Monday, March 24, 2014
Marijuana
It seems marijuana is the most comfortable illicit drug for most, well at least most of the users of illicit drugs that I've known in my time. Perhaps it represents something of intrinsic value to the smoker, an experiment to discover hope. A dance with the devil's lieutenant instead of the devil himself. Enlightening, habit-forming, less than crack, more than a cigarette.
Personally, I could never acquire the taste for it. After the second time I tried it, I decided I liked my lungs more than anything burning that hot just two inches from my lips. Being roughly twenty years old, I had no concept of associated dependence on a substance perceived as so benign. I had also never heard of THC before. Looking back twenty years later, I have a relative who smokes marijuana consistently and also a friend who went from marijuana to using cocaine, lost everything, got into serious trouble, college degrees now mean nothing, etcetera. As far as my relative who is still smoking, I recently tried to encourage him to replace the 'roled' style marijuana cigarette with a bong. It's not the best advice, but remember, the first assumption is that he's even encourageable. Moving to the bong, at least the water may cool the super heated vapors until he possibly reevaluates.
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Anthony, I find your posts interesting and enjoyable to read. Blogging comes very natural to you. This post particularly stands out to me because I see and hear so often too many people smoking marijuana as if it were something cool. It's not, it leaves a horrid stench and follows you wherever you are; the car, house, your clothes and sometimes it feels like it is ventilating through their flesh. I have yet to understand why people are so drawn to this particular drug, sometimes I think just the fact that it is illegal, makes it that more tempting. A few people I have spoken to and have voiced my concerns about the particular smell state that this is why they do not smoke cigarrettes. To me, it is the same thing, I prefer neither scent. Maybe they are immune to the scent since they do it so often. Let's just hope that people who are habitual marijuana smokers do not pick up stronger drugs once their thrill is over.
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