[WrestlingNerd]

Yeah I used to be really scared of weed and drugs then I learned the facts and actually started defending it. And then started and man, good times. When you smoke you need to defend it it seems.

I was smoking almost every day during the summer then I got caught by my parents grounded for a month. Smoked every other weekish after that until I got bags then it was once a week if I had any. Got caught again and am grounded till June. Couldn't get high on 420 and I had a bag still do. I'm PISSED.

People really believe the propaganda and see the lazy bastards who really stand out and think that's what weed does. Carl Sagan smoked didn't make him stupid. Funny alot of them like to drink too which is worse....

[WrestlingNerd]

Originally Posted by omgitsrick

Same with me actually, even after the first time I smoked I always defend weed everytime I could. After stopping smoking, with zero craving or withdrawal or anything, I still defend the shit all the time.

And weed DOES have withdrawal, yknow the muscle shakiness or whatever. It doesn't really count though, and is super mild.

If you smoke ALOT you feel like crap (a little depressed and lazy) for like 2-4 days. Nothing serious nicotine withdrawals worse.

[UrbanSavage]

Yeah, I had a lot of frustrating conversations with my parents on the subject when I was living there. My dad apparently saw a lot of his friends go to shit like heroin and OD later on in life, and the only thing he ever did was drink so he's bitter towards all drugs. My mom would listen to my arguments and I'd completely shut down anything she could say on the subject, sometimes she'd end up saying, "Well, it's illegal so you just can't do it" or "I'm paying for school, so I don't want you to fuck it up and get arrested" or "You need to keep your grades up, you can't do that while you're getting high".

I suppose the illegal argument and the potential for me to get arrested argument are valid for not fucking up any career options in the future, but she basically knew it was all bullshit. If she had just been cool with it, I would've had to take a lot less risks smoking weed when I was younger.

[WrestlingNerd]

Originally Posted by UrbanSavage

Yeah, I had a lot of frustrating conversations with my parents on the subject when I was living there. My dad apparently saw a lot of his friends go to shit like heroin and OD later on in life, and the only thing he ever did was drink so he's bitter towards all drugs. My mom would listen to my arguments and I'd completely shut down anything she could say on the subject, sometimes she'd end up saying, "Well, it's illegal so you just can't do it" or "I'm paying for school, so I don't want you to fuck it up and get arrested" or "You need to keep your grades up, you can't do that while you're getting high".

I suppose the illegal argument and the potential for me to get arrested argument are valid for not fucking up any career options in the future, but she basically knew it was all bullshit. If she had just been cool with it, I would've had to take a lot less risks smoking weed when I was younger.

My parents too. Some of the guys my dad grew up with became junkies. My mom's sisters an alcoholic and they always bring up that it's illegal and I would get arrested and not get a job or go to college. My dad sais I'll move onto heroin and tells me stories about the guys at the methadone clinic across the street from his work. I shoot his ass down. LOL

[omgitsrick]

Originally Posted by WrestlingNerd

If you smoke ALOT you feel like crap (a little depressed and lazy) for like 2-4 days. Nothing serious nicotine withdrawals worse.

Idk, I only smoked on the weekends for like 6 months. No withdrawal at all, although I did have the muscle shakiness a few times. Its hard to explain, it like feels akward to walk.

[shiftyly]

people who bad mouth weed are just ignorant. Alot of these people put weed on the same level of heroin and shit, which is completely and utter bullshit.

[WrestlingNerd]

Originally Posted by omgitsrick

Idk, I only smoked on the weekends for like 6 months. No withdrawal at all, although I did have the muscle shakiness a few times. Its hard to explain, it like feels akward to walk.

Me too not too shaky though. I mean like every day or every other day not just the weekends.

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Originally Posted by omgitsrick

Idk, I only smoked on the weekends for like 6 months. No withdrawal at all, although I did have the muscle shakiness a few times. Its hard to explain, it like feels akward to walk.

I've never ever had that, and I have smoked weed hundreds of times..

[5acrossYOeye]

my parents smoked and smoke now. but not a lot...every once in awhile. once i got my career going i came clean to them.

i feel as long as it doesn't become a priority in my life im fine. if it does i have a problem.

i don't drink often for a reason. i do once in awhile but not much.

[hypocalking]

Originally Posted by UrbanSavage

I'm an occasional smoker. I'll go through periods of a month where I smoke every day, but then I'll go through 2 or 3 months completely without weed and then I'll go for a while just smoking on the weekends. One thing I find myself constantly doing, though, is defending weed any chance I get. I almost feel like it's my duty to inform people that don't know the actual facts about the drug. Even if I go through a period of not smoking weed, I still get bitter when people start saying things about it that aren't true.

Now, yesterday I was talking to a friend of mine and I told him how an old friend had recently lost about 100 pounds. He jokingly said, "Oh, is he smoking meth?" and I responded with, "No, but he is smoking more weed than ever." My buddy says, "That just shows you how addictive weed is, they say it's not addictive but it is." I paused for maybe 10 seconds, in awe, wondering to myself how that proved anything remotely negative about marijuana.

I say, "That doesn't prove anything. That just disproves the stereotype that marijuana smokers are unmotivated and can't get anything productive done." Keep in mind, this friend of mine that lost 100 pounds, was completely straight edge while he was fat, but as a stoner he became motivated enough to lose 100 pounds and is still losing weight. Also, I fall back on my own knowledge of in high school smoking weed daily for probably a year and a half until I was caught by my parents and had to stop cold turkey and experienced zero withdrawals, zero cravings, nothing and stopped for probably 6 months to a year after that.

I just can't stand how many uneducated people there are out there when it comes to marijuana and how many people just stick with the consensus that pot smokers aren't motivated or that weed is an addictive drug, more annoying is the gateway drug theory. I've gone through much more serious withdrawals after I stopped drinking coffee every day than I did from weed.

Anyone else find themselves in these conversations almost on a weekly basis?

The sad thing is when you truly think about it that's just pot, imagine all the other stuff people are ignorant about. Fuckin scary!!