Cannabis vs Alchohol and Other Man Made Pharmacuticals

by OpenFireGlass 145 Replies latest jw friends

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  OpenFireGlass

  i'm back..

  here's my take on anti-depressants (Prozac, Zoloft, etc) which I have never taken before... I think that these drugs just cover up the problem. Hence fake smiles, etc...BUT when I smoke Cannabis it doesn't just "make me happy", it causes me to ask myself why aren't I happy?....

  Yeah so I guess the stigama attached to Cannabis, is actually attached to the "dealer" (Felony) the guy trying to make a buck...

  another thought on the "gateway drug" theroy is that our society puts all drugs in the same catagory, so when a person experiments for the first time with cannabis, and it doesn't kill him/her they may think gee they lied to me about this... I wonder how bad heroin is....
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  gumby

  You buy it from ppl who are ususally more interested in selling you other stuff that they will make more money on.

  Were it legal I would not consider it a gateway drug.

  Say what?

  IP-SEC....I'm ashamed of you and you should be spanked by a crank whore for saying that......ye bastard!!!

  Seriously....in ALL my years of getting weed, I can't remember any of the 'suppliers" EVER offering mr something else. Not that this isn't done however. It depends on where a person buys weed. Some not knowing a seller might not be able to be 'selective' as to where they get it. They might get recommended to see a dealer who is a low-life who would sell anyone anything.....crank, heroin, ...etc. As I say, most that I personally know who grow/sell weed do not do other drugs....other than have a beer now and then.

  *slaps IP-SEC on his nutsac* ~thwack~

  Gumweed
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  catbert

  Natural occuring substances: Ergot of Rye is best known as the source from which Lysergic Acid Diethyamide (=LSD). Arsenic is also a natural occuring substance. Hey, you want to stay buzzed, go for it. In a "survival of the fittest" world, you may be easy pickings some day, though I guess you have guns, because in my experience, you are probably paranoid. No offense...
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  OpenFireGlass

  for those that believe in God.. Why would IT create something that we should not take advantage of?

  This can be said about just about anything so I don't buy this argument.

  You're absolutly right.. I mean, why did god put petrolium here?

  There is also, imo, a huge hidden cost to societal hypocricy. Marijuana being illegal while alcohol is legal, is arbitrary and hypocritical and it can only be embraced as a positive either thru stupidity or rank cynicism.

  I'm in total agreement with that statement...

  It seems to me that from what I have seen from personal experience, watching others, when they smoke weed, their behavior is usually predictable for them, each time they smoke they are about the same. Now these same people I have watched when they drink,,,,,,and only drink, not mixing weed and drink,,,,,their behavior is not predicatable at all. You can drink yourself to death in a night , but is there a limit that your body will go to , you can only get so high? Seems like it, but I am no expert, just wondering.

  personally I know about how much to smoke... I will admitt that if i smoke too much, I will feel a little anxiety

  also I will add that, the reason I smoke as opposed to eating cannabis is that I have complete control of the dosage (I know when to stop).. If I eat it, There's no cutting it off... I've eaten a cookie and felt the effects well into the next day... When I smoke it last for about an hour, and I only feel so medicated... When I eat it I can feel pretty loopey
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  OpenFireGlass

  though I guess you have guns, because in my experience, you are probably paranoid. No offense...

  I don't own guns... and if i were paranoid, or took to offense easilly I would not have started this thread and asked for everyones opinion

  In a "survival of the fittest" world, you may be easy pickings some day,

  depends on what your definition of survival of the fittest is... at least I won't be dependant on pharmacutical anti-depresants.. so I stand a better chance of being pshycologically fit
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  wiegel

  what?
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  catbert

  OpenFireGlass, You ever had one of those panic attacks where you feel like you have your head in a vice?
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  OpenFireGlass

  OpenFireGlass, You ever had one of those panic attacks where you feel like you have your head in a vice?

  Never!... Have you had that experience before while trying cannabis?

  In a "survival of the fittest" world, you may be easy pickings some day, depends on what your definition of survival of the fittest is... at least I won't be dependant on pharmacutical anti-depresants.. so I stand a better chance of being pshycologically fit

  just wanted to add that i would stand a better chance than detoxing alchoholics
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  catbert

  OpenFireGlass, You ever stop about 20 feet in front of a stopsign, and creap towards it... You ever sit outside a 7-11 and know you can't go inside to buy that bad of doritos because you are laughing hysterically? I will admit, laughter is the best medicine! I have had my share of giggles!
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  catbert

  FireWaterGlass, I thought I was going to die once when I was high. Severe panic. You really make pot seem inert. Maybe I need to try some of your pot. You must be smoking that ditchweed. My pot friends have all had panic attacks. Doesn't stop us from going back though...