Marijuana

@ Carell117
I've only heard of the strain rather than it being dosed in acid. That's dangerous for anyone to do - people cutting marijuana with dangerous stuff like acid, and I've heard of heroin being found on some bud in my town.... No wonder the government kicks up a fuss about legalising it.

@ miserable dru.
I understand how it is classed as a gateway drug in that sense, and a lot of people in my town argue that. I don't see it as a gateway drug because from my experiences with other stuff nothing is quite like cannabis for it to lead on. With things like ecstasy I understand that because people usually go on to try more stimulants and what not after trying it once. I don't think it's weed that's the 'gateway drug' I think it's my friends/people you know who already do experience other stuff that gives you that information and choice. In my town I'm more likely to be asked if I want MDMA/Pills/Ketamine/Coke/2cb/Acid etc than weed...

@ smoke signals.
I don't think it's a gateway drug because you're looking for the same high. I think it's a gateway drug because when you buy something on an illegal market you will most likely be exposed to other products of that market. It is a gateway drug only in the fact that you are more likely to be exposed to other drugs you wouldn't in, say, a dispensary. It has nothing to do with the chemical makeup of the drug.

In my area, weed and psychedelics (particularly acid and shrooms) go almost hand in hand.

@ smoke signals.
Yeah it is pretty dodgy, and at that same festival a load of people dying cos they were knocking back some uncooked, tampered ket that someone was flogging. Just a dangerous scene in general if we're gonna be honest about it. I also get what you're talking about when you mean the same type of drugs. I have friends who'll smoke a few spliffs no problem but would never touch powders cause they've made a conscious decision about what they want to put in their body.

@ miserable dru.
I agree with you in the sense that if you never approach a dealer wanting to buy some weed you're not likely to ever approach a dealer asking for coke or whatever. But at the same time I disagree because if you go to nightclubs, festivals, or raves then people are much, much more likely to be offering to sell you pills and powders than they are weed. Smoke Signals is right in that, a person who takes an E pill at a random party will be more likely to then try other stimulants like coke or drone and that's how it could be considered a gateway.

Also, mushrooms aren't that popular over here, even though they grow in the thousands like a ten minute drive away,

@ miserable dru.
I think everyone has some awareness for majority of stuff which is out there, when I was at school we had the lessons saying what drugs had which effect etc. I don't know of any dispensaries around my area, in fact I don't think they even do them here, can't say it's something I've thought about, and as for mushrooms I never see them sold here, unless they're in season and even then they grow in my town so people get their own, so I think it's just a matter of different countries and the awareness of such stuff cause I see your point of the dispensaries only dealing with one substance unlike a lot of sellers etc.

@ Carell117
My friends almost went really bad off 2cb due to some absolute doosh who thought it would be good to tell someone taking it for the first time to take a high dose as a 'normal dose.' It is dangerous, you've got to trust people well but even then know that there's people out there who are too greedy and thats why there's cut stuff/sprayed weed etc, I think if people are going to be dealing with stuff like that then they need awareness and to be sensible with it all.

I've taken alot, and now I don't touch anything other than pot now, I have mushrooms when they're in season and I'm wanting to have acid at least once more... as for everything else I've had before I'm not interested.

@ Carell117
I'm not really into that scene, so that's probably why I don't see it. I am around weed a lot and I know what else people who smoke weed have had on them before or told me they have access to.

@ smoke signals.
Well, a dispensary would only exist in one of the few states were marijuana/medical marijuana is legal. They aren't in my state either.

@ miserable dru.
America's being a lot more lenient with cannabis than England is though, we only have marijuana substitute medication rather than the dispensaries (though I do know of doctors recommending patients to smoke pot for their condition as a pain relief substance).

@ smoke signals.
@ smoke signals.
Yeah i've known people be hospitalised because they went into fits after ODing on 2CB and AMT. I think it's because they genuinely don't have an awareness about what they're taking and thet's the most dangerous thing.

@ miserable dru.
Yeah fair enough i can understand where you're coming from then. this is just my personal experience and I can see your point as well. Also, though we don't have anyform of legalisation for cannabis over here, in alot of places its basically decriminalised. me and some friends got stop-and-searched by the police once, they found my friend's grinder and Kingskins so they let us go before they found anything else and were forced to waste their time doing something about it.

I once tried it, but I don't enjoy smoking of any kind, plus I have asthma, so...

I do love the smell, though.

@ Carell117
It's decriminalized in my state. You have to have a pound on you before it's a felony and a paraphernalia charge is only a $50 ticket. The cops just basically want people to be smart about it.

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I'm going to Burning Man (major hippie fest) this summer and even there you aren't supposed to walk up and down the streets smoking. You're supposed to keep it smart and private.

miserable dru.:

@ smoke signals.
I think pot is a gateway drug because it is illegal. I don't think it's a gateway drug as in 'if you want pot it'll make you need/want something harder'. But since a lot of people buy illegally they are introduced to people who are likely to expose them to other drugs, which they may then try. I think if pot were legal that problem would be curbed a lot.

For example, since starting to smoke I've had the opportunity to get Xanax, Oxy, Molly, Adderol, acid, shrooms, cocaine, ecstasy, MDMA, salvia (legal in some states), animal tranqs (so fucking stupid) and I could probably get heroin. (I'm not saying I've tried all these, but I have had the opportunity to try/buy all of them.)

I definitely agree with this. Buying marijuana exposes you to many people who sell many different drugs. Since smoking pot I have had the oppurtunity to take cocaine, ecstasy, salvia, LSD, shrooms, DMT. I never would have been exposed to any of these if I never smoked pot, but smoking pot never made me want to do any of these other drugs.

Smoking pot doesn't make you want to try harder drugs, you just get exposed to harder drugs because there are lots of pot dealers who sell multiple things. The guy I used to buy weed from also sold cocaine and ecstasy. They just kind of go hand in hand.

I spent an entire summer with my aunt and her now exboyfriend, and although it was sort of relaxing (smelling the pot they were using), I probably won't try it. I'm just not into smoking weed. The smell kind of bothers me after awhile, too.

@ Gabriel's Angel Hina
I can imagine the smell would for the long not smoking. But, honestly, when you smoke it you don't really notice the smell. Kinda like cigarettes. Everyone smells it but the smoker.

@ dru seems insane.
i disagree on that, since i started smoking i always catch whiffs of it when i'm walking along the street and the only of my friends who smell it aswell are the weed smokers. Once at a festival we found one the last dealers who had any weed left 2 fields away from our camp just by following the smell. sounds stupid but i swear its the truth!

@ Carell117
I catch whiffs of it when I'm not partaking in that circle. That goes with the "not smoking" thing I was referring to. But if you're smoking a bowl with a group of people, you don't really notice the smell so much.

I smoke it on occasion. I use it as for its medical benefits. Does it make me a bad person I also enjoy it, and am a prouder stoner than most? I think not.

I'd do it once or twice. I have no desire to, though. Like I don't really care. Not more than 3 times however. I'm not risking addiction.

@ Soy un Dorito!
I have asthma too, it worried me at first, but I'd rather be able to eat.

@ dru in flight.
Ah right yeah i agree with you on that. I only tend to notice the smell if i'm not smoking myself.

@ m_olly
It's good that you don't want to risk addiction. But a general piece of advice about all aspects of life, don't ever avoid things out of fear. Don't let anyone scare you into not doing something you want to do or scare into doing something you don't want to do. Do what you want and what you think is a good idea.

@ m_olly
Um just a little secret, pot really isn't addicting. It is also NOT a gateway drug. Personally, I think alcohol is.

ALSO TO THOSE WHO SAW THE MONKEY AND GAS MASK VIDEO:
Affixation will kill ANYONE.