Cannabis

[mr t]

The youngest had been hooked by his father at 13 and hadn't been to school since 13. Due to divorce and moving house 3 times got lost in the system and it wasn't chased up.

That's a worst case scenario.

13 year old kids aren't meant to be taking drugs.

But they do

 

[ob]

The youngest had been hooked by his father at 13 and hadn't been to school since 13. Due to divorce and moving house 3 times got lost in the system and it wasn't chased up.

That's a worst case scenario.

13 year old kids aren't meant to be taking drugs.

Started as a joke mate, let him take a tote on a joint, next thing he couldn't operate or function at all without it. I mean could do nothing, had to have joint before he could leave bedroom even to come downstairs to mix with other people including his family, Christmas was nightmare. Not sure if down to them being lazy or the cannabis we would go on holiday and come home to every single dish dirty, 2 weeks of mail still laying on hall floor, even dog shit in hall

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

The youngest had been hooked by his father at 13 and hadn't been to school since 13. Due to divorce and moving house 3 times got lost in the system and it wasn't chased up.

That's a worst case scenario.

13 year old kids aren't meant to be taking drugs.

Started as a joke mate, let him take a tote on a joint, next thing he couldn't operate or function at all without it. I mean could do nothing, had to have joint before he could leave bedroom even to come downstairs to mix with other people including his family, Christmas was nightmare. Not sure if down to them being lazy or the cannabis we would go on holiday and come home to every single dish dirty, 2 weeks of mail still laying on hall floor, even dog shit in hall

I think I was 13/14 when I first tried it but my mum and dad definitely didn't know and it wasn't a regular thing at all. So I'm not judging anyone on that level.

I think the point really is the difference between drug abuse and drug use. Most people are drug users but some people do abuse drugs and some personalities are almost preconditioned to find a crutch and then find themselves in a cycle of addiction.

I've been in situations where I was hammering it and it does get quite dark after a while but in general I've always used it responsibly and find it does enhance my life on several levels.

When I say 'I', I mean my mate obviously :)<br /><br />-- Sun Aug 11, 2013 1:22 am --<br /><br />

The youngest had been hooked by his father at 13 and hadn't been to school since 13. Due to divorce and moving house 3 times got lost in the system and it wasn't chased up.

That's a worst case scenario.

13 year old kids aren't meant to be taking drugs.

But they do

They have sex, drink alcohol, smoke cigs, watch porn, watch 18 rated films.

Weed isn't the problem here. It's a societal problem but as no one ever wants to face responsibility the blame is transferred to the substance.

No one would ever advocate giving 13yr olds drugs and that shouldn't be considered when discussing the legality of drugs.

Kids shouldn't do/have access to a lot of stuff that's legal.

 

[ob]

To be honest and I have given this hours of thought,wiped up years of tears,including my own and I don't blame the drug I blame his dad as the boy was to young to know,in saying that he is old enough now to stop if he has will power

 

[TheMightyQuinn]

To be honest and I have given this hours of thought,wiped up years of tears,including my own and I don't blame the drug I blame his dad as the boy was to young to know,in saying that he is old enough now to stop if he has will power

To be honest mate, a guy who's been smoking everyday since being thirteen isn't going to be too emotionally stable.

There's a totally different vibe to 1 or 2 a day to the all day non stop smoking.

To expose a kid to that is fucked up, they'll always want to rebel and check stuff out but they'd need help to keep a decent habit on the go. Me and my mates would all chip in and get some on a Friday but that'd be a one night only thing and there was no way we could have got away with smoking it all day every day or afforded it.

 

[wayne71]

I enjoyed my weed smoking years. Made me lazy though and I really couldn't arsed to do anything most of the time, it was mainly resin as well when I smoked it back in the day so I probably couldn't handle todays super strength shit.

 

[BlueInCanada]

aye but if everyone in the world got permanently stoned nothing would get done......ever

Mr Tesco would sit there laughing at his empty shelves :)

I cant agree with that. I smoke most mornings before work and I get a hell of a lot more done now than when I was going to work with a hangover.

I credit cannabis with helping me quit tobacco and bringing my alcohol consumption from drunk 3 times a week, into drunk 3 times in the last 18 months.

Plus my wife says its made me a better husband and father, and I was already fking great at it.

BC bud is great

 

[Skashion]

Because it makes them look hard.

If they legalized it, taxed it and distributed it in the way they do cigarettes a lot less people would do it.

Kind of agree with you, but it's more of a form of rebellion

They should just legalise it along with other drugs, make people aware of the consequences and then it's up to them, at least the market would be controlled.

It seems prohibition in the US taught the world nothing, it more or less created organised crime as we know it and nothing has changed since

Why is it that I imagine these two have probably smoked less cannabis than the average bear and yet still see fit to comment on users of it?

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I am in no way attempting to pass this off as a truth, so if anyone knows any better then please feel free to say. I saw a documentary recently that claimed youths who started smoking weed around the "critical age" (it was 13-16) have more chance of developing mental problems if they maintain that habit from that age. I've known friends when I was younger who fit into that gap. I only knew one guy who reckoned he could he could hear voices, one guy went a bit loopy and became paranoid/violent. I first smoked it when I was 16, so we're going back 6 years now. Whilst never being a daily smoker, i'd say i've never gone more than 3 months without having any since that time. I'm happy to say i've never felt anything horrible, aside from throwing up sometimes when I had too much.

I personally believe that weed just exacerbates a mental state. If you're happy and trouble free, your mind should remain fine. People who had a pre-existing mental problem, underlying or not, risk having it exaggerated by the weed.

 

[foetus]

I am in no way attempting to pass this off as a truth, so if anyone knows any better then please feel free to say. I saw a documentary recently that claimed youths who started smoking weed around the "critical age" (it was 13-16) have more chance of developing mental problems if they maintain that habit from that age. I've known friends when I was younger who fit into that gap. I only knew one guy who reckoned he could he could hear voices, one guy went a bit loopy and became paranoid/violent. I first smoked it when I was 16, so we're going back 6 years now. Whilst never being a daily smoker, i'd say i've never gone more than 3 months without having any since that time. I'm happy to say i've never felt anything horrible, aside from throwing up sometimes when I had too much.

I personally believe that weed just exacerbates a mental state. If you're happy and trouble free, your mind should remain fine. People who had a pre-existing mental problem, underlying or not, risk having it exaggerated by the weed.

Yeah I agree with you. I had my first smoke when I was 18 and used it on a regular basis whilst I was a uni student. The worst thing about weed for me is that I probably missed out on some good parties/chances with girls cos it was easier and cheaper to stay in and get high with a couple of mates.

I think if you use it when your brain is still developing (such as early teen years) then you are more likely to suffer detrimental effects from it. Same goes with any drug though. If you use it as a responsible adult, there aren't really any problems. I'd confidently say I've done a lot more damage to my organs with alcohol.