High School ended and my friends went off to college. It was strange, because they had been talking about college our entire senior year. I never even seemed to think too much about what I was going to do. However; I did take the SAT and received a score high enough to attend a local community college. At the time, I do not feel that I was an alcoholic or addict yet. I was really still in the early stages. I went to college and finished my freshman year as scheduled. I was really proud of myself for this accomplishment. However; I started hanging out with a new friend “Rick”, who I knew from High School. Rick was a good friend but also liked to drink and do drugs. Mainly, his drug of choice was cocaine. Rick was able to get us a small quantity of cocaine to take on a trip with us to Cancun Mexico. By this time, I smoked a little bit of Marijuana off and on, but was not completely hooked. Again, I do not feel that I was an addict yet.
I have to admit that cocaine was a really interesting drug. To me, I found it highly addictive (I could feel the itch for more after doing it) but not worth the money. I should also mention that I was constantly going to the gym to try to improve my physical appear for women. Being a skinny kid, I was not interested in anything that caused me to lose weight because again I wanted to be “Buff”. With all of that being said, I will still never forget the first time I really got high off of cocaine. I was in Cancun Mexico and did a few lines before going down to the bar. At the bar, I sat down and drank 5 or 6 draft beers and walked away sober. That’s when I realized why it was called the party drug. You could get completely blitzed and do a few lines and were immediately sober again. But, I would never become addicted to cocaine as you will later see because of my desire not to lose weight.
Time went by and I started working at pizza delivery business. I started when I was 21 years old and was still a student at my local college. So, delivering pizzas was a part time job for me. Around this time I started smoking pot regularly. I would say by the time I was 22, that I smoked it every night. By the time I was 23 I was stoned all of the time. If I wasn’t stoned then I wanted to be. My first finance broke off our relationship at age 23. This was a blessing for me to say the least. However; I could not stop smoking pot no matter what happened in my life. Around this time I went to the doctor for some reason and he prescribed me an anti-depressant. He felt that I was depressed. Indeed he was correct and it made a huge difference in the way I felt about myself. Even though I was smoking pot all of the time, I felt so much better once I was given something to help with my depression.
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So smoking weed is bad, but taking incredibly addictive and somewhat dangerous anti-depressants is fine?
cool story, bro
>>cool story, bro
lol. Dude I couldn’t even read this story. I got half way through and just couldn’t finish. It’s so umm fake?
I totally agree.. this dude is just another lying prohibitionist scam..
if these duded wonna give up smokin pot why do they go on so much about da weed and claim it has ruined their lives? sounds like you was playing at being a pot head, i agree with above comment pills good but weed bad? we should be free to make our own decisions, pot has only ever benefited my life, the only negative affect i ever felt was when the fuzz locked me up and i couldn’t have a smoke to ease my chronic arthritis. the weed shall be freed! do the wicked deed and sow the holy hemp seed!
LOL, what a freaking idiot.YOu can’t even be realistic can you?Pills?that stuff gets you hooked more then weed.and, if you REALLY did coke, you wouldn’t be able to stop, since you got addicted to pot not Coke.WOuldn’t care about the money, you would sell your crap and give pleasure for coke.Idiot, as for pot?Smoked it every night would eventualy make you stop becuase it tends to do that, if you do it too much you usualy don’t want to anymore.God, atleast do your research before you post stupid crap about how addicting it is.FAKEOUT!
lol i remember when i took my “anti” depressants” i needed more and more and more to get the effects i needed …. then after awhile i started holding knifes and guns to my body that was a fun drug ….. then i found marijuana. It helps with all sorts of my “problems”
Weed has helped me with my depression along with my anxiety … i used to take lorazapam and it would leave me in a drowsy almost drunk state … and i had to get on a bus and try to go to work >.>
Weed helped not only with my depression but also with my anxiety. It helps people with cancer ,aids , MS , depression , anxiety ,And the list goes on and on and on. Not to mention you cant die from marijuana .
marijuana is also great for helping with anger management
Steve,
Your lies about anti-depressants are just too noticeable. Anti-depressants are not addictive and anyone who tells you they are is lying to you. Marijuana worked for me in the beginning also. I felt great and was pretty happy too. But, one day it stopped working and I was miserable. When that day comes for you, come back and let us know.
I think one reason why we are not hearing comments from the guys that have been smoking for 20 years is because they can’t put together a good sentence. More than likely these individuals do not even use the Internet and never will. I was literally at this point after 5 years of solid pot smoking (4 to 5 times a day).
Another thing that I feel I should mention is that my brother is not an addict and he lived with me during my drug use. He even smoked weed with me and my friends. We were in our early twenties and everyone seemed to be doing it, so he thought it was probably okay too. But, one day he noticed that it started to effect his work (he used to fix cars). He told me that when he was stoned it would take him forever to put a car back together or he would mess up by leaving out a bolt or something. So, my brother stopped smoking pot because it was making him less productive if he was stoned. Now, he smoked a lot of pot with me (no doubt about it). But, he never bought pot. He only smoked it if it was around him.
This seems to be a common theme among people who do not have addiction problems. They can take it or leave it and never purchase it. If that is you, then enjoy your twenties with your friends. You will probably never have to worry about getting addicted to anything. But, if you are the person who purchases pot on a regular basis, then there is always a seat available for you at an AA meeting. Alcoholics Anonymous is a great place to start your recovery.
God Bless You All
I take anti-depressants. I have for three years. I am addicted to them. When I go a day without one, I feel withdrawl effects. Are you going to call me a liar? I’m 24 years old and have been smoking pot everyday for ten years. I dont go to work high or anywhere else that is important. But if I’m at home or a friends, I’m always high. Its been this way for a decade. I can use the internet, I can put together a sentence. What do you have to say to me?
One word: Propaganda
I smoke pot, and I really can’t see how anyone can get addicted to it. People that smoke everyday are running away from something. Be a man and face your problems. Don’t blame the drug, blame yourself. Don’t ruin it for the rest of us.
First, you are wrong anti-depressants are not addictive. It has already been proven:
http://altamirarecovery.com/articles/blog/antidepressant-addiction
Just because a drug causes withdrawal effects does not classify it as being addictive. Anti-depressants are not drugs in which you can stop immediately. You have to slowly reduce the amount you take. It’s easy to tell they are not addictive because people forget to take them a lot (even me). But, I would have never forgotten to smoke pot after my coffee in the morning.
So you’re 24 years old. I made it until almost 26 before I went to rehab. If you were drinking alcohol everyday to the point where you felt relatively drunk everyday, would you think there was nothing unusual about it?
By the way, you don’t smoke nearly as much as I did. I would not have been able to skip smoking before work or anything else. Addiction is a disease that progresses slowly with some individuals and faster with others. Do you also drink when you smoke pot at night? I did not drink that much, in fact before I went to rehab I had not drank anything for 3 months.
Also, your antidepressant will work better if you stop smoking pot. I was also put on an anti-depressant before I quit smoking pot and it made me feel so much better. Now if you drink on top of an antidepressant then that’s another story because it will flush it out of your system altogether.
One last thing… Have you noticed a gradual increase in your drug use over this 10 year period? Be honest.. If so, this is an indicator of being an addict. Drug and alcohol addiction is a progressive disease.
this site is just plain dangerous, your saying anti depressants are not addictive and your views on cocaine are like it doesnt matter, everything is addictive if you have an addictive personality, not if you catch the “addictive disease”, im sick of these propaganda sites, sad truth is, you replaced cannabis with god, now i bet you have to go to every AA meeting otherwise you will start using again. and without god you would be an addict, get some belief in yourself not god.
peace
Maybe this site should be called “Say No to Cocaine”….. I could agree with that.
I was very depressed when I was in my early teens, I went to my doctor and was prescribed antidepressants. Over the next 3 months I lost about 20 lbs… I was 14, I should have been gaining that weight. I never felt like eating anymore. The Zoloft kept me from being depressed, unfortunately it also kept me from feeling much of anything at all.
I started using cannabis. I got my appetite back and was able to put back on some of that weight, I felt good. I stopped using Zoloft, started using cannabis and have never again had to feel empty inside because of synthetic mood stabilizers. I continue to use cannabis, in moderation, in the privacy of my home.
My husband also uses cannabis, he has had Crohn’s disease for 10 years and has lived with malrotation of the gut his whole life (he’s been ill since before he started using cannabis). I am so grateful he is able to use cannabis as his medicine, if he did not have it he would be in the bathroom 15 times a day and overall very sick. It really upsets me that the people on this site WANT my husband to have constant diarrhea and abdominal pain. Oh yeah, but he could choose to take prescription medicines…. NOT! the side effects of opiates, prednisone, humira and other Crohn’s drugs are intolerable… he would need to use cannabis just to offput the discomfort these drugs cause and they do NOT cure this illness, there is no cure…. So until then Cannabis is the answer for him. It would be very, very sad if a 95 lb terminally ill man were to have to go to jail for easing his suffering.
I really don’t care if you don’t want to use cannabis or even don’t want it in your life at all. Those decisions are for the individual to make, I respect your choice to not have a place for cannabis in your life, it certainly is not for everyone. I hope you can learn to respect other individuals responsible choices, even if they may be different than yours.
PRAISE JAH!
This side is an outrage. I personally experienced an addiction to anti-depresents after taking them for 4 years as proscribed drugs against my depression which only got worse while taking these drugs. I suffered from physical withdraw symptoms for 14 month and switched doctors on a friends recommendation. The new doc was back then heavily into back then alternative medicine: Medical Cannabis. No addiction, no suicidal side effects, no possible overdose – I’m the living prove since 1983!
Sure wonder if the makers of this lousy side to notice that they promote the use of cocaine and prescription drugs to use with these silly stories.
what in the hell does that have to do with smoking pot, the guy was a druggy before he ever smoked pot.
Dude… you = suck
pot = good
Are you retarded or just high?
This site is a joke. Anti-depressants are extremely BAD for you. If you don’t believe me then you haven’t heard a commercial for them. Listen to the side-effects next time.
Marijuana is safer than every other drug that is mentioned on this site including alcohol and I could easily argue that marijuana isn’t even a drug. It grows from the ground. Would you call sugar a drug? What about caffeine? What about nutmeg? You can get high off all the things I just mentioned, but it doesn’t make them drugs.
Anyways, the point is smoking pot is a good thing. Doing anti-depressants is a bad thing.
Peace
i dont know why u guys even try. Whoever owns this website knows that smoking weed doesnt screw your life up. i smoke weed all the time. And i have found it to do a number of things to me. and im going to be as detailed as i can with my experiences with weed.
1. create a pusling sensation in my head
2. make music sound amazing
3. make all my worries melt away
4. makes every aspect of life more fun
5. seeing in frames (only if ur really really reallllllllly high)
6. feel sleepy later on
7. feel lazy or unmotivated.
8. rapid increase of apetite
9. lightheadedness.
10. cottonmouth
11. paranoia (if in a stressed situation or environment.)
By the way i sat through D.A.R.E (drug abuse resistance education). in 5th grade and half of the crap they tried to feed me about marijuana was completely false.
Im not going to encourage people to smoke weed because at the end of the day its not like marijuana is actually good for you, but its not bad. I dont think weed is something you should do every day, but you should definitely do it before you die. However its easy to lead a perfectly normal and productive lifestyle smoking weed you just have to fight the
QUOTE from ADMIN
“I think one reason why we are not hearing comments from the guys that have been smoking for 20 years is because they can’t put together a good sentence. More than likely these individuals do not even use the Internet and never will.”
Look at willie nelson hes been smoking weed almost his entire life and hes healthy as a mule. And if you have never heard him speak before, i can tell you he speaks clearly
For me, weed is not addicting, of course though sometimes i crave it like i crave chocolate cake, or a hamburger.
In conclusion weed is not bad for you, In fact its worst side effect is drowsiness.
And if you manage to screw up your life smoking weed YOU ARE NOT AN ADDICT, YOU ARE AN IDIOT. The closest thing to a weed smoker doing something threatening would be blowing your head off in call of duty 4
ps. if you have drank alcohol before and not smoked weed you’ll be suprised to find out that the effect of alcohol is at least 3 times stronger than the effect of weed. As soon as you smoke weed you’ll wonder why its illegal.
“One last thing… Have you noticed a gradual increase in your drug use over this 10 year period? Be honest.. If so, this is an indicator of being an addict. Drug and alcohol addiction is a progressive disease.”
Have you ever heard of tolerance before?
You need to stop this site, i mean seriously.
How do you live with yourself? How do you go to sleep at night knowing you created this?
The best part about all your little BS stories are laughing at the pure ignorance and stupidity of them.
I’m older than you and have been smoking for longer than you, I have gone through periods where i would smoke multiple times a day for months at a time. To smoking none whatsoever, for months at a time.
Now, of course i would want to use it, but the current situation i was in didn’t allow for the use of it, was either a job position, or was a money issue.
If you think that being “addicted” to Marijuana is a problem, then I’m sorry good sir but you don’t know half of what addiction implies.
Ive never stopped using a substance so suddenly and felt very minimal effects before, Cannabis is one of the few that does not screw you over with with drawls and real addiction.
I hope you are Troll.
Hey K-Stigs:
I agree with you that Cannabis is harmless, as I smoke daily and have for years (you would not ever know if you knew me unless I told you) however, Delta9TetraHydroCanabinoil or THC IS a drug. Sugar IS a drug Caffiene IS a drug. Drug does not have to mean a bad thing though. The definition of a drug in its simplist form is this: Anyting that enters a living organism that alters normal bodily function.
ADMIN—How can you say that anti-depressents are not addicting and throw a website at us and yet you claim that marijuana is?
http://www.fcda.org/tenthings.html
And why not throw away video games, coffee, fast food while we are on this anti-addiction craze.
You arnt going to be able to lie to us anymore, this isnt 1937, welcome to America buddy.
I say stop blaming marijuana as being the problem when obviously it was yourself with the problem.
Wow Admin, go back and read everything you said on this page. Marijuana IS a drug, and it needs to be used RESPONSIBLY. If you got addicted to it and claim it ruined your life, blame yourself after all it is YOUR life. If you were smoking 5 times a day every day that is your fault. I smoke daily, but if I have to go to work, or watch little kids, or something else very important in my life I don’t smoke until it is done.
As about your brother, of course he wouldn’t be as good at fixing cars while high. The closest thing th a negative side effect of cannabis is short term memory loss while THC is sitll active in your system (30 min to 2 hrs, while your high) that is his fault for being irresponsible and smoking pot while on the job) No different than alcohol, don’t use it while at work!
Damn.
Oh, also just because you buy marijuana does not mean anything…I buy pot .. a lot, and I can stop when ever I want. In fact, I need to save some money so when my 1/4 runs out (prolly today) I won’t be smoking for a month or so..
Grow up, and don’t talk something down just because you suck at life.
anti-depressants are not addictive? ARE YOU FLIPPIN KIDDING ME?!!?!!?
excuse the language. BUT THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you work for the pharmaceutical companies or something?
anti-depressants NOT ONLY cause physical dependency, but they only MASK THE SYMPTOMS, and do nothing to treat the root of the problem.
Marijuana, on the other hand, if used INTELLIGENTLY, can help one see into their self, and discover what it is they need to do with their life to create a healthy change. You might say that marijuana could also be used to mask problems, but I assure you, eventually the person using it this way will no longer be able to enjoy their experience because it will make them too aware.
Anti-Depressants however, are quite the opposite. The only exception is with bi-polar and schizophrenic people, who I always recommend not using marijuana, because it doesn’t interact well with them, but it is also important to note that no truly 100% effective or healthy treatment has been discovered for these people.
Admin, with that statement, you have lost all credibility, and lead one to assume that you are a liar and/or creator of propaganda. Either that or you just have very little perceptive power.
I CAN’T STAND ALL THIS IGNORANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why not make a site against something that is actually harmful or addicting like alcohol or tobacco and use real facts instead of making up all this unfounded bull****?!?!?
“I think one reason why we are not hearing comments from the guys that have been smoking for 20 years is because they can’t put together a good sentence. More than likely these individuals do not even use the Internet and never will.”
wtf dude, thats stereotyping.
its just a hobby,, u guys need to chill out
if u have a good reason to, dont
but just cause people enjoy themselves when they smoke
and u guys dont like it, doesnt mean u have to hate on everyone that does
First of all, anti-depressants do not kill your brain cells, and are far less harmful than weed. My husband is an alcoholic and also a marijuana addict. His chemical addiction problem has put a burden on our relationship as well as with our 11 year old daughter. We have less money because of his problem. When he drinks and smokes pot at the same time, he becomes a completely different person, and this person is not nice. He starts cussing at me and our daughter, and demands me to make him something to eat. He urinates in are bathroom sink; he vomits in the kitchen sink, and worst of all believe it or not; something evil lurks inside him. I have witnessed several times when his eyes turn extremely red, and then he starts to growl at me like some type of wolf. I have prayed about this, and I will continue to fight the demon inside him that wants him to use these drugs. My husband has been through a rehab treatment before, but has started his addiction problem again, but I will not give up on him. I’m confident that with my praying and him attending his AA meetings we will fight this ordeal. God Bless you all,
Patricia, the behavior you speak of is due to alcohol. That’s why I don’t like alcohol. it’s as if people become possessed. Marijuana on the other hand, frees me of inner demons, and has made me a much more humble, caring, selfless, respectful, and spiritual person. It has increased my love for this world, God, and has made me more loving towards all of my family members, and people in general. Good luck to you and your family. God bless.
Patricia,
Try not to listen to just about everyone in this blog. I understand what it is like to be your husband, but I don’t know what it’s like to be you. Alcoholics and addicts must avoid all drugs to remain sober. If alcohol is his drug of choice and he smokes pot, then eventually he will start drinking again.
You should be very encouraged that he is going to AA meetings. Most people never make it into the rooms. Denial is a terrible thing. It’s like a war going on inside the addicted persons head. One part of your brain wants to quit, while another part doesn’t. I used “Fake it until you make it”, meaning that I had to pretend like I wanted to get sober to do it. It’s hard to explain, but that’s what worked for me. Plus, I got a sponsor right away and he starting taking me through the steps.
A lot of people go in and out of the AA rooms in the beginning. But eventually if you keep coming back, you end up sober. There is nothing worse than a belly full of beer and head full of AA.
You might want to consider going to an Al-Anon meeting. My mother goes to Al-Anon meetings and it helps her a lot. Her father (my grand dad) was an alcoholic.
Have a nice week.
I’m going to sum up exactly what you’re saying: The government should limit our right to what we ingest, because you cannot show the self control it takes to not go smoke a joint.
I say we have the government ban all video games because my neighbour got hooked and gained a ton of weight.
I say we ban all chairs because some kids sit in them incorrectly and hurt themselves.
I say we ban computers because some guy from somewhere got addicted to the internet and didn’t go to work. Hell, Ban everything that isn’t absolutely necessary to society so that a few people don’t go and screw their lives up.
Do you really think that’s fair to everyone who does show self control? Why do we have to be limited because your can’t control yourself?
It’s people like you that kill the possibility of stepping that little bit closer to having a truly free nation.
I don’t want to suffer because you can’t control yourself. I know you’re going to pull this out of context (it’s what I’ve come to see from you) so, I’ll explain that by “don’t want to suffer”, I mean that I don’t want to be hassled by police because I want to smoke a joint before bed to help ease my insomnia.
Wow. So what screwed you up more? The alcohol, cocaine, prescription drugs, ciggarettes, or smoking a natural plant that isn’t physically addictive. Seems to me like you have an addictive personality. What a dumb site.
So let me get this straight…
Taking highly addictive chemicals that have serious side effects is better than smoking a relatively harmless (Nothing is harmless, you can die from drinking water) plant that has little to no negative side effects?
I don’t see the logic.
Oh, I found a little error in your propaganda post. The person that wrote this says he didn’t want to do anything that contributed to anything but getting beefy? Well hey now, he was stoned all the time, one of the main side effects of smoking Marijuana is the munchies, the desire to eat anything and everything.
Eating would go against his goals.
I call bull****.
Maybe my facts are the lesser to this websites facts, but I’d swear that throughout every little drug education seminar they said weed was not addictive. Also this **** about you enjoying antidepressants? That is a much larger problem than being high alot. Weed is natural, and i believe a good amount of weed can bring us human beings back to our natural, antijudging, beautiful state. That and in today’s world being against pot actually makes you what isn’t cool. Bill Gate (CEO of Microsoft), Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple), and Barack Obama (President of the ****** United States of America) all smoked weed at one point in their life. In a nutshell, by quitting smoking weed you have made yourself a lesser person. Do you feel better now that you can’t run any large computer companies, or an entire ******* country? And I apologize for using the pronoun you throughout this comment, for the fact that this story is such bull**** no normal human being could have written it off as the truth.
i smoked marijuana many many times………and im not addicted
people who get addicted to marijuana are “retards” i dont see any way you can get addicted to it
n your saying weed makes ppl not stand up for them selfs and stuff?
thats just bcuz them kids cant stand up for themselfs, thats not weed its called
low self esteem, i see the most popular kid in school smokes weed
and marijuana doesnt make u do stupid things like alcohal does, marijuana ONLY makes you a litle hungry
This site is ridiculous!
Marijuana is just fine.
I think you needed a shrink first… and some lessons about life before you blame the weed!
I have a few things to say to you Admin.
First off do you honestly think that the government would post that anti-depressants are addictive if they are making millions of dollars selling that **** to people, I know if I was making Billions of dollars off selling prescription drugs I would try and make sure alot of people thought it was safe so I could keep making money. Why would the government want people to grow there own medicine if weed was legal, they would not profit as much therefore illegal. On the fact of anti-depressants being addictive well you said it yourself “You have to ween your way off the drug” Therefore addictive, if you can’t quit cold turkey then its addictive, my girlfriend is addicted to anti-depressants. Ya she forgets the odd one but forget 5 or 6 you have hell on earth, come on are you really that ignorant to believe half the stuff you are saying?
Quote: “People that have smoked pot for over 20 years can’t put together a sentence” is just ridiculous, I know for a fact that Tommy Chong is richer than you buddy, and he produced movies. I think he can put a sentence together very well. The funny thing is I think your one of those people that believe that pot makes you stupid, kills your brain cells, you will be completely useless to society if you smoke weed. Well if that is true then 50 million Americans smoke weed and about 50% of Canadians have tried it. Now our economy should have fallen long ago if people can’t function and need to go to rehab centers.
Ah thats it! “I would have never forgotten smoking weed after my coffee”. Funny because coffee is more addictive then weed, and coffee kills more people than weed. I would quit the coffee! Keep the weed my friend you have better chance of survival. Alcohol killed tons of people when it was illegal and still kills alot of people now that its legal! Heres a funny fact for you Admin. In Amsterdam weed is legal to smoke in coffee shops, there is less people that smoke weed in Netherlands where its legal, then there are in the US and Canada. Funny to, that there is less crime rate to, then any other places.
Admin, I really hope that you smarten up and educate yourself more. Here is a documentary its called “The Union” that could help you learn a little more about the subject.
http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=The+Union&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#
Now I hope you will watch that and learn more about weed, how unaddictive and unharmful it is to you. Please o Please don’t post more stupid replys, everyone that has posted on this blog other than you knows the truth so don’t go around bull******* the world like Doctor Phil because weed-smokers are one step ahead of you.
Thanks, God Bless!
Tom Creaser.
Admin,
You said
“I think one reason why we are not hearing comments from the guys that have been smoking for 20 years is because they can’t put together a good sentence. More than likely these individuals do not even use the Internet and never will. I was literally at this point after 5 years of solid pot smoking (4 to 5 times a day).”
I will do my best to assemble a decent sentence for you. I have been smoking pot daily for over 35 years. I also been chipping Heroin for over 30 years. Strangely enough I earn a six figure salary employed as an analyst/programmer for a very large and very well known fortune 500 company. I actually do use the Internet (I am pointing this out as after five years of such heavy pot smoking on your part you might not be able to connect the dots). As a matter of fact some protocols and applications that you use every day on your ‘druggies-can’t-do-it’ Internet you can thank my drug-retarded shrunken brain for.
I find it very hard to believe that you are a five year victim of that insidious drug marijuana and suspect that your good self and many of the other posters here who carry on about the evils of pot probably share cubicles at DEA HQ.
Oh BTW
s/good/decent/g on the above quoted text
before you get to anal on me. I didn’t proofread my comment as I expected there to be an option to edit my text before making the final submission. I do realise that I missed the word ‘have’ in my third sentence.
Thank God I didn’t forget that that word existed or I would looked stupid.
Look at this dumb*** admin spreading lies about pot, and then praising anti-depressants. Do you work for the drug companies? cause the more I read your website the more I realize these stories are Complete BS. You know those anti depressants are mind altering drugs (and I have some friends who have Overdosed and died on them RIP), now your spreading links trying to prove anti depressants are safe (even though people on the comment section have given you so many links showing pot in a positive light and you just ignore them). You are a piece of work sir. Tell your dumb**** brother that he shouldn’t of been getting high before work. When Im high I can’t do math very good, if I needed to do math guess what? I wouldn’t get high. We’ve proved to you marijuana isn’t addictive (by scientific fact), yet you have told us we are liars. Just shut down your site and find something new to do with your life.
Not to mention the scientific studies proving that a lot of anti depressants actually increase thoughts of suicide in teens and some adults.
so, you had the willpower to give up a vicious, physically addictive substance like cocaine, but not to give up a relatively harmless, mentally addictive substance like pot? (you cannot argue that pot is physically addictive, as even legitimate studies that advocate against pot concede it is not physically habit forming)
“Contrary to what many pot smokers may tell you, marijuana is addictive, at least psychologically. Even among occasional users, one in 12 can feel withdrawal symptoms if they can’t get high when they want to.”
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/marijuana-use-and-its-effects
Read: 83% of occasional marijuana users don’t even experience any psychological withdrawal symptoms.
You say that you had loving parents, which is probably true, but based on your story, they don’t seem to have been very good parents. instead of just making sure you go to church every weekend and hoping you become a responsible adult, they should have been paying attention to the fact that you’ve been drinking since you were 11 and done something about it. Any competent parent would be able to tell that their 11 year old has been drinking regularly. if you want a crutch to place your blame on your parents are the most feasible target. but again, since pot isn’t physically addictive, the real blame lies in your weak-mindedness.
You’re just as bad as the people who blamed the columbine massacre on that Marylin Manson guy.
I’m sure I’ve smoked a lot more pot in my life than you possibly could, and though I don’t smoke it much anymore, it’s only because my wife has asthma, so I don’t smoke anything around her. I’ve never really experienced any withdrawal, and although sometimes I do crave a nice fat joint, I also sometimes crave chinese food, chocolate cake or a trip to the movies.
although I do know what an addiction is like, (nicotine and caffeine are actually physically addictive) I can also say I’ve never gone to work high, or driven a car high, just as I have never done these things while drinking alcohol. that’s called being responsible. if you wouldn’t do something while drunk, you shouldn’t do it stoned either. Even being a pot smoker myself, if one of my employees comes to work stoned, I will fire them. if they choose to smoke it in their spare time, that’s their choice.
well, the wife isn’t home and I have a bag of pot that’s been sitting in my basement for a month or so collecting dust, I think I’ll go have a smoke.
oh yeah…that being said, how many addicts can leave a stash untouched for a week, let alone a month?
(and to those that might say that pot is not mentally addictive, if you’re a daily smoker, quit for a day that you have nothing to do but sit at home, and count how many times you feel like smoking a joint…no worries though, it passes after a couple mins, and goes away entirely after a day or 2 with no physical side effects…because it’s not physically addictive!)
ADMIN
This is a very interesting site you have here. I would like to contribute my two cents, being that you have quite a bit of feedback (relatively recent at that). I would agree that cannabis is not perfect. I have been smoking on a daily basis for seven years, from age 19 to 26. I have had depression since middle school, but was never put on antidepressants.
What has cannabis done to me? Cannabis reduces my mathematical ability when I am under the influence. It also makes me sleepy, which can be problematic if something comes up later in the day after I’ve smoked. It also makes me smell like cigar smoke (blunts), and I realize that many people in public do not approve of this smell. Lastly, it has barred me from employment due to hair tests (passing a urinalysis is simple).
What else does cannabis do to me? Well, it stopped me from putting a .38 special in my brain following my mother’s untimely death from cancer. It also softened the blow I sustained when my high school sweet heart of five years became a drug addict and slept with an oxycontin dealing hillbilly (these two events happened at roughly the same time).
Cannabis also amplifies my sensations. All foods feel saturated with flavor under the influence. Boredom is always relieved. Sex feels better. When I was sober (in high school), I had sex once a day at most. Currently, I want it all the time. It has done nothing to damage my libido in the way that prescription MAOIs and SSRIs transform patients into sexless zombies (I have friends prescribed Wellbutrin, Paxil, and Zoloft, and all of them report sexual side effects). My buddies gain weight on their prescriptions for depression. Meanwhile, I am a steady 156 lbs. at 5′7″. I attend the gym four times a week, bench press sets of 200 lbs., and leg press sets of 810 lbs. I use specifics not to be impressive, but merely to demonstrate that being physically fit is something to which I pay particular attention. Cannabis has not softened my ambition. It has made me question authority, which I consider a blessing. I realize that this argument is often used by anti-cannabis crusaders as a negative aspect. I argue that any person needs to consult an American history book and remind themselves that this country was founded by people that questioned authority. I pity anyone that doesn’t question authority. Cannabis helps to refresh my rebellious spirit, which in turn positively affects my creativity and my ambition.
I am a college graduate of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA. I recently left two jobs and moved from Virginia Beach, VA to Daly City, CA in order to attend Oaksterdam University. In case you didn’t know, Oaksterdam is the premier institution for individuals interested in entering the emerging cannabis market.
That’s right, I hope to open my own dispensary in California… or Colorado… or New Mexico… or Rhode Island… or wherever else it becomes decriminalized in the near future (crossing my fingers for North Carolina).
ADMIN, I do not denounce the facade of this website. The fact that it appears to altruistically encourage abusers to seek treatment is an admirable goal. The disturbing aspect of this site is the fact that you are making a profit. There is advertisement from third parties on the various pages. I also wonder if you make money being a “counselor.” If you do, then I respect you less.
That’s where you and I are similar, ADMIN. We both intend to profit from our efforts regarding cannabis users. However, the difference is that you are spreading misinformation about cannabis. While I’m manufacturing high grade medicine for my clientele, you will continue to fabricate anecdotal evidence as to why cannabis is a bad idea.
I wrote my college thesis on the health effects of the drug. GOOGLE DR. TASHKIN. Cannabis users are not more likely to develop cancer than non users. Evidence presents a contrary result: THC and other cannabinoids might actually kill pre-cancerous cells. The schizophrenic argument has also recently been filled with holes, I urge anyone reading this to consult psychology and psychiatry journals to discover the truth about cannabis for themselves.
Cannabis does not shorten life expectancy. Cannabis has never (and cannot ever) cause an overdose. It is not perfect, but no recreational drug is perfect. I will not even begin to discuss the dangers of alcohol and tobacco on society. Luckily, we live in a country where free thinking individuals can choose to use recreational substances responsibly, so long as they understand the associated dangers. Cannabis has had one profound negative impact on my life: it has turned me into a criminal.
You, ADMIN, are doing a disservice by spreading false information.
More people are harmed from caffeine overdose than Marijuana overdose.
The only thing dangerous about Marijuana is its illegality.