Quote Originally Posted by TheSmokingMonkey
"Moderation in all things, including moderation"

Secret is, you can't let yourself become addicted. Cannabis is not addictive physically, but mentally, one could become dependent on it. Where there's a will, there's a way, and I agree with LIP when he says a lot of the problems chronic smokers have stem from their tempraments, rather than the weed itself.

However, that's not to say one can blithely go through one's entire life stoned.

My personal feeling is that one should use weed like one would use alcohol: for unwinding after a hard day of work, for partying with friends, and for medicine.

This means a responsible user is sober: at work, at school, when supervising children, when operating heavy machinery, when doing a risky physical activity.

Just my opinion, but I agree with LIP for the most part.
I've been reading this thread from the beginning and this is the most intellegent post yet. Smoking pot is what you make of it. I smoke pot to relax after a long day, many smoke it to soothe their pain. Dont blame weed for your addiction, blame yourself. I have smoked since highschool and never have I gone to work or school high. Some people can work or learn high just like LIP said, but if you noticed that you cannot perform your best at school if your high then don't smoke before school. Your agruments against marijuana disgust me, you should have just written that you have not an ounce of self-control. The one agruement that you can back up is short term memory. But before i began smoking i talked to people and read articles so i knew any consequences of smoking MJ. Maybe you should read some articles and maybe you can prove to me that MJ is linked to weight gain. It may increase your appetite but it all comes back to self-control.