What do you think about the new marijuana laws in Colorado ?

Old Hipster said:
That seriously made my morning! Oh dear god!

And I also garnered another term for being stoned.."Herbed up" I like it!

I've stayed out of this thread and not said much, because I always like to fly under the radar, but hey I live in Washington St. so who cares now!

I know a lot of folks, including myself, who use Devil's Parsley (my personal favorite term for weed) we all started smoking weed in at least 1970s and never stopped! So that's well over 40 years in some of our cases. And I have gone for periods of time without it, it's not like trying to quit cigarettes, weed is not physically addicting.

Back in the late 1970's one of my grandma's was dying from cancer and she couldn't eat and felt so bad, I scored some good weed for her and taught her how to smoke pot, and she was able to start eating again. That was one of the best moments of my entire life, I bought her a cool little pipe to smoke it in. I felt like I was really able to ease her last days. Did I care then or ever that it was illegal, hell no!

At least now if we want to smoke a joint in the backyard we don't have to go hide behind a tree.
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OH, good that you were able to help your grandma.
 

Jackie22 said:
OH, good that you were able to help your grandma.
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Thank you Jackie, it was really something else how much it helped her and made me feel so good that I was able to do that for her. I don't think it does much for their pain, but it certainly made it possible for her to be able to eat again, it was like a miracle.
 
I think other states would be wise to wait and see how it works out for Colorado before getting into it.
As for myself I've never needed any kind of stimulus to be happy. I don't really know anyone who smoked pot but I've known a lot of people who drank too much alcohol.

I just wonder why people feel the need to get high on anything. And some who have posted they are proud to have quit smoking....if you are smoking pot you haven't quit smoking.

I realize I'm in the minority here but I still have my opinions. In my part of the country I'm in the great majority for people my age. It's the young folks that support legalization.
 

Old Hipster said:
That seriously made my morning! Oh dear god!

And I also garnered another term for being stoned.."Herbed up" I like it!

I've stayed out of this thread and not said much, because I always like to fly under the radar, but hey I live in Washington St. so who cares now!

I know a lot of folks, including myself, who use Devil's Parsley (my personal favorite term for weed) we all started smoking weed in at least 1970s and never stopped! So that's well over 40 years in some of our cases. And I have gone for periods of time without it, it's not like trying to quit cigarettes, weed is not physically addicting.

Back in the late 1970's one of my grandma's was dying from cancer and she couldn't eat and felt so bad, I scored some good weed for her and taught her how to smoke pot, and she was able to start eating again. That was one of the best moments of my entire life, I bought her a cool little pipe to smoke it in. I felt like I was really able to ease her last days. Did I care then or ever that it was illegal, hell no!

At least now if we want to smoke a joint in the backyard we don't have to go hide behind a tree.
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Great story! I can only imagine the wonderful feeling of being able to help your grandma in some way. :love_heart:
 
rkunsaw said:
I just wonder why people feel the need to get high on anything. And some who have posted they are proud to have quit smoking....if you are smoking pot you haven't quit smoking.
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I think it's one of those things that you really can't explain, you have to actually try it. And, for some people, it does absolutely nothing, a phenomenon that I don't believe has ever been researched. Maybe the THC receptor sites in their heads were just filled up with something else ... ;)

For me it is a form of both meditation and inspiration, but it also helps me to laugh my butt off watching old movies and TV shows. :playful:

As for the folks who have quit smoking, remember that pot can also be eaten ...
 
Yes it can and medical marijuana also comes in pill form.

My daughter has a friend who's mom and dad live in a retirement community here in CA and he says that is what they give them and they are the happiest bunch of seniors he's ever seen and his mom has no more pain after her back surgery.
 
Another reason to legalize pot is to cut down the presence of the illegal alien Mexican Drug Cartels, many of them organized & dangerous groups like the Zetas, MS13. In our area, there are thousands of acres of pristine habitat under cultivation with every manner of bad chemicals for fertilizer with armed guards. One summer, on country lanes, the residents could hear people walking around, speaking Spanish in the middle of the night. One cartel was guarding the grow from other cartels. Our Sheriff has caught illegal aliens with 'agriculture visas' working the farms. They destroy the land and take all the law enforcement capabilities of these small counties.
 
Besides just using the marijuana plant for medicine, and recreational smoking, once it is legal to grow it anywhere in the US, there will be other uses that it can be harvested for.
I have read about using something called "hempcrete", and it is supposedly stronger, and much cheaper than using regular concrete for building purposes, and I think they even make a kind of plastic with it. I read it a while back, so will have to look that information up again.

From what i have read, when you are using it to heal an illness or disease, it is actually much better to use the fresh, raw product, and not smoke it.
Smoking destroys some of the properties that help with the healing process, and one article even suggested adding a few leaves to your green smoothie. I can certainly see myself trying that as a natural healing remedy.
The side effects of being "happy, hungry, and sleepy" certainly sound MUCH safer to me than the ads we see on TV for the side effects of most of the drugs they advertise there.

There is a video on youtube called "Run From the Cure" about using medicinal marijuana. I haven't watched the video yet, but I intend to, and here is an article about the man the video is about, who supposedly cured over 5,000 sick people from diseases like cancer, using hemp oil.

http://www.realfarmacy.com/rick-simpson-has-cured-over-5000-patients-with-this-recipe/
 
Good point B, I didn't know it was such a problem in Oregon, but I knew they were growing it like that in California, that makes it so dangerous for the people who just want to take a nature walk though the woods, like me. The drug cartels are very powerful and taking over, there needs to be a major crackdown on them in America, and I don't see it happening...too much behind the scenes corruption and money being made. Too bad all that money goes back to Mexico too! :mad: They say that cannabis oil is excellent for pain, I don't think that's available without a medical marijuana card.
 
I just had some hemp hearts sprinkled over my yogurt, no buzz though :p, jut sold with all the other foods at Costco.
 
I haven't put anything on this thread before, because I am a pharmacist by profession, and any type of illegal drug anywhere near me would have got me the sack.
i believe there is some medicinal use for marijuana, although from a pharmaceutical point of view, a standardised medicine would be better, with the proven active ingredient.
i also believe that hemp oil has many uses; but I can not take curing cancer.....sorry.
 
There is no legitimate claim of marijuana - or any other substance - curing cancer. Marijuana DOES ameliorate the symptoms incurred through chemo and radiation therapies, and increases the appetite.

Hemp is a very different variety of marijuana, with almost no THC, so smoking it or otherwise ingesting it will have no psychotropic results. It was and still is used for everything from clothing to fuel to food.

Smoking the leaves of Cannabis sativa - the proper name for marijuana - will produce very little buzz. It is the buds, the top blossoming part of the plant, that are bred to contain the highest amount of THC, so if someone gives you a bunch of 5-pointed green leaves and tells you to smoke them, tell them to get stuffed.
 
And if you normally smoke garden grown , be very careful with hydroponic it is lethal, well here it is, i know someone who had some and they were absolutely off their face and no control, couldn't speak it scared me seeing her like that
 
That's a valid concern, Jill. Unfortunately along with the good comes the bad, and with indoor growing it is much easier to control the environment, hence produce THC-heavy buds. With outdoor growing there is more work on the part of the plant to deal with wind, rain and temperature, so much of the "energy" of the plant goes to dealing with that.

Indoor growing, whether soil-based or hydroponic, is usually the domain of folks who have much more knowledge of cultivation. They experiment with increasing THC yields, "fast grows" and short, bushy plants with huge, resinous buds. Through cross-breeding and augmentation they can produce a high-THC product that, in the hands of an amateur smoker, can lead to some problems.

The one saving grace is that you aren't going to be getting that kind of "Super Weed" at ditch-weed prices, so your typical recreational user is going to pause when a 1/4 ounce is going for $400.
 
Mind you at the same party i was watching the TV while waiting for someone and had a couple of cookies that someone was passing around, gosh they were good but then i started seeing double and felt very weird and they told me they were special cookies. Dumb old me:giggle:
 
That Guy said:
Any type of illegal drug anywhere near me would have got me in the sack...
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That may have been an improvement!
it makes me quite angry when 'qualifed' people promise the earth to others who are desperate.
Mustn't say any more.
BTW Jill, love the hair!
 
CeeCee said:
Just saw this...
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Imagine if they were all stoned during the big game?

"Wow, man, this grass is so ... green, dude!"

"Yeah, man, it's ... it's really ... what were we talkin' about, man?"

"I don't know ... hey, man, you look like an alien in all your gear HAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

*stumbles around the field making appropriate alien noises*

:D
 
SifuPhil said:
I think it's one of those things that you really can't explain, you have to actually try it. And, for some people, it does absolutely nothing, a phenomenon that I don't believe has ever been researched. Maybe the THC receptor sites in their heads were just filled up with something else ... ;)

For me it is a form of both meditation and inspiration, but it also helps me to laugh my butt off watching old movies and TV shows. :playful:

As for the folks who have quit smoking, remember that pot can also be eaten ...
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That's it, Phil, my THC receptor sites were in a major glitch the times I tried it!
 
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