I smoke marijuana

[Pryderi]

Poll question: I smoke marijuana

[chknltl]

1. Nope, just those bud thingies.

[City of Mills]

2. We had our time

I had to move on, but I'll always have fond memories :)

[SPKrazy]

3. Not for a long time

had to grow up dammit

If it were legal though, or medicinal, I'd be wrestling in my mind about it because it was not so much a problem in and of itself. I still wouldn't do it I don't believe.

Good times, bad times, I know I've had my share....

:smoke:

[Pryderi]

4. For those who answered, "used to", why did you stop? Also,

do you drink now?

[leftyclimber]

6. Death on my allergies.

I'm allergic to pretty darn near everything to the point of developing allergy-induced asthma. Smoking up made me want to scratch my throat out. I don't do things that require a Benadryl just to partake (this also applies to dogs, which give me hives without the Benadryl "bonus" to the full-time allergy meds).

Always liked smoking it, never interested in eating it or otherwise getting it into my system. After a while I just sort of lost interest.

I still drink, though. (ETA: But not beer or wine, as they, too aggravate my allergies.)

[City of Mills]

7. I stopped

because when I would come home from work, I would smoke. I would surf the net, get stoned, eat, and lounge around. Nothing wrong with that really, but it would cause anxiety if I had to do something after work, or if someone would call me unexpectedly. I was also getting a little out of shape. This was causing me to not feel too good about myself, and as a result I smoked more. Stuff's not cheap either, so that would also cause me anxiety. I was a regular smoker for about 10 years, never really had a 'problem' with it but within the course of about a month it suddenly wasn't much fun anymore. I would smoke and it felt like someone was giving me a tight bear hug. I would say to myself 'I don't like this, I don't like this feeling'...like an anxiety attack of some sort, I would wait until it passed...but i'd still want to smoke to take my mind off of it. Very weird.

I'd taken time off from smoking before, but it was time to take another break obviously. I was starting school, which made it hard psychologically - I had always used it to help me focus on my schoolwork, so I figured I'd take a break for a few days and pick it back up as I usually did. But after a few days had passed, I decided to try to make it a 'long' break. It was hard at first, my lifestyle was really centered around enabling my ability to smoke when I wanted, and I felt like I had a lot of free time I didn't know what to do with. It felt weird to surf the net and not get blazed. But I devised ways to keep busy, for example I realized I really had no hobbies anymore, so I began to work out and take care of my body. It made sense - it was a way to boost my self esteem, my health and it gave me a hobby..it was a good choice. Smoking no longer really fit in, as I spent more time on the elliptical and weightlifting.

It's now been over six months, and I feel like a completely different person than the daily smoker I used to be. I don't miss it one bit - I'm much happier and I have better self-esteem. More money to spend on other stuff, too! To answer your other question, I didn't replace the pot with alcohol, in fact I rarely drink, maybe a few beers a year. If anything i'm 'addicted' to being completely clean. When I first quit, it was a trip to be completely sober...it had been so long, it felt like a new experience. I'd consider smoking again, i'm in a much better state of mind these days, but I still have no desire to - maybe some day I will.

[emilyg]

11. May I copy and send to my grandson?

[City of Mills]

22. Sure, no problem

I realized that it wasn't fun anymore, and it was just maintaining the habit. What started out as fun, became 'medicine', a way for me to treat the anxiety I was feeling, but in reality I was treating the symptom and not the cause. Once I addressed the root causes of why I was anxious, I no longer felt I needed it. I don't regret choosing to smoke it for so long, it was fun and probably kept me from developing a drinking problem - before when I took small breaks from smoking, I would drink instead. Now when I feel anxiety creeping up on me, I go for a walk or go to the gym an burn off energy. At $30/month it's much cheaper too!

[LanternWaste]

33. Sounds to me like you took a long...

Sounds to me like you took a long, hard, critical look in the mirror one day; or as Shakespeare's Henry V said, "I and my bosom must debate awhile..."

That's something people rarely seem to do anymore, regardless of the specific self-critique being examined. :)

[emilyg]

39. Thanks.

Did send it to my grandson.

[Common Sense Party]

10. I stopped because I'm not a sophomore in high school anymore.

I've changed.

No, I do not drink.

[Roon]

17. I drink now...it has become like california around here

all you can find is the Kronic,KB,AK-47,White Widow,KB bud, etc....very expensive stuff. If I could afford to stay in bud all month, I would drop the drinking.

[Iggo]

28. Why did I stop?

I promised the judge.

[Dappleganger]

31. Because chemo finally ended.

And the party can't go on forever.

:smoke:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

44. stopped cos it made me lazy. yes, i drink socially

[eyepaddle]

47. I ust stopped enjoying it much. Same thing with drinking.

I am a paragon of virutes these days (Or so it would seem!) :evilgrin:

[Chemical Bill]

53. I got a job and cut my hair.

I don't drink much, but alcohol pales in comparison to Bud Zonly anyway. I am, however, growing my hair again.

Bill

[Lorien]

55. Just made me sleepy, and made conversations boring

waste of money imho. I don't feel a need to put any mind altering substances in my body anymore.

[Optical.Catalyst]

56. My official answer is 'I used to'

When my employer asks the answer is "I used to"

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

57. I just didn't like it much

I prefer beer.

Now, I would avoid it because there's a (slim) chance I can get tested at work. These days, I think I'll try to keep the job.

Maybe when I retire in a few years ... if I can find it. I have no idea anymore on how to buy, what's it cost, etc. I guess I'm culturally out of touch.

:hi:

[Upton]

5. I still smoke occasionally

though not as much as you to...when it was almost a daily thing. Pot and I will always have a special relationship.

[MrSlayer]

8. Every day.

I love my weed.

[mike_c]

12. me too-- for nearly 40 years....

:smoke:

[dysfunctional press]

21. i'm 48 and i've been toking for going on 33 years now...

although i did give it up for a 6-month stretch when i was 20 and dating a girl who 'didn't approve' of it.
but then i met a girl who did, and who gave much better head.

:hippie:

[Shell Beau]

34. That is lovely.

[dysfunctional press]

20. same here.

and yet my wife and almost none of my friends do...

sometimes it seems like it's just me and my bong against the world.

[SoxFan]

9. Never have

My lifetime smoking experience is limited to two times when I was compelled to smoke a cigar by my battalion commander. Since he was writing my officer performance report, i wasn't going to argue the point. Both times I got so jacked on nicotine that I couldn't sleep for two nights.

But I got a great write up from the colonel...

[Inchworm]

13. I've witnessed a bonfire

so large that you could smell the weed on the whole island.

:smoke:

[Richard Steele]

14. Can't afford it very often these days...but if I could, I'd be back on the daily plan. nm

[Jamastiene]

45. That's my situation too.

Originally, I stopped to get a job (piss test). Then, I stayed off to keep the job. Now, I don't have the job OR the pot and I'm too broke to buy any. Somehow, I feel like I got screwed in the deal. :think:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. They used to have something to say about this ...

http://www.youtube.com/v/XrtbLTHrZgw&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01&border=1

You poisoned my sweet water.
You cut down my green trees.
The food you fed my children
Was the cause of their disease.
My world is slowly fallin' down
And the airs not good to breathe.
And those of us who care enough,
We have to do something.......
(Chorus)
Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?
Oh.......oh What you gonna do about me?
Your newspapers,
They just put you on.
They never tell you
The whole story.
They just put your
Young ideas down.
I was wonderin' could this be the end
Of your pride and glory?
(Chorus)
I work in your factory.
I study in your schools.
I fill your penitentiaries.
And your military too!
And I feel the future trembling,
As the word is passed around.
"If you stand up for what you do believe,
Be prepared to be shot down."
(Chorus)
And I feel like a stranger
In the land where I was born
And I live like an outlaw.
An' I'm always on the run..........................
An Im always getting busted
And I got to take a stand........
I believe the revolution
Must be mighty close at hand.......................
(Chorus)
I smoke marijuana
But I cant get behind your wars.
And most of what I do believe
Is against most of your laws
I'm a fugitive from injustice
But I'm goin' to be free.
Cause your rules and regulations
They dont do the thing for me
(Chorus)
And I feel like a stranger
In the land where I was born
And I live just like an outlaw.
An' I'm always on the run.

[Chemical Bill]

54. Great song!

You beat me to it. Too bad the audio is terrible. I saw what's left of Quicksilver last summer, with some of the Airplane. Quicksilver didn't do that, but they did Fresh Air, which is almost the same song. Mona from Happy Trails is still my favorite.

Bill

[Tuesday Afternoon]

61. Quicksilver is in my Top Ten of all time favorite bands.

TA

[Mutley]

16. Used to.

I stopped because I couldn't just do it recreationally. I smoked from the time I woke up until I went to bed every single day. It was too much.

[MrScorpio]

18. Never have

and never will

[dysfunctional press]

19. only to excess.

i'm a chronic pain patient, in a non-medical mj state(IL), and i haven't had a drop of alcohol in over a dozen years due to the narcotic pain meds i take.

[cherish44]

23. I don't smoke the wacky tobaccy

Maybe someday when I'm old and retired.

[Drunken Girlfriend]

24. Re:Pot

I smoke pot about once or twice a week.

Although,I do try hard to stay away from the bong,
because it seems to get me super stoned.

And if you've ever smoked extremely good pot,especially
through the bong,you start to hallucinate.lol

Pot is like most things,it's good in moderation.

Legal here in Canada for medicinal purposes,so it's only
a matter of time before the Canadian govt regulates it
for recreational use.

[guitar man]

25. only on the weekends

I used to smoke just about every day, but I've cut it down to just a weekend activity now. :smoke:

[hobbit709]

26. Diabetes and alcohol don't mix well.

So it's about the only vice I have left.

[PassingFair]

27. I would if I didn't worry that it will prevent me from getting a job....

if and WHEN I get the ax at the job I have.

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. ...

:smoke:

[azmouse]

30. It never interested me... at all.

[SacredCow]

32. Used to, but very infrequently....

Now, I work in an environment that has many random screenings so it's out of the question. But I don't really miss it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

35. I don't get it. I really don't.

But whatever.

[southpaw]

36. I quit just over 6 years ago.

I had smoked pretty regularly for about 12 years, but I just didn't enjoy the feeling anymore. It had become a habit that I was maintaining for no good reason.

Added to that, I was out of work and it's damn near impossible to get a decent job without passing a drug screen, so it was in my best interest to clear the THC out of my system.

I ditched tobacco at the same time; a 17 year habit, 2 packs a day for most of those years.

I do not 'drink' now, unless you count a single glass of red wine about 3 to 4 nights a week, and that is following my doctor's advice concerning my cholesterol.



On top of all of this, I work in Substance Abuse Prevention, basically teaching kids to avoid the pitfalls of addiction. I can do my job and drink a few glasses of wine a week... but I don't think I could rationalize using an illegal substance while telling others not to.

Even so, if pot were made legal (decriminalized) I doubt I'd start smoking it again. After all, I quit in the first place because I just didn't care for the feeling anymore.

[Lyric]

37. Nope.

Tried it once or twice as a teen, wasn't impressed, haven't messed with it since.

[sammythecat]

38. Now and then since 1968

Mostly weekend parties or watching a movie before bed, but ever since the craze for outrageously intrusive and recklessly stupid drug screening swept the land, I might take a chance once or twice a year.

[LanternWaste]

40. I can only imagine what the world was like in '68...

I can only imagine what the world was like in '68 (I was born in '66). And although I imagine a lot of it has been re-packaged for commercial proposes, there's still a part of me that would love to walk through San Fran or New York city on a Friday night in '68, and just... I dunno, take it all in. :)

[sammythecat]

60. If you could manage to do that

I'd like to go along. Just for a day or two though. It had it's own unique "colorfulness" for sure, but it was also a very tumultuous, uncertain, and worrisome time for a lot of young people.

If I had a choice, I'd rather come of age in the 80's rather than the 60's. I think it would have been easier to keep your footing.

[bamacrat]

41. Every day.

Started when I was aroung 21 and im 25 now. love it everyday.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

42. Nope. though I am sure...

I have had a few contact highs. :D

Being a nonsnoker has give me an outsiders view of how pot effects people.

I have watched band/play rehearsals grind to a complete halt once the pot was brought out. Pot produces lots of ideas (not all of them good), but very little action. Too much produces a LOT of inaction. Pot smokers always think it has no negative effect on them. I have seen no more than three daily smokers who I can say it really didn't effect in a negative way. If forced to hang out with a pot smoker or a drinker, I'd still take the pot smoker.

On edit: pot can bring out the numbskull in people, like the smoking jackasses over in DU who think its funny/good to get their cats high. :eyes:

[sammythecat]

62. As a user forced into temporary? early retirement

I agree with your estimation of it's effects. That's certainly how it always affected me anyway.

And getting pets "high" is abuse as far as I'm concerned. Sorry to hear there are some here who delight in doing that. Even if they think the animal enjoys it, they don't KNOW if it's beneficial and benign. Therefore they should never do it.

[old mark]

43. Long ago, in a different world.......nt

[argyl]

46. After a brief 21 year experimentation phase I quit.

[lost-in-nj]

48. use to , not so much though

I do drink now

last year I had the opportunity to smoke got up to get it from my friend then remembered I had quit smoking cigs a year and a half ago (at that time) and was really scared I might want a cig.
so it wasn't worth it in the long run......



lost

[DinahMoeHum]

49. I experimented a little bit when I was in my 20's

Found that classical music really sounded off great under the influence.
Come the morning after, though, my mouth would taste like an ashtray.
I've never smoked regular cigarettes, so why fuck up my lungs with that stuff, I figured.

Yes, I do drink about 1-2 drinks a week, mostly beer or wine.

[slackdude]

50. I have a Prescription

A doctor here in California wrote me a marijuana prescription to treat my anxiety and stress. I can buy it legally in a bunch of shops here in the Bay Area and smoke it anywhere that a person can smoke a cigarette. I'll be working with one of the clubs on a barter system, doing their website and some video for my medicine.

[bigwillq]

51. Not anymore.

I used to for about seven or eight years and I loved it. However, right before I stopped I got really bad panic attacks. I had also been working at my current full-time job for about a year and I decided I needed to stop just in case I happened to have gotten caught, i.e arrested because of it and I figured I needed my job more than smoking pot so I quit.

I miss it from time to time. Those were good times when I smoked.

[Taverner]

52. Marijuana is safer than Alcohol. So sayeth Bing Crosby.

And he wouldn't lie, when it came to mellow, would he?

[kedrys]

58. Had to quit for over 2 years because or random drug testing at work

Now I have a prescription for it in a city and country that don't give a shit about what I do in my spare time. :) I toke occasionally. :smoke:

[Forkboy]

59. I used to do drugs.

I still do drugs. But I used to, too.