Smoking Habits

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:54 pm

The substance/music thread in Random Sound got me thinking.

What are your smoking habits with regards to marijuana? (You can come in and be like "I don't smoke pot" if you want, but it won't really add anything to the conversation)

See, I ask because most of the people I know seem to follow one of two styles:

A style: acquire bud - anywhere from an 8th to an Oz, and smoke it. smoke it all, fast and furious, keep packing bowls till you're so far gone you can hardly think, and you just giggle and roll around. In a week or less, it is gone and more weed must be purchased.

B style: acquire bud - usually a Quarter Oz or less at a time - and smoke a pinch hitter (tiny one-shot bowls for those who don't know). wait an hour and see how you feel. maybe smoke another. okay, you're good for the day. then the next day, you do the same thing. In a month or two, depending on the person, the weed is dwindling and it is time to get more again.

as for me i am solidly in the second category. i smoke just enough at a time to feel high without going all goofy and idiotic. i've heard many people talking about how this is wrong or bad or not as good as the first option (smoke till you're a dope) for reasons, but i know enough now to say for sure that this is the best option for me. i absolutely do not like smoking 3 bowls in a row and then guff guff haw hawing on a daily basis - that kind of thing is only enjoyable if it's the weekend and all my responsibilities are taken care of and my deliberate intent is to get stupid, much like getting drunk. the other nice thing is that i only have to buy an 8th every 2 to 3 months. i spend very little on weed annually and in return i get to smoke every day if i want.

What do yall think? What are your smoking habits like ('habits' not used in the pejorative sense)?

88marquis · Post by **88marquis** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:01 pm

I used to worry about how much weed I smoked, but now I just take a hit or two, go do something else and see where i'm at, then if I need a bit more motivation I'll go back to the bowl. It all depends on what the day is like, and what I'm feeling like. Some days I'll just wait until later to smoke just because it helps me go to sleep - nights that I'm already tired I just don't even smoke at all. Fantastic sleep aid though really, it makes your bed and blankets feel a million times more comfy, and helps your mind stop racing.

I don't smoke during the day usually unless I have absolutaly nothing going on like you said bro..there's nothing like being high and ridiculous around your family!

Making music while high is pretty awesome, although I can't seem to arrange an entire composition blazed.

Basically its a recreational thing, not something I need to have - but something I want to have at the right times.

portiss · Post by **portiss** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:33 pm

I only do it with friends, and then we usually just do it till we go home. Guess if we are with like 4 ppl that we use up about 20 euros. Mainly it´s a constant stream of smoking, some1 rolling already, wait for like 20 minutes and light up the next 1. Never really take it easy I guess.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:39 pm

I usually buy one pre-rolled K2 from the best coffeeshop in town. 3 Euros well spend. I take 3 hits and I'm a gonner. It takes multiple sittings to finish one. I usually have one every weekend.
I like to fuck around with noises and beats and its great to get really into it...but like Marquis...I can't really make an entire song. Usually I just collect ideas and remake them when I'm sober. A great way to get that psychedelic touch in music.

I also love to cuddle when high. Every touch feels like this river of endorfine. My fiance also doesn't seem to mind even though she's not into drugs.

I get fucking lazy though. The house is a total mess when I smoke.

I don't consider myself an extreme smoker. I smoke one joint a week.
Hell it compensates for that alcohol I'm not drinking.

Chuck Beckles · Post by **Chuck Beckles** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:57 pm

I only like to smoke every few days. That way it saves me money and my tolerance stays down, so I can get HIGH when I smoke. The reason I smoke is to have a nice perma-grin going, kick back and listen to some tunes. I don't like smoking at parties or social situations because I get all quiet and just want to slink away. I've had the same bowl for over 4 years now and I've never cleaned it.

88marquis · Post by **88marquis** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:16 pm

Man you could just smoke your piece and get blaaaaaaazed!

Nah but really, I was the same way even without smoking. I wouldn't talk to anyone I'd just sit inside my head all day and hope noone thinks I'm an asshole because of it.

But now, with the things I know and what I've learned about all this I don't have time to dwell, just to make things better for those around me.

If I smoke too much thats when I become quiet; I've got all these scenarios playing in my head whichi feel aren't even mine. Its not really out of body (I don't think), its more so I'm observing every single action and process that my body performs. Its as if I'm controlling a ship which is my body, and I'm at the controls. Shits hard to explain, but when this happens theres about 5 minutes where I stand completely still, but in my head there are explosions and scanarios being played out one after the other.. Thats about the time someone goes 'dude are you alright?' and everything dissappears and I'm just standing in my kitchen.. which reminds me, I LOVE making sushi when I'm high - its the best.

If anyone wants to toke up with me and enjoy sushi sometime, you're more than welcome! Or just come eat the sushi too, either way its bro central.

Noumenon · Post by **Noumenon** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:26 pm

I'll smoke just a little to get a creative buzz going and listen to or make music for the rest of the night. However, I will smoke myself silly if I've been drinking. It's a completely different buzz. It's interesting to hear that it makes a lot of you quiet, it happens to me too so I tend to avoid smoking with people I don't know. I've smoked with people that just giggle and talk about stupid stuff, that's not for me. I have to be doing something constructive while I'm high, I'll read or play piano or something.

88marquis wrote:Some days I'll just wait until later to smoke just because it helps me go to sleep - nights that I'm already tired I just don't even smoke at all. Fantastic sleep aid though really, it makes your bed and blankets feel a million times more comfy, and helps your mind stop racing.

This is also really interesting, I can't for the life of me fall asleep while I'm high. There's just too much to think about.

Twoism-ist · Post by **Twoism-ist** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:40 pm

Yeah, smoking weed makes my thoughts a million times louder and much more lucid. I can fall asleep when I'm high, though it takes a bit of effort. The resulting sleep is marvelous however.

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:40 pm

88marquis wrote:Man you could just smoke your piece and get blaaaaaaazed!

Nah but really, I was the same way even without smoking. I wouldn't talk to anyone I'd just sit inside my head all day and hope noone thinks I'm an asshole because of it.

But now, with the things I know and what I've learned about all this I don't have time to dwell, just to make things better for those around me.

If I smoke too much thats when I become quiet; I've got all these scenarios playing in my head whichi feel aren't even mine. Its not really out of body (I don't think), its more so I'm observing every single action and process that my body performs. Its as if I'm controlling a ship which is my body, and I'm at the controls. Shits hard to explain, but when this happens theres about 5 minutes where I stand completely still, but in my head there are explosions and scanarios being played out one after the other.. Thats about the time someone goes 'dude are you alright?' and everything dissappears and I'm just standing in my kitchen.. which reminds me, I LOVE making sushi when I'm high - its the best.

If anyone wants to toke up with me and enjoy sushi sometime, you're more than welcome! Or just come eat the sushi too, either way its bro central.

you've saved me a lot of typing! i haven't smoked in a good few months now...there's nothing quite like having a spliff as the sun sets and then wandering around the woods for a few hours. returning home, lighting an incense stick and jumping into bed! ahh they were such innocent times!

endless endless · Post by **endless endless** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:44 pm

aw man, i've just given up after fifteen years of more or less constant puffing. two months on and i still haven't had a full night's sleep. i'd love to be able to do it in moderation but if i have weed it gets smoked pronto.

that said i do have a bit of a spring in my step these days and the house has never been tidier, so it ain't all bad.

zeitgeist · Post by **zeitgeist** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:06 pm

i'd say i'm right down the middle of those two options.

for me, it's usually dependent on what i have to do that day. when i have it (which is not too often), i usually enjoy getting ripped off my ass and hanging out if it's nighttime with nothing to do. but for the 3 years i lived in yosemite, i had a one-hitter ciggie-lookin' pipe box thing that i'd just hit here and there walking around to work or play or whatever. that seemed to work the best for me. although, my levels of motivation do not seem to be dependent on whether i've smoked or not. my place stays pretty clean regardless. most often than not now though, i just get blazed like 2 nights a week. helps keep me sane in this big city

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:12 pm

aw man chuck beckles and i would blaze back in the college days. i buy about two grams a week and do mostly bong rips. (its named hexagon sun by the way.) i have a little chilum (named Yes) that i will bring out to parties and such. i can usually smoke one a bowl at a party or something and be ok. as long as i have a beer to keep me socially lubricated. ill usually smoke just one bowl when i get home form work. but on days like today where i have the day off.... well ive already smoked three bowls and its only 4 in the afternoon... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =firefox-a#

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:18 am

Joebot Kill wrote:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... =firefox-a#

holy shit!

Earthbound · Post by **Earthbound** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 1:48 pm

B style for me also. I smoke weed 2 or 3 times a month. I smoke pre-rolled joints without tabacco. I quit that nicotin demon shit 2 years ago, so I refuse to consume it while smoking a joint. This stuff is really the best there is. It makes me higher quicker, and more intense. It also doesn't give me a painfull throat, which I most of the time had after smoking a tabacco joint (I hated that). And it doesn't make me cough my lungs out, cause it's milder.
I also use a tabacco pipe to smoke 'Hasj' or 'Wiet' pure. This is gives a complete different experience.
Anyway, both (tabacco pipe and pre-rolled without tabacco) are hugh recommandation in my opinion.

I always feel a deep and intense awareness of my body. I'm clearly aware of every part of my body, and when I concentrate on, for example, my right knee it starts tingling in a very pleasant way. Like it's beeing massaged by invisible hands.

By the way, Cannabis is legal in the Netherlands, but in the US it isn't I thought. Where do you get your weed? Do you guys have to be really carefull not to get cought? What is the US policy when they cought you smoking weed at home? I'm curious how this works, cause a lot of you guys smoke weed. Tell me more.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:04 pm

Earthbound wrote: By the way, Cannabis is legal in the Netherlands, but in the US it isn't I thought. Where do you get your weed? Do you guys have to be really carefull not to get cought? What is the US policy when they cought you smoking weed at home? I'm curious how this works, cause a lot of you guys smoke weed. Tell me more.

it depends where you live. to get weed you have to buy it from what is technically a black market, but for me it's always been as easy as hooking up with a friend who "knows someone". the last time i had to go through anyone shifty or strange to me was years ago (i firmly believe in being friends with your dealer - if he's not the kind of guy you'd be friends with anyway, then you shouldn't be trusting him with your weed). once in a while, someone i know is growing some themselves so i can get it straight from the source. it is rarely the case that the weed you're buying is directly involved in anything violent or unjust, like a mexican drug cartel or whatever. at least, up here in the north, almost all our bud comes from growers around the area, or from Canada, so it's not involved in any gangs or violence, just ordinary people working as smugglers. in college almost all the weed i acquired came from people in my own state growing in their basement.

as for the law, that depends where you live also. in minnesota small amounts of weed are decriminalized which means if you get caught with a small "personal" stash you get a slap on the wrist and a ticket, like maybe $200 or so. in some cases that doesn't even happen - sometimes they don't even take it from you. it depends on the cop and the situation. however, on the flip side, if you happen to have weed in separate bags or whatever, they can call it "intent to distribute" and then the crime gets more serious (whether or not you were going to sell any).

as for getting caught in your house, this should never happen unless you are a complete imbecile. the police do not have the right to search or enter your home without a warrant or something obvious like a bong in plain view of the front door. so if they come to your door, go outside to talk to them and close your front door. decline all searches and don't admit to anything, and they'll go away. basically be a little bit discrete and don't be a dumbass.

and finally, as for being careful, well, that's also down to how smart you want to be about it. personally i've smoked in all kinds of places and situations - in houses, in the woods, out by the lake, on hilltops, practically every time i get in my car (and am not going to work). i use a pinch hitter that looks like a cigarette so i don't have to be too worried about getting caught. but again, i know stoners who will go 20 or 30 feet away from a huge group of people in some light forest, bust out a big fat bowl and start ripping it up and laughing and making loud obnoxious asses of themselves. this is not smart, this will get you caught.

i've also smoked in the park in 2007 at the global marijuana march, but that was a little different - that was smoking without attempting to conceal my activities. if i got arrested for it, i would've spent a night in a nicely kept-up jail at the very worst, and drawn attention to the cause, so so much the better.

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:54 pm

yeah even though weed isnt legal in the US, it's insanely easy to get. in fact, some of the largest amounts of marijuana in the world come out of what is known as the "emerald triangle," which is a region in northern california, up in the redwood forests.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Triangle

for me getting weed is as easy as calling up my guy. he will meet me wherever i want, and the transactions takes minutes.

in massachusetts its decriminalized if its under an ounce. you have to pay a fine of $100, but that's a lot better than being arrested. so as long as you're not a dealer and carrying around large quantities of it, you're pretty much set. i almost never have more than a couple grams on me at any given time anyway. an ounce is a lot of weed to just be carrying around.

Vexille · Post by **Vexille** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:58 pm

For the sake of this thread, B. It's been about 5 years for me though, since I've bothered smoking. Though I did use bowls occasionally, my roomate and I would nurse a hookah most of the day instead. And mainly just on the weekends.

Earthbound wrote: By the way, Cannabis is legal in the Netherlands, but in the US it isn't I thought. Where do you get your weed? Do you guys have to be really carefull not to get cought? What is the US policy when they cought you smoking weed at home? I'm curious how this works, cause a lot of you guys smoke weed. Tell me more.

Generally you get it from a friend who "knows someone", as T70 put it. When I lived in the mountains it was almost always hillbilly rednecks who grow on their own (in addition to making moonshine, though the guy I knew for shine died a while back, he was an old fart). It's easier for them to make money off weed anyways. In larger cities the source more questionable I would imagine.

Having to be careful about getting caught is one of the smaller reasons I stopped. Maybe it's just my paranoia but I find it hard to relax because of that. Smoking in general (tobacco and weed) is extremely taboo in America right now, or at least to the general public. This is probably why I like alcohol more. I can go to a restaurant w/ friends or co-workers for some occasion and have a beer with my meal, nobody cares. In my back yard I can grill out with a beer in my hand and not worry about it yanno.

Earthbound · Post by **Earthbound** » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:38 pm

Thanks you guys. I already figured it wasn't that hard to smoke weed in the US.

That said, I strongly prefer the way Holland approaches this subject.
Every (big) city/ town has at least one 'coffeeshop' (the place to get cannabis). For example, Gouda, where I life, has several. You can buy cheap, good quality weed without the fear of getting caught. You can smoke it in parks, at your home, in the forrest, in your house. It's all legal/ police tolerates it.
The other positive thing about weed beeing legal in Holland is that it reduces criminal activities around drugs. In my opinion it's maybe even considerable to make all drugs legal. Let people deside for themselves if they want to use it. Take it out of the criminal section, which costs countries lots of money. The downside is, that people who tend to get addicted (addiction gen) very fast, will get in trouble easier.. But is it the goverments job to prevent us from using drugs, or getting addicted? I think it's their job to reduce criminality, which you achieve (for a big part at least) to make it legal..

In Holland there are also shops called: smartshops where you can buy mushrooms (Paddo's) for example. Never tried that though. The things mushy's can do with your mind, and the time you are high or influenced (6 houres), scares me a bit.
Do you guys know that our general practitioner can prescribe weed as a painkiller, and stress reducer?

Joebot Kill · Post by **Joebot Kill** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:17 am

Earthbound wrote:Thanks you guys. I already figured it wasn't that hard to smoke weed in the US.

That said, I strongly prefer the way Holland approaches this subject.
Every (big) city/ town has at least one 'coffeeshop' (the place to get cannabis). For example, Gouda, where I life, has several. You can buy cheap, good quality weed without the fear of getting caught. You can smoke it in parks, at your home, in the forrest, in your house. It's all legal/ police tolerates it.
The other positive thing about weed beeing legal in Holland is that it reduces criminal activities around drugs. In my opinion it's maybe even considerable to make all drugs legal. Let people deside for themselves if they want to use it. Take it out of the criminal section, which costs countries lots of money. The downside is, that people who tend to get addicted (addiction gen) very fast, will get in trouble easier.. But is it the goverments job to prevent us from using drugs, or getting addicted? I think it's their job to reduce criminality, which you achieve (for a big part at least) to make it legal..

In Holland there are also shops called: smartshops where you can buy mushrooms (Paddo's) for example. Never tried that though. The things mushy's can do with your mind, and the time you are high or influenced (6 houres), scares me a bit.
Do you guys know that our general practitioner can prescribe weed as a painkiller, and stress reducer?

man you said it about the criminal charges. it's so ridiculous. the US wastes BILLIONS of dollars trying to stop the traffic of marijuana in this country. its just stupifying. not to mention that if we legalized it, the govenrment could put a small tax on it and actually get revenue out of it. which we could really use.

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:49 am

Joebot Kill wrote:
Earthbound wrote:Thanks you guys. I already figured it wasn't that hard to smoke weed in the US.

That said, I strongly prefer the way Holland approaches this subject.
Every (big) city/ town has at least one 'coffeeshop' (the place to get cannabis). For example, Gouda, where I life, has several. You can buy cheap, good quality weed without the fear of getting caught. You can smoke it in parks, at your home, in the forrest, in your house. It's all legal/ police tolerates it.
The other positive thing about weed beeing legal in Holland is that it reduces criminal activities around drugs. In my opinion it's maybe even considerable to make all drugs legal. Let people deside for themselves if they want to use it. Take it out of the criminal section, which costs countries lots of money. The downside is, that people who tend to get addicted (addiction gen) very fast, will get in trouble easier.. But is it the goverments job to prevent us from using drugs, or getting addicted? I think it's their job to reduce criminality, which you achieve (for a big part at least) to make it legal..

In Holland there are also shops called: smartshops where you can buy mushrooms (Paddo's) for example. Never tried that though. The things mushy's can do with your mind, and the time you are high or influenced (6 houres), scares me a bit.
Do you guys know that our general practitioner can prescribe weed as a painkiller, and stress reducer?
man you said it about the criminal charges. it's so ridiculous. the US wastes BILLIONS of dollars trying to stop the traffic of marijuana in this country. its just stupifying. not to mention that if we legalized it, the govenrment could put a small tax on it and actually get revenue out of it. which we could really use.

there -is- a tax on it.