Hello lately I have been seeing many threads regarding the topic of marijuana and have realized the a lot of people haves a large misconception about weed. First off this thread is not promoting the use of drugs but rather leaving it up to the reader. I will support any ones decision whether they will smoke Marijuana or not. I would also like to mention I am very experienced with this topic (if you get my drift) . So, many people stay away from weed because it has been labelled as drug. But the truth is marijuana is just a plant! It grows from the ground and the earth gave it to us so why should the government be able to tell us we cant do what we please with it? not only does marijuana have a lower death rate of Alcohol and tobacco but there have been ZERO weed related deaths on the history of this planet! that’s right ZERO! now your probably asking why? whats the point? well basically everybody smokes weed to get a) High b) Relive pain c) ease stress and some just smoke for the heck of it. So What is it like being high? well being high gives you a feeling that everything is significant everything is funny and even the most common things in life are absolutely amazing. When you are high you sort of see things in frames and cant concentrate very well so it is best to smoke at a time when you know you don’t have priorities that involve you operating machinery,doing homework or preforming a test! because no matter ow smart something sounds when your high its gonna be gibberish later. There are many cons or smoking weed your voice getting raspy your personality becomes very slow and almost stupid this only occurs if you smoke a lot almost every day) also the first few times you smoke there is a slight chance you might have done some bad stuff and the next morning you will have horrible stomach cramps and Nausea and definitely puke a lot. There are even more dangers about from who or where you get your weed so be careful. If it is your first time get it from someone you trust or know. Sometimes weed is sold together with other drugs such as crack or cocaine and traces of it could be found in the weed so when you smoke it you could get some undesired results this is usually referred to as being “laced” and leads to some really crazy highs sometimes good and sometimes…really bad . When you are buying make sure not to get ripped off so here’s a regular price range (Canadian prices only) a gram of regular weed costs between 10-15$ a gram is refered to as a “dime-bag” a gram of kush (very good weed) is sometimes 20-30$ also use common sense when someone is trying to sell you if they don’t look trustworthy they aren’t. The first time you try weed you will most likely not get high or nothing will happen this will vary person to person witch brings be to the most important thing. Actually smoking the weed. yep one of my biggest pet peeves is when people pretend to be high and they haven’t even done it right witch could answer if you have not been getting high when smoking weed. What I’m talking about is when you smoke weed or cigarettes you are supposed to inhale the smoke into your lungs not keep it in your mouth. A way to insure that this doesn’t happen is to follow these steps. 1) place mouth on joint/bong/pipe etc 2)suck inwards but do so as if you are taking a breath of air through a straw 3) when your throat hurts take mouth of and take a short breath of air into your lungs without letting out what you already have. 4) hold it in for a couple seconds 5) blow out the smoke. Not inhaling could cause you to waste money and develop tongue cancer. Another topic I will cover is the high hangover, after you smoke the THC will stay in your body for a week making you sometimes feel a little weird but some people have noticed that they CONSTANTLY feel high. This can be explained in 1 word – paranoia also this can be caused by feeling guilty about smoking but if you ever do don’t forget its just a plant like any other just because the police say its bad doesn’t mean it is. Conclusion – if you do not want to smoke weed DON’T if you feel that your Friends are pressuring you to much let them know how you feel and that you do not want to. Also you could serve as a “Babysitter” and still hang out with them while there high and make sure they don’t try stupid things (its also kind of fun) or you could find a new group of friends to hang out with. IF you DO want to try weed go ahead but I’m suggesting this: your either 14-15 or older , you don’t have asthma , and your not using it as an escape from your problems because of this many people associate weed as the gateway drug witch is extremely wrong because the only people that want to try harder things after weed are those with serious problems. I would also like to state I do very well in school I play a lot of sports and I’m healthy I also have a good social life and yes I do smoke weed. Take of this what you will and choose your path , I made this thread because many people will face a situation like this at 1 point in their life and I want to give them both sides of the story without hearing your gym teacher or local pot heads argue. So smoke weed or don’t each way enjoy life!