Smoking weed

No, never. I grew up with parents who smoked tobacco, which I loathed, and had no interest in putting smoke into my lungs. I went on to work in pharmacy and that put me off even more!

Weed isn’t an ‘innocent’ drug, it’s often produced by young people who’ve been trafficked from less developed countries, and who live in hellish circumstances. I don’t want to be tainted by that connection.

I’d support legalising cannabis, though. That way, it could be regulated, making it safer, and taxed.

+ essential accompaniments in the 1970s student bedroom -
- joss sticks
- candles
- ability to sit cross legged in a circle
- Leonard Cohen LP

Never say never, ann.
A pile of sandwiches, a cup of tea, some tv or music, and a little roll up.
Bliss!

Thank you all for your observations.
I still want to try it for myself but think it will never happen.
I am too old for new experience.

It's like being massaged and tickled at the same time.
Everything is so funny...

MissAdventure

Yes.
It was bloody great!

Exactly that! I loved the smell

No, never.

i have never tried it but a family member whom i visit smokes it with every roll up he makes, has done for the last 50 years, it gives me a headache just breathing it in.

Yes, in the late 70s when I was about 19. It was no different to feeling a bit drunk (I didn't like that either)

Never tried it and having seen the effect the current type has on people I’m relieved. It’s not the ‘peace and love’ drug anymore. I was attacked at work by someone smoking cannabis.

I’ve never smoked anything!

No never tried it. Those awful black and white films they used to show us about drug taking at school scared me off.

Urmstongran
I remember a lovely evening in Duquesa in 2019 where we were finding pictures in the clouds while having a ‘smoke’ ?

Same in Spain JaneJudge in pots on balconies. It’s legal there for individual consumption.

Only once in cakes, it had no effect on me whatsoever.

I have noticed my neighbours have a few small plants growing at the side of their house

I have only noticed as I look after their dogs occasionally

I’m in Canada, so legal here. I’m more familiar with it as a medicine than recreational. Much rather use marijuana than morphine for a chronic pain disability.

Since marijuana has been legalized here in my state, so much has changed. Growers now grow different hybrids and there are thousands of options for people who smoke based on their particular needs.

Legalization has enabled research into the different benefits of cannabinoids. THC, CBD, CBN and more. It is being tested by pharmaceutical companies for diseases such as epilepsy and seizures, and proven effective. Once the US federal government removes it from drug list, it will open up much more research.

THC is the cannabinoid that gives you the "high feeling". CBD is what many people use for pain (most OTC CBD is made from hemp, not marijuana, IMO hemp CBD is not effective as many people who buy CBD from local stores also report it being a waste of money). CBN has shown to help induce sleepiness.

Then you have different strains bred. Want pain relief? Find a strain that has high CBD and virtually no THC. You get the benefits of the pain relief without the effects of the THC. Want to sleep? Find a strain that is high in CBN.

In places where it is legal, the world of marijuana is no longer the same as buying from the local dealer on the corner. Growers have strict standards they must adhere to. You can get a good clean product and not worry about what "else" is in it. Not something you can do when buying black market.

I have Fibromyalgia and typically use it to help me sleep on nights when I just can not. Though I do not smoke it, only edibles. I gave up smoking 15 years ago and don't want anything in my lungs. Though I have smoked since it was legalized and it is nothing like what I smoked as a teen decades ago.

I tried some about 25 years ago, in brownies rather than smoking. Very pleasant and relaxing. I didn't do it again because I din't have the contacts to get a supply.

Yes and yes in the day. Tried some about 15 years ago, whoa, never again, it was skunk.

No, never. Never had any inclination to try any kind of drugs whatsoever - I'm almost phobic about smoking to the point where I couldn't even hold a cigarette. I've been at friends' houses where everyone else was smoking it - or trying other substances, but it just never appealed to me at all. Never even tried it when OH and I went to Amsterdam!

Nope. I was too much of a wimp - too scared of what the effect might be. Such a scaredy-cat!

Yes. Had some terrific evenings with spectacular giggling. No hangover.

Once though I mixed it with drinking alcohol…..oh dear me no.

No never - having a number of health problems I worked out very young that my body was very good at going wrong all by itself without any help from me and potentially harmful substances!

A close relative took some and finished up being sectioned to a mental health unit, where he was psychotic, and remained so for some months.

A dear young relative is addicted to skunk and committed a dreadful crime under its influence. He is in prison.