If Marijuana was legal, and you have never tried it, would you

[keep_it_real]

Would the fact that Marijuana was legal give you the feeling that it was ok to try it, if you never had?

[Louisiana1976]

1. No, not even if it were legal.

[emilyg]

17. +1

[Systematic Chaos]

24. -42

:D

[HughMoran]

87. +77

:)

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

41. it is sad that quite often

the people who could benefit most from use are the ones with ridiculous, baseless prejudices against the plant. Oh well, more for me! :)

[devilgrrl]

50. exactly!

:smoke:

[cherokeeprogressive]

65. What is SAD is that anyone who's been stoned before would denigrate someone's decision not to

partake.

We used to have a "Smoker's Etiquette" that dictated how we acted when we were stoned. Rule One was that the most recent addition to our smoking session got the next hit.

I think that all my stoner friends would agree that you violated Smoker's Etiquette by attempting to shame someone for not partaking.

[devilgrrl]

84. how about the implied moral superiority of the comment he responded to.

People can simply state that they aren't interested without sounding like condescending assholes too you know. It is that attitude and the incessant stereotyping that peeves me to no end. Not all stoners sit around listening to 'Floyd and act like Cheech & Chong! Your doctors smoke it, your cops too, then there's teachers and firemen and who knows who else - now get over it!

[maxpower]

86. Precisely

Kick


Peace,
Max

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Well Elucidated Opinion

Or not.
GAC

[BoneDaddy]

93. Damn

your loss.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. I tried it probably BECAUSE it wasn't legal

I don't understand how a plant whose effects are far less than alcohol is illegal, while alcohol is perfectly legal. If someone could explain that to me in a way that will make sense, I'd appreciate it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Well, I have actually had it...

But I would certainly have it again if it were legal...

I'd want to have it in brownies!

:9

[asdjrocky]

10. You would love my brownies CaliforniaPeggy...

and in fact it is legal in Ca.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. My dear asdjrocky...

Oh would I?

Sounds very cool...

And how are they legal in Ca?

:shrug:

:hi:

[asdjrocky]

15. It's a card.

All you need is a prescription. Google prop 215.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Ah, that's what I thought.

I do not have any diseases that require marijuana as medication.

It would not be legal for me to eat any brownies that contain it...

Enjoy your medication!

:hug:

[Flaneur]

70. In California, you DO have a condition that requires marijuana.

The law is written so broadly that you can basically say, "Doc, I feel bad when I'm not high," and that will get you a recommendation. For $150 or so. Then you could legally possess and use marijuana. A couple of hundred thousand Californians have figured this out.

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

40. my lovely girlfriend

makes incredible ganja cinnamon rolls, cookies, biscotti (white chocolate and macadamia, yummm!) and pineapple upside down cakes!

[asdjrocky]

73. The secret is the butter.

[Systematic Chaos]

25. As someone in near constant pain I'm totally with you on this one.

I think it's about time I contacted the NV chapter of NORML and saved up for my permit.

I've never been high before, but I have been horribly addicted to narcotic pain shit. It fucks you up over time even if you stick to the prescribed doses, which I did. Never again. I'd rather float on a pain-free buzz that I have some control over.

[Initech]

32. You should try the space tea.

Holy crap. It's way more potent than brownies ever were. :smoke:

[Irishonly]

94. Carmel Suckers Are The Best

Since I have been eating them, my PCP can't believe the difference in my health. I am still disabled but for the first time in years I have some control over my pain.

[glen123098]

4. I really don't care what the law is.

Yeah I've tried it, didn't like it and moved on. But Im not gonna let the law regulate my behavior with victimless crime laws.

[RedCappedBandit]

57. Same here! nt

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. Probably not. I don't smoke or drink even though both of those are legal.

[Xipe Totec]

6. On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer... n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

7. You can trust us!

*quietly adjusts narc wire*

[LooseWilly]

8. I've smoked it where it's legal (Holland) and where it's illegal (US).

It's definitely a better high when it's legal... but that's just because the paranoia isn't as relevant.

Ironically though, in Amsterdam I kept accidentally smoking it... people kept offering joints which I kept thinking were just cigarettes... the accidental high. Oops.

[katandmoon]

9. No desire to try it but I do think it should be legalized.

[sakabatou]

11. No.

Might have adverse reactions considering my health.

[onehandle]

12. I wouldn't smoke it. Inhaling burning matter is bad for you no matter the substance.

Other than that, I am not eligible to answer the question.

[pipoman]

81. Are you sure?

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/marijuana-ingredient-cuts-lung-cancer-growth-spread-18538.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+scienceblogrssfeed+(Science+Blog)

The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and mouse studies.

[librechik]

88. THANK YOU

at last a sensible voice.

[Kaleva]

14. Smoked it decades ago but wouldn't today even if it was legal.

[imdjh]

18. If they legalized heroin I would try it, just to see what the big deal is.

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

39. once you try smack, you'll never come back

to life, that is!

[RedCappedBandit]

58. that would be the dumbest idea you've ever had. nt

[imdjh]

61. Probably. They gave me morphine in the hospital, what a disappointment that was.

It didn't make me feel good at all. Instead, it made me go to sleep for about 20 minutes and then be kind of miserable and eventually nauseated and constipated.

[Flaneur]

72. You clearly haven't followed his posts.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

19. I would

I've really never smoked it, only tried it. It's been demonized. :evilfrown: Much less damaging than alcohol, and cops and paramedics would rather deal with someone who's high than a drunk.

[daleanime]

20. No...

I have enough bad habits already:evilgrin:

[flvegan]

21. Well, that's two questions.

If it were legal would I try it (I've never tried it)? No. Just not interested.

Would it give me the feeling it was okay to try it? Sure, from a legal standpoint. I think that it's okay to try/use it as is. I have no problem with folks using it all they want, and yes I do think it should be legalized. I'm just not interested.

[LostInAnomie]

22. If it wouldn't make me lose my job...

... Sure, why not?

[Libertas1776]

23. Probably not

but everyone else can go and light up for all I care. Cheers!

[comtec]

26. yes, and have

Living in holland it's legal for me to responsibly smoke.
With the stress in my life latley, I could no longer deal without some kind of chemical assistance.
Considering my choices, a few puffs at the end of the day, at home, in my back yard, seemed logical.

I've also started smoking strong cigars. Not much, just enough to get dizzy n light headed, then i sit on my couch and just relax.

am i proud? oh hells no!
but my choices were becoming increasingly fewer.

As long as it's legal where I am, I will support the local economy.
where it's not, I won't.

Point being, is that I am obeying the law AND i'm supporting the local economy in a very direct way.

That helps with stress relief as well =]

[LeftyMom]

27. No, I'm pretty sure I'm allergic

The smoke triggers my asthma and hemp oil in body care stuff gives me a sort of stinging sensation followed by redness and sometimes a rash.

edit: But I really don't care what anybody else does, as long as I don't have to breathe it.

[Bucky]

28. I've done it in the past. Honestly, no, I don't think I'd ever do it again, barring medical need.

I really don't need any help in the "acting stupid" department.

[grantcart]

29. I would be curious to see if it helped with my tinnitus

[RushIsRot]

33. It doesn't help mine. n/t

[babydollhead]

45. What does help? my husband is suffering more every day

[grantcart]

48. Make sure its not Minear's Disease

http://www.ehow.com/about_5063952_minears-disease.html

Please make sure that your husband doesn't have Minear's Disease.


I had tinnitus for some time until a doctor gave me the correct diagnosis. There is a laboratory test that can be done for it.

If you think that he might have Minear's Disease but can't see a doctor for a while try this:

Go on a "no Sodium" diet. This is not a no salt diet but check everything you eat to radically reduce sodium intake. If he has Minear's Disease then part of the inner ear over produces a sodium based liquid that corrupts the inner ear.

Hope this helps.

If he has Minears' Disease then you want to control it with diet before it increases other symptoms including vertigo.

As for tolerating tinnitus the only real answer is having ambient noise in the background. The ringing sound is actually not caused by the ear but by the brain - like the static your radio produces when you get further away from the radio station.

You can get noise machines to play soft ocean or other sounds at night when the condition becomes intolerable.

[TicketyBoo]

54. That would be Ménière's disease.

My sister has it.

If you want to look up information on it, it would be best to know the correct spelling.

[pipoman]

82. yep,

a good friend of mine had it and had the surgical procedure around 15 years ago..just saw him the other day, deaf in one ear but no more vertigo.

[TicketyBoo]

90. My sister also had the surgery.

Deaf in one ear (since they remove the inner ear during that surgery), but no more vertigo nor violent nausea. Unfortunately, she has developed a loss of balance to the point where she has fallen seven times this year. That is worrisome for someone in her 80s.

[1]

30. no way. i saw that movie. maniacal laughing and jazz on the piano. too scary...

[Q3JR4]

31. I've never tried it,

but would if I'm around the right people and I feel it's the right time for it. Legality or illegality don't really factor into it for me, except that if it magically became legal I'd probably do it sooner rather than later.

Q3JR4.

[DFW]

34. Sure. To each his/her own.

It's not for me. I don't smoke at all, and I got a serious coughing fit when I tried it, couldn't keep the smelly smoke in, and I don't like the smell of it in the first place. But that's just me, and if it's for you, do it to it. I see it like religion: as long as you have no intention of trying to force me to like it or participate, it's no skin off of my back if you enjoy it.

[Cheap_Trick]

35. Nope, never had the desire to

and the smell makes me gag.

[lefthandedlefty]

36. No I would not

Making things illegal don`t stop people from doing it nor does making it legal cause people to do it.People are going to do what they want to no matter what the law is.It would do everyone a great service to let everyone live their own lives and quit trying to force their own opiions on everyone else.

[lonestarnot]

37. I might.

:evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

77. hee hee!

:evilgrin:

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

38. Legalization DECREASES Drug Use

Check some of the stats on Portugal; they have made incredible progress with hard drugs the same way.

And by the way: it is "ok to try" marijuana now! Right now! Don't criticize it, just vaporize it!

[whistler162]

43. Nope seen the results!

[devilgrrl]

51. The results of what?

:popcorn:

[whistler162]

56. Thanks for the proof....

[krabigirl]

60. ?

[devilgrrl]

64. Proof of what? That you don't have to be stoned to be a clueless dolt.

Thank you for proving my point. :hi:

[Hippo_Tron]

76. He must be referring to your popcorn smiley

I have indeed heard stories of somebody placing a box of popcorn in front of somebody who was high on marijuana and they supposedly ate the whole thing.

[devilgrrl]

85. DU needs to get a ranch flavored doritos smiley.

Then he'd really have a case.

[crazyjoe]

44. no way, pot makes people boring and stupid

[devilgrrl]

52. but it makes you much less boring and stupid to them.

:popcorn:

[BakedAtAMileHigh]

59. oh, c'mon!

I'm sure "crazy joe" is the life of the party! :eyes:

[devilgrrl]

62. I don't know about you BAAMH - but I'm the mood for classic literature...

or something else boring and stupid. :smoke:

[Zhade]

92. No, it doesn't. Educate yourself. Google "sativa" for starters.

Sheesh, some people are STILL dumb enough to fall for the lies about this beneficial plant!

[lame54]

46. good luck finding people who haven't tried it

[Syntheto]

47. Alcohol is far worse than Cannabis...

... I smoke it, as well as cook with it. Anyway, I digress (yes, yes, I know that's indicative, but digression isn't like forgetting what we were talking about, which was, um..)

Cannabis should be legal, but there should be much stricter rules in place for driving automobiles, trucks or operating any other heavy machinery while under the influence of any sort of chemical or technology that prevents a person from paying dedicated attention to the process.... That includes the worst fucking device yet invented: the cell phone.

No, I have no proof or statistics, but intuition tells me that more automobile accidents and deaths are caused by the fucking cell phone than people smoking cannabis... they're all in the far right lane, with the cruise control set at 100 kph. Of course, mixing cannabis with babbling on the cellphone can be bad.

[azmouse]

49. Never smoked pot, never will.

It just doesn't interest me at all.

[spanone]

53. i'm about 40 years too late to answer that question

[TicketyBoo]

55. Maybe I would try it

if I didn't have to smoke it.

I have never even taken a drag off of a regular cigarette, so I can't see me smoking anything.

[MrScorpio]

63. Nope, even if it was legal

I feel the same way about every smoke product

[Bluenorthwest]

67. It is not a smoke product. Smoking is a prefered deliver system

but there are many other ways to ingest. So you did not answer the question. It is an herb, which can be cooked with, made into chewing gum or peanut butter, a vapor, a liquid...just saying.

[MrScorpio]

69. The answer is still no, I wouldn't

I like being sober.

I have no medicinal need to use it either.

[csziggy]

66. Maybe on occasion, though I do not drink even though it is legal

Maybe because once I stopped drinking regularly, I found that I did not enjoy the sensations I got from the intermittent drink.

These days I take so much other medication, I would need to check with my doctor about using pot while taking those drugs. But it might help with my chronic pain issues.

[Ho Tai]

68. Reverend Lovejoy

"It's no longer immoral, once the GOVERNMENT says it's OK."

[Flaneur]

71. I don't do counterfactuals.

[Odin2005]

74. No, I take an SSRI and Ritalin and don't want drug interactions.

Us folks on the Autism spectrum also tend to have odd reactions from psychoactive substances, anyway, another reason I'd rather avoid it.

[astral]

75. Seems like a silly question

if it was legal, would more people smoke it, like cigarettes? If someone could claim they had never tried it, then they could honestly answer that question. But if you have tried it, how would you know how you would feel about trying it if you hadn't tried it?

Today the penalty for getting caught is much greater than it was in pot's "hey-day."

So people who never tried it then would be less inclined to try it now, unless they don't give a damn about the law and use it anyway. Which, I don't care if anybody likes pot and am totally in favor of it being totally legal even though I don't care for it.

Good pot does smell good, though . . . .

[Frau Bauer]

78. Marijuana

Meh, I have no problem with it anyway.

[cliffordu]

79. If it had been legal when i started with it, I never would have tried it.

Specially if it was something my fucking PARENTS did....

[wickerwoman]

80. Probably not.

Definitely wouldn't smoke it. Might try brownies but I'm a bit of a control freak and really *hate* being drunk so I can't imagine I would enjoy being stoned that much. :shrug:

Don't care if other people want to do it and certainly think it should be legal but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't really enjoy it.

[pipoman]

91. Though I don't currently smoke it

because I am subject to random UA at work, a lot of people who do smoke it don't like alcohol either. It is completely unlike alcohol inebriation in it is nearly impossible to get so intoxicated as to be 'out of control'. In fact Gallagher used to have a bit where he was talking about getting high and said something about 'It is stupid to keep smoking once you are high..you don't get no higher, your stash just gets lower'.

[pipoman]

83. Not regularly

but I would likely self medicate with it occasionally. Occasional muscle tension or insomnia. I would keep some around as I do aspirin and cold pills.

[Echo In Light]

89. If it were legal I'd likely not smoke any more than I already do

... on a regular basis :)

[HughBeaumont]

95. Nope.

"Mellow" isn't me. The smell of nearly all smokeable products gives me headaches.