minor_LEGEND
Senior Retro Guru
Having started experimenting with weed myself at 16, I saw nothing wrong with it. It was casual, recreational useage. But over the years it got more frequent. I think this actually coincided with adding it to tobacco to smoke joints whereas initially I refused to smoke tobacco as up until trying it I wqas a bit of a health-freak/competitive cyclist in my school years.
So here I am now, just turned forty & on & off for the last 10 years been struggling to kick the habit. Again probably the nicotine I've struggled with but for me I've never been a fag smoker & only a recreational weed smoker. Thankfully I'm months in to not smoking anything & don't feel like I'm about to dabble any time soon. All my associates have all taken the same outlook that at 40 years old we can't be doing this forever.
It is worth mentioning that there is clearly a difference between users of any drugs that see it as something they can take or leave or a substance they choose to 'hammer' every waking minute of the day. These are the sorts that don't work, claim benefits & sit around wasted all day.
Cannabis always intrigued me as a child, subconsciously I always knew I was going to try it. Ultimately I am disappointed I used it for so long, maybe my life would have worked out differently, I found it at the wrong time in my life (just before taking my GCSE's), it got in the way of my college & Uni life (quit Uni 1 year in). My attitude to youths that smoke weed is that they are making a huge error. But typically some people love it & keep it up, others hate it straight off & many merely flirt with it & stop it pretty soon after starting.
Personally I wouldn't legalise it, we'll have a nation of people floating about with no aspirations or motivation.
So here I am now, just turned forty & on & off for the last 10 years been struggling to kick the habit. Again probably the nicotine I've struggled with but for me I've never been a fag smoker & only a recreational weed smoker. Thankfully I'm months in to not smoking anything & don't feel like I'm about to dabble any time soon. All my associates have all taken the same outlook that at 40 years old we can't be doing this forever.
It is worth mentioning that there is clearly a difference between users of any drugs that see it as something they can take or leave or a substance they choose to 'hammer' every waking minute of the day. These are the sorts that don't work, claim benefits & sit around wasted all day.
Cannabis always intrigued me as a child, subconsciously I always knew I was going to try it. Ultimately I am disappointed I used it for so long, maybe my life would have worked out differently, I found it at the wrong time in my life (just before taking my GCSE's), it got in the way of my college & Uni life (quit Uni 1 year in). My attitude to youths that smoke weed is that they are making a huge error. But typically some people love it & keep it up, others hate it straight off & many merely flirt with it & stop it pretty soon after starting.
Personally I wouldn't legalise it, we'll have a nation of people floating about with no aspirations or motivation.
