What's With the Pot Thing?

I am grateful that my son is smoking pot rather than using meth, no doubt about it. Does that mean that his pot smoking is "no problem?" I wish it were so. Alcohol abuse isn't any picnic, either, but it appears to be easier to recover from than meth. Is this comparison helpful?? Not as far as I can tell. The common denominator seems to be ESCAPE and FEELING GOOD. Immature and irresponsible behavior that mostly has a bad outcome. Maybe my son will look good and not become a thief. But, will he be an contributing member of society who can have healthy relationships if he continues to smoke pot the way he does? Unfortunately, probably not. What a waste of magnificent potential...for what?

I dunno, but I do see there are many more threads about pot than others. Interesting question. Maybe its because more people that smoke pot come here looking for support. Maybe the other addicts you refer to are far past coming online to discuss their issues, dunno just thinking out loud.

No one is going to argue that meth and crack are even in the same galaxy as weed. But I know im here not to talk about things just for the sake of discussion. I came to talk about whats pertinent in my life. I assume thats what others are doing as well.

Doesnt really sound like there is much to talk about with meth/crack. Everyone knows how bad they are and how relatively harmless weed is. Should we all talk about it for our own sake...although none of us have problems with it? If more meth/crack addicts came here and presented their problems....you would see more threads about it. Just seems as tho people with pot issues are more willing to come here and discuss what they are going through.

Who cares how addicting weed is or whether its mental or physical. The minor withdrawal symptoms i had were just there...who cares where they came from. Tell me...does that make them any less real?

I don't know.. I'm really not a fan of smoking weed, I prefer other drugs. All the proper stoners I know are devious, deceitful, selfish, ridiculously paranoid, irritatingly lazy, look 10 years older than they are (very unhealthy looking), sly, erratic, scheming, untrustwothy... the list could go on. Generally not nice people.

*shrugs*

Yeah I am addicted to Marijuana. I have put serious effort into quitting in the last week and still smoked twice.

I think marijuana users feel despair about being stoned all of the time. The high is still functional and emotional, so I think users can go online and ask for / give help easier than some of the other drugs.

If you smoked, that mean some was available to smoke. Get rid of it. Don't hang out with people who have it. That may mean leaving your friends, unless they are willing to help by refusing to give you weed.

Birch, I tell you you have a permanent long standing invitation. Now pry yourself out of that godforsaken smog hole and come to the mountains!

Pot is definitely addictive in the sense that you get used to having it and begin to rely on it to get to sleep. But that tends to be the worst problem. Breaking the habit is the hard part. Sillyakchick, I'm right there with you. I practice Kung Fu and Tai Chi and am very healthy, I'm 28 and get pegged at 20 all the time, I am a financial analyst and am highly motivated and professional. Think about how many lazy, devious, sly, etc people there are out there that DON'T smoke pot...

Smoking a joint is not a big deal. Do it in the privacy of your own home and don't go driving around...just like with drinking booze..or using your pain meds and any number of things...MJ should be legal for Medical use and I believe one day it will be legal, at least for docs to prescribe. At one time, alcohol was illegal, woman voting...illegal...divorce...illegal... everything changes and people change and thats good..

I don't think smoking a drug will ever be legal. To take a drug and refine it, market it in a pill form or a controlled delivery system, is a light year away from legalizing pot to be used by those that want to appear mentally slow and get their jollies by inhaling toxins

Smoking cigarettes is legal, so your statement is already wrong...

Yep, when you smoke a cig you are smoking chemicals and tobacco is a drug..I bet you smoke cigs and thats inhaling toxins...but you wont admit it.

Wrong. Congress refused to classify cigarettes as a drug and thereby prohibited the FDA from regulating it. Marijuana IS a drug according to the Drug Enforcement Act and can be regulated.

Nicotine is a drug. It is inhaled. You're still wrong.

No I am not wrong and neither is Eiri...but I see you are algosdocs friend so I wont be responding to you at all any more..cheers...all my best.

I think Algosdoc is gone, so this fellow/lass may not even know him/her XD

Supreme Court Decision on Tobacco Regulation
Supreme Court Rules Against Regulating Tobacco as a Drug

Article date: 2000/03/21
The US Supreme Court ruled today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have the authority to regulate tobacco as a drug, a decision that the chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society calls disappointing.

BUT NICOTINE IS A DRUG. Go look up the effects of NICOTINE, which is the MAIN ADDICTIVE INGREDIENT in cigarettes.

Nicotine is a DRUG. It is a LEGAL drug. It is a legal drug that is INHALED, thus proving your statement "no inhaled drug will ever be legal" 100% wrong-o.