The statement, "haven't tried it, don't understand the attraction to it".
Many people have written extensively on it's attraction, but, of course, until you have tried it yourself, you're not part of the conversation.

Not all of us. Not better. But there are those of us who are someone who doesn't smoke struggling with something and think smoking weed might help. At least, that's how it is for me.

Maybe the majority of Right Wing people of faith, although that's probably not even fair. But I certainly don't.think I'm better because I DON'T smoke. I just don't like the high. The majority of my friends do smoke dope.

I used to, I enjoyed it a lot. Many friends still smoke, I enjoy the aroma still, but my personal choice was made because I feel it would have a net negative affect on my career.

Hell no, I'm no better than anyone else. That's some inverted snobbery going on there. Just choices, ain't it? I don't drink either... Cos I was alcohol dependent for my entire adult life.

All things in moderation, but I'm probably more of a judgmental ass than when I was religious. SOME really need to smoke every day, but I'd say most who use any mind-altering substance on a daily basis would benefit from therapy and/or meditation.

The vast majority of my friends us MJ a bit, some every month and several who are ill daily.

My devoutly religious dad smokes about daily. A year ago my dad could barely do any exercise and today he rides a 4 mile loop on a bike 5-6 days a week.

When you’re around...

@Ungod Nope period. He is an honor student in engineering. I am a medical patient, his wife and mother are as well.
Just not his thing . . .
He did for a while as a teen (17-18) but stopped, not fond ofthe effects on his thinking process.

@Davesnothere Sure... I bet he doesn’t masturbate also!

@Ungod No need for him to hide it with two medical patients using it in the home all the time.

He must not breathe in the home...

@Ungod we don't smoke in the home, that would be inconsiderate, we smoke on the porch.
Also, it is not the same thing to be exposed to second hand smoke as to smoking something yourself because you want to, doubly so when the patients are medical and consume less than a gram a day of CDB strains, not THC strains, much of which is not smoked at all.

Point being, it is readily availble and not frowned upon by familt friends or his wife, it is just not his cup of tea.

Why is that hard to believe?
Not everyone likes drinking either.

@Davesnothere
Not everybody tells the truth either...

@Ungod True, but I also live with him, and both his wife and I smoke regularly.
There is zero reason for him to lie
He just does not like weed.

I am kind of amazed that you find that unbelievable, like you have never met anyone ever who did not like weed.
Sounds like your in a green Bubble.
And seeing as we all used to live in Humboldt together, I have seen a few of those.

@Davesnothere - I don’t NOT believe it. I just DON’T believe it...

@Ungod I get that, but it is not a fantastic claim.
It is not any different than someone not liking Lasagna, or Chili, or Beer, or wine.
A personal preference, which you cannot believe.

Reeks of a bias you hold.

@Davesnothere - Experience... I find that sex, drugs and money are the things most people lie about, most of the time.

If you wanna believe him that’s ok and understandable.

But I don’t!

@Ungod While I find that addage to be valid, it assumes apriori that every person always has some reason to lie about those things
Which is simply false
That is crossing the line from skepticism to cynicism

I do not need to believe him, he is standing beind me. I told him about your inability to believe he did not smoke when his wife and I do when I last had to medicate myself.

He says "You can eat a dick Motherfucker. Calling me a liar for no reason."

Pot is not physically addictive. You cannot "get hooked" on it like smack or crank.

However if your life sucks, your job sucks and life looks bleak, weed can brighten your mood. That is why more enlightened societies grasp it works as a medication,

One can become phycologically dependant on it, but not physically addicted.

In short I would not blame that lads lot in life on weed, but on something underlying, for which he uses weed to cope. For instance "He got hooked on it at 12?", by that you mean he startyed using it at 12.
So life was not stadard issue for him was it?
In some way life was kind of fucked up as he was starting to use weed at 12, something drove that.

@Davesnothere There are many other signs of addiction than physical addiction. Addiction can be habitual and behavioral. If you have these signs, OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS, DISREGARD OF HARM CAUSED, LOSS OF CONTROL: DENIAL OF ADDICTION OR HIDING DRUG USE then you are addicted and it is harmful.

@CK-One You are conflating addiction and pyschological dependance