Your reason why... - to get high? or to feel normal?

Trichome_Dense · Post by **Trichome_Dense** » Sun 29th Mar 2009 06:56 pm

There are so many of us in this world who take Cannabis in form or another, I smoke it for pure pleasure, like a lot of my friends do...

But I also know of a certain someone who consumes Cannabis in tea form for medical reasons - she grows her own and you wouldn't think it to know her. Bless her.

I can't help but wonder when I'm feeling philosophically intrigued, why this question keeps popping into my mind... "How many of us smoke/consume Cannabis for pleasure and how many for medical reasons?"

Needless to say I felt compelled to start this thread!

I needed answers - even if just to satisfy my stoned minds intellectual cravings...

1 Please mention which form of Cannabis you take i.e Hash, Bud, Oil, etc
2 Please also mention your method of taking Cannabis i.e Smoking, Eating, etc

This should be interesting...

My answer is as follows: I Smoke weed. Not hash (unless I'm in Amsterdam where I'm guaranteed primo stash) I smoke it in silver rizla papers which I reverse roll minimising paper usage. I use 0.1g - 0:3g of tobacco in my spliff - the rest is just ganja.

I am known to be a busy body so naturally I'd be a little prone to anxiety attacks, the occasional panic attack aswell.

I find that during the seasons when there is an abundance of good weed around, I suffer less anxiety and defo no panic attacks.

When there's a drought on or if I'm low on cash - and haven't had herbs for more than say, a few months... gradually, the anxiety creeps in.

People say we should do "everything in moderation" but all I seem to do when I have herb is wanna smoke it... I'll leave moderation to the moderators of this forum... So I guess I must also like the way it makes me feel. I like being high maan!

Kermit · Post by **Kermit** » Sun 29th Mar 2009 07:10 pm

I smoke for pleasure and i smoke weed (With some Ice). I take it anyway i can to get it into my Bloodstream

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Sun 29th Mar 2009 07:26 pm

I've been smoking for pleasure for over 40 years.
Have had migraine head-aches since I was a teen-ager ( before smoking )
Realized early in smoking that when I got good weed it helped w/pain from head-aches.
When I started having seizures and was diagnosed with Epilepsy discovered that it helped relieve pain and relax muscles after seizures and after having for a few years got a good neurologist who suggested that it may also help relief anxiety and stress, which helps to keep from having seizures.
Migraines stopped in my early 50's but started up again in a new form last Nov. called Chronic Daily Headache. Smoking helps relief pain, but weed I am getting now is not that great so only helps for an hour or two then headaches are back.
One more reason I am looking forward to April.
I basical smoke it in any form I can get it.
When in Amsterdam I go for hash as am unable to get that here in the states very often, but have had oil, ice, brownies etc. in my life time.

AzLaker · Post by **AzLaker** » Sun 29th Mar 2009 11:06 pm

I smoke for pleasure, but also enjoy the growing process to taste what I've grown.

AzLaker

liquidSwords · Post by **liquidSwords** » Sun 29th Mar 2009 11:08 pm

My answer is as follows: I Smoke weed. Not hash (unless I'm in Amsterdam where I'm guaranteed primo stash) I smoke it in silver rizla papers which I reverse roll minimising paper usage. I use 0.1g - 0:3g of tobacco in my spliff - the rest is just ganja.

As to why i smoke??? Coz i like weed.
but as to the effects to the mind and body, everybody seems to be worried about time rushing around... but tomorrow is another day, you can only get so much done in the day, smoking weed slows everythings down and relaxs the mind and the muscles, theres no need to rush, coz thats when mistakes are made. (also made when too stoned but what the heck!!! lol

)

Overall its just a chill out zone for me when i smoke weed

Ash333 · Post by **Ash333** » Sun 29th Mar 2009 11:45 pm

I smoke for pleasure 99% of the time, but if I've been raving I find a couple of big indica j's helps the comedown amazingly, so I guess thats medicinal

murphyscafe · Post by **murphyscafe** » Mon 30th Mar 2009 01:02 am

I have to say:

1 Please mention which form of Cannabis you take:

What ever form it comes in! pref Bud.

2 Please also mention your method of taking Cannabis:

j's all day, bong when on a session and cakes when the other half is bothered/not stoned to make'em!!! OMG when she does! there the mutts nutts! i keep telling her to do them for the cake sale she does!!

mine was all pleasure, but since my motorbike acciedent, its for the pain!! days seem REALLY long when its dry round here and its been more often than not sofar this yr!

Clayman · Post by **Clayman** » Mon 30th Mar 2009 02:13 am

i smoke for medicinal and recreational uses. sometimes at the same time.

though it costs abit more, but booze is such a bumpy ride, too many things to worry about, too little control of my body. and the risk of a hangover in the morning is annoying to have to worry about. whereas weed gives me none of thses things, and im mainly a sativa smoker so i stay productive and imaginative.

medicinally, i wont post the whole thing again, i have before. but i only sleep a few hours a night, ganj helps me sleep. but more importantly it helps me cope with what the lack of sleep does to my appetite. i take a few tokes and not only does the muscle stress melt away but i can eat without having to force it.

gained 10lbs since i started smoking, 10 more than i had the entire 6 previous years!

echc1 · Post by **echc1** » Mon 30th Mar 2009 10:05 am

both medical and pleasure....and for the safety of the general public

CHELSEA_SMOKERS_SOCIETY · Mon 30th Mar 2009 10:54 am

there is no medicinal motivation in my consumption.

its purely a pleasure thing. i love to drink aswell. when i was younger (only really stopped 2 years ago) i used to do a lot of pills and mdma as well. done lots of others too.

whilst ive always had a huge passion for getting wasted, i always like to say that i am completey coincious of my intake and its 100% a decision to do it.

if i had to smoke to feel normal i think it would be time to pack it in. i like being normal and sober, but in the evenings i like to get 'super normal' as well.

chilly1952 · Post by **chilly1952** » Mon 30th Mar 2009 03:05 pm

I smoke for pleasure. Looking for a medical reason since we have voted in medical MJ where I live. I feel a bad case of glycoma coming on!!!!!

Twitch · Post by **Twitch** » Mon 30th Mar 2009 03:14 pm

chilly1952 wrote:I smoke for pleasure. Looking for a medical reason since we have voted in medical MJ where I live. I feel a bad case of glycoma coming on!!!!!

gotta learn how to spell it first

glaucoma

chilly1952 · Post by **chilly1952** » Mon 30th Mar 2009 03:21 pm

You got me on that one, Twitch. I didn't think it was right. Too lazy to look it up.

Sir Niall of Essex-sire · Mon 30th Mar 2009 03:44 pm

I suffered a rugby ingury years back, bascially involed a near breaking of my neck disolcating my shoulder and messing up my spine, with all the nerves that are involed with the spine. I have huge problems with my neck and shoulder still, sharp movements usually result in a huge amount of pain, i find when im stoned this pain is bearable. However it is important to note i would continue to get stoned even if it had no help on my shoulder neck and spine. I smoke because i like it.

Couch · Post by **Couch** » Mon 30th Mar 2009 06:42 pm

Trichome_Dense wrote:People say we should do "everything in moderation" but all I seem to do when I have herb is wanna smoke it... I'll leave moderation to the moderators of this forum...

A friend of mine used to say "Anything worth doing is worth doing to excess"

I often find it to be true...

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