Happy 420, most of our country is high on weed all day!

Jason Screeb — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:13:51 +0000

Tags: marijuana, 420, weed, legalizationThis evening, you will observe a lot of people at the grocery store randomly buying bags of chips and other junk food. Their eyes will be bloodshot, and they might smell of a similar strange fragrance. To the normal person this might appear odd, but the rest of us know that today is a celebration for folks who smoke marijuana. April 20th is dubbed a marijuana holiday in our drug culture, where people get together and smoke cannabis. To summarize, there are a ton of people out there today who will be high. I didn’t realize the holiday had arrived, until I saw a group of my neighbors on their back porch last night firing up around 1am. Then it made sense, and I remembered the times when I would be one of those people getting high on 4/20. Yes, I have smoked weed in the past and have a strong preference for it. I was quite the pothead, smoking up to an estimated 5-6 times daily. I fondly remember 4/20 on my senior year of college, where my girlfriend at the time and I smoked 8 grams of hydro that day (marijuana grown in water, and highly potent).

I don’t smoke marijuana anymore, but have been known to occasionally smoke it with a friend if it’s available. It has been around 8 months since I last got high, and I don’t really have any desire to smoke anymore. In my unstable condition, it can trigger a panic attack and I have been emitted to the hospital while high because I thought I was dying. That was one of the most embarrassing experiences I’ve ever had. Imagine calling your father, and telling him you’re high as shit and you need him to drive you to the hospital because your heart is going to explode. Lets just say, the disappointment on his face stayed for over a month. I try to stay away from the stuff, for I’ve had a total of 2 severe panic attacks while on marijuana. My feelings are that weed is a safe drug, that if used correctly can be relaxing. A lot of times, people become dependent on it as I did, to escape the real world on a consistent basis. Imagine looking back on your life, and not really remembering what you did over the last 6 months? The great thing is, in the moment it causes time to go slowly, so 3 hours could seem like a full day.

Do I think marijuana should be legalized? I sure do, but I feel there should be age restrictions as with alcohol. To legally smoke weed, you should be 21 years old and the government should regulate the sale and distribution. In our current drug environment, a lot of the pot is being laced with other drugs to make it more addictive so addicts will buy more from the dealers. Marijuana can be laced with ecstasy, pcp, or other harmful and addictive drugs. Weed itself is not that addictive, but combined with other narcotics can be like smoking crack. This is where legalization of marijuana can protect smokers, and focus our police forces on more severe narcotics such as heroin and cocaine. Besides, which is more harmful to the body, marijuana or alcohol in the long run? Being 420, please comment (anonymously if you prefer) this post with your marijuana stories and tales of today. I will leave you with a final thought, of a great saying I heard back in college. “God made pot and man made beer, who do you trust?”

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Happy 420, most of our country is high on weed all day!