I presume you're living in a place where its not legal yet, so he cant smoke outside.

yes. even so though, if it was, they would still drag the bong every where with them both in the house and outside, arguing that they need it

I don't think smoking anything the size of your arm would be healthy.

Yeah I had the same issue with an old room mate as well, worst part is he wasn't paying his rent nor doing nothing but having his drug dealer squat at my place for months on end and steal shit right from my living room.

To say the least I really didn't care if I burned that bridge, cause I never touch the shit cause he was a great deterrence to keep that crap out of my life. Though I ponder would it be a thing if it's regulated like beer and being less of a "forbidden fruit".

I personally think they really do it cause they are told they cannot.

in a way i agree. At the same time there doing it because they believe its good for them, like smoking weed makes them superior beings or something like that

that or they think it helps them think better, I find it a funny form of escapism, similar to those that drink to forget. It's a psycological habituation that keeps them craving more, eventually they start having this addiction.

Yes it's better then Cigs and Beer, but really that isn't a justification to be addicted to it to ruin yourself.

nothin' wrong as long as people are responsible about it, that's what I think

I agree but the people im living with people who are obsessed with it.

I had to be the roommate of a burnout (specifically my older brother) twice, and I hated every bloody minute of it on both occasions.

First time he kept complaining that he couldn't pay the rent then would run out when he thought I wouldn't notice and get wasted.

Second time was even worse because I had a second roommate, his friend, who was also a burnout. He used to complain to our mother that I spent all day cooped up in my bedroom without ever coming out; what he never tell her was that this was mostly in order to keep it from being the one and only room in the whole house that didn't have a dense fog warning eighteen hours a day.

I only supported its legalization as an extension of my disdain for the prison complex and prison overcrowding. 90% of all the "positives" about pot are a load of shit that stoners pulled out of their asses. I know this from experience: In real life, it brings out the asshole in everyone.

Agreed, though i'm woried what happens in colorado will cause a spike in crime where weed becomes 600 dollars an ounce. It might cause some weed people who are addicted to it to go a little loopy.

Just for the record, I haven't touched a speck of pot for over 13 months now- and I still fully support it's legalization. Yes, smoking causes lung cancer, and yes, you really need to control yourself when using it. Using it in large quantities is irresponsible. BUT- about six months ago, I said the same thing you guys are saying, it's bad and stoners are full of shit. I had a project for school where I was told to write a research paper on the pros OR cons of medical marijuana use. I immediately chose the cons, but half way through reading actual books on the stuff (not websites where anyone can make up anything), I realized it IS actually good for you. I won't bother you with details- but one thing I found that stuck out most is that marijuana is the only drug that influences your mind via a natural connection with pre-existing receptors in your brain (stuff like LSD, coke, meth, etc- they all literally destroy your brain cells and that's how they get you high). Marijuana (aka cannabis), is made up of THC, this is the primary drug in it. In your brain, you have receptors called cannabinoids, which the THC connects with- and from there it can alter your mood and give you cravings. THC is NOT addictive either, one can have an addictive personality, sure- but there is nothing in the drug to get you addicted. A study showed that in order you overdose on THC, one would have to smoke the equivalent of 900+ joints in one hour, which is physically impossible (that's one joint every four seconds). Yes. Pot can make you stupid when you use it all the time in such large quantities, but it's not a permanent affect.


Sources cited
My 34 page research paper on medical marijuana

Don't bother citing any more statistics, since chances are good I've already heard them over a hundred times from the dealers at my high school.

I am not kidding. All the stoners in high school (two little fuckers in particular) thought it was an utter abomination that I'd never done pot before and literally spent every single school day for three years straight hounding me in the halls or the cafeteria to spout off every conceivable reason why I should light up immediately.

One of those two, I later found out, was the local dealer. The other one I still get upset just thinking about got stuck in a group assignment with me, which he literally stalled until the 11th hour so we'd have to go to his house, all just so he could try to get me stoned. Then after I'd completed the whole fucking project for him since the rest of them just wanted to get blown, he lit up a joint in the back of the car while everyone was being dropped off. The next day all the stoners treated him like a fucking war hero because he tricked No Toke Terry into riding in a fishbowl.

Oh, and that thing about it being non-addictive? Biggest load of shit on the planet.

If you don't believe me, just try telling a stoner to prove it by quitting. I've had that conversation several times, and it always plays out one of two ways:

#1:
Stoner: "I can quit any time I want."
Tera: "Okay, prove it. Quit right now."
Stoner: "I DON'T WANNA' QUIT RIGHT NOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!"

#2:
Stoner: "I can quit any time I want."
Tera: "Okay, prove it. Quit right now."
Stoner: "I CAN'T HEAR YOU! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! LALALALALALALALALA!!!!"

Just for the record, again, I supported its legalization. I think it should be, at best, a misdemeanor unpunishable by jail time, that it should be taxed and regulated, and that anyone who can enjoy their weekly pot intake without anyone ever getting an unwanted whiff of it should be free to do so.

I only have one condition: Don't try to justify it. It's a vice on par with alcohol, and anyone who tries to say otherwise is trying to fool themselves.

I used to smoke 2-3 times a day. I quit because I wanted to man. If you can prove what chemical part of marijuana makes it addicting, tell me. Nobody is gonna quit smoking pot just to prove that they can quit. I quit because I decided I wanted to spend my money on building my cars. There was no problem with quitting either. I was sitting at my desk looking a car projects and decided that I wanted to do stuff like it, but I could only support one activity, smoking or building, so I chose building, and quit that day.

I don't expect people to just quit because somebody dared them to either, but I also didn't (at first) expect them to respond to the suggestion as if it was on par with selling their children into slavery.

And no offense, but seeing as my negative opinions of pot and the people who use it have put a bug up your ass, I don't believe you when you say you've quit.

Especially because, I'll say it again, I was in favor of its legalization. I'm not saying it should be illegal, only that users should stop pretending it's not a bad habit. Why is that too much for you to tolerate?

I don't hate any of that. What I hate is when people claim is addicting, and that it kills. That's the only bug up my ass. I quit smoking October of 2012, haven't touched it since. Mostly cus I don't want to spend money on it, it doesn't get my anything but a little temporary satisfaction. If I were offered it for free, I'd take it, but I'd rather save my money and put it toward my Nissan.

There are no words to express my total agreement with almost all of the posts above. Weed has too many drawbacks for such a trivial happiness it brings to the user, from what I have deduced in my like experiences. Addiction brings stealing, irresponsibility and sometimes organized crime. Just think about all of the cartels murdering people every day to bring weed and other drugs JUST to make people feel happiness. I hope they enjoy feeling of euphoria they get from weed. Do they even think about the misery they spread to everyone else?

Where'd you hear that marijuana is addictive? If you could cite that source that would be awesome.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publicatio.....acts/marijuana

"Contrary to common belief, marijuana is addictive. Estimates from research suggest that about 9 percent of users become addicted to marijuana; this number increases among those who start young (to about 17 percent, or 1 in 6) and among people who use marijuana daily (to 25-50 percent)."

The source above is obviously biased, it being the drug prevention website in all, but that is not the point I'm trying to get across.

This drug causes pain to so many people, so legalizing it may be the only choice. Supply and demand will always be met, so let that supply stop falling into the dangerous and evil practice of organized crime. It's not the best way in my mind, but less killing and gang violence is NOT better than a tightly controlled system. Its is obviously a alcohol like substance, bringing on unfavorable consequences of crime and dropouts, but at least the money taken from the taxes on responsible users can help fuel the anti drug programs in schools, ect.

I meant to say less gang violence is better, whoops!