DO YOU SMOKE POT?

[Cloud]

interesting in light of the very first post, in which LJ says he thinks more people have tried it than not; and that CellarDwellars are a bunch of nerds.



I think it depends somewhat on your age, your circle of friends, your interests, your location, etc. When I was a teenager, certainly no one with any claims to coolness ever refused pot. It was ubiquitous.

The whole point (back then) was not just to get loaded; it was to expand your conciousness; to think in ways your parents didn't; to enhance creativity and attempt to reach Nirvana by chemical means; and to have fun, of course.

Things have changed.

[lumberjim]

i think it's funny that it used to partially define me. i was pot. and now...i never smoke.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by bluecuracao

I do see what you're saying. But...I was referring more to people here, on the Cellar.

Ohhh, gotcha. Well I smoked so much in my youth that I'll, probably be termed a "stoner" for life.

Originally Posted by Cloud

The whole point (back then) was not just to get loaded; it was to expand your conciousness; to think in ways your parents didn't; to enhance creativity and attempt to reach Nirvana by chemical means; and to have fun, of course.

Things have changed.

Boy have they ever!

Originally Posted by lumberjim

i think it's funny that it used to partially define me. i was pot. and now...i never smoke.

It used to totally define me, in fact, my life revolved around it. All my "friends" did it, my income was derived from it, my personality and entertainment were all based upon it. I was conscious of it 24/7. Getting it, smoking it, not getting caught with it... It completely absorbed my life.
Once I stopped, most all of those "friends" didn't hang around anymore and were replaced with others. My time and money went to more productive and lasting outlets. The paranoia left me and I didn't cringe at the sight of a cop. My entire outlook on life and my drive changed completely.
I don't dislike those that do it, in fact some of them I envy. For me though, its a dead-end road that sucks the life and motivation outta me.
Lotta great memories that I wouldn't trade for the world, but thats where its gonna stay, a part of the past.

[Cloud]

Originally Posted by classicman

It used to totally define me, in fact, my life revolved around it. All my "friends" did it, my income was derived from it, my personality and entertainment were all based upon it. I was conscious of it 24/7. Getting it, smoking it, not getting caught with it... It completely absorbed my life.

that's pretty much a definition of addiction (whether or not cannibis is physically addicting or not). So, I'm glad for you, because if you can't control [insert substance here]; it controls you.

I tell you what disturbs me more though, and I realize this is a bit off topic: I have many young friends in their 20s who abuse alcohol worse than I ever abused anything. Their whole social life revolves, not around being in a social setting and having a few drinks with their friends, but getting totally smashed several nights a week. I mean passing out, puking smashed. It's sad to me, not to mention gross.

always preferred cannibis to alcohol, which is probably why I've stuck with it throughout my life.

That, and I never want to grow up.

[piercehawkeye45]

I'll use it a few times a week when hanging out with my friends or when my band wants to jam.

My friends and I are thinking of cooking it more now. If I smoke it is out of a hookah or bubbler so its rarely intense smoke but I still would prefer not smoking it.

[lumberjim]

a couple 4th of Julys ago, I ate a cookie made with ghee. i ate it a 5:30 on an empty stomach. at 7 i was wondering if it was bunk. at 7:30 i was so cooked that i started having a panic attack. it lasted until 1 am. every 20 minutes it came in waves. oh my freaking god. there were no fireworks at our house that year. that'll larn me.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

a couple 4th of Julys ago, I ate a cookie made with ghee. i ate it a 5:30 on an empty stomach. at 7 i was wondering if it was bunk. at 7:30 i was so cooked that i started having a panic attack. it lasted until 1 am. every 20 minutes it came in waves. oh my freaking god. there were no fireworks at our house that year. that'll larn me.

ghee != clarified butter?

huh?

[Cyber Wolf]

I've never tried it myself but I've had a contact high once. A couple of friends and I were in a relatively small car waiting for another friend to get off work so we could all go for dinner. One guy decides he can't wait until after dinner and lights up in the car. Out of curtesy, he rolls down his window and does his best to fan the smoke out. It doesn't work and he ends up fogging the car. So by the time we got to the restaurant the two of us who didn't smoke were giggling non-stop. Everything was hilarious. EVERYTHING.

I was pretty pissed off afterwards though.

[piercehawkeye45]

Haha, yeah it takes a while to get the effect. It took me about an hour or so.

But funny story concerning pot brownies. My friend made brownies before break and he had four left so him, my friend, and I decided to have one and then give the last one to my other friend who just went on a month break from pot and wanted to just get baked that night. When he came over to my friend's house we had some complications since the dealer he, the guy finishing his break, was buying from was taking awhile and we didn't have enough room in the car for me and my two friends so we stayed back, gave him the brownie, and he drove to another house where he was going to meet up with our dealer.

Apparently we forgot to tell him that the brownie was laced so he started to feel the effects while waiting and freaked out thinking that his body was producing an illusion because he was really looking forward to smoking that night. He got made fun of so much that night for acting like an idiot (well he was high).

[LabRat]

I tried it once, when I was in grad school, maybe 23 years old. At the time, Red was a produce manager of a large grocery store. He caught one of his employees rolling a joint in the cooler. He confiscated it, and brought it home to share with our neighbors, whom we were good friends. I tried several inhalations, but never really felt anything. *shrug* Red did a lot in high school and college. He pretty much had quit both smoking and drinking when we started hanging out. At that point in his life, he was getting over a severe alcohol problem. I'll let him post about that if he wants.

In high school, I pretty much hung out with 'good' kids, and didn't really even drink a whole lot. In fact, I was the 'bad seed', heh. Pot just wasn't something that any of us had access to, so no one I knew, save one friend, ever did it. I just didn't want to get busted with it, and kicked out of college, or have it affect my record when I wanted to work...so I just stayed away.

I was a slut instead. Sex was legal, and in my mind a whole lot safer, and not to mention more fun to me. Boys were a lot easier to find than booze, and if you played your cards right, you could get both at the same time .

[Cloud]

ha! how funny. back in the days of "free love" (aka after the pill and before Aids) everyone slept around--except me. Because I was in luuuuuve and faithful.

Silly me.

[Cloud]

bud butter, BigV

[Clodfobble]

Ghee itself does not imply drugs. It is a main ingredient in every Indian cookbook and I guarantee you they're not talking about serving pot to your family every night for dinner. Ghee is often mixed with drugs, however, because

Absorption: Ghee is an integral part of the practice of ayurvedic herbal formulation. Since ghee is an oil, it can bond with lipid-soluble nutrients and herbs to penetrate the lipid-based cell membranes of the body. It is stated to increase the potency of certain herbs by carrying the active components to the interior of the cells where they impart the most benefit.

[lumberjim]

well, my lipids were totally penetrated, lemme tell ya.

[Clodfobble]

Or you could also call it a plurality.