Pot ruin your life?

[Smokey McPot]

Has pot ruined your life at all such as losing a good job or maybe getting a divorce or losing kids? Thats what im woried about if i smoke when im older. Maybe i wont get married and have kids and just get a job that supports me well. Got nothin to lose then!

[Drugman Joe]

No, it hasn't had any negative effects on me at all. *coughs vigorously*

Seriously, no negative effects here.

[Killa.Kali]

it will only effect you negatively if you let it -.-
dont let it drag you into bullshit just blaze and chill: repeat many times over :cool:

[JSTA]

The only real negative effect from smoking weed has been not being able to find a decent paying job until I go off to college. So many places around here drugtest, well, the ones that pay well do. Actually, I think weed has been very positive in my life. I'm glad I made that decision to take the first puff.

[RidingHigh]

Rofl? dont let it ruin ur life keep it in check and u'll be fine.

[poorman3]

Has pot ruined your life at all such as losing a good job or maybe getting a divorce or losing kids? Thats what im woried about if i smoke when im older. Maybe i wont get married and have kids and just get a job that supports me well. Got nothin to lose then!

no, not yet. but then i am 41. does that count?

never had a "good job" never been married, no kids also. my choice!

[4252]

I think it's had a positive effect. The kid I was, at 17, was headed down a wrong path for sure. After I started smoking I started getting a bit introspective, appreciated things like music more, related better to the people around me, started to work harder on my life in a more positive way. Maybe coincidence, I don't think so.

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[ProjectEight]

Yes

I had a girlfriend who did not want someone on drugs, "Marijuana"
I did not do it much at that time so maybe once or twice I did it behind her back.

If you want to smoke pot, find someone who does as well or does not care if you do it. If you get married and hise it from them, not a good idea.

Finding a job might be harder but can be done. Start your own company :)

[Kramerica]

Weed can greatly reduce the stress level in your life.
For example, I dont get road rage anymore :)

[hipEstoner]

hell no it didnt ruin my life,, its done just the oppisite

[shaggzx]

It can ruin your life if you let it. It's not supposed to be your life, rather it is supposed to enhance your life, and thats important to remember. The only negative effects it has had on me is the fact my family doesn't like it and fight with me all the time, but I think once they understand me a little more that might change.

[Dick Justice]

I see it like TV and video games. Anybody can flunk out of school if they sit there watching TV and playing video games all day long, same as somebody who sits there smoking pot all day long. That doesn't mean TV and video games will ruin your life, just that some peoples' lives are waiting to go to shit anyway.

[Mojavpa]

I see it like TV and video games. Anybody can flunk out of school if they sit there watching TV and playing video games all day long, same as somebody who sits there smoking pot all day long. That doesn't mean TV and video games will ruin your life, just that some peoples' lives are waiting to go to shit anyway.

Exactly. And the potential consequences the original poster is referring to are results of the drug war and the perceptions of pot people hold, not the drug itself. So a better a question would be, has George Bush ruined your life?

[Hektik]

hell no it didnt ruin my life,, its done just the oppisite
word. It started my life :cool:

[ermitonto]

Of course it hasn't ruined my life. I can do pretty much anything stoned as well as I can do it sober, and it seems so long as certain people (the government, potential employers, etc.) don't know about my habit it won't cause me any negative effects. In fact, I would say it has made my life significantly better. It makes me happy, and to me that is the definition of success.

[Northern Ireland]

Man, u cant fight fate so y not smoke it anyway?

[TokeAlloT]

pot def. has made my life allot better, yes it has its down sides (when ur living at ur parents house, and with the law) but just be smart about it.

[NextGen]

What's life ¿

[Hydrizzle]

It killls ur lungs. Thats about it, I guess, aside from the $$$$$

[Northern Ireland]

it definitely makes me a lot more ambitious!

[mellow mood]

weed is great, and makes me so much more creative.

weed cant fuck up a relation or whatever man, this is all the inverse

[Sentinel]

do you think it is possible to be a serious athlete, get good marks in school and be a musician as well as smoke pot regularly?

[kablam]

I have graduated with a bachelor of science, B+ Average. I wouldn't say I'm a genius or anything but it shocks people when they find out that I smoke pot because I'm not the "dumb stoner" they would expect. I am definetly not an athlete (unless joint rolling is a sport, haha) but one of the best soccer players I know smokes the happy herb. Shoot, half the skaters I know, many of them very talented, smoke pot and I would consider them athletes. I think anything is possible no matter if you smoke pot or not.

[Kramerica]

do you think it is possible to be a serious athlete, get good marks in school and be a musician as well as smoke pot regularly?

Last years starting running back for the Vikings (Smith?) was just recently arrested for pot, dried urine, etc :) And dont forget Ricky Williams!
Karl Malone, who just retired from the NBA, estimated that 75% of all NBA players smoke the weed

[ermitonto]

As for getting good marks in school, it can definitely be done. I and this other girl I've smoked with before recently won awards for being among the top 50 students in our sophomore class at university.

And as for smoking and being a good musician, well, just take a look at the history of music over the past few decades. Think of Bob Marley and the Grateful Dead and the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones and Phish and Louis Armstrong and Gene Krupa and pretty much every rapper ever.