Do you smoke weed?

[BeerShaman]

Do you smoke weed? If yes, state why (if you want). If not, state why (if you want).

[Tablo]

I used to smoke rarely, but more recently I have been doing it a bit more. I smoke to relax because I get stressed easily.

[Q]

I don't smoke at all, so that naturally includes weed.

[Sosa]

I've started smoking again. Helps with the stress.

[Quail]

I only smoke it with other people now, just to relax.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I used to, and I would if I still could. Haven't taken a single puff in about 9 months, though.

[BeerShaman]

I used to, and I would if I still could. Haven't taken a single puff in about 9 months, though.
Why can't you anymore?

[Sasha]

Voted "i smoke weed rarely" since I do. Hash on the other hand, I smoke almost daily. I have an stress related chronic illness.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Why can't you anymore?

I ran into some legal problems.

[El Rojo]

i smoke weed a few times a week coz it, as said above, generates a very relaxed feeling

[Matty_UK]

Used to smoke it a lot, don't touch the stuff now. It makes you lazy and demotivated, and you get dumber the more you do it. It's not even that fun - it's pretty anti-social, it gets damn hard to communicate with people who aren't stoned with you. Stoners become boring to people who aren't stoners, because ultimately all it does is help you enjoy things that should be boring.
Maybe I just have a bad reaction to it, but I don't get people saying they need it to relax? If I smoke weed when I have something to worry about it makes me worry intensely and blow it all out of proportion.

I don't like that it seems to be such a big part of left wing culture, or understand why it is.

[Os Cangaceiros]

it's pretty anti-social, it gets damn hard to communicate with people who aren't stoned with you.

Not me. I get very lucid while stoned. (I'm not kidding.)


Maybe I just have a bad reaction to it, but I don't get people saying they need it to relax? If I smoke weed when I have something to worry about it makes me worry intensely and blow it all out of proportion.

That is a strange reaction.

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

I use to smoke alot of weed but stopped because it gives me horrible anxiety now. I always found it to be an overrated drug.

[Il Medico]

I smoke weed. Haven't in a while though. Probably gonna get some sometime this week.

[Tomhet]

I smoke down on the daily..

[Sasha]

That is a strange reaction.

its not, weed is an big enhancer of anxiety atacks, people with anxiety disorders shouldnt use THC, wich is why i question the fact that i'm diagnosed with one because weed lowers my attacks and not triggers them like caffiene and stress does.


I use to smoke alot of weed but stopped because it gives me horrible anxiety now.

[Quail]

its not, weed is an big enhancer of anxiety atacks, people with anxiety disorders shouldnt use THC, wich is why i question the fact that i'm diagnosed with one because weed lowers my attacks and not triggers them like caffiene and stress does.
I know a few people online who use weed for anxiety issues. I don't because it makes my anxiety worse, but it seems to work for some people.

[gorillafuck]

I smoke weed because I'm not a chicken. Are you?

Buc buc buc

[Fawkes]

It fluctuates how often I use it. Sometimes I'll smoke every day, other times just a couple times a week. It also often increases anxiety for me, particularly in regards to violence. I'll often be 100% dead certain that some group of people are just going to kick the shit out of me for the way I look, whereas when I'm sober I couldn't care less about that.

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

I'll often be 100% dead certain that some group of people are just going to kick the shit out of me for the way I look


Haha, I know what you mean. That and I get depressed about things I don't usually care about and feel I have to make up for them in some way.

[Il Medico]

Weed makes people paranoid as fuck from my experience. I was smoking with my friend onetime in the back of a church at night and he mentioned that the shed a few feet away reminded him of The Texas Chainsaw massacre, saying "how much would you freak if the guy came running out right now swinging his chainsaw" and I was like "Jesus fuck man, don't tell me this shit now." I started freaking out (he did too after what he said hit him)and after about a minute I decided to leave, believing I had just saved our lives. :lol:

[Quail]

Lol, I can freak out over the most ridiculous things when I've been smoking. One time I thought I'd forgotten how to speak English and then went to the bathroom in my friend's student halls and wondered why my bathroom had changed (his room was the mirror image of mine) :rolleyes:

I get really paranoid about the police. I keep thinking every knock is the cops, and every time I see a police car I get convinced that it's going to pull over.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Like with hallucinogenics, paranoia and negative ideation can, in my experience, be controlled with appropriate set and setting. This means not smoking in silly places.

I do find that if I've been smoking a lot recently I find it a bit hard to eat when not stoned.

[Magón]

I smoke it when I can (and if I feel like it), which if I'm hanging around with a specific friend he/she, is often carrying and we go blazin' a trail of glory. :D

[Aeval]

hmm I find it calms me down if I'm feeling anxious and panicky too, whereas caffeine often makes me freak out.

I don't smoke it that often though 'cause the day after I always feel completely lethargic, like barely able to get out of bed, almost falling asleep in lectures, not able to concentrate on anything :( but then when I'm at a festival I can smoke it nearly constantly for the entire weekend and be completely fine - festivals seem to be magic though, you can drink your own weight in alcohol and chain smoke all day and still be perfectly fine... :)

[FreeFocus]

I don't smoke weed or use any other types of drugs because I dislike the idea of altering the way my brain functions, slowing my reflexes, eliminating my inhibitions, or just generally compromising my mental or physical state. I will say that marijuana isn't as bad as other drugs, but the whole "stoner culture" and the like is something I try to avoid and just ignore.

[gorillafuck]

The only thing being high makes me anxious about is when I see police I think "oh man they totally know that I'm high".

[FreeFocus]

The only thing being high makes me anxious about is when I see police I think "oh man they totally know that I'm high".

Well supposedly cops can't arrest just for being high, you have to be using or in possession.

[Bright Banana Beard]

I used to smoke weed 2-5 times a week in Naples before moving to Port Arthur. Right now, I am looking for dealer and with friends to smoke.

[Fawkes]

It's weird, for whatever reason I'm never bothered with the sight or thought of cops while high. Actually, I find it entertaining cause I see it as a challenge. I do still get anxious over other things though.

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I smoke weed rarely. It makes me paranoid on its own, so I smoke it when I'm drunk. When I'm drunk, it completely puts me into this new reality where I can do whatever I want with no consequences. Until the next morning of course, when I'm sober.

I miss the old days where I could smoke it and enjoy it on its own. I just used to get all happy and chilled, now I either go paranoid, or turn into this crazy monster.

[John "Eh" MacDonald]

I prefer to smoke pot after all my liquor is gone. It helps me stay up longer with my "faster" friends so I don't pass out and get drawn on with a Sharpie. Passing out is an inevitability though.:thumbdown:

[Os Cangaceiros]

its not, weed is an big enhancer of anxiety atacks, people with anxiety disorders shouldnt use THC, wich is why i question the fact that i'm diagnosed with one because weed lowers my attacks and not triggers them like caffiene and stress does.

*shrug* I know for myself, if I was worried about something (non-immediate, as in something that I needed to do sometime in the future), weed would make that worry go away really fast. Being paranoid about some kind of imagined "immediate" threat is different, though (i.e. a cop car pulls up behind you when you're driving stoned).

Ironically I've been diagonosed with anxiety, too, which is why I sometimes take Xanax. From an illegal drug to a more socially-acceptable drug! Being diagonosed with an anxiety disorder is about as easy as going into a walk-in clinic and complaining that you're stressed out all the time, though. Doctors love saying that you have something and writing prescriptions for it.

[Il Medico]

I get really paranoid about the police. I keep thinking every knock is the cops, and every time I see a police car I get convinced that it's going to pull over.
I got stoned as fuck with some friends one time and ended up having to go to work high. (I don't like doing that as my job requires lots of driving and the last thing I need is a DUI) On my way, i got the munchies and headed for the nearest Checkers. When i got there there was cops all over the place because some car had hit and killed a biker (I got there before they could cover the body so I saw the guys brains splattered across the pavement, not pretty ) And All I could think was, despite the dead guy, that they were after me. I had a lot of cop scares that night, (like a cop kept talking to me when i was in walmart and I was convinced that he knew I was high) it was added to by the fact that I still had a large amount of weed on me, because we couldn't smoke it all at once without going completely into a coma. :lol:

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I Smoke the Buddha fairly regularly.

[Aloysius]

I'd get blazed daily but I have neither the money, nor time.
...Maybe Minecraft would be much more enjoyable whilst completely fucked-out-of-my-mind high.

[Il Medico]

I'd get blazed daily but I have neither the money, nor time.
...Maybe Minecraft would be much more enjoyable whilst completely fucked-out-of-my-mind high.
It is.

[Incendiarism]

Nope.

[Agnapostate]

I used to be a "rarely" person, but I've lately been doing it more often since I hang around with certain friends more. I don't find it sufficiently attractive to buy and smoke it by myself; the social value is what matters. It has had an antagonistic interaction with some dietary supplements that I use, though, which has given me sensations of horror and misery, along with hyper-surreal perceptions.

[Jimmie Higgins]

Weed makes people paranoid as fuck from my experience. I was smoking with my friend onetime in the back of a church at night and he mentioned that the shed a few feet away reminded him of The Texas Chainsaw massacre, saying "how much would you freak if the guy came running out right now swinging his chainsaw" and I was like "Jesus fuck man, don't tell me this shit now." I started freaking out (he did too after what he said hit him)and after about a minute I decided to leave, believing I had just saved our lives. :lol:The same thing happened to me when I watched that movie for the first time... but I was sober.:scared:

I had a bad trip on something harder about a decade ago and I stopped smoking for a while after that because it would give me anxiety and make me think I was having a flashback or something (and actually the dumb idea of smoking while we were peaking was what triggered the bad trip in the first place). But now I live in Oakland and weed smoke flows steadily into our apartment through a duct installed by the city utilities department. We pay a monthly bill but I hear it's included with the rent in some of the nicer apartment complexes.

[Agnapostate]

I watched Law-Abiding Citizen and Jonah Hex, one after the other, while I was on that nasty trip. It scared the shit out of me; Clyde and Jonah seemed like demons.

[Jimmie Higgins]

I watched Law-Abiding Citizen and Jonah Hex, one after the other, while I was on that nasty trip. It scared the shit out of me; Clyde and Jonah seemed like demons.Hmmm... are these out on DVD yet? I need something to do this weekend.

[Os Cangaceiros]

LAC is, but I don't think that Jonah Hex has gotten a DVD release yet.

Law Abiding Citizen is really, really stupid (especially the ending), but it's entertaining. Especially the whole steak bone incident...won't spoil it for you in case you see it.

[4 Leaf Clover]

I smoked very few times , couple of puffs , but ganja is relatively , very boring

[Quail]

Like with hallucinogenics, paranoia and negative ideation can, in my experience, be controlled with appropriate set and setting. This means not smoking in silly places.
This is mostly true, but my tolerance is quite low so sometimes everyone else can be a bit chilled while I'm sitting there wondering why I have no depth perception and can't do something simple like walk down the stairs.


The only thing being high makes me anxious about is when I see police I think "oh man they totally know that I'm high".
This is my problem (and incidentally would be totally eliminated if weed weren't illegal). Either that, or I think that somehow despite being in a car, unable to smell the smoke and probably not even paying attention to me, they'll know that I'm not just smoking a cigarette.

[Sam_b]

I smoke weed to be a leftist stereotype. Going off to the shops now to buy me some Che Guevara posters.

[Jazzratt]

I smoke rarely because I drink a lot and I really cannot mix the two things very well. Oh and I don't know anyone that sells so I tend just to smoke with friends that do (I'll chip in for weed or whatever, though, I'm not a total freeloader).

[Sosa]

I smoke weed to be a leftist stereotype. Going off to the shops now to buy me some Che Guevara posters.

good for you

[Sam_b]

Oh Sosa, I don;t know if it's your questionable politics or one-liners like this that crack me up the most :thumbup:

[Sosa]

Oh Sosa, I don;t know if it's your questionable politics or one-liners like this that crack me up the most :thumbup:

I find you're politics to be rather laughable myself. :laugh:

[Sosa]

A couple weeks ago I got high after not smoking for about 3 years or so. Me and a friend were at a bar, had a few beers so I was buzzed, went to his car and smoked a blunt. I've never smoked while I was buzzed from alcohol before and it was the best high I've ever had. I wasn't paranoid but I was extra aware and careful of my surroundings while driving back home. Went home, fell asleep till the next day, gotta say it was the best sleep I've had in a long time too.

[Il Medico]

Sammy, don't ever change.

[Magón]

What a bunch of reactionary fuckers.

[BeerShaman]

What a bunch of reactionary fuckers.
Why do you say that?

[Quail]

What a bunch of reactionary fuckers.
13 people voted that they don't smoke weed, so that's a good 13 people who aren't reactionary!

Fucking reactionaries, having fun.

[Magón]

Why do you say that?

Because it's what some people in OI *cough*Bud Struggle* & *cough*ComradeMan* think.

[BeerShaman]

13 people voted that they don't smoke weed, so that's a good 13 people who aren't reactionary!

Fucking reactionaries, having fun.
Well, I'm one of them...

[revolution inaction]

i used to smoke it everyday, now i only smoke occasionally because i don't know anyone to buy it from and even if i did i couldn't really afford it.

[bailey_187]

i been occasionally smoking weed since i was about 13 but latley i been smoking alot. it hasnt really had any noticable effect on my motivation. maybe it makes me abit lazier but it doesnt wipe out the whole next day like drinking does.

[Pirate Utopian]

I only smoke if I'm offered it and even then not always.
But I can enjoy a little weed every now and then occassions.

I voted rarely.

[Blackscare]

Smoke weed errday

:cool::cool::cool:

[Quail]

Well, I'm one of them...
I think you misinterpreted my post. I don't mind whether people choose to take drugs or not, as long as they don't call me reactionary because I do take them.

[Stranger Than Paradise]

Damn I missed the chance to be the first to say hey hey hey hey.... smoke weed everyday.

I voted the first option. It's a nice relaxing way to end a hard day. Smoking all the time has its merits but gets boring. I am a lazy fecker really but for me weed doesn't affect this, if I was feeling motivated and wanting to do something before I smoked I will, if i'm not I won't. It's not for everyone as this thread has communicated but if it's right for you it's a better way to unwind and be safe than any other intoxicant.

[BeerShaman]

I think you misinterpreted my post. I don't mind whether people choose to take drugs or not, as long as they don't call me reactionary because I do take them.
Don't worry. Got it! But I don't see the reason why someone would call you reactionary...

[Die Rote Fahne]

I never smoke weed.

Last joint I smoked was in early september. I decided to stop. Weed was doin weird shit to me, i was convinced i was smoking laced product.

Only chance of smoking again will be if my girlfriend leaves me. Ill be bored, and i kind of miss buying, rolling, and smoking and chilling with my stoner buddies.

[maskerade]

Well supposedly cops can't arrest just for being high, you have to be using or in possession.

In Sweden they can :(

I smoke regularly, almost daily, though i've stopped for 2 weeks now, and won't smoke for the next 2 weeks because of exams.

I love the ganj though, nothing better than rolling a nice jay then going outside to smoke it while looking at the stars and drinking a cold beer :thumbup1:

god i miss it...

[kitsune]

I haven't smoked for a while, probably five or six months. Usually I smoke occasionally. Sometimes I've done it more often, but it's mostly every once in a while.

[Axle]

I used to smoke kind of a lot until about three years ago, when I lost my job and quit for job-finding/money saving purposes. Since then, I've really only smoked sporadically. I tried picking up the habit again back over the summer because I missed it (and still kind of do), but it didn't take since I didnt think that most of my former smoking buddies had either moved, quit or I had lost contact with.