LOL but that is half teh problem, a huge amount of revenue is because of the puff. Be honest, how many of us have been there? How many of us went for the smokes etc? Quite a few I would wager.

I appreciate non-smokers do not like it. That is why, even in my own home, if someone finds my smoking a skunk joint offensive then fine, I just go to a different room to smoke it.

Ironically, if I went anywhere I would prefer to smoke than drink. Smoking will "always" chill me, no matter what, alcohol can make me unpredictable, to say the least LOL

Same ere!
The Options, as I see 'em...
Another 'shit day at the office'.
Get home and 'crack a tinny' open to relax a little.
FF to 9/10pm ish....
...One bottle of JD n 6 cans later.
The frustration at being another faceless cog in the machine rises slowly to the surface, dragging with it feelings of inadequacy and seething-hatred towards the world and all who dwell in/on/near it.
You 'snap' and 'bite' at the slightest thing, like a dog thats not-long had its bollox chopped(!?)
Gradually, you lose more and more self-control...
The adrenaline rises.
Your penis couldnt if it was tied to a fork-lift (its the alcohol, you understand, officer )
You feel hot and sick and tired and angry and desperate and...
...and... you kill your entire family, the TV, the neighbours dog and their goldfish to-boot. (And Uwe Boll if you can find him!)
Hey! It happens, ('cept for the 'Uwe Boll' bit )
Or...
I get me tin out, grab me skins n role a big fat bifta!

AAAh. 'Appy again!
I know that aint just me...
Right?...

Mr Pot, you speak thruth my friend.

that he does

to echo i still can't get over that if you feel sad and get a prescribed synthetic drug to make you happy it's ok but if you use a natural 'herb' it's not!! and how it's acceptable to get high (drunk) on alcohol and do all sorts of bad shit and blame it on teh drink but to chill with mates (or even strangers) get stoned and be happy is wrong!!

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here here...(btw welcome back Purple "Haze" Nightmare)

Not to mention the pain killing properties of a nice fat skunky.

What is worse for long term use? A couple of doobies a day when the need arise, or super strong, synthetic pain killers that will probably be linked to some horrible and fatal disease in 15 years time?

To quote the Prodigy "Fuck em and their law".

Problem at the mo, at least for the UK Gov, is that they havnt worked-out how to make pots, (pun intended!), of cash from it!
Still a lot of OAPs/Eejits that hear the word Marijuana and automatically place it up there with Heroin and Crack!
Anyone ever see that Docu-Series, (think it was on UK Channel4), about the various drugs and how they compare with one another, (good and bad points)? I got the booklet that accompanied the show and it was most enlightening!
I wonder how many people know that Alcohol and Nicotine are the top-two hardest-to-kick 'habits'!? Guess whats third... Crack!
I think Heroin was next, but Pot was waaay down the list! Fancy that!
Like Bill Hicks once said; How can the Christian Govs of the world make a naturally occurring plant illegal!? Its like telling God he made a mistake in His Creation of the World!!! Im sure George W n Co wouldnt DARE say that out loud. But thats basically what they are saying!
Baskets!
Id LOVE to get all the Heads of the western-world together in a small room, and force them to breathe-in my bong-smoke! Would create peace on earth, end all wars and remove poverty forever!
Prolly...
Pot

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amen! ...the only downside of smoking the mystic herb...them bloody munchies!

You aint wrong there! Thankfully, I have a fast metabolism, so I can eat as much 'crap' as I like...
Unfortunately my teeth are shagged!