I read somewhere that legalization really affects the over 60 crowd, as they might try an edible for some reason, but otherwise most people either smoke or don't regardless of the legality. In my state (MA) you pay a couple hundred bucks a year once you get a doctor to approve your medicinal pot license (the doctor approval also costs something) so you can use the overpriced and badly managed medicinal pot shops. Now that adult legalization of pot was approved the state is scrambling to figure out how to implement it…could take a year…nice planning there! I smoke a little before riding my motorcycle and when listening to music as I like the increase in the intensity of the experience and the focus it provides (for me anyway), but really…who cares? Pot is non toxic by definition, and weirdly still objected to by ignorant puritanical boneheads. |
Also, I found that holding my breath until I faint doesn't work well for music listening as you risk falling over and smashing your face. Also, never drink and operate a chain saw especially in a small dimly lit room. |
When I was first "turned on" (!) to the joys of pot smoking in the mid 60s (the years, not my age) we were utterly terrified of being busted for it…years later when I had friends who were Honolulu police officers they pointed out that they always had great pot around that had been confiscated from terrified motorists who had simply been warned and let go…cute huh? |
Luckily my drivers license lists my eye color as "red." Also it's worth noting that the majority of major car accidents involve people who are sober so we clearly need to spend more time worrying about THEM. |
The above comment assumes that all "drugs" are the same thing, and they’re simply not that simplistic except to the uninformed. I don’t think many people "need" to smoke a little pot to enjoy music (or riding a motorcycle), but the ability to change your perception somewhat with a non toxic substance can be fun…or more fun perhaps…than otherwise, to a degree relative to personal preferences. My wife is a legal medical pot consumer and used to make pot cookies…I rarely try edibles as I can’t regulate the intake like I can by smoking, but ate a cookie one night mostly because I wanted a cookie…any cookie. Due to the fact that THC absorbed into the digestive system instead of the lungs is pretty much a different drug altogether (look it up), I got VERY high (strong friggin’ cookie) with some inherent existential unwanted but handleable drama and was calmed by reminding myself it would wear off. Whew…it makes for an interesting story I suppose, but for me a couple of puffs here and there is generally all I want if I feel like it at all. |
50,000 or so deaths attributed directly to alcohol use annually (just in the U.S.), zero deaths attributed to pot. Zero. |
As a musician for about 5 decades, I've noticed I don't make mistakes…they're more like dissonant musical choices. |
Absinthe makes Henry Fonda. |
I read an article recently where the writer noticed the soup at her local Thai place was GREAT when she was stoned, not so great when she wasn’t. The issue isn’t "which soup flavor was reality," more interestingly is the fact that the flavor was enhanced by being stoned and what the hell is wrong with that? To puritanical often Right Wing freaks the whole "having fun with a drug WE don’t like" thing is BAD…a conservative (!) friend tried to make that case to me while he was drinking red wine, and I pointed out how lame that is, but taking rights away from those who you disagree with is the conservative credo these days…again: No deaths from pot, no notable lung issues (People have been pot smokers for centuries…this should have shown up by now) except when there already was an issue, where the obvious remedy should be don’t smoke anything. Pot is non-toxic by clinical definition…rare among any substance (sugar?). I smoke a little, you might not, leave me alone. |
I'm meant "directly," and the "just like alcohol" comment is silly and you should take it back or get docked 3 points for misinformation. I can balance on one foot juggling 5 chain saws while solving the Sunday NY Times crossword in 10 minutes while stoned. Most accidents involve people who haven't been smoking OR drinking, so we need to get rid of those people, and understand actual statistics…like the fact that driving deaths plummeted after Colorado legalized weed, and also note I'm 66 and grew up in Hawaii…weed SHMEED…nobody should be worrying about it…and, it's legal in my state (MA). |
Shubert needs to get some new friends. People thinking they "couldn't be better" sounds like what therapists are shooting for. Careful with the gummies geoffkait…they're a gateway to hard candy. |
We used to try and surf stoned from pot in Hawaii, and found that generally you had to paddle so much it wore off by the time you got out to the reef. Also, the myth of stoned musicians doesn't hold up in my experience (decades of live non stop club gigs) as it's simply too tiring…I've tried it and a set of music seems to take 14 times as long and it's pretty intense, thus exhausting. Maybe if you ONLY played stoned you'd adapt. |
It's interesting that somebody would say "Personally i feel Alcohol does more damage to a person then POT can." Personally? Good for you. Facts matter: In this country anyway (I might have mentioned this earlier) there are around 80,000 deaths ANNUALLY related directly to alcohol use. Pot…zero. There is no "toxic" amount of pot, although edibles (processed by your body in an entirely different way than inhaling smoke or vapor) can lead to an overdose which, although uncomfortable, isn't deadly…it passes and you might learn something, with zero residual harm…none…except to your dignity perhaps. |
There is simply no meaningful research anywhere indicating pot smoking leads to lung cancer. None. It's been used effectively to reduce side effects from chemotherapy, and there IS data supporting that. If you have sensitive lungs you might not want to smoke anything at all, but, interestingly, a study did seem to indicate that cigarette smokers who also smoked pot had LESS lung cancer than those who only smoke tobacco…put THAT in your pipe! I invite Shubert to look things up, but when you have no touchstone of valuing actual facts and reality, everything is relative. It clearly is the fool who equates all "drug use" as the same thing, but for some the simple path is easiest. |
Geoffkait should know that humor is directional. |
