i was a kandi kid first but kandi kid + weed = hippie. hippie + ecstacy = kandi kid. kandi kid/hippie + strong political oppinion = polite punk. it's all the same. i've had the same values for most of my life, except the outdated ones i threw out as i got smarter .
Waaaay before. I only tried pot once just a few years ago. It did nothing for me. Absolutely nothing. Didn't even affect my nausea that I tried it for. Dunno if it was a batch of weak ditch weed or if I just don't react to it.
The reason of this poll was not to find out if pot itself made you a hippe, but maybe opend a door in your lifes hallway that might have nudged the choosen lifstyle? Back in the day I was that Metal headbangin slayer loving punk from about 5th grade till 7th.... during that time I smoked my first weed, years later I adopted the kick back mellower music, earth concious, attitude. So therfore I had to vote after... Whats a hippe? I dunno I dont like sterotypes either but we got to call oranges oranges or no one would no what the hell we were talking about.... laters folks.... Mike...
before i was always called a hippie/punk/goth and after i started smokin i was still called the same so yea...no change.....but i fuckin love pot....yesturday my boyfriends friend gave him half an ounce for his bday for free....sweet ^_^
i dont know if weed made a difference for me, music was definately more important. that's how i discovered the sixties and from that point they were an inspiration to me. though i had some sort of a free mind long before