• Welcome to Religious Forums, a friendly forum to discuss all religions in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to the following site features:
    • Reply to discussions and create your own threads.
    • Our modern chat room. No add-ons or extensions required, just login and start chatting!
    • Access to private conversations with other members.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon!

A poll regarding cannabis use.

How often do you use cannabis?

  • Often.

    Votes: 9 12.0%
  • Occasionally.

    Votes: 13 17.3%
  • Only tried it once or twice.

    Votes: 8 10.7%
  • Used to, but quit.

    Votes: 22 29.3%
  • Never tried it. Never Will.

    Votes: 20 26.7%
  • Never tried, but curious.

    Votes: 3 4.0%

  • Total voters
    75

Father Heathen

Veteran Member
I was just curious how common, if at all, cannabis use was among RFers, so I decided to make a poll. Of course, the forums rules (# 6) forbids discussing ones personal engagement in or encouraging illegal activities, so let's refrain from that. I did ask the mod team if an anonymous poll in and of itself was okay and they did give me the green light for that.
 

whereismynotecard

Treasure Hunter
I've only done it a few times. I'd eagerly do it again, but I don't know if I'm going to have a drug test any time soon for my university and all that stuff.
 

Tiapan

Grumpy Old Man
America seems paranoid about Cannabis, the rest of the western world is far more tolerant. Here in Oz you get an equivalent of a parking fine for personal quantities. I believe the only reason it is still illegal in the west is to appease and gain favor with the US right wing legislators, who in turn appear to have their fingers somewhere in the dirty pie of corruption and drug money. Big business only while it is illegal, and worthless if legal. If we look at the medical problems regarding Cannabis they like every other risk taking behavior exist, but if we have a scale from 1-10 (risk/cost to family and society)and include Alcohol and Tobacco (both at 9-10), cannabis would rate less than 1.

The only possible reason for this distortion of the medical facts is that the US Government is directly involved in the corruption of the drug trade at some level to maintain a high dollar value, and avoid the unemployment that would result from the closure of the massive anti-drug bureaucracy. Despite current rhetoric from the US, the same as the CIA's "Air America" operating out of Saigon transported tonnes of heroin to Premier Ky's side kick to keep the Laotian and Cambodian hill tribes pro US and anti communist during the Vietnam era. I suspect exactly the same is happening today in Afghanistan. Mexico has bloody gang wars because cannabis is illegal and its big business. When will the US wake up and treat the problem as a medical one, instead of a money making scheme. Deaths would drop astronomically and the jails would empty over night. Many other wise good kids could return to their parents and not become hookers or worse. But the US obvious prefers disaster to common sense. Make heroin available on prescription to addicts and you would destroy the Taliban's major income stream. Yanks seem so stupid at times.

Cheers
 
Last edited:

Panda

42?
Premium Member
*MOD POST*
Please remember the rules on the discussion of illegal activities as FH said. If you don't follow them we will shut down this thread so please be careful.
6. Illegal Activities
Discussions about your engagement in or encouragement for others to participate in any illegal activity is prohibited. This includes the use of illegal Drugs, infringement of intellectual property rights; including, music, software, or literature, photographs etc. It also covers Terrorism and all violent crime. And criminal activities. These Topics may be discussed and debated in a way that does not promote an illegal activity
 

Madhuri

RF Goddess
Staff member
Premium Member
Never tried it and not interested. I'm probably the only person alive who dislikes the smell and actually gets a headache from breathing it in (ie/ when near people who are smoking). Smoke also makes me sneeze.

Other reasons would be that I seem to be a full on goody two shoes, think that taking drugs or alcohol for the purpose of getting high/stoned etc. is incredibly lame/uncool and also because I do not ever want to be dependent on any such thing for pleasure or happiness.

And nobody can argue with me because that might be construed as encouraging illegal activity :D
 

enchanted_one1975

Resident Lycanthrope
To keep within RF rules I won't mention my past in open forum, but I don't touch the stuff now. Does my new incense that I bought for Sekhmet count?
F-9.jpg
F-9.jpg
F-9.jpg
F-9.jpg
F-9.jpg
 

DarkSun

:eltiT
America seems paranoid about Cannabis, the rest of the western world is far more tolerant. Here in Oz you get an equivalent of a parking fine for personal quantities. I believe the only reason it is still illegal in the west is to appease and gain favor with the US right wing legislators, who in turn appear to have their fingers somewhere in the dirty pie of corruption and drug money. Big business only while it is illegal, and worthless if legal. If we look at the medical problems regarding Cannabis they like every other risk taking behavior exist, but if we have a scale from 1-10 (risk/cost to family and society)and include Alcohol and Tobacco (both at 9-10), cannabis would rate less than 1.

The only possible reason for this distortion of the medical facts is that the US Government is directly involved in the corruption of the drug trade at some level to maintain a high dollar value, and avoid the unemployment that would result from the closure of the massive anti-drug bureaucracy. Despite current rhetoric from the US, the same as the CIA's "Air America" operating out of Saigon transported tonnes of heroin to Premier Ky's side kick to keep the Laotian and Cambodian hill tribes pro US and anti communist during the Vietnam era. I suspect exactly the same is happening today in Afghanistan. Mexico has bloody gang wars because cannabis is illegal and its big business. When will the US wake up and treat the problem as a medical one, instead of a money making scheme. Deaths would drop astronomically and the jails would empty over night. Many other wise good kids could return to their parents and not become hookers or worse. But the US obvious prefers disaster to common sense. Make heroin available on prescription to addicts and you would destroy the Taliban's major income stream. Yanks seem so stupid at times.

Cheers

Wiley InterScience :: Session Cookies

ScienceDirect - Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology : Long lasting consequences of cannabis exposure in adolescence


If this drug is legalised at all, it should be for medicinal purposes and under strict supervision - just like any other psychoactive drug on the market.

In no way should it be legalised for recreation. That would be like allowing ritalin to be used for recreation. Completely pointless, potentially harmful to the developing brain, with the possible risk of aggravating pre-existing mental illness.
 

DarkSun

:eltiT
Never tried it and not interested. I'm probably the only person alive who dislikes the smell and actually gets a headache from breathing it in (ie/ when near people who are smoking). Smoke also makes me sneeze.

Other reasons would be that I seem to be a full on goody two shoes, think that taking drugs or alcohol for the purpose of getting high/stoned etc. is incredibly lame/uncool and also because I do not ever want to be dependent on any such thing for pleasure or happiness.

And nobody can argue with me because that might be construed as encouraging illegal activity :D


Hahahaha. Frubals. :p

EDIT:

I can't frubal you for 24 hours. T_T
 

darkendless

Guardian of Asgaard
I've watched it ruin lives of some of my best friends. They went from cigarettes to weed and went from top 10% of school students to kids who skipped school to smoke up.

A lot of people would say "you can't blame weed" but its pretty damn clear to see.

I'm not really curious to try it, i've been around it a lot and i don't see the point as i really don't need it.
 

DarkSun

:eltiT
Most of the people I've known who've taken weed didn't cope so well with it.

But I won't elaborate on those experiences because most of the people who take weed regularly on these forums would call me a liar. And I've found that people in real life are doing that too whenever it comes up. But I don't have the patience to argue about my own honesty, so I won't go there.

I'm just going to say that if it is ever legalised, then more research needs to be done on its effects on the developing brain, and on mental illness. And as I've said, allowing it for recreation would just be stupid. I'd hate to think weed could ever be thought of as harmless, and abused in the same way that people abuse alcohol today.

No, I'm not a right-winger by the way.
 

Alceste

Vagabond
*MOD POST*
Please remember the rules on the discussion of illegal activities as FH said. If you don't follow them we will shut down this thread so please be careful.


Marijuana use is legal in the countries I mentioned.
 

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
It is alleged that I have partaken of the illicit herb from the age of 16 to 37, however, I can neither confirm, nor deny the allegation. Likewise, it is alleged that I dropped the use of said herb at 37 largely due to boredom, though, that too, I can neither confirm, nor deny.

It is also alleged that I suffered no significant problems, of any discernible nature, due to utilizing said substance, though, again, I can neither confirm nor deny.

Lastly, it is also alleged that I would never condone the use of said herb, but alas, that too, I can neither confirm, nor deny.
 

KatNotKathy

Well-Known Member
Most of the people I've known who've taken weed didn't cope so well with it.

But I won't elaborate on those experiences because most of the people who take weed regularly on these forums would call me a liar. And I've found that people in real life are doing that too whenever it comes up. But I don't have the patience to argue about my own honesty, so I won't go there.

I'm just going to say that if it is ever legalised, then more research needs to be done on its effects on the developing brain, and on mental illness. And as I've said, allowing it for recreation would just be stupid. I'd hate to think weed could ever be thought of as harmless, and abused in the same way that people abuse alcohol today.

No, I'm not a right-winger by the way.
Yeah DARE was pretty rad.

But seriously, look at countries where cannabis has been legalized. There's an almost universal reduction in drug use, more people willing to get help for addictions (though this is more in the case of harder drugs with physical dependencies), and a decrease in crime as criminals can't make a profit off it anymore. If you were really against people smoking cannabis, you should be all for complete legalization and taxation.
 

DallasApple

Depends Upon My Mood..
It is alleged that I have partaken of the illicit herb from the age of 16 to 37, however, I can neither confirm, nor deny the allegation. Likewise, it is alleged that I dropped the use of said herb at 37 largely due to boredom, though, that too, I can neither confirm, nor deny.

It is also alleged that I suffered no significant problems, of any discernible nature, due to utilizing said substance, though, again, I can neither confirm nor deny.

Lastly, it is also alleged that I would never condone the use of said herb, but alas, that too, I can neither confirm, nor deny.

I hear similar stories about me.Just they allege differerent ages and they are more specific on frequency of the alleged uncomfirmed usage at different ages ..

But it could be alleged by them that I suffered some sort of brain damage by the stories they tell if they were true which Im not saying they are...

But there would be no way to tell because I also hear stories that I did a lot more than mary jane..Which again I dont know if those stories are based in fact or fiction.

Love

Dallas
 
Top