Growing up I was told that marijuana laws were stupid

[Ozwest]

I would never go to a Pink Floyd concert unless medicated.

 

[berrybunches]

I am 24, and we have almost the same identical story. I really think our parents too the appropriate approach.

I still smoke, but only once in a while at social gatherings or if I am out sailing or something. But I used to use more heavily while i was 14-17 just as you, and I came out of it for the same reasons.

Same age too, weird! I actually do occasionally smoke if it just my husband and me and if I have been drinking already, I too save it for special occasions.. sailing for you backpacking/camping for me! The problem with me and smoking is that it makes me a bit paranoid now days hence why I have to have been drinking already. If it did not make me paranoid I would probably do it instead of drinking.


Also might add I started smoking cigs heavily after I quite pot. I finally quit that too about a year and a half ago almost cold turkey right in time for the Ohio smoking ban - just worked out that way. I thought I never would quit those and I don't blame anyone who can't. Its the chemicals in them I think, not the nicotine so much.

 

[Ozwest]

Same age too, weird! I actually do occasionally smoke if it just my husband and me and if I have been drinking already, I too save it for special occasions.. sailing for you backpacking/camping for me! The problem with me and smoking is that it makes me a bit paranoid now days hence why I have to have been drinking already. If it did not make me paranoid I would probably do it instead of drinking.


Also might add I started smoking cigs heavily after I quite pot. I finally quit that too about a year and a half ago almost cold turkey right in time for the Ohio smoking ban - just worked out that way. I thought I never would quit those and I don't blame anyone who can't. Its the chemicals in them I think, not the nicotine so much.

Shit mate,

Immediate de-tox for you!

 

[berrybunches]

Will there be laws against eating "unhealthy" food? Will the government tell us that we cannot get sun tans because it might lead to skin cancer?

California is going to be banning trans fat actually. I doubt they will ban tanning salons as they actually make money from the business revenue. McDonalds will have to take the fiscal fall with the trans fat so they have no problem banning those.
California is the leader in these issues I noticed. I don't get it, they ban smoking cigarette's but sell marijuana out of vending machines (no joke)

 

[pinkmandy]

I was also told by my mom that a girl makes fewer, um, mistakes if she smokes pot over drinking.

Of course the first time I smoked I stole it out of my mom's dresser and one of her fave stories was about tripping w/her best friend and they thought their bicycles had turned into goats...so....

 

[liberteebell]

I teach my kids (16,14,11) the same thing as the OP's parents. I most certainly don't encourage drug use, nor do I do any myself, but I am a realist. I get a lot of flak for my parenting, but too freakin' bad, my kids understand it perfectly.

Bottom line for me: you either own yourself or you don't.

And mj laws ARE stupid.

The End.

 

[Andrew-Austin]

I've seen someone close to me destroy themselves with various drug addictions (shes doing fine now, recovered w/o the government "aiding" her w/ a prison sentence) ... And well, I'm just the type of person who learns from other peoples mistake before making them myself.

I was subjected to the typical anti-drug fear mongering growing up. For awhile I was convinced that all drugs were as bad as I had heard, but later decided I would never pass an opportunity to try a few mind altering substances. And I have, and my brief experiences w/ drugs have just been something to laugh at and move on. I have not become addicted, not gatewayed to other drugs, and today I rarely even partake in alcohol. So naturally, I'm pro legalization. It might be nice to be able to buy some pot at Walgreens in the future ya know?

 

[Ozwest]

I teach my kids (16,14,11) the same thing as the OP's parents. I most certainly don't encourage drug use, nor do I do any myself, but I am a realist. I get a lot of flak for my parenting, but too freakin' bad, my kids understand it perfectly.

Bottom line for me: you either own yourself or you don't.

And mj laws ARE stupid.

The End.

Great attitude.

 

[Jeremy]

I'm a teetotaler. No drugs or alcohol. All natural.

 

[Ozwest]

I'm a teetotaler. No drugs or alcohol. All natural.

You do know what W.C. Fields said?

 

[ClayTrainor]

I really want to try DMT, Dimethyltryptamine, the most potent psychedellic known to man, and all of us do it every single night

DMT is illegal almost everywhere, but our brains produce it. Does this not sound absurd to anyone? The government is declaring something that is inside of each and every one of us, illegal simply because it has a psychedellic effect on the brain.

Experiencing a DMT trip, is exactly what you'll experience when you die... i dont know how somethign like this can be illegal when our brains produce it naturally.

Im personally itching to get my hands on some DMT and learn a little about the meaning of life. I think DMT comes closer to explaining the origin of life than any religion could ever dream.

Drug laws make no sense, and need to be abolished.

 

[berrybunches]

I teach my kids (16,14,11) the same thing as the OP's parents. I most certainly don't encourage drug use, nor do I do any myself, but I am a realist. I get a lot of flak for my parenting, but too freakin' bad, my kids understand it perfectly.

Bottom line for me: you either own yourself or you don't.

And mj laws ARE stupid.

The End.

My parents always got a lot of flak for their attitudes too. Heaven forbid my parents never monitored what we watched on tv, let us read whatever we wanted, date whoever we wanted, be friends with whoever we wanted, listen to whatever we wanted, research any religion we wanted. THINK whatever we wanted. They also let us sleep in their bed whenever we were scared or just wanted to and they took us all kinds of interesting places all the time that were deemed "dangerous" (aka rocky trails and things - I think we scraped our knee once ), mom breast fed, stayed at home and only worked when we were in school, and let us home school in our later years. They always spent a lot of time with us too and, without spying, knew everything about us. I should note we never got a lot of "things" and never asked for much.

Funny how this all was named a recipe for disaster by all her friends when their kids ended up with all the social problems.
I should note that allowing us all this freedom and privacy that neither of us took advantage of it (besides me as a teen for a few years, which breaks my heart and they know it) and that my parents were always there with common sense advice and HONESTY. If they did not like a friend they told us but did not tell us to stop seeing them...we always learned ourselves this way and , yes, stopped seeing them with the advantage of a lesson learned. Most of the time we never did anything they did not like anyway. We didn't really need to rebel, there was nothing to rebel against. (I was just curious by nature, hence the drug use)

Another funny "coincidence": I was never told not to lie when I was younger...funny thing is that I never lie. Never have. I was never told to say "thank you" but I always have and still do. Kids learn by example, at least I did. I had honest, very sweet and friendly and libertarian parents. I turned into a friendly, honest, libertarian girl!

You keep doing what you are doing! Not to say mistakes won't be made but making mistakes is not always a bad thing. I can't wait until I have kids! We plan on it in a couple years.

 

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My parents are Ozzie and Harriet for the most part. I made straight A's, but there's nothing they could have done to stop me from living like Jim Morrison from the latter part of high school and beyond college. Luckily I survived it to about the age of 25 when I first realized I was mortal.

 

[Ozwest]

Nice post, berrybunches.

 

[berrybunches]

DMT is illegal almost everywhere, but our brains produce it. Does this not sound absurd to anyone? The government is declaring something that is inside of each and every one of us, illegal simply because it has a psychedellic effect on the brain.

I believe that adrenaline is illegal too? Not sure though.

I could be with that drug you mention is dangerous in large amounts all at once. But it could also not be. Trying something once is not usually bad if you do your research which I guess you have.
I think to much serotonin to your brain at once can be dangerous if forced repeatedly and its natural.

My parents are Ozzie and Harriet for the most part. I made straight A's, but there's nothing they could have done to stop me from living like Jim Morrison from the latter part of high school and beyond college. Luckily I survived it to about the age of 25 when I first realized I was mortal.

haha thats what it is, realizing you are not invincible! I think women realize this faster than men, most likely becuase of nature preparing women for the responsibility of children and such. Like I said my father used drugs until about 25 too! I stopped at about 17, so did the other female that posted in the thread. coincidence?
I practiced unsafe sex when I was younger...sooooo stupid of me, but I honestly did not think anything could happen to me, I was invincible...I was lucky nothing happened.

 

[Dr.3D]

The big problem with the DARE program was my kids finally found most of it was a lie and then they started thinking most of the stuff they were being taught in school was lies and they stopped paying attention and their grades went down because of it.

My kids told me they kind of gave up when they found out they were being lied to in school.

 

[berrybunches]

The big problem with the DARE program was my kids finally found most of it was a lie and then they started thinking most of the stuff they were being taught in school was lies and they stopped paying attention and their grades went down because of it.

My kids told me they kind of gave up when they found out they were being lied to in school.

Like when the Bush administration spent millions of tax payer money on "don't do drugs or you are supporting terrorists" propaganda commercials it turns out drug use increased in the generation exposed to the commercials. Talk about blowback.

Just curious, anyone have links to those commercials?

EDIT: Also funny that a lot of those DARE volunteers smoke and use drugs! lol I was told by some of their younger siblings that were in my grade school classes and saw that first hand when I got in high school.

 

[Dr.3D]

Like when the Bush administration spent millions of tax payer money on "don't do drugs or you are supporting terrorists" propaganda commercials it turns out drug use increased in the generation exposed to the commercials. Talk about blowback.

Just curious, anyone have links to those commercials?

EDIT: Also funny that a lot of those DARE volunteers smoke and use drugs! lol I was told by some of their younger siblings that were in my grade school classes and saw that first hand when I got in high school.

Yeah, my kids renamed it... Drugs Are Really Expensive.

 

[James Madison]

Like when the Bush administration spent millions of tax payer money on "don't do drugs or you are supporting terrorists" propaganda commercials it turns out drug use increased in the generation exposed to the commercials. Talk about blowback.

Just curious, anyone have links to those commercials?

EDIT: Also funny that a lot of those DARE volunteers smoke and use drugs! lol I was told by some of their younger siblings that were in my grade school classes and saw that first hand when I got in high school.

Same thing with prohibition, suicide prevention campaigns, sex-ed, gun control, etc.

 

[James Madison]

I'm a teetotaler. No drugs or alcohol. All natural.

I have no idea if you're being serious or not. I rarely drink alcohol, never struggled with any kind of drug abuse, although I do, unfortunately, take anti-depresents (for OCD, though), which I believe a poster mentioned interferes with seratonin. Take it from me, quiting cold turkey is not pleasant on the SRI's.