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1. Smoking is disgusting
2. All the negative side effects
3. It costs a lot of money
4. Not worth the risk of getting caught and facing penalty from the law

Stompy

It actually doesn't cost all that much. I don't know where people get this from.

$10 for a dimebag compared that could last you weeks if used sparingly (and a few hits is all ya really need) vs.. a 12 pack for the same price. I know for me it takes about 4-5 beers to even get a good buzz. Screw that.

Of course, the more you buy at once, the better the deal you get. If you only smoke sparingly and buy an eigth for $25 (I think that's how much it is), unless you're a hardcore pothead, that shit would last you for quite a while.

Alcohol is flat out way more expensive. How much is a bottle of tequila.. like $15-20? Yeah, that'd probably last ya a bit longer than the weed, but it's all relative.

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la petite moi

Don't smoke because I know no one who does, so it's not like I can get any.

radioguy

i don't smoke because i can relax without help.

Paradise Lost

We'll use the classic Nick Swardson joke:
"... Oh yeah, like it sucks remembering where I put stuff now. 'Where'd I put my car keys?' 'Oh, they're in my pocket.' ... 'How'd I know that?! I must have super powers or something..."

Eye like my brian cels write wear they ar. That's why I don't smoke pot.

Besides, like Radio Guy said, I can figure out other ways to relax myself.

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irseg

I like how pot mellows me out (it's a good stress releiver), but it's not worth the other side effects. I don't like feeling completely stupid, forgetting what I was talking about in mid-sentence, feeling paranoid, and wanting to eat like 20 hamburgers.

I think it affects me differently than most people. I always hear people say they can concentrate so well when they're stoned, and that they drive better. The only thing I can concentrate on is what I can find to eat next. And between feeling totally uncoordinated, paranoid, forgetting what I was doing 20 seconds ago, and having a narrowed field of vision, driving is pretty much out of the question. Pot doesn't impress me too much.

xxSquirtxx

I had to quit when I joined the military years ago. And I just never started back up. No desire.

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aktornado

Never felt the need to.

Eight

I like being awake rather than feeling half asleep all the time.

Dont need to to have a laugh, feel good.

Waste of money.

Dont smoke

(but I did use to smoke loads of it, now I see the errors of my ways, hehe)

wnker85

Never really wanted too, even though I knew people that did.
But, the risks of it all outweigh any benifits that I could get from it.

Plus, those who smoke didn't get high for a while when they started smoking pot (six months for one guy) but they kept smoking. Seems like its the "COOL" thing to do. And thats not what I want to do to be cool

Shirtninja

It seems like most my friends smoke pot, half of them because its the 'cool' thing to do and everyone else is doing it. I think its a waste of my time and money. Plus I really like the idea of being able to tell both my little brother and my future kids if I have any that you can just do other things.

bookerV

No desire at all. I think smoking anything is pretty discusting...

I've smoked before back when I was in highschool and even a little bit when I was in University. But now I just don't see the appeal at all. I've got better things to do... It just wipes me out, at least when I'm drunk I'm hyper, but when I smoked up it always made me sleepy and way too quiet...

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dontmisspel

i don't need anything to make me feel good, i think pot changes a person and i like who i am, i don't want a drug to influence me in any way.

canuckguy

i use to smoke everyday, not all day, just after work a couple hours before bed, missus got pregs, gave it up, have not smoked in about a year or so. i miss it, but cool without it.

cheezhead

I luv to smoke! But i have many obstacles to overcome, which makes it more of a high! First i get drug tested, second its a real hassle most of the time to score,third, i have to hide it from my kids. But when i have it, its a real blast!!!! Especially the quantity of pot now a days! Yum! Its a nice release.I get real creative on it and do some of my best work. You guys can slam away on being stupid and being non productive and lazy, but works just the opposite on me. I have 6 fiqure job, not lazy or stupid, and just have a good ole time smokin.
Puff,Puff!

Baron Opal

1- Because smoking is nasty.
2- If I want a chemical form of recreation, alchohol is effective, cheaper, and legal.
3- I'm a pharmacist, and getting busted would destroy my livelihood.

Esen

My son
Makes you feel tired
Why risk my job for it.
My Lungs
Money
Inconveient -You have to keep hiding it, mask your odor.
Dulls your senses

And after all of those reasons I don't look down on somepone who smokes it. It is just not for me anymore. When I was a teenager I think it messed with my brain cells, I'm not even kidding. My memory isn't as good as I think it could be.
I guess we just make bad decisions when we're kids trying to break out of puberty.

Oh, and I hate having to fiend for anything
Don't like to be controlled, I'm already married

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punx1325

I have smoked a few times, but I do not partake anymore simply because I do not like it. Everytime I have smoked I have had a bad experience. I'll just stick to alcohol, it's cheaper and doesn't stay tracible for 30 days...

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RolandGilead

Weed makes your brain totally lame, I can see this happening to more than one of my friends, no problem with smoking a bit on weekends, but if you do it on a daily base it is absolutley horrible.
I never tasted it, I prefer Alcohol, way much funnier..

JayRock

1) Its a waste of time
2) Only IDIOTS do it
3) Its a waste of your life
4) Id rather spend my money on something more useful

Tex

1) I've got enough problems in my life, no need to add anymore.

2) When I have kids, I don't want them to use me as an excuse for their decision to use it. (i.e. "well, you did it when you were younger.")

3) It's most definately a gateway drug. The world that it leads to is a place that I want no part of. One of my closest friends started off with marijuana and at the end of his journey into the drug world was in constant fear for his life.

4) To me, it shows strong character to be able to rise above peer pressure and not do it just because it's "cool."

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amnesia622

It gets to the point where there is absolutely no enjoyment in being high. Therefore you just stop and don’t care about it anymore.

OFKU0

Just saw these recently:

2) Only IDIOTS do it
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Well I do it and I'm not an idiot. If smoking for 25 years makes me as such, o.k. I'll take your word for it. But how does that explain that I am quite comfortably successful in life and that I attribute some of my success to smoking. Don't say denial now,...


It's most definately a gateway drug.
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Yes and no. It strictly depends on the individual. For anyone to unconditionally argue that pot is a bonafide 100% gateway drug for everyone who ever uses it, quite frankly doesn't have a clue what they are talking about.

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pinkie

Ummmmmm.....................

I forgot.

sprocket

Well... been there, done that. Ive experienced everything it has to offer me, many many times over. On top of that it makes it really hard to be motivated about anything except smoking more of it. Its really not all its cracked up to be.

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powerclown

-Because my angry & vindictive ex would then take my kids away from me tomorrow, just out of spite.
-Because I don't want said kids to pick up the habit - from me, anyway.
-Because I gained over 50lbs through the munchies.
-Because I've seen Bad Things happen to people who smoked pot with their parents.

I've been immensely tempted to start up again lately, as I did enjoy the alternate universe it temporarily transported me to. I also enjoyed going to Amsterdam.

Ustwo

A better question is why should I.

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Cowman

A) too much money
B) the health effects...the munchies really packs the weight on for me. as well, gynocemastia has been linked to smoking weed

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Sika2

Theres enough weeds in my garden and pollution in my lungs without me intentionally adding to my woes.

Brooke

No person has ever given me a good reason/argument as to why a reliance on a drug would benifit me or those I love.

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jon_264

Personally I don't need a drug to mellow me out! I'm too laid back as it is!
I did try it in my college days and didn't think much of it then so the idea of doing it again now doesn't appeal to me.

werneron

I wasted 15 years of my youth smoking pot. I'll never get them back.

I was too stoned to finish school, have any ambition, or get laid. Feel pretty stupid about it now.

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CityOfAngels

I don't smoke marijuana because:

* I play basketball on a regular basis, and need my lungs to work at their full capacity.
* I, personally, am an idiot goofball when high, and I don't like other people seeing me that way.
* I got tired of hiding the fact that I was high from my friends and family.
* I like to have the most control of my body as possible.
* If I started up again, it might lead me to starting up in tobacco again, also, since I relate the two as I quit them at the same time.
* My father has smoked pot all his life, and it is one of my life-goals to be as different from him as possible (if you knew him, you'd have the same goal, too).

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basmoq

why inhale something that takes away your ability to reason! I value every minute I have with my brain working and hate that I have to sleep so much.

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cj2112

I used to smoke it all the time, but as I got older I found that my drug use was interfering with my life, so i stopped. My employer drug tests at random, it is illegal (although I think that law is ridiculous). Those are the reasons I stopped using dope. If it were to become legal tomorrow, and my employer could no longer test for it, then I would probably start smoking again.

woody3rd

My mom smoked enough of it while I was growing up that it turned me away from it. Same with drinking and smoking cigs. I am 33 and have never smoked mj or cigs. I rarely drink. It has been over two years that I last had a drink. I never ever had a beer, again it was mom's drink of choice, so it became a turn-off. My wife is a non-drinker/smoker also. I don't think I could be with a wife that did smoke or drink daily.

noodles

1) i don't smoke anything, i just don't like the notion and health risks
2) i work for the dept of defense. drugs -> fired
3) my girlfriend smokes a lot of pot and she told me that she can't think straight without it or solve complex problems because she can't think creatively enough to figure out how to solve the problem without it. i don't want that.
4) any drug has never interested me. if i was more popular in my impressionable high school days, i might have been offered and partaken. but now i have some strong values that i don't intend on breaking.

LIMilf

Job does random drug checks, so if im caught with it in my system, im gone.

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Stompy

This thread's pretty amusing.

I especially love the "I like being in control" reasons - because we ALL know how much control we have when we consume alcohol

I also love the repeated "only idiots do it".

:chuckle:

Keep em comin!

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I put this here linky but it aslo fits here.


IMO & experience.

Living in Alaska (and the front range in Colorado) I have seen the effects of weed. Of the people that I went to high school with the ones still smokin' are still struggling to get by while defending their right to partake. The ones that shook it off as a stage that they went through are making good money, buying nice homes and working for solid companies. Almost daily I see the effects of families with parents that still choose to smoke. The sight is sometimes pretty rough, kids in worn out clothes, cars that should not be on the road, bounced checks, and little or no hope for prosperity in their future. While they are not the average criminal, they are not fulfilling the American dream either.

Alaska has huge "sin taxes" on alcohol and tobacco. We just had a young man rape and kill his step mother who is utilizing the "I was stoned" defence. Do I believe that weed was responsible, NO, do I believe that the young man has other problems that were influenced and that weed contributed to the murder, YES.

If you decide to smoke, remember that it effects people in your circle of friends and family, your income, your health, and ability to think and reason.

Do I believe that a person can have an occasional bowl and not have any of the problems stated above.... YES. If I were out campin in the bush and someone offered a bowl as a one time thing......there better be some serious food in the camper.

Thats my personal take on smokin' pot.

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