoke:

[Cell Whitman]

182. Well, y'all huddle up.

scroll down for the VBH2000. Help yourself. Don't be shy. Click on the Bong the pouch and the lighter .....

There's plenty. I've been here hundreds of times and that little pouch puts it out like it's the loaves and the fishes.

http://www.bonghit.net/ (turn sound on)

You know they put Tommy Chong in the slammer for selling bongs. This site was up and running that whole time from free Canada.

http://bong.dhs.org/bong.dhs.org/main.php

[Mr_Spock]

184. I didn't inhale

:D my hero didn't handle that question as best he could have :D

[seabeyond]

193. my father didnt inhale, for real

the one time he was around it in his 30's and his friends offered it to him, in his 30's under peer pressure, bah hahahah did i say in his 30's...........he pretended and didnt inhale. told me the story i dont know. not too far off clinton age. so i can buy the not inhale story, only cause i know someone who did it

[mopinko]

185. ok, i checked all your profiles

and none of you live near me. shit.

[seabeyond]

194. lol lol funny n/t

[HeeBGBz]

196. Bummer

We should all have a LoveInn. That's like a Love Shack with room service.

[mopaul]

197. i'd settle for a happening

in the democratic party

[shanti]

199. there are a lot, believe that!

;-)

[mopaul]

200. #200...........woo WOO

hack hack, coff coff

[Dez]

203. http://usmjparty.blogspot.com/

Ditto, *cough cough*

[LiberallyInclined]

204. 44 years old, smoking pot for the past 28 of those...

and NO intention of stopping.

[The Flaming Red Head]

206. I forgot why I was here, what was the question?

COUGH

[BlueIris]

208. I could never use pot...

...I'm allergic. But I live with two 50+ people who use. For arthritis issues.

[Dez]

209. What a pity.

Have you tried eating brownies rather than smoking?