I wish more people understood this.
Yeah well, we make allowances Kwesi
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. I've noticed that MJ smokers tend to be more conscious about where they smoke and who they smoke around compared to cig smokers. I appreciate that.
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Marijuana and Bass
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I wish more people understood this.
Good
. I've noticed that MJ smokers tend to be more conscious about where they smoke and who they smoke around compared to cig smokers. I appreciate that.
Well, since everybody I know here at TB has weighed in, I guess I'll do the same.
I was a big pothead back in the 70s, and I could never tell if it affected my playing, since everyone I knew and hanged with was also a pothead. Our audiences were also potheads, so it was one big mellow party! I gave it up when I met my wife and started up a family, and now, many years later, I'm actually afraid to smoke it, for fear of what it would do to me. It was a lot milder back then, so it was easier to play stoned. Now I feel too damned old to smoke grass, and since it's so much stronger than it used to be, I think my playing would get really sloppy. Of course that's me, frankly I really don't care whether or not people want to smoke up.
Now I don't think I'd mind much smoking a bit with my buddies when I'll be retired and in my senior years. That should be fun, a bunch of stoned old farts running around the Senior Center causing trouble and having a grand old time!
I was a big pothead back in the 70s, and I could never tell if it affected my playing, since everyone I knew and hanged with was also a pothead. Our audiences were also potheads, so it was one big mellow party! I gave it up when I met my wife and started up a family, and now, many years later, I'm actually afraid to smoke it, for fear of what it would do to me. It was a lot milder back then, so it was easier to play stoned. Now I feel too damned old to smoke grass, and since it's so much stronger than it used to be, I think my playing would get really sloppy. Of course that's me, frankly I really don't care whether or not people want to smoke up.
Now I don't think I'd mind much smoking a bit with my buddies when I'll be retired and in my senior years. That should be fun, a bunch of stoned old farts running around the Senior Center causing trouble and having a grand old time!
I think as far as playing music goes, weed's like gear; if you're good, it doesn't matter. If you aren't good, it doesn't matter.
Marijuana isn't a drug and except for the U/A part most of this post is a misconception.
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No, the Harvard study showed that there were no lasting effects from heavy marijuana use 28 days after quitting.
This was brought up in the Mandatory Drug Thread.
Drug tests only purpose is surveillance and it wrongfully singles out Marijuana users. Hard drugs are out of your system a day to a few days after you use,...Marijuana stays in you system up to 30 days after use. What this does is say it's okay to kill yourself with junk and poison but don't smoke a plant that's been cultivated for 1000's of years.
A casual meth or heroin user has a better chance of passing a U/A than a marijuana user. Of course it doesn't matter because eventually a meth or heroin user will likely become a real addict and will lose everything possibly his or her own life,...can you say the same is true of a marijuana user,...or at least one that hasn't had his/her life ruined as a result of the outrageous and wrongful criminalization of marijuana?
What this does is say it's okay to kill yourself with junk, poison and battery acid but don't ingest a plant that's been cultivated for 1000's of years.
Marijuana is not addictive in the sense that you do not experience the same withdrawal symptoms as say Heroin.
I would consider myself a medium user. I don't have to smoke,...but I sure do enjoy it (actually sober as of this posting). I don't think it enhances the jam but I don't think it detracts either.
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a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_us1242201#m_en_us1242201
+1 I've been casual partaker for 24 years, I've just had 4 weeks off, I don't get the slightest inkling of going out to rob someone, at all. I think people overestimate the power of this 'evil' drug. Each to their own, some it will suit, some it will not, know thyself and decide therein or just leave it be and do your thing
Nope,...still not a drug, at least not in the sense that Meth, Coke, Heroin, Caffine and Nicotine is a drug...but I have a feeling we are going to have to agree to disagree on this one.
I'm going back and reading posts and the problem I'm seeing is that we all have our conceptions and our misconceptions. I'm going to justify my enjoyment and there will be people that are going to point to opinions and tell me I'm ruining my life. You aren't going to change my mind,...and I'm not going to change yours. Bottom line is it's my life and I will do with it as I see fit.
It may, in your opinion, not be a drug, but the fact is that it is, by definition.
Separate the two, and you'll be able to build more convincing arguments.
The problem with cannabis is that all too often, you read some story about some violent criminal who was smoking it before committing some crime. (Which, does not make any sense as the effect is either that you are too mellow to leave the sofa and rob or kill some one, or too paranoid that you might get caught!)
I say legalize it, tax it and bring back the concept of "made in america!"!
I say legalize it, tax it and bring back the concept of "made in america!"!
I've heard this said a lot, but I've never actually seen an instance of it. Do you have any examples?
Great movie....
Shows that the world has always been green (greed reference right thurr)
Endorphine release of any kind can prove to be a problem whether it be smoking pot, eating ecxtasy or running marathons or lifting weights. People who can handle it will, and people who cannot, will not.
In my line of work I have seen several relationships dissolve because of "healthy" addictions. Avid runners or weight lifter who don't get in their weekly miles or workouts are just as bad off as a tobacco smoker who doesn't have a square to burn (nicotine being EXTREMEELY addictive).
Gambling, booze, tobacco, video games, running, cycling, playing bass, or whatever makes your skirt fly up. It all depends on the individual.
In my line of work I have seen several relationships dissolve because of "healthy" addictions. Avid runners or weight lifter who don't get in their weekly miles or workouts are just as bad off as a tobacco smoker who doesn't have a square to burn (nicotine being EXTREMEELY addictive).
Gambling, booze, tobacco, video games, running, cycling, playing bass, or whatever makes your skirt fly up. It all depends on the individual.
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