Have you ever smoked marijuana?

[bbbamI]

Crap...now I feel really old....

 

[Bestwifeever]

Yes I did. However I never exhaled.

Now that's funny

 

[Martha]

Guess the two polls had pretty radically different slants, hmm?

I decided to post a poll to find out how many people had actually seen marijuana in person, and some others thought that would be a good idea.

Also, a secondary interest (of mine, only) was in the age groups and I was really surprised that those under 40 seemed to have had less exposure to marijuana. Maybe that is because they were born after 1969. They completely MISSED the 1960's!

Yes, I thought your slant was intriguing as I never even though about someone never seeing marijuana in person . When I saw your poll I remembered mine but thought I would wait to mention it until a bunch of responses were collected. I thought comparing them would be interesting.

 

[oldtrig]

Yep, I bet over 50% of us born in the late 40's and early 50's have tried it at one time or another. For me it was 40 years ago. I have not touched it since. I actually liked it. If it were legal I would probably give it another try when I retire.
I also smoked Rabbit Tobacco when I was very young. Not sure if I liked it or not but back then I thought it was so cool
Now I have been honest of the question, I wonder how many here have told the truth on this.
oldtrig

 

[Martha]

I wonder how many people used other illegal drugs but haven't figured out how to do a poll. Big difference between taking your mom's valium and smoking ice.

 

[kumquat]

They completely MISSED the 1960's!

Unlucky, but remember "if you remember the 60's, you weren't there".

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

maybe once I be outta da game, gonna sneak a bone when da OL ain't lookin. mebbe some Alice B. Toklas brownies. Gotta learn how to cook some day.

 

[harley]

Also, a secondary interest (of mine, only) was in the age groups and I was really surprised that those under 40 seemed to have had less exposure to marijuana. Maybe that is because they were born after 1969. They completely MISSED the 1960's!

I don't think so. In the first place, we don't have a decent sized sample of the youngin's. Also, I suspect the folks in that age group on this forum are a bit more serious minded than the general population. If I remember my statistics right, there was a slight decrease in usage during the late 80s (which I think is the high school/college time frame for the under 40 group?), but overall, the usage trends have been pretty even. Slight ups and downs, but nothing major.

 

[Ronstar]

I agree Harley. DW's friend has a daughter in her early 20's that has pot parties whenever her mother leaves town. There's probably a lot more youngsters smoking that we don't know about. I'm sure our parents underestimated the number of pot smokers when we were young.

 

[donheff]

I agree Harley. DW's friend has a daughter in her early 20's that has pot parties whenever her mother leaves town. There's probably a lot more youngsters smoking that we don't know about. I'm sure our parents underestimated the number of pot smokers when we were young.

+1 I agree. When I saw want2retires post I was going to respond like Harley but he beat me to it. There is a self selection bias operating on this board. Certainly young people who are investing and planning on early financial independance are different than the general public. Although it could have gone either way - they are serious individuals, planning ahead with less time and inclination to smoke dope, or they are slackers who want to want to quit work ASAP and more inclined to be dopers?

 

[Bestwifeever]

I am sure my adult children never smoked pot (or had sex or binge drank). Never.

 

[HFWR]

...or they are slackers who want to want to quit work ASAP and more inclined to be dopers?

I think humans have been "altering" their consciousness' since they crawled out the muck...

"Hey, look; we grew legs! Let's take a walk!"

"You got any weed, man?"

 

[Nords]

I am sure my adult children never smoked pot (or had sex or binge drank). Never.

They must be related to my kid...

 

[mews]

Well, given that my mother ( in college in NYC during the late 1920's or early 30's) said she could have gotten it if she had wanted to, I suspect that :::gasp!::: we did not invent the wheel.

She also had friends who, being Trotskyites, had to run around the house cleaning up whenever their parents - old-line reds - were coming over. Oh, no! Hide those phampletes !!!


ta,
mew

 

[CuppaJoe]

Well, given that my mother ( in college in NYC during the late 1920's or early 30's) said she could have gotten it if she had wanted to, I suspect that :::gasp!::: we did not invent the wheel.

....

LOL! I was born the first year of the baby boom and thought it was all over, I was born too late. When I was in first grade, the 18-yr.-old next door dressed like James Dean, sat backwards in a chair, and rolled a pack of Camels in his tee shirt sleeve; no one would ever be cooler. Oh yeah, he could get whatever he wanted.

 

[RustyShackleford]

I think humans have been "altering" their consciousness' since they crawled out the muck...

Andrew Weil argues that it is a fundamental human need.
He points out that unattended children will do things to alter
their consciousness, like twirling around until extreme dizziness
occurs, as well as hyper-ventilation games.

He's the "integrative medicine" guru (big white beard). It's an old
book called "The Natural Mind". It's pretty controversial - he says
that the worst physical effect of long-term heroin use is chronic
constipation and that withdrawal, with proper medical support, is
about as bad as case of the flu.

You'll be glad to hear that he concludes you don't need drugs to alter
consciousness and it's better not to ...

 

[Khan]

Acapulco Gold
Oaxacan
Michoacan
Columbian Red/Gold
Panama Red
Jamaican, mon
Kona Gold
Thai stick
Sheba

Sinsemilla
Hydro
Mean green
Christmas tree
Skunk

Maui Wowee
Meigs County Green

 

[Khan]

YouTube - Fraternity of Man - Don't Bogart Me - Easy Rider

 

[Khan]

YouTube - Talking Pot Luck In Vietnam - Tom Paxton [8/10]

 

[oldtrig]

I never seen the smoke until I968. I grew up in a very small town and marijuana was just not there back then. It was used a lot by military troops in the 60's. I guess they did not drug test back then. The strongest weed came from Thailand, I do remember that. oldtrig

 

[mickeyd]

Any truth to the 60's/70's rumor that Big Tobacco had copyrighted Panama Red, MJ Lite etc. in anticipation of MJ going legit and marketing the s**t out of it?

 

[Martha]

Copyright wouldn't apply, they would have had to file for a trademark. They can only do that if they had a bonafide intent to use the mark and then in fact began to use the mark within a certain period of time.

Doing a quick search of trademark records for Panama Red, I see that there are several marks registered, for things like restaurant services, bar services, t shirts, even one pending for tobacco from Panama. There was a mark that never got registered filed by some guy who wanted to use Panama Red for "flowers and buds."



I can tell you all sorts of legal reasons that most of these names for MJ could never be trademarked, from illegality to the fact that no one can claim exclusive use if they are generic terms.

As if I had to say it, but see my signature.

 

[RonBoyd]

and you would get to live in Colorado. What more could you ask for?:

Calling all potential pot reviewers: Westword wants you! - Denver News - The Latest Word

 

[thefed]

Go green. That's always been my motto.

Anyone notice thefed is absent from this thread? He's probably too busy being a productive member of society!

oh im here....lol...and you know how i voted

i think we will see a lot more decriminalization by the time i am in that 55+ category...at least i hope so....i've seen 1st hand the effects of it being ablack market drug and truly believe we can cut down other illicit drug use, violence, theft, and even marijuana use if it is legalized

 

[FIREd]

and you would get to live in Colorado. What more could you ask for?:

Calling all potential pot reviewers: Westword wants you! - Denver News - The Latest Word

If you gotta be high, might as well be a mile high...