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Yep. When you run out of pot what do you do? Spend hours calling people, climbing the walls, sighing, being an angry irritable jerk to everyone? Do you get angry when someone asks you to do something that won't make pot use possible? Do you avoid people who don't smoke? [/i][/size]
That's about right. I've seen it and lived with it for many years when I was younger. If the stash was running low, I'd learn to avoid the house for awhile.
Pot for medical and recreation use is not the problem. It's the addicts. And then the people who go 'it's only pot, what's your problem, it's harmless...'. Always from those who haven't experienced it.
My old boss who I still see, his brother smoked weed for 20 years, every day. He used to be highly intelligent and capable. He now spends his nights out in the front garden fighting imaginery armies. They say he's ruined. It's just sad and pushes my buttons when everyone thinks it's not a dangerous drug. It still destroys lives.
Most of my friends do not smoke and I am able to refrain from smoking weed around them.
When I run out, I simply wait until I can get some more. I only have one person to call for trees.
Just because potheads in your lives acted like fools, it doesn't mean that we all do.
If addicts are the problem, why is it okay for people to be addicted to some things and not others?
That was the point I was trying to make about drinking coffee every single day. My husband becomes very cranky when if he doesn't have his daily two cups. He isn't the only person to have this problem, but nobody looks down on caffeine addicts. A substance is a substance.
My old boss who I still see, his brother smoked weed for 20 years, every day. He used to be highly intelligent and capable. He now spends his nights out in the front garden fighting imaginery armies. They say he's ruined. It's just sad and pushes my buttons when everyone thinks it's not a dangerous drug. It still destroys lives.
If that were caused by marijuana it would be the first case of its kind in medical history. You are missing the point here by blaming a relatively harmless drug for more profound psychological problems, in this case schizophrenia.
You are also missing the point with your partner. You are trying to convince strangers that marijuana is dangerous and addictive while you should be trying to figure out why he can't face life and his relationship without being wasted. That is the issue.
You are also missing the point with your partner. You are trying to convince strangers that marijuana is dangerous and addictive while you should be trying to figure out why he can't face life and his relationship without being wasted. That is the issue.
My husband doesn't smoke pot. WTF? Get your facts straight. When I said I have lived with it before, the key word here being LIVED. As in a long time ago.
Do not also assume and tell me that his brother had prior mental health issues and it's not the pot. You know nothing about his history. His family and doctors do, and they would strongly disagree with you.
I however do somewhat agree that pot won't cause direct mental health issues. But I do believe smoking pot can amplify your condition if you have one. And it absolutely can become addictive, like anything if you rely on it. If you're telling me you can't become addicted then I'm sorry, you're wrong. Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
My husband doesn't smoke pot. WTF? Get your facts straight. When I said I have lived with it before, the key word here being LIVED. As in a long time ago.
Sorry, getting my posters mixed up. Must be the weed.
If you're telling me you can't become addicted then I'm sorry, you're wrong. Just because you don't believe it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
You can become dependent on anything, from porn to sucking thumb, it doesn't mean that you are physically addicted.
This hysteria about marijuana, attributing psychosis, hallucinations and death to a drug that has been proven time and again to cause none of the above, puts young people in danger.
People massively exaggerate the dangers of marijuana and so lose credibility with young people. If you lie about the effects of marijuana why should they believe you about the effects of genuinely dangerous drugs?
You are also missing the point with your partner. You are trying to convince strangers that marijuana is dangerous and addictive while you should be trying to figure out why he can't face life and his relationship without being wasted. That is the issue.
This is one funny thread. I have no moral objections to pot, cigarettes, alcohol or caffeine but if you are using to alter reality, query who is getting short changed
You can become dependent on anything, from porn to sucking thumb, it doesn't mean that you are physically addicted.
This hysteria about marijuana, attributing psychosis, hallucinations and death to a drug that has been proven time and again to cause none of the above, puts young people in danger.
People massively exaggerate the dangers of marijuana and so lose credibility with young people. If you lie about the effects of marijuana why should they believe you about the effects of genuinely dangerous drugs?
I smoked pot for years a long time ago. For a few years it was everyday. I know what it does. I know people who smoked occasionally, and those who smoke everyday to get by.
There's no 'hysteria'. It's a fact. Pot can be addictive. Are you really that one sided that you think it's completely harmless? Of course it's not always addictive. It's not heroin. But over time it becomes addictive to people, they need it to get by. And it's because they're ADDICTED to the way it makes them feel. Do people use it as a coping mechanism in these instances? Problems in their life? Probably. But the fact still remains that for some people it turns into an addiciton like nicotine or alcohol. I know many people who are hooked on it and ADMIT it's an addiction. You can't argue about other people's lives.
If my child smokes pot I'm not going to hit them with 'it's so addictive, it's going to kill you!'. I don't want my child on any drugs, soft, hard, I don't care. Get through life without it. Do you think some teenagers who start smoking with their friends and continue everyday into adulthood really have a handle on it and could just stop tomorrow? No anxiety, no aggression, they would just forget about it? I mean, it's not addictive right? No, it's not the weed or the effects that it gives them physically and mentally they're addicted too (hence ADDICTION). They all must have prior mental health issues.
Yep. When you run out of pot what do you do? Spend hours calling people, climbing the walls, sighing, being an angry irritable jerk to everyone? Do you get angry when someone asks you to do something that won't make pot use possible? Do you avoid people who don't smoke? Just like alcohol there are people who can drink one drink and be ok. Then there are people who make put the center of their life. Posted via Mobile Device
Seriously. I smoked tons of pot in college, I mean every day, multiple times a day, etc. It was major part of my daily routine. I met my now wife, we smoked pot for years. Then, we had children and she started to stop and wanted to keep it out of the house, so I did that. Now I barely smoke anymore because I respect keeping it out of the house and it's just pointless to buy any now.
The point is though, when I stopped smoking weed there was no "climbing on the walls" or disassociating myself with society and avoidance or getting angry over things. When you need to stop smoking pot you just.... stop smoking pot.
Pot is not physically addictive, but the routine of incorporating it into your daily agenda can itself become a familiarity and we are all creatures of habit. For that matter, television is a drug too because people spend countless hours wasting their lives watching it daily.
I can't stand it when people who have never smoked weed reach out and start labeling it like this dark force of super addiction that's impossible to control and totally disrupts livelihoods of millions of people. So ridiculous. That ignorance is just as bad as being the "pot head" that they seemingly point their fingers at.
Seriously. I smoked tons of pot in college, I mean every day, multiple times a day, etc. It was major part of my daily routine. I met my now wife, we smoked pot for years. Then, we had children and she started to stop and wanted to keep it out of the house, so I did that. Now I barely smoke anymore because I respect keeping it out of the house and it's just pointless to buy any now.
The point is though, when I stopped smoking weed there was no "climbing on the walls" or disassociating myself with society and avoidance or getting angry over things. When you need to stop smoking pot you just.... stop smoking pot.
Pot is not physically addictive, but the routine of incorporating it into your daily agenda can itself become a familiarity and we are all creatures of habit. For that matter, television is a drug too because people spend countless hours wasting their lives watching it daily.
I can't stand it when people who have never smoked weed reach out and start labeling it like this dark force of super addiction that's impossible to control and totally disrupts livelihoods of millions of people. So ridiculous. That ignorance is just as bad as being the "pot head" that they seemingly point their fingers at.
I have lived with different people who have quit weed and spent two weeks climbing the walls. Or on the day they couldn't score any. Some people do, some people don't. Just because it wasn't a problem for you doesn't mean it's not for other people. That's ignorance.
You need to open your eyes to those who have lived what you think is not possible, just because you haven't seen it. I'll just go and tell myself and my girlfriends who dealt with it with their partners, and my uncle and other mates from years ago etc that it's all in their heads shall I. If you need to stop smoking pot .. just stop. Easy!
Some people who smoke everyday can just stop. Excellent! Then there are those who struggle with it. Don't mock other peoples experiences.
I have lived with different people who have quit weed and spent two weeks climbing the walls. Or on the day they couldn't score any. Some people do, some people don't. Just because it wasn't a problem for you doesn't mean it's not for other people. That's ignorance.
Point taken. You're right, I was being ignorant. I guess I get defensive though because the issue of pot addiction is more about individuals letting themselves become attached to it rather than the body becoming physically attached to it beyond anyone's control. There's a big difference between the two ideologies, and I feel the line is often crossed using the latter whereas in all cases it's really a matter of the former.
Point taken. You're right, I was being ignorant. I guess I get defensive though because the issue of pot addiction is more about individuals letting themselves become attached to it rather than the body becoming physically attached to it beyond anyone's control. There's a big difference between the two ideologies, and I feel the line is often crossed using the latter whereas in all cases it's really a matter of the former.
I agree. I get defensive on the other side of the fence as though it's not so much the physical addiction, it still becomes a psychological addiction. And for that reason, it can really ruin lives and relationships. I used to smoke pot and it was fine. Until one day I smoked and I became really paranoid and anxious. I don't know why after years it did this to me, but I never touched it again.
My point in this whole thread (seems we all hijacked a little, sorry OP) is to open the minds of people who haven't seen the outcome on the other side. and that needs to be taken into account too. I get that it's not the weed itself that grabs you, rather the feeling of escaping reality that people chase. So because it can do that to you, and people become hooked on that feeling, the drug itself is not totally harmless. It's like legal meds from your doctor. Harmless in it's own form, but it still becomes an 'addiction' if abused. And there has to be something in it that people become addicted to.
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