Why don't you smoke pot? (the poll)
 

If you recall, I posted a thread here quite a while ago entitled "Why don't you smoke pot?". The purpose of that thread was to gather information for this poll. I didn't use this forum's poll function because it only allowed me 10 options, and you guys here had a total of 24 reasons you don't smoke.

What is the number one reason you do not smoke pot? Consider each option carefully and then answer.


Thank you


Here is the link to the poll.

Why do you smoke pot?

I'm just not interested, but whatever raises your flag, I guess.

ok i voted....I wonder how long before this thread get's closed...there really isn't much room for discussion here

I answered, "because it makes me sleepy", but that was like 27 years ago, when I was a kid. Pot did nothing for me, just put me to sleep - out like a light. I never understood that whole "getting high" thing.
Now, I don't smoke pot, because I am beyond all that, so I am not totally sure if I answered correctly. I wouldn't smoke pot because I don't want to. Simple as that.

i'm not at all interested in smoking pot

The poll has a word bias, potentially affecting the way people vote, bytheby.

I voted for "I don't know where to get it."

You really should just post a poll here... I am pretty sure this thread will be closed for that reason alone...

I would talk to a mod and get them to help you post the poll here... because other than that, it seems like a reasonble question.

The discussion has already been had, and people have stated their reasons why they don't smoke pot. What is the purpose of an extra poll where people wil say the same thing?

Give me a reason not to close this...

Strange you would say that. I wrote the possible responses based on the answers on
this thread I posted here last november.

I tried to make the options as unbiased as possible. I think that I was at least somewhat successful in that endeavor.

Diminished returns...

On the vBB format, threads go through a darwinian-type evolution. Threads that are not well suited to the environment will die on their own with no help from the moderators.

What's the point of closing it?

I smoke pot very VERY seldomly. In all honesty, the only reason I smoke it is because it's a social drug and I smoke it when my friends are indulging in it. I never buy it or anything myself, it's just a "oh there's weed, ok" type of thing for me.

That poll could easily be condensed down to 10 responses to fit here.

I got it down to 9, and can see some more potential condensing.

1. It's unhealthy.
2. Don't like the effect it has on me.
3. Potential negative consequences not related to health. (it's illegal, drug screening etc.)
4. Cost.
5. Distaste.
6. Moral, ethical, or religious reasons.
7. Lack of interest.
8. Lack of opportunity
9. Effect it would have on others.

But it seems to be a strange question to ask. It would be like me putting up a poll asking people why they don't read comic books, or ride roller coasters. These things are not activities most people regularly engage in. The question is why do the people who do these things do them, what attracts them to these unusual activities. Most people never have to make the conscious choice about whether or not to smoke pot--it's not a choice I've ever had to make--read comics, or ride roller coasters, or any of thousands of other niche activities. It's not a matter of why you choose as you do, it's a matter of not having to make the choice at all, for most of us.

I have no interest at all. Theres no reason for me to start anyways.

The drug warriors seem to think that illegalizing pot frightens people away from it. It has long been my opinion that this is not so, and so far the results bear this out.

Biased wording:

It is dangerous (pot is bad, mmkay)

I have moved on to other, more dangerous illegal drugs

i don't want to. there is no value in it for me.

1. I don't want to get caught and ruin my reputation. I'm trying to become a teacher and the last thing I need is this crap.

2. The thing I value most is my intelligence and I don't want to destroy the thing I value most.

3. I don't want to hang out with 99% of the people that do it. It's not exactly quality human beings most of the time.

4. It depressed the hell out of me the few times I did it.

5. I felt like I was letting everyone that loved me down when I did do it.

That isn't biased, it's a joke. Ever see South Park?

This isn't biased, it's consistent with cutting edge research on the matter. The DEA's own research indicates that cannabis is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.

I fail to see any evidence of bias.

Now THAT is funny! I never really thought about it, but when I read that I yelled "Hell Yes!" at the top of my lungs.

The only reason I don't do it is because it is illegal. When We de-criminalize it up here, I'll have a big party and everyone is invited. Except for those 99% that I don't want to hang around with.

My brother is a pot-head, and you should see some of the people he hangs out with... not pretty. Fucking scary if you ask me. And you did.

Its a drug. It has negative effects on the person (Health, social, state of mind.) Illegal. Waste of money. And so on.

I've seen a large number of people that use it, not all but a good amount turn into complete useless bags of shit in the long run. I dont want to be that.

I'm not a psychologist, or a professional of any type, but I suspect that those who turn out to be unproductive deadbeats have an innate personality type that would lead them toward a lifestyle that involves heavy use of psychoacitve substances. I feel that this cause/effect pair is a mismatch and that while they appear to correlate, they are both dependant on a third, unresearched variable.

I do it socially from time to time but yeah I usually just end up being tired as hell(although I do get great sleep afterwards), I'd rather drink any day

That has to be the worst set out poll i have ever seen.. its pro pot smoker... i'd seriously click about half of those for valid reasons.. .saying i dont smoke pot because of ONE of those reasons sounds silly and would be easily argued against..

it's a joke, yes, it also ridicules that point because of that very joke.

and the second point has nothing to do with what LPM says. In fact, you reinforce her opinion: it's one of the safest drugs, and she fears going on and into more dangerous ones...


I agree, the poll is pro smoking, and should really be a multiple option poll, if that were possible.

hell make it legal.. haha what are they gonna go run from the cops real slow when to break a different law? but then again there will be the fast food tax soon so they will be really broke.

nah i got nothing against a person smokeing the dubes let them thier life thier choice.. just dont try passing it to kids.. thats when the punisher side of me comes into affect. other than that.. lifes life

granted most the peps i do know that smoke this never would think of doing this but you do have the stupid people out there in the usa

interesting that most relate weed with loserdom.
all my friends smoke, and i do on occasion, all of them are either in college with a job, workin like crazy.
Every single one of my coworkers smokes, everyone makes fairly good money and arent smelly hippies who sit on the corner and just live to get high.

The poll is not pro-smoking. I created the poll and I am not pro-smoking. You are wrong. Sorry.

The reason it is not multiple choice is because the idea of the poll is to identify the one key reason you do not smoke. How on earth could I possibly accomplish that with a multiple choice poll?

I can't seem to find the "i'm to busy closing spyware download notices from this poll site in order to actually vote" option.

I didn't participate in the last thread and I think to say the poll is pro-pot smoking is akin to cognitive dissonance... or we're all just really on the look-out for any tell-tale signs that anybody who wants to discuss something even slightly controversial like marijuana, because we expect them to have an agenda planned or we want to assert our mental independence...

I voted that it just doesn't fit my current lifestyle because of my goals and such, I don't seek out that kind of pleasure in my life and my friends don't smoke it, so I can't do it and enjoy whatever good things it brings when done socially either.

There is a time in your (my) life when you have to "get your shit together". Smoking pot really didn't allow me to do that. After first making me creative and energenic, it then began to make me dumb aand lazy. I just had to grow up. this was many years ago now.

As an addition to his hypothesis, I'd add that the very personality traits which cause lethargia and a chronic (hehe, i said "chronic"... ahem.) lack of motivation or responsibility are the very same traits which would cause a person to seek out substances that further remove them from the full bredth and depth of reality in order to more completely fascilitate the desire in their psyche to be as removed from "life" as possible. A climber seeks the highest mountain, a thrill-seeker goes after the fastest roller-coaster... many of these people rejoice in a drug that serves the most basic of their desires, and that is simply why the supposed correlation exists. Someone looking to gain weight doesn't take diet pills, that's not what they want- someone with an ice cream craving doesn't go have a bowl of brussel sprouts. People want what best serves their desires.

I don't like the idea of breathing in smoke. I'd prefer to eat it in cookies or something. So my only qualm is the means of ingestion! :)

From 15 - 21, I smoked more pot than any 2 people I know. Then I got tired of being poor, got a very good job with an employer that conducts random drug tests, and stopped. I don't personally see the big deal, either way.

partner won't share

I have cheaper, more satisfying ways of wasting time. Plus, there are a great many pot smokers who overcompensate for their insecurity about chemical abuse by pretending that pot is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Pot is a scene for a lot of people, and scenes are bullshit.

You forgot "Just don't want to"

I'm currently looking for a job. I'd freak out if I didn't get a job because they also required a drug test. So I decided to play it safe and keep anything like that out of my system for now.