# I'm not a pot head **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 26, 2010, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952 "2010-03-26T22:21:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/41 "2010-03-29T18:43:27Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > So all those weird, random OPs _weren’t_ the result of hitting the bong? Regrettably, that’s me _normal_. And that’s just what makes it past my internal filter; you don’t know what you HAVEN’T had to read from me! I wish I could find a drug that could duplicate the euphoria and grandiosity of mania and then wear off before I start damaging my life. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/42 "2010-03-29T18:54:01Z")
I no longer smoke it. And why should I? The Muppet show was canceled years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/43 "2010-03-29T19:25:14Z")
I used to smoke up back in high school. Only problem was, it made me giddy for 10 minutes and then put me right to sleep. Didn’t make for much of a party. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/44 "2010-03-29T20:00:38Z")
I don’t usually care for it (my husband, on the other hand, is much like **Super Kapowzler** ). It makes my thoughts seem hot and fuzzy, and there seem to be so many of them which must be examined, but it’s hard work…I can _feel_ the backlog. Then I fall asleep. However, I did enjoy the last time I indulged, on a very long car ride through Arizona. Maybe it worked out because the scenery was not very thought-provoking… ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/45 "2010-03-29T20:05:24Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > And why should I? The Muppet show was canceled years ago. > **[Muppets Home - Muppet Central Fan Site](https://muppetcentral.com/)** > > Muppets, Sesame Street and Fraggle Rock - Muppet Central is the Internet's leading source for Jim Henson news and collectibles. Eeeh, you never know, Doc. You just never know. ---
**Author:** ![moldybread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@moldybread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldybread)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/46 "2010-03-29T20:22:34Z")
Dont like smoking? Try a vaporizer! It’s what most of the medical patients do. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/47 "2010-03-29T21:17:33Z")
I’ve done a few times and I actively hate the buzz, both the physical sensations and the fact that it seems to last for something like six hours. I have no problems with others using it, but, man, I don’t get the appeal. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/48 "2010-03-30T20:20:25Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > I don’t know what the pot was cut with, but after the hallucinations and paranoia wore off I swore that Prozac and Phenargan would be the strongest things I ever took afterwards. Why would anyone “cut” pot? The idea of cutting is to dilute the product to make more bucks. To dilute pot you’d have to add fake pot. In the old days of bags of crappy Mexico-off-the-truck that was mostly shake and seeds and stems I suppose you could have added some oregano or lawn clippings, but now it all comes in big, fat, stinking buds. I don’t think dealers add LSD and so forth. Why would they? ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/49 "2010-03-30T20:25:21Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > I prefer low grade weed, just to get a little buzz on, sounds like the op was smoking something pretty strong to be getting distorted colours. Ahhh.. and that’s why so many Europeans (and others) mix their weed with tobacco. So they can enjoy a mellower high that doesn’t completely stone them, while still using the primo weed. Of course, you have to tolerate tobacco to be able to smoke spliffs. ---
**Author:** ![JFLuvly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@JFLuvly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFLuvly)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/50 "2010-03-30T21:08:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Why would anyone “cut” pot? I was just talking to a friend about this about an hour ago, he was saying that there was some pot going around that had a little bit of white powdery shit in it. He said he had heard that the weed was not very good so they cut it with something to up the potency so they could move it. At almost three grand a pound , I guess they thought that would be better than losing all that money. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/51 "2010-03-30T21:12:25Z")
Not that I know anything about anything, but I believe the word we’re looking for is “laced.” As in, “Before my brother embarked on his 10-year career as a Bering Sea fisherman, he “lost” 8 ounces of opium- **laced** Thai bud.” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/52 "2010-04-02T23:41:53Z")
Here’s the thing … if you’re a Vidiot … playing video games high is only so much fun, because, while everything is pretty funny, you play like shit … because you’re high. However, get high and pick up a guitar?\* No better relaxation technique in the world. \*It does help if you know how to play the guitar, but on the other hand … you’re high, so what difference does it really make? ---
**Author:** ![gladtobeblazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@gladtobeblazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gladtobeblazed)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/53 "2010-04-03T06:05:10Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Here’s the thing … if you’re a Vidiot … playing video games high is only so much fun, because, while everything is pretty funny, you play like shit … because you’re high. > > However, get high and pick up a guitar?\* No better relaxation technique in the world. > > \*It does help if you know how to play the guitar, but on the other hand … you’re high, so what difference does it really make? Funny thing, I actually play video games much better when I’m stoned, but I can’t play guitar at all after smoking. For some reason my sense of hearing gets all screwed up and I can’t tell if my guitar is tuned properly. And I actually have a very good musical ear! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/54 "2010-04-03T06:18:13Z")
The first drug I ever tried was LSD, so when I first tried pot I didn’t get what the big deal was. I’ve done it several times, but never found it to be particularly more interesting than getting an alcohol buzz, and I hate smoking anything. I play pool better when I drink, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Neverender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/55 "2010-04-03T12:20:45Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Why would anyone “cut” pot? The idea of cutting is to dilute the product to make more bucks. To dilute pot you’d have to add fake pot. In the old days of bags of crappy Mexico-off-the-truck that was mostly shake and seeds and stems I suppose you could have added some oregano or lawn clippings, but now it all comes in big, fat, stinking buds. > > I don’t think dealers add LSD and so forth. Why would they? For another reason, it gets your 1st time customers to come back to you rather than another dealer because you have ‘better’ weed. I don’t partake too often anymore, especially now I’m living with the missus. In 1st year of Uni though I was high A LOT. I still got good grades, good social life. It was just a little extra buzz on top of a few pints, of an evening. Well, most evenings. It made for some hilarious nights though. I don’t understand people who smoke all day though. What’s the point? It’s like being drunk all day. That’s alright when you’re going out for an all day-er or at a festival, but it does make washing the pots and cooking your tea a lot more difficult! It’s ok for a good time, but doesn’t doing it constantly make it mundane? ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/56 "2010-04-03T12:22:34Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > The first drug I ever tried was LSD, so when I first tried pot I didn’t get what the big deal was. I’ve done it several times, but never found it to be particularly more interesting than getting an alcohol buzz, and I hate smoking anything. > > I play pool better when I drink, by the way. I think for me (if I were to do it) this would be part of the reason for doing it. I like to drink, but stomach issues prevent me from drinking much. I still do because I like the taste of beer - but I cannot get a really good buzz going anymore. I agree though, I’m not a smoker. I would ingest it in other ways. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/57 "2010-04-03T12:30:29Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > The first drug I ever tried was LSD, so when I first tried pot I didn’t get what the big deal was. I’ve done it several times, but never found it to be particularly more interesting than getting an alcohol buzz, and I hate smoking anything. > > I play pool better when I drink, by the way. Playing pool after taking acid adds a whole new dimension (well, several dimensions, actually) to the game. ---
**Author:** ![nachtmusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ac91a4/32.png) [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/58 "2010-04-03T13:44:12Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Not that I know anything about anything, but I believe the word we’re looking for is “laced.” As in, “Before my brother embarked on his 10-year career as a Bering Sea fisherman, he “lost” 8 ounces of opium- **laced** Thai bud.” Ohhhh yeahhh. “Buddha Thai”… Asian Pot compressed with opium oil, or suffused with actual opium kernels. A chunk the size of a dice cube was enough to lay waste to an entire neighborhood of teenagers used to smoking Mexican shakeweed. That was in the days before the market was awash with Humboldt Sinsemilla. Today’s pot is much more powerful than Sinsemilla, but Buddha Thai would still kick ass. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-a-pot-head/533952/59 "2010-04-03T21:16:50Z")
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