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| can non-pot smokers handle pot smokers?
Posted: 7/1/2007 8:42:57 AM | Oh and by the way to all that don't want anything to do with us.......Thank you!!!!!
We don't want anything to do with you either. | |
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Posted: 7/2/2007 6:44:44 AM | Being a pot-smoker I find there's a lot of negative stereotypes associated with it that don't always pan out. We all know the archetypal pothead....pick ur movie/tv show character, but we're not all like that.
As for the brain cells wasting away....well I have a 4.0 at the graduate studies level, on dean's list, close to graduating with a masters, etc etc. I work more than one job and am able to keep my shit together.
Some people look at the world with rose tinted glasses, I look at the pot smoking as wearing green tinted glasses.
As for the question can a relationship between and toker and a non-toker work? Of course, but it can go both ways. As long as both sides are open, honest and understanding of the others perspective, things can work out.
Would you judge me as harshly if I said I went to clubs and/or drank a lot?? | |
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Posted: 7/2/2007 4:52:34 PM | I couldnt help but get a laugh out of some of these answers, especially the folks who logged in to say things like this...
someone elses IDIOTIC choices.
they are not worth it, an idiots in the first place for doing the shit
Here is a list of other people, much smarter than yourself who made that "idiotic" choice.
Carl Sagan.
Louis Armstrong.
Groucho Marx
Bill Gates.
John Lennon.
George Washington.
Theres plenty more, enough to choke the proverbial horse and all of them are quite above your judgement in labeling them idiots.
If you dare to see what other heroes of world history were doing this"idiotic" thing, you can check them out at...
http://www.veryimportantpotheads.com/main1.html
Or
http://www.slatts.fsworld.co.uk/famous.htm
I can't stand anyone who uses illegal drugs
Really? Didnt you say in your profile that you were a christian? Do you dare peek into christs own connection to mary-jane?
http://www.equalrights4all.org/religious/bible.htm
http://www.neonjoint.com/articles/jesus.html
http://www.cannabisculture.com/backissues/cc11/christ.html
http://www.cannabis.net/articles/jesus-cannabis.html
Some facts to dispel YOUR idiocy, enjoy.
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Posted: 7/2/2007 5:55:26 PM | I have been with men who smoke weed. My preference would be that they don't smoke it or do any drugs for that matter. I guess if I had to pick one habit it would be smoking weed beats a coke/crack head any day! Just prefer a non smoker, since thats who I am. I don't smoke cigarettes,weed or do any drugs. I do like to drink every now and then and its a social thing.
If this is a Man I feel I have a future with, which if I'm past dating him and moved on to a serious relationship, I look at it in the future sense and the what if's come to mind..... What if... I had kids and him smoking would maybe encourage our children to do it cause well Dad does it! Not cool unless he smoked the weed away from home but really that spoils the fun for him lol it becomes punishment hmm ya maybe then he would quit? I just want someone like me with the same ideals! So pot smokers yeah they're usually a toss up if I consider you, you've must have done something that Wow'd me to cover up that negative trait.
The men I've been with who did smoke weed never forced it on me so thats something I was able to tolerate. We got along great especially after he had his skilf lmao! | |
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Posted: 7/3/2007 4:39:50 PM | I know this is slightly off the original intention of this thread but this just in from the UCLA researcher who the government has sited for its case that Marijuana causes Lung cancer
The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.
The new findings "were against our expectations," said Dr. Donald Tashkin, a UCLA pulmonologist who has studied marijuana for 30 years.
"We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," he said. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect."
Federal health and drug enforcement officials have widely used Tashkin's previous work on marijuana to make the case that the drug is dangerous. Tashkin said that while he still believes marijuana is potentially harmful, its cancer-causing effects appear to be of less concern than previously thought.
Earlier work established that marijuana does contain cancer-causing chemicals as potentially harmful as those in tobacco, he said. However, marijuana also contains the chemical THC, which he said may kill aging cells and keep them from becoming cancerous.
Tashkin's study, funded by the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse, involved 1,200 people in Los Angeles who had lung, neck or head cancer and an additional 1,040 people without cancer matched by age, sex and neighborhood.
They were all asked about their lifetime use of marijuana, tobacco and alcohol. The heaviest marijuana smokers had lit up more than 22,000 times, while moderately heavy usage was defined as smoking 11,000 to 22,000 marijuana cigarettes. Tashkin found that even the very heavy marijuana smokers showed no increased incidence of the three cancers studied.
"This is the largest case-control study ever done, and everyone had to fill out a very extensive questionnaire about marijuana use," he said. "Bias can creep into any research, but we controlled for as many confounding factors as we could, and so I believe these results have real meaning."
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Posted: 7/5/2007 8:40:16 AM | Good times, indeed.
Psychosis? Mental Illness? Where are you getting this information-crap????
Educate yourself first..........
You bore me............................
Better to do that that hang around with a bunch of barflies and loud pushy women that can't handle one too many cosmo's.
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Posted: 7/6/2007 12:38:55 PM |
As I stated earlier, smoking pot can also cause psychosis and draw out any latent mental illness.. good times
Okay, first off, psychosis is a somewhat vague term used to describe a whole array of mental illnesses and their symptoms. It is not a clinical diagnosis.
Secondly, these things can also "cause psychosis and draw out any latent mental illness":
-Stress (better not date anyone who works a stressful job, or has children, money, relatives, a commute, or any other cause of stress in their lives. They might have "psychosis.")
-Alcohol
-Improper diet
-Lack of exercise
-Insufficient sleep
-Allergic reactions
-Changes in the weather, or lack of sunlight (see seasonal affective disorder)
-The death of a loved one or pet
-Divorce, marriage, child birth
-Insufficient vitamin levels
I guess its best we just hole up all alone in fear that our potential partner may, at some point, have a mental illness. Of course, we may not want to ever date anyone who has, or may develop any sort of illness (after all, that is what mental illness IS, an illness.) So we'd better not date anyone who smokes, drinks, goes out in the sun (darn that skin cancer!), has breasts or testicles(they get cancer, too,) drives (might get in an accident,) etc...
Geesh... | |
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Posted: 7/6/2007 12:54:56 PM |
Psychosis? Mental Illness? Where are you getting this information-crap????
Educate yourself first.......... Truly hilarious.. where did I get that info? Ummmm, my education!! I have also worked with people who toked one too many joints and became psychotic or delusional... which became drug induced psychosis or delusional disorder.. which if prolonged can also lead to schizophrenia.
You bore me............................ Is that supposed to affect me?  Funny, learning new information has never bored me... can't relate ;)
Okay, first off, psychosis is a somewhat vague term used to describe a whole array of mental illnesses and their symptoms. It is not a clinical diagnosis. Drug induced psychosis/delusional disorder is indeed within the pages of the DSM IV.. it's all there for your viewing pleasure ;)
And yes, many of the things on your above list can cause psychosis.. but aren't we here to discuss smoking pot?? And here I was thinking that was the topic...
Geesh... | |
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Posted: 7/6/2007 2:37:26 PM |
Drug induced psychosis/delusional disorder is indeed within the pages of the DSM IV.. it's all there for your viewing pleasure ;)
That is true, but that also isn't what you said in your previous post. You said pot can cause psychosis. Drug induced psychosis is, indeed, in the DSM IV. Typically, it is associated with long term and heavy street drug use, usually cocaine, crystal meth, heroin, etc. Drug induced psychosis caused by marijuana use is extremely rare (in fact, I've yet to find 1 case of DIP caused by marijuana use exclusively. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened, I just can't find a case.) There are always other drug(s) involved, and it occurs following long periods of heavy use. We're talking about the poeple who use all day every day, not the person who occasionally tokes one up and listens to a Bob Marley album...
And yes, many of the things on your above list can cause psychosis.. but aren't we here to discuss smoking pot?? And here I was thinking that was the topic...
I think you missed my point. It seems kind of arbitrary to dismiss someone based on 1 trait or habit that MAY someday lead to a medical condition. I wouldn't dismiss somebody outright because they ate an unhealthy diet (might develop diabetes,) or who occasionally had 1 too many alcoholic drinks(might someday turn into a raging, abusive alcoholic,) or who had a family member with a mental illness(HUGE risk factor for mental illness.) Why would I dismiss someone outright because of this one aspect of their life?
Think of it this way...Would you ever date an ex military man? After all, veterans have incredibly high rates of mental illness (PTSD.) Do all vets experience mental health problems? Of course not, but some do.
Do all people who smoke pot (or do other drugs)experience mental health problems? Of course not, but some do. | |
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Posted: 7/6/2007 2:46:11 PM |
You said pot can cause psychosis. Drug induced psychosis is, indeed, in the DSM IV. Hmmm... I don't see the difference.. ? Pot is a drug which can induce psychosis.. what's not to understand??
Drug induced psychosis caused by marijuana use is extremely rare (in fact, I've yet to find 1 case of DIP caused by marijuana use exclusively. Doesn't mean it hasn't happened, I just can't find a case.) Well I have SEEN people who this has happened to regardless of whether you can find literature to back that up.
There are always other drug(s) involved, and it occurs following long periods of heavy use. Not true in BOTH cases. It CAN be just the use of marijuana and it can be from just using briefly, especially in the case where it brings out latent schizophrenia.
It seems kind of arbitrary to dismiss someone based on 1 trait or habit that MAY someday lead to a medical condition. And I think it is kind of odd to dismiss information on the possible dangers of something you choose to imbibe in, but hey.. I guess that's just me ;)
I didn't say that I would dismiss someone who smokes pot because it can lead to psychosis, I was simply pointing out the possible dangers, what could be wrong with that?
My reasons for excluding someone who smokes pot is pages back in this thread... which is MY choice....
I respect yours so long as you don't lie about it. | |
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| can non-pot smokers handle pot smokers?
Posted: 7/6/2007 7:17:50 PM | How can someone who doesn't use pot,be with another who does? Good question..my personal experience says no. I do not find the skunk stink or the gurgle of lung butter that a habitual user developes or has.I do not find it sexy in any shape or form. | |
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Posted: 7/8/2007 8:09:24 AM | | piscespower is a prime example of what weed does to your mind. if you are an idiot to begin with then it will show that very well...the weed of wisdom..it wasn't meant for women...lucifer told eve it would make her wise like god...some women will believe anything... | |
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Posted: 7/8/2007 9:32:53 AM | BORING.....nothing more boring than talking to someone who knows nothing about life, stress, illness, whether mental or not.
Maybe this has to do with being bi-polar or attention defecit????
Stop looking down your nose at us...you've revealed youself as an uptight, short sighted, prejudiced SNOB.....Hey folks...read up!!!!
oh, and go touch up those roots, you fugly fake blond
BLOWING DELICIOUS WEED SMOKE IN YER FACE!!!!!! | |
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Posted: 7/8/2007 9:44:43 AM | awwww, poor Road Rash...er, king (yeah king of something)
Just beacuse I turned your ugly butt away, and now he's trashing me...
BORING!!!!!!!!!
Your opinions you too, fugly blondie, mean NOTHING....NOTHING to me......
I laugh and fart in your direction | |
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Posted: 7/8/2007 2:35:48 PM | It is very easy to generalize people who smoke pot while taking in certain ignorant comments.... people who clearly don't even comprehend that they are making the opposite stance's point for them
Too bad too, because there are other extremely intelligent people who occassionally imbibe who I would imagine are most likely embarressed right now..
I hope they come back :) | |
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Posted: 7/9/2007 1:31:19 PM | Pisces said...
Stop looking down your nose at us...you've revealed youself as an uptight, short sighted, prejudiced SNOB.....Hey folks...read up!
I certainly dont think she is any of those things. Aside from having some rather wild fantasies rather than facts about weed, she isnt insulting and hasnt shown any "predjudice" towards smokers. Ive bumped into this lady in other threads and know she is cool, and pretty smart too.
I have nothing against offering someone their fair share of insults if they have been doing the same. You only paint "our side" in a poor light by starting in with insults at someone who has been civil so far.
Sassy said...
Well I have SEEN people who this has happened to regardless of whether you can find literature to back that up.
This literature is there (or rather, it isnt there) because this person is correct. Like you, I have known the people who "went crazy" from pot.... in these cases they were as much of a crazed drooling idiot before they smoked weed and the weed just peels back a few of our social filters, showing who we really are.
You may have SEEN something, but if anything, the weed was a side note to a much larger problem. A side note, and a likely scape goat. As msusnicknel pointed out, he cant find one case of something like what you describe happening. So theres a chance you saw something, and attributed its source to the side note rather than the problem.
Sassy said...
I was simply pointing out the possible dangers, what could be wrong with that?
They find it laughable because its akin to warning someone of the dangers of having a beer.
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Posted: 7/9/2007 5:37:48 PM | Glad you came to comment pujakama.. you in fact were who I was referring to in my last post.. how did you know? ;)
Aside from having some rather wild fantasies rather than facts about weed I know the facts of what I speak.. I wouldn't assert them as such if I didn't. Many of them can be backed up by the DSM IV for any who are interested in verifying my words..
in these cases they were as much of a crazed drooling idiot before they smoked weed and the weed just peels back a few of our social filters, showing who we really are. You'll recall I said that smoking pot can draw out latent mental illness... which may have remained dormant had the person not messed with their brain chemistry by smoking pot. Yes, I know.. there is no proof that the mental illness would have stayed dormant.. but there is literature to back that up... I know, because I read it as part of my education.
You may have SEEN something, but if anything, the weed was a side note to a much larger problem. A side note, and a likely scape goat. As msusnicknel pointed out, he cant find one case of something like what you describe happening. So theres a chance you saw something, and attributed its source to the side note rather than the problem. What I have seen as part of my education and work experience are people who smoked one too many joints and ended up with drug induced psychosis diagnsoed as such by a psychiatrist... for some of them, once the drug was removed, they were fine again, for their brain chemistry became balanced once again, but in other cases the damage had gone on for too long and they now require medication to balance their brain chemistry.
The paranoia many people experience while smoking pot can enlarge into a period of psychosis... these aren't fantasies pujakama, it is a reality.
Do I think that everyone who smokes pot will experience psychosis? No... but it can happen.. just like drinking alcohol has its inherent dangers... and it would be foolhardy to deny the existence of any of those dangers, no?
I decided to mention what I have in this thread because most of the people I know don't even realize that smoking pot could cause such a thing.. I certainly know no one told me this information back when I was a pothead.. I might have felt differently about it if someone had ;)
I have always enjoyed your perspective Pujakama, in this we may disagree... but I still have respect for you and your views :) | |
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Posted: 7/9/2007 9:28:38 PM |
oh, and go touch up those roots, you fugly fake blond
This is the main thing that discourages me with forums - the fact that people reduce themselves to childish personal attacks rather than state their opinion and/or facts and accept that others have different opinions. When the topic suddenly become a personal attack on looks - well I am sitting here thinking, "What the hell was that about?" And what is the purpose of saying "I blow smoke in your face". What the hell kind of response is that?
Nobody wants to date someone who is going to suddenly start calling them names or commenting on their looks just because they have a differing viewpoint. Who cares if you smoke pot or not - you have proven yourself undateable simply because of your lack of tolerance. | |
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Posted: 7/12/2007 3:50:07 PM | You'll recall I said that smoking pot can draw out latent mental illness... which may have remained dormant had the person not messed with their brain chemistry by smoking pot. Yes, I know.. there is no proof that the mental illness would have stayed dormant.. but there is literature to back that up... I know, because I read it as part of my education.
i would like to see the proof on this one sassy...are you getting the proof from old goverment studies done in the 1970's to try and stop pot from being legal? alot of bias studies are still floating around..and if pot is so bad..why are all the test coming back saying..no it doesnt cause cancer..no it doesnt cause low sperm count..no it doesnt effect anything besides short term memory only while your high...and if it causes mental illness why did msnbc and alot of studies say pot mite help you from not getting alzhimers? this is from msnbc
WASHINGTON - Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer’s disease.
New research shows that the active ingredient in marijuana may prevent the formation of deposits in the brain associated with the degenerative disease.
Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California found that marijuana's active ingredient, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, can prevent an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase from accelerating the formation of "Alzheimer plaques" in the brain more effectively than commercially marketed drugs.
THC is also more effective at blocking clumps of protein that can inhibit memory and cognition in Alzheimer’s patients, the researchers reported in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics.
The researchers said their discovery could lead to more effective drug treatment for Alzheimer’s, the leading cause of dementia among the elderly.
Those afflicted with Alzheimer’s suffer from memory loss, impaired decision-making, and diminished language and movement skills. The ultimate cause of the disease is unknown, though it is believed to be hereditary.
Marijuana is used to relieve glaucoma and can help reduce side effects from cancer and AIDS treatment.
now sassy..if its so bad on your brain why does it help people from getting one of the worst degenerative brain diseases you can get in your life time?..my grampa died of this..and i hope to god i dont..and if it works great..i better start toking up..lol...i still beleive alcohal is a much more proven brain destructive drug...and thats a fact. | |
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Posted: 7/12/2007 3:55:32 PM | ^^ I mentioned one possible negative effect of smoking pot and included the source of my information (the DSM IV), so I don't understand what the problem is?
I in NO way said that it is ALL bad.. I have also admitted that I used to be a pothead... the fact that you have included information in favor of smoking pot is your perogative, just as it was mine to include some information that few people know as to it's possible negative effects, what could possibly be wrong with that?
If you are going to imbibe, it's a good idea to be knowledgeable about the good AND the bad, no? | |
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Posted: 7/12/2007 4:03:08 PM | talking about the same people who said being gay was a mental illness?
im sure pot has a few downsides..but they sure have a hard time finding it..and if it helps with alzhimers i think everyone should take a step back and think about that one in the long run too.
ps..i would rather be crazy than not knowing who my freinds and family are.lol | |
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| can non-pot smokers handle pot smokers?
Posted: 7/12/2007 4:14:38 PM | Michaeljustin: Feel free to toke up a storm, I'm not here to try and stop you...
But DO be honest about your love for the herb in your profile.. it gives others the freedom to choose whether or not that works for them ;) | |
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