I Smoke Weed, But I Don't Do Drugs

[DrFaroohk]

Well technically someone could argue it's not the weed that's the drug...it's the THC.

Seriously though, of course weed is a drug. So is coffee. And cigarettes. The fact that someone a hundred years ago I never met or voted for or even give a shit about decided to make a list and on that list he put down which drugs are legal and illegal, fuck him. It has nothing to do with whether or not which thing is a drug. Just because one is more legal than the other doesn't really mean anything.

IMHO alcohol is way worse than pot, but that's a lot of anecdotal evidence. Or any other drug really. Just look at the behavioral patterns of people who are A) extreme alcoholics, B) needle-driving-hard junkies and C) Pot heads. Take the best of the best and the worst of the worst and see who exactly is the biggest problem in the world.

Now pick up your local paper and read the police reports and see who gets busted the most! Strange how inversely retarded it all is.

[Racket_Man]

If it's taxed then its not a drug, even though it is, but hey it's not one of those bad drugs, you know, the type we don't get tax dollars off. Bill Hicks probably had a skitch on this worded better.

most likely (from my recollection of ) one of George Carlins HBO comedy specials. to paraphrase the quote "Any substance that does NOT have Bristol-Meyers=Squib stamped on it is BAD HAAAAAAAAAAA NOT"

not from an HBO special but close enough
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtRohxU1ZS0

[Mikkel]

Etymologically it would be better to say "I don't use hard drugs" or "I don't use illegal drugs". I'm a caffeine and alcohol (beer) user, no doubt about that. They are things we use because we like their effect. Mood altering drugs by any rational definition.

[Gravekeeper]

It also has a distant cousin in "I'm a vegetarian, but I still eat fish". Which has always puzzled me.

[Peppergirl]

This is so true.

I was married to a daily pot smoker for 15 years.

He is 44 years old and still smokes. Every.single.day.

Yet, ask him if he uses drugs. Anyone care to guess as to what his reply is?

Oh, and his current girlfriend is a cop.

[lordlundar]

Both are correct. Well, smoking won't actually give anyone cancer; instead it greatly increases the chances of developing cancer.

I think the big problem with this is that nobody really agrees about the definition of "drugs." Do you mean hard drugs, or illegal drugs, or recreational drugs other than the base 3 (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine), or all recreational drugs? Add in the question of where to place prescription drugs, and it's just a mess.

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That the catch. "drugs" is insanely vague. There's a lot of things that qualify as drugs, some are legal, some are controlled, some are illegal. Some provide a benefit, some are a hindrance, some both (a commercial for a drug for rheumatoid arthritis has listed several painful fatal conditions as possible side effects. I'll stick with the arthritis thanks). So trying to simply say "drug use" gets fuzzy. Well then again, so do some of the users.

[Eisa]

That's true, though. The service at my local Wendy's is slow as shit.

Our Arby's is like that. If you want food, it's usually pretty good, but you have to wait a helluva long time for it, especially in the drive-through. It's like: if there is ANYONE in front of you, be prepared for a really long wait.

[Boozy]

That reminds me: "It's not fast food, it's Wendy's!".

That's true, though. The service at my local Wendy's is slow as shit.

[Andara Bledin]

Oh, but pot is so much safer and cleaner. No, it can still give you lung and throat cancer, and it wreeks and it makes you stink, same as ciggs.

Both are correct. Well, smoking won't actually give anyone cancer; instead it greatly increases the chances of developing cancer.

I think the big problem with this is that nobody really agrees about the definition of "drugs." Do you mean hard drugs, or illegal drugs, or recreational drugs other than the base 3 (alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine), or all recreational drugs? Add in the question of where to place prescription drugs, and it's just a mess.

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[blas87]

Well, imagine what it's like when you or someone you live with takes a big nasty shit, then attempts to cover it by turning on the vents and uses an entire can of air spray..............bf basically cloud-nine'd his bedroom, then attempted to Febreeze the smell away.

I know exactly what pot smells like. Just because I no longer smoke it doesn't mean I forgot that smell.

Besides, any time he smells cigarette smoke on me, he flips out. Oh, but pot is so much safer and cleaner. No, it can still give you lung and throat cancer, and it wreeks and it makes you stink, same as ciggs. Give it up.

[Eisa]

Yeah, alcohol is technically a "drug," but I'd still let someone say that they drink but don't do drugs. 'Cause I can say that myself. I drink alcohol every once in a great while, but I have never done pot or anything else.

Also, the hypocrisy of smoking pot and saying you don't do drugs amuses me. Alcohol you can get away with. But pot? Really?

I hate the smell of pot, my ex's roommate smoked it and it was gross [he also only had one lung, so it was stupid as well ], and my friend's roommate smoked pot. I hated visiting her apartment because it would just linger throughout the whole apartment, and it made me shudder and go ew.

[blas87]

Alcohol and drugs are different, but the same.

Alcoholism actually tears apart more families and relationships than drugs, but that's probably an obvious fact. It shouldn't over-shadow that there are drug addicts who are destroying their own lives and everyone else's around them, though.

But then again, I know people who drink too much and do drugs, so they can't really make excuses or defend themselves.

[Jack]

his room smelled like flowers AND pot

I lol'd

This seems like another form of the argument over whether pot counts as a Real Drug. I imagine when most people say "I smoke weed but don't do drugs" they are referring to hard drugs, or drugs that in their perception will harm them or their lifestyle.

[Andara Bledin]

There's always been a clear separation between drugs and alcohol though. People who abuse alcohol are alcohols, not druggies.

It's a false separation.

I always get a good laugh when alcohol abusers are compared favorably to other recreational drug users who are not abusers, but who happen to partake in substances that aren't available legally.

My uncle, who did a great many different substances in his day, managed to kill himself abusing caffeine.

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[blas87]

It cracks me up too, GreenDay.

I have heard this from just about everyone I know at one point..."I smoke weed every once in a while" or "I buy Adderall sometimes for when I go out" and it's always followed with "But I'm NOT a druggie!"

No, no, of course you aren't.

The last time I caught my bf in a lie about smoking pot (he did a miserable job covering up the smell....he had smoked it sometime right before I'd came over and his room smelled like flowers AND pot), he said "What's the big deal, it's just a little pot!"

The big deal is that you go around telling people you don't do drugs and haven't in a long time, that's what the big deal is.