09-17-2003, 02:47 AM | #161 |
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Interesting, IR. As I got older I found that my 'indulgences' became moderate. Not because I needed to be more responsible, but simply because I was no longer interested in getting sick. (I had more responsibilities as a teenager than I do now as an adult.)
It's not a matter of controlling the desires, only finding that I'm satisfied with 'just enough' and stopping there. and, yeah, it does enhance certain activities...
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Out in public, it's paranoid all the way! You feel like you've got a sign on that says "slow and stupid!" The thing is Gimli...if you like just smoking on weekends, you will probably push that up to weeknights eventually. Better off just discovering the simple joys of "normalness". ( remember NORML The National Organization for the Legalizalization of Marijuana! or something like that...er I can't remember.... ) Hasty Ent, you are the rare exception! I wish I could get away with that! But when I find I like something, my natural inclination is to keep doing it, even if it's a deceptive "something" which turns bitter and empty as the years go by. Let's not even talk about the money wasted and the breaking the law part, where I live at least. Drugs...nah!
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I guess I think of pot as no different than any other recreational drug (and yes, I include alcohol and caffeine in that category). I have a small wine cellar, and keep a stocked bar, but neither needs constant replenishment. Having something I enjoy readily available (bourbon....mmmmm.....) doesn't mean I have it every night. In fact, I enjoy it more when I have it less often! The biggest difference for me is that pot makes me mellow and introspective (it's great for listening to music or looking at art!) while alcohol just slows me down, intellectually and physically. The days of being paranoid ended with high school. Now the biggest danger if I'm out in public after smoking is the possibility of exploding in a fit of giggles. But your point earlier was right: never drive stoned, or drunk!
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That was me. Look: page 7 Dude, quit now. IR and I look nothing alike. (See? I have breasts and red hair. ) Zinnite has a point. All drugs, legal or illegal, OTC or Rx or illegal, can be abused. I have a Rx for hydrocodone/APAP (7.5 mg/750 mg) that I keep on hand because my Rx for migraines doesn't always work and it beats going to the ER for a shot of painkillers when that happens (which I've had to do several times before). I just checked and it is currently expired (as of 9/12). I only used a few over the last year. However, I knew someone who was addicted to to this very medicine, lost her job, her house, everything. |
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A few years ago one guy was running for mayor of our town. He was starting his own party, the "Legalise Marijuanna Party." His occupation: lawyer and "marijuanna distributor. Before I read this, I thought it would be a good step if he was elected because he was black. He was making a bad name.
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Oh and anything with breasts and red hair is on my list of people Id prefer to get stoned with for reasons I explained earlier....
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we have the green (or marijuana) party up here in Canada. I dont think any of them have ever gotten voted in, but there intent is to legalize marijuana
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Our Green Party got 5% of the vote, which is the minimun threshold. Since we run an MMP govt, they get a say in what happens in parliament. Which means that the potential is there to decriminalise dope.
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