I'm not offended, it's true. Weed too, people need to stop drinking and using that. It's always easy to say 'x is worse' on this stuff. It's all bad. I appreciate that.
With with weed you'll find people are much more resistant to the idea there's a problem than problem drinkers have. In general. Not happy with Trump rescheduling that shit.
Weed smoker here. Usually get "TMI" stickers for talking about it, but who cares?
No seriously, let's take the wool off our eyes. Is weed "as bad" as say alcohol or the other drugs that are killing thousands of Americans each year? Of course not, but does that give it a free pass? No.
Take it from me, you CAN be addicted to weed the same way a man can be addicted to sex, video games, or gambling. You CANNOT be addicted to it the same way as alcohol or opioids. Should be obvious right?
Can it ruin your life? Debatable.... Are those lazy potheads lazy because of weed or because they're just lazy? Because I have friends who smoke that are ahead of me in life, and I have family members who smoke who weren't shit before smoking, weren't shit after smoking either.
However I certainly know it doesn't make it better. If someone is a lazy pothead the weed keeps them down, but I will say due to personal experience its not what got them to that point, it just keeps them there.
One defense I will put down for weed however is unlike say nicotine or alcohol I never struggled with "quitting" weed for extended periods of time, yet I had problems putting down the vape.
My point in typing all of this? We as Americans need to have a completely honest conversation about weed, and a logical one. None of the "I hate all druggies its only for niggers anyway" and the "it cures cancer bro" people. NEITHER of these viewpoints solves anything, and just make the mythical status of weed even worse. When a kid sees you rage about weed and tries it with his friends at a party he thinks "man these adults are fucking stupid!" and then doesn't realize that its not good for a developing brain.
There is one thing I completely agree with the anti-weed people on: That's smoking in public. I don't want someone vaping and smoking cigarettes while I eat, I also don't want to smell weed whenever I leave the house when I'm taking a sober break for 6 months. I sure as FUCK don't want to see people smoking infront of their kids. I saw a black woman hotboxing in her car with her no older than 10 year old in the car.
People shouldn't be driving while smoking and slapped with DUI charges...except good luck proving someone is actively high like you can with a breathalyzer and alcohol.. (hopefully tech advances in that area)
It should be legal, highly regulated alongside tobacco, and they need to do SOMETHING about the retardation in Cali and the grow ops there using borderline slave labor.
I will not speak about alcohol. I will only say this: It has ruined multiple family members' lives, and even killed one of them. A few very close family members struggled for a decade, and it took ALOT to bring them back on track.
Happy New Year indeed.
Happy New Year coming from NC! My state has its issues, but at least we still have some sanity down here, even if NC IMO is one of the more "liberal" southern states, especially compared to SC, Mississippi and the like.
Final note: Kiwis, whether its the bottle, the pipe, or the screen, you do NOT need anything mentioned in these posts to live a happy life. Is it ok to drink alcohol and smoke weed? Contrary to what many will tell you here I say yes. But if you don't have control over your own life and you know addiction is something you struggle with please listen to me when I say its not worth it. You KNOW if you can handle it or not, and if the answer is "maybe" don't keep fucking doing it.
Seriously bros, its only 2026 and I know you fuckers got another few decades of shitposting ahead of you. Don't end that early because you can't put the drink down.