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<p>bong</p>
<p>Weed is certainly not as addictive as cigarettes or anything like that. It is all based on your willpower anyway. I don’t want to be some pothead who wastes his time killing brain cells. Sure, I’ll use it from time to time, but I feel no burning desire to do so. I consider addiction to anything to be a weakness anyway.</p>
<p>By the way… I smoke everyday. Ive seriously spent $150 in the past 2 weeks on weed alone.</p>
<p>once every couple of months.</p>
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This is just stupid. People who smoke weed that frequently have much lower cognitive ability and judgment skills than someone who does not, and it can potentially damage these permanently if you do it long enough.</p>
<p>I can probably link you to some studies if I can find them again.</p>
<p>“People who smoke weed that frequently have much lower cognitive ability and judgment skills than someone who does not”</p>
<p>True.</p>
<p>“damage these permanently if you do it long enough.”</p>
<p>Nope. [Heavy</a> Marijuana Use Doesn’t Damage Brain](<a href=“http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain]Heavy”>Mental Health Disorders Center: Types, Symptoms, Treatments, Tests, and Causes)</p>
<p>Never. I don’t need drugs to act as a crutch in my life.</p>
<p>neither do i, but its more fun that way</p>
<p>marijuana is hardly a drug</p>
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<p>I hope you never get a bacterial infection or clinical depression!</p>
<p>follow the wise counsel of dr. dre (phd) and nate dogg: hey hey hey… smoke weed everyday</p>
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Key word is “crutch”.</p>
<p>Taking medication for a health issue is one thing. But some people (like MarkJC and me) don’t believe you need to get high or do drugs to have fun. Two totally different issues.</p>
<p>i almost never smoke it but i am a huge proponent of weed. it helps people chill out. its not that bad for you. DO IT!</p>
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<p>Oh, nobody’s saying you need it - it sure helps the party along, though.</p>
<p>Well, then let me rephrase. Some of us do not need or want drugs to have fun :)</p>
<p>^^that’s much better, and totally fine.</p>
<p>I totally understand the viewpoint of non-users, but it’s a bit unreasonable to be judging us who do use pot…although it’s not explicit, you guys are being condescending.</p>
<p>I just wish people would see substance use as a choice, like the choice to being a vegan or something of that effect.</p>
<p>Oh, and thought this thread is about how often you smoke, not about the moral/personal reasons for doing it. If you smoke, do tell how often, but if you dont, it doesnt apply.</p>
<p>No, but, BuzzLiteBeer, the DARE officer said that <em>nobody</em> would do something illegal unless they, well, they needed to! Otherwise, why would they do it? It’s illegal, for Pete’s sake! Therefore, all drug use is compulsive and a “crutch” for people who can’t function otherwise, and I’m entitled to boost my self-worth by being sanctimonious about my own choices regarding substance use.</p>
<p><em>puts on hall monitor badge</em></p>
<p>edit: Oh, by the way, I’m not some overly-defensive pothead - I smoke occasionally, because I am in college, but would hardly consider myself a regular user - what really ticks me off is misinformation and self-righteousness.</p>
<p>Using intoxicants and drugs (such as pot) is simply something I am against; I guess it’s my personal set of morals. I subconsciously judge people who do use it, and that’s just the way it is.</p>
<p>I do know, however, that it’s not my place to tell others how to live they’re lives (unless it’s a close friend who’s hurting themselves with their life style). I’m not going to tell people to stop. My roommate and friend of 11 years smokes pot and does a few other things, but we’re still great friends. I may not agree with some things he does, but it’s not significantly hurting him, so I don’t try to stop him. I think that’s all that really matters, not whether I feel it’s a “crutch” or whether they “need” it or anything else.</p>
<p>Occasionally. After a crazy and stressful week, I love getting together with a few friends, smoking, eating some pretzels with peanut butter, and eventually going home to bed. Never for partying purposes because it essentially just puts me to sleep.</p>
<p>I’ll probably stop once I’m out of college, and there’s certainly a line that needs to be drawn. But what’s the harm? It has absolutely no impact in other aspects of my life. I have hobbies and interests, I play a college sport, I get good grades, I’m a perfectly “successful” and functional human being. If you met me, I’d seem no different than those people who say they “don’t need to do drugs to have fun”. But judge me as you wish. ;)</p>