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OAITW r.2.0

(28,485 posts)
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 10:42 PM Dec 2017

Are we smoking more or less dope, than we were, say, 20/30/40 years ago?

Smoked a trope of dope in the 70's.....less in the 80's (but that kinda tracked with the Grateful Dead -
the greatest R/R band of all time). Less in the oughts, life changes. Now: Holy Fuck , this Small Fingered Idiot is our President? What does Trump owe to the Russian Oligarchs? To the nearest 500BB dollars? How much of Trump does Putin own? Why don't we know this? Putin is in the White House? A totally corrupted pResident? Stay fucking tuned.

My point being....medical marijuana....

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Are we smoking more or less dope, than we were, say, 20/30/40 years ago? (Original Post) OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 OP
The biggest dope so far is Trump, and we haven't been able to smoke him yet. nt Xipe Totec Dec 2017 #1
Yeah, dried ground flesh of drumpf.... OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #2
All stems and seeds that you don't need... nt Xipe Totec Dec 2017 #3
Oh, you had to mention that....triggered!!!! OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #4
Weirder, there is so much lip-syncing going on, I have no idea who is singing this... OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #6
Acapulco Gold Xipe Totec Dec 2017 #7
by weight or volume? bluecollar2 Dec 2017 #5
Denisty always outweighs volume. OAITW r.2.0 Dec 2017 #8
What is this Medical Marijuana you speak of? Nevernose Dec 2017 #9
I know I certainly am. ;) dewsgirl Dec 2017 #10
Dave's not here.... LakeArenal Dec 2017 #11
hard to compare, modern pot is way stronger Amishman Dec 2017 #12
It should be "are we smoking dope more or less?" jmowreader Dec 2017 #13
Pot better, takes less to get high extvbroadcaster Dec 2017 #14
I don't smoke anymore melman Dec 2017 #15
I don't know about "we," but I'm sure smoking it less MineralMan Dec 2017 #16

OAITW r.2.0

(28,485 posts)
6. Weirder, there is so much lip-syncing going on, I have no idea who is singing this...
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:09 PM
Dec 2017

The Commander starts, but who finishes?

OAITW r.2.0

(28,485 posts)
8. Denisty always outweighs volume.
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:17 PM
Dec 2017

Quality could be quantity, too (R. Pirsig in a potentially private conversation with me in August 1982
























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Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
9. What is this Medical Marijuana you speak of?
Fri Dec 29, 2017, 11:25 PM
Dec 2017

What is this “Medical Marijuana” you speak of? Why not just walk to the corner store and buy some regular marijuana? The regulated stores have some amazing stuff these days.

On an only slightly more serious note: I was 35 before I heard the phrase “last call” — because I grew up in Las Vegas. I was in NYC for a couple of days, coming back from my honeymoon, when the bartender said “last call!”

“Why do they shut the phones off at two in the morning? And how do they shut off the cell phones? This doesn’t make any sense!”

It was explained to me.

“NONE of this makes any sense! What are you talking about? Is this a joke? Why would anyone STOP selling alcohol? And I still don’t understand why we can’t use our phones anymore tonight...”

jmowreader

(51,554 posts)
13. It should be "are we smoking dope more or less?"
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 06:39 AM
Dec 2017

I love the Too Much Fun Club's handwringing..."OMG marijuana is Twenty Times Stronger than it was just five years ago! You can get high as a kite with one puff!" Now hang on for a second...since they've been telling us weed undergoes a 20-fold potency increase every five years for the last forty years, by now you shouldn't have to smoke the shit at all; you should be able to get totally wasted by just looking at a picture of a pot plant in a magazine. And more important, if one hit is enough to get you trashed, wouldn't that be a GOOD thing?

extvbroadcaster

(343 posts)
14. Pot better, takes less to get high
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 07:11 AM
Dec 2017

Yep, in the 70's you rolled joints - and you needed to. Weed was not that good. Now, just a hit or two off a pipe will do the job. Just different. Costs more, but more bang for the buck!

MineralMan

(147,816 posts)
16. I don't know about "we," but I'm sure smoking it less
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:52 AM
Dec 2017

now. I stopped one day in 1974, after a few years of being a daily toker. I didn't have enough money to buy enough groceries, let alone a bag of seeds and stems with a little vegetative matter mixed in. So, I said, "Oh, well..."

Haven't smoked it since then.

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