Marijuana is to be used, not abused...

[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!

jsn9333 Reviewed by jsn9333 on 05-16-2007. Marijuana is to be used, not abused... 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 Rating: 5

[MacWQ33]

In my opinion we should balance our lives with hard work and with recreation.

Very good post, I agree 100%. And a lot of people should think about this specific statement. Some people sit around all day trying to get/thinking about getting/getting high, but like you said, there should be a balance. It should be more of a reward than a need. I used to smoke a lot in HS too, still got good grades, but that's not the point. I've now found that with moderation comes greater outcome of quality of life.

[onequickmove]

getting high is nice; but it is neither the most important nor the best thing in life; love, the outdoors, learning, travel, so many neato things out there in the world to checkout; i like weed, i like it a lot, but it doesn't control my life, not remotely

[Reefer Rogue]

I smoke everyday if i have it, not all day coz i have college to go to, and a job to go to sometimes and a girlfriend to see. Perhaps I am an abuser, oh well...

[jsn9333]

I wouldn't say you're an abuser just b/c you do it every day. I mean, its healthy to have a glass of wine or two every day... but not much more then that if you're drinking every day (or so the doctors tell us). But if you were smoking like 7 joints a day... in my opinion that would be a bit to much. For me even one joint every single day is to much... but to each his own.

Each person I think has to decide what is "abuse" for him or her... and stay beneath that level.

[LegalizeTheGreen]

i smoke every day, sometimes a few times, but as long as my life is together, i consider myself fine. I do have a habit of smokinng every night and watching adult swim, so that is a factor in my life (weed+adult swim on cartton network=happyness), but it helps me sleep, and is after I finish my daily shit, so it isnt hurting anything. I do smoke and go to class occasionally, but i dont find that it hurts me. I think that different people function differently, and what works for one wont neccisarilly work for everyne else. I dont consider myself an abuser, weed is simply a really fun hobby.

[Pink_Floyd]

Anything in excess is bad. On the other hand, in terms of excess, marijuana is more like bread rather than alcohol. What I mean by that is that you can consume a lot of bread a day and not have to worry about excess, but you probably do not want to be drinking nearly as much as you eat bread.

[orangeman]

I have a confession to make. I'm a wife beater. I abuse Mary Jane all the time .

[MetalCore]

i smoke every day, sometimes a few times, but as long as my life is together, i consider myself fine. I do have a habit of smokinng every night and watching adult swim, so that is a factor in my life (weed+adult swim on cartton network=happyness), but it helps me sleep, and is after I finish my daily shit, so it isnt hurting anything. I do smoke and go to class occasionally, but i dont find that it hurts me. I think that different people function differently, and what works for one wont neccisarilly work for everyne else. I dont consider myself an abuser, weed is simply a really fun hobby.

I totally agree, Its always fun after a hard days work/school to smoke and watch adult swim. and I also do it every night.

[Not An Addict]

Its not the weed that does that, its the person themselves. Weed was just a substance that revealed it. Fuck ups are fuck ups, sober or high. Look at the bigger picture.