What about not supporting the drug users who bashes others who haven't touched drugs?

I can only sit here and throw out opinions left and right about how I feel about this whole drug-use thing. In the end, I'm only going to come out of this little deboggle where it's your choice, you're the only person in control of your life, do what you do, it's not my problem nor is it my concern.

But people also have to respect the opposite side as well. You guys might feel strong about what you do, but there are people who feel strong doing the opposite of what you do. And if one can't accept that, well then, how can someone sit here and say, "I'm against those who bashes those who haven't touched drugs," while those who do touch drugs are bashing against those who don't use it?

Because that's not really fair.

Somebody who has made a decision on whether or not they want drugs to play a role in their life after experimenting with them has seen both sides of the fence, and I respect their opinion more so than someone who has only stayed on the drug-free side and made an adamant case on why they hold onto an opinion about something that they do not understand. I mean, you started off this conversation asking "how is getting high good?" The fact that you don't even know the answer to that question before making your stance on the subject shows me that you are living in a box. And no, I don't really support letting people live inside of a box if I feel that they do have the opportunity to open up their minds about certain subjects.

Holy shit, wtf?

That story is disturbing and awesome! Do you realize how strong you have to be to rip a muscle from someone's body!? These people and their use of these weird chemicals is starting to freak me out! First the LSD guy who ate someone's face and now this? I'll stick to my weed, thank you.

Erik, you have a good point. Fact is Icebaby may be afraid of what may happen if she indulges even once, but if that's the case, you should have no fear.

Do a check on your immediate family's history with addiction. Does your mother pop pills like a zombie? Is your father a heavy drinker? If not, try something (if you're up to it). The only drug I know to have a 100% addiction rate is crack-cocaine.

That shit'll mess you up (especially if you're black).

The story says he used a drill... so it probably wasn't as awesome as it could've been.

Why should I try it though? Why should anyone who's drug free try it at least once? That's all I'm trying to get out of someone. Just answer the freaking question on why I should give one little puff of weed a chance when I don't want to? I know the effects of drugs, whether or not I use it once, that's going to be in my system for a long time.

FYI, inhaling weed stays inside of you for 90 days. Okay?

I should know. I am dating a person who's a chemistry major, who's been around a lot of these chemicals, who knows what's in this stuff and knows everything about these things. That all of the information I gather not just from him, but from things I've researched, I am not remotely tempted to try something majority of you use in your life every now and then.

I don't understand at all how I'm so closed-minded, so silly, and living under a box all because I'm not giving drugs a chance in my life. I don't want that stuff in my system. I get sick of even just inhaling second-hand. If I get that sick off of second-hand, I don't even want to know how I'll feel if I try the damn thing. You're not seeing me write stuff about how you're all bad people for using drugs. I've stated that I could care less about it because that's your decision. But why is my decision of not even giving it a chance a bad one? Because I'm not trying it? That doesn't make an ounce of sense and that's not fair on my part because it's my decision. I respect yours, you guys could at least respect my decision and anyone else who's on the same page as me.



Yeah, like I'm really scared of using drugs. No, I'm not. I don't want to use them because I have no use of them. I don't even have a reason to go out to some gas station, buy a pack of cigs, and use them every now and then. You know where that money should go? Savings accounts. Buying other things rather than drugs, such as ice cream cones, video games, colored pencils, and tickets to a Cubs game.

As stated, I already know how my body reacts to drugs since I've had it be affected by second-hand. I don't want to know what will happen to it if I try the real thing, not because I'm scared, but because I want to stay healthy. I want to stay in shape. I want to run three miles without making an excuse that I am suffering from a cramp because I can't do it... That's some of my reasons why I don't intend on using drugs in my system. Fear is not even a reason why I don't want to use drugs.

Still on my death bed. Random fevers and a brutal cough. The cause wasn't the food I ate, it was bound to happen with any food. It just hit me like a freight train, and I became sick as hell in seconds flat. I went to the doctors in Fontana (If you've ever wanted to visit Fontana, CA; Don't ) thinking I had pneumonia because of my history with it. I had it when I was 6? 7? Very little, but it was double pneumonia. 50% both lungs. Yeah that sucked. I don't have it though. It's just a strong cough.

So, yeah. Still hanging in there. Thanks to everyone wishing me well.

It sucks when you're sick during warm weather. Hope you get better soon!!!

THC traces stay in the system, on average, 90 days. Depending on somebody's BMI, diet, and their frequency of usage, the time frame can vary. My friend, a cross country runner with low body fat, took a drug test two weeks after his last sitting with cannabis. Passed. It was his first time smoking it in a while, he drank lots of fluids, and he had a very low BMI.

Why is this relevant? It is easy to spout facts from text books, chemistry majors, and DARE pamphlets, but what it boils down to is that science deals with averages, and the government has used propaganda as it's weapon of choice since before any of us were born. I'm not judging you for being straight edge, because your lifestyle choices don't affect me. I'm simply pointing out what Erik has been saying-you can read all the "facts" you want, but you never know the effects of anything until you try it. Everyone is programmed differently. I'm not saying you SHOULD try it. I'm just saying that a bird can't speak of flying if it hasn't learned how to yet.

That feeling when you have something great to post and keep getting 403 errors >_>

There are so many ways to cheat a drug test though. I don't know the specifics, but I know people can cheat it, as well as knowing some who did. I'm just saying, that stuff is in your system for a long time. People react to things differently, your friend's drug test result will obviously vary from someone who isn't a cross country runner.

I get what Erik is saying, but anyone saying stuff whether I'm so closed-minded or living in a box is kind of rude and mocking all because I refuse to touch the stuff. That's not really fair in my perspective all because I'm not going to give something a try that could obviously have different results of what I think it could happen. Sure I could react differently than how I react to second-hand smoke, but unfortunately I don't want to take that chance... All because there's no reason to. And I should be able to speak my mind out about it... But I'm not going to go as low as mocking people.

There ARE several ways to cheat a drug test. THC masks, urine swapping, etc etc. He didn't do any of those. He was downright freaked out that he was going to get in some deep trouble. I'm not trying to attack your boyfriends knowledge of chemistry; he is technically right. All I'm saying is that there is, in this case, no definite answer for something that is built upon variables. I understand if you don't want to be around other's smoke. I may smoke weed every now and again, but I hate cigarette smoke. I just get extremely frustrated when the topic of marijuana comes up, because it should never have become illegal in the first place.

I'm not talking about going out and having fun at night. I'm talking saying fuck it, picking up and vagabonding across the country until I find some place that I'd like to root down in.

It is a frustrating topic.

Strawberries... Mmmmmmm...

I ate a pot brownie like two weeks ago. And I havnt done anything else in ages.... Will I fail a drug test in a few weeks?

I'm forever at 35.

... no.

I'm forever 21

That store sucks.

Also, apparently there's real zombies in Miami...

Your use of the word detest created a bad first impression of your stance on the issue, and you've been trying to climb out the hole you dug for yourself. I understand that you're a girl with a lot of medical issues; you blog about them all of the time on this website. That alone would be a worthy reason to not experiment with drugs, because your health would be jeopardized on a much larger scale than the typical person.

I think that another major point of discussion comes from different topic: the values that we place on book smarts vs. street smarts. I feel like most people would believe that it is better to be knowledgeable on a subject based on real life experience instead of relying on textbook information, especially when that information is often filled with propaganda.

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Forever 21. I think they have some nice clothes for girls, and they're cheap. If I wore women's clothing, I'd probably shop there. They have a men's section, but it sucks. The proportions are all off and it's not cheap.

Syncope is all I have... One medical issue, not a lot.

But I never dug any hole over one word.

Detest is a word that is used when you want to describe how much you dislike something. I can hate something but be civil around it. Such as this one party I went to. She decided to invite someone I don't like but I was civil enough to tolerate her presence there.

In the end, as I've stated so many times, I don't care what you do with drugs. I don't like them, but I don't care that people do them. Nothing is going to end the drug business. I wish I could find a way, but I know realistically, there's no way to end drugs. So what do I do? I tolerate that there are people who uses drugs. If it bothers me, I'll either walk away, or as them to go away. That's it.

You can hate something but be civil enough to tolerate it... Some people can't... I'm one of those who can and will just walk away if it bothers me so.

If you don't think you dug yourself into a hole then stop talking about it and drop the subject. Everyone who has bothered to read what you are saying understands your stance on the issue, and everyone else doesn't care.