Comments on: I’ve tried to kill myself twice, after the pills didn’t help I switched to pot: I’ve never been happier :)

By: missessk

missessk — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:07:54 +0000

Weed Helped me for a REALLY LONG TIME. But after awhile it took a hold of my life. Made me stress out about things that were so simple. I didn’t socialize. I hated being around people. Now I am back to the meds… hoping one day they will get it right.

By: Alex#

Alex# — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:10:01 +0000

Hahahaha(: This is epic. I love it(: I don’t smoke pot but I don’t have anything against it. I do have things against people who are sad and whiny. So A+ for you my dear! HAPPINESS = LIFE. Go get’em

By: macdaddi

macdaddi — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 19:14:08 +0000

Im proud of you and happy for you. Dont listen to the people telling you marijuana is a drug or that its not real happiness. Its bullshit, Ive been smoking marijuana for a year, and its been the happiest year of my life. I no longer overthink my problems, my anxiety is completely gone, depression not even an issue. The fact is that marijuana is better for you than the pills that they would be prescribing you anyway. Congrats on your new life and I wish you success and happiness in all that you do. Much love

By: RACHEL

RACHEL — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:38:33 +0000

That’s not real happiness…

By: Fighting Moloch

Fighting Moloch — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:36:23 +0000

Hi, uhm, marijuana is not and has never been addictive. If your addicted, your MJ is loaded with something else and you need a different dealer.
Marijuana saved my dad’s life. He has several diseases and it was the only thing that took away enough of the pain for him to function. Michigan is bitchy about it, so I see him hobbling around at such a young age. Also, if pot hadn’t chilled my mom out when I was young, her abuse would have ended up killing me and my darling little siblings.
Like anything else, excess can be a problem. Don’t overuse.

By: Fighting Moloch

Fighting Moloch — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:22:13 +0000

Love your comment, #Chris, and I love the appropriate date

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:46:44 +0000

Contrary to popular belief, weed is actually much better for you that any other drug, illegal or illegal. I’m glad you didn’t succeed in killing yourself and I’m glad you’re happy.

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 07:14:20 +0000

My dad stole money from me when I was twelve to pay for pot and alcohol. I know it wasn’t the weed’s fault (anyone can be a jerk whether they’re on the stuff or not) but I will never touch the stuff or any other drug.

By: Emma

Emma — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:36:22 +0000

Yep I prefer smoking weed thrn alchol

By: Felecia

Felecia — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 23:36:46 +0000

Thats beautiful.

<3 Perfect non-adictive hapiniess maker. : ]]
It's love.

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:37:49 +0000

Suicide is not about logic. It isn’t about thinking through the consequences. It isn’t about the people you leave behind. It’s not about bravado or cowardous.It’s about last resorts and seeing NO OTHER WAY. If you have been hurt by someone who committed suicide, I am truely sorry. But it is you who are selfish and cowardly for making it about you.
The myth that suicide is about glamour or attention is wrong. It’s about pain and hopelessness, and there is nothing selfish about wanting to die. Often times people do it as a way to relieve thier loved ones of themselves and the pain of being around them.

By: Kim Kromholtz

Kim Kromholtz — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:54:19 +0000

I was a depressed, lonely, insomniac Chronic Pain Patient prescribed Oxycotton 80mg twice a day and I tried to kill myself. Since I became a medical marijuana patient and quit the anti-depressants and opiates, I am finally back to reality and I love myself. I am from Washington state and weed is very tolerated here. Weed=God’s gift to people.

By: Michelle Graff

Michelle Graff — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 22:20:09 +0000

Wow. You’re an ignorant idiot. Weed does not make people unmotivated; if that person sits around and does nothing after smoking, then they were lazy and unmotivated to begin with. I’ve been smoking daily, up to 2 grams a day, for the last year. It has changed my entire life. Before Mary, I was almost failing half my classes. I was a social outcast, due to my suffocating anxiety and severe depression. I have deep scars all over my left wrist and on my thighs from where I used to slice myself open. After I started smoking, I became VERY successful in school. Where I was getting C’s/D’s on average before, I was getting straight A’s. It made me give a shit about my life. It made me want to BE something, it made me want to accomplish my dreams and goals. I used to be severely anorexic; I would go several days without eating anything, and on top of that, my anxiety gave me debilitating nausea. I would lay in bed, motionless, only getting up to go to the bathroom or change clothes. I would neglect my most basic needs, I wouldn’t try to contact friends, I sometimes wouldn’t even bathe or brush my teeth for days on end. I made myself sick. I was killing myself before I was saved by weed. Now…I’m a completely different person. I’m strong. Weed DOES, in a way, make your problems seem smaller and almost not real, but I still deal with my issues. I still cry like a normal person, I still get into arguments, but I’M HAPPY. Now, I’m well on my way to accomplishing my dream of becoming a psychologist with my own practice. I want to help people who are where I was. I want to put my horrid past to use, and I couldn’t have found the strength without Marijuana. I have a very healthy appetite now (5’3″ and about 130 lbs). I go out and see my friends and have fun. I’m in the most incredible relationship and I feel so confident in myself, which I never thought would happen. I’m happy in my own skin. I’m outgoing, I’m witty, I’m bright. In my opinion, weed made me smarter :] I could go on and on about how weed literally saved my life, but I’ll stop here. What I hope you got from all this is that weed does NOT ruin lives. That’s like saying guns kill people; it isn’t WHAT’s involved that causes problems, it’s WHO. Every person is different. Not everyone in the world is going to love weed, or is going to benefit from it. I only did because I have mental disorders that affect my emotional well-being, and weed, while it doesn’t wholly CURE them, gives me the power to be in control of them, instead of the other way around. I love weed, and I will until the day I die. I’m not religious, but I pretty much worship MJ. So please, don’t make such statements about the one thing that literally saved me from taking my own life. Anything can “ruin a life”, but only in the wrong hands. Thank you.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:33:34 +0000

Amen to that! Weed has saved my life more times than I can count, its the best friend anyone could ever have

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:58:19 +0000

well tbh its helped me in alot of ways. if i wasnt smoking weed i probably wouldnt be alive today

By: Kate

Kate — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:53:50 +0000

i think people need to stop caring hwat other people think. if it makes you happy then do it. but yes i can see what you mean by the dad picking drugs over his kid.

By: erika

erika — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:56:26 +0000

i find i’m a better driver stoned

By: Courtney

Courtney — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 02:43:57 +0000

Thank you, this is what I needed.

By: Eireann

Eireann — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:52:35 +0000

That’s not weed’s fault…that’s the person’s fault.
Just as the guy said before…can happen with legal things as well.
Sooo, weed can be a good decision for those who decide to do it and like it. And of course no one needs to be drinking, smoking, using anything to enjoy life but if ithelps and isn’t harming you, then why not!

By: Eireann

Eireann — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:46:43 +0000

And you get really good sleep! ^_^

By: Eireann

Eireann — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:45:09 +0000

Your friend just went white-y from too much smoke. That is not an overdose. She just felt like shit for a bit but it went away…right? It has happened to me once or twice…to my friends, to my friends friends. It just can happen. Just like if you drink and throw up or worse things happen.
And if it is laced, that doesn’t help but most of the time it won’t be laced (unless your dealer just DOES that always).
I can definitely say that weed is a life saver. Sure, it isn’t for everyone. To each their own, but most of the harmful side effects don’t even come close to the good it can do.

By: Eireann

Eireann — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:38:13 +0000

I am oh-so-happy to live in Colorado! Best place ever. Great weed and practically legal WITHOUT a medical liscence. Pharmacies basically on every street downtown. ^_^

By: danielle

danielle — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:49:01 +0000

My mother and all her friends were hippies from the seventies, and they certainly do not have “psychosis”. That’s the most ignorant thing I’ve ever heard.

By: iamnotatroll

iamnotatroll — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:46:06 +0000

If someone really wants to die they should be able to without feeling guilty. It’s a selfish thing to do, sure, but it is also selfish to want them to be alive just so you won’t be sad they’re gone. I do not like suicide, i think it is a devastating and tragic thing to happen, but I would not call it cowardly or selfish. Sometimes you just gotta do what YOU want, not what other people want you to.

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:08:13 +0000

The only way to kill a lab rat with weed is to drop a 25 lb brick on it from 20 ft up

By: Emmy

Emmy — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 00:16:56 +0000

It worked for me too

By: Patryk Kaminski

Patryk Kaminski — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:21:36 +0000

Weed is neither the cause of your problems, ‘nor the solution. It is a tool. It helps one get away from the anxieties of life without ever really getting away – one can do whatever they can normally do, sober. I’ve been through the emotional imbalances of being a teenager; I threatened my mom with a knife when I was younger, and had severe anger management issues, I even contemplated suicide at one point in my life. I’ve been smoking pot every day heavily for the past year or so, but I’ve been smoking off and on for the past couple of years. I’ve never been a happier person. I’ve never been a more creative, dependable, and chill person, and contrary to popular belief, I’m not a fuck up either. I’m headed to university this coming year. I find that the families that get ruined because of pot are a small minority – how many commercials are there that show the opposite? The media makes pot to be terrible, but I know that it is quite the opposite. Like people drink, I smoke; look what alcohol does to people. If you fuck up your life with pot, as Joe Rogan mentioned, you are a fuck up to begin with – if it’s not pot, it’s cheeseburgers that fucked you up, (etc, etc). I don’t think people want to blame themselves for their problems anymore.

By: Ana

Ana — Tue, 25 May 2010 08:09:12 +0000

Your friend just got really, really high off that blunt. It can happen on a random occasion, you smoke too much, feel sick, and get so high you pass out, but it doesn’t mean the weed was bad. Happened to me once off my first bong rip.

By: just someone :)

just someone :) — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:04:49 +0000

weed saved my life… I got kicked out of school because of my struggles with my depression. I lost my health insurance because I got kicked out of school. I couldn’t afford the $180 a month for my medication without health insurance. If it wasn’t for smoking I don’t think I would be alive right now. It made life tolerable while I worked through my depression and anxiety disorder.

By: Kristal

Kristal — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:46:52 +0000

I tell every DR i go to that i smoke pot just so they know. Ive never had a bad repose from them.

By: Kristal

Kristal — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:44:30 +0000

Vacouver is the place to be!!!! Smoking in the cafe and in the lounges is great. it such a social atmoshpere.

By: Elle

Elle — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:50:41 +0000

Im a recovering anorexic and i have bi polar disorder.In my short exsitance (18 years) i have been on ALL the main sedivates, lithium various other mood stabilizers and obviously the Anti depressant Prozac! Weed is excellent for me when i’v had a bad week. I do it maybe once a week or less and i started this about 3mths ago and i no longer need the ole Prozac. My self confidence has gone WAY up and Im fairly settled with myself AND im ok(ish) with my weight. I thank weed and my doctor(im from Europe) semi approves! Cant be all bad now!

By: bj betty

bj betty — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:00:26 +0000

yeah i have smoked weed since i was 13 years old. I am now 20. If you don’t know what laced weed looks like then you seriously need to smoke more weed. I have only ever smoked laced weed once and that was because i was on Shaggy 2 Dopes tour bus. I knew it was laced but I didn’t care because it was fucking Shaggy. I have declined from buying weed before because i took one look at it and knew it was laced. Oh and FYI coke doesn’t have that effect on you. Fucking idiots. People need to get some education around this place.

By: anonymousz

anonymousz — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:36:48 +0000

“if you ever have a negative outlook on life.
i suggest you get out. travel a little.
use all your money on that trip,buy yourself a ferret, become homeless & start back all over.

in the end you’ll be a better person.
i promise.

p.s. weed helps through it all”

So true

By: Michel Herrington

Michel Herrington — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:16:37 +0000

It makes me want to cry.

By: Michel Herrington

Michel Herrington — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:14:58 +0000

wow you must not live in the US. If you do major kudos to your doct.

By: Michel Herrington

Michel Herrington — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 07:13:17 +0000

Pot is very theraputic. It relaxes me to the point that I can face my true self and problems…. pills don’t bring that out.

By: Ciaralynne

Ciaralynne — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:27:39 +0000

drug*

By: Ciaralynne

Ciaralynne — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:27:06 +0000

lol nah dryg dealers do lace weed i used to date one saw it every day

By: Cory Poole

Cory Poole — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:27:05 +0000

GOOD FOR YOU! <3

By: dandelion

dandelion — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:21:05 +0000

i understand entirely
i was suicidal and severely depressed for four years before i discovered pot
it helped save my life
i, too, have never been happier

so a sincere thanks to maryjane ♥

By: emma

emma — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:11:44 +0000

ok, to all you people posting examples – “weed saved my life.” “weed destroyed my family” whatever – i think we can see from all these different stories that DIFFERENT THINGS WORK FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE. obviously weed is working for this person. another person might be better off with perscription drugs. just because ________ (insert coping mechanism) hasn’t worked for you, doesn’t mean it doesn’t work for others and it doesn’t give you the right to judge other people who use it. if smoking weed prevents this person from committing suicide and it makes them happy then i say they should keep on smoking.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:02:56 +0000

I believe that god created something on earth for all our needs. Weed is all natural and definitely has a proper place. It has helped a lot of people get off harsh pharmaceuticals. My friend, for instance, has grown up with severe ADHD. He smokes rather than taking his prescribed medication, which he found made him feel depressed. He’s currently in uni and doing well in all his classes. His family is very proud of him.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:57:34 +0000

and if marijuana was legalized… we’d never have this to worry about. even though I’m with the guy above. drug dealers don’t give away free drugs. claiming you smoked “laced weed” is a common newbie smoker mistake.

By: dune

dune — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:58:40 +0000

People who smoke weed on a daily basis are too stoned to do shit. They don’t go school nor work. I have seen weed destroyed a few friends’ future.
Smoking weed is like an introductory class to a deep black hole. Disagree all you want. But you know you are throwing your life away.

By: Ciaralynne

Ciaralynne — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:21:23 +0000

people lace weed so that they can get the consumer addicted to whatever drug they lace it with,most newbies dont know what laced weed looks like so they smoke it but just an fyi normally if your weed sparkles its laced with something. It’s basically the same idea as a dealer giving a first time coke user the best stuff and then after they get hooked he gives them the cut crap with other stuff in it so that they have to keep buying more and more.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:40:30 +0000

there are more deaths from legal things like alcohol than weed but ya why even talk about those anyways its not whats in question

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:37:31 +0000

there is nothing that is different except that the drugs will kill you and pot wont.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:31:45 +0000

my parents choose everything over me and they don’t smoke or drink. weed has helped me from killing myself and if you tell me to quit than you are putting the gun to my head and pulling the trigger yourself.

By: N

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:49:05 +0000

bye george, you humans and your emotions

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:18:02 +0000

I’ve never been prescribed to any drug and I’m 24 years old. My graduate school adviser told me that since I was stressing out so much that I needed up to my medications. I told her that I’ve never taken any prescription drugs and she told me that I was the first graduate student that she’s met in several years that has not been prescribed to some kind of anti-depressant/anxiety/stress/etc. I did not tell her this, but I’ve smoked for the past 10 years of life – 5 of those being heavily. I truly believe with everything in me that without that natural medicine I would not be as successful in my life, both academically/psychologically. Thank you nature.

By: MattyB

MattyB — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 23:06:36 +0000

Nord is right, i am addicted to weed, i managed to quite for about a month a while ago and felt like i was ready to smoke again occaisonally… ive smoked every day since then, ive been smoking about 5 years and was never happier then when i quit. i just can’t seem too be able to stay off it. it sucks. smoking is enjoyable, but i wouldn’t recomend it as a cure to anyones problems.

By: just-a-woman

just-a-woman — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:57:15 +0000

In my opinion, the people who have become “burnt out” are those people who smoked MORE than just weed. They also smoked too much prior to the age of 17, when the brain is completing it’s development.
Also remember people need to increase their brain daily; those who choose not to wouldn’t do it if they weren’t smoking weed!

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:43:00 +0000

Well, I don’t smoke, anymore. I also know that smoking helped me deal with my mental issues. I mean, my shrink told me he thought if something didn’t change, I would be in prison before I turned 35. Instead, I’m enrolled in college and working on my Master’s. I smoked for a couple of years, and I spent that time learning how to deal with anger. How is relying on a plant different than relying on pills prescribed by a psychiatrist? I’ll tell you this: I hurt some people when doctors had me on pills. I never did while smoking. They hand out pills, and half the time, it’s like handing a loaded handgun to an infant. Hell, Zoloft alone took me from “sociopathic tendencies” to full blown sociopath completely incapable of any emotion. No, not everybody can balance out using pot to stabilize their moods and help get a grip. It does work for some people, just like Paxil, Zoloft, Prozac, Lithium, and Wellbutrin. One of my girlfriend’s friends opened his wrists with a box cutter after being put on Wellbutrin. At worst, from weed, he would have just eaten everything in his kitchen and watched cartoons. I’m also not saying being a full blown pothead is a great idea. Let me ask you this, though. I used to fantasize about killing people every day. I don’t, anymore. Smoking gave me enough of a buffer zone to deal with all of the rage a little bit at a time, until I could deal with it all. I don’t need it anymore, so it did its’ job. Now, I have learned to deal with things that come, instead of putting it away until I am a ticking time bomb. The effects of it aren’t that different from Xanax, anyway.

By: Bc Bud

Bc Bud — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:50:19 +0000

So true…My daughter had anorexia. She was so uptight about her body image, thanks to the media, but when her cousin and brother turned her on to “weed”, it took about one month for this “incurable disorder” to be cured. She relaxed,stopped fretting about her body image, gained a healthy appetite, went off the evil pharmaceuticals that would have made her worse, then graduated with honors and is now in college, happy and healthy. She told the doctor that pot relaxed her mind and her body and gives full credit to it.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:58:02 +0000

Good job. ^_^ I can’t do it, anymore due to my job and everything, but I know exactly what you mean. It worked better than antipsychotics ever thought about. Due to the work/piss test thing I just resort to rough sex these days, though.

By: Cym

Cym — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:55:47 +0000

Mmmm yes.

By: katy

katy — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:30:38 +0000

thats pretty badass man(:
me tooooo!

By: Rejane Nicole Davis

Rejane Nicole Davis — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:29:23 +0000

true talk.. i live in the US… but i have had similar situations i’ve been thru and and i feel ya..

By: ashe

ashe — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:25:10 +0000

if you ever have a negative outlook on life.
i suggest you get out. travel a little.
use all your money on that trip,buy yourself a ferret, become homeless & start back all over.

in the end you’ll be a better person.
i promise.

p.s. weed helps through it all

By: sarah

sarah — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:51:51 +0000

i live in toronto.
i am high all day, every day.
no problems at all.

By: recoveringaddict

recoveringaddict — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:54:51 +0000

give it a second thought. drugs are a bad idea in general unless prescribed for an illness.
you do not know how your body or mind will react.
i started smoking weed when i was fourteen, and because i am predisposed to addictive substances, i couldn’t stop getting high because i could not face reality. i didn’t like it or myself. then i tried a bunch of other drugs and was a cocaine addict for twenty years. it almost ruined my life. now i stay away from any drugs because it’s not worth going to jail, the hospital, or the morgue.
if you are lonely, unhappy, or bored, try finding a hobby, or joining a club or gym.

By: S

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:24:20 +0000

I’ve never smoked weed but I’m about to soon. I’ve wanted to very badly for the passed two years. I don’t believe weed is addicting or I ever will be “addicted” to it, but I already feel like I love it and the feeling. I know I’ll love it. I know it’ll help me. I can’t wait to try it.

By: Holly

Holly — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 05:17:15 +0000

Cannabis saves lives. This is the proof. One love and blaze on! Herb is the healing of a nation!

By: wow

wow — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:51:38 +0000

Oh fuck off with your “get over it, grow up” bullshit. Don’t say that and then try to sympathize and tell someone they shouldn’t despise someone they don’t know. You also don’t know this person, nor much about their family problems.
You have no room to talk.

By: anon

anon — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 06:06:49 +0000

those hippies were all on lsd you fool

By: ben

ben — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:50:10 +0000

take one hit of some good shit and see if it doesnt change your outlook on that

By: candyapple

candyapple — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:49:34 +0000

i used to live in toronto
and now im in vancouver
weed is practically legal here

By: candyapple

candyapple — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:48:48 +0000

i used to live in toronto

By: tonya

tonya — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:45:29 +0000

My dad smokes weed daily, and i love my father with all my heart. We’ve only ever gotten into one arguement. i think marijuana has actually strengthened are relationship. so you can’t despise someone cause it makes them happy, cause weed has only ever effected me in the most positive of ways.

By: Krista Paxton

Krista Paxton — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 06:18:02 +0000

completely agreeing ive had “problems” with both. and i was always as happy as ever with i was smoking pot

By: Alison

Alison — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:36:58 +0000

I’m Canadian and I blaze; but only to my desired high; not like it’s going out of style. I don’t like overdoing things. We’re just more socially accepting in a lot of cases, but it’s not like you wont get in trouble.. because you do. Cops are kind of lenient and let you get off with a warning if it’s only a joint.
People frown upon it here… just because they’re uneducated. I love Canada.

By: Cass

Cass — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:58:00 +0000

I smoke weed. I am not going to be naive and sit here and say it isn’t addictive or that it has no chance of medical consequences but the prescription anti-despressents and anti-psychotics I was on caused much more damage to me – I was heavily sedated, I was incontinent, I lactated, I put on massive amounts of weight and Chlorpromazine caused damage to my fertility. The withdrawals of the prescription medication I was on were harsh, whilst on them I could barely function. People say that smoking weed to cover your problems justs masks the issues – its pretty much the same for many of the meds I was on.
I would never advocate using recreational drugs to anyone. I have seen many people harmed through their use and those that do use them I would encourage to make an informed choice to it and know your limits and respect moderation because weed is, at the very least, psychologically addictive (it is rare to be able to buy 100% pure weed. Most of it is given chemicals to speed the growth at the very least.) Find a “respected” dealer, not a random off the street. Be careful.
Whilst many more people’s lives have been damaged by legal drugs such as alcohol. I would never sit here and say “go on, go ahead, its excellent” but I do know where you are coming from. Since switching to (moderately used) weed I have been able to function, get a qualification and a job and have stayed out of the psyche ward for over a year. I know it maybe isn’t the smartest decision, but it is certainly one that has benifitted me more than ten years of prescription medication.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:00:39 +0000

Really? Because I personally agree with him/her and believe that many of these statements are misguided. No one should have to rely on a plant to make their lives better. What makes you think you can truly develop as a person when you constantly have to lean on drugs? And then once it’s gone you’re in the shithole, right? Of course you’re going to defend it if you love it. I have stoner friends and honestly, I hate that they do it. The things they do for it and because of it are ridiculous. “Dumbass” is the right word.

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:18:04 +0000

It’s unfortunate that your father neglected you, but that’s not because he smoked weed. It’s not the drugs fault that he wasn’t there for you. Lots of fathers all over this country neglect their family lots of reasons. It’s an unfortunate situation, but the reason for the problem is the person, not the drug or activity that he’s neglecting you for. Marijuana, like anything, is unhealthy in excess. It’s just a matter of personal management. If you can manage your use of marijuana, then it won’t have a negative impact on your life (unless your get in trouble with the law). If you can’t manage it, then it will have a negative effect on your life, just like anything else.

By: Dr. February

Dr. February — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:32:41 +0000

Your brother probably got schizophrenia from doing a different drug, like psilocybin or LSD. Those halucinogens are known for triggering that shit sometimes.
Also, it could just be that he developed schizophrenia late with no direct connection to smoking weed. My aunt has schizophrenia and i have many bi-polar family members, so i’m quite familiar with what’s goin down with people that have these diseases…
All i’m saying is he might have done other durgs, cuold’ve been natural. I don’t think cannabis is powerful enough to trigger it.

By: sup

sup — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:40:03 +0000

Wow, I wish you all could see my brother. He has schizophrenia and his brain is completely fried from smoking alot of weed from an early age.

Fact is, it may not and probably will not do you much harm, but it can happen. All of you saying that it’s not addictive and it’s a ‘happy, stoner drug’, yeah alright, where the fuck did all the chilled out hippies from the 70s go? They all have psychosis now, hahaha. Yeah not so chill now, are they? /facepalm

By: unknown

unknown — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:47:55 +0000

Scientifically, there is nothing in 100% naturally grown marijuana that is physically addictive.

If you put tobacco with your weed, you become addicted to that.

If not, its a mental addiction, not physical.

By: unknown

unknown — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:44:38 +0000

Here in Canberra, Australia, weed is not legal but it has been decriminalized.

whatever that means

we can have up to 28grams without getting anything more than a small fine.

By: elliott

elliott — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:15:07 +0000

fuck toronto! come to vancouver! the west coast of Canada is waaaaaay better than the east coast – pot is practically legal here, every one is super laid back, and the environment itself is breathtaking!
they call Canada “utopia” for a reason

By: elliott

elliott — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:14:13 +0000

By: teensteens

teensteens — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:49:00 +0000

Amen. Couldn’t have said it better myself, Lori.

By: Nord

Nord — Mon, 04 May 2009 12:59:56 +0000

wow, you must be some kind of mini Hitler if you think you can just make a statement like that with no kind of qualification and think that people won’t just point it straight back at you.

By: Nord

Nord — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:59:41 +0000

Well thought through comment, I hear you.

By: Nord

Nord — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:57:56 +0000

The way I always see it, nature promises each of us a death, inevitably you WILL get your ‘wish to die’, so why waste energy trying to do something you’ll get for free at some point anyway!

By: Nord

Nord — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:55:40 +0000

I didn’t say physically addicted (although it does have some pretty harsh withdrawal effects). the addiction is definitely mental, but that doesn’t make it any less powerful. Just take a look at the hordes of people on uncommonforums.com if you don’t believe me.

And Rachael – we’re all here to offer an opinion, which is necessarily a judgement. You are making a judgement about the two of us with your comment, so stop being so self righteous.

By: Nord

Nord — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:51:14 +0000

why would a dealer lace an inexpensive drug with a much more expensive drug? Aside from the fact that weed is, well..a plant and coke is a powder (a little obvious to spot). I suspect your friend just tried to prove himself a little too much, had a whitey (smoked too much), puked and passed out. It happens, but you won’t die (however much you may want to).

By: dicey

dicey — Sat, 02 May 2009 09:11:41 +0000

rofl..yes! exactly my words! the world is a lonely place at times.. and being a student without much money you tend to spend a lot of time alone (not by choice!) and weed.. well, it is one of the only ways i can stand to be alone with myself.. otherwise i would go crazy with loneliness!

By: someone

someone — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:14:21 +0000

you’re a dumbass. period.

By: user545

user545 — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:31:56 +0000

weed is horrible. it increases anxiety and ruined my life.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:14:07 +0000

If marijuana were legal, its sale would be regulated. People could buy it from approved sellers (like the coffee shops in Amsterdam) and therefore not get laced product.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:09:01 +0000

Just because you develop a habit and you get used to having it every day doesn’t mean you’re addicted. Marijuana is not physically addictive – it does not cause dependence.

By: rachael

rachael — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:55:09 +0000

what are you two who the hell are you to judge >

By: Nord

Nord — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 00:17:13 +0000

what are you, 12?

Of course you can become addicted to weed. Smoke it everyday for 20 years and you’ll be pretty damn hooked. I know.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:58:19 +0000

YES!!!

By: Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:57:19 +0000

Hey man i know where youre coming from. I did the same thing when I was 17. Pot helps a lot.

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:57:01 +0000

if that was laced with coke or crack she wouldnt have passed out
weed is amazing and not harmful do some research before you say things

By: T

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:50:58 +0000

It is so good to hear that this plant that has so many different uses saved your life

By: ayngel-lina

ayngel-lina — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:50:19 +0000

okay so I’ll start by saying that weed may or may not be good. it all depends on the user as well as the provider. the user may abuse the product as previously mentioned. the provider may lace the product. either way. marijuana, to me, is better than prescriptions. in many cases at least. if you find the right person there are no additives. it’s just cut and sold. it helps people with anxiety, OCD, insomnia; people like me that have all three of those! honestly, I’m not going to try to promote weed to people who don’t want it. i’m just trying to help you be a little open-minded. to “BB” when you said about car crashes etc being related to being high. I’d just like to point out that, hypothetically, there could be laws against that kind of thing as with alcohol. i.e. no drinkng and driving. also, you can’t say that you can make life great. you never know what’s going on in someone’s life. a dead parent and abusive replacement isn’t always “fixable.” thanks for listening.

By: rae

rae — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:38:00 +0000

I know how you feal completly i wish i knew you so i could give you a great big hug stoners are happy people there is just something in it that makes people smile.