Why Do People Use Drugs?, and/or smoke Options

[Joss-eh-lime]

Lately, I've been wondering why people use drugs and smoke.

To de-stress?
To make friends?
Just to have fun?
It seemed cool?

If you have tried drugs or cigarettes why do you do it?

If you haven't, why do you think others use them?

Are there any alternatives to using drugs/smoking, that will give a similar outcome? Like say, finding a hobby or joining a club?

I'm seriously just curious. I'm not judging. Nothing harsh please

[BOOGERSHAHA]

some people smoke cigarettes to lose weight. it curbs their appetites, i think.

my grandma started smoking in her 30s because of stress and she hasn't stopped since. she's healthy and nearing her 80s to this day. weird, haha.

[S-Majere]

Same reason people murder, rape, steal and eat chocolate.

...

Wait...

[lovescream]

... Curiousity?

[S-Majere]

XD

Is that the word I was looking for?

Perhaps it's just human nature...albeit a twisted version.

[illriginal]

Marijuana:

Appetite Booster
Sleep Aid
Anti-Depressant (If used wisely)
Muscle Relaxer
Concentration Booster
And used prior to meditation, specifically Chakra.

Oh and Cigarettes are worst than Marijuana, and alcohol should truly be illegal, not Marijuana.

Why Marijuana Is Important And Should NOT Be Called A Drug

P.S. I don't drink alcohol, nor smoke cigarettes.

[*Elba*]

Hi Tamponcracker

[lojay]

I don't smoke, but everyone I know who has done drugs simply does it because, "it feels amazing," as they say. I just think the smell is terrible and I hear the taste is even worse.

The only smoking I have ever done is Hookah, and I did the herbal kind without nicotine. So meh. I just smoked it because I wanted to try it and it doesn't harm your body.

I wouldn't smoke cigarettes though because I don't like the smell.

[EmoEyelinerx]

Im never tryed drugs or smoking but its probably because:

-They might want to lose weight
-Curosity
-To fit in with a group
-To relieve stress
-It seems cool

[S-Majere]

Not forgetting afterward that pretty much all these things are/can be quite addictive.

[Detective]

Some people also do drugs because they get pressured by there peers.

[illriginal]

Not forgetting afterward that pretty much all these things are/can be quite addictive.

True, it's good to just wait until you're an adult, with a mature mind and more self control. I realized that high schoolers don't even know the benefits of marijuana, they just smoke it to feel high.

In my case, I only smoke on the weekends. I used to smoke every time before meditating, but I had to learn how to meditate while sober.

[AngryBaby]

not giving a damn.

[heyyfrankie]

i believe that i tried my first drug at the age of...4? i'm not sure, the years are kind of just one big mess right now. :[ and every since that first taste...i've just been hooked. I'm a full blown addict now. I don't even go to meetings. It's so easy to get it, too. It's seems like all i have to do is go to the store.

DAMN YOU, CAFFEINE!

[claricexmarie]

it starts as curiousity,
and then if you like what happened
you continue on

its a stress thing,
or a fun thing

or can start as you wanting to fit in or be like your friends
but don't do meth :) or smoke crack...


feel free to destroy your lungs, brain cells, and liver
its fun for everyone.!

[voguelove]

mm, not sure. my thought would probably make some cbers slash me.


i dont do it, though.

[*Sandraaa*]

To hide their pain. I'm quite sure about that.

[lojay]

I realized that high schoolers don't even know the benefits of marijuana, they just smoke it to feel high.

Does anyone? What is anyone's reason for doing marijuana other than to get high and generally feel good, and get rid of cancer (supposedly)? Or rather anyone other than you, I suppose. It isn't just high school kids, college kids do it too. /shrug. But I'm not going to get into a battle with you over cB like you seem to get into with everyone else. Just saying, I think it is wrong for you to single out only high school kids, since it is not just them.

Plus, I'm not sure about other schools, but my school district has been teaching us about marijuana pretty much every year in health class, so I'm sure people know a lot about the drug, and other drugs.

[S-Majere]

True, it's good to just wait until you're an adult, with a mature mind and more self control. I realized that high schoolers don't even know the benefits of marijuana, they just smoke it to feel high.

In my case, I only smoke on the weekends. I used to smoke every time before meditating, but I had to learn how to meditate while sober.

So adults find it easier to stave off addictions than teens?

Call me just another highschooler, but do the so-called benefits of marijuana outweigh the negative effects?

Just curious, but what meditations do you practise?

[xKatt]

some people smoke cigarettes to lose weight. it curbs their appetites, i think.

my grandma started smoking in her 30s because of stress and she hasn't stopped since. she's healthy and nearing her 80s to this day. weird, haha.

WHAT? Cigarettes makes you gain weight.

It makes it more difficult to exercise because your heart and lungs are less healthy thus making you tire more easily.

You do gain weight after you quit smoking too though because you end up snacking to fulfill your cravings... so it's kind of a lose/lose scenario unless you don't smoke at all.

My friends who do pot mostly do it for fun and to escape reality. My town is the absolute most boring hick town you will ever live in. And because it's so boring, people have taken up a profound interest in pot. I mean, I know at least a dozen people who are either sources of the chief leaf or know sources. So ... I guess it's just to get out of the boring every day life.

[S-Majere]

[font=Georgia][color=#9932CC] WHAT? Cigarettes makes you gain weight.

Don't quote me on this; but I *think* cigarettes initially slow down weight-gain by inhibiting something-or-other. Isn't it when you start to wean yourself off them that you put on weight?

[DarkImpressions]

I used to wonder that to!
Im like why do they do that but yea,I dont know.
My step-dad smokes,He said honestly,You get addicted.

[xKatt]

^ x2 Yeah you're probably right. I read that cigarettes make you gain weight in CosmoGirl. Then again that's CosmoGirl, it's not like they'll tell you the perks of smoking.

[S-Majere]

CosmoGirl *shivers*

Arrr, there be evil upon yon innocente mag shelf space.

[illriginal]

Does anyone? What is anyone's reason for doing marijuana other than to get high and generally feel good, and get rid of cancer (supposedly)? Or rather anyone other than you, I suppose. It isn't just high school kids, college kids do it too. /shrug. But I'm not going to get into a battle with you over cB like you seem to get into with everyone else. Just saying, I think it is wrong for you to single out only high school kids, since it is not just them.

Plus, I'm not sure about other schools, but my school district has been teaching us about marijuana pretty much every year in health class, so I'm sure people know a lot about the drug, and other drugs.

When I was in highschool I started off smoking just to socialize. I remember my boy, Ryan asked me if I wanted to hit the blunt, and I said sure (I didn't even think twice about it)... I smoked and enjoyed it. Basically everyday, we'd smoke 2-3 blunts. For about 6 years, it was this way.

After high school, a couple years into college I finally started to research marijuana. I stopped smoking everyday, stayed sober for 6 months to let my lungs heal (suggested by scientists, the resin of marijuana is no where near as horrible as the tar from cigarettes/cigars)

As for an education from your government funded school... they'll always slander marijuana and LSD. When the fact is, they're just ignorant. There's scientists, scholars, philosophers, etc... who smoke/drink marijuana.


If you'd like a REAL factual education, go here:
www.mindstates.org/mindstatesvipres.html

It has a bit on marijuana and a quite more on LSD/shrooms. And all of it is legit.

I'm not specifically singling out highschool kids, but from my experience, that's what highschool kids did. They smoked just to feel high. There's more to it than just a feeling. It's a very mental herb.

So adults find it easier to stave off addictions than teens?

Uh yeah, it's fact. Children and teens don't have a fully developed brain nor nervous system. An addiction is more than just some chemical or some high you love so much you gotta keep doing it. After so many times of doing whatever it is you do. Your nervous system expects you to do it everytime when ever you think you feel you need to do it.

Example, cigarettes:

It's not just the nicotine that's addicting. It's the movement of the lighter/matches, the fingers grabbing the cigarette, holdin the cigarette between your fingers, the smell of the cigarette before and after it's lit, the inhaling of the smoke, the exhaling of the smoke.

Then you have an addiction in the mind, where most people associate cigs with stress... so everytime something stresses you out, even if it's the most stupidest thing to stress over, your mind will automatically get into the "smoke a cigarette mode" instead of taking care of it naturally with it's own natural chemicals. In which balances your emotions.

So yes, a child and a teen can get addicted a lot more easier than an adult. Because the child's and teen's nervous system and brain is still under developed, both of these crucial parts of our existence will simply find doing something such as smoking cigs, doing drugs, and drinkin alcohol as a norm. As if that's what you're supposed to do for whatever reason you associate it with.

Call me just another highschooler, but do the so-called benefits of marijuana outweigh the negative effects?

What are the negatives? Didn't you take the time to read the site I linked before? I bet it'll answer every question you have. Specially since the person answering/debunking the questions/myths is a scholar.

Just curious, but what meditations do you practise?

Chakra/Mantra

Clairvoyance is my overall goal.


P.S. To get un-addicted. It's simple, stay active. Keep your mind active and keep your actions active. An idle mind is not good at all... you not controlling your mind, means your mind controls you. And your mind is very powerful. But you're more powerful, you just have to realize it. You don't need drugs or an intervention in some building to stop your addiction... you need power over your mind.

[S-Majere]

What are the negatives? Didn't you take the time to read the site I linked before? I bet it'll answer every question you have. Specially since the person answering/debunking the questions/myths is a scholar.

I didn't, no. Off-forum links bug me out. I'll head over now though.

Interesting post; seems we do only get the 'drugs = bad' idea from the media, schools and ex-addicts. I'll be looking into that.

[illriginal]

Don't quote me on this; but I *think* cigarettes initially slow down weight-gain by inhibiting something-or-other. Isn't it when you start to wean yourself off them that you put on weight?

I believe the answer is, nicotine speeds up the metabolism. While at the same time it suppresses hunger.

Here's a link, might be helpful: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/4...table_when.html

[illriginal]

I didn't, no. Off-forum links bug me out. I'll head over now though.

Interesting post; seems we do only get the 'drugs = bad' idea from the media, schools and ex-addicts. I'll be looking into that.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying go to a dealer and buy marijuana. Statistically speaking, over 60% of marijuana in the U.S. has been modified. By pesticides/bug spray, and other dangerous chemicals. It is wise to grow and smoke your own harvest, than to purchase from some middle man who's just out to make a buck.

For example, XTC... used to be 100% MDMA, but now a days, people are using fillers, like asprin, heroin, coke, ephedrine etc... so the xtc is just some cocktail of drugs mixed together which can easily kill someone.

I would never do X again, I'd do pure MDMA but that's even rare.


P.S. Sorry for double post, we really need the delete post option... sucks when we get told not to double post over and over =\

[lojay]

When I was in highschool I started off smoking just to socialize. I remember my boy, Ryan asked me if I wanted to hit the blunt, and I said sure (I didn't even think twice about it)... I smoked and enjoyed it. Basically everyday, we'd smoke 2-3 blunts. For about 6 years, it was this way.

After high school, a couple years into college I finally started to research marijuana. I stopped smoking everyday, stayed sober for 6 months to let my lungs heal (suggested by scientists, the resin of marijuana is no where near as horrible as the tar from cigarettes/cigars)

Didn't know I asked for a smoking life story.

[synthase]

younger people do it because they think it makes them look older (if you want wrinkles)

[illriginal]

Didn't know I asked for a smoking life story.

Was explaining my highschool experience, which everyone generally experiences, even if your parents won't admit it (unless they were total geeks, no offense)

That's why I used highschoolers as an example for people who really don't have a clue how you could use marijuana... and how they just smoke it for the feeling.

[S-Majere]

Was explaining my highschool experience, which everyone generally experiences, even if your parents won't admit it (unless they were total geeks, no offense)

That's why I used highschoolers as an example for people who really don't have a clue how you could use marijuana... and how they just smoke it for the feeling.

Understandable. I'm a geek - I'd never touch the stuff.

Perhaps it's the conditioning, the scare stories - 'tever. Stuff like that has some adverse effect, like it or not.

Yes, Mr T-Cracker, I'm getting round to reading your link before I reply again.

[radhikaeatsraman]

Marijuana:

Appetite Booster
Sleep Aid
Anti-Depressant (If used wisely)
Muscle Relaxer
Concentration Booster
And used prior to meditation, specifically Chakra.

Oh and Cigarettes are worst than Marijuana, and alcohol should truly be illegal, not Marijuana.

Why Marijuana Is Important And Should NOT Be Called A Drug

P.S. I don't drink alcohol, nor smoke cigarettes.

Although that site makes a convincing argument, I'm still skeptical. With all the benefits listed, there are also equal downsides. Marijuana makes you sleepier and less able to concentrate, thereby making you incompetent to drive. Although I agree pot isn't nearly as bad as cigarettes, I would never encourage anyone to regularly smoke pot.

[clarity]

Peer Pressure.


(cliche, i knowww.)

[illriginal]

Although that site makes a convincing argument, I'm still skeptical. With all the benefits listed, there are also equal downsides. Marijuana makes you sleepier and less able to concentrate, thereby making you incompetent to drive. Although I agree pot isn't nearly as bad as cigarettes, I would never encourage anyone to regularly smoke pot.

Well yeah, I said marijuana is a sleep aid. But have you experienced a high from marijuana? Keep in mind there's over 1,000 different strands of marijuana. There's also people who import it from other countries, sell them to dealers. These dealers know that the half life of marijuana (strength of THC) is pretty low. And that the marijuana will be shittier quality. So as time goes, they tend to spray chemicals onto their product making it "good" (for a crack head who doesn't care about the kind of marijuana, as long as he/she gets his/her high)

I'm not trying to boast or anything, but marijuana helped me graduate highschool. After I got my diploma, I mean when I had it in my hands, and I was in the car goin back home. I told my mom, the last two years of highschool was successful because of something she hates. And she couldn't understand, I told her it was marijuana, I smoked marijuana every morning before school (just a few drags, I didn't want to smoke my head off) and during lunch period.

The high helped me concentrate, you see... marijuana boosts your concentration, all you have to do is focus.
Why do you think marijuana is mentioned when it comes to meditation? Type this on google, "meditation and marijuana"

You'll simply be surprised.

As for the website, there was.. or still is a contest. If you can prove ANY of what is revealed to you on that site to be wrong, you can win $100k but you need to prove it with scientific study.

As for the driving, unless you're so blasted out of your mind high from the highest quality of marijuana in the world, you should be able to drive without a problem. It doesn't mess with your reaction either. Like I said before, do not let your mind idle. Take control of your mind and don't let your mind control you.

Also I would never recommend a child nor teen to smoke marijuana. I would rather them do research and let them decide (not a child, but a teen yes lol). But never would I encourage it. If you ever got into the history of the Native Indians, male's were not allowed to smoke until they were 19 years old. In other parts of the world it was as young as 16.

It just depended on what tribe believed when a boy became fully capable of handling an adult life/responsibilities.

P.S. Till this day, when I smoke... I can't be around elders nor children. I get this guilt and feel shameful because I don't want someone younger than me to think it's alright to smoke anything in general. And I don't want an elder to think I'm some scumbag loser with no life. Cuz generally, that's what most people think of pot smokers.


Oh by the way, I don't know of any negatives, other than munchies (natural reaction when your body tries to regulate itself and delude the THC with food/liquids) and the common allergic reaction to smoke, red eyes.

[illriginal]

Jeez, Grandpa Dan, you have like 10 page argument saved up for everything.

I average @ 94 WPM... so typing my full thoughts doesn't take so long, nor discourages me to take 5 minutes of my time to thoroughly explain myself. I was taught in school to give full answers. Not short ones.
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Cannabis as ADD treatment... more effective and obviously safer than Ritalin.

MSNBC's Keith Olbermann interviews a bold and honest physician/pediatrician from the University of Southern California who explains how medical cannabis can be used to treat ADD in children.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj72e...elated&search=



I remember reading Carl Sagan was an avid weed smoker and claimed to have the most powerful insights into life and the heavens while using it. And I think just about every professor at a nearby university called Evergreen smokes weed.

EDIT:
More info on Carl Sagan:
Carl Edward Sagan (November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer and astrobiologist and a highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics, and other natural sciences. He is world-famous for writing popular science books and for co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, which has been seen by more than 600 million people in over 60 countries, making it the most widely watched PBS program in history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan

Got health problems? Smoke/Drink marijuana:
http://www.worldhealth.net/p/medical-marijuana.html

Nutritionists and Bodybuilders know this well:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasodilatation

Have some humor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wixlfPnxJTo...ted&search=

[*MyMichelle*]

It's just fun. I don't do it unless I'm with friends, and I'm definitely not addicted to it. Hookah makes me relax, and weed helps w/ boredom oftentimes. I also LOVEEEE it for music. Seriously, that's probably* the best thing about the whole experience: the way the music makes you feel.

[illriginal]

It's just fun. I don't do it unless I'm with friends, and I'm definitely not addicted to it. Hookah makes me relax, and weed helps w/ boredom oftentimes. I also LOVEEEE it for music. Seriously, that's problem the best thing about the whole experience: the way the music makes you feel.

You know what's funny?... it makes me wanna go to art museums. It gives me such a deep and odd perspective when I look into the canvas of someone's art work...

I have a secret that I don't mind sharing, since non of you know me personally. But one time, when I went to an art museum, I sat there and analyzed the art in front of me, to the point I actually busted a tear. It was like I felt the emotion that was put into the art work. And my girl was like OMG... you really love art!! I felt kinda embarrassed. Yet, I loved it... because sober I can look at art and see the great design and the effort that was put into it. But never have I felt an emotion from a piece of art. Ever.

[xburnoutx00]

Different people have different reasons for doing drugs. I would never smoke pot though. Too many bad experiences with it. My boyfriend smoked pot an awful lot - he ended up getting arrested with it and now he's in rehab. Soooo - I won't ever do it. :]

[Leeko]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

[Leeko]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

[Leeko]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

[*MyMichelle*]

*PROBABLY , gah, NOT "PROBLEM"

Suz - NO!

Tama - I have not had the chance to go into any artistic revelations during my, er, experiences. I will have to try that out during art class sometime, though.

[Leeko]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

[Leeko]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

[Leeko]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

[clarity]

^ THAT'S SOME PRETTY HOTT SHIT.

XP

[Leeko]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

This post has been edited by brownsugar: Jul 18 2007, 08:07 PM

Reason for edit: Post merged. Ability to post disabled.

[clarity]

^ can you name the namesss?

fo realzzz.

psht
hoez these days, tsk tsk.

[illriginal]

CRYSTAL METH IS THE f**king SHIT, I STOLE 7 CARS AND BEAT UP 3 WHORES LAST NIGHT ON IT.

Woot! Reported for flooding :D

[*Elba*]

What a little bitch.

[illriginal]

Bump

[xKatt]

Woot! Reported for flooding :D

[Joss-eh-lime]

Tamacracker is all up on this topic! with loooong responses too.

well, what most of you are saying i pretty much knew, but aren't there other things people to could INSTEAD of drugs?

Eat healthier
join a club?!

[tr1pp1n]

^ No thats impossible

[xKatt]

^x2 Yeah but you actually have to try to eat healthier or join a club. Doing drugs is so much easier and requires less mental capacity.





Ooh trippy.

[*steve330*]

My friends who do pot mostly do it for fun and to escape reality. My town is the absolute most boring hick town you will ever live in. And because it's so boring, people have taken up a profound interest in pot. I mean, I know at least a dozen people who are either sources of the chief leaf or know sources. So ... I guess it's just to get out of the boring every day life.

Then y'all aren't going the right places. I can have plenty o' fun in the houston area.

[xKatt]

Then y'all aren't going the right places. I can have plenty o' fun in the houston area.

Yeah well you don't live in Katy, do you?

Katy is specifically made for middle-aged folk with small children or retired people looking to settle down and live out the rest of their years. I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO AN ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT CENTER.

There is nothing for teenagers to do here.

[*steve330*]

Cept, well, maybe, go elsewhere? I live in Sugar Land. Do you know what that is? It's for a billion houses and not much to do. Do y'all have a movie theater and a mall, cuz that's pretty much what we have.

[illriginal]

I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO AN ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT CENTER.

You know... I bet that treatment center uses pot to heal their patients



If you gaze at this picture ^
you start to see the picture get deeper ^^;

Then the colors start to come at you <,<

[x_curse_of_the_c...]

i heard that one joint is as bad as four cigarettes because it isn't filtered. am i right or wrong?

[illriginal]

i heard that one joint is as bad as four cigarettes because it isn't filtered. am i right or wrong?

Wrong.

Because it's the tar that's worst than the resin.

Tar = Cigarette

Resin = Marijuana


Comparing cigarettes to marijuana joints is like comparing apples to oranges... just doesn't work out.

What you could compare with cigarettes is cigars. Now smoking a cigar is like smoking 20 cigarettes.

Also the myth about marijuana puts holes in your brains, that's a lie too. New study shows that they're not holes. In fact they're "patches" of thicker cell wall... average of 300% more thicker than a human who's never smoked before.

This of course isn't bad, because the cell wall is just like a shield. It's between your actual brain and your skull.

[falsetigerlimbs]

I started doing them to be cool, then because it was fun, then because it was the only way I could have fun, and finally because I was addicted.

[*steve330*]

Meh, pot aint so bad. I do it a couple times per month, but not very much when I do it, just enough to get a buzz. Getting high can be tricky lol, sometimes once you get the initial high it's hard to stop yourself from smoking more.

[illriginal]

I started doing them to be cool, then because it was fun, then because it was the only way I could have fun, and finally because I was addicted.

Damn... that sucks, I'm sorry. (no pun intended, yes serious)

[*Elba*]

Legal or not, I would say they like the way it makes them feel. I like to drink because I break out of my shell. I'm more open with everyone and I can't stfu.

[falsetigerlimbs]

Damn... that sucks, I'm sorry. (no pun intended, yes serious)

Yep. But I'm too stubborn; nobody could have stopped me.

Writing that this morning actually put things into perspective for me. I had never put my progression down in words like that before.

Regarding pot, I agree that it's less dangerous than alcohol in many ways, but the problem is that it's also a gateway drug for a lot of people. Yes, there are many who can stop there and not try any others, but the vast majority of people who are addicted to hard drugs started out with marijuana.

[illriginal]

Regarding pot, I agree that it's less dangerous than alcohol in many ways, but the problem is that it's also a gateway drug for a lot of people. Yes, there are many who can stop there and not try any others, but the vast majority of people who are addicted to hard drugs started out with marijuana.

Oh yeah true... marijuana could definitely be a gateway drug. But again so is alcohol (alcohol + prescription drugs).

Marijuana got me curious back in college to try out LSD, shrooms, and XTC. But I never got addicted to them. I enjoyed them and only done them 3-4 times in a a year.

[falsetigerlimbs]

Oh yeah true... marijuana could definitely be a gateway drug. But again so is alcohol (alcohol + prescription drugs).

Marijuana got me curious back in college to try out LSD, shrooms, and XTC. But I never got addicted to them. I enjoyed them and only done them 3-4 times in a a year.

Yeah that's true also, about alcohol. But I think that people tend to say, "Well I smoke pot and I don't touch anything else, so it can't be a gateway drug!" But seriously, if you talk to almost any drug addict, they'll tell you they started out with pot. ;p

LSD, shrooms and ecstasy aren't too addictive. But if you try anything harder than that, you're probably in trouble.

[illriginal]

LSD, shrooms and ecstasy aren't too addictive. But if you try anything harder than that, you're probably in trouble.

Naw I'm good... I don't mess with any other drugs. Only Euphoric ones, (L, Shrooms, Pot)

[*MyMichelle*]

Those f**king stupid ads that schools hang up about pot are so wrong. x_x

Drugs are fine as long as the person using them is a strong person and control themselves. Marijuana is definitely a gateway drug, considering it's so safe, it gives a false sense of security.

[illriginal]

Those f**king stupid ads that schools hang up about pot are so wrong. x_x

Drugs are fine as long as the person using them is a strong person and control themselves. Marijuana is definitely a gateway drug, considering it's so safe, it gives a false sense of security.

Bingo.

[Rachel]

I love the one where the girls dog starts talking to her in the kitchen. It doesn't make me want to stop smoking pot, it makes me wanna find the shit she smoked to have her dog talk to her.

[*Elba*]

I love the one where the girls dog starts talking to her in the kitchen. It doesn't make me want to stop smoking pot, it makes me wanna find the shit she smoked to have her dog talk to her.

[*SayBloodyMary*]

I love the one where the girls dog starts talking to her in the kitchen. It doesn't make me want to stop smoking pot, it makes me wanna find the shit she smoked to have her dog talk to her.

Lol I love you.

People do the stuff they want to do. It is that simple.

[ItsAMansWorld]

Lately, I've been wondering why people use drugs and smoke.

To de-stress?
To make friends?
Just to have fun?
It seemed cool?

If you have tried drugs or cigarettes why do you do it?

If you haven't, why do you think others use them?

Are there any alternatives to using drugs/smoking, that will give a similar outcome? Like say, finding a hobby or joining a club?

I'm seriously just curious. I'm not judging. Nothing harsh please

Sometimes drugs/alcohol are used as a tool to deal with life. Most of the time those people weren't really taught how to deal with emotions, so that is the only way to do it.

[*IVIike*]

people do it for a lot of reasons i guess probably peer pressure the most though

[elaboratedream]

People do it cuz they enjoy it. easy as that.

[*Podomaht*]

weed is great


so is heroine.

[Rachel]

^I'm partial to meth .

[*Podomaht*]

crystal meth is only good if you have no money whatsoever, as it can be created in a small kitchen with even the most beginner's chemical lab set.

heroine is great when i can get it, but hydrocodone is great cause it's about 4x times more potent than heroine.

[*shotgunFUNERAL*]

True, it's good to just wait until you're an adult, with a mature mind and more self control. I realized that high schoolers don't even know the benefits of marijuana, they just smoke it to feel high.

In my case, I only smoke on the weekends. I used to smoke every time before meditating, but I had to learn how to meditate while sober.

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[illriginal]

that was seriously funny.

I'm glad you find that funny, there's a lot of things I find hilarious myself

[KingSeoul]

because it tastes good.

[breakingdawn]

Why does anyone do anything? Because it's there and it's new and they're curious.

[KingSeoul]

Curiosity killed the human.

[illriginal]

Curiosity killed the human.

I love that quote :P

[KingSeoul]

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[xhidethedetails]

Eh I started smoking because I was depressed. Now its just a bad habit.

[Joss-eh-lime]

People do it cuz they enjoy it. easy as that.

sure but im asking why they start. it runs deeper than "they enjoy and thats that"

[*Elba*]

Curiosity.

Curiosity killed the cat.

[lostgrl16]

people i know smoked cigarettes to be cool when we were underaged. then it was cool to turn 18 and be able to legally buy cigarettes, which they of course tried and got addicted. i tried cigarettes once, didnt like it lol. my boyfriend smokes cigars but i think he enjoys just randomly doing so rather than being addicted.

[arghrawr]

Our (American) culture makes weed out to be this horrible mystery drug and more funding is put into campaigns against weed more than anything else. Why wouldn't you want to try it after it's been labeled such a taboo? Especially since all those commercials don't really mention any health defects.
Drinking and smoking just because alcohol and ciggarettes are easier to obtain than weed. Because it's there. Because it's viewed as a social norm and people don't see a reason not to.

[*Steven*]

Actually, I'd make a wager to say that more money is put into anti-cigarette than anti-weed.

[*Insurmountable*]

I love the one where the girls dog starts talking to her in the kitchen. It doesn't make me want to stop smoking pot, it makes me wanna find the shit she smoked to have her dog talk to her.

OMG, I know what you mean. xD I was talking to someone about that the other day because we were watching tv when it came on xD very funny.

I'd have to agree with the curiousity thing..I guess the curiosity hasn't hit me yet.

[arghrawr]

Actually, I'd make a wager to say that more money is put into anti-cigarette than anti-weed.

I have yet to see an anti-cig action, but I've seen commercials, fliers, and heard commercials on the radio all anti-weed. Perhaps I just pay attention to the anti-weed movements.

[*Moderator*]

As lame as it sounds, I think its from peer pressure and wanting to be "cool". I mean think about it, there are better ways to relieve stress than doing drugs but they choose to do drugs just cause it sounds and is riskier.

[*Insurmountable*]

^Perhaps, of course it sounds like a common answer and reason though.
-shrugs- When I went to public school I hanged out with all the pot heads but I never smoked? I guess I just never cared enough about fitting in.

[*Steven*]

I have yet to see an anti-cig action, but I've seen commercials, fliers, and heard commercials on the radio all anti-weed. Perhaps I just pay attention to the anti-weed movements.

Have you seriously not seen all those cigarette commercials where it tells you about the chemicals in one cigarette, where it has all the body outlines all over the sidewalks, where it has the guy with the gross teeth, where it tells you that cow milk is worse than a cigarette (in sarcasm)?