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Harambulus

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I would never smoke again but vaping or eating would be my roa. I found vaping to be lovely in terms of a cleaner high. once i tried that i realized most of my anxiety and discomfort on weed in the past was prob from having smoked something and feeling the negative effects of that. Vaping i found to be smooth sailing.

I used to smoke daily 3-5 spliffs a day at my peak in school.

Often one in the morning before the buss, then keep toking through the day.

A few weeks before my exams, about 3 weeks I just quit almost over night and didnt start up again so i could get good grades or at least know i gave it a good try :P.

I havent smoked since then (that was about 13 years ago) apart from maybe to come down off stims then throw the rest away.

Im a very business driven type these days always wanting to be working but ive found all work and no play makes jack a dull boy.

Since i despise alcohol ive been considering weed again as a lil thing to unwind.

I tried kava kava but it doesnt last long enough for my tastes- ye got the waka grade fresh root etc. Also too expensive for how many doses you get.

So anyway, one thing ive been concerned about is the propoganda by right wing conservatives that it will sap out your will to achieve leaving you staring at junk tv all day in a mush of giddy abandon. Now i do have personal expericne with using it myself but its been a long time and my personality has changed alot since then so im not too sure where i stand on the matter now.

So interested to hear personal experiences of ppl who toke and still are highly motivated plus notable figures in society who have done so.

Carl Sagan was a nice surprise to hear about in this camp.
 
Steve Jobs and Good old Barry'O (Obama, like him or not he is pretty successful) are the two that pop into my head. Everyone needs a way to relax and reduce stress, it all depends on what works for you. Like you I don't really like drinking a whole lot but I've always been a fan of the Mary Jane. I've found that my productivity hinges on when I smoke. If I wake and bake I end up smoking all day and for the most part I won't get a lot done that day, which is okay for the weekends or a holiday but not everyday. I used to be able to do that when I worked as a cook just because it was such a simple job but now that my ambitions have grown I cut back a lot.... hope this helps and good luck
 
Stephen King, Montel Williams, Barack Obama, Michael Phelps

Bonus trivia: Francis Crick, rumor has it, was high on LSD when he discovered the double-helix structure of DNA (yes sorry off topic I know)

Cannabis is the safest most therapeutic substance ever discovered in nature. It is the only one so far that is more than just non-toxic, it actually protects you from the toxicity of other drugs.

A study that was predominantly focused upon binge drinking found that binge drinkers damage 9 areas of the brain. They then filtered for people who had binge drank and smoked cannabis as well. Those people that used both only damaged one area of the brain.

It is a neuro-protectant among many other things.

Vaping is superior certainly and I highly recommend it or eating over smoking in general. However, I've got Cystic Fibrosis (a congenital birth defect, which results in thicker mucus and death eventually by lung infection) and even smoking marijuana is ok for me since there are numerous anti-biotic cannabinoids and associated terpinoids that actually improve my condition even when outright burning it.

One more thing that I think matters to someone like you who values your mental capacity and creativity.

There is a lot of belief even among cannabis users that their ideas are really just nutty pipe dreams. This is the societal narrative certainly. This has been thoroughly disproved and we now know that cannabis users are actually more creative. I'm sure that having the downside risk of using too much only leads to a good nights sleep instead of a terrible hangover is part of the fact that people that use pot are more creative but that's not all of it.

As you said: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cannabis makes Jack bright and happy and well rested.

Go ahead and enjoy it and the space it gives you to be creative.


The 10 Smartest Pot Smokers on the Planet… Cool Enough to Admit It
 
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As i thought about it i wouldnt want it on a regular as im remembered of that haze i used to be under daily :P.

I would only want it for comedowns as a sleep aid.
 
In a particularly famous study Lambros Comitas reported data that seemed to refute the then popular belief that cannabis consumption led to an "amotivational syndrome." On the contrary:
As reflected in their verbal responses,the belief and attitudes of lower class users of ganga and work are not all ambiguous.Ganga is universally perceived as an energizer, a motive power-never as an enervator that leads to apathy and immobility. In Jamaica,ganga, at least on the ideational level, permits it's users to face, start and carry out the most difficult and distasteful manual labor.
 
when i first started smoking weed i de-motivated me

then i got addicted to real drugs and learned what real de-motivation is

now weed actually works to motivate me. i do landscaping and its much easier to wake up at 6am and get mentally prepared for work when i have a bowl before i head out. and its nice knowing i can look forward to getting high after a long day of work followed by the gym

i work with some people who looooove getting stoned on the job, and while ill indulge here and there, i tend to try to not bc that will just turn me into the laziest piece of shit while im working. its kinda weird but w.e works for u

i wouldnt say im dependent on weed at all. ive been staying in south jersey for the past few days and will be here for the next week and a half. i didnt bring any herb and i dont know anyone to get it from here. but im fine. occasionally ill say to myself "man some weed would be sooooo nice right now" but its nothing like the other shit ive been addicted to. that doesnt mean im not always trying to spot someone here who cud mayb hook me up :D
 
I persoanlly dont like baking before activity as some people are suggesting like they can be creative with it.

I want to do nothing when im on it or not much but i just dont want it to bleed into my 'uptime'.

Thats why i hated benzoes, how you feel zombified way longer than youd like.

Weed seems a good manageable all rounder. My only problem currently is having to stoop back to finding street dealers :( after having been used to the convenience of rc vendors. I feel like a real creep having to do that now.
 
Harambulus said:
I persoanlly dont like baking before activity as some people are suggesting like they can be creative with it.

I want to do nothing when im on it or not much but i just dont want it to bleed into my 'uptime'.

Thats why i hated benzoes, how you feel zombified way longer than youd like.

Weed seems a good manageable all rounder. My only problem currently is having to stoop back to finding street dealers :( after having been used to the convenience of rc vendors. I feel like a real creep having to do that now.
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Wait, you prefer RC cannabinoids over cannabis?

Thats something you don't hear often, but i guess i can understand the convience/legal risk factor parts of what your saying. I never fucked arond with RC cannabinoids, i'd rather get schwag than mess with synthetics, or go without.

Having a RX in a medical state at one time though, does make buying cannabis through the "grey market" (norcal lol) seem like a bit of a hassle. But due to where i live its quality, cheap, the local PO-PO's are fairly tolerant, and i have always had acess to good cheap cannabis.

However, knowing about the side affects of the rc cannabinoids, i'd rather not toke at all, than buy overpriced schwag in a sketchy/legally risky way if i lived where it was less tolerated.
 
no man ive never tried them myself either except once when i read it was a really weak one and was spose to be of the sativa variety (or receptor equivalent) so clearheaded. it was too weak to even have a decent effect (wore off after 15-20 mins which was really irritating when i wanted something to comedown with) and i felt scared still being stoned on an rc cannabinoid wondering about what effects it was having on me just from that. the stoned feeling alone can cause paro so i am absolutely terrified of trying these other more potent cannabinoids.

i meant i have bought stims etc online in the past. this is particularly why i want cannabis as i want something natural to bring me back to base for the rare times i dabble with stims so that i can feel safe about its effects.

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Wait, you prefer RC cannabinoids over cannabis?

Thats something you don't hear often, but i guess i can understand the convience/legal risk factor parts of what your saying. I never fucked arond with RC cannabinoids, i'd rather get schwag than mess with synthetics, or go without.

Having a RX in a medical state at one time though, does make buying cannabis through the "grey market" (norcal lol) seem like a bit of a hassle. But due to where i live its quality, cheap, the local PO-PO's are fairly tolerant, and i have always had acess to good cheap cannabis.

However, knowing about the side affects of the rc cannabinoids, i'd rather not toke at all, than buy overpriced schwag in a sketchy/legally risky way if i lived where it was less tolerated.
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David Cameron reportedly smoked up at Eton.

Richard Branson has also openly admitted to it as well.
 
look at cheech and chong. they look like, and in movies play, stoners.

however they wrote, starred, produced, directed, and wrote songs for films...
 
Jibult said:
MPP's 50 Most Influential Marijuana Users of 2012


It's not a list of complete potheads who managed to be successful, just people who in the past have or still currently enjoy marijuana while being paradigm-shatteringly successful in their respective fields.
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George's quote below shows the incredible resources backing him can compensate for what may be considered as poor mental capacity by others, the quote below made me laugh.

4. President George W. Bush

"I wouldn't answer the marijuana questions. You know why? Because I don't want some little kid doing what I tried."

(maybe he was really a genius who liked to joke around with the world and was only pretending to have communication problems).
 
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