Decriminalizing marijuana

[Hasty Ent]

Interesting, IR. As I got older I found that my 'indulgences' became moderate. Not because I needed to be more responsible, but simply because I was no longer interested in getting sick. (I had more responsibilities as a teenager than I do now as an adult.)

It's not a matter of controlling the desires, only finding that I'm satisfied with 'just enough' and stopping there.

and, yeah, it does enhance certain activities...

[Sheeana]

Originally posted by Insidious Rex
Youll smoke an old shoe if someone sticks it in your mouth when yer drunk.

I've only ever gotten high while drunk. Even spotting doesn't do it for me. I must be abnormal. Not that it really matters, since I don't really like the feeling that I get from doing dope. I much prefer the feeling of being hyper than dopey.

[Lizra]

Originally posted by Insidious Rex
yer lucky. personally I have found pot is a lot less fun as I have grown older. I think my brain chemicals have changed or something because when I was a teenager it was so much fun to get as high as you could. Now it just makes me feel paranoid and stupid and everybody looks ugly. So if I do it its rarely and its usually alone (unless Im using it to enhance.... well nevermind... ). Either that or I end up doing it when Im drunk anyway which is a waste. Youll smoke an old shoe if someone sticks it in your mouth when yer drunk.

Ha ha! So true! Driving while stoned? Bad idea. So you're stuck till it wears off. Besides, getting stoned gets just as boring as anything else.
Out in public, it's paranoid all the way! You feel like you've got a sign on that says "slow and stupid!"
The thing is Gimli...if you like just smoking on weekends, you will probably push that up to weeknights eventually. Better off just discovering the simple joys of "normalness". ( remember NORML The National Organization for the Legalizalization of Marijuana! or something like that...er I can't remember.... )

Hasty Ent, you are the rare exception! I wish I could get away with that! But when I find I like something, my natural inclination is to keep doing it, even if it's a deceptive "something" which turns bitter and empty as the years go by. Let's not even talk about the money wasted and the breaking the law part, where I live at least. Drugs...nah!

[Hasty Ent]

Originally posted by Lizra
But when I find I like something, my natural inclination is to keep doing it, even if it's a deceptive "something" which turns bitter and empty as the years go by.

Hmm, Lizra, I never thought of you as a teetotaler.

I guess I think of pot as no different than any other recreational drug (and yes, I include alcohol and caffeine in that category). I have a small wine cellar, and keep a stocked bar, but neither needs constant replenishment. Having something I enjoy readily available (bourbon....mmmmm.....) doesn't mean I have it every night. In fact, I enjoy it more when I have it less often!

The biggest difference for me is that pot makes me mellow and introspective (it's great for listening to music or looking at art!) while alcohol just slows me down, intellectually and physically. The days of being paranoid ended with high school. Now the biggest danger if I'm out in public after smoking is the possibility of exploding in a fit of giggles.

But your point earlier was right: never drive stoned, or drunk!

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by gimli7410
...im still on that 1 month no weed thing suggested by IR.

o.O
That was me. Look: page 7
Dude, quit now. IR and I look nothing alike. (See? I have breasts and red hair. )


Zinnite has a point. All drugs, legal or illegal, OTC or Rx or illegal, can be abused.

I have a Rx for hydrocodone/APAP (7.5 mg/750 mg) that I keep on hand because my Rx for migraines doesn't always work and it beats going to the ER for a shot of painkillers when that happens (which I've had to do several times before). I just checked and it is currently expired (as of 9/12). I only used a few over the last year. However, I knew someone who was addicted to to this very medicine, lost her job, her house, everything.

[Bombadillo]

A few years ago one guy was running for mayor of our town. He was starting his own party, the "Legalise Marijuanna Party." His occupation: lawyer and "marijuanna distributor. Before I read this, I thought it would be a good step if he was elected because he was black. He was making a bad name.

[Insidious Rex]

Originally posted by Ruinel
o.O
That was me. Look: page 7
Dude, quit now. IR and I look nothing alike. (See? I have breasts and red hair. )

actually looks like I beat you by 52 minutes. So who is the stoned one ms. slow poke?

Oh and anything with breasts and red hair is on my list of people Id prefer to get stoned with for reasons I explained earlier....

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by Insidious Rex
actually looks like I beat you by 52 minutes. So who is the stoned one ms. slow poke?

ROFLMAO!!! Damn! Too many things going on at once here. Maybe I do need to smoke that pot... I'm out of it!

Oh and anything with breasts and red hair is on my list of people Id prefer to get stoned with for reasons I explained earlier....

Yes, I read that. I'm trying (very hard) to keep myself 'PG-13'. You can't imagine how many times I had to write and rewrite my reply to this post.

*is a very bad she-Elf*

[Lizra]

Originally posted by Hasty Ent
Hmm, Lizra, I never thought of you as a teetotaler.

I guess I think of pot as no different than any other recreational drug (and yes, I include alcohol and caffeine in that category). I have a small wine cellar, and keep a stocked bar, but neither needs constant replenishment. Having something I enjoy readily available (bourbon....mmmmm.....) doesn't mean I have it every night. In fact, I enjoy it more when I have it less often!

The biggest difference for me is that pot makes me mellow and introspective (it's great for listening to music or looking at art!) while alcohol just slows me down, intellectually and physically. The days of being paranoid ended with high school. Now the biggest danger if I'm out in public after smoking is the possibility of exploding in a fit of giggles.

But your point earlier was right: never drive stoned, or drunk!

Well...I loved pot. Way too much. So, no can do! I am fine with a glass of wine or a cider at dinnertime, that is all I want, it's festive, fun...yum! Pot was a different story, it was too much of an artificial nirvana for me. I kept thinking about it, and wanting to escape, and it's not a good thing at that level. Knowing what I do now, I would never, ever take that first puff. Thank goodness I quit when I did!

[gollum9630]

Originally posted by Bombadillo
A few years ago one guy was running for mayor of our town. He was starting his own party, the "Legalise Marijuanna Party." His occupation: lawyer and "marijuanna distributor. Before I read this, I thought it would be a good step if he was elected because he was black. He was making a bad name.

we have the green (or marijuana) party up here in Canada. I dont think any of them have ever gotten voted in, but there intent is to legalize marijuana

[Sheeana]

Our Green Party got 5% of the vote, which is the minimun threshold. Since we run an MMP govt, they get a say in what happens in parliament. Which means that the potential is there to decriminalise dope.

[gimli7410]

Originally posted by azalea
That's good since you just started it last night hey?!

Good for you on the gpa! Make sure it stays that way!

day 3 of 1 month period:fiedns offered me to go into a hundred bag, i declined *holds hands in triumph*

[jerseydevil]

Originally posted by gimli7410
day 3 of 1 month period:fiedns offered me to go into a hundred bag, i declined *holds hands in triumph*

Congratulations. I hope you can go for a whole month. Declining is a good sign though.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by gimli7410
day 3 of 1 month period:fiedns offered me to go into a hundred bag, i declined *holds hands in triumph*

Way to go! I'm proud of you!

That really is a good start.

[Sheeana]

Originally posted by gimli7410
day 3 of 1 month period:fiedns offered me to go into a hundred bag, i declined *holds hands in triumph*

Way to go, Canuck. There's hope for you yet. (Note: You know you have a problem with dope when you start building submarines out of toilet rolls and cornflakes boxes...)

[gimli7410]

Originally posted by Sheeana
Way to go, Canuck. There's hope for you yet. (Note: You know you have a problem with dope when you start building submarines out of toilet rolls and cornflakes boxes...)

thanks you guys.
lol. although that submarine idea isnt too bad...

[Khamûl]

Originally posted by Lizra
( remember NORML The National Organization for the Legalizalization of Marijuana! or something like that...er I can't remember.... )

Interesting that you should mention that. A group of students tried to get the first Alabama chapter of NORML organized here at Troy State. They went before the student government association asking to be recognized, but they weren't. Just figured I'd mention that.

[Ruinel]

Originally posted by gimli7410
thanks you guys.
lol. although that submarine idea isnt too bad...

It doesn't work. I've already tried it.

[Lizra]

Originally posted by Khamûl
Interesting that you should mention that. A group of students tried to get the first Alabama chapter of NORML organized here at Troy State. They went before the student government association asking to be recognized, but they weren't. Just figured I'd mention that.

It's a free country! I should look for old copies of "High Times" magazines on eBay. That would be a time warp!

[azalea]

Originally posted by gimli7410
day 3 of 1 month period:fiedns offered me to go into a hundred bag, i declined *holds hands in triumph*

I am so proud of you. That shows real maturity on your part (sticking with a goal, being able to decline the offer from your friends, etc.).