on the subject, i will say it had very different effects on many of my friends. One of my friends smoked it and became the stereotypical stupid stoner. It was like it made him retarded. One of my friends smoked it and it lead to many MANY other drugs. And then most (myself included) smoked it sometimes with no side effects. At the time (this was mid to late 80's... yes, i know i am old) there was also a thing called "hash oil" which was basically a mix of pot and hash (pot with some opiates in it). I have since long moved away from pot, i have no negative opinions of it and it did not wreck my life i don't smoke it because i don't want to get turned down for a job because some place decides it wants to do hair tests instead of the easy to pass piss tests. I don't think pot is bad, or the gateway drug... personalities are the bad or the gateway to worse things not pot. If someone is predisposed to addiction then a beer will progress to the bottle of gin a day drunk. If pot was made legal i would smoke it from time to time. It made my pizza better and it made my music and movies funnier - but no more than some beer and a shot.

Alcohol is worst then pot in most cases, but honestly alcohol can be a little safer when controlled, your going to get high regardless how many hits you take smoking, thats the point, whereas one drink of alcohol isnt going to put you in a mind altering state that can end up dangerous. To be honest, last year in school i did better than ever before and went in high as a kite on mostly sativa high grade loud every day. I had some of the greatest memories I can (and cant) remember. I actually scored a 99 on my English EOCT and I can't remember that entire day. But Ive also had some of the scariest moments in my life. First time I hit a bong, everything was in the right condition to have a panic attack, I was relatively new to smoking, I'd never hit a bong, we had some of the highest THC potent weed, and I didint know you were only supposed to take a few hits to get licked. In total that day I took about 16 or 17 hits, plus there was no ice so the hot smoke made me cough my lungs out, supposedly getting me higher. Next thing I know everything starts spinning around, I got really paranoid and forgot who I was, it felt like a scene when from Romeo + Juliet, it felt like $@!& was in my skin pulsating, seconds took hours. I kept smoking after that, with a few more crazy trips like this, I know how damaging weed can be to the psych and how crazy it can get and the impression it can leave upon you.

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Screamin' Armadillo is so cool, he refers to himself in the third person.

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Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

I'm so cool, I'm you and everyone you've ever met.

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

I'm so cool, I burn...just like I burned you with this post...

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Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

I'm so cool I'm naming my next cat Paul.

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Favorite bands:

Melvins
The Jesus Lizard
Cows
Big Business
R***man
Minutemen
Flight
Minor Threat
Big Black
Shellac
Karp
Scratch Acid
Wipers
Pixies

I'm so cool when i walk down the street people say "god damn look how cool he is" (south park reference)

"I am the walrus"....now that's cool. koo koo ka choo

+1

The first time I ever SMOKED I was at a friends house drinking wine and jamming. He blurted out with why don't we try this new bud I just got. Everyone was up for that
He brought out a piece of plastic hose, and I still cant remember exactly what he did with it. I vaguely remember getting sick. The next thing I remember was waking up on his bathroom floor 3 hrs. later. I was still so loaded I couldn't put one foot in front of the other. It took about another hour to get so I thought it was OK to drive. That was probably the worst driving experience I ever had. (I was not functioning normally) to say the least. Somehow I made it home safely. Thank You Lord Maybe this memory is one reason why I never did much dope. I chose Alcohol and lived to regret it .The best choice would have been total abstinence. But I knew everything, After all, I was 21.
----Danny,

Receiving a few complaints about this thread and it's not worth it -- controversial topic obviously. Locking.

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