Smoke up losers

[Slacker]

Frankly, it's all the same to me. Stuff that makes you drunk and dumb and leads to other bad decisions. I guess people like the feeling of the high, but I can't fathom doing that to myself. As I spelled out, my beliefs are what they are and they're strong and will not change. As I've gotten older, though, it's simply become something that's not part of my life. At this point, I doubt 99.9 percent of people even notice or care.

And that's fine, but it's not the same at all. And if someone has never tried it, he has no actual basis for argument.

 

[SpeedTchr]

I've never killed anyone, either, but I know it's a bad thing.

 

[Slacker]

I've never killed anyone, either, but I know it's a bad thing.

Not a valid rationalization, of course. But the ol' stand-by, giggity giggity ...

 

[SpeedTchr]

Not a valid rationalization, of course. But the ol' stand-by, giggity giggity ...

Just as valid as your ridiculous assertion.

 

[Azrael]

Chuckling. Only in New York ...

. . . and Austin. But the fine runs upwards of $2K!

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/d...s/policies/smoking_Ordinance_20111215-019.pdf

 

[YankeeFan]

Batman, have you ever smoked a joint and gotten high? @YankeeFan? @doctorquant?

I'm always interested in the opinions of those who oppose pot, but not if they haven't tried it.

Smoked junior and senior year of high school.

Have gotten high maybe 15 times in the last 30 years — none in the last 10 that I can remember.

 

[User 11148]

. . . and Austin. But the fine runs upwards of $2K!

https://www.austintexas.gov/sites/d...s/policies/smoking_Ordinance_20111215-019.pdf

This is my shocked face!

 

[poindexter]

Pot stinks. It literally stinks, to me like s***. I can't stand the smell. I never tried it when offered in high school or college and I never saw a reason to start.

My brother is hooked on the stuff just like an alcoholic to booze. He plans his night around it and there is nothing more boring than hearing potheads talk about their different blends.

It's gotten to the point where we can't even go out to dinner without him making sure he has one of his Vapes available for a quick hit before we go into the restaurant.

 

[YankeeFan]

He plans his night around it and there is nothing more boring than hearing potheads talk about their different blends.

I truly don't have a problem with an adult smoking marijuana on occasion.

But, this is the case with nearly every marijuana smoker I know.

 

[typefitter]

Pot stinks. It literally stinks, to me like s***. I can't stand the smell. I never tried it when offered in high school or college and I never saw a reason to start.

My brother is hooked on the stuff just like an alcoholic to booze. He plans his night around it and there is nothing more boring than hearing potheads talk about their different blends.

It's gotten to the point where we can't even go out to dinner without him making sure he has one of his Vapes available for a quick hit before we go into the restaurant.

Pot is no different to alcohol in that certain people can become addicted and it can change them and their lives for the worse, and certain people can use it for pleasure and be moderate about it and it enhances their enjoyment of life.

I never get drunk anymore, but I like pot. I find that it makes a meal or a concert or sex that much more of an experience. But I don't expect everyone to like it. What I do find hypocritical is the legality of booze and cigarettes but the illegality of pot. That's why I support legalization. My getting a little high is no different substantively than someone have a couple of beers after cutting the grass. It shouldn't be a crime.

But, like alcohol, we should try to make sure our kids don't use it, you shouldn't smoke and drive, and when used in excess, it's a problem. I'd rather hang out with high people than drunk people any day of the week—you're a lot less likely to get punched, for starters—but I don't need to hang out with someone who's high all the time, either.

 

[poindexter]

Pot is no different to alcohol in that certain people can become addicted and it can change them and their lives for the worse, and certain people can use it for pleasure and be moderate about it and it enhances their enjoyment of life.

I never get drunk anymore, but I like pot. I find that it makes a meal or a concert or sex that much more of an experience. But I don't expect everyone to like it. What I do find hypocritical is the legality of booze and cigarettes but the illegality of pot. That's why I support legalization. My getting a little high is no different substantively than someone have a couple of beers after cutting the grass. It shouldn't be a crime.

But, like alcohol, we should try to make sure our kids don't use it, you shouldn't smoke and drive, and when used in excess, it's a problem. I'd rather hang out with high people than drunk people any day of the week—you're a lot less likely to get punched, for starters—but I don't need to hang out with someone who's high all the time, either.

I am agnostic to the legality or not of pot. It is legal in many places in California. I know that I would rather walk by a bar and not smell anything as people are boozing, rather than walk by a place where people are smoking and have that s*** on my clothes.

 

[typefitter]

I am agnostic to the legality or not of pot. It is legal in many places in California. I know that I would rather walk by a bar and not smell anything as people are boozing, rather than walk by a place where people are smoking and have that s*** on my clothes.

It does not smell great. That is true. I never smoke indoors.

 

[Azrael]

Marijuana has many more applications medicinally than alcohol.

And you don’t have to smoke it to get them. Edibles can be a boon to cancer patients or folks suffering MS or glaucoma.

 

[Stoney]

Nobody who tokes up beats his wife or kills others with a car like drinkers do. Also, cookies and cake taste even better!

This is the part that concerns me. I've no need for something that makes junk food even more enticing.

Does pot do anything for the taste of kale?

 

[Dick Whitman]

One word:

Edibles.

EDIT: Az beat me to it.

 

[poindexter]

Marijuana has many more applications medicinally than alcohol.

And you don’t have to smoke it to get them. Edibles can be a boon to cancer patients or folks suffering MS or glaucoma.

I don't think that anybody is arguing that.

My limited experience with adults, not teens, smoking pot, is that it is pretty addictive. Now that I think of it, we visited my brother in law earlier this year. Great guy. I hadn't seen him in five years, we were there for five hours, and he had to excuse himself to go out and 'smoke' and as we sat and visited, he was constantly fiddling with his stuff.

My small experiences of adult pot smokers is that it is pretty addictive.

 

[poindexter]

A third couple we know - also older, are into the edibles. To their credit, they don't talk about it.

They showed us the pot butter. Now that stuff truly smells awful. Good god.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Marijuana has many more applications medicinally than alcohol.

The one thing I always say in favor of alcohol, which seems to take a beating in these discussions, is that it isn't solely for use for its chemical events. It is also food. Last night I sat on my deck and nursed a glorious Founders KBS stout. It is about 12 percent alcohol - pretty high, actually - but I didn't notice any effects and I certainly wasn't drinking it for the effects. It's just really good.

 

[MisterCreosote]

My experience with adult pot smokers tells me they’re no different than other people who don’t realize they’re addicted to something.

 

[Dick Whitman]

A third couple we know - also older, are into the edibles. To their credit, they don't talk about it.

They showed us the pot butter. Now that stuff truly smells awful. Good god.

Mrs. Whitman and I were in Colorado last year and bought some edibles. Being the amateurs we are, we both took too much, because I didn't take the guy behind the counter at his word that 5 mg was a nice starter dose. (I took 10 and then, when the effects didn't start within 10-15 minutes, popped another 10.)

I was basically non-functional for the rest of the night because that **** lasts forever.

As my friend who lives in Fort Collins told me when I was out to see him this winter: "Those guys behind the counter? They've been stoned since sixth grade. If he tells you it's too much, it's probably too much!"