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Okay. My last post was of topic, and instead of editing it so every one will miss it, I'll just make a new one.

Personly, I dont think the United States is ready to legalize it. Nevada tried to do it recently and it was voted down by a 56% no. They say it was supposed to take police away from minor offences like this so they could focus on bigger crimes. For one, I'm not sure that would happen. The law, if passed, would state you could not smoke in public, you could not have any more then a certain amount at any time for any reason, you could not smoke in your car. I personly dont care what other people do with it, so long as they are being responcible, but the irrisponcibal people here in America would cause way too many problems for the responcibal.

Yeah, I've also heard that prolonged use can bring out certain conditions of mental instibiity for those who show sighns of having such disabilities, or even make them worse, but not every one.

Personly, I'll never do it. I have no problem with those who do. My problem is with those who try to justify that its okay for ME to smoke it. No, its not. I have an addictive personality for one. I smoke cigerettes and cigars, and I'm a chain smoker pretty much. I'm cuttig back though. Also, another reason for my not smocking I guess is a weird reason for some. I some times cant stand tackign asperin for the same reason I wont smoke this drug. That being it makes me feel weak when I cant take my own stress and problems without having to have some sort of crutch. Not saying it is a crutch,to some its not. To some its just somethign they like to do. For some it helps them think better, brings out their more creative side. For some it mellows them out when nothing else works.

Marijuana has shown that it is not physicly addictive, that it dosnt cause lung cancer, and that the only problems that arise from it are ones that the person may already have, or shows sighns of having. My only problem with it is that I feel too many people would be irrisponcibal with it.

I would like to point out that though it has proven not to be physically addictive it HAS proven to be psychologically addictive. And I'll update soon with what my psychology text book has to say on the subject.

I'm not hear to debate, those were personal statements as to what I felt. If you feel diffrently, good for you. I dont agree in the slightest, but good for you.

But everything is potentially mentally addictive.

And marijuana is only psychologically addictive to people who use it irresponsibly, either as an escape from their problems or who think of it as the only way to have fun.

From my understanding, a psychological addiction is when one becomes dependent on feeling a certain emotion (in the case of marijuana, happiness) and usually relies on a certain substance or activity to gain that feeling.

So while someone who is physically addicted to caffeine might crave coffee or soda for the caffeine in it, someone who is mentally addicted to marijuana (or sex, or extreme sports, or Gaia Online, or peanut butter) would crave the emotion they feel when they use/do that and so look to the substance to create that emotion.

I just feel that a substance can't be blamed for people who use it irresponsibly, especially when the majority of users are not irresponsible or addicts.

I mooch off friends X3

I mostly buy off of friends, but if no one has weed, we'll have to call someone else, and that's usually someone we don't know as well, or only know through calling them in the past.

I have a couple good people that I trust. That's all I need.

As for mooching, I like to think of it as pooling our resources. Cause if I have money down the line, and don't right now, then if you smoke THAT with me, I'll smoke -this- with you next time.

It makes it a little more fair, I think.

I wish I had a family that smoked together. My family's really more of the private kind of family, and we don't have long introspective conversations. We're casual with each other, and they wouldn't smoke weed with me if I asked them I think. I wish I had the openness with my family that you seem to have.<3

I like to buy a lot of weed myself-- really, I do. So I don't mind sharing a lot of it. However, I find there comes a point where it's like "I paid for it guys, so let me have some semblance of control". But of course I'm not confident enough to say that myself. It's not everyone, though. Some of my friends are just deserving of everything, including as much friggin' weed as they want. xd

Yeah. I haven't gotten high alone in quite a while. It's cause getting it is such a social thing, that you have to meet someone along the way to smoke it with.

I kind of get a lot of fronts, too, from dealers. Like, if I don't have the money, but payday's comin, I'll be like "Hook me up?" and s**t. It usually works, but I end up owing a chunk from my check.

I've smoked weed since I was in grade 9. Summer.

Good times, man. I always loved how you were in ED, with your marijuana thread. I seem to remember seeing you a lot back in my Extended Discussion days.

Man, a lot of people on the internet are stoners. It surprises me. heart

I ain't conservative at all in my lifestyle. I'm a gay boy who loves getting stoned, and loves having fun. Being pro-life is the most conservative part of me. People never fail to intrigue me.