Posted by Neal on March 15, 2009, at 22:56:20
In reply to Re: In Defense of Cannabis » Budzoid, posted by Vincent_QC on March 15, 2009, at 11:11:56
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First, let me say I've enjoyed reading the various comments of the contributors to this thread. It got me to thinking about my first experiences with marijuana many years ago.I remember that for the first maybe 10 times I smoked, I would start laughing. I can't remember what I thought was so funny. Maybe just life. But I would get some explosive laughing fits going on. I remember going to a coffee shop with a friend, and I just couldn't control myself, I thought everything was hilarious.
I've always been a very visual person. I work in the visual arts, and marijuana was like a golden key to a special area for me. A friend of mine had a "forest fire" lamp he'd gotten at a thrift store. The heat of the light bulb caused it to spin and the glass was painted to resemble a forest that was burning. I thought that thing was so cool. I would watch it for a long time.
Of course heightened sense perceptions also occurs with sounds too. I remember laying on the couch with the earphones on listening to the stereo. A whole new world had opened up to me during that period.
I remember smoking hash that was so strong that if you smoked at noon, the next thing you remembered was the sun going down, and it was summer too. We'd just sit there sometimes with the TV on, and it was too much effort to change the channel, so we just left it on one channel, what difference did it make anyway.
But Vincent reminds me that there were some other times much later that weren't so great, starting with the famous pot-paranoia and moving to pot induced panic attacks. It can happen, if you are a sensitive person given to occasional anxiety. That's why I don't recommend it, even though I do have some great memories.
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