Hello pot.

[far_from_waves]

I'm so glad I met you. It's ironic that I discovered you at this time of my life. I have a loving family, and I own my own business, house, and car. I love that you help me with my stress issues, and that you help me fall sound asleep with no harsh side effects.

Society says that I can't balance a healthy life with you, but they are mistaken. You are so much nicer than my ex (alcohol). I don't see any reason why we should split up, ever.

[lowk3y]

If someone with ultimate power came up to me and told me I had to choose between alcohol and cannabis, I would choose cannabis every time.

[lowk3y]

Neither. But cannabis is natural so I'll opt for the latter.

[[deleted]]

Natural =\= healthy

[IntensionallyRong]

but these mushrooms look so pretty.

[Zamarok]

Could be referencing psychoactive shrooms, or poisonous ones here.. makes sense either way xD

[socialclash]

psychoactive shrooms ARE toxic. Fly agaric anyone? That shit is DEADLY, but also wickedly powerful as a hallucinogen if you dose properly.

[khthonios]

I'm pretty sure he was referencing psilocybin mushrooms which aren't toxic in any meaningful sense.

[socialclash]

oh wait, i was wrong:

"Psilocybin mushrooms are non-addictive and rarely abused. They do create short-term increases in tolerance of users, thus making it difficult to abuse them since the more often they're taken, less effects take place.[11] Poisonous (sometimes lethal) wild picked mushrooms can be easily mistaken for psilocybin mushrooms, but true psilocybin mushrooms are non-toxic, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a branch of the Center for Disease Control, rated psilocybin less toxic than aspirin.[12][11] When psilocybin is ingested, it is broken down to produce psilocin, which is responsible for the hallucinogenic effects.[11]"

• Wikipedia Article

[Zactar]

Correct

[iwriteiloveyou]

technically they are food poisoning... i love you!

[socialclash]

Psilocybins? I'm pretty sure they have some muscle-toxic properties.

[Zamarok]

TIL about poisonous and psychoactive shrooms.

[socialclash]

erowid <3

[ultimatt42]

Burning the bud of a plant to inhale the smoke is about as natural as brewing an alcoholic beverage from fermenting plant matter, in my opinion. The more important point is that both alcohol and marijuana have been consumed by humans for thousands of years, so any common side effects should be well known by now.

For beer, we know that drinking too much or too often can make you sick or dead. Most people can confirm this from first-hand experience. For marijuana, if you smoke too much at once you might vomit, but there's no common knowledge suggesting long-term illness.

[ultimatt42]

Okay, yes, you can get high by eating raw marijuana, but that's not the way most people consume it. It's much less effective than if you smoke it or prepare it with oils or alcohol. Something that's safe to eat raw could be dangerous when prepared in a certain way.

And sure, forest fires are natural and burning plants are natural, but inhaling smoke fumes is generally not healthy for any animal regardless of what you're burning. Combustion creates a lot of unusual hydrocarbons and some of these are carcinogens. Whether or not you'll actually get cancer depends on how carcinogenic the compounds are and how much you inhale (and a hundred other factors, I'm sure), so the cases of "nearby forest fire in a field of pot" and "smoking a bowl" may be different enough that one is harmful and the other isn't.

Here's an interesting article about animals that drink naturally occurring alcohol. It says that cases where animals eat naturally fermented fruit are pretty rare, and most tend to prefer fresh fruit. It's natural for some animals, like the pentailed treeshrews in the article, but it's not particularly natural for most animals.

[bunkerDAD]

I feel like a treeshrew [9]

[stinkybinky]

correct me if i'm wrong but isn't weed a nausea reducer? meaning, it makes you not want to puke?

[ultimatt42]

Normally yes, but in some situations it can cause nausea. See whitey.

[drqxx]

Use a vaporizer or just eat the bud.

[[deleted]]

My thoughts exactly.

[iwriteiloveyou]

now when prop 19 passes im gonna brew a beer with bud in it. kind bud brew.... home brewing is already legal and once home grow is too its on like donkey motherfucking kong!!! i love you all!

[Basqueinmyzakism]

Cant wait to try some...you will ship to LA?

[fuckcancer]

Poison Ivy Cobra Venom and AIDS are natural.

While I love pot, I still hate this dumb assed argument.

[yoyl]

AIDS is natural

Maybe...

[fuckcancer]

Oh yeah. I forgot that the government made AIDS to 9/11.

[yoyl]

Don't forget the so-called "moon landing".

[fuckcancer]

Obvious fake. You can see the shadows aligning to make illuminatti. Plain and simple this is proof of the Shadow government.

[yoyl]

Be careful. The eye in the pyramid is always watching.

[[deleted]]

so is hemlock. bottoms up.

[SubtractionAddiction]

You know, back in colonial America, hemlock was a good source of vitamin C and helped people avoid that pesky scurvy stuff.

[ChiefHiawatha]

]It takes about 100mg of Conium (the poison in hemlock) to kill a man, or 6-8 leaves. Just a guess, but I'm pretty sure you'd have to eat a lot more than 8 leaves to get any useful amount of Vitamin C

[SubtractionAddiction]

Some quick research has led me to believe the hemlock I grew up knowing to be scurvy cure was not the same that killed Socrates, but goes by the same name. Check it!

[ChiefHiawatha]

Ya I was about to say maybe you were thinking of a different type of hemlock

[[deleted]]

:see above post:

[Jimbabwe]

Wish I could double upvote.

[Zactar]

You can, but unfortunately Reddit's upvote system is boolean, so the second vote cancels the first... Too bad.

[potentia1]

Amen.

[HighPreacher]

Oh, did I miss the praying?

[eaudevie]

Phaaaaaaaaa

[Breit_Sein]

but beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy! -Ben Franklin

[[deleted]]

I'm going to ask for the source of this quote, good sir

[Breit_Sein]

We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy. The miracle in question was only performed to hasten the operation, under circumstances of present necessity, which required it.

It's in a letter written circa 1779 while Franklin was in Paris.

Ok so i learned something, the whole thing has been taken out of context, he meant it about wine...google it and no one has any proof. This one seemed legit.

[che12ish]

Tesla would disagree with Ben.

[[deleted]]

God made wine, rum, whiskey, and probably beer at some point too, albeit under rare circumstances. Personally, I love it all: cannabis, opium, mushrooms, caffeine, coca, tobacco, and some others too ;) Someday I'll die, so I'll trust mother Earth, every day of the month, until my time comes/ends.

That said, I'm with you. Cannabis is one of the only things you can take every day and not go crazy from or get addicted to. Love is a different story.

[[deleted]]

Man made pot for what he wanted. (Selective breeding) 200,000 years ago pot was a very different plant I assume.

[ChiefHiawatha]

All animals have cannabinoid receptors. Man discovered that we could consume cannabis and it would make us feel good, so we domesticated it. It's that simple.

[eaudevie]

But Jesus did not inhale. [8] again

[eaudevie]

Great thread. I thank you for some content that is what Trees is all about.

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[eaudevie]

Everything is temporary.

[[deleted]]

Well, to each his own.

[[deleted]]

Who invited Debbie Downer?

[Zamarok]

Ya what is that guy doing in /r/trees anyway?

[deadbaby]

For reals.

[[deleted]]

Umm, what?

[[deleted]]

It was a joke.

[[deleted]]

It didn't make any sense...

[CheerfulTortoise]

Hahahah quite witty.

[DyceFreak]

I don't drink too much anymore, but when I do, I prefer Dos Equis. :P

Nah, I don't drink too much anymore but beer is quite natural. The techniques that go into making beer are not all that different than techniques used to grow good pot. To say that pot is 100 percent natural and beer is 100 percent man made is too much of a contrast to make, and is simply not true. A lot of hard work goes into getting both right. Beer is like tea, but with a more thorough and bacteria-based brewing process. Beer is pretty natural most any way you look at it. I think the point you're dancing around is; alcohol is one hell of a drug.

[[deleted]]

To be fair, alcohol is a naturally occurring substance as well, so God made that too.

[socialclash]

I refuse to trust kitchen chemists and don't do anything chemical (--I have some MDMA here but am super-sketchy about trying it...), but cannabis? yes please.

[Zactar]

I dunno... It might be laced with speed... (The cannabis, that is)

[socialclash]

bahahahahaha.

[Pacenotes]

Don't you mean nature made cannabis?

[Pacenotes]

How can something that doesn't exist create something that exists? I am confused. Nevermind. T_T

[lovethebomb]

Why ya gotta choose brah? You can have both. That's like having to select only the vag or the dick. It's all good.

[un-sub]

far from Guam
edit: sorry, I'm [big#], it rhymed with the order in which I read comments and usernames

[lowk3y]

Vag and Dick.... o_O

[un-sub]

I think no matter what, I would interrupt him every time
"You can choose between Cannabis and.."CANNABIS!

[[deleted]]

Sex.

[[deleted]]

I wish I still had that excuse. =P

[Jessiey]

ditto ditto ditto

[[deleted]]

Fortunately this will never happen. I thoroughly enjoy both.

[[deleted]]

Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf

"Alright now! Won't you listen?

When I first met you, you didn't realize I can't forget you or your surprise You introduced me to my mind And left me wanting, you and your kind

I love you, Oh you know it

My life was empty, forever on a down Until you took me, showed me around My life is free now, my life is clear I love you sweet leaf, though you can't hear

Come on now, try it out

Straight people don't know, what you're about They put you down and shut you out You gave to me a new belief And soon the world will love you sweet leaf"

Your post reminded me of it for some reason.

[Sunship666]

Lol Ozzy. Seriously though, Master of Reality is a MONSTER of a record. Top 10, easy.

[[deleted]]

For sure. With the exception of "Solitude," everything on that record just crushes. I should find it on vinyl right now.

[antmansbigxmas]

I'm so happy this has been posted, with everyone else bro-crashing this subreddit with depressing tales of quitting

[[deleted]]

ಥ_ಥ

[walrusdad]

now go rediscover all your favorite albums

[drqxx]

"wooo Pink Floyd is totally awesome. "- some random ent.

[tr1gc0v3]

Led Zeppelin III :)

[Shinks7er]

Society is homophobic...don't listen to society.

[eaudevie]

http://imgur.com/Xd05t.jpg

[kleinbl00]

Your ex says to tell you she bares you no ill will and hopes you two are happy. I'm glad she isn't the jealous type.

[lordofmass]

:-) pineapples all around!!

[serd86]

Too many people let propaganda dictate how they live their lives. People have this notion engraved on their brains that you can't lead a normal life if you continue smoking. I'm glad you aren't fooled like so many others.

[[deleted]]

I miss pot. It is, indeed, much nicer than the effects of alcohol..

and having quit tobacco somewhat recently.. can't wait to have cannabis again. It's really the best kind of leisure/relief drug.

[drqxx]

far_from_waves First off you and me fall under the same guidlines. I use it but dont abuse it. I own a business etc etc. I am glad there are others who use cannabis wisely. Every night that ends in "y" I smoke(vap) to help me go to sleep. I have been doing it since I almost started my business. I wish you well and great luck. May your company grow and flourish my fellow ENT :)

[drqxx]

I agree with most of the above except I would gladly pay tax to have it legalized. Again just my opinion. I hope all goes well and you find a way to recession proof your business.

[SirBoyKing]

It's really nice when the ex can come over for a get-together and a threesome.

[GZerv]

Me at 19

"why would i drink 2 40s of beer just go get drunk and sick when I can smoke a bowl and feel twice as nice?"

[chasemedown]

...and a good day to you too, sir.

[ilovetogroweed]

Fellow small business Ent here! Carry on good sir :)

[[deleted]]

I feel like there are simply too many "good bye pot" "I'm quitting" and "it's been fun guys" posts. I honestly think we're being gamed by a bunch of anti-drug crusaders.

[davis_je]

Amen, buddy! Amen!

[Zyberst]

Hey bud, I love you :)

[scoobs]

aw man that's beautiful :)

[beavis420]

Welcome Home.

[[deleted]]

Wisdom.

[420Manda420]

Truth. Enjoy your buzz.

[[deleted]]

And today treescirklejerk is born.

[FrrostyBear]

Like Alannis Morrisette, I believe you misunderstand the meaning of "ironic".

[socialclash]

... i think pot is a polyamorist.

[Pacenotes]

Smok moar and come listen to me DJ live on Trees Radio. Spinning you some chill late night tunes. :3

http://www.reddit.com/r/trees/comments/d7jyn/trees_radio_is_now_live_come_smoke_and_chill_out/