squidhead
Bluelighter
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- Nov 12, 2003
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^I think you misunderstand, Mr. Squidhead. Nobody is "persecuting" anyone!
Weed is a great drug. My favorite drug. I think it should be legal and available to everyone who wants it. I vape a lot of weed everyday, myself.
But it is clearly addictive for some people. I can't go a day without smoking weed without sweating very profusely and feeling quite irritable. If I go a couple days, I'm remarkably uncomfortable and can't sleep a wink. I know other people who are in a similar situation, and the medical/scientific peer-reviewed literature has documented this phenomenon extensively.
{on an aside: As opposed to what you previously insinuated in other threads that are now closed, I'm not a drug rep. (I wish! Those people make at least 5x what I do.) I'm just a lowly labrat with more education than I could possibly want or need or afford (who soon may be out of health insurance, so its crazy to insinuate I'm on the side of "the man" in some way), but I'm a scientist by both trade and inclination, so I just want to know the way things actually are.
I really have nothing in my life but good people, good nugs, and a love of truth, and so when I see untruths I speak against them. This is so in the case of cannabis withdrawal, because its a very real phenomenon and it bothers me when people refuse to accept that it is real. I experience it as a defining part of my life, in that I just can't stop smoking pot because of the negative symptoms that occur when I stop. I've quit opiates, benzos, and cigarettes and still I have more trouble quitting pot -- due to physical symptoms, especially the uncontrollable sweating which I find extremely hard to cope with.}
I never realized how many people have a difficult time smoking weed...quitting weed...taking a break from weed, etc, etc. I have never even met anyone who had a tough time with cannabis. Evidently, most people just can't quit smoking abruptly.
My apologies towards anyone who's having a rough time quitting whatever habit they've decided to stop. I tip my hat to anyone who's trying & still having a difficult time. Just set your mind to it & you'll succeed. I have to realize that a lotta people just can't stop their habit(s) easily.