Marijuana habits and legalization

[Violator]

Originally Posted by socalwingfan

I smoked pretty regularly 20 or so years ago, haven't touched it since then. My wife has never tried it, if it becomes legal we will both partake occasionally. I love the smell and taste of hash - if I can go to a store and pick up some hash I will. The hassle of trying to find some good hash is not worth the effort to me, if it is at a store, I will definitely try some on the weekends.

You can find some online semi legally for delivery.

[Crumpy-Gunt]

I dont think my cannabis consumption would change at all, it may actually go down if anything. I only really smoke alone in very small doses. However I think more people would try it, maybe I should say new people. People who stayed away because it was/is illegal or the stigma etc. I think the worst thing about smoking 'marijuana' right now (for me) is meeting some 'dealer' and travelling home with a bag of plants that have a strong smell can get you in a bit of trouble. Asides from that being changed - it would be the exact same for me. It may expose me to new strains and different effects.It may expose me to new products, extracts, edibles and the different effects those may bring.

As far as smoking more or less. Probably no change.

[#-3]

I put don't/never.

Was a 4-5 times/week person in high school, but haven't in over 10 years.
I don't drink much 1 day/week at most, and don't have a huge problem with the occasional high. But I would not do anything that involved smoking anymore. Maybe I would try some brownies a couple times per year if it was legal.

My wife hasn't, and is fairly anti-drug so that might sway me towards not doing it as well, because I wouldn't care enough to do something that would bother her.

[undercoverbrother]

Tried it, did it sometimes when I was younger, didn't really enjoy it.

[Drak]

I've been through phases. I've never been a daily user. Maybe three days a week, tops, and that is off and on periods spread out, with years in between of not touching it. Sometimes at the occasional party. Last year I vaped about twice a week for several months.

Since last summer I haven't touched it.

[Bandwagon In Flames]

For me it always comes down to whether or not it's convenient for my lifestyle at that time. If it ever starts to feel like a burden I've stopped completely.

In the last 10 years this would include:
- Looking for a job
- Struggling to pay for college
- Business trips / Vacation
- New GF that doesn't like weed

In other words, if it became legalized there's definitely less incentive to stop smoking, but it's not going to increase/decrease my usage if I'm already happily smoking frequently without it negatively affecting my quality of life (apart from what GreenLantern said, as it's not fun dealing with questionable dealers).

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by Thor

On a similar subject, new research has shown that something in magic mushrooms can help treat depression, severe, long term depression.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/...clinical-trial



I partake once every few years, maybe time to look at more often with low doses.

Mushrooms are criminally underrated. There's a drug with practically zero downside and so much to offer on both a recreational and personal level.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Mushrooms are criminally underrated. There's a drug with practically zero downside and so much to offer on both a recreational and personal level.

Zero downside as long as I have absolutely nothing to do for the next 24-48 hours. First six hours are awesome but then all I want to do is is sleep and lay around for two straight days.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Mushrooms are criminally underrated. There's a drug with practically zero downside and so much to offer on both a recreational and personal level.

Yeah except for the crippling anxiety on the come up, the vomiting, stomach pain, and sweating, and the occasional seizure. Real fun!

[Coach]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Mushrooms are criminally underrated. There's a drug with practically zero downside and so much to offer on both a recreational and personal level.

Agreed. I hadn't tried shrooms until I went to Amsterdam in 2014. And then had them a few times here.

The only draw backs are:

People can freak out. But, IMO, all you have to do is understand that you are going to see some trippy stuff for a while and relax when you do.

It's a long high. Like a few hours at least. If you're doing it, you can;t really make plans for alter on in the night (because you should really just do what you feel like doing).

[Coach]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Yeah except for the crippling anxiety on the come up, the vomiting, stomach pain, and sweating, and the occasional seizure. Real fun!

I found a cure for the anxiety was to just go for a walk outside. For me, seemed to stem from being in a confined space.

And yeah, the stomach, particularly for the first hour or so.

But you have to remember, just like alcohol, you are literally poisoning yourself.

Can't say I've had any experience with people having seizures, but I'm pretty green on taking shrooms. Pot is really the only drug I do with any regularity, I like shrooms, but they are definitely not a frequent thing. I won't touch man-made stuff (maybe LSD, which I think I was given at Sasquatch one time).

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Yeah except for the crippling anxiety on the come up, the vomiting, stomach pain, and sweating, and the occasional seizure. Real fun!

Drugs, are so odd.


I have only ever had great experiences on mushrooms, none of what you have listed.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Drugs, are so odd.


I have only ever had great experiences on mushrooms, none of what you have listed.

I think, for the psychedelic things, it totally depends on how your mind reacts or processes to the feeling you're getting. RAMPANT SPECULATION BELOW!

- If you are going to take something, and go into it fearing the visuals you might see, or worried about having a bad trip, you will have a bad trip.

- If you have stomach pain, you can consider it a terrible side effect, or a minor issue caused by the poison before you get your nice trip. If all you focus on is the stomach issues ingesting the shrooms might cause, the drugs are just going to amplify it.

- You could consider yourself to be having an anxiety attack or consider yourself to have an itching need to move around and be in an open space. If you follow your feeling and go to the open space, you'll probably be ok. If you just sit there stewing in the anxiety, yeah, you won't have a good time.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Mushrooms are criminally underrated. There's a drug with practically zero downside and so much to offer on both a recreational and personal level.

I know a couple of people who had psychotic breaks triggered by their use and required years of therapy to get back to a normal state.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Mushrooms are criminally underrated. There's a drug with practically zero downside and so much to offer on both a recreational and personal level.

OMG, until your world turns into a Picasso and Dhali painting all at once. Down is up and up is sideways and your legs only walk in zigzags.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by Sliver

OMG, until your world turns into a Picasso and Dhali painting all at once. Down is up and up is sideways and your legs only walk in zigzags.

Yeah, see, to some people, that sounds awesome.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Sliver

OMG, until your world turns into a Picasso and Dhali painting all at once. Down is up and up is sideways and your legs only walk in zigzags.

I use to love taking mushrooms and then heading to the Republik for the night.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by MattyC

I found a cure for the anxiety was to just go for a walk outside. For me, seemed to stem from being in a confined space.

Yeah, no. Sometimes that actually makes it worse.

Can't say I've had any experience with people having seizures, but I'm pretty green on taking shrooms.

I have and it sucked.

I won't touch man-made stuff (maybe LSD, which I think I was given at Sasquatch one time).

This is such weird logic to me. If you're going to decide do drugs, whether they're "man-made" should be irrelevant to your decision to do them. It's such a useless arbitrary category. Do you make sure all the food you eat is organic and non-GMO, too?

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

I use to love taking mushrooms and then heading to the Republik for the night.

Republik and Warehouse were my go-to's.

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Yeah, see, to some people, that sounds awesome.

Yeah, well it is pretty awesome, but that far gone can be a bit much, too.