Do you think smoking pot is a good idea overall?

naw because if my son did it and i told him not to i'd be a hyprocrite
...now if he started before he was 14 or 15 then yes we would have a problem

 

There's a lot of down sides (the fact that it is illeagal doesn't help) - it is a drug, and can put you out of balance. You can use it to alleviate sadness, depression, fear etc, but in doing so can mask from yourself a problem you might need to come to terms with. & then even if you cope with the problem you still watch out for the over-use that you developed. It can be the same with TV or food, but since a drug alters your brain chemisty, it's potential to throw you off balance it greater. There is also the hit to the health of your lungs - and if you want to get high every day, you're a smoker, & *smoke* is bad for your lungs.

Also, it affect freindships because you may ask a freind to hook you up, and then you are making them a means and not an end (for those who love philosophy, this violates one of Kant's moral principles). And/or you may make a freind that you wouldn't ordinarily make because they can get you weed (or vice versa)) - and since you can't buy it easily, your are kind of forced into this moral grey area, along with breaking the law.

The worst is if you get started with heavy daily pot smokers. its not until you've been smoking daily for 2 years and it doesn't feel good any more, and you hardly get high etc etc - that you might realize - oh - if I had been smoking once a week, or twice a month, I would have a completely different relationship with this drug.

It can be a tool for enlightenment and for aleviation of troublesome moods, and also for social enjoyment. But it ... its like the genie, who puts a twist on your wish. It can really teach you a lot about some parts of yourself, things that you needed to know, and weed can really help you get in touch with those things. But it can also take you down a road *away* from parts of yourself, and that's what you have to be careful of.

 

You bet, I love bud.

 

Overall, it's more of a good choice. If you haven't already, try it.

 

Hell yes it gets me through life.. I get nice highs everyday and chill out in a way that is impossible sober =(

 

shit lifes too short to worry about all that.
just get high and enjoy your stay.

 

Why not use something that can improve on your quality of life?