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.