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HIT
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I had this interesting Omegle conversation that I'd like to share.

It's funny cause I smoke but I have this inspiration to stop and im high right meow.

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Official messages from Omegle will not be sent with the label 'Stranger:'. Strangers claiming to represent Omegle are lying.
You: have you ever been high?
Stranger: yes many times
You: finally
Stranger: maybe more times then not
You: tired all of these dumb kids that think weed is the devil haha
You: toke up!
Stranger: i quit
Stranger: sorry
Stranger: but i smoked daily for over ten years
You: sall good
You: wow, hardcore
Stranger: yeah i woke up with a bong in my hand
Stranger: and smoked before bed all day
Stranger: never even missed a day
You: damn
Stranger: complete waste of my life
You: yea id have to agree
You: thats why i dont smoke that much :)
Stranger: yeah i had a problem i think
Stranger: i havnt smoked for like 3 years and i still feel like i wanna smoke
You: im probably not helping haha
Stranger: thought about smoking weed today infact
Stranger: nah i wont smoke again prolly
You: thats good
You: 10 years is enough, you know what its like
You: ill bet that because you did it so much, for so long, its sort of engrained into your mind
You: so you think about it still a bit
Stranger: daily lol
Stranger: i smoked more then 10 years
Stranger: i started when i was 13
Stranger: and smoked till i was like 27
You: haha wow
Stranger: yeah what a waste
You: thats like your entire prime
Stranger: yep i mean you can still be ok when puffing
Stranger: but i bet id be better if i hadnt
You: yea, it probably wouldnt have gone by so fast haha
Stranger: haha yeah i guess so
Stranger: but its a blur and i forget my keys alot
You: that tokke killed me
You: jeez man
Stranger: how often do you smoke?
You: 2 times a week
Stranger: how long have you smoked?
You: uhmm over a year
You: maybe 1.5
Stranger: how old are you
You: 17
Stranger: you should stop
Stranger: smoking when your young does damage
You: like what
Stranger: its ok to smoke when your older
Stranger: i dunno google it
Stranger: it fucks with your head
You: only if you have a pre disposition for the fucking up
You: other than that thc is harmless
Stranger: no. Smoking weed when your young does damage to your b rain
Stranger: your way more likely to be depressed and have problems
You: i already have my life hobby and i love my life
You: so i doubt that
Stranger: yeah i dont think your smoking crack
Stranger: but pot does NOT help anything
You: i know that
You: its just fun
Stranger: so if you smoke weed your fine. But if you dont puff your that much better
Stranger: thus your doing damage.
You: i use a bong
You: glass
Stranger: thats good
Stranger: Ah i wish i was 17 again and i could tell myself not to do drugs
Stranger: my life would be so much better off
You: do you have a good job?
Stranger: neg
You: where do you work
Stranger: circle k
Stranger: im really good at music tho
Stranger: so im fucked in getting a job i love
You: damn man
Stranger: i have a pretty girlfriend my life is good. But if drugs were not in my youth it would be so much better
You: gotcha
You: i know what you mean
Stranger: i doubt it
Stranger: your fucking up. You think its casual and blah blah i go to school....
Stranger: your not gonna get addicted its just weed....but it fucks up your brain at 17
Stranger: wait till your 21 and your shit isnt still growing
Stranger: you need your chemicals in your brain to be even and secure at 17 not all stoned
Stranger: not to mention it doesnt make you smarter
Stranger: i watched people at 17 start smoking and later die from drugs
You: how
Stranger: one died from herion
Stranger: one died from cocain and herion
Stranger: one of my friends just got of oxycotin he robbed a pharmacy he was a casual user at 17
Stranger: its not like oh your gonna go smoke crack or die
Stranger: at age 17 you need mental stability and pot wont provide that
Stranger: your growing
Stranger: and life is short
Stranger: its like growing a plant and pouring the wrong shit on it
Stranger: it maybe will grow but not what it would had it been fed correctly
Stranger: meh you wont listen your prolly laughing
You: no i get you man
You: just had a huge epiphany
Stranger: pot is bad
Stranger: your ripped because your head is all fucked up on some plant
Stranger: who cares if hippys say OH its great
Stranger: kids should not smoke pot
Stranger: they need to grow
Stranger: the brain is fragile and very complex at your age
Stranger: your not FUCKED and never gonna recover
Stranger: but you need to be sober to grow correctly
Stranger: not to mention since i stopped puffing
Stranger: i can talk to people better
Stranger: i can look them in the eyes
Stranger: i can think clearly
Stranger: hit on girls better
Stranger: make better music
Stranger: i have less anxiety
Stranger: i feel more secure in who i am.
Stranger: You know what made me stop....
You: thats cause your 27
You: what made you stop?
Stranger: because deep down inside my heart i knew i was judgen myself for smoking weed
Stranger: i crossed that line of drug use at a early age
Stranger: im not 27 im 29
Stranger: your life is so fucking awesome if you stop and accept that deep down your personal choices (the bad ones) will affect you in the back of your mind
Stranger: life is short dont judge yourself for bad choices and love life
Stranger: life is good and the more good choices you make I PROMISE you it will get only better
Stranger: sure getting high is fun but deep down YOU KNOW.
Stranger: from 26 to 29 my life has trippled in coolness because i stopped puffing
Stranger: had i stopped at 17
Stranger: id be unstopable
You: even 2 times a week is that bad?
Stranger: do you think its bad?
Stranger: you know the answer
Stranger: you need a sharp mind
Stranger: to climb to the top
Stranger: i love potheads they are good people
Stranger: but had they not smoked they would be better
You: i dont like the tired looking eyes
Stranger: its there soul it deadens your soul
Stranger: i swear to god it does
Stranger: 2 times a week your not doomed
Stranger: but your young stop now
Stranger: its easy just dont
Stranger: i have to go
Stranger: stuff to do
Stranger: ....think about it sorry if i sound cheesy
You: k nice talking to ya man. lots to think about
You: im saving this convo
Stranger: every choice you make in the back of your mind has a effect on your inner energy
Stranger: make good choices and your energy is good
Your conversational partner has disconnected.





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cool story
Dec 9 2010 2:34AM
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saucybiscuits
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Smoke Crack
Pimp Hoes
Bust Guns
Blaze Droves
Dec 9 2010 2:40AM
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dlilly
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what to say? i have a lot to think about tonight.......
Dec 9 2010 2:43AM
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HIT
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Ill ignore you because I know you're an internet toughguy. I know who you are and what you're like buddy
Dec 9 2010 2:45AM
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GayWolf420
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Consider yourself fucked, Gnartron.
Dec 9 2010 2:46AM
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Kotke
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Guy sounds like hes got a good head on his shoulders.
Dec 9 2010 2:46AM
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Toasty.
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you expect me to read that. after the first 4 lines it got confusing and i stopped.
Dec 9 2010 2:52AM
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Mr.Gaga
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Damn, my brother started smoking more and more over the last year, he was 15 when he started, he's now 16. In like 18 month he completly changed its fucked up and sad he used to be rly nice. All my family's trying to keep away from this kind of shit. I asked my father to buy him a season pass where I ski so I could may be influence him and hopefully freeskiing will influence him, its just a too nice sport where you feel things that are so much better then weed. What-ever lol you can be sure I'll show him this, its some deep stuff Thanks!
Dec 9 2010 2:57AM
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Scott0_robot0
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Dec 9 2010 3:08AM
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Arabian.
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That dude is straight up wrong. Weed in MODERATION is fine. 2 times a week, or just once on the weekend is FINE for mental growth. It's no worse than excess caffiene or getting drunk. Obviously if you smoke before you go to bed every day for 14 years, you have a problem and you should stop. Teetotaling is not the answer.
Dec 9 2010 3:09AM
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theabortionator
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I remember when I was 12
Dec 9 2010 3:11AM
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1337
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I'm glad I don't smoke
Dec 9 2010 3:20AM
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theabortionator
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Oh and lol at 12 year olds that think they know everything about drugs
Dec 9 2010 3:41AM
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yuck
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its totally different for the music thing haha
Dec 9 2010 10:30AM
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chardi
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so op, what have you decided to do? just based on your name i assume that you are ignoring his advice
Dec 9 2010 10:46AM
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Bar_Down
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da fuck?
Dec 9 2010 10:51AM
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doritos
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People claim that all the time, but I don't understand it. I get way worse at guitar when I'm stoned. My timing gets all thrown off, my chord changes are choppier, I start hitting the wrong strings... Just never got why some people feel more competent at music high.
Dec 9 2010 10:56AM
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Bar_Down
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usually when they say theyre better at music high i dont think they mean theyre better at playing the instrument, they just get more creative and shit
Dec 9 2010 11:00AM
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Tasche
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Worst member.



Anyway I can agree with this guy. I know a lot of friends who's lives have stagnated who are long time regular pot users. Its up for debate whether or not they had an addictive or reliant personality or if pot really had a profound effect.

I smoked pot maybe twice a year until I was a senior in college and now I smoke probably twice a week. I go through an 8th in about a month and a half. Pot has a lot of positives for me right now, If I drink I get terrible hangovers that last days. Smoke a little pot and drink a redbull and I can put up with drunk fucks and have a good time. Pot literally makes everything better, but that is also the problem with it. You are not going to seek out those experiences that are rewarding on a sober level because watching Inception is so awesome you don't need to do anything else. Kids I know who smoke a lot of pot got shitty degrees from sub par schools because that was ok, they just wanted to smoke pot. It also severely limits your job opportunities.

There are always exceptions, I knew a kid who smoked every day and graduated with 2 engineering degrees in 3 years. But this is not the norm. Everyone that I know that openly smoked pot before 15 is fucked up. I am dealing with a childhood friend who is in jail for multiple DUI's and it sucks for him and I don't want to deal with it.

Anyway as a general rule of thumb don't smoke pot regularly unless you are 100% comfortable with the way your life is going. Pot mutes ambition.
Dec 9 2010 11:07AM
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introvert
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Hay guis duz 3m0k!ng w33D mak3 m$ c00L?






I'm so high :3
Dec 9 2010 11:09AM
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Bar_Down
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ya but see, that might not be because of pot, there are always hundreds of other factors involved. im sorry if i offend ppl on here when i say this, but usually when a kid starts smoking weed everyday when he's like 13 its because a lot of people are influencing him in a negative way and hes only doing it to feel cool and hang out with the bad crowd. and usually when a young kid like that starts openly smoking weed and shit, it shows that his parents arent paying enough attention to him or teaching him the right things, so thats why they often take bad turns and end up in jail and make bad decisions and shit. so you cant say the fact that he smokes weed fucked up his life, there are other factors involved
Dec 9 2010 11:19AM
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Tasche
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I agree 100%, but I think we can both agree that pot isn't helping.
Dec 9 2010 11:23AM
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TheHamburglar
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I like taking shits high
Dec 9 2010 11:26AM
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Bar_Down
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ya i guess so, but what i was trying to say is that even if they hadnt started smoking pot, it wouldve been something else and they would probably still be in the same situation
Dec 9 2010 11:38AM
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jibbinc.
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i think that dude just knew you were baked and was just fuckin with you ahaha.
dont worry about Pr
Dec 9 2010 12:18PM
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thisandthatfilms
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you klost me at i ha dthis interesting
Dec 9 2010 12:26PM
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MidWestGaper
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i started smoking pot about week after i turned 14. the reason i started was because my childhood friends that i hung out with started smoking and they could get it from their older sister. i didnt smoke because i wanted to fit in or because my parents werent paying enough attention to me. i started because i was curious to try it and it fun as hell getting blazed with my best friends. im 18 now and i hardly even smoke now and im fine. plus some of my best friends right now could possibly be some of the biggest pot heads ive ever met (Ive been around a lot of people that smoke and sell a lot of weed. but some of my friends take it to the next level) and they smoke around me all the time and its cool.


Dec 9 2010 12:31PM
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JamesR
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ITT: trolls, misinformed people, and misinformed trolls. Jesus christ, NS.
Dec 9 2010 12:35PM
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Bar_Down
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note the use of the word "usually" in my post. obviously there are some exceptions to everything
Dec 9 2010 12:37PM
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Dan-Man
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sell gunz
Dec 9 2010 12:39PM
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Stickity
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i'm proud of myself
Dec 9 2010 12:43PM
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twix_182
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it all comes down to the person thats smoking. everyones gonna have a different effect. the character of the person is whats going to create the varied effects on the individual. u think weed makes certain ppl the way they are? I think it's the person. sometimes its good for ppl, sometimes its bad.no different than medical drugs
Dec 9 2010 12:50PM
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Peter.
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looks like you need a username change then
Dec 9 2010 12:51PM
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[tk]
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what's wrong with you? made perfect sense
Dec 9 2010 12:55PM
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XtRemE11
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nah man ive been like way more enlightened since i started smoking, like weed makes me see things in such a chill way. and instead of goin out and doin stupid things like skiing that might get me hurt, im inside all day gettin high and seeing things in a different way. i used to not be able to have fun, but instead of doing something about it i started smoking to alter my state of mind, now its like i can pretend to be happy when im high, its awesome man, my voice even got slower and way more chill, and every other word out of my mouth is chill. its sick man, dont stop.
Dec 9 2010 1:06PM
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babujib
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I go to UC Boulder and out here, it's a lifestyle. When people want to chill, it's always, "yo, you wanna smoke?". Because of this, I can smoked 5+ times a day without even realizing it. I have my medical card, which is cool and all, but it's a social interaction that 1. costs me way too much money, and 2. definitely affects me in a negative way. The 1st one is obvious, for example, my buddy went through a quarter (80 bucks) in 2 days last week. The second one though, you don't realize until you don't have bud on you. Being from Boulder, you can just go down to the store and buy bud, people are always looking to smoke you out, and usually there will be a blunt rolled in my room 2-3 times a day by someone. I didn't notice the adverse affects until last week, when I decided I was spending too much money on a stupid drug. I stopped with a couple of people, and within one day, everyone was legitimately fiending for this supposedly non-addictive drug. Kids couldn't sleep because they were too anxious, kids couldn't eat because they weren't smoking, and some kids just don't get out of bed in the morning when they know that there isn't a bong rip waiting for them. I guess all I'm trying to say is that moderate use is cool, but when it gets to a point where you're consistently smoking daily, that's when it becomes an issue. Everything in moderation.
Dec 9 2010 1:09PM
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hanksy
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Such a tough topic to think about. There are certainly ignorant opinions about how bad weed can be, but the extremists on both sides often don't come to a resolution about any form of responsible marijuana smoking. I think some sort of authority needs to produce guidelines for what that might be. There are tons of guidelines for what responsible drinking means, and this could be super helpful for some guidance about what types of weed smoking are more harmful than others. I could think of a few, but by no means think I am some expert and have all the answers.

1. Don't go to bed stoned. So much memory processing is done in our sleep, and being high can definitely impair it. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/200906/marijuana-sleep-and-dreams

2. Don't drive high? We all do it all the time and are fine, but lets be honest, there are mental differences that logically can be reasoned to say that it impairs driving.

3. Don't get stoned out of your mind. We certainly can't develop a calculated amount of how much smoking this would be as there are tons of factors that effect your high, but please tell me one good thing that happens when you are so stoned that doing anything productive is impossible.

I've been thinking about this idea of 'responsible toking' for a while, and I'd love to hear some reasonable arguments about what this may be.
Dec 9 2010 1:14PM
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HIT
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haha ^ i remember those days. but it tends to go away once puberty takes over.

as for the people asking what I'm gonna do.

im not changing my name, and im going to stop smoking unless im skiing, because skiing high is just way to fun to give up.

im gonna take this guy's advice though. hes seasoned and knows what he's talking about. And you might all say he's full of shit, but why take the risk? What if he's right? Seeing his regret and sadness, and strange desire to help some 17 year kid he's never met, from ruining his future. To me, knows what's up.

Even after 1.5-2 years of smoking casually, I've been thinking about it alot too. Taking breaks from it feels amazing, it's almost more rewarding to be sober than it is high sometimes. The clear headed-ness trumps the high feeling at times, it's hard to explain. Your choices are up to you guys, but I'm going to take this advice for what it's worth. This was my confirmation of the question I already had in my mind, of "Why do i feel the need to smoke?" And honestly, I don't need it. It doesn't help me.


Straight up, in the earlier stages it helped me alot, it changed who I was and how i understood the world and I can't thank mary jane enough for that. My mind was set forward, and on course because of her. But now that I'm on course, I don't need her anymore, so why do I keep using her. There's nothing left to help, now it's just a hobby, a habit. A waste of time..

Also when i smoke, time sort of blurs together. Honestly, I can't even believe it's december. Last i remember i was still working in the summer... Like fuck.. Like buddy said, i dont like that blur, i want to remember my life in its shortness.

Anyways, just thoughts. I honestly think quitting is for the better, and I'm stoked this guy set my mind straight.




And for all my buddies who toke while they ski, I'm not stopping that, but smoking in moderation is needed. He's right. Our brains arent developed yet, and I don't want to be 29, forgetting my keys to go work at a convenience store chain for the rest of my life, regretting my past choices merely because they were "fun".


Idk guys, i could talk about this forever but I need to shower. Lemme know what you think
Dec 9 2010 1:17PM
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JamesR
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There can never be an accurate guide to dosage. If you're really worried about that, take a couple hits then wait 15-20 minutes and smoke more or less as needed. More harmful types of smoking are so obvious they shouldn't need to have a guide. Like smoking out of tinfoil, plastic, mixing in tobacco, etc. There is no such thing as getting stoned out of your mind. At the very extreme end you might pass out. Passing out from weed is more akin to just falling asleep. I don't play video games to be productive and I don't smoke weed to be productive so that's a really stupid argument to maintain a lower level of high. One good thing: it feels amazing. The vast majority of smokers are responsible. The stoners you see falling asleep in your math class are in no way a representation of the entire smoking community. Just like the vast majority of those who drink alcohol can do so in a safe and responsible way. Just because high school kids get hammered and crash their cars doesn't mean alcohol is inherently dangerous for everyone.
Dec 9 2010 1:25PM
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[tk]
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thredz, this is a deep discussion i am interested to learn more
Dec 9 2010 1:32PM
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PhaedeD
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im far to into blazing up the most finest trees. trees or die.
Dec 9 2010 2:00PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Let me sum up what this guy was trying to say in about a billion lines of text: WEED REARRANGES YOUR PRIORITIES IN LIFE.

And... you cannot be addicted to weed, but you can be addicted to the HABIT of smoking weed.
Dec 9 2010 3:15PM
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.frenchy
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Ummmm
Dec 9 2010 3:19PM
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monsterdong11
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i hate this shit its not weed the guy is just a fuck up and using weed as a scapegoat

moral of story: if you have your shit straight youll be fine, if you cant handle being responsible while partying, smoking weed, etc then dont. simple as that. the people who go from weed to other shit then ruin their lives etc its not weeds fault its their own

im way too fucking sick people not taking responsibility for themselves, some people can be perfectly fine smoking weed all the time and some cant.. but dont try and tell others that theyre gonna fuck their life up etc fuck that
Dec 9 2010 3:23PM
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the_moderaper
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I honestly don't think that smoking will ruin your brain if you start at 17 given that you're doing it under moderation. Once a week isn't going to sell out your life like 10 years of being bakes literally EVERY DAY. Difference in my opinion.
Dec 9 2010 3:25PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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Dub post but I don't care.

This is the truth! A good friend of mine is like that. He will tell me straight up that the only reason he gets up is for weed.

I started smoking weed heavily my freshman year of college (5+ times a day). I found it was a good way to make friends, it felt fucking awesome, and hey from everything I had heard weed wasn't bad for you. I made a good friend, my roommate, through smoking weed. We used to get together and blaze through a half O in less than a week.

Pretty recently, my sophomore year of college, I just realized my grades were slipping, I was always fucking tired, I was not doing activities I used to. I stopped smoking weed, and it's almost like reality has set back in.

Weed may be a rather harmless drug to you physically, but just because it's not going to physically kill you don't think it's not going to affect your lives.


Dec 9 2010 3:27PM
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monsterdong11
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you can get addicted to anything it doesnt matter if its a drug or not some are addicted to food some are addicted to sex etc their is nothing in weed that makes you get addicted to it its a psychological addiction to the high you get...
Dec 9 2010 3:31PM
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Loco-Deer-Slayer
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You are fucking ignorant.

It's not that weed is ruining your life or that people aren't being responsible. You cannot in any way, shape, or form tell me that smoking weed is doing the most productive thing in your life.

Point being, if you smoke weed there is no denying that you are not using your time to it's fullest potential.

As cliche as it sounds, there, hopefully, is a point in everyones lives where they realize there are better ways to utilize your short time given on this earth than smoking weed and being high.
Dec 9 2010 3:32PM
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monsterdong11
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fucking ignorant? everyone has ways to unwind and ways they like to spend there down time.. no shit it isnt the most productive thing to do thats why i do it, when im done being productive at the end of a day i like to chill and smoke weed, no worse for me that sitting on my ass posting shit all night on here or watching tv.. sure i could be reading books and looking for cancer cures but everyone needs down time and i see nothing wrong with smoking weed in your down time.
Dec 9 2010 3:37PM
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jibjunkie
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treads
Dec 9 2010 3:39PM
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GayWolf420
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Oh sick. Another toker vs. non-toker thread.
Dec 9 2010 3:40PM
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