Sometimes when I think about my drug use I think about the other users I know. I never really liked using the word "addict", especially when referring to marijuana. I've wondered for some time now am I the exception to the rule?
I have smoked daily for years, between one and two grams per day in fact, but recently I've gotten into some legal trouble so I've quit for the time being. I don't like to smoke in the mornings unless I have absolutely nothing to do all day but dick around on the web or play video games. I've never been able to smoke at work and remain productive so I just don't do it. I'm a very attentive safety conscious driver so I wont drive for hours after I smoke. Some of my friends say I roll my joints too fat (like I said 1 or 2 grams at a time), but I'm the kind of person who likes to smoke till I'm high, no "catching a little buzz" for me thank you. I've kept the same job for 6 years, I have a wife, two wonderful kids who have never seen me smoke. I'm not an overachiever for sure but I'm not a slacker either. What I'm really curious about is, are we common? Are the Cheech and Chong caricatures becoming a thing of the past? I'm not by any means condemning those who wake and bake or smoke all day but I'd love to get a baseline of the Average Joe of the pothead community? Is the cartoon character version of our subculture hurting us by quantifying or helping us by making marijuana's prohibition seem like a huge joke? Is the productive pothead the punchline or the straight man in the farce? Weigh in please.
I have smoked daily for years, between one and two grams per day in fact, but recently I've gotten into some legal trouble so I've quit for the time being. I don't like to smoke in the mornings unless I have absolutely nothing to do all day but dick around on the web or play video games. I've never been able to smoke at work and remain productive so I just don't do it. I'm a very attentive safety conscious driver so I wont drive for hours after I smoke. Some of my friends say I roll my joints too fat (like I said 1 or 2 grams at a time), but I'm the kind of person who likes to smoke till I'm high, no "catching a little buzz" for me thank you. I've kept the same job for 6 years, I have a wife, two wonderful kids who have never seen me smoke. I'm not an overachiever for sure but I'm not a slacker either. What I'm really curious about is, are we common? Are the Cheech and Chong caricatures becoming a thing of the past? I'm not by any means condemning those who wake and bake or smoke all day but I'd love to get a baseline of the Average Joe of the pothead community? Is the cartoon character version of our subculture hurting us by quantifying or helping us by making marijuana's prohibition seem like a huge joke? Is the productive pothead the punchline or the straight man in the farce? Weigh in please.