What are your thoughts on smoking pot for recreation?

[Ford Prefect]

I haven't touched the stuff for 20 years, but out of curiosity, what's the going rate for an ounce of good weed now days? What about hash, or hash oil. Is that stuff still popular, and if so what does it cost? Personally, I preferred hash, hash oil and 'shrooms to weed. Weed always tasted kind of like smoking hay, where as hash and oil had a nice taste. I found hash and oil to be a lighter stone than weed too, in that it didn't make me feel as, well, heavy and sluggish like weed did.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

I haven't touched the stuff for 20 years, but out of curiosity, what's the going rate for an ounce of good weed now days? What about hash, or hash oil. Is that stuff still popular, and if so what does it cost? Personally, I preferred hash, hash oil and 'shrooms to weed. Weed always tasted kind of like smoking hay, where as hash and oil had a nice taste. I found hash and oil to be a lighter stone than weed too, in that it didn't make me feel as, well, heavy and sluggish like weed did.

I don't hear much about hash or hash oil anymore but I am sure it is around. Going rate for an ounce is probably $180-200, I am sure you can find some for less if its crap weed.

[Ford Prefect]

Originally Posted by HOOT

I don't hear much about hash or hash oil anymore but I am sure it is around. Going rate for an ounce is probably $180-200, I am sure you can find some for less if its crap weed.

Hmm ... prices haven't changed all that much then. Prices used to range from $25 an ounce for home grown, up to $200 for the good stuff, so not that much has changed. The home grown you'd get 20 years ago usually wasn't worth much more than $25 a bag, and the $200 a bag stuff was knock-your-socks off stuff. I guess the average price for something that was worth smoking was around $120 an ounce. It's too bad that hash and oil have become less popular though. That was the good stuff. Hot knifing hash ... good times. I can still remember my ex mother-in-law freaking cause we wrecked some of her good silverware knifes using them for hot knifes.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

I'm not saying it's not possible to consume that much in a day, and have seen instances like that with people camping and partying etc.

But to go through a quarter a day, constantly, for one person is complete BS. That's over $200 every four days.

Everyone knows a guy or guys who "smoke a lot". But to keep that up individually on a daily basis? No way. That's an exaggeration.

OK dude. I really don't care whether you believe me or the other guy, but just because you don't have $50 a day to drop on your habit doesn't mean other people don't. And I don't know why the money is the alarming part for you. The volume is what blows my mind. Remember the cigarette comparison? Think about that. For gramps it was over two packs a day. Now, if a man is awake 16 or 18 hours per day and consumes 50+ cigarettes, that means he's smoking ~3 cigs per hour. Every 20 minutes.

If a guy smokes a doob every half hour or even hour, that adds up to a quarter pretty quickly.

[jayswin]

Anyone ever had any really bad mushroom trip? I've smoked weed off and on for a while, but have been told that I should try shrooms once in my life because it's apparantly an awesome trip. I've had lots of friends do it and rave about it, but I've also heard from one guy that if it goes bad, it can go really bad. I would like to try it on a camping trip this summer, but not if there's a chance I could get really sick or anything like that.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Anyone ever had any really bad mushroom trip? I've smoked weed off and on for a while, but have been told that I should try shrooms once in my life because it's apparantly an awesome trip. I've had lots of friends do it and rave about it, but I've also heard from one guy that if it goes bad, it can go really bad. I would like to try it on a camping trip this summer, but not if there's a chance I could get really sick or anything like that.

Just like any drugs there can be sideeffects to it. I would not recommend your first time being out in the wild camping, however in a more controlled enviroment (your house or a friends) because if it goes bad, it can go bad! Then throughout the night go out and adventure around a place you are familiar with.

Camping can be a scary place high on mushrooms, especially if you are the last one up.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Just like any drugs there can be sideeffects to it. I would not recommend your first time being out in the wild camping, however in a more controlled enviroment (your house or a friends) because if it goes bad, it can go bad! Then throughout the night go out and adventure around a place you are familiar with.

Camping can be a scary place high on mushrooms, especially if you are the last one up.

I heard the opposite. I heard that being out in the wild is best trip you can have, especially if your away from the general public.

I also heard that you should make sure that everyone with you is doing them, so you don't get friends who aren't doing it standing around laughing while they trip you out.

[GoJetsGo]

Originally Posted by 4X4

OK dude. I really don't care whether you believe me or the other guy, but just because you don't have $50 a day to drop on your habit doesn't mean other people don't. And I don't know why the money is the alarming part for you. The volume is what blows my mind. Remember the cigarette comparison? Think about that. For gramps it was over two packs a day. Now, if a man is awake 16 or 18 hours per day and consumes 50+ cigarettes, that means he's smoking ~3 cigs per hour. Every 20 minutes.

If a guy smokes a doob every half hour or even hour, that adds up to a quarter pretty quickly.

Yea, you got me. My post was motivated by the fact I don't have $50 to buy enough pot to support my daily habit.

I was talking about both the price and the volume. You can come back here and post whatever you want. A guy smoking a quarter ounce of weed - to himself - consistently day in and day out is an exaggeration. The "I know a guy who smokes so much dope" bit is no different than the "My dad can beat up your dad" bit.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by flameswin

I heard the opposite. I heard that being out in the wild is best trip you can have, especially if your away from the general public.

I also heard that you should make sure that everyone with you is doing them, so you don't get friends who aren't doing it standing around laughing while they trip you out.

Fotze hit the point I was trying to make.

It may not be the best trip you have ever had but it is a good place to start because you will be in a comfortable area IF you have a bad trip. It will give you a bit of an understanding of what you are going to feel and how your body will react to it.

IMO you do NOT want to be in a new place for the first time, if you end up going for a walk in a place you don't know and get lost, have fun going crazy.

One night during camping I was the last person up til almost 6am on Shrooms, I sat up all night thinking someone was going to sneak up behind me and cut my throat. I had some friends find me at 8am passed out on a fold out chair with about 12 other fold out chairs all sccattered behind me, I assume I did this so no one could sneak up on me and cut my throat

Mushrooms are delicate. You predict what trip you will have, good or bad. Just be careful!

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

Yea, you got me. My post was motivated by the fact I don't have $50 to buy enough pot to support my daily habit.

I was talking about both the price and the volume. You can come back here and post whatever you want. A guy smoking a quarter ounce of weed - to himself - consistently day in and day out is an exaggeration. The "I know a guy who smokes so much dope" bit is no different than the "My dad can beat up your dad" bit.

Its not hard to believe, its excessive and I couldn't imagine doing it but people do it.

If you have the money and the job that allows it or no job, then you would have the time to smoke a joint every hour.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Fotze hit the point I was trying to make.

It may not be the best trip you have ever had but it is a good place to start because you will be in a comfortable area IF you have a bad trip. It will give you a bit of an understanding of what you are going to feel and how your body will react to it.

IMO you do NOT want to be in a new place for the first time, if you end up going for a walk in a place you don't know and get lost, have fun going crazy.

One night during camping I was the last person up til almost 6am on Shrooms, I sat up all night thinking someone was going to sneak up behind me and cut my throat. I had some friends find me at 8am passed out on a fold out chair with about 12 other fold out chairs all sccattered behind me, I assume I did this so no one could sneak up on me and cut my throat

Mushrooms are delicate. You predict what trip you will have, good or bad. Just be careful!

Well I'll trust you and Fotze's better judgement and get a few buddies together and be somewhere familiar. I thought about Fish Creek as well, since I've lived near the park for years, and know the park like the back of my hand, although with that much open park I could still run the risk of freaking out if the trip turns bad.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Well I'll trust you and Fotze's better judgement and get a few buddies together and be somewhere familiar. I thought about Fish Creek as well, since I've lived near the park for years, and know the park like the back of my hand, although with that much open park I could still run the risk of freaking out if the trip turns bad.

No that type of place would be fine because you are comfortable there and know the area. But just start off with playing video games in the basement or maybe even a movie then after the movie decide if you want to go out.

If you do stay away from public places that will be busy or lit up. It has the chance of freaking you out. Go buy all your munchies (if you are smoking weed too) before you take the mushrooms so you don't run that risk of wanting to go to the store.

When I use to do it we use to let a buddy who was doing his own thing to be near his phone just in case we freaked out and he could come calm us down. For myself, I don't know how others feel but, a familiar face seemed to help me calm down, even a voice sometimes.

God why do people do this to themselves?

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

A guy smoking a quarter ounce of weed - to himself - consistently day in and day out is an exaggeration.

To himself is the key there.

I find that people who constanly have weed in their possession also seem to have a lot of "friends" who show up at opportune times and expoit that.

I would bet that this person in question supports the habit of others.

[flip]

Just an FYI but Canada is the most pot smoking nation in the industrialized world!!


We were like 5th overall including non-industrialized nations.

I'll look for a link later.

[Thor]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Anyone ever had any really bad mushroom trip? I've smoked weed off and on for a while, but have been told that I should try shrooms once in my life because it's apparantly an awesome trip. I've had lots of friends do it and rave about it, but I've also heard from one guy that if it goes bad, it can go really bad. I would like to try it on a camping trip this summer, but not if there's a chance I could get really sick or anything like that.

Well hello there, check out my website shroomery.org

I found for me that Shrooms always reflected how my life was going, if I was happy, not much stress from work or my relationship; then trips were always very fun, depending on how heavy I would go for it. Lots of people prefer less intense trips (lvl 1-2), I like those, but on occasion I'd try the more hardcore ones, which I found a mix of great awe, slight fear at times but mostly great experiences.

Theres a old trip guide and bunch of tips people recommend, you can read them on the site or if you dare devle into the forums they are often very useful if you don't post in off topic forum

Remember if you get sick from ingesting them, you are usually fine within 30 mins, some people just react this way. Don't recommend shroom tea, you do remove some of the potency (shorter trip) but you do bring on a rather quick trip usually more intense up front.

I just eat them plain.

OH and yeah definately agree with doing in nature, hopefully somewhere not near strangers or a place you'll run into a park warden/ranger

[4X4]

Originally Posted by flameswin

I heard the opposite. I heard that being out in the wild is best trip you can have, especially if your away from the general public.

I also heard that you should make sure that everyone with you is doing them, so you don't get friends who aren't doing it standing around laughing while they trip you out.

Maybe for someone a little more seasoned. I'd never recommend mush to someone that has never done it before while in the woods. Of course, the trip has alot to do with you attitude coming into it and alot to do with the people you're with.

Rules for a good 'shroom trip are many. Here are a few:

Take care of business. Don't be worried about your boss calling while you're baked.

Have all you need already purchased. Do you smoke? Have a full pack. Like booze? Grab a case. Do not have any reason to go to a store unless you've done mush in the past.

Be well rested. Nothing's worse than a muchroom trip spent yawning. Yawn once and you wont stop. But just so you know, you will not fall asleep either.

Don't do it close to bedtime. 3 am equals fail. You'll be up until 7 or 8 or 9 or 10.

Find somewhere happy and comfortable to do it. No dropping mush at a party with a bunch of people you've never met. Good friends and a place you know are essential for a good trip.

My shroom days are in the past, but I've had good and bad trips with that wacky drug. I've found myself huddling in the bushes, contemplating jumping out a window, watching plants 'breathe', laughed at Spongebob, you name it. It's not a very social drug, so don't exp[ect to have a great time at the bar or at a party unless the people you're with are hitting the same sh1t.

As for amounts, stay under an eighth for your first time.Chances are you can handle more, but there is nothing worse than a bad hallucinogenic trip. You may wake up in jail or the hospital or something. Not that I've ever woken up in either of those places. Recently.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

Yea, you got me. My post was motivated by the fact I don't have $50 to buy enough pot to support my daily habit.

I was talking about both the price and the volume. You can come back here and post whatever you want. A guy smoking a quarter ounce of weed - to himself - consistently day in and day out is an exaggeration. The "I know a guy who smokes so much dope" bit is no different than the "My dad can beat up your dad" bit.

Right, buddy. I was calling you poor. FTR, my dad CAN beat up your dad. And so can I.

[4X4]

Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

Yea, you got me. My post was motivated by the fact I don't have $50 to buy enough pot to support my daily habit.

I was talking about both the price and the volume. You can come back here and post whatever you want. A guy smoking a quarter ounce of weed - to himself - consistently day in and day out is an exaggeration. The "I know a guy who smokes so much dope" bit is no different than the "My dad can beat up your dad" bit.

You don't want to believe price or volume? OK. Stick you head in the sand. While you're being wowed, there are people out there that can eat an entire turkey or bucket of KFC. Don't believe me? That's alright, your head is already buried.

[GoJetsGo]

Originally Posted by 4X4

You don't want to believe price or volume? OK. Stick you head in the sand. While you're being wowed, there are people out there that can eat an entire turkey or bucket of KFC. Don't believe me? That's alright, your head is already buried.

It's okay to need to come to an internet message board and exaggerate to feel better about yourself. No need to justify it to me.

someone pointed out the guy may smoke a quarter a day with people. Sure, but that's not 'knowing a guy who smokes a quarter a day'. That's a guy who eats a whole bucket of KFC by purchasing it and sharing it with others.

7 grams a day to himself, consistently, is BS. You know it, and I know it. But feel free to keep repeating it. It's quite impressive to internet stragners that you know such a guy.

[4X4]

OK, bro. You win. I fabricated the "guy I know". I'm only here to brag that I know losers that consume ridiculous amounts of things. I feel shame that I've been outed as a liar. Actually, I feel shame about something else entirely (you know who you are).