Well, looking back over this thread it looks like there are two of us who actually lived the life that this guy is admiring.

Could be more but some responses were pretty veiled, no way to tell for sure.

Interesting that we (the acknowledged former waste cases) (is that right rl?) come down hard on drug use. People with little or no exposure to the life (vs a toke) tend to be more... lenient, and perhaps somewhat naive towards use.

While we KNOW what it will do. I too admired hippies - read stoners - when I was young and when I got the chance to fire up jumped at it. I still remember: paraniod of my parents, kinda hiding in my basement room, only emerging to get more cookies from the kitchen.

Within a year I was waste-cased. Those who say pot isn't a gateway drug may be right. It's more of a key. If you haven't done pot then you're MUCH less likely to do, say, LSD. But if the door is unlocked, hey, why not. As a matter of fact LSD makes a lot of sense to a normal pot smoker, more of the same, but better, kinda thinking. (btw - WRONG!)

And you won't accidently hit a joint laced with crystal meth or worse yet, angel dust being passed around unannounced at a party if you don't smoke pot. Happens every day.

You're going to do what you want, OK, I've got no problem with that, and don't mean to sound preachy. But now, you know what you're in for. I don't know one person from the life, who has quit, who doesn't wish they never messed with this stuff.

Pete