Smoking weed

Have never ever taken or smoked any drugs that were not prescribed. Never felt the need, however low life got.

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No, never.
Read an article about the effects of getting 'high' in the 60s, and it sounded like the worst effects of a migraine, so far too scared to even try.

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I smoked quite a lot of weed in my teens and early 20’s which I did enjoy. But we went for dinner with a male friend who made some cookies. We were so ill we thought we’d have to go to hospital. I became paranoid and would not touch the dinner as I thought he was trying to poison us. After that I never touched anything ever again.

joannapianno I hope your daughter continues to make progress and her mobility improves.

Our 46 year old DD has been in a rehab unit in London after being diagnosed with primary progressive MS in August. Various drugs were tried along with intensive physio to try and help her walk again.
After seeing her Neurologist last week she was prescribed Cannabis spray, which has just been approved for medical use in MS patients. We FaceTimed her today and she really feels progress has been made with loosening her knee joints and she can walk with a Walker.

Sorry about the double posting. I've got a new mouse which moves very quickly. Strictly now beckons.

Yes, between the ages of 20 and 33. I stopped because I had a bad bout of bronchitis and couldn't smoke. After 2 weeks being ill I didn't want to inhale anything ever again. I did enjoy it. In fact my OH and I gave up smoking after a holiday in Wales with some friends. Joints smoked throughout the day and the dope ran out as we were about to return to London. Didn't touch cigarettes afterwards.

None of us drank very much - unlike some of today's youth. We sat around in somebody's flat, smoked a few joints, had a laugh and got the munchies. As far as I'm aware no one became a junkie or freaked out.

Yes, between the ages of 20 and 33. I stopped because I had a bad bout of bronchitis and couldn't smoke. After 2 weeks being ill I didn't want to inhale anything ever again. I did enjoy it. In fact my OH and I gave up smoking after a holiday in Wales with some friends. Joints smoked throughout the day and the dope ran out as we were about to return to London. Didn't touch cigarettes afterwards.

None of us drank very much - unlike some of today's youth. We sat around in somebody's flat, smoked a few joints, had a laugh and got the munchies. As far as I'm aware no one became a junkie or freaked out.

We have lost the war on drugs: what’s the alternative.
I was listening to a program on the amount of cocaine that goes through Rotterdam port, it’s staggering. The police estimate that 40,000 lines of cocaine are snorted every day. Rotterdam has a population of 651,000.
I believe legalisation is the only way.

Many young people with mh problems have used cannabis. The chicken or egg analogy remains. A friend had a psychotic breakdown aged 18 in first year at Oxford in 1967, well before skunk arrived
I used it to sleep when nothing else helped RA pain. A spliff at bedtime was all .I stopped as soon as I got effective meds. Stopping was easy I threw the tobacco/weed etc in the bin and eight years on never had any desire to use it again
I’m conflicted about legalising any street drugs. We have a huge substance misuse problem in this country. I’d like to see resources going into preventative services

grannyactivist

No, never.

A few years ago I visited someone who had been sectioned in a small psychiatric unit and, according to the consultant, every other patient on the unit at that time was there because of skunk. Until then I had always had mixed feelings about legalising cannabis, but that and subsequent experiences have persuaded me that instead of decriminalising it we should be tackling dependency as a major health issue.

I know two young people that had cannabis psychosis. One seems to have got his life back on track but the other suffers from anxiety and doesn’t work. So I have mixed feelings about it. If I had MS or Parkinson’s I’d start taking it although I’ve no idea where I’d get it from these days.

No, never.

A few years ago I visited someone who had been sectioned in a small psychiatric unit and, according to the consultant, every other patient on the unit at that time was there because of skunk. Until then I had always had mixed feelings about legalising cannabis, but that and subsequent experiences have persuaded me that instead of decriminalising it we should be tackling dependency as a major health issue.

My brother uses it has had back pain for many years (three operations, ) and also has Parkinson's , he finds it helps with the pain.

No; never - not even a whiff of tobacco.

Just to clarify if my previous post sounded a bit judgy of those who prefer alcohol. I, like many, a joy a glass of wine with dinner every evening. As with any drug, it is not something I would abuse, too fearful of dire consequences.

My brother smokes a bit of weed every day to help with the constant pain he is in from a serious road accident a few years ago. He lives in Australia where they seem to be less strict than the UK.

(funny story - I'd baked some in little chocolate cakes and my mother turned up in passing. 'They look nice!' she said. 'Oh, no, they're very stale, from last week - so I'll have to throw them out.' I replied)

In the 60s, as a teenager, it seemed that we all did - and I thoroughly enjoyed it!

silverlining48

Me too henetha but no idea where to find it. Do know it’s definitely not worth bothering with the biscuits ?

You didn’t have the true biscuits.?

Hilarious Witzend. So accessible in Barbados as we discovered. We had a very pleasant evening sitting on the hotel beach after dinner watching the sun set sharing a rare joint, no alcohol involved as it isn’t our drug of choice.

Yes yes yes.
It was my only ambition (!) if I’m being completely honest as a teenager

At the end of my twenties I found a lovely man who would give me a tiny bit to roll up and try.

That was the start of a lifetime love affair with cannabis.

These days I’m extremely fussy about what I smoke- it has to be low thc and high cbd, organically grown and cured properly.

More often than not I will make a tea with it, only taken in the evening when things are finished for the day. That one tea soothes my arthritis, helps control my blood sugar working in conjunction with my own endocannabanoid system, and sends me into a deep sleep at the end of the day.

It’s a lifestyle choice, and agreed not for most of us, but for me a good thing.

My doctor said to me ‘I know what you are doing, but carry on - all your blood test results are very good, in fact they are typical of someone half your age’.

Thanks gsm. Did wonder .