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kevinf2380 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »I've never done drugs and always tried to distance myself from people that do. I recently made a friend I like a lot who just admitted he smokes now and then. I get that marijuana is becoming more acceptable in our society. I've always felt is kind of a crutch for a lack happiness elsewhere. Would you stop being friends with someone over this?
Alcohol is a drug. Would you stop being friends with somebody because they enjoy a beer? Shouldn't people who drink get their happiness elsewhere, like from pumping iron?
I actually do stop being friends with people who think doing anything fun requires alcohol. I hate the alcohol comparison. It's not even close to the same thing. You get a surprise drug test at work after a night of drinking and you still have a job.
You come across as quite judge-y...That's unfortunate, as everyone is different, and that shouldn't be the cause of you ending a friendship. If you were my friend, and suddenly decided you didn't want to know me because I smoked a joint, I'd think I dodged a bullet. No offense!2 -
@JustMissTracy no offense taken. You're entitled to your opinion.1
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JustMissTracy wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »I've never done drugs and always tried to distance myself from people that do. I recently made a friend I like a lot who just admitted he smokes now and then. I get that marijuana is becoming more acceptable in our society. I've always felt is kind of a crutch for a lack happiness elsewhere. Would you stop being friends with someone over this?
Alcohol is a drug. Would you stop being friends with somebody because they enjoy a beer? Shouldn't people who drink get their happiness elsewhere, like from pumping iron?
I actually do stop being friends with people who think doing anything fun requires alcohol. I hate the alcohol comparison. It's not even close to the same thing. You get a surprise drug test at work after a night of drinking and you still have a job.
You come across as quite judge-y...That's unfortunate, as everyone is different, and that shouldn't be the cause of you ending a friendship. If you were my friend, and suddenly decided you didn't want to know me because I smoked a joint, I'd think I dodged a bullet. No offense!
^^^ I was thinking the same thing.2 -
As are you; I'm sure you're a fabulous guy, who obviously takes good care of his wife...As I said earlier on tho, times are changing.....it is 2016, not 1980...thinking has evolved.0
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While mostly illegal, I believe that it's less harmless; than alcohol. I believe that the only reason why it's illegal, is because it'd cost the pharmaceutical companies revenue, if/when people can be helped just as much or even better, than with their medications. However because it's illegal & even places where it's legal, people can still be fired from their jobs; if they use it. Therefore I don't believe a person whom gets drug tested at work, should be around anyone whom smokes it & for this reason I'd prefer that if someone whom does use but doesn't get drug tested, should possibly use it in a way that doesn't expose others to their use; to ensure that someone else remains drug free.5
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kevinf2380 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »I've never done drugs and always tried to distance myself from people that do. I recently made a friend I like a lot who just admitted he smokes now and then. I get that marijuana is becoming more acceptable in our society. I've always felt is kind of a crutch for a lack happiness elsewhere. Would you stop being friends with someone over this?
Alcohol is a drug. Would you stop being friends with somebody because they enjoy a beer? Shouldn't people who drink get their happiness elsewhere, like from pumping iron?
I actually do stop being friends with people who think doing anything fun requires alcohol. I hate the alcohol comparison. It's not even close to the same thing. You get a surprise drug test at work after a night of drinking and you still have a job.
Well, marijuana is legal in my state, so it pretty much IS the same thing.
Except, unlike alcohol, I've never heard of anybody getting stoned and beating their kids or wife. So you're right, there's a difference.7 -
I used to smoke... before it was medicinal... Not long ago I had the opportunity to be friends with a fella that smoked for medicinal reasons... I just could not get used to the stench of his house. I used to smoke cigarettes too... now.. I don't mind the smell of second hand smoke... BUT the small of someone who just had a cigarette? is totally off putting...and for the record... I haven't quit either I am just putting together a streak between the last one and the next one... cigarettes is going on 8 years...pot... probably closer to 12... that being said... as soon as it is legal I'll be inline to get mine :P1
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kevinf2380 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »I actually lost some friends over it in the past. My wife was pregnant at the time and we were over at their house for a party. I could smell people smoking it up stairs. I confronted them later about smoking where someone was pregnant. Instead of apologizing they just said no one is going to tell them what to do in their own home.
If you had people over, one of them was pregnant, and they confronted you about your choice in music, demanding to know how you could play anything but Mozart in a place where someone was pregnant, would you apologize, or would you perhaps be slightly miffed to have orders given to you in your home?
That depends if Mozart had been scientifically proven to cause birth defects or not.
When has it been scientifically proven that a person smoking marijuana in the same zipcode as a pregnant lady causes birth defects? No, it hasn't.
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kevinf2380 wrote: »I've never done drugs and always tried to distance myself from people that do. I recently made a friend I like a lot who just admitted he smokes now and then. I get that marijuana is becoming more acceptable in our society. I've always felt is kind of a crutch for a lack happiness elsewhere. Would you stop being friends with someone over this?
I would not. If I have a friend that I like and respect, then I wouldn't expect him or her to be happy all the time, perfectly adjusted, or to use only the same tools that I do to feel at peace in life.
That said, if someone is using any substance to the point where it interferes with the friendship, then you have to re-evaluate. That goes for weed, prescription drugs, booze, whatever...
Any substance is used for escape, even if it's just one beer. And to be honest, alcohol can take a person much further from his core than weed can...5 -
kevinf2380 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »I've never done drugs and always tried to distance myself from people that do. I recently made a friend I like a lot who just admitted he smokes now and then. I get that marijuana is becoming more acceptable in our society. I've always felt is kind of a crutch for a lack happiness elsewhere. Would you stop being friends with someone over this?
Alcohol is a drug. Would you stop being friends with somebody because they enjoy a beer? Shouldn't people who drink get their happiness elsewhere, like from pumping iron?
I actually do stop being friends with people who think doing anything fun requires alcohol. I hate the alcohol comparison. It's not even close to the same thing. You get a surprise drug test at work after a night of drinking and you still have a job.
That depends on how much you had to drink and what you do for a living. I know a surgeon who became sick during a morning surgery after drinking too much wine the night before. She was suspended.3 -
kevinf2380 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »I've never done drugs and always tried to distance myself from people that do. I recently made a friend I like a lot who just admitted he smokes now and then. I get that marijuana is becoming more acceptable in our society. I've always felt is kind of a crutch for a lack happiness elsewhere. Would you stop being friends with someone over this?
Alcohol is a drug. Would you stop being friends with somebody because they enjoy a beer? Shouldn't people who drink get their happiness elsewhere, like from pumping iron?
I actually do stop being friends with people who think doing anything fun requires alcohol. I hate the alcohol comparison. It's not even close to the same thing. You get a surprise drug test at work after a night of drinking and you still have a job.
I agree that alcohol and pot are not close to the same thing. For many, many people, alcohol is MUCH more harmful, even fatal. I mean, alcohol is ethanol. Grape flavored gasoline. How can anyone argue that alcohol is a neutral substance?
I do not smoke pot. But I will never stop defending others' right to do so.4 -
kevinf2380 wrote: »I actually lost some friends over it in the past. My wife was pregnant at the time and we were over at their house for a party. I could smell people smoking it up stairs. I confronted them later about smoking where someone was pregnant. Instead of apologizing they just said no one is going to tell them what to do in their own home.
You wanted someone to apologize for doing something in their own house that they pay/paid for and they didn't? Those monsters.
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He might not want to be friends with you now, based on the fact that you even question his worth because of his honest confession that he has a completely normal social habit.1
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Not for weed personally, but to each their own. I have family and friends that do it and, for me, I don't hang around when that is going on.2
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kevinf2380 wrote: »NorthCascades wrote: »kevinf2380 wrote: »I've never done drugs and always tried to distance myself from people that do. I recently made a friend I like a lot who just admitted he smokes now and then. I get that marijuana is becoming more acceptable in our society. I've always felt is kind of a crutch for a lack happiness elsewhere. Would you stop being friends with someone over this?
Alcohol is a drug. Would you stop being friends with somebody because they enjoy a beer? Shouldn't people who drink get their happiness elsewhere, like from pumping iron?
I actually do stop being friends with people who think doing anything fun requires alcohol. I hate the alcohol comparison. It's not even close to the same thing. You get a surprise drug test at work after a night of drinking and you still have a job.
Depends on the job!2 -
^^^ Polar opposites, I think.0
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