Is smoking pot allowed in your house?

[RagingInMiami]

If someone comes over and wants to light up, do you allow them or make them go outside?

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

1. it's a requirement at my place! n/t

[sniffa]

2. puff puff away

and when they go to the bathroom i pinch.

[Squatch]

3. Most definitely.

I would feel weird if people weren't smoking weed in my house.

[liberalnurse]

8. Are you just being scarcastic?

Do people actually encourage pot use?

[Squatch]

10. Damn skippy. Safer than binge drinking.

[sui generis]

16. I prefer a good old fashioned drunken stomp about town

hooch just makes me go to sleep. I think I may have talked to jesus once, but I don't remember.

[liberalnurse]

39. I'm not against others smoking in their own element.

The question was about in ones own home. We don't smoke pot here. Occasional drinks on special occasions. It's just what feels comfortable. I'll hang out in antohers home for a while if they smoke pot. I'm not that prudish.

I just don't have time for getting a buzz.

[Squatch]

41. I would much rather my children enjoy pot or booze in the

safety of my home, than out someplace. In fact, when they're old enough, I'm looking forward to having a beer/joint or 2 with them...but only after they mow the damned lawn.

[sniffa]

13. yes.... but onLy chiLdren

gotta get 'em whiLe they're young

[Jesus H. Christ]

36. I do.

Hell, I think it should be enforced.

[miss_kitty]

68. I totally advocate it

as a recovering cancer patient who has residual nausea 3 years after the end of my chemo-I need it.
And my sister-in-law has MS. I try to get her to smoke as much pot as is possible. It relaxes her, helps her sleep and alleviates some of the nerve buzz shit she gets from time to time. And is not addictive like Valium or Vicodin, and some of her other costly scrips that they never give her enough of.

[impeachthescoundrel]

4. Not only is it allowed

but encouraged

[liberalnurse]

5. Absolutely NOT.......

[patrice]

15. How about drinking? n/t

[liberalnurse]

20. Yea, with dinner or a social gathering.

No drunk behavior is tolerated.

[patrice]

23. Hmmmmmmmm . . . . . . ?

May I ask you what the difference is between the two, pot and alcohol?

[sniffa]

24. easy

pot makes your man-boobs grow and is the source of not onLy aLL your probLems but your neighbors' as weLL.

[liberalnurse]

45. They are both mood altering.

Pot is highly unpredictable in its effect that alcohol. Some pot is stronger than others types. Alcohol has predictability, even in how each is metabolized; 8 oz. of beer and/or 1 oz. of liquor take 1 hour .....


Pot stays in your system longer.....as metabolites. Paranoia also runs rampant in many smokers. Some pot is laced with unknown substances wherein alcohol is regulated if purchased legally.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

52. Sorry... no offense.... but.......BWHAAAAAAAAAAA!!

That theory is a total crock of shit. I have personally witnessed & been victim of the evils of alcohol. Predictable? Yeah, like you KNOW YOU CAN DIE FROM TOO MUCH BOOZE? You must get your info from documentaries like "Reefer Madness".

[sniffa]

54. i'm sure no offense wiLL be taken

but you just cooLer in my eyes. :loveya:

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

55. Thanks, sniffa... I just hate that media fed ridiculousness!!

Seriously, I was married to an alcoholic for 10 years. Alcohol made him abusive and angry. It also landed him in the hospital on more than one occasion. PULEEZE... that shit does not happen with weed. Pssshhh... pot 'laced' with other stuff. Doesn't she know that you have to pay EXTRA for that??! Paranoia?? If that's it's worse symptom... I can't even say any more...

And, you've always been cool in MY EYES! I miss your cute mug next to yer posts!!

:loveya:

[sniffa]

56. * bLush *

yeah, if you get an "ooLie" (or Lace) you're not unhappy about it. :D

[SarahB]

72. I agree.

Not to mention, it's still illegal in the US. It's your house and your choice. You don't have to justify anything. I have used it a few times, but the effects are too unpredictable and I don't like that. If I have a beer or two, I know what can happen and how it will make me feel. Pot is in some ways less harmful (people less prone to violence or fights in comparison to alcohol), but you don't know how strong it will be until it hits you. Frankly, I don't need any substances to live in a content manner (except for my morning cup of coffee). People can do whatever they want, but I also can make a choice not to have it as a part of my own life and home if I don't want it to be.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

75. I can tell you... I'd rather have a stoned person in my home than a drunk

one... Drunk PEOPLE are totally unpredictable. Predicatbility?? No one pukes in my sink when they are stoned. No one pees in my yard when they're stoned. I have never been abused by a stoned person.

Yes, it's illegal, but the reasons why it's illegal are a joke. It's far safer than alcohol; alcohol has been deemed the drug that's socially acceptable... WHY?? I dunno... given the dangers involved.

Sarah, please don't take this as an attack, I am simply debating the point. The predicatbility of its effects are, in my opinion far safer that the KNOWN effects of alcohol.

[SarahB]

78. That's a person's individual choice.

I'd personally want neither. They people I'd allow closely in my life are ones that would do neither (or once in awhile, in moderation).

Been there, done that. Dealt with an addictive person far too much (alcohol, pot, prescriptives). Even when he cleaned up, it's already killed the relationship and the trust because he was the one that changed the rules halfway through the game (fuck Sarah's opinion or thoughts). Been down enough roads. I just know what I want, don't want, like, and don't like. I don't care what anyone else wants to do with their life (I'm largely a Libertarian on this stuff), it's just a question of what I want in my own life and from the people I'm closest to (especially in terms of relationships).

People can smoke whatever they want. Not my business. If I choose not to make substances much of a part of my life, that's my prerogative as well. I'm not trying to be hostile either, but I'm not making anyone defend what they do. It doesn't matter to me. It's not "BAD", it's just not something I want heavily in my own life.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

79. Points taken. I just personally didn't get the "unpredictable"

argument when comparing booze and pot :shrug:. Obviously we all have our own opinions and values, that's what makes each of us special :hug:.

[SarahB]

80. It is for me.

I don't drink to get drunk. I know my limits. With pot, some kinds are weaker than others. I've had experience with, for example, 3 hits making me feel nothing, mildly mellow, happy, or completely out of it. I really don't like that effect on my body personally.

[Midlodemocrat]

Good Lord, no.

Uh, I guess I am showing my age. Plus, I have teenagers, so you know.

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

6. ONLY when I am included!

I have standards, ya know!

:hi: - how the heck are ya?

[RagingInMiami]

9. I'm fine

Are you freezing over there in Wisconsin?

[Cyndee_Lou_Who]

34. Freezing AND buried in snow this AM, as a bonus.

If you rub it in about the weather in Miami... I just might...

I dunno, come visit?

[eyesroll]

7. I've caught my upstairs neighbors smoking pot in the basement before

(It's a duplex.)

I have pet birds, and would prefer my guests light up -- whatever it is they're smoking -- on the porch or our back.

[ElectroPrincess]

11. No, but my Mother's in so much pain from recently breaking her hip ...

I wish marijuana were legal so I could bake it into her brownies, i.e., the morphine is beginning not to work. She's never use pot willingly but it does have medicinal value. You still know you're in pain, but when you're high, you just don't give a damn. ;)

Alas, it will be a long time before the Enlightenment.

[liberalnurse]

48. I completely support medical marijuana .

Cancer patients could increase their appetite too.

[miss_kitty]

69. true!

I finally got my oncologist to look at marinol. I was always up front with my pot usage during treatment. I see nothing wrong with pot. It is only demonised due to political actions taken in the 30s by total idiots like Harry Anslinger at the behest of industrialists whose products (lumber, paper and cloth) were in direct competition with Hemp.

[William Bloode]

85. Marinol will not do the same....

As regular marijuana. The reason being marijuana contains all the chemicals THC,CDB,CBN,and if you're lucky THCV. Marinol only contains THC, and cannot interact with the other cannibanoids to produce the desired effects.

What you get from marijuana is very strain dependent. A nice sativa like say Super Silver Haze, will give you an amazing up giddy high, and may induce paranoia. A more indica variety like say Black Dominia will give you a very laid back lazy couch lock style of stone.

Also by using Marinol you support some of the very people who fight and spend billions to assure it stays illegal. Big pharmacutical companies want marijuana kept illegal, as the cannot make money off of a plant you can grow in your own back yard.

I fight this fight everyday. I support the movement the best way i know how, and that way would be giving away as many high quality marijuana seeds as i can.

Anyone interested in some free high quality seeds can come see ol' BloodyBill here at MysticGardens Compassion Through Cannabis>

www.mysticgarden.org

[miss_kitty]

89. I know. I can tell by the high

but it's much better than dramamine. and I don't need Zofran or Dolasetron. And it's better than nothing. My nausea wakes me up some nights-like last night. I hate supporting those asshats, but I need my sleep. Sometimes, I can't find pot. and I am on a fixed income so often I can't afford it.

And I know about pot. I have been a fan for over 3 decades.

[joefree1]

12. Fortunately we've got a smoking porch

... over looking our back yard. Cold during the winter but a good excuse to get outside.


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[davidinalameda]

14. no smoking in my place

my allergies are too bad

[XNASA]

17. It is not. Nor is cigarette smoking.

We have teens in the house.

[HEAVYHEART]

18. Only outside

Not inside the house but at the back porch.. Pot AND cigarettes..

[RebelOne]

19. Though I don't smoke the stuff (did many, many years ago),

anyone else is welcome to indulge.

[illflem]

21. I don't mind

but the hospital down the road did when singer Hoyt Axton lit up in his room. He was dieing of cancer, they never came out and told him no but didn't encourage it.

[mcscajun]

22. Absolutely allowed!

Allowed, encouraged, indulged, and above all, shared.

Tobacco smokers get banished to the back deck. :)

[Ganja Ninja]

25. It's mandatory.

If you don't bring a joint you can't come in. That's my rule and I'm sticking to it.:smoke:

[hollywood926]

26. Me too....and I'm all out. Waaaa!

If anyone has some in the San Fernando Valley, I swear I'm not a cop. :-)

[yvr girl]

27. I live in a non-smoking building

To smoke anything you need to go outside.

[the Princess]

28. They can smoke inside

IF they share! :)

[rbnyc]

29. Yes, but only in the kitchen and only when my son is asleep...

...in his room at the other end of the house with his air purifier on.

[Forkboy]

30. Why,you got some?

:D

[RagingInMiami]

32. Not at the moment

But it is allowed in my house

[Longgrain]

67. That's it, I'm moving in...

Just let me hop the next flight to Miami...:-)

[Patiod]

31. No, but the S.O. does it anyway

I'm surprised the poor cat isn't wandering around with a contact high (well, maybe she is, but with cat behavior, how would you know)

[asthmaticeog]

33. Yes, for kind of a weird reason.

Both my roommate and I are cigarette smokers, but we forbid tobacco smoking in our house - we go out onto the porch. Neither of us smoke pot, but since it's illegal, if visitors want to flame on, we don't want send them outside to risk being seen breaking a law (especially since we live across the street from a public elementary school, so the penalties for drug offences are much harsher), so we let 'em get high inside.

[jonnyblitz]

35. if its YOUR place YOU make the rules

as a pot smoker i would never just light up in somebody elses house without getting permission. I would consider it rude.

[Red State Rebel]

37. Absolutely not!

And no, we don't drink either.

[Jesus H. Christ]

40. How about masturbation?

I hear that can cause hairy palms and blindness. I'm fairly confident that, like marijuana, its harmful effects are greatly exagerrated.

[Squatch]

44. Hey, JHC, how does your boss feel about recreational drugs?

[Jesus H. Christ]

59. He enjoys them regularly.

And his wife's a sex maniac.

Why do you ask?

[Squatch]

63. Just curious. Nice to know the Big Guy can throw down from

time to time.

[Red State Rebel]

90. No, but it's not illegal in our state either....

and yes, I know alcohol isn't illegal, forgive me for wanting to be a good example for my kids.

[gypsy11]

38. Yes

You can smoke all the pot you want. But no cigarettes. Those things will kill you. :P

[scarlet_owl]

42. Yes. Not only allowed, but encouraged.

Cigarettes are not allowed.

[BiggJawn]

43. No smoking period.

And no Boo, especially. It makes me nauseous.

[HuckleB]

49. Been out on the bike?

Or kicking it on a trainer this winter?

:hi:

[HuckleB]

46. Smoking of any kind is not allowed inside the house.

And it never has been, even when my wife smoked quite frequently. So... no, but it's simply got to do with the smell, though it would be more than that, if we were talking about a party of people smoking in there.

[htuttle]

47. Only if they share

They can't sit there and bogart it all.

[ekhunter]

50. no

why would someone encourage this?

[sniffa]

58. to freak out the squares

[Midlodemocrat]

82. And for that comment, Sniffa

I take back the 'hottie' comment.

I mean, I have teens, there is no way I could allow that in my house, especially because their friends are always here.

[Champ]

51. Come take a whiff

:)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

53. No way! n/t

[DelawareValleyDem]

57. Sure! C'mon over!

[GOPisEvil]

60. Outside, please.

Thank you. :-)

[Taverner]

61. Of course, I own it

But since we got the baby, smoking is relegated to the garage

[Tafiti]

62. If someone came over and actually had some pot...

...I'd be like, fuckin' sweet! I'll grab the zags!

[sakabatou]

64. Smoking is not allowed

But drinking is as long as you don't go drunk.

[skygazer]

65. As long as they share n/t

[miss_kitty]

66. If someone comes over to my place and lights up

they're required to share.

:smoke:

[Fleshdancer]

70. No.

No illegal substances are allowed in my house because I have a four year old daughter. I don't mind people doing their own thing, I just don't want it to be around my kid.

[tjdee]

71. Same here.

Though, I also don't want my child being subjected to cigarette smoke in the house either.

[Fleshdancer]

76. same here...no smoking of any kind is allowed in my house

then again, that rule is for my benefit as well as hers. :)

[Missy Vixen]

73. No

All smoking materials are not allowed in our house, and we'd prefer it if those smoking would move away from the doorways so the smoke doesn't get inside.

We also prefer that those who want to use marijuana do so elsewhere. I formerly held political office; DH is a long-term volunteer for a local PD. Let's just say that we don't need to end up in the paper because of someone else's actions.

Julie

[msgadget]

74. Not at all. They have to go home and light up.

Think about how rude it is for someone to come to your house and be so bored and dissatisfied with your hospitality they just HAVE to light up a joint. Gee, that's as bad as saying no to your meal while pulling out their own food.

[Missy Vixen]

77. We had an incident

>Think about how rude it is for someone to come to your house and be so bored and dissatisfied with your hospitality they just HAVE to light up a joint.<

We once had a visiting guest decide that the party wasn't exciting enough, so he repaired to our driveway to indulge. We had no idea until the phone rang. It was our nosiest neighbor, who demanded to know "what the guy in your driveway is doing". We are damn lucky she didn't call the cops.

Whatever people do in their own homes or on their own property is their business. We prefer that they don't do it at our house.

Julie

[CornField]

81. Not only outside, but off my property

The bottom line, IMO, is that marijuana is illegal. It is simply not worth the risk of losing my children.

[goodboy]

83. as long as it's passed to me I dont' care.

[stl_dem1]

84. Hell Yes

It would be rude for me to do it in front of them and not let them smoke too! But seriously I have a medical condition that requires me to smoke every day.

[indigobusiness]

86. Only when I'm cooking.

Cigars, etc are for the porch.

[Der Blaue Engel]

87. I have to giggle at those don't allow it because they have teens

Well not giggle *at* you, but just giggle.

I can just see them answering the same question on some teen forum. "No, because we have parents living here and we don't want them getting any ideas."

Hee.

My son hasn't come home with any pot yet, but when he does, I'll insist that he share. :)

[kodi]

88. required

.

[bearfan454]

91. Nope, not any more.

Me and Mrs bearfan are squares now.

[Madrone]

92. affirmative.

:D

[norml]

93. Pot smoked indoors here. Tobacco must be smoked outside.

I've never smoked tobacco. I send tobacco smokers to my enclosed porch, where I've provided a chair. I like smoking pot outside, if the weather is nice, and the smoking of the pot can't be seen by others.

[JohnKleeb]

94. Only when Mr. Stroup is over

;)
hey my dad really does know Keith Stroup, founder of NORML.

[TrustingDog]

95. Allow. Pot people are funner than boozehounds. n/t

[henslee]

96. Only with a vaporizer.

[WMliberal]

97. yeah, they can join my mom and sister.

:silly:
The 12 year old and I are the only ones who don't spark up.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

98. There's a don't ask, don't tell policy here

Take that for what it's worth.