Smoking cannabis

[tryinghardest]

What's people's honest opinions/views on smoking weed whilst being a parent? When the children are in bed in the evening and you know they won't wake until the early hours... Just interested to see what other people say about it.

Oh and I don’t contribute to gang violence as I buy directly from the woman that grows it.

Although that’s an argument against prohibition really.

@toocold54

The discussion was about cannabis. Not alcohol. Whether or not alcohol is 'worse' isn't relevant.

I do think they are a good comparison as they are both drugs. The only difference is one is way more harmful than the other but since it’s legal no one judges. As a society we seem to celebrate and encourage the use of alcohol and deem anyone who smokes cannabis as a druggy.

one reason being cannabis user are enjoying their own personal pleasure on the back of child slavery.

All the people saying it smells terrible but I think it smells amazing. If I smell someone smoking it in the street I might follow them a bit just to smell it a bit longer. Can't follow them for too long though because I wouldn't want to freak them out and ruin their high.
It's such a great herby smell.
People like lavender but I think it smells like piss.
Weed on the other hand, to me, smells like an amazing field you just want to run through and take a deep breath.
I know it isn't relevant to the thread per se but I just wanted to offer an alternative opinion on that magical scent.
Used to smoke. Don't anymore now that I have dd. But if I did start again one of the first things I'd look forward to is the smell. Somewhere in the woods on a sunny day, sat by a stream or lake, a hot flask of herbal tea and a pack of biscuits and a friendly dog to keep me company. And ahhh that blissful smell.

Most of my friends use weed too, we’re all middle class professionals.

And does that somehow make you better than other illegal drug users or does it mean the suffering that occurs in the supply chain that middle class professionals fund is somehow different?

@JudyGemstone

Oh and I don’t contribute to gang violence as I buy directly from the woman that grows it.

Although that’s an argument against prohibition really.

no it isn't, because if it was legal the slave produced cannabis would simply masquerade as legal cannabis.

And yes you are contributing directly to child slavery, because you are using up the supply of (supposedly) slave free cannabis ( although it is actually unlike to be - where did your supplier get her original plants) and pushing other consumers into the slave produced market

So stop denying it to yourself.

You are supporting child trafficking, child slavery, child abuse and child deaths.

@JudyGemstone

Oh and I don’t contribute to gang violence as I buy directly from the woman that grows it.

Although that’s an argument against prohibition really.

I also source from a uk grower. His clients are all adults and generally professionals, business owners, etc.

It really needs to be legal and ethically sourced. If it's not by the time I retire, I can use my some of my spare time then to advocate for that.

And to the OP, as long as you feel you will be able to be a responsible parent at all times, I don't see a problem with what you're suggesting.

Vaping is a new world! And they do lovely CBD drinks from sainsburys now too although they are expensive.

yes it should definitely definitely be legal. As Doc Martin says 'accident of history i guess'.

.I also source from a uk grower. His clients are all adults and generally professionals, business owners, etc.

You'll be telling us next he pays tax on his sales 🤦🏻‍♀️. You are kidding yourself if you think there is no violence involved in the UK grown cannibas trade.

You wouldnt be supporting slavery with homegrown, and if legal that would be ok and there would also be fair trade herb. I hope all of you saying herb is wrong because of the slavery always only buy fair trade stuff at all times.

I'm off this thread now but really hope that all those against legalisation even for medical purposes never suffer any health issues that could be helped by it but won't.

@SomebodysMum

I developed a chronic pain condition while pregnant and I can’t wait til my daughter is old enough for me to use cannabis while she’s asleep to try to help the pain.

It’s not ideal of course, but I’d rather be using cannabis than continue my current legal opioid addiction and all the unpleasant side effects that come with it.

She’s not even 3 til November though so I’ll be waiting a fair few more years yet. So my answer really is it depends how old the kids are.

I would have thought you could smoke it now, when your daughter is asleep.

In regards to dry herb vaping. You charge it and put in the weed nothing else. Hardly any smell comes from it at all. I do it at the bottom of my garden (which is rural and backs onto woods). I've got a cheap vape the herbva5g which is fine for the amount I use and I got it from amazon, it was only £30. If you look on youtube there are tutorials for this vape.

I also source from a uk grower. His clients are all adults and generally professionals, business owners, etc.

Children are being trafficked into the UK and forced into slavery in the UK.

Uk growers are doing this

So I'm not sure what your point is.

You are supporting child slavery

This is a parenting board, and yet there are so many posters supporting child slavery

Evil

@IsThisAkissingBook

In regards to dry herb vaping. You charge it and put in the weed nothing else. Hardly any smell comes from it at all. I do it at the bottom of my garden (which is rural and backs onto woods). I've got a cheap vape the herbva5g which is fine for the amount I use and I got it from amazon, it was only £30. If you look on youtube there are tutorials for this vape.

Thank you. I will give it some serious consideration.

As an ex pot user I think people minimise the dangers of cannabis. Especially these days with the very potent forms available. Dangerous drug! And not a great example to set for young children, whether that's the impact of the lazy behaviour after having smoked it, or them finding out about it at some point in their childhood.

@scully29

You wouldnt be supporting slavery with homegrown, and if legal that would be ok and there would also be fair trade herb. I hope all of you saying herb is wrong because of the slavery always only buy fair trade stuff at all times.

Making cannabis legal will make the slavery situation worse.

There is no way to equate the horrific evil trade in selling children into slavery in the UK for cannabis production with any other legal produce for sale here.

Talking about "fair trade" just shows how people who use cannabis minimise their involvement in slavery, torture, and child abuse

@hufffflufff

As an ex pot user I think people minimise the dangers of cannabis. Especially these days with the very potent forms available. Dangerous drug! And not a great example to set for young children, whether that's the impact of the lazy behaviour after having smoked it, or them finding out about it at some point in their childhood.

Wellm there is that too, user damage their brains and destroy their mental health, and of course that costs the NHS millions, as well as contributing to skills shortages as these people tend to underachieve.

However, that is a secondary consideration to the support of child trafficking, slavery and torture

@QueenoftheKarens

It's disgusting. Half the people who say they use it for pain relief aren't in pain, they're just using it as an excuse. Devils lettuce for a reason!

Is this a parody mumsnet account

I think its amazing, and I never tried it till my late 40s. I have spondylitis (degradation of the cartilage in my cervical spine) and its given me a pain free life again. I was using NSAIDs but they gave me a hernia, and opiates are a nightmare as I'm already chronically constipated (sorry tmi). A smoke at night has taken all that away, its relaxed all my muscles so I'm not in pain all day and decrease all my inflammation. I dont know people who sell it, so I grew my own in the greenhouse with the tomato's, the seeds are legal to buy. Bloody ridiculous its illegal, but I dont think it shouldnt be available to under 25s, your brain needs to be fully developed or it can cause issues. For older people its just amazing. When I was visiting California, all the people in the pot shop I went into were over 70!

‘And yes you are contributing directly to child slavery, because you are using up the supply of (supposedly) slave free cannabis ( although it is actually unlike to be - where did your supplier get her original plants) and pushing other consumers into the slave produced market

So stop denying it to yourself.

You are supporting child trafficking, child slavery, child abuse and child deaths’.

I’m sorry but you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

@Seemssounfair

Most of my friends use weed too, we’re all middle class professionals.

And does that somehow make you better than other illegal drug users or does it mean the suffering that occurs in the supply chain that middle class professionals fund is somehow different?

Not saying I’m ‘better’ then anyone, just adding an alternative to the ‘lazy stoner’ stereotype.

I work 2 jobs so definitely not lazy!

@JudyGemstone

‘And yes you are contributing directly to child slavery, because you are using up the supply of (supposedly) slave free cannabis ( although it is actually unlike to be - where did your supplier get her original plants) and pushing other consumers into the slave produced market

So stop denying it to yourself.

You are supporting child trafficking, child slavery, child abuse and child deaths’.

I’m sorry but you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

sorry, but I know exactly what I am talking about, having been directly involved in the care of many such freed slaves

There are trafficked child slaves being held against their will in cannabis factories close to you right now while we type this thread.

Of course, as a cannabis user, you probably are trying to deny that to yourself.

Sorry, but you are supporting a slave industry, and that is the truth whether you like it or not

@JudyGemstone

‘And yes you are contributing directly to child slavery, because you are using up the supply of (supposedly) slave free cannabis ( although it is actually unlike to be - where did your supplier get her original plants) and pushing other consumers into the slave produced market

So stop denying it to yourself.

You are supporting child trafficking, child slavery, child abuse and child deaths’.

I’m sorry but you just don’t know what you’re talking about.

Which part doesn't the pp know what they are talking about?

Where exactly is your cannibas grown in quanitities that give a regular supply to many people? Have you visited regularly to ensure health and safety standards are upheld, do you know how the 'employees' are treated and paid? Do you know how they are treated if they step out of line?

Or do you just fall for the grown ethically in UK myth.

This is what you are supporting by promoting illegal drugs from your middle class professional ivory tower www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jul/26/vietnamese-cannabis-farms-children-enslaved