Which Is WORSE For Your Health: Marijuana Or Alcohol?

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,954

    hedonist said:

    Not sure how much truth there is to this, but I read something this morning where Hillary said she's never smoked pot.

    Really? Just find it hard to believe, given the era in which she came up.

    (plus the husband's "didn't inhale" nonsense)

    It's ok to admit it.

    I asked my parents if they smoked (they would have been in their teens in the late 60's). My dad said he did once, but didn't like it, but my mom never did. I always assumed that everyone that age in that era did! LOL :mrgreen:

    My dad's never touched it, and my mom only tried it once and said she didn't get high at all so never bothered to try again. Some asshole gave my mom shake I guess. :lol:
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    I wish I'd thought to ask my dad, as he was much more open-minded than my mom is and less likely to dismiss something without doing his due diligence.

    That said, my 80-something mom has smoked "the pot", as she calls it, a handful of times - most recently a few years ago after shoulder replacement surgery.

    She swears by pills for pain :angry:
  • hedonist said:

    I wish I'd thought to ask my dad, as he was much more open-minded than my mom is and less likely to dismiss something without doing his due diligence.

    That said, my 80-something mom has smoked "the pot", as she calls it, a handful of times - most recently a few years ago after shoulder replacement surgery.

    She swears by pills for pain :angry:

    this all came up when my sister got back from backpacking across Australia for 6 months in the early 90's. she told my parents at one dinner that she had tried it (thinking they'd admire her honesty), my parents flipped out, and she blurted out "well Paul does it all the time!". Thanks sis, thanks.

    so then I was like "come on, you guys were teens in the 60's, you can't truthfully tell me you never did it".

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  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    I used to "borrow" weed from my mom when I was growing up.I would pinch a nug here,a baby bud there,never a lot.I knew her hiding place in the pocket of my Gradfathers military Uniform.
    One day went in for a little dip in the weed box(It was a Tupperware).Opened it up and there was nothing but 5 rolled joints and a note that said"I saved you the fucking trouble"love Mom.

    Well,needless to say I never touched her shit again.But that was about the time I was starting to earn enough cash for my own goodies.

    Both my parents, and All their siblings and friends on both sides all smoked pot.I remember.None were slackers ,all were very successful in professional life(Some very,very successful) and I'm pretty sure my dad smoked until his death a few years back.Moms dosent anymore.
  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    rr165892 said:

    I used to "borrow" weed from my mom when I was growing up.I would pinch a nug here,a baby bud there,never a lot.I knew her hiding place in the pocket of my Gradfathers military Uniform.
    One day went in for a little dip in the weed box(It was a Tupperware).Opened it up and there was nothing but 5 rolled joints and a note that said"I saved you the fucking trouble"love Mom.

    Well,needless to say I never touched her shit again.But that was about the time I was starting to earn enough cash for my own goodies.

    Both my parents, and All their siblings and friends on both sides all smoked pot.I remember.None were slackers ,all were very successful in professional life(Some very,very successful) and I'm pretty sure my dad smoked until his death a few years back.Moms dosent anymore.

    I never had to dip, by the time I started (19) my 'rents were glad for me to join them lol

    I know lots of successful people who do...
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Your mom sounds like she rocks, rr.

    Shortly after I moved in our condo I was chilling and getting a good buzz on when security called to say my mom was here to see me. This grown-ass woman freaked out. Air spray, incense, etc.

    Now, all these years later, I don't give a shit!
  • hedonist said:

    Your mom sounds like she rocks, rr.

    Shortly after I moved in our condo I was chilling and getting a good buzz on when security called to say my mom was here to see me. This grown-ass woman freaked out. Air spray, incense, etc.

    Now, all these years later, I don't give a shit!

    I don't come right out and say that I smoke to my parents, but I'm sure they know. I make comments. I post stuff about this very topic on facebook all the time, which my entire family sees. I also argue it in person if it comes up at a gathering. I just can't understand how they can still believe that alcohol is still better and weed is "for losers", just because our stupid conservative government tells them so. especially with my sister's marriage breaking up because of severe alcohol addiction. ever hear of a divorce caused by smoking too much weed? I haven't.

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  • badbrains said:
    disgusting. how can police legally bar you from your own home while they obtain a search warrant? I'd say "fuck you, come on in when you get the warrant, until then, fuck off".

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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524

    badbrains said:
    disgusting. how can police legally bar you from your own home while they obtain a search warrant? I'd say "fuck you, come on in when you get the warrant, until then, fuck off".

    AND - it was predicated on a kid speaking his mind about a subject being discussed in class.

    Way to encourage openness and actual education.

    Just did a quick search and MM isn't legal in Kansas - has failed legislation twice from what I read.
  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    badbrains said:
    These fucking stories piss me off. This woman has Crohn's, and was making medicine. Her "lab" was probably a slow cooker in the kitchen or something. And the pound of MJ isn't uncommon for someone making concentrates. You have to start with a bunch of green to get a decent yield. But that green was probably trimmings and shake. Stuff that most people wouldn't be smoking anyway.

    Shame on this nation of moral crusaders for turning an ill and suffering woman into some sort of drug fiend and unfit parent.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • badbrainsbadbrains Posts: 10,255
    jeffbr said:

    badbrains said:
    These fucking stories piss me off. This woman has Crohn's, and was making medicine. Her "lab" was probably a slow cooker in the kitchen or something. And the pound of MJ isn't uncommon for someone making concentrates. You have to start with a bunch of green to get a decent yield. But that green was probably trimmings and shake. Stuff that most people wouldn't be smoking anyway.

    Shame on this nation of moral crusaders for turning an ill and suffering woman into some sort of drug fiend and unfit parent.
    100% agree
  • rr165892rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    "Moral Crusaders" I like that Jeff.It about sums up what is the road block here.The same fuck tards are your No gay marraige folks also.

    Do they really think Jesus would be totally cool Cigs,Wild Turkey and Pharmacuticals ,but not be ok with chilling with his peeps enjoy some frankensense and Mary Jane?Cmon.The dude wore flip flops,A hipster beard and a glorified toga....
  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    rr165892 said:

    "Moral Crusaders" I like that Jeff.It about sums up what is the road block here.The same fuck tards are your No gay marraige folks also.

    Do they really think Jesus would be totally cool Cigs,Wild Turkey and Pharmacuticals ,but not be ok with chilling with his peeps enjoy some frankensense and Mary Jane?Cmon.The dude wore flip flops,A hipster beard and a glorified toga....

    LOL, yup! Same fuck tards. And you're right, if those Christians believed the book they hold holy, they'd have to come to the same conclusion about JC that you did. The dude wasn't happy with the government, or with the bankers or with the holier-than-thou. Their book portrayed him as a man of the people, accepting and welcoming. But I guess it is more fun to tell people what to do and to sit in judgement.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Posts: 8,661
    I used to smoke the shit out of weed. In my college years, the only time I was sober was in class and at work. Probably a good thing I quit when I got married.

    I can't imagine how paranoid I would be if I smoked some of the shit out today.
  • I used to smoke the shit out of weed. In my college years, the only time I was sober was in class and at work. Probably a good thing I quit when I got married.

    I can't imagine how paranoid I would be if I smoked some of the shit out today.

    it's pretty much the same as the stuff I had back in the 90's. although, Louis CK did a pretty funny bit about the difference between today's weed and yesterday's weed (getting high with some fans in the venue parking lot after a show and not realizing he shouldn't take "60's style hits" off the joint! LOL). I have never noticed a difference. maybe it's my region, I don't know. and I'm only an occasional smoker.

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  • Last-12-ExitLast-12-Exit Posts: 8,661

    I used to smoke the shit out of weed. In my college years, the only time I was sober was in class and at work. Probably a good thing I quit when I got married.

    I can't imagine how paranoid I would be if I smoked some of the shit out today.

    it's pretty much the same as the stuff I had back in the 90's. although, Louis CK did a pretty funny bit about the difference between today's weed and yesterday's weed (getting high with some fans in the venue parking lot after a show and not realizing he shouldn't take "60's style hits" off the joint! LOL). I have never noticed a difference. maybe it's my region, I don't know. and I'm only an occasional smoker.

    That is a funny bit.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,954
    edited April 2015
    So Vancouver announced that they are going to instate a few "rules" for medical marijuana dispensaries in the cities in order to regulate them better. I.e. they must be a certain distance from schools and community centres, crack down on the ones that don't have licenses, sign a good neighbor agreement, not allow people under 19 in them, that kind of thing. Things to make it safer and more accountable, basically (in their view). Plus they will charge an annual $30,000 licensing fee (money grab).
    The fucking Canadian Finance Minister, who is a conservative, is now mad about it because doing this legitimizes the sale of marijuana. image
    Post edited by PJ_Soul on
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  • we need a much healthier balance of liberals and conservatives in office. we need people who understand the cons of moral laws, but also the cons of erroneous spending. does that exist? maybe it's time I run.

    Prime Fucking Minister Hugh Fucking Dillon at your service.
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  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845

    we need a much healthier balance of liberals and conservatives in office. we need people who understand the cons of moral laws, but also the cons of erroneous spending. does that exist? maybe it's time I run.

    Prime Fucking Minister Hugh Fucking Dillon at your service.

    Well, that will liven up the Canadian Politics thread.
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