Weed: a poll 🌿

[OutSynk]

Iqos smells as if you've set on fire horseshit that's got wet from the rain.

Ah yes that's it. Sometimes when I walk past the zoo I can't tell if it's weed or burning wet horseshit.

 

[Jark]

I know some professional stoners who were amazed that when they stopped mixing tobacco in they went from smoking 10-15 grams a day down to like 2-3 because they had removed the actually addictive part.

2-3 grams a day is still quite major though

 

[Generic Account]

I'm not fussed and don't like the smell.

 

[RJN]

2-3 grams a day is still quite major though

Yeah, I don’t understand how somebody could smoke 10g a day? 2-3 is so much

 

[RJN]

My new life goal is smoking a bowl with @floppet, @Jark and @big ron

 

[Dark Carnival]

If you pass me a joint, I'll smoke. But it's not my thing. The ones I've enjoyed the most are the ones that end up with everyone in crazy fits of laughter. Good times.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I used to smoke EVERY SINGLE DAY

Now really a little socially about twice a year.

To add, it was never conscious decision. While Mr Ag can give or take it, he was never passionate about it, like I was. So I naturally reduced my intake. I do miss it, especially during the school holidays, but I don't miss the absolute lack of ambition that came with it.

 

[Rita]

I am such a sensitive flower when it comes to weed. The smell knocks me sick, and the smell I get from it is terrible B.O. Like someone who hasn’t had a wash in time.

 

[big ron]

but I’ll go to the gym high, go shopping, really do whatever. I also like being high at parties, since it helps me feel more outgoing and talkative. I’m trying to drink less, and it helps with that as well.

Exercise stoned is amazing, especially flowy stuff like cycling. I feel I need to do more gym stuff high but I tend to go in the day. I do also like doing random activities high. Especially eating out.

2-3 grams a day is still quite major though

Like I say, these guys are pros. Both in their consumption and the fact they actually work in weed.

 

[big ron]

I do find it fascinating that some people hate the smell and others love it. I have friends who don't smoke at all but like the smell so its not even a pro weed bias.

I think its a delightful aroma, obvs. Especially when its growing and fresh.

 

[Music]

I am such a sensitive flower when it comes to weed. The smell knocks me sick, and the smell I get from it is terrible B.O. Like someone who hasn’t had a wash in time.

THIS! The smell absolutely turns me.

 

[K.C.]

I don't know why but all the strains I've tried all have the exact same effect on me.

 

[Marina Salty]

I do find it fascinating that some people hate the smell and others love it.

It's such a divisive smell. Like lotus fruit/persimmon.

 

[big ron]

I don't know why but all the strains I've tried all have the exact same effect on me.

For the most part, modern, commercial weed is pretty much just high thc, no to little CBD and 1-2% terpenes. Sativa/Indica is bullshit unless you're smoking some proper landrance strain.

Once you get higher terpene content you will get discernible effects but as long as the THC is up near or above 20% then yeah, its just going to get you high.

 

[big ron]

Lest we forget the importance of set and setting too...

 

[funky]

Never smoked it and probably never will, but I do like the smell.

Well, there are different smells depending on the type of weed right? Some of it has a really lovely herbal smell. Some of it smells of old boots.

 

[big ron]

Never smoked it and probably never will, but I do like the smell.

Well, there are different smells depending on the type of weed right? Some of it has a really lovely herbal smell. Some of it smells of old boots.

Yes, different strains have different VOCs as well as different terpenes which alter the smell.

 

[Dark Carnival]

Oh I’m completely fine with the smell.

 

[rhythmbandit]

Used to on a regular basis just because my friends did but can't stand the smell anymore.

 

[Joseph]

I used to smoke daily in my teen/early 20s but stopped when Isabella was born in 1996 and haven’t touched it since.

I’m all for it but all it ever really did for me was make me sleepy. I still love the smell though.

 

[Pipo]

Has vastly improved my anxiety attacks which led to poor sleep; I seldom smoke and sleep like a baby.

 

[Halli]

Not a fan, and by god I tried.

 

[disneyteletubby]

I have not tried cannabis. It might depend on the strains, THC vs CBD content and all that, but I think it'd make me more sleepy and 'out of it' than I already am and possibly more anxious/paranoid instead of relaxed.

The vibe of weed, and cultural origins are still fascinating to me (more than tobacco anyway). Although I don't particularly like it, I can tolerate the typical smell; I've been to Notting Hill Carnival and once stayed in some Tower Hamlets flats where it smelled like it, and a neighbour occasionally smokes it (with tobacco though).

The herbal scent (hemp/CBD oil) is sort of nice though. I think it should be more widely available at least medically and for therapeutic purposes.

 

[Halli]

and once stayed in some Tower Hamlets flats where it smelled like it,

 

[disneyteletubby]

That was in about 2017 haha, staying before a wedding reception (I learnt about it being a weed smell then, in my mid-teens). I found it a little sad too, people who lived there kind of trapped either way (with the lingering smell, or being addicted).
it was the same weed smell visiting flats in Edinburgh (in 2023) but only in hallways, not inside the apartments.

 

[big ron]

 

[AGinAg (37)]

I visited a house in Essex (in 1998) and it smelt of weed. I did nothing.
I visited a flat in Hove (in 2009) and it smelt of weed and still I did nothing.
I even visited a house (as recently as 2024) (in Cambridge) which smelt of weed and I did nothing.

I was smoking the (weed)(.)

 

[Penelope]

It's nice every month or so but I can very much take or leave it.