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^Lol don't knock it till you've tried it. If you've tried it...my bad, your loss.
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<p>I know a lot of people who have been negatively affected by these things (one with his life). Trust me, I have been around it and I just don't see the appeal. And if you ever know someone who was (or is) seriously hurt by it, then you'd (I hope) think the same thing.</p>
<p>Oh my, being drunk is soooooooo much better. VODKA VODKA VODKA yay!</p>
<p>Yeah deaths are no good. Is it callous?</p>
<p>Are you having fun?</p>
<p>Alcohol = rich, popular kids; parties
Pot = grungy social outcasts; lonely basements</p>
<p>Definitely not reality, but that's the general feeling in society and advertising.</p>
<p>"Oh my, being drunk is soooooooo much better. VODKA VODKA VODKA yay!"</p>
<p>Definetly not, get a nice bag of purple haze and you'll be good for HOURS if you aren't a frequent smoker, just come to NYC :).</p>
<p>"Alcohol = rich, popular kids; parties
Pot = grungy social outcasts; lonely basements"</p>
<p>I'm assuming you live in the midwest or something? Smoking pot is almost like breathing air to many teenagers nowadays, especially in the big cities (chicago, NYC, LA, etc), theres no outcast aspect of it. If anything there are a ton more depressed alcoholics then there are antisocial stoners.</p>
<p>^Agreed, pot is very much mainstream. But to his credit nbachris said "Definitely not reality"</p>
<p>It's funny that you mentioned that nbachris, b/c the price of pot is more expensive than alcohol. 1 gram of pot can get you over a case in beer, but as you said that's not the reality.</p>
<p>Personally, I'd have to go with alcohol. I don't like inhaling smoke, and the price of doing so can get to you...especially if you buy accessories (bongs, pipes, vaporizers, etc.).</p>
<p>Smoking 3 joints = Smoking a pack of cigarettes</p>
<p>Whoever said staying high all day is like smoking "a couple" cigarettes is wrong.</p>
<p>Of course, that's only if you're smoking joints. Other methods can diminish some of the negative effects of the smoke.</p>
<p>the price depends on where you are, an eighth of an ounce in the bay area costs you around $40, expensive yes, but if you are economical, and use accessories that are efficient, say vaporizer, it's way cheaper in the long run.</p>
<p>I'd say the problem with pot nowadays, is that the drug war's created far better pot. Back in the 60's and 70's pot came either from mexico or canada. now of course, they've clamped down on mexican pot.</p>
<p>Mexican pot was comprised of the subtropical plant cannabis sativa, about 8% THC, and more of a.....peppy high, giggles, deep thinking, but high activity. Today, the drug war and increased border control has derailed this pot, which i prefer, but can never get ahold of, it's much cheaper ($50 for an ounce) lots of people call this stress, but i think it's good.</p>
<p>with the drug war, it's forced pot to be home grown (the department of agriculture ranks it as the nation's biggest cash crop, yielding $35 billion a year) and as a result, driven prices up, but demand stays the same, or has risen. At the same time, innovation in the field of hydroponics, hybridization, crossbreeding, and what not has increased the yield of pot and its potency. it's also a shorter version of sativa, cannabis indica, a plant origionating from afghanistan and the middle-east.</p>
<p>It's really the most American of industries now, because it's all about more innovation, yet without the capitalism of other drug businesses (tobacco cartels, coke, and what not). I'd say pot is way less harmful as a drug to almost everything, except maybe caffeine. The worst problem i've had is eating way too much in like 5 minutes, or driving really really slow.</p>
<p>^^^ You need 3 joints to get high?...couple it with the infrequency people get high (even "stoners" aren't high all the time) and it isn't that many.</p>
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I know a lot of people who have been negatively affected by these things (one with his life). Trust me, I have been around it and I just don't see the appeal. And if you ever know someone who was (or is) seriously hurt by it, then you'd (I hope) think the same thing.
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<p>Guns hurt far more people than alcohol. I even know people who have been victim to gun crime, it doesn't stop me from shooting everyday (once this snow goes away!!!!)</p>
<p>joints are a waste of good weed, it constantly burns, plus,...very few people are going to smoke 3 joints in one sitting, very few are even capable. especially if you're talking about a cigarrette shaped joint. also, the tars in cannabis get stuck in your mucus, as opposed to being 100% absorbed in your lungs like tobacco, so a lot of it is hawked out the next morning in fat loogies. not to say that it's not bad for you, anytime you inhale smoke it's an irritant.
Vaporizers bake the THC, so you only inhale vapors of THC, not carbon particles and tar, it's what many cancer patients who need medicinal cannabis use.</p>
<p>I prefer coke, myself...</p>
<p>tried coke a couple of times, didn't like it. friends said they got a bad package. so take my opinion cum gando salis.</p>
<p>i place weed/drinking in a very similar catagory. Phoenix, its pretty easy to get either. like both in moderation. not gonna lie, i was at berkeley and their stuff was so much better and potent than what we get here.</p>
<p>prescription drugs, i find, have a much more enjoyable and smoother high while avoiding much of the negatives of either of the former alternatives. also easier to get through classes with.</p>
<p>I never said it takes 3 joints to get high...</p>
<p>Someone said that "staying high ALL DAY" is like smoking a couple cigarettes. If you can stay high ALL DAY off only 1 joint, which is like 6-7 cigarettes, that is quite impressive.</p>
<p>it'd be damn impressive, probably make you sound like a 70yr old man with a hole in his throat though. again, for future stoners, joints are for shake and shwag, don't waste your time on them for good pot though!</p>
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<p>Agreed, remember the days back when it was uncool to get drunk and/or get high?</p>
<p><em>sigh</em></p>
<p>hahahah, yaa that 5th grade was a fun year all that play-dough and pokemon</p>
<p>Darn, MTV got you started kinda early.</p>