Have you ever Tried pot?

[CMT]

Well the presidential candidates were asked, so I thought I would ask fellow DUers if you have ever smoked a joint (or two).

As I recall it Dean, Kerry, and Edwards answered yes.
Mosley-Braun declined to answer.
Sharpton, Kucinich answered NO.

I forget which way Clark, Gep, and Lieberman answered.

[Virgil]

1. Not only tried it - I convicted it.

It is not any thing to fear. It is not addictive and it is part of the answer to alcoholism. The stuff needs to be legalized in the worst way and if it were the free land some people think it is instead of plutocratic/Nazi America it would be.

[piece sine]

7. Tried it??!

Even the serious risk to my budding career in DC legal circles can't stop from enjoying those things that I LOVE.

[MercutioATC]

2. Clark and Lieberman were "no"s. I don't remember Gep.

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[rucky]

8. short-term memory loss?

[youngred]

17. he wasn't there

so he didn't answer

[MercutioATC]

94. That would explain it :)

.

[Ediacara]

27. Kucinich was also a "no" IIRC

[Terwilliger]

32. he was

[teevee]

150. didn't Dean dance around it

Then say yes after the others admitted it?

[Terwilliger]

156. that's correct

it happened exactly that way

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

3. The only candidate that gave the right answer was Carol Moseley-Braun

When she said it's none of your business.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

5. no, the only candidate that gave the right answer was Kucinich

who said that he hadn't done it but he'd decriminalize it.

[youngred]

23. she said she wasn't going to answer

she didn't say it was none of anyone's business

[Zero Gravitas]

4. kettle

[Zynx]

6. Nope.

Never have and never will.

[Il_Coniglietto]

191. Same here

Of course, I'm only 16, but I have no desire whatsoever to smoke it. Just not my thing. Some of my friends loves it though.

[elfwitch]

9. tried it...loved it

Still partake at least once a week.
I hgihly reccommend to anyone that is curious.
I like it WAY better than alcohol.

I guess I'll never hold public office. Unless I had an (R) after my name, in which case it wouldn't matter. But I would never let and (R) appear after my name, so back to no public offices for me.

[JVS]

10. A friend showed me how to make a bong out of a pop bottle recently

[elfwitch]

11. bongs...

You can make a bong out of damn near anything if you are creative enough.

[JVS]

18. This one was like Mr. Wizard gone bad

He had a special bottle cap with a bowl connected to it and an opening to draw smoke through, into the bottle. The bottle had a small hole near the bottom. Fill with water while covering the hole, put on cap. Hold lighter to bowl and uncover hole near bottom. Water drains out, smoke comes in. Remove cap. Inhale smoke.

[iverglas]

103. but when creativity ... and motivation ... fail you ...

Well, I'm just rather fond of toilet paper cardboard rolls, with a hole cut out and some old tinfoil from last summer's fast food (I don't *buy* that non-degradable foil stuff, I'm a child of the 60s who tries to tread lightly; do you people actually call it aluminum foil?) -- taped on so it makes a nice deep little bowl, with some holes punched in it using whatever old political campaign button is hanging on the lampshade ... hand over the end, all set.

I mean, if memory serves and all that.

.

[blindpig]

210. known in my youth as a "steamboat" n/t

[Some Moran]

197. OMFG...Let's criminalise possessions....

Drug War is Stalinism!

[PurityOfEssence]

12. I wouldn't necessarily say "tried".

I'd say more on the order of "exhaustively researched".

So?

[Beetwasher]

24. LOL!

Yeah, I'm in that category...

[meegbear]

13. Used to be a major buzzcat ...

now just an occasional taste if offered.

[DrWeird]

14. I don't trust or like people who haven't.

Exceptions made for those with medical conditions, kids, and those who lack availablity.

[elfwitch]

16. in the club

It does kinda let you know a little about someone in advance if you know that about them. My husband had never tried before he met me. He is now quite the convert.

[ozone_man]

155. How can you be that old and never have smoked?

Didn't these folks grow up in the 60's? I like Braun's answer, and Dean, Kerry, and Edwards for coming out with a yes.

[Clark Can WIN]

200. Sounds kind of paranoid and closed minded of you

I've had friends that are regular users. Even though it's not my choice I didn't hold it against them, but yet you would be unwilling to trust me.............. because I don't use?


These are your priorities?

[Nikia]

15. It is really no big deal

Trying it may be illegal but occaisional use is not unhealthy. As long as you are in a safe environemnt, nothing bad will happen to you if you smoke pot one time. In some states, its illegality is equivalent to a traffic ticket. I think that anyone who would not vote for a candidate because they smoked pot is very misinformed.

[Ctuser]

50. you don't have to smoke it

it makes very good brownies I got the whole family to try it back in 69 at a family party only told one uncle and he started mixing it in is pipe blend

[_NorCal_D_]

19. No

Not interested I guess. B-)

[nostamj]

20. 30+ years now...

much more pleasant and less damaging than booze.

just a hit or two these days (but, it's good stuff, natch)

[maveric]

21. Oh man!! I cant remember Man!!!! Uh...... Lemmee think now..

Ahhh... I think so.

I like pot but with the frequent random testing down here in San Diego I chose to give it up to maintain employment.

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[elfwitch]

28. lotta people not to trust here then...

I'd imagine quite a few DUers have or still do rock the ganja.
I don't think it is the pot that made him steal. He probably stole hopped up on milk too. Pot is not evil, people are.

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[elfwitch]

37. I know a lot of Republicans who steal...

They rob the American public to buy bigger houses and bigger cars. they use their stolen funds to oppress the masses and make everyone miserable.

I'd take a pot smoker over a Republican any day.

[Clark Can WIN]

201. No kidding Elfwitch

Believe it or effin not, we got a Christmas letter one year, from the husband of one of my husbands classmates, bragging about how they took a Carribian vacation and wrote it off on their taxes.............. and then proceeded to brag about all the other loopholes their advisor had found them.

We were living in a mobile home at the time and scratching to get by while we were both continuing our educations.

I don't toke, but I'll take a pot smoker over a Repub any day too.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

53. 5....4.....3....2....1.. It's Tombstoning time!

[burythehatchet]

160. huh...huh

you said tombSTONE

[nostamj]

63. oh please....

i haven't stolen anything for any purpose (much less getting weed) in my entire life.

talk about sweeping generalizations (not to mention narrow-minded ignorance) sheesh! and feh!

[youngred]

70. Please!

I know plenty of Pot smokers. Some steal, but that pre-dates their pot smoking days and they will do it for fun. Some kids on college like to steal, that doesn't make all pot smokers theives.

When they run out of money they wait to buy more...duh

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[Screaming Lord Byron]

86. And what are you addicted to, Harry Man?

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[thebigidea]

95. can I mainline it?

[youngred]

96. hahahahha

You CAN get addicted to Pot, however it is EXTREMELY EXTREMELY RARE.

All of my friends are potheads, if they can't afford it they wait.

Sorry, your isolated experiences don't add up to the truth

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[thebigidea]

112. you should only trust what the elves in your head say, HarryMan

thankfully, you appear to be heeding their directions.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

120. How are things at Free Republic these days, Harry.

[youngred]

125. HAHAHHAHAHA

Man you're great!

considering I spend the majority of my time with them and I see their actions all the time I doubt it.

My roomate is a hardcore pothead and I have *Never* noticed anything of mine to go missing. Well except a lot of the food in the place, but he always asks before taking that.

And I'll make friends with whomever I damnwell please, I'd take them over someone as paranoid over a harmless naturally occurring herb anydat

[Nikia]

127. I know my pothead friends wait

Yes, some of them are addicts and they are less pleasant to be around when they haven't had any pot for a few days. When I say they are addicts, I mean that they are heavy smokers and go through a relatively mild withdrawal which is similiar to the emotional aspects of some (not the most severe cases) women's PMS. It is also relatively inexpensive for all but the heaviest users and some of my friends that I'd call heavy users spend more on cigarettes than they do on pot. Should we not trust cigarette addicts either? Do you trust people that go to bars and get drunk? That can be an expensive addiction as well.

[bicentennial_baby]

31. Bwahahahaha

I'm sorry, but smoking pot does not cause kleptomania! Sounds like you roommate had a case of the sticky fingers, simple as that. Now if he was a heroin addict, you might be onto something, but I think you're barking up the wrong tree with this one.

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[Beetwasher]

45. Or maybe they don't smoke. Stop being so ignorant.

Get bent! Pot is NOT addictive and people are NOT compelled to smoke it when they don't have any so they're NOT compelled to steal to get it.

The tripe you're spewing is unbeleivably ignorant. And don't even tell me that pot IS addictive because you'd be full of it. I worked in drug addiction research for quite a few years and it is NOT addictive.

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[Beetwasher]

58. You're incredibly ignorant

Have you ever read the studies done on marijuana use? It is NOT addictive. Go argue w/ the scientists. You keep making making yourself look like a bigger and bigger fool with every post.

Why are there many many many more recreational pot smokers who only smoke occasionally? If it was addictive, that wouldn't be the case.

Do cigarette smokers steal for cigarettes? Cigarettes ARE addictive you know. Nicotine is one of the most addictive substances there is.

You are amazingly ignorant.

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[elfwitch]

71. yeah so did the movie "Reefer Madness"

And boy was that an accurate portrayal of pot smokers.
:crazy:

[Beetwasher]

77. What's your excuse?

You've obviously got a warped mind and know absolutely nothing about drug addiction. What would expect the DEA to say? Go ahead kids, toke up!

Go ahead, wallow in your ignorance.

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[Beetwasher]

102. Then alert me

I call it as I see it. Do you still claim the DEA does studies on drugs?

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[DrWeird]

99. Want to know about DEA tests?

The DEA shoves twenty pounds of marijuana ruffage down a dogs throat, killing it, and then when the dog dies they say marijuana is dangerous. That's how the DEA does it.

Real scientific studies, double blind studies, good studies have shown over and over again that marijuana isn't addictive or dangerous or have any of the harmful effects the DEA says it does.

The DEA is a pack of liars and everybody knows it.

You can look up the studies the FDA did on THC when they approved it for human consumption years ago.

[Nikia]

131. Who smokes 20 joints per day or even week?

That can last regular users all month if they don't share. I know that could stay high off of that all month. Most of my pot smoking friends who also smoke cigarettes spend more on cigarettes.

[DrWeird]

59. You went to college?

OK, maybe pot smoking Bob Jones students like to steal shit.

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[youngred]

80. do you think perhaps.....they like it?

why do people continue to have sex? are they addicted? would you steal to buy a hooker?
why do people continue to read the news? are they addicted? Would you steal to get your NYT fix?
Why do people continue to watch TV? are they addicted? Do they steal to pay their cable bill?


It's very ignorant

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[youngred]

105. have a link for that "stat"

or is that more BS?

Alright

When Cigarrette smokers have no money do they steal tu support their fix? Nicotine is one of the most addicting drugs of all. But I don't see a great rash of people stealing for ciggs, just like there isn't for pot

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[DrWeird]

119. Wassa matter, Harryman getting tired?

Maybe baby needs a nap?

20 cigarettes will last a smoker a day. 20 joints will last a smoker months.

[Beetwasher]

123. tombSTONED!

n/t

[DrWeird]

130. Took long enough.

I'd better get back to work so I make an income and afford to pay for rent, bills, food, an new car, clothes, entertainment, miscellaneous, and bail for when I get arrested for stealing so I can spend ten dollars on a dime bag.

[nonconformist]

126. Ha! You're obviously very uninformed about pot

The average cigarette smoker smokes 1 pack (20 cigs) a day. The average pot smoker does NOT smoke 20 joints a day! It would be hard to even physically do that. You cannot overdose on pot, your body won't allow it. This has also been proven medically by the way. You'd pass out or vomit before you could smoke that much in one day. In my experience, the average pot smoker smokes anywhere from 1-3 joints a week. A heavy user might smoke as much as 1 or 2 joints a day. And believe me, I've known some mighty heavy pot smokers in my day and it's cheaper than a habit of cigarettes, heavy drinking and by FAR cheaper than other drugs.

[youngred]

129. wrong

you're getting your dosages mixed up man.

Ciggs cost $5 in most places. The same as a joint. Smoking a joint gets you high for 45 mins-1 hour. Ciggarettes may not be as expensive, but they certainly are NOT cheap.

We're not missing the point...YOU HAVE NO POINT. Just an overgeneralization based on a bad experience and a LOT of paranoia. Repeating the lie will not make it true

[Nikia]

142. A joint gets me high for the rest of the day

If I smoke after work. In fact, that much gets me too high and is uncomfortable for the first hour with very little remembered during that hour. An hour high for me can be achieved in 2-3 hits and I take relatively small hits. I usually share a joint with 3-4 friends.
I agree with you, youngred, since many people use cigarettes heavily, it can be a more expensive habit than smoking a little pot every day.

[DrWeird]

107. Oxycontin is a drug.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

[nonconformist]

97. No, pot is not chemically addictive

It may be psychologically addictive, but than again anything can be. Sex and overeating come to mind.

But things like alcohol and tobacco ARE chemically addictive. Would you paint all cigarette smokers with the "thief!" brush? How do working class people afford to smoke anyway... oh, they must steal to support the habit! /sarcasm

Look, I've struggled with addiction many years ago with painkillers. Unfortunately, I do smoke cigarettes and I can guarantee you that there is a major difference between those addictions and the what could best be called "desire" to smoke weed. Not to mention this has been medically proven.

Just because you've had some run-ins with some people who would stoop to such levels doesn't mean for one second that you can make such broad generalizations. It smacks of "all blacks are criminals" and other tired and uninformed generalizations.

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[Solomon]

180. Why don't you go and smoke some so you can stop

being so ignorant about it?

[bitchkitty]

173. You don't know what you're talking about. n/t

[bicentennial_baby]

47. You're dead wrong friend

I smoke pot, and when I run out, I wait till I have money for more. being a recreational drug user does not make you into a thief. Same goes for my fiancee, my brother, and my friends. We're not kleptos...frankly, I'm insulted by your ridiculous blanket generalization.

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[nostamj]

73. harry is stoned out of his gourd

he thinks he's doing comedy

or, he's impossibly ignorant and insulting.

take another toke, maybe you'll do us all a favor and pass out

[DrWeird]

83. Ah yes, pot smokers are liars.

Like I know all kinds of pot smokers who will sign an online agreement not to be a distruptor and then have no intention of obeying the rules.

Liars like that.

[youngred]

84. sure you're not smoking

you sound awfully paranoid.

and the last person to call it 'rasta' died in 1970.

It's very much a blanket generalization

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[youngred]

111. then your life is a rare exception I think

because it doesn't match up with any information i have ever seen

Besides personal experience is not enough to make a broad generalization. You'd be laughed out of any logical debate forum for that

[Screaming Lord Byron]

122. Are you sure it wasn't a movie? I know your type gets confused.

[thebigidea]

91. tough neighborhoods of Bloomington?

reminds me of Mike Nelson of MST3K talking about knowing the "street" because he was from Wisconsin.

[thebigidea]

54. I have to go steal some kid's nintendo so I can buy reefer right now...

man, just one fix man... that's what I need to set me straight... just a taste... c'mon, man...

[bicentennial_baby]

57. ROTFLMAO!!!!

Ack, you made me spew coffee! Keep em coming!

[thebigidea]

62. man, you think that's funny?

I was up all night scraping resin from the pipe and all I got was a 20 minute headache.

man, just one bag is all I need...

your XBOX could get it for me, I get a good deal at the pawn shop.

[bicentennial_baby]

65. One more hit...

Just one hit...I'm feelin the need to thieve!

[Zorra]

178. Lol, that's a big 4:20, good buddy.

6 up!

[rucky]

34. I don't trust people who make sweeping generalizations

based upon a singular experience.

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[Beetwasher]

51. It Sure Sounds Like you Just Crawled Out from Under One

Or maybe you just hang out with the wrong people. That's YOUR bad judgement for fraternizing w/ people who steal. Pot is NOT addictive. It is addictive substances that ultimately lead to abusers stealing to get them. Ignorance is not a virtue.

[JVS]

55. In all fairness the Room-mate could have been assigned by the college

In which case it is just one of those unfortunate things that he was a theiving asshole

[thebigidea]

76. are you nuts? Pot makes you bug out and steal copies of Super Mario Kart!

I've seen it happen!

I've seen rape - induced by just a tiny puff on a "marijuana cigarette," as they call them.

Be careful - the next victim... COULD BE YOU!

[JVS]

79. It made me steal twinkies from my friends

Actually, I just ate them. My friends had grown tired of them anyway. They bought a jumbo box for deep-frying and had had their fill.

[yella_dawg]

139. It'll make you steal Mario Kart???

Shit! I'm quittin' right now.

[Goldmund]

60. Well, how ever many days it's been...

...it's about time you learn how to spell "yesterday", stop making absurdly ridiculous generalizations, and have a toke.

[maveric]

66. I've seen people steal to buy booze, which is addicting. Does that

mean that you dont trust those who drink alcohol either?
What a Moran!!

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[youngred]

116. weed costs about $5 a high (bowl, blunt, whatever)

IOW gets you more stoned than alcohol gets you drunk and cheaper.

[elfwitch]

182. I suppose that depends on where you buy yours...

Where I live, it goes for about $40-$60 an ounce.
That lasts for quite some time.

[youngred]

121. It costs about $5 per bowl/joint

IOW gets you more stoned than alcohol gets you drunk and cheaper.

You are running on only your experience which is full of inaccuracies...get some facts (true facts) and then make a decision for yourself

[Goldmund]

36. That's pretty ignorant

Are you sure he didn't steal your books because he was black?

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[Goldmund]

Ah, he was white?

So it wasn't his race that made him steal!

My bad dude.

[kimchi]

189. ROFLMAO!

How DARE you make me lose that hit!

[JVS]

49. Really? My friend Bilal is taking the actuarial exams so he can afford it

I guess different people resort to different measures

[Quahog]

74. Ignorance of Rasta

Your use of the word "rasta" as a euphemism for cannabis is singular. In my many years of associating with smokers and working with Jamaicans in reggae bands, I've never heard the word used that way.

"Rasta" is shorthand for "Rastafarian," a follower of the Itations of Rastafari. I have neither the time nor the inclination to give you a dissertation on this religious sect, you can read up on it yourself with a bit of googling. But your confusion of "ganja" with "Rasta" makes your posts suspect to begin with.

What makes them even moreso is your implication that the desire by anyone to purchase marijuana makes them more likely to steal than someone desirous of any other posession. Drugs which are physically addictive often drive addicts to criminal behavior to fund their addiction. Marijuana is not addictive in the way of heroin or methamphetimines (abusers of these drugs often commit crimes to facilitate their habit). I've known guys in my life who stole stuff out of parked cars to get beer money. This is anecdotal, and does nothing to establish the proposition that beer drinkers are chronic theives because of their beer addiction.

You're not going to get far on DU with arguments like these. A bit more research, fact-finding, erudition and tact are required unless you wish to make yourself unwelcome.

[bicentennial_baby]

82. Thank you!

"Your use of the word "rasta" as a euphemism for cannabis is singular. In my many years of associating with smokers and working with Jamaicans in reggae bands, I've never heard the word used that way."

So I'm not crazy? I've never heard it called that before.

[Quahog]

128. You're not crazy

As a matter of fact, that usage of the word is disrespectful. It's like calling a shot of Irish whiskey a "Catholic" or calling a falafel sandwich a "Muslim."

This guy is definitely not from the hood (well, maybe the hood of Bloomington....).

[Terwilliger]

104. hahah...what an idiot

go home, troll boy...we don't need ya!

[laruemtt]

166. hee-hee

can't wait to show this to DH - he's jamaican. what a scream. gotta love ignorance for the entertainment value, no?

[DrWeird]

40. Never trust anybody who doesn't.

They're moral cowards and philistines. On the same order as people who don't eat foreign food because it's too spicy, people who refuse to watch rated R movies because they're to violent, and people who refuse to listen to rap music because they're racist.

[thebigidea]

46. you should deny them jobs and haircuts, too

back o the bus, ya damn hippies!

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88. the fiends! they should be executed ASAP!

take the law into your own hands, man. Start a grand jihad to wipe the filthy hairless hippies and their Canadian crack-marijuana off the face of the earth!

YOU are the leader the Drug War has needed all this time...

YOU are the only hope for a world free of thieving hairless hippies!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

134. Where'd Harry Man go? Made the most sense I've ever heard on DU.

irony ends

[Terwilliger]

72. That just makes you an idiot

not a keen observer about the morals of pot smokers

[iverglas]

81. apparently it makes you real stupid?

"When I was in college my roomate was a pot smoker and
he stole quite a few of my items includding my school books."

I mean, yeah, I used to smoke pot and steal course books -- but from the bookstore, not from my roommate. She was taking very boring courses.

Ah, the 60s. Couldn't remember, this morning, whether I ever participated in a US flag-burning at a Vietnam demo, but I did remember setting my hair on fire lighting a joint in the main hall at a Liberal Party of Canada convention.

Got to drink fine liqueur with the lesser-known rogue Marcel, but never got to do a doobie with Pierre. Did do the deed with a close relation of Colin Thatcher, the Saskatchewan politician still serving his life sentence for having his wife murdered.

Aha, six degrees of separation.

I used to live with a Texan, call him Butch. He'd lived in Austin with a woman named ... I forget. She used to be married to Jay had been quite the life of the party -- spent some of his nights with Koo Stark and Jerry Hall, apparently. And in what, 5? short steps, that hooks me up with Andrew and Mick ... and yeah, a whole bunch of other really old people that hardly anyone here has ever heard of ...

C'mon. You just can't ask about smoking pot and not expect to hear the stories.

.

[GobGoober]

133. There's a solution to that, grow your own

Then you don't run out and you usually have lots to share.

[hippiegranny]

145. following your reasoning

junior boyking must smoke it by the kilo every day.

[0rganism]

148. I hereby proclaim thee King of Trolls

Follow the logic!

1) My college roommate was a pot smoker

2) My college roommate stole quite a few of my items

Therefore, from 1 & 2, all pot smokers are thieves.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Maybe your roommie robbed you because you're a dumbass and he liked seeing you run around the room looking for your "items"?

HAHAHAHAHA

[Lefty48197]

163. You've been tombstoned Harry

perhaps you'd like to consider getting a life?

[youngred]

25. Clark and Lieberman said no

Kucinich answered no, but that he would decriminalize

[mmonk]

26. yes and no

myself and Clark

[Guaranteed]

29. Sharpton never toked up?

LOL yeah RIGHT!!

[Terwilliger]

41. why do you assume he did?

:shrug:

[Atman]

43. Sharpton? Not within three hours of the debate.

So say his aides.

(Not really...Tawana told me).

[youngred]

87. he said he was raised in the church

and they didn't go for that

[Isome]

106. Oooo, it's good of you to identify yourself...

Now that I know the opinions you have (on this issue), I can place any other posts of yours in proper perspective.

[xJlM]

30. I would add, "Embraced it lovingly"

Many years ago, of course. For those who don't know, I'm a recovering addict. I haven't used any drugs (other than those prescribed by a licensed physician) for nearly fourteen years, and I'm not likely to start. That doesn't mean i think less about anyone else who does use drugs, just that it's no longer an option for me.

[Howardx]

39. i havent tried pot

yet today:)

[bobja]

42. I was once arrested and jailed for being under the influence

They were right about that so my answer is yes

[Isome]

48. Tried it more than once...

It was a young person thing... going along with the gang and all that immature stuff. It wasn't that interesting for me. Time moved too damn slow, it made everything seem boring... and my mouth was too dry! I never did get "the munchies", but I ate like crazy trying to get rid of the dry mouth.

I know a few people who do it on a regular basis. One of them is in high tech, one of them teaches junior college, and the other one works for a credit reporting agency. Two of those three have multiple degrees. A little mary ju-wana never hurt anyone.

[sandnsea]

64. Tried?? No, I actually smoked it

Tried. :eyes: You don't TRY pot.

[Isome]

68. No, really, I just TRIED it... *lol*

[PassingFair]

194. Yeah, I tried it too, but it's OK, because I never

... exhaled.

[maveric]

100. Harryman,please leave before you make yourself look stupider.

Save yourself a morsel of dignity and leave this thread! I care about you Harry and I want to help you! Put it away Harry! Ignorance is addictive too.

[nostamj]

124. too late... his addiction to disruption

led to his demise....

[Ficus]

110. I bet this will show up

on some RW news site or on some idiot talk show. "See look. DU is just a bunch of drugged out losers!"

and hey, I love to rock the Ganj. Put that in your pipe and smoke it rush...

:smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly::smoke::silly:

[in_cog_ni_to]

113. Grocery list....

Potato Chips

Chocolate Chip cookies

Pot

Cheetos

Hershey Chocolate Bars

Pot

Pizza Bites

Rolling Papers

Pot

French Fries

New Bong

Popcorn

Ice Cream

Pot.

Bagel Chips

Tootsie Roll Pops

Pot :7

Yup, was a staple in my house for years. Started smoking it when I was 14 and quit when I was 35. Haven't smoked it for about 13 years though. I DO miss it. :( LOVED it! The only thing I don't miss about it is the "munchies"....man, that was unbelieveable.

[NoPasaran]

144. Don't forget the matches!

Lighting a doobie off the stove burner is dangerous.

[in_cog_ni_to]

170. Burned my hair

so many times doing that! LOL! :7

[laruemtt]

162. what about the m&m's?

remember - plain were chemical and peanut were organic - big bowls full. one thing's for certain - if we all smoked i know there'd be no war!

[in_cog_ni_to]

171. Make Love** Not War!

remember? How the HELL did I forget M & M's?? Man, those were one of the BEST munchie foods!

[librechik]

117. Well, the Zigzag man has a tattoo of me

har cough cough

[GobGoober]

132. I just tried it today

I'll probably try it again tomorrow.

Maybe the day after, too.

:evilgrin:

[elfwitch]

140. There is no try...

There is only do or do not.
-Yoda

[Clark Can WIN]

203. mmmmmMMMMMMMMMMmmmmmmmmmm

So say you..........

[bobthedrummer]

135. Dennis Kucinich on pot is pro-legalization

eom

[Nikia]

136. I smoke it

It is good stuff. There are a lot of things that are worse.

[RichardRay]

137. Don't now, used to, probably will again

I work for a company that does random drug testing and that considers smoking grounds for dismissal. Since we have employees directly responsible for lives based on immediate decision making and accurate performance of moderately complex tasks I guess it makes some sense, although my job doesn't require either of those things. It's a good job, so in balance it's worth giving up smoking dope to keep it.

OTOH, I smoked for years and enjoyed it, even grew some truly remarkable weed for personal and local consumption for several years. When I'm retired I am pretty certain I'll have a little patch someplace - I've got seeds stashed waiting for the day.

A couple of years ago my father was being treated for various problems. The side effects of the treatment were ameliorated by smoking dope (or eating brownies). It was pretty funny when I went to the HR department here and told them I was travelling to Portland, OR to score some dope for my father :-)

[buddhamama]

138. i have, didn't like it. it produced in me an overwhelming urge to steal

;-)

[RebelOne]

141. Of course, but I didn't inhale.

[elperromagico]

153. "Didn't inhale"

For some reason, that line sounds to me a bit like saying, "I tried sex, but I was the only one in the room."

[scarletwoman]

143. "Marijuana Linked to Sitting Around and Getting High"

The National Institute of Health released the results of a controversial new study today, one that links the drug marijuana to sitting around and getting high. The study, a comprehensive five-year survey of drug use among Americans, also suggests a possible connection between marijuana and getting baked off your ass.

"We have found that where there's marijuana," explained Institute spokesperson Roger Krell, "there's also a good chance of finding stoners on a couch passing around a bong." Krell added that in such situations, "There is also a strong likelihood of finding incense, a TV, and some chips, usually Ruffles."

Krell would neither confirm nor deny the alleged link between marijuana and Pink Floyd's The Wall. He would confirm, however, that the album rules. "There is some seriously fucked-up shit on that album," he said. "Especially side two. Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb..."

Marijuana, or "pot," as it is called on the street, is a harmless drug that helps you relax and feel mellow. Its only known side-effects are occasional uncontrollable laughter and mild hunger, or "the munchies."

http://www.theonion.com/onion3001w/marijuana.html

sw
:smoke:

[elperromagico]

152. LMAO

What about the conclusive link between smoking marijuana and eating at Waffle House?

[NoPasaran]

183. Hee Hee

Or the compulsion to go to Dunkin' Donuts at 3 AM when the only customers are stoners and cops?

[camero]

202. or Denny's

2 am comes and that place is packed.

[OneBlueSky]

146. remember when Clinton said he never inhaled?

there was a great joke going around at the time . . . "Jerry Brown tried marijuana, but he never exhaled" . . . I told that in a restaurant once, and the folks at the next table cracked up . . . :)

[BrewerJohn]

158. I told this one

What's the difference between Rodney King and Bill Clinton?
One took 56 hits, and the other doesn't know how to take even one.

Also was going around at the time...

[Cat M.]

147. No...

but I've been around people who are on pot. They act ridiculous and while I like to let loose and have a good time, acting like an idiot isn't part of that.

I'm not saying all people who do pot act like idiots, but I just don't feel like taking that chance.

[frank frankly]

149. you mean, today?

or yesterday?

:shrug:

:hi:

[elperromagico]

151. "Tried it" is not appropriate

Let's just say I've inhaled on multiple occasions, and I might just do it again.

Clark said he'd never smoked it,
Lieberman said he hadn't either.

[in_cog_ni_to]

174. They were in the wrong

generation. However, my father-in-law use to love to smoke pot and that was when he was in his 60's. :7

For the generation before us/me, it was a completely different time.

[elperromagico]

186. I certainly don't hold it against them

Prior potsmoking is not high on my list of prerequisites for a President.

[seg4527]

154. Never have, never will

I could go on and on. Basically, I've been around people who are on it, and I have heard stories from people being on it, and I find that basically all that weed does is make you act dumb. I don't need that. I have no desire to act dumb, nor to be around people acting dumb.

And, although this has very little to do with pot, some of my very good friends from my past stabbed me in the back, and they were big into pot and the liking, and I basically decided I wanted to be nothign like them. And that just happeened to go along with it.

Those are my main reasons for not smoking pot.

And yes, I consider myself high on life. :smoke:

[Selwynn]

157. I tried it a couple times - didn't really think it was any big deal..

[laruemtt]

159. just last week i think

i told my soon-to-be 89-year-old ma that if she and i had grown up together we would have partied together and she would have tried it. she agrees. i told her it's not too late! she's way cool.

[LearnedHand]

161. Ahem, *cough, cough*

Uh, folks? sorry to be wet blanket, cold water, rain on the parade, etc., but remember, the freeps troll this place constantly, and this is JUST the kind of ammo they need. Suppose they might be looking for something like this to publicize "for Rush's sake"?

Oh, and you forgot a choice:

"Yes, but I didn't inhale."

[laruemtt]

164. freeps are, and i quote,

"seriously wound up too tight and need to loosen up a little bit." quote me, freeps! sheesh. that'll be the day i care what their opinion of me is.

[Nikia]

165. Like I said trying pot is no big deal

Possession of small amounts is not much of a crime in most states. Many freeps got drunk for the first time while underage. How is that considered alright while trying pot is not. Drinking heavily while young and inexperienced could actually lead to a medical emergency or even death. Many people look at people weird who have never been drunk but people demonize those who have been stoned. Without trying meaning to sound like a drug pusher, I think getting high is a good experience and I think that all people should experience it just to see what it is like. Getting high won't turn you into anything that you are not already, but getting drunk could. There's nothing to be afraid about in trying it provided that you can get it easily. If a friend offers you some, try it and then make up your mind (I am recommending this for adults, not children).

[PassingFair]

195. I've listened in on the freepers more than once...

and amazingly, they are always split on the marijuana issue. A surprising majority of them seem to want it legalized.

[Undemcided]

167. Gave it up

Had a roomie who was a wake-and-baker back in England. It just made me a little paranoid and I ended up overeating. Not my cup of tea but if that's what flicks your switch, have at it.

[raysr]

168. Me too

Quit smoking tobacco and after my lungs cleared out that was it. Got to have clean air now.

[stevebreeze]

169. tried it hated it

I am stupid enough already without introducing chemical stupidity into the mix.
:kick:

[Terwilliger]

172. I've tried it and sentenced it to death by fire

on various altars

[bitchkitty]

175. Trying it out right now.

I'll get back to you.

[Zorra]

176. Um.......uh....oh, yeah.....uh

What was the question?

[jsw_81]

177. No

I've never been interested in drugs. Life is too short to waste it being "high" or in any other kind of drug-induced haze.

[WillyT]

179. Does Spilled Bong Water Stink Up Your Van ??? --- (Yes)

:smoke::hippie::smoke:

Once or twice. Yeah...

LOL

[TrogL]

181. Didn't do much for me

booze, on the other hand...

[mitchtv]

184. been "trying" it for40+ yrs

think, I'll try some more- Gee sorry I missed the troll postings. be back in 10 min( not allowed to smoke indoors).

[sistersofmercy]

185. "Tried" it many times and will "try" it many more! eom

[yella_dawg]

187. Remember the old Dr. Demento song

about the smokeout between the worlds fastest roller and the worlds fastest toker?

It musta been about DU.

And I thought I used to puff a lot.

[US_Blues]

190. "Beware of being the roller....

...when there's nothing left to roll"

Bless you Shel Silverstien!

[MrPrax]

188. More hypocrity...

the 'new' discrimination....pot vs virgins (unless dope can be found on your belongings, car, house, mailed packages)
So admitting 'pot' use is a crime in the US?

what a dumb topic

[Kitsune]

192. I'm more of a 'nah' than a 'NO!'

Less emphatic, I guess.

Oh, wait, does secondhand count? If so, my roommate the chimney got me my freshman year.

[11 Bravo]

193. Let's see. I was in Viet Nam from '70 - 71...

then I came home and went back to college, graduating in '74. Pot? Never heard of it.

[AquariDem]

196. no

[Blue_Tires]

198. legalize!!!! n/t

[Clark Can WIN]

199. Once only...................

I FRICKIN HATED IT. Not enough words to say how much I regret that experience.

But I do believe it should be decriminalized for users, as a I believe all drugs should be.

[BevHarris]

204. No, see, my thing is bakery. Calories are better than smoke any day

Such a chicken that I never tried it. But my husband makes up for seven of us, he became quite friendly with it at one time.

Okay, here's a story: We had a neighbor once. I woke up in the middle of the night and said to my husband, "hey, why is he gardening at 2 a.m.?"

He was dragging cornstalks to a truck in his front yard.

Um, did I mention I'm naive, too?

Bev Harris

[angka]

205. ahh the schmoky treats

i'm not sure we should elect a president who hasn't. what kind of tightass do we want running this country, anyway?

at least our presumptive nominee had the courage to own up to a joint or two—to be distinguished from the sitting president, who doesn't want you to know that he was strung out on coke for YEARS because that might make his puritanical agenda seem a little, you know, hypocritical.

[truthspeaker]

206. just for fun

[Hep]

207. Kucinich is more of a crack man

Mosley Braun inhales helium and thinks its drugs.

Gep is a whippet man, while Clark has never been able to find stuff to rival what he smoked in the mekong delta.

[janx]

208. I still enjoy a hit or two

on special occasions. And I'm not young.

[janx]

209. It would be interesting to divide the camps into

dope smokers and non dope smokers. For instance, would the supporters of the dope-smoking candidates necessarily smoke (or have smoked) themselves?

I'd do it myself, but I don't know anything about making these polls.

HA!

[CBHagman]

211. Absolutely not, but...

...I didn't rat on anybody either.

[jhfenton]

212. No

I never have, and I never will. I also have never smoked tobacco, and I may have one or two drinks a year. I try to eat right, and I run stay in shape.

But I couldn't care less whether others smoke it or bake it into brownies. No harm, no foul.