Tell me not to smoke pot

[Reality_is_a_Dream]

My dreams are presuring me into smoking, and I need someone to convince me not to smoke. I am my own peer pressure, so I can't help myself.

[DuB]

Go ahead and smoke. It's harmless and fun. There's nothing wrong with experimenting. Did that convince you?

[Reality_is_a_Dream]

Damnit, DuB! Your facts are not helping. Neither is the decriminalization of pot here (I live in MA)

[John11]

Don't smoke pot. Did that help?

[Marvo]

Smoke pot, mess up your life, yeahh!

[ExoByte]

Heed the need of weed yo.

[really]

I am my own peer pressure, so I can't help myself. If you can make yourself smoke, you can make yourself not smoke. This is because in the end it is always up to you to decide. You are giving your cravings power by saying what you have. To stop building this pressure, or "resisting" the temptations, simply stop thinking about them. The very dwelling increases the strength of the cravings and acts as a drive. Smoking is bad for your health. You can get high without poisoning your body.

[Original Poster]

How?

[Sanquis]

Adrenaline rush from extreme sports? If you're gonna take up something that will ultimately kill you, it might as well be something cool. ;]

[Kushna Mufeed]

[Original Poster]

That is legit.

[Schmaven]

Smoking is bad for your health. You can get high without poisoning your body. How? Weed brownies, or tea, among many other possible edible alternatives to smoking. If you're worried about your health, you don't have to smoke it to get the same effects. Some other possibilities are, macaroni and cheese, cheese and crackers (cooked in the oven), hot chocolate, and pretty much anything you can cook with melted butter

[venusflesh]

Smoke pot, mess up your life, yeahh! lol I've smoked pot a few times, and my life isn't messed up. ;P

[spockman]

If you feel uncomfortable about smoking pot and feel that if you did it the only reason would be peer pressure and not recreation or anything, than don't do it. All viable reasons to do it are gone at that point.

[rastasteez]

recognize. i thought about this a little. im not going to tell you to smoke or not to smoke. the only person that can make this decision is you. There probably will be pressure but in the end you can accept it or reject it.

[slayer]

Do it, and I shoot you in the foot. Agreed?

[-Blakren-]

Yeah, don't do it. I know someone who smokes it, and she is.... yeah.

[dylanshmai]

who has the right to criminalize it? politics?! Scientists have gone against the grain, so who are you going to trust: politics or scientists? (who actually know what they are talking about)

[Bearsy]

Hey, RiaD... smoke pot if you want to. And don't be so bold to do it just because it's been decriminalized. It's still illegal. And if you get caught you will get fucked. It's just at not number one priority in Massachusetts. Yeah, don't do it. I know someone who smokes it, and she is.... yeah. Well... I can't argue with that logic

[slayer]

Oh yeah, go right ahead and smoke pot. While your at it, why don't you forget about that pizza you left in the oven while you go and pick up your friend, only to find out that your house is burning down? Great idea. Oh, and did you pick up your milk?

[spockman]

Hey, RiaD... play with grass if you want to. And don't be so bold to do it just because it's been decriminalized. It's still illegal. And if you get caught you will get put down. It's just at not number one priority in Massachusetts. Whilt states can decriminalize it for stte law, it's still against federal law, anyway... But the biggest point isn' that. Alot of you are saying, 'hey, do pot if you want to! Don't fall in line with the establishment.' Well, he said that he 'doesn't' want to. If he did it would just be falling in line with his friends.

[Bearsy]

Why do you edit my posts in your responses? It's annoying as fuck. If his "dreams are pressuring" him into smoking then he wants to smoke. His subconscious does, at least. And really, if he doesn't want to smoke then he won't. And if he does end up smoking, that's cool too. It's not such a bad thing that his existence is going to change if he does. He'll feel good for a few hours, get tired and hungry then go to bed and wake up refreshed. He said nothing about his friends... his whole "struggle" is between the part of him that wants to try something new that he's never tried before, and the other is the part of him that doesn't want to... and I can only assume that's because of the negative stigmas that are perpetuated about pot all over the media and the internet. Maybe you should spend more time reading posts and less time editing them.

[Xaqaria]

Adrenaline rush from extreme sports? If you're gonna take up something that will ultimately kill you, it might as well be something cool. ;] I make awesome works of art when I'm high. And I don't mean that in the "pot gives me inspiration" way, I mean in that it gives me the ability to focus on one thing for many hours in order to actually get my work done. Just like the pharmaceutical commercials will tell you, [Drug X] is not for everyone, but the decision of whether or not to take one shouldn't be a blanket fear of what certain societal circles tell you is bad. If you want to smoke some pot and see how it effects you, then do it. If you have smoked pot and believe the negative effects outway the positive, then obviously you shouldn't do it again. Whilt states can decriminalize it for stte law, it's still against federal law, anyway... But the biggest point isn' that. Alot of you are saying, 'hey, do pot if you want to! Don't fall in line with the establishment.' Well, he said that he 'doesn't' want to. If he did it would just be falling in line with his friends. You shouldn't be worried about falling in line with anybody, and you shouldn't be worried about not falling in line either. Not doing something just because everyone else is isn't any better than doing it just because they are. Everyone should have their own reasons for doing what they do.

[Grod]

It's ultimately up to you whether or not you do the drug... I would suggest you do a lot of independent research before you form any conclusions on it. Don't do it so you'll be cool.

[spockman]

Why do you edit my posts in your responses? It's annoying as flap-jacks. I edit them for sake of child friendliness. Anyway, I"m reposting my last comment since it was so typo filled that... it was really typo filled! Here is the revised version. Whilst states can decriminalize it for state law, it's still against federal law, anyway... But the biggest point isn't that. Alot of people are saying, 'hey, do pot if you want to! Don't fall in line with the establishment.' Well, Reality said that he 'doesn't' want to. If he did pot even though he didn't really want to that would just be falling in line with the establishment, it would be falling in line with his friends. Though I now realize that he said I am my own peer pressure, not I have peer pressure. So the latter part of my post doesn't really apply. Still, it looks as though his personal logic is saying that he doesn't want to try it. But I don't want to put words in people's mouths. That's just what I derive.