Why do you smoke weed? why don't you smoke weed?

I used to when I was younger, but for some reason I guess my body won't handle it anymore. If I even smoke the tiniest bit, I'm struck with paranoia and anxiety attacks, usually followed by eventual vomiting. So I'll just leave it alone.

I wouldn't smoke weed, it's only for dumb bitches and dickheads.

Two reasons:
1) I wouldn't want to become dumber.
2) Food is a scarcity, here!

I'm too intelligent to smoke weed.

I used to. It was very pleasant. I don't now due to money reasons (it is an expensive habit!) and general health reasons as I am knocking on a bit now. And a little bit of "been there, seen it, done it" i.e. I am a bit bored of it now.

Not against it in any way though.

Because if I didn't, I would be on a pile of pills to keep me calm. It is my one vice. I love weed.

I quit, because of MONEY... PERIOD. If there wasn't such a thing I would smoke all day every day. NO BETTER FEELING IN THE WORLD! People that are against it are ignorant of it OBVIOUSLY. They just see some "dummy" that smoked it, so now they think EVERYONE that smokes it is a "dummy". Well it isn't the weed that makes you stupid, it's the brain structure of the human being. The fact that it is illegal just chaps my hide. Also the fact that there are drug tests for jobs is a DUMB WASTE OF MONEY. Ok, well as you can tell - I'm "jonezin" for some green, because I'm feeling frustrated. Please open your eyes and realize it isn't the pot it is the person. As individuals we should have the right to do to ourselves what we wish....... PERIOD!

i used to smoke weed with friends. i stopped a couple years ago b/c i didn't want to have to take a drug test for a good job and lose the job b/c of that. but i had some fun times smokin though ;)

I have enough bad habits, don't need another one!

I can't afford it since it's too expensive.
It's fun to smoke, I'll grant you that.
I haven't had any since February.

i first smoked weed when i was 7 it was cause my brothers friend thought it woud be funny, i smoke weed 0as a 16 year old, for my religion(rastafari) and to keep me calm and focused, i didnt not join my religion because they smoke weed i didnt not find that out until after i became a rasta man i join because i beliv ein one love one people one destiny

I've seen what excessive smoking can do to a person and have no desire to share in it.

I do it to protect my liver... and because I've never told a cop to piss off while smoking weed. On the other hand, the imbibing of alcohol produces a completely different effect.

I smoked it once and never again because I acted like a right pratt afterwards. Also since giving up smoking it wouldn't be something I divulged in anyway.

I would have to completely agree with what the last guy said... The only thing I would add opinion on is of the subject of addiction. For me personally, I smoke a lot of weed. Whether or not a person thinks it's too much is up to them, for me it works. However, I would not call it an addiction, as an addiction to me suggests that you would feel disappointed or similar if the said product was removed from your life forever, or even for some period of time.

I have never felt a feeling of disapproval when weed has been delayed in my life. I pretty much know I will do it again at some point until I'm physically dead. For example: At one point in my life I was smoking weed every single weekend and a good amount of times through the week. Then a bad experience with too much iced tea threw me off it, I came back to it about a month later and decided I didn't really want to smoke it anymore.

A few years later and I came back to it very strong. I was hitting buckets immediately pretty much everyday, then because of the scenario with friends would end up playing NHL 10 and suck down so much pizza and bottled water. Which didn't make me fat, actually I've lost some gained weight since. Anyways, back on topic. When the time comes that weed isn't affordable I simply don't buy it. The thought of not being able to do it may occur, but I don't personally feel shutdown by it. In fact my mood doesn't even alter because of the negative event, which happens more so when I don't smoke it (even before ever smoking it).

I truly do not believe I am addicted. I completely believe I could stop at any given moment, but like your favourite show you're not going to stop watching unless there is a valid reason. Health, relationships, situation etc.

because it makes me psychotic and submissive and too in tune to everyone elses body language.

When you look at the facts about marijuana, and then you compare them to alcohol and cigarettes, which one has the worst looking statistics? All i can tell you is marijuana will be on the bottom. It has no recorded deaths, and even has some good to it.(It works as a pain reliever and helps people with eating disorders) Alcohol on the other hand, kills tons of people everyday and even small doses can be deadly. Although cigarettes take a long period of time to effect you seriously, they still get the job done, and are also responsible for many deaths in the world. Yes, smoking weed can still cause lung cancer because of the smoke, but that is the smokers decision. The ones who criticize pot smokers are ignorant and only criticize because the US government (aka bullshit corporation) has made you think its awful and only thugs and gangsters do it.


Comments are appreciated.

people clearly arnt taught/know the facts about weed

1.) alcohol & smoking are worse (its been proven)
2.) there has NEVER been any deaths reported because you cannot overdose of marajuanna
3.)marajuanna has fibers (hemp) this is used in medicine & clothing
4.)smoking majuanna can make the brain think in deeper levels
5.) you do not forgett anything that happens when smoking weed
6.) smoking weed can make you "see things"
7.) the most common way to take weed is to smoke it you can also eat (in cakes) / drink (in tea or coffee) or vaporise it
8.) weed affects differnt people differntly some people get parionoid and on edge although its rare for people to have "bad" side effects

im 15 i'm studying pyscology , socialology, geography & enviromental science & ive smoked weed twice im no dumbass low-life. weed is very good for our economy if it has the right laws if it was legall in the uk it would be taxed very high by the goverment so the goverment would have more money & it would be a major tourist attraction the cannibis market make's millions each year all this money goe's to crinimals at least if the goverment controlled it the money would be going back into our economey

All of you are so judgemental, if I hadn't started smoking weed I would never have seen life in the several perspectives I do now. You say people who smoke weed aren't intelligent? Most of the famous people to ever live smoked chronic, if anything me as a smoker i think of life and what it really means and it makes me want to learn more and understand this world we live in, but props to the rasta guy above, we are all the same people there should be no pointless fighting, we are all equal and we should all be able to live life in our own way without being judged.

I smoke weed because i like it.
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I smoke for the euphoria and creativity. I am a software engineer and when presented with tough problems I've found changing mental scenery/mindset allows me to think 'outside the box'. Not necessarily outside of the sober box of thought (e.g. these thoughts would likely come about later, unprovoked), but more like a different angle of attack induced at will (by smoking).

I would communicate this as an amplification of natural synesthesia in the sense that some things are more intuitive in the right mindset.

For example: Imagine two polygons on a piece of paper. One polygon has smooth, round curves like that of a cloud in Super Mario Brothers. The other has sharp edges like that of a star in Super Mario Brothers. Imagine now that each has a name - either Bleep or Bloop. Which one is Bloop? Chances are in the favor of naming the cloud Bloop because its sound is more subtle than that of Bleep, and these characteristics transverse to visual subtlety. This is natural synesthesia at work - not the same form that I'm trying to communicate, but within the same realm for your own comparison.

I have had trouble, also, maintaining a consistent weight which the marijuana appears to normalize.

Not to sound vulgar, but when smoking marijuana regularly (e.g. 2 days in a row) I've found my bowel movements become more regular. I am not certain whether this is due to increase consumption of food (munchies) or whether there is something else at work with respect to directly affecting my gastrointestinal tract.

It helps me fall asleep, and maintain a more regular sleep schedule. This could also attribute to the increased GI tract regularity I experience.

These are all things that I've noticed as an aside to the primary goal of intoxication. If these, perceptively beneficial, side-effects were not present I would still smoke marijuana.

I smoked cigarettes for just over 7 years (without going more than 18 hours without a cigarette). I quit in November of 2007. This was very difficult for me. As a comparison, I 'quit' smoking marijuana regularly for 4-6 weeks at a time without issue. Addictive? No, not in my opinion. Risk of dependence? Yes, in the same sense that you are dependent upon your favorite television series. It's not uncommon for you to go out with friends or go on vacation where 'there is no tv' without issue - but when you have nothing else to do and it's showing, why not watch what you enjoy watching? To further this analogy you may become disappointed when your show is a rerun or a sports game runs overtime and they have to bump your show and you don't get to watch it when you had been looking forward to it all day. Is this disappointment a result of your addiction to the television show? I would imagine (purely conjecture) nearly everyone would agree that there is a large difference between enjoying something enough to warrant repeating it and being addicted to it.

I don't smoke weed because I know people who do. It can really mess with your head and make you act totally out of character; I want to be completely aware and in control of my actions. Not only that, but weed leads to other things, more serious drugs. I have a friend who only remembers waking up in someone's yard.. its scary when you don't know what happened to you or what you did, even worse is when you find out what you did and it is something regrettable.

Hmmm, let's see. I smoke it like 1-2 times a month, so it's not physically addicting AT ALL. When i do wanna get stoned, I chill with a couple of friends and smoke a couple J's. I still am able to have a normal life. I'm not stupid, I get good grades in school, my thinking isn't 'altered' or anything, and i just feel better. It gives me a whole new perspective on life. Makes things funner, more relaxing. Plus, Marijuana has never killed anyone. Sure, people have died from doing drugs including marijuana, but there are 0 deaths that have ever been directly linked to pure marijuana usage. And besides, once i start a family, i'll be off weed. I'm 14 now, so I'll smoke until I get out of college or some time around there. To all the clueless people who think weed is bad for you, don't knock it till' ya try it. It won't hurt you.