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Hey, my parents made me go talk to the founders of this program. I only smoke weed. The guy, Jack, said I was tearing the family apart and that it is impossible to live a productive life using any drug. He also said that it is impossible for a family to function and be happy if any 1 family member or all family members use drugs. I said bullshit I know many happy families with daily weedsmokers that are productive members of society, because I do. He didnt believe me. "All users are losers" is another thing he said. Anytime i would try and tell him weed aint bad or justify my smokin he would say "thats your addiction talking"


I wanna know what your families think of your tokin, and your relationship with them. I also want to know how successful you are/what you do for a living....

Stay high:pimp:

http://www.rational.org/ here's the link

My parents don't know I toke, but what they do know is that I've been getting great grades for the past 10 years of my school career, and now that I've come to realize how important family is we are closer than ever.

heres what you should do.
tell him that that is his uninformed opinion talking.
tell him that cannabis is only psychologically addicting and less than 9% of all users ever expirience any addiction from it at all.
also tell him that if he wants to talk about cannabis then he should be well informed on the unbiased truth and not some propaganda he hears on tv.
heres the link to "the emperor wears no clothes"
jackherer.com
i suggest you study it because i doubt the gy will want to read it so you better remember some good facts, figures and arguments from it.

The guy is a biased asshole.

His opinion will not change no matter what you do.

Just play along and get kicks about it later.

well, i do smoke a lot of fuckin weed ( up untill about a month ago i smoked anywhere from a half 8th- half ounce a day, probly 4-5gs on average, but now about a bowl a day). Ive never been in trouble with the law, but I did get sent home from school for smelling like weed and looking high (of course i was, but I denyed, they didnt beleive me). I dint even have anyhting on me. I've gone to school high almost everyday all of high school (I'm a senior), and this was ym first time being caught (have had some CLOSE calls though). My grades have never been bad, and I'm going to graduate early. After i got caught, my mom started acting crazy, she searched my room and took a half zip, my bong, pipe, and jut a bunch of other shit(baggies, roaches, etc...).

i think someone should stuff his opinions back up his arse, he's the looser not us by the sound of it.i'm in the construction industry (bricklayer)i earn good money,have a beautiful family,great friends,nice house,waiting 4 new car to be deliverd,and i love life,i dont call that being a looser.

Did you try kicking him in the nuts?

funknugget I told my parents that I smoked weed as far as I know they never suspected.
well really I told my mum.
mum took it quite well her answer was if I tell you not to smoke in the house you are going to do it somewhere else I rather know where you are smoking & how much.
so for me hosnety was the best policy. As for that poor exscuse for a councillor he should take his head out of his ass & experiece real life before
hiding behind 1930 theories.
good luck .

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Originally Posted by FUNKNUGGET

Hey, my parents made me go talk to the founders of this program. I only smoke weed. The guy, Jack, said I was tearing the family apart and that it is impossible to live a productive life using any drug. He also said that it is impossible for a family to function and be happy if any 1 family member or all family members use drugs. I said bullshit I know many happy families with daily weedsmokers that are productive members of society, because I do. He didnt believe me. "All users are losers" is another thing he said. Anytime i would try and tell him weed aint bad or justify my smokin he would say "thats your addiction talking"


I wanna know what your families think of your tokin, and your relationship with them. I also want to know how successful you are/what you do for a living....

Stay high:pimp:

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Well, I'm 18, i smoke ganja daily if i have it. I go to college, i have a job, i'm a productive member of society. My dad smokes hash and he used to be a bond broker, he's very intelligent, i aspire to be just like him. Me and my family get along great regardless of our cannabis use. Ofcourse the drug counsellout will tell you that CRAP! Users are losers =/ Edgar alan poe would be impressed with this guys poetic grace. Drug use doesn't necessarily tear families apart. He's stereotyping all drug users which is wrong. I don't feel like going on and producing a whole essay about why he's a douche. I know he's wrong and anyone who isn't a government tool and actually finds out their own information will say the same.

I find it funny that videogames seem to tear families apart more I know more people who are addicted to this than ganja, I heard of some one skipping thanksgiving with their family to camp out for the Wii a stoner would never do that. Now I am not hating on VG but people just need to chill about everything and not worry so much and everything would be better.

I drank really heavily for about two years..many times I came home to my mom waiting and me not being able to stand or produce a comprehendable sentence...that will never happen with me smoking, my mom knows it and she respects my responsibility with my use.

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Originally Posted by wayoftheleaf

The guy is a biased asshole.

His opinion will not change no matter what you do.

Just play along and get kicks about it later.

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wat he said

another thing he said that is complete bullshit is that I am loveless and a traitor to my family, and that nomatter what drug you take it is impossible to be happy, you are just pleasured

who cares what that dude thinks
the things he says arnt true, but they would get a lot of addicts to look at their lives and realize they need to stop

hes just doing his job, tryin to get you to stop smoking weed, he can make up whatever he wants so long as he thinks it will get you to stop smoking

you're just smarter than him

I would tell him to fuck off because if he said 'users are losers' I would take it personally. My dad smokes weed everyday pretty much and he's just a normal dude.

He's calling you a loser, bad start IMHO ;)

i smoke and my parents know. we ahve reached an agreement that I am free to smoke as I plaese as long as i dont do it infront of my brother or in the house or while driving, let it interfere with my school work, or get myself into risky situations. they know what I am doing when I take the dog for unusually long walk or when I am with certain friends or when I wake up in the middle of the night and chill on the back porch. my parents smoked infront of me when I was very young.. they smoked joints on family camping trips and passed the bong between themselves in the kitchen. they figured that I was more than likely to experiment and they see little harm in me smoking as long as i keep it under control. i'm a little scared to smoke infront of my folks, but i know they wouldnt be too bothered. i'm a good daughter and ive earned my right to smoke. if i fuck up, i know its one of the things they will take away from me.

Now that just pisses me off. That guy really need to get his fucking facts straight.

im still in highschool and getting pretty decent grades, probably gonna go to humbolt or chico next year; my parents know that i smoke but they dont know how much and all. i also work at an oil change center so i am contributing to society a little.

the worst part is, my parents were both there and so was my sister, so they are believing all this shit....i dont know what to do

Well, seeing as I don't give 2 fucks what someone else thinks, I'd just act like i agreed with the dude why subtly making him look like an asshole. That approach is so much more fun than just being outright assholic. Oh, and keep doing what you're doing, don't let other people feed you their propaganda. Ask him what it feels like to be a puppet spouting government bs that has been fed to the public for 30 years. And then call him a douche, light a j and leave.

On the sight, one of the things says "You drink or use because you love to get high-admit it!"

Haha I smoke because I love to get high...is that a fucking big revelation I just made?

Haha, apparently the guy in charge of that site, Jack Trimpey, trademarked the words "Sex Beast". This just keeps getting better and better.

"What Your Sex Beast® Really Wants
© 2005, Jack Trimpey"

Yes, that is the title of the article on that site.