I Smoke Weed, But I Don't Do Drugs

[Eisa]

That's true, though. The service at my local Wendy's is slow as shit.

Our Arby's is like that. If you want food, it's usually pretty good, but you have to wait a helluva long time for it, especially in the drive-through. It's like: if there is ANYONE in front of you, be prepared for a really long wait.

[lordlundar]

Both are correct. Well, smoking won't actually give anyone cancer; instead it greatly increases the chances of developing cancer.

I think the big problem with this is that nobody really agrees about the definition of "drugs." Do you mean hard drugs, or illegal drugs, or recreational drugs other than the base 3 (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine), or all recreational drugs? Add in the question of where to place prescription drugs, and it's just a mess.

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That the catch. "drugs" is insanely vague. There's a lot of things that qualify as drugs, some are legal, some are controlled, some are illegal. Some provide a benefit, some are a hindrance, some both (a commercial for a drug for rheumatoid arthritis has listed several painful fatal conditions as possible side effects. I'll stick with the arthritis thanks). So trying to simply say "drug use" gets fuzzy. Well then again, so do some of the users.

[Peppergirl]

This is so true.

I was married to a daily pot smoker for 15 years.

He is 44 years old and still smokes. Every.single.day.

Yet, ask him if he uses drugs. Anyone care to guess as to what his reply is?

Oh, and his current girlfriend is a cop.

[Gravekeeper]

It also has a distant cousin in "I'm a vegetarian, but I still eat fish". Which has always puzzled me.

[Mikkel]

Etymologically it would be better to say "I don't use hard drugs" or "I don't use illegal drugs". I'm a caffeine and alcohol (beer) user, no doubt about that. They are things we use because we like their effect. Mood altering drugs by any rational definition.

[Racket_Man]

If it's taxed then its not a drug, even though it is, but hey it's not one of those bad drugs, you know, the type we don't get tax dollars off. Bill Hicks probably had a skitch on this worded better.

most likely (from my recollection of ) one of George Carlins HBO comedy specials. to paraphrase the quote "Any substance that does NOT have Bristol-Meyers=Squib stamped on it is BAD HAAAAAAAAAAA NOT"

not from an HBO special but close enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRohxU1ZS0

[DrFaroohk]

Well technically someone could argue it's not the weed that's the drug...it's the THC.

Seriously though, of course weed is a drug. So is coffee. And cigarettes. The fact that someone a hundred years ago I never met or voted for or even give a shit about decided to make a list and on that list he put down which drugs are legal and illegal, fuck him. It has nothing to do with whether or not which thing is a drug. Just because one is more legal than the other doesn't really mean anything.

IMHO alcohol is way worse than pot, but that's a lot of anecdotal evidence. Or any other drug really. Just look at the behavioral patterns of people who are A) extreme alcoholics, B) needle-driving-hard junkies and C) Pot heads. Take the best of the best and the worst of the worst and see who exactly is the biggest problem in the world.

Now pick up your local paper and read the police reports and see who gets busted the most! Strange how inversely retarded it all is.

[lordlundar]

It also has a distant cousin in "I'm a vegetarian, but I still eat fish". Which has always puzzled me.

It's a little odd, but it's because too many people equate "vegetarian" with "vegan". Vegetarians will have animal products (milk and eggs for example) and seafood, while vegans is strict fruits, vegetables, and grains.

Admittedly, the simpsons episode where Lisa declared herself to be a vegetarian didn't help matters, because she met a group of vegans who were calling themselves vegetarians.

[DrFaroohk]

The last time I checked, fish was still considered a meat. Isn't it still a meat? It's dead animal flesh....not sure what else to call it.

[telecom_goddess]

This is so true.

I was married to a daily pot smoker for 15 years.

He is 44 years old and still smokes. Every.single.day.

Yet, ask him if he uses drugs. Anyone care to guess as to what his reply is?

Oh, and his current girlfriend is a cop.

My bf is 51 years old and smokes it every damn day which means I gotta deal with the smell which I HATE. He's dependent on it and I don't like it at all. Yet if i light a match to light a candle he bitches that that stinks....REALLY???? Its way better than that ass smelling shit you're smoking.

[Andara Bledin]

I'm not surprised about the cop and the pot-head. One of my aunt's boyfriends was a retired fed, and he was a pot smoker.

Yet if i light a match to light a candle he bitches that that stinks....REALLY???? Its way better than that ass smelling shit you're smoking.

Beauty's in the eye, and all that. The smell of coffee makes me want to vomit.

I have no problem with the smell of pot. Now, the flavored blunt wraps that are popular are a totally different matter. For the most part, they induce the same reaction in me as coffee. And since I also hate the smell of burning matches, I have a butane lighter for my candles.

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[blas87]

I hate the smell of matches myself. Coffee smells good to me, but doesn't taste good.

Unless someone is an extreme pot-head, you usually can't smell them as much as you can smell a cigarette smoker. Pot smoke tends to linger in rooms or cars, but it doesn't attach and refuse to go away like cigarette smoke, unless you smoke pot all day every day.

[Andara Bledin]

Unless someone is an extreme pot-head, you usually can't smell them as much as you can smell a cigarette smoker.

The major difference is that with cigarette smokers, the smell of nicotine is actually coming from inside their bodies, not from outside. THC doesn't react the same way, so you can wash the smell off.

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[Boozy]

I hate the smell of matches myself.

People may call me crazy, but I love the smell of matches. I think it reminds me of childhood camping trips.

Marijuana smells sickeningly sweet, and the smokes clings to clothes in the worst way. I think it's more cloying than cigarette smoke. But that's just me.

[Andara Bledin]

Marijuana smells sickeningly sweet, and the smokes clings to clothes in the worst way. I think it's more cloying than cigarette smoke. But that's just me.

Is that with straight papers or with blunt wraps? I've never really gotten a sweet sort of feel when around smokers, but the guys who smoke blunts smell gross.

Then again, I despise cigars, too. They also make we want to hurl.

And, in the spirit of the OP: "Oh, I don't smoke. Just a pipe/cigar once in a while." 9.9

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