Do you think smoking pot is a good idea overall?

Ok now we all know that marijuana isnt nearly as harmful as mainstream propaganda wants us to believe, But we also know that smoking still has its low points ( no short term memory, mental addiction etc...).
Now do you think smoking is a good idea overall? Like for example if you had a son oneday would that fact that he smokes bother you or would it just be ok?
just wanted to know your opignons

 

i cant believe i even voted in this stupid poll

 

why is it stupid? I am a heavy smoker myself still I admit that pot has many drawbacks. sometimes I wish I had never gotten into it in the very first place coz now it's very hard for me to quit, I have a very addictive personality though.
Just like cigs, I smoke em still would prefer my son to stay away from them.

just wanted to see if others share my point of view.

 

What are these drawbacks you speak of?

 

and remember smoking pot is still considered "smoking" which alone damages and can cause various problems to your respiratory and circulatory system. Not sure every one would be indifferent to having someone they really care for exposed to such a threat.

 

You havent heared of any of the drawbacks? well how about Lazyness, mental addcition,withdrawal symptoms when you try to quit, Short term memory loss, Paranoia, lack of motivation and it being a potential gateway drug?

pretending that pot is somekind of evil drug that will destroy your life is stupid but pretending that pot is harmless is even more stupid imo.

 

interesting poll actually... but i certainly dont regret ever smokin tho haha

 

I would say it depends on how much? how often? and for what reason?

If the $$$ is taking food off the table or postponing the paying of bills - not good.

Everyday all day? Affecting school, work, yard work etc... - not good.

Reasoning? Just to kick back -> cool! To help cope with a bad situation -> not good.

Moderation in all things.
Bill

 

sometimes, depends certain kinds of weed i get kinda depressed and i feel like a overall scumbag (usually low-grade dirt) but other times i wonder why everyone doesnt do it. so i dunno. great thread, it makes you think

 

It all depends on the individual. Budbill put it pretty perfectly in his post. It's like anything else...if the cons offset the pros then it's not a good thing, but if you're still living a healthy balanced life while smoking pot then I think it's good.

Pot's most certainly not a black and white type of drug. The drawbacks you listed above are stereotypes. You described the stoner that makes conservatives and parents hate pot. Lazy, useless, braindead slob. How many pot smokers do you know that actually fit this stereotype? (okay...maybe if you're still like 18, but a lot of those "drawbacks" are also typical adolescent behaviors). Most of the people I smoke pot with aren't the kind of people you'd suspect. They're true go-getter, motivated, smart thinking, totally rational people.

It's not as easy as saying..."well, Subject A has a messy house, dropped out of school, drinks too much and failed to pay his bills for the past 4 months, AND he smokes pot...Conclusion: Pot is bad." Chances are Subject A would be a lowlife even if he wasn't smoking pot.

So to rattle off a list of possible "drawbacks" of pot that includes traits that a person usually has or doesn't have to begin with seems rather silly to me.

Now about the health related drawbacks...for me this comes down to the pros and cons again. Cons: Respiratory problems, short term memory loss(not always a con...) Pros: Headache relief, arthritis relief, insomnia relief, eases stomach pain and aids digestion, stress relief

With all the help that pot gives me I'm able to lead a rather healthy, happy life. Therefore, for me, smoking pot is an overall good idea.



(con: long, rambling post....sorry)

 

I think people try to analyze pot too much. Its like anything else in life- too much and its not good. If youre just gonna smoke all day and not do anything, of course its bad, and using it to escape reality is bad.
I myself am not too concerned about the health effects, especially with reports in the last years that point at pot not causing lung cancer...

I do it for fun, for a good time, and to just mess around with my head and yeah. I think if you take it too seriously, and proclaim it to be a religious device, its also not good, its just pot, just smoke it and chill and have fun.

If you feel like its taking away from your days/life, or is holding you back, then Id suggest stopping, or trying to bring down your use until you got it all figured out.

I dont regret smoking weed at all.
And I wouldnt stop my kids from smoking. Unless they were until 15 of course.

HAPPY SMOKIN´
Love,
Dylan

 

To some people it isn't a good idea.... much like alcohol isn't a good idea for some.

It certainly isn't the horrible "gateway drug" that government propaganda wants to terrify us into thinking.

Marijuana is an excellent means of winding down for some. Like any good thing it's quite possible for some to misuse it. It's unique property that puts users in a comfort zone makes it a tempting escape when things get stressful. When one relies too heavily on weed to even themselves out matters that need attention can become neglected. Not everyone who smokes weed will abuse it- I know folks who partake regularly and have done so for many years who are fine.

For someone to make comments about weed's effects one should have smoked it and know firsthand what those effects are. Does this mean I think it's generally a good idea for people to smoke marijuana? No... but there certainly are quite a few folks who could benefit... myself not among their numbers however.

When I see pot demonized buy paid television spots like those in the "above the influence" series I see the federal government, who pays for the messages, as having zero credibility in "educating" us about drugs. When someone with a transparent agenda feeds blatant misinformation about something they cease being a reliable source about the topic at all. When state governments collect tax revenue from the sales of alcohol, the misuse of which can cause disease, death, and all manner of mental problems, no government agency has any place preaching about the perils of marijuana.

Most people- regardless of age, can see the hypocrisy of the anti-drug campaign and will be drawn to experimenting out of mere curiosity about what all the trouble is about. I'd bet that the anti- marijuana campaign has done more to get people started than to keep them away. The real gateway into drug abuse is the mind-numbing thirty seconds of stupid entitled "above the influence" that induce curiosity. Inquiring minds will inevitably investigate for themselves.

Just my opinion.

 

I probably wouldnt have started smoking if I knew I'd have gotten so addicted to it, but still If I could go back in time and get another chance to choose between smoking and not smoking I would still choose to smoke. I just love getting high too much.

I've been on probation several tmes but always ended up smoking again as soon as I could. Sometimes i feel like the only thing that could make me quit would be having any memories of pot or how the 'high' feels like erased from my mind, I am serious about that.
damn addictive personality.

 

I wasnt asking If you would stop them or not, I would rather know how would you feel about it.

You could let your kids smoke but still deep inside you feel bad about it and secretly hope that someday they would quit altogether and focus more on getting a life then getting high.

I hope I am clarifying enough what I mean here.

 

I believe that smoking pot is definately a good idea if you can moderate the stuff. As you may have already read, I learnt the hard way that if you don't, you become marijuanas slave instead of cannabis being your slave.

The major drawbacks I felt (obviously before the trip I endured) was that it gave me the ability to see straight through people, users, rip-offs, manipulators, psycho chicks etc. which in many ways is brilliant yet also a burden as I sacked off most of these people. It also gave me enhanced creativity and a willingness to accept the beauty of the world in times where humans just f***ed me up/over.

Overall, pot saved my life on many occasions, as I reached the lowest points of my life and it always allowed me to view the bigger picture. The shit is literally a miracle worker, and other than the memory (mine is still perfect after 5 years smoking at least 7g of high potency a week!) trivia which I believe only depends upon how good your memory was pre-smoking. The only burden I see is having to meet absolute scumbags who offer other drugs alongside pot (which caused my downfall) and offer weed that is infiltrated with contaminants. The stuff should be legalised for gods sake to save having to meet filth in dark, dingy alleyways, and many different breeds and potencys should be offered with necessary warnings.

 

if i could pick one mind altering substance for the rest of my life, no doubt cannabis will be number 1

 

Yes, in fact, it's such a good idea that it's what I'm doing as I type this.

 

definately something everyone should try. if you dont, well most likely youre just an ignorant chicken sucker, or have heavy respiratory problems.

it can be a good and bad habit, if it is needed in someones life, then its not good at all, but as a form of relaxation and chilling out its good.

i wouldnt mind if i had a kid who smoked as long as he could control himself with it and wasnt a dumbshit that would get arrested.

pot is a gateway drug, theres no denying it, but its definately not a bad one.

 

Fuck smoking, it damages ur health.... cook with marijuana, EAT IT, stronger and longer effects !

 

i think we should get back to the basics here. pot is NOT good 'overall' in the sense when it becomes over all other things in your life. pot is good overall in the other sense that it is a part of an 'all' to be judged of. if pot is something in your life then thats great, but if pot is over all your life, so to speak, then it is not good.