Marijuana IS a drug

I felt this was an alright place to post this. I've had the argument of marijuana being a drug with people before. Marijuana IS a drug, it is used like one, and can be ABUSED like one. It can help you sleep, it aids with comedowns from other drugs, if you're hungover and need to eat it helps substantially. Or at the end of a long day it's good to just get high and chill. Now for abuse, from my experience people on the other end of argument tend to be abusers. Someone I know smokes weed all day, every day. He claims it isn't a drug, and helps him deal with his problems. First of all I know for a fact dealing with problems when high is much more difficult than being sober. You should deal with shit, THEN get high in celebration. He doesn't deal with any of his problems. Abusing marijuana in this manner is counter-productive in every way possible. He's in his twenties, has not got a haircut in years because he "doesn't know what to tell the barber," He collects unemployment after getting laid off months ago because he won't go out and find a job (not that anyone would hire him do to lack of hygiene [BECAUSE he gets stoned all day and rarely leaves his apartment]), he didn't graduate high school, he's never had a girlfriend, won't come to parties because he doesn't like being around people he doesn't know (why he doesn't meet girls, or any new people for that matter), if you mention any of the problems he claims he's dealing with he gets severely pissed and doesn't want to talk about it or to you at all, always paranoid with no social skills, he's close minded and stubborn, and is also paranoid he's getting fat and starves himself. He is now a child in an adults body, mostly because he's completely egocentric. He wasn't like this until his daily habit.

Arguments? (Not to insult my fellow blades, but preferably intelligent ones. Since I joined GC years ago it seems the community has acquired an abundance of trolls and children attempting to be funny.)

 

I'm aware of the abundance of drugs in today's society. I was just trying to see how people who claim it is not a drug validate it. I explained his actions to show how it can be abused like any other drug. (Maybe also to vent a little, I'll give you that, but its purpose still stands) Things that are NOT drugs don't do shit like that to you as far as substances go, only something abstract like a detrimental event in your life (which has not happened to him, because he now has no life).

 

I'm sorry if it seemed that way, I wasn't using him as a basis for my reasoning, just an example of how it can be abuse. I'm fairly certain that weed is a major key factor here, I've known him a very long time. He voices his problems sometimes, and they're not something that should drive a person to this state. They're petty things, that a sober person should be able to deal with very easily, or things that shouldn't bother you at all. It's just not possible for him to handle real life when he's packing giant bowls in his bong every other minute (Not exaggerating, 6 bowls will be loaded in a row, followed by 20 minutes of video games, then the process is repeated).

 

You all have interesting things to say. I'm aware of how other things (ie Sex) can be addicting (I know personally), but they're not mind altering like THC. Although the people who have replied so far agree with it being a drug, you all know very well there are people who don't agree, and I was seeking their points of view as well as yours. Also, I do not blame the plant as someone said, I blame him for misusing the plant.

As someone who has a love for psychology I can truly say this has turned into an interesting discussion.

 

THIS is something I say to the person I was talking about a lot. I always favored narcotics, and admitted they were in fact drugs. He only smokes weed, and that is one of the reasons he defends it. It's as if he's trying to comfort himself, convincing himself that his drug of choice isn't really a drug.

 

Who are you talking to exactly? If you have something to say about this subject, say it.

 

That's unnecessary. You don't have to post in the thread if you don't have anything to say regarding the thread. I just wanted intelligent insight on the subject. I come back to this community after a long time, and the first things I read are moderators addressing useless posts on what used to be a good community. I'm almost afraid of how many of your thousands of posts fit the description of what moderators are trying to stop.

 

If you can handle yourself, then more power to you. Drugs are about responsibility and the individual. There are certain substances I use on a near daily basis because I'm currently a straight A student, and stopped smoking bud a few weeks ago so I can pass a drug test for work before I get back into the occasional chief. Marijuana just has the ability to inhibit your social life and drive to get shit taken care of if not used properly.