Marijuana is to be used, not abused...

In moderation, weed doesn't do shit. My dad used to smoke on weekends, and he is a Rhoads Scholar, and went to Harvard BS. I smoke on weedends, and my collage counciler is recomending that I apply to Oxford and Harvard. I don't know how it would affect me if I did it every day though...

nah, man, the only reason god didnt make us high all the time was cuz if we were, we'd never get nothin done, so he gave us the ability to advocate our use, so as long as ur not doin something important, get fuckin roasted man!! :rasta: :rastasmoke:

I even know a girl, who through out her highschool career, smoked almost everyday, and she got accepted to Harvard. And yeah, never smoke to solve problems. Smoke because you want to have a little fun. I think that if you need to smoke or drink to get rid of your problems, you should be seeing a shrink. I've also taken something of a vow - that I will never write any music or draw any crazy art while stoned. I don't want to have to rely on drugs to get my creative juices going. Admited, they do, but I don't "document" it.

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Originally Posted by jsn9333

You're free to disagree, but this is my experience. Feel free to share yours!

Here's my perspective:

Medicinally I can understand why someone would smoke everyday, all day... getting really high all the time and all that. But from my perspective, my body and mind are healthy. So, I personally have no reason to flood my mind and body with psychoactive chemicals all the time. Every once in a while its fun, but if God intended healthy people to have THC running rampant through their blood at all times, our liver or other organ would probably make it in abundance naturally. Know what I mean? Its just one of those obvious things to me. He made this plant so I can enjoy it once in a while, but similarly to wine or beer or whatever, its not something I should be constantly drowning myself in. That's just not what life intended to be like.

I smoked everyday when I was younger, and just about failed out of high school because of it. Weed has been shown to negatively effect memory and stuff like that (while your high... not necessarily afterwards). I stopped smoking and drinking all together to get my life back together. I got my grades up, got into college, and then started drinking and smoking just now and again recreationally. I might drink or smoke a couple times a week... not enough to get really fucked up, but just enough to have a good time and take the edge off.

My grades have stayed up if not gotten better. I'm a productive worker, and I'm on my way to a competitive law school in the Fall. (UNC... if anyone in the Chapel Hill/Raleigh, NC area is reading this and wants to chill sometime... let me know!)

Anyway, in my experience, drugs and alcohol are a blessing from God... but abuse or constant use of either of them are not good things. In my opinion we should balance our lives with hard work and with recreation. Too much of either is not good. I'm not intending to judge... I just want to share my personal experience and open a dialog.

God bless!

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If you think alcohol is a blessing you are severely retarded. I know personal attacks aren't allowed here, but come on. Alcohol kills so many people every day, and its a poison. How could you say that? that really steams me, man. thats why I insulted you, not because I think you are actually stupid, just that I am very angry that you would put weed together with something as horrible toxic and evil as alcohol. Please seriously reevaluate your life, you are not listening to god, that is for sure.

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Originally Posted by jsn9333

That's true, but so is opium sap. Just because a mind-altering substance grows naturally in abundance doesn't mean its a good idea to do it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

I just see mind altering drugs as primarily recreational. And I beleive life should be a balance between recreation and work. I mean... don't get me wrong, I've worked high before. But its just not something that should happen everyday in my opinion.

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I hate you. I hate you so much. Do you even know what cannabis is? Cannabis is not opium, and it is not alcohol. is there any way I can request for the original poster to be banned? He is trolling or too dumb to be on these boards.

Here is a CLUE: cannabis is so non toxic that you cannot kill yourself with it, unlike HEROIN(opium) and BOOZE. Cannabis PREVENTS ALZHEIMERS, actively HELPS with ARTHRITIS, it shrinks tumors, etc, etc. It has no negative health effects unless you smoke it, and that is just from smoking, it has nothing to do with the cannabis.

I feel so sorry for you, I know how badly it hurts to be that ignorant. I used to be a hardcore christian fundamentalist who thought weed or booze was invented by satan way back in the day and still kept around to lure people to hell. Then I stopped being a stupid fucker and I woke the fuck up. You are not nearly as ignorant as I was, nor are you a stupid fucker.

(again, I say that out of anger, not that I think you are actually dumb, jsn. I also want to apologize if I came across too strong here. I am trying not to flame you because you don't deserve to be flamed, but I am very poor at judging what is appropriate and what is not.)

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Originally Posted by Burnt_Toast

If you've got your shit together, I dont see anything wrong with being high all day long, everyday.

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i totally agree. that's how i am. i make sure i have all my shit together before i toke it up. i don't see any harm in smoking all the time, as much as you want, as long as you don't neglect the other things you have to do. if i have something to do, i do it. i'm a college student, so i have class and homework, so i make sure everything is taken care of before i smoke. as long as my grades are good, life is good :thumbsup:

i'm in a really demanding program at my school, and my smoking hasn't interferred with my school work at all, guess i've been lucky :)


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chillin' with the bong :hippy:

Getting bad grades, almost dropping out of school, bringing them back up and going to college and shit... this isn't stuff a pothead goes through, this is stuff a ton of people go through whether they smoke or not. I never smoked until I was like 19 but I still dropped out of high school. And now my friends with GED's are delivering pizzas and shit, while I'm driving a $50k car self employed. Life is what you make of it, weed has no say in it unless that's how you think about it.

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Originally Posted by jakez

Getting bad grades, almost dropping out of school, bringing them back up and going to college and shit... this isn't stuff a pothead goes through, this is stuff a ton of people go through whether they smoke or not. I never smoked until I was like 19 but I still dropped out of high school. And now my friends with GED's are delivering pizzas and shit, while I'm driving a $50k car self employed. Life is what you make of it, weed has no say in it unless that's how you think about it.

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Its true bad grades, rough times, etc. can be caused by a variety of reasons. I'm saying, for me, drug abuse (specifically of marijuana) was a primary cause of my "rough time". I have no doubt some people can smoke every day and function well. However, I would be willing to bet they aren't smoking like 50 bong hits an hour.

What I'm saying is that I abused the drug. I would smoke *a lot* of it before school and after school (right before I'd do my homework). And I wasn't smoking schwag either. When I'm somewhat high I can function okay or even very well. But when I'm "50 bong hits baked off my freakin' ass"... well, I'm baked off my ass. Its sort of like my life starts over every 20 seconds and I sort of forget the prior 20 seconds (for lack of a better way to describe it). Again, studies show that marijuana affects short-term memory.I can't even follow a movie plot when I'm baked for cryin' out load, much less a complex math algorithm in my high level computer science class.

I'm not saying smoking it is wrong, or even smoking it every day is wrong. I'm saying people need to remember to use it, not abuse it. I, for one, choose to use it on a weekly or monthly basis so the high is more recreational versus just another everyday experience.

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Originally Posted by Caduceo

If you think alcohol is a blessing you are severely retarded. I know personal attacks aren't allowed here, but come on. Alcohol kills so many people every day, and its a poison. How could you say that? that really steams me, man. thats why I insulted you, not because I think you are actually stupid, just that I am very angry that you would put weed together with something as horrible toxic and evil as alcohol. Please seriously reevaluate your life, you are not listening to god, that is for sure.

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I hate you. I hate you so much. Do you even know what cannabis is? Cannabis is not opium, and it is not alcohol. is there any way I can request for the original poster to be banned? He is trolling or too dumb to be on these boards.

Here is a CLUE: cannabis is so non toxic that you cannot kill yourself with it, unlike HEROIN(opium) and BOOZE. Cannabis PREVENTS ALZHEIMERS, actively HELPS with ARTHRITIS, it shrinks tumors, etc, etc. It has no negative health effects unless you smoke it, and that is just from smoking, it has nothing to do with the cannabis.

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Hamburgers kill people too... from cholesterol build-up over time. That doesn't mean they are poison. Like anything else, alcohol is to be used responsibly. And like anything else, there are people who don't use it responsibly and face the consequences. I'm not saying weed is as dangerous as alcohol. I think we agree that it is ridiculous that alcohol is legal and weed isn't. Weed is by far less dangerous then alcohol.

However, what I'm saying is that I think weed (like hamburgers and alcohol) needs to be used and not abused. I would recommend staying the hell away from opium... the ease with which one gets extremely physically addicted to that drug is ridiculous.

My point is, I abused the drug "THC" or weed. I would smoke *a lot* of it before school and after school (right before I'd do my homework). And I wasn't smoking schwag either. When I'm somewhat high I can function okay or even very well. But when I'm "50 bong hits baked off my freakin' ass"... well, I'm baked off my ass. Its sort of like my life starts over every 20 seconds and I sort of forget the prior 20 seconds (for lack of a better way to describe it). Again, studies show that marijuana affects short-term memory.I can't even follow a movie plot when I'm baked for cryin' out load, much less a complex math algorithm in my high level computer science class.

I'm not saying smoking it is wrong, or even smoking it every day is wrong. And I'm not saying it is as dangerous as alcohol (it isn't). I'm saying people need to remember to use it, not abuse it... just like alcohol, hamburgers, or anything else. Hell... some people even abuse sleep!

I, for one, choose to use weed on a weekly or monthly basis so the high is more recreational versus just another everyday experience. This also ensures I don't abuse the drug ever again.

Im not going to lie weed as effected my grades, but i still try to get high everyday, i dont know why weed is just something i need. I can go weeks without smoking if i want to but i just love it, its more of a hobby then a habit now. I wouldnt say that i was addicted i would say i love marijuana.:D