[Chuckmak]

interesting quote. what's your take on it?

[some_guy282]

Yeah, that Chapelle is a funny guy.

I don't drink, smoke cigs, or smoke weed.

I have two brothers who do though. They're both high school dropouts with criminal records.

Drugs are bad, so don't do drugs, 'cause drugs are bad mmkay?

[Turlox]

To quote Bill Hicks "Isn't making Nature against the Law seem, I don't know Unnatural."

I don't drink Bud, but I do smoke it.

[Chuckmak]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', 'Y')eah, that Chapelle is a funny guy.

I don't drink, smoke cigs, or smoke weed.

I have two brothers who do though. They're both high school dropouts with criminal records.

Drugs are bad, so don't do drugs, 'cause drugs are bad mmkay?

[seldom_seen]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')erb is the healng of the nation.

-- Peter Tosh

[mryan]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'Y')eah, that Chapelle is a funny guy.

I don't drink, smoke cigs, or smoke weed.

I have two brothers who do though. They're both high school dropouts with criminal records.

Drugs are bad, so don't do drugs, 'cause drugs are bad mmkay?

[Nano]

As a Dutch student, I smoked weed almost daily for about 10 years. (from age 17 to 27) Overall I'm not unhappy with that, but looking back I realise: What was I thinking? Those were certainly years where I did almost nothing to improve my overal situation, and that was a waste of valuable time. I managed to take care of the most important things: namely getting a good education and a good job, so I can't complain. Question is: Where would I be if I had never smoked weed? Probably even better-off!!!

And yes, I do know several people who I believe have problems due to excessive smoking of weed. However, the danger of smoking weed is certainly far, far less than the danger of doing hard drugs like cocaine, crack and herione. That stuff really destroyes the soul, while weed just tweaks it abit while leaving practically no long-term damage. I'd say excessive weed smoking is LESS dangerous than excessive alcohol use, for the mind and the body, to put things in perspective.

Oh and one more thing: Smoking weed CAN be addictive. Really! I've seen it! However, once someone decides he's had enough of it, quiting smoking weed turns out to be no problem at all. It just needs a relatively small lifestyle-change, in my experience with other people who decided to stop.

In view of Peak Oil my sincere recommendation would be: stop smoking weed! You'll need that boost of sharpness to the mind, and the smokin' days of wonder, dreams and laziness should be behind you for good.

[killJOY]

Gosh, how I loved that stuff back when...the smell, the ritual, lovely.


But I stopped because it made me insane.

[frankthetank]

I've never tried it...sometimes i drink wine coolers...

i'm weak

although i do like dark chocolate

[EddieB]

I disagree with the staement that an object can be neither good nor bad. Obviously material substances only have the values we imbue them with, but the objects themselves DO have biases. Guns are designed to kill. Spades are designed for gardening. Nuclear power plants require large centralized nations to control all the inputs and outputs they demand. Microhydro turbines are easily tuned to small community uses in ways that nuclear power never can be. So the actual objects DO support certain actions/uses. Maybe you could argue that the value then lies in the intention of the builder, but the final product does have a bias toward supporting healthy human interactions or destructive human interactions (with each other or with the environment).

[pongle]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Nano', 'A')s a Dutch student, I smoked weed almost daily for about 10 years. (from age 17 to 27) Overall I'm not unhappy with that, but looking back I realise: What was I thinking? Those were certainly years where I did almost nothing to improve my overal situation, and that was a waste of valuable time. I managed to take care of the most important things: namely getting a good education and a good job, so I can't complain. Question is: Where would I be if I had never smoked weed? Probably even better-off!!!

And yes, I do know several people who I believe have problems due to excessive smoking of weed. However, the danger of smoking weed is certainly far, far less than the danger of doing hard drugs like cocaine, crack and herione. That stuff really destroyes the soul, while weed just tweaks it abit while leaving practically no long-term damage. I'd say excessive weed smoking is LESS dangerous than excessive alcohol use, for the mind and the body, to put things in perspective.

Oh and one more thing: Smoking weed CAN be addictive. Really! I've seen it! However, once someone decides he's had enough of it, quiting smoking weed turns out to be no problem at all. It just needs a relatively small lifestyle-change, in my experience with other people who decided to stop.

In view of Peak Oil my sincere recommendation would be: stop smoking weed! You'll need that boost of sharpness to the mind, and the smokin' days of wonder, dreams and laziness should be behind you for good.

[Yavicleus]

I've done all kinds of stuff: weed, LSD, mescaline, mushrooms, salvia divinorum...

I stopped doing hallucinogens because they last too long. I'm still a fan of Salvia Divinorum extract, but it's so powerful that it is very rare that I touch the stuff.

I stopped doing weed mostly because I hated the process through which I had to get it. Right now weed is a two hour round trip, so I don't bother with it. I guess if it was available local, I'd do it occasionally. If I could legally grow it, I totally would.

Instead, I just homebrew mead.

[some_guy282]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mryan', '
')How you choose to behave when you are using a substance is up to you.

[nero]

I have never smoked any weed, but from what you guys are saying it sounds like it is the equivalent of alcohol. It is possible to abuse/overuse the drug and it also possible to be an occasional toker. So my question is, if pot was legal would that lead to more people becoming a "pothead".(I'm assuming a "pothead" is the equivalent of an alcoholic for pot. ) Is the cost and difficulty of getting the drug determining the number of people who abuse the drug?

[Olaf]

It occurred to me that I don't want to share this info too much!

Olaf

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[some_guy282]

I think this whole discussion of drugs/alcohol in regards to Peak Oil is actually very interesting. Oil and drugs/alcohol have one thing in common with some people: inelastic demand. Addicts absolutely must have it no matter what the price. When supply chains of goods across the country (including illegal ones) starts to break down, the price of illegal drugs and even cigarettes could possibly soar even faster than oil does.

How will the average person be able to afford their cigarettes/beer/weed when they can barely afford to buy food? You can add withdrawl pain/anxiety to the large list of things that will create problems and make people very angry when things start to get bad.

How bad smoking weed is now is debatable. But I think in light of Peak Oil everyone should be in agreement that it's a pretty stupid habit to continue. Don't get me wrong, I'm milking as much fun from our society right now as I possibly can. Videogames are my personal vice. But I can walk away from the Xbox just fine without being left with any physical symptoms.

If you smoke weed now, do you think you'll still be able to afford to when things start to get bad? Even if you could, do you think it would be a wise thing to spend your money on? I know withdrawl symptoms from weed aren't as dramatic as those of other harder drugs, but when would you rather go through withdrawl? Now, or when TSHTF?

[Schneider]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('some_guy282', 'I') think this whole discussion of drugs/alcohol in regards to Peak Oil is actually very interesting. Oil and drugs/alcohol have one thing in common with some people: inelastic demand. Addicts absolutely must have it no matter what the price. When supply chains of goods across the country (including illegal ones) starts to break down, the price of illegal drugs and even cigarettes could possibly soar even faster than oil does.

How will the average person be able to afford their cigarettes/beer/weed when they can barely afford to buy food? You can add withdrawl pain/anxiety to the large list of things that will create problems and make people very angry when things start to get bad.

How bad smoking weed is now is debatable. But I think in light of Peak Oil everyone should be in agreement that it's a pretty stupid habit to continue. Don't get me wrong, I'm milking as much fun from our society right now as I possibly can. Videogames are my personal vice. But I can walk away from the Xbox just fine without being left with any physical symptoms.

If you smoke weed now, do you think you'll still be able to afford to when things start to get bad? Even if you could, do you think it would be a wise thing to spend your money on? I know withdrawl symptoms from weed aren't as dramatic as those of other harder drugs, but when would you rather go through withdrawl? Now, or when TSHTF?