Come on... smoke pot all weekend then tell me your head is clear come Monday.

The day-after buzz is just as nice as the buzz itself.

 

Cost is really no big deal for the casual smoker. Its probably cheaper than alcohol. Somebody mentioned buying an ounce a few posts back. An ounce goes a very long way for the once or twice a week smoker.

And getting busted with a quarter bag is no big deal. Just don't get busted with paraphernalia. But guess it probably depends on your state.

Personally, I got bored with it and found that it was hard to concentrate in an analytical manner while I was college (I have an MS in Physics). For what I do, I need a clear head.

Plus, prolonged smoking slows the metabolism, makes ya

 

who is one to speculate? Me. I know MANY people who have started smoking...before smoking they said drugs were horrible bad things (wheter this is propoganda or not you decide)...after smoking they said all OTHER drugs were horrible bad things...after smoking for a few months they decided well maybe taking hydorcodone and xanax recreationally isnt bad, then adderall/meth then X then coke/heroin/opium.

Ive seen it happen personally at least with a dozen people, that, in my mind, is enough proof.

is that a bad thing? not in my opinion as I think most drugs done in relative moderation really arent bad. is marijuana the main link to futher drug use? i think so, but dont misquote me as saying ALL people who try smoking will try other drugs.

 

I too have seen this happen to many, many friends of mine. They say that they'd never do drugs and claim how bad they really are and then they get involved with the "stoners"... and eventually get too deep into it all.

 

Folks are often quick to make shit up to further their point of view online.

The people who get into heavier drugs are probably just as likely to do so without pot around. Odds are they smoke pot more often because it is more available to most of the population, not because it is a "gateway drug" <--- what a crock of shit that phrase is. There is a certain type of person who is predisposed to such stupidity. Is pot bad? Well sure it was for the ing hippies and stoners who smoked everyday and failed out of college -- but then pot had very little to do with that issue. It is sad when folks use such excuses after the fact -- the drugs made me do it. Yeah sure.

Reagan and his ing wife plus years of church based brain washing have created a lot of people who repeat your mantra -- but repeating it does not make it true.

 

Yeah right.

I'm sure these people just one day said "you know...i've never smoked a cigarette or had any alcohol but for some reason I want to blaze one up". The only two gateway drugs I know of are legal because they're taxed.

 

The views of Honda606 remind me of "Hyde" from "That 70's Show". The only difference is.....606 isn't funny and starts to become annoying the instant he says something.

 

I'm glad this thread came about cuz it's been a concern on my part for a while now... I used to smoke alot while in college and even months after... I wasn't a pot head or anything: it was mostly after a long & hard day at work and school... I would like to consider myself pretty established in life & my career... I have my BS in Computer Information Systems, Master's in Information Systems Mgmt, and 4 Oracle Certifications to be OCP certified (the database techies know the acronym) ... and all at the age of 24.... My thoughts on recreation smokin: in the words of starsky - "DO IT"...

However, I quit for one primary reason: I'm afraid of random drug tests... I spoke to a fellow co-worker and she said she hasn't had one since she hired in which was approximately 25 years ago (yeah, she started working here straight out of h.s.)... she did things beyond weed and had no problems... but then again, this was a while back... policies may have changed and I'm afraid of losing my job... I'm making excellent money and don't want to jeopordize my career... Nothing relaxed me more than rollin' up a j and poppin' in a video after 8 hours of database recovery and coding... What would you guys do in my situation?

 

There's also the fact that regular pot smokers don't usually do many other drugs (aside from alcohol and possibly cigarettes). Different drugs appeal to different people, and weed smokers enjoy its mellow, short-lived (and rather jolly) high. That high is completely unlike the high from other drugs, and the vast majority of pot smokers do not enjoy the effects of the so-called harder drugs.

Sure, lots of people experiment with drugs, and being that it's so popular and readily available, marijuana is often one of the first things they try. But to suggest that marijuana leads to use of all other drugs is ridiculous and based on chronology rather than causation. And besides, before smoking weed, haven't most people already drank alcohol? Why then is alcohol not the dreaded gateway drug?

 

[QUOTE=gotrice02,Nov 17 2004, 03:42 PM] The views of Honda606 remind me of "Hyde" from "That 70's Show".