Do you smoke?

[Mr. Dictator]

Weed has nicotine?

in short, no.

 

[Rambuchan]

Yeah, I dunno what the hell brighteye is on about.

edit: And I don't think he does either!

 

[Quinzy]

'tis only the mix of tobacco with weed that has any addiction level at all.

 

[El_Machinae]

Not be alarmist, but (in my experience) it's the other drugs that the gangster has mixed into the weed that causes the most addiction.

Only people who receive a 'self-medication' benefit from weed could be said to be addicted to it. Chances are that they are receiving enough of a benefit that calling it an 'addiction' is not fair.

 

[Panda]

Good Job Panda! I've been planning on quitting for a while now

Why thank you.

My best advice to you, Never touch one again!!. I quit for a year and a half once, I took one drag off a cigarette and it was all downhill from there.

Never touching one again is indeed the plan, but one never knows which way stress pushes you. Which is why I said in my OP that I haven't quit yet, I'm just not smoking at the moment.

 

[Raisin Bran]

It may not kill you, but the addictive power of marijuana will make you its slave. You wouldn't be able to go a day without craving for it. Eventually one joint wouldn't be enough, and you start smoking more and more. Eventually 5 or 10 joints wouldn't be enough, and you start looking for stronger drugs to satisfy your craving. And since a lot of the drugs you'll be craving is illegal, it's also very expensive. You won't be able to afford it because no one will hire you, so you'll have to resort to robbery. I don't think I have to go further, you can see how things go downhill from there.

Yeah right

anyhow ... I smoke cigarettes ... roughly a pack a day
and I smoke weed. And as weird as itr may seem to some of you I live a very good life and I've never stolen anything, murdered anyone or did anything illegal to get it.
I never touched anything else other/stronger than pot

 

[Brighteye]

'tis only the mix of tobacco with weed that has any addiction level at all.

Not much idea, no. I told you what I know, which is faint memories from lectures years ago.
This is probably what I was remembering. I lived next door to some potheads for a while, and they certainly thought that there was nicotine in what they smoked.

 

[Mr. Dictator]

Not much idea, no. I told you what I know, which is faint memories from lectures years ago.
This is probably what I was remembering. I lived next door to some potheads for a while, and they certainly thought that there was nicotine in what they smoked.

then they had tobacco filler most likely

pure weed has no nicotine.

its like saying water has sugar because when you mix it with kool-aid it gets sweet.

 

[Brighteye]

I'm not sure that I ever said that weed has nicotine because it's always mixed with tobacco.

I just didn't think too much about a quick post, and when the weed-freaks pointed out my mistake I gave the reason for it. When you spend a year next to people who are your only first-person source of information about something, you forget that they're not necessarily representative of that something.

I'm accustomed to talking about weed in their context of (as you put it) 'having a tobacco filler'. If you'd pushed me before you made it clear that this isn't how weed is generally used, I'd have thought that most people did that.

 

[Rambuchan]

Not be alarmist, but (in my experience) it's the other drugs that the gangster has mixed into the weed that causes the most addiction.

Not so alarmist. Rather urban mythist. What drugs are you talking about?

 

[Mr. Dictator]

I'm not sure that I ever said that weed has nicotine because it's always mixed with tobacco.

I just didn't think too much about a quick post, and when the weed-freaks pointed out my mistake I gave the reason for it. When you spend a year next to people who are your only first-person source of information about something, you forget that they're not necessarily representative of that something.

I'm accustomed to talking about weed in their context of (as you put it) 'having a tobacco filler'. If you'd pushed me before you made it clear that this isn't how weed is generally used, I'd have thought that most people did that.

oh, well then the tobacco filler is where they're nic came from

i havent seen many people do it here. i've seen it but not often.

most people just smoke a bowl or two and then get a cigarette if they want.

 

[Pyrite]

I was reading the novel "Only forward". There was a funny bit in it. The main character ranted about how, yes, he knew that smoking was bad for him. He was amazed that every non-smoker he ran into thought that he was raised in a vaccuum and had missed the fact so badly that they had to tell them.



Please consider your source of this information, and please consider the motive of the person who is forwarding this information. Profit. Profit, profit, profit.

The smoking companies actively denied the cancerous effects of smoking too.

The source of this information? Most ravers I've met.

They have no economic interest in saying that. Besides, 5htp is a precursor to serotonin and it helps with the depletion effects that occur from rolling.
So i duno what yr on about.

 

[Bamspeedy]

Not so alarmist. Rather urban mythist. What drugs are you talking about?

MJ can be laced with various things. Not saying that most people would want to do that, but it could happen. There are some people who look for MJ that is more 'potent' (giving them more of a buzz). The quality of MJ isn't just the lack of having stems in it (stems are junk for those who don't know).

Any drug can be addictive. As people get their system used to the normal dosage they want more of it because they don't get quite the same buzz anymore. There are some people who can handle smoking weed only once every few days (or longer), and I don't have a problem with them. Other people (probably those who have a personality that makes them susceptible to addictions) start smoking weed then start smoking it every single day, then they need to smoke it all day long, every day. My ex-girlfriend would need to spend 3 hours a day smoking weed before she would do anything. And then after she did whatever she had to do, she would spend another 3+ hours smoking weed. When weed isn't available they look for other things to give them a buzz like prescription drugs and experiment with other things like meth. When my ex was wanting to go to this party and I found out there was cocaine there I told her that I wasn't taking her to no 'coke party' she yelled at me that there is no such thing as a 'coke party' or a 'weed party', it's always a 'party' that has both coke and weed available (but in varying amounts).

 

[El_Machinae]

Not so alarmist. Rather urban mythist. What drugs are you talking about?

I have heard of a variety of lacings; but it's not an urban myth. I've met people who have had their drugs laced. A couple of them even blame the lacings for their later addictions (they didn't realise that they were being laced until later).

It's not unreasonable to realise that some pot dealers are in it purely for the profit. Again, I would be very careful regarding the source of one's pot. Of course there are those who would not lace, it merely makes sense to be prudent.

The source of this information? Most ravers I've met.

Who do you think told them? Do you think a raver is qualified to know how to mitigate the long-term effects of a brain altering chemical? At best, a raver will give you an urban legend.

 

[skadistic]

MJ can be laced with various things. Not saying that most people would want to do that, but it could happen. There are some people who look for MJ that is more 'potent' (giving them more of a buzz). The quality of MJ isn't just the lack of having stems in it (stems are junk for those who don't know).

Any drug can be addictive. As people get their system used to the normal dosage they want more of it because they don't get quite the same buzz anymore. There are some people who can handle smoking weed only once every few days (or longer), and I don't have a problem with them. Other people (probably those who have a personality that makes them susceptible to addictions) start smoking weed then start smoking it every single day, then they need to smoke it all day long, every day. My ex-girlfriend would need to spend 3 hours a day smoking weed before she would do anything. And then after she did whatever she had to do, she would spend another 3+ hours smoking weed. When weed isn't available they look for other things to give them a buzz like prescription drugs and experiment with other things like meth. When my ex was wanting to go to this party and I found out there was cocaine there I told her that I wasn't taking her to no 'coke party' she yelled at me that there is no such thing as a 'coke party' or a 'weed party', it's always a 'party' that has both coke and weed available (but in varying amounts).

This has nothing to do with weed and everything to do with an addictive personality and other mental issues.

If you think MDNA or Extacy isn't that bad go look at some MRI or CAT scans of a users brain. They look like swiss cheese.

@ Greenpeace
I didn't say weed was un-harnfull just that it wasn't as bad as the site said it was.

 

[El_Machinae]

I find it very funny that skadistic and I are converging our opinions on this matter.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

I don't smoke. Tried once, took one hit and literally said "F This" and stomped it out.

And do you think anyone would honestly post that they smoke crack?

 

[Mr. Dictator]

I don't smoke. Tried once, took one hit and literally said "F This" and stomped it out.

And do you think anyone would honestly post that they smoke crack?

no, it was a joke actually

i put every specific thing i thought of at the moment.

forgot pipes...

 

[skadistic]

I don't smoke. Tried once, took one hit and literally said "F This" and stomped it out.

And do you think anyone would honestly post that they smoke crack?

I smoked coke once and snorted it once. Absolute waste. But a crack head wouldn't be able to get on CFC they'd have sold thier computer.

 

[greenpeace]

@ Greenpeace
I didn't say weed was un-harnfull just that it wasn't as bad as the site said it was.

Then we agree, weed is bad for you. If it is bad for you and others (indirectly) then it would make sense not to do it. Honestly I odn't really care what the site says, as long as we can establish the fact that it is bad for your health.