Smoking weed is......

[LockJawTrouble]

Just trying to make sense of things. Is it me or smoking weed is not normal? I am fed up of this excuse to the point, where I think I need some reconfirmation , to make sure I am not the only one thinking that.

There are guns and violence involved
with weed and other criminal behaviour.

And why do you think that is?
Because it’s illegal!

Legalise it and all those related issues would vanish overnight.

@lockjawtrouble and therein lies the problem. It’s not about whether smoking weed is “normal” or not- it’s about the fucking disruption and addiction - and yes when your entire social life is based around people who are ok with him smoking weed in their house - it’s an addition. I may have behaviours that I can’t indulge in friends homes (e.g I smoke and can’t do that in most homes, I drink and have friend who are Muslim and don’t allow drink in their homes), but it doesn’t put me off going- I just forgo the “vice” for that evening - if he can’t, it will affect your life.

Sorry just re read my post and sounds like I’m having a go- I’m really not just exasperated on your behalf as know how bloody exhausting it is.

People might feel peaceful and calm when they are stoned but it can also lead to feelings of paranoia, illusions (seeing, hearing, smelling) which can be frightening

I doubt those that drink until their are blindly drunk would just smoke until they felt a slight high I would imagine many would smoke a large quantity in one evening and treat weed in a similar way to what they do alcohol and I doubt that would lead to peaceful Friday nights in town centres

There are guns and violence involved with weed and other criminal behaviour.

Another strong argument to legalise it imo

There'd be guns and violence involved with tobacco and alcohol if the government were to ban it outright tomorrow.

It was normal for me when I was younger. Not a gateway at all, I've never so much as been near anything else.

It hasn't had a lasting impact on me. In fact, it helped me chill out a lot and I've been a happier person ever since! Even though it's been years since I last tried it

Well there would be a drop in crime as you wouldn’t need to go to a dealer to buy it

But would you need a license to obtain it and what would be the age 16 or 18 or 21

It’s not going to stop illegal activity around cannabis, skunk will still have a market and so will those who are underage

OH smokes weed sometimes I know quite a lot of people who smoke weed. I don't smoke it at all, tried it in teen days but was never fussed about it. But for some reason I like the smell.

Skunk weed is a different breed altogether I absolutely am against it, and think soon enough (if not already) there'll be an explosion of anti-docial behaviour around it. It's cheap, so easily available to youngsters (I don't know a single elder who smokes skunk weed). The very strong smell of it is awful.

Paranoia, lack of motivation, listlessness, slower speech, aggression. It affects each skunkhead differently. I wish it would be banned.

Generally I don't mind people smoking (greens) weed. Not if they smoke continuously though. & particularly not as per my exDH - blahed on about how it calmed him, gave him a good appetite, and would wake up to actually go and buy weed in the small hours..that's after whinging for ages about how he needed a spliff.

how about that the industry is run on the backs of child slaves?
(a) link please
common knowledge, find your own link, you will have a choice of many many many

(b) so are clothes and agriculture .......
There are no trafficked child slaves working in clothing or agriculture in London, and would it make it any better if there were?

It's been normal for years and years in many areas.

not true, just something weed smokers tell themselves and each other to normalise their selfish behaviour to themselves.

Lets be completely clear about this.

If you buy weed your are supporting people trafficking and child slavery.

That is how the cost is kept so low.

Well there would be a drop in crime as you wouldn’t need to go to a dealer to buy it

yes you would, because it is produced by slaves, so if it was produced legally it would cost 10x as much, and people are still going to be buying the slave produced product.

It's way cheaper than drinks like WKD and other 'alcopops'

Its cheap because it is produced by slaves,

child slaves, normally,

trafficked into the uk

thousands of miles away from their family

working all hours

no pay

no education

not properly fed.

So if you are ok with buying a product produced like that.....

Up to the individual really. If it’s negatively impacting your life it’s not good. I smoked for years. Glad I gave up, my chest is a million times better and I run now. Weed was fun in my 20s and early 30s but I found as responsibilities grew in life, smoking it made me more paranoid and less able to handle my life. So I stopped! Some friends still smoke. That’s up to them. Just stopped working for me. Fear of cancer also now less.

I'd like to be able to use small amounts of edibles for pain management, but I don't want to smoke it, or use it for recreational purposes. It can be problematic for people who use it heavily as it can induce psychosis in people who are predisposed to it.

It sounds like your husband has a problem with it to be honest. It really, really fucked my brother up. He would take it constantly and if he didn't get any, he would be fucking unbearable, angry and vicious. He was impossible to live with, and would get violent when he couldn't get any. It was hell.

It absolutely does slow people down mentally and clouds their judgement etc if used chronically.

You'll have to give him an ultimatum. There's no grey area here. He'll have to give it up completely.

I also had acquaintance of a (admittedly huge and chronic ) weed smoker who died of an asthma attack. Not great.

Where I live weed is very mainstream, and just about to be legalised with regulations very similar to alcohol and cigarettes. Which makes a lot of sense to me. Other places that have gone down a legalisation route haven't seen major probems and my province is looking forward to the income, both from local sales and as the black market turns white (big business here, and no slaves involved, a mix of craft type growers with some big operations too).

The majority of people I know use weed like alcohol, a few spliffs or a it of vape on a weekend evening or perhaps a shared spliff after a meal during the week. Many grow their own or have access to medial marijuana supplies.

I see it like alcohol, mostly harmless but with the potential to be a big problem. People who have to smoke after breakfast are IMO like those who drink vodka at the same time. Addicts with a problem.

I am quite anti-drug, have never smoked and only drink occasionally but I think occasional use of weed is fine whereas prolonged use can be problematic. Two of my family members are long term weed users and it has definitely affected their mental health to varying degrees. My brother’s psychiatrist certainly seems to think that it was a major contributing factor to his psychosis and subsequent schizophrenia. The real objection I have to revisiting its legal status is that legalising would, of course, increase its price which could cause some people that use it to try some of the dangerous, synthetic versions of the drug like Spice which are much cheaper.

@greenshoots everyone I know who smokes it grows their own. And if they do ever get it from someone else then it’s a friend/a friend of a friend who has grown their own too

I see it as not normal. Don't have any friends who use weed, or who drink to excess either to be fair.

I'm not remotely anti drug and have done plenty in my day but I now have children and working hard this is madness like having another child! It would a over for me this is not an adult relationship and he's not having the odd joint as some people mention he's a addicted.
You are not mad but you are going mad because quite odd behaviour is becoming normal in your life. He's not 20 anymore time to grow up of go away.

I have to be On repeat and even then he doesn't register a simple action. Eg I have got a designated point to put my phone charger on, just because it's convenient & don't have to go looking around. I have asked him 1000000000x1000000000 times not to unplug ( we have got 5 phone charges between us ) But he fails to register and unplugs it any way.
There are hundreds of things like this in day to day life that he doesn't register. At times I think he is thick skinned but his reflexes are very slow too.
He coughs up so much phlegm that it's unbearable to sleep next to him.
He sweats in bed every night without fail. When I say sweat, I mean a gallon of sweat so much so that you physically have to change the whole bedding to be able to sleep.

I'd love to know why you are still
Together. I guess he's pretty inoffensive if he's so relaxed. Is it just a comfortable habit? I'd be nuts. It's really hard work being the only adult in a household. You could have a lot more fun with other adults.

Girl linger.. Many factors like being naive and thinking he will give up. Not being financially independent to support DC. Realising his controlling behaviour gradually.

I've got to my grand old age of never having a recreational drug of any kind. Also don't drink. Ditto my husband. However, we have friends (same age) who have tried most things and he is a daily partaker. That is our normal and that is his.