parents here who are anti weed and psychedelics, how old are you?

[Anonymous]

I'm 38 with a 2nd grader and kindergartener. I've never done drugs and gave up alcohol last year.

In theory, I'm not against pot for medical needs, but I have always been adamantly anti-smoking, and weed smoke falls into that category for me. I find it disgusting; it smells bad, clings to your clothes, and breathing in smoke can't be good for your lungs, even if it's not addictive like tobacco. For those reasons, I'm less judgmental of edibles, but I'm still not going to do them myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You may feel differently when your kids are old enough to steal yours.

The main thing that scares me is someone inadvertently taking something that wasn't what they thought it was.

My grandpa accidentally ate multiple weed brownies at work (a garden center) when he was in his 70s and got SO sick. The 20 year old losers who brought the brownies in and left them unlabeled in the break room were apologetic, but come on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the feedback. Looks like nobody who disagrees with it is my age.

I am not addicted. Psilocybin is not an addictive drug, and I am able to control the amount of cannabis I ingest, often times going weeks without thinking about it then picking it up again.

Part of the age thing is that by this time (45) I've seen my weed smoking friends suffer consequences. They become more paranoid, and more anxious, and then need more weed to relieve them from that. It's easy to see from the outside and hard to see from the inside.

This. And as you age your body tolerance changes for a lot of substances. I had to give up alcohol, just not help me any more.

I've had friends who have run out of extra money to buy weed and have had to quit; it's not a great experience. Age 54.

[Anonymous]

im 21 21

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the feedback. Looks like nobody who disagrees with it is my age.

I am not addicted. Psilocybin is not an addictive drug, and I am able to control the amount of cannabis I ingest, often times going weeks without thinking about it then picking it up again.

I think you’re still in the “you don’t know what you don’t know” stage of adult life. Older people have posted because they’ve got more life experience either with friends whose own health has taken a hit due to weed and other drugs and/or alcohol use. Or they’ve seen issues that develop as the kids age and may dabble themselves.

You do you, but as many of the older posters have learned, your simple fix is likely anything but that in the long run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the feedback. Looks like nobody who disagrees with it is my age.

I am not addicted. Psilocybin is not an addictive drug, and I am able to control the amount of cannabis I ingest, often times going weeks without thinking about it then picking it up again.

I've been against it since I was 16 and saw the ill effects on people I knew. This definitely is not a case of everyone who doesn't like it is an old fogy and everyone your age thinks it's great.

Maybe you need more life experience. Maybe you need to observe the effects over a longer period of time so that they are more visible. Maybe you need to experience your teens finding your stash. Who knows. But it's not really about your age.

[Anonymous]

I'm 52, its not for me, both my sister (50) and niece (24) microdose psilocybin for PTSD and it has helped them a lot. Just because I don't do it, doesn't mean I care if others do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 45 and don't consider myself anti but I don't use any of it. I also don't drink. I smoked a little weed pre-kids and I used to drink alcohol but as I've gotten older I just stopped. Now I do yoga, meditate, eat better, and get solid sleep instead.

I think what I've realized is that most drugs (and alcohol) are bandaids for problems, and when abused of course they make them worse. It's an escape. I don't judge people who use that escape (like I said, I've done it too) but I am highly skeptical of claims that weed or psychedelics are actually helping people. Even my dad and my best friend, who have take weed to help with pain and nausea from cancer, didn't really report back impressive results.

I think at the end of the day the only way to deal with the pain of life is to confront it and learn to release it without pharmaceutical assistance. That's what my meditation and mindfulness practices are for.

So you don't think depression is real? Or you think it can be cured with yoga and some kale? I'm not talking situational depression, I'm talking chemically imbalanced depression.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not your age, it's your kids' age. With little kids it feels easy to keep things separate and secure. They're pretty oblivious. But when they get older that's a lot more difficult and it doesn't feel as comfortable even if you think they'll never know. And there's always the risk that they start snooping or find out by accident. And if they did decide to try something, they might not dose correctly, or might give it to a friend, or get sick, who knows, all kinds of bad stuff can happen.

I was a child of divorce and as a teen, I knew a lot more about my parents' private lives than they thought I did. Not necessarily bad stuff, but they weren't anywhere near as discreet as they thought they were. And their weed was nowhere near as secure as they thought it was.

I have a friend who smokes and does gummies and she keeps it in a locked container. Smoking isn't for me and I can't believe she does it every day, but I couldn't figure out how to open the thing when I looked at it...

[Anonymous]

42. Have never used any of it, and likely never will. It doesn’t appeal to me in the least.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm 45 and don't consider myself anti but I don't use any of it. I also don't drink. I smoked a little weed pre-kids and I used to drink alcohol but as I've gotten older I just stopped. Now I do yoga, meditate, eat better, and get solid sleep instead.

I think what I've realized is that most drugs (and alcohol) are bandaids for problems, and when abused of course they make them worse. It's an escape. I don't judge people who use that escape (like I said, I've done it too) but I am highly skeptical of claims that weed or psychedelics are actually helping people. Even my dad and my best friend, who have take weed to help with pain and nausea from cancer, didn't really report back impressive results.

I think at the end of the day the only way to deal with the pain of life is to confront it and learn to release it without pharmaceutical assistance. That's what my meditation and mindfulness practices are for.

So you don't think depression is real? Or you think it can be cured with yoga and some kale? I'm not talking situational depression, I'm talking chemically imbalanced depression.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not your age, it's your kids' age. With little kids it feels easy to keep things separate and secure. They're pretty oblivious. But when they get older that's a lot more difficult and it doesn't feel as comfortable even if you think they'll never know. And there's always the risk that they start snooping or find out by accident. And if they did decide to try something, they might not dose correctly, or might give it to a friend, or get sick, who knows, all kinds of bad stuff can happen.

I was a child of divorce and as a teen, I knew a lot more about my parents' private lives than they thought I did. Not necessarily bad stuff, but they weren't anywhere near as discreet as they thought they were. And their weed was nowhere near as secure as they thought it was.

You can’t die from cannabis or mushrooms or LSD so I’m really not sure about the “bad stuff that can happen” if people use these substances responsibly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, thanks for the feedback. Looks like nobody who disagrees with it is my age.

I am not addicted. Psilocybin is not an addictive drug, and I am able to control the amount of cannabis I ingest, often times going weeks without thinking about it then picking it up again.

I've been against it since I was 16 and saw the ill effects on people I knew. This definitely is not a case of everyone who doesn't like it is an old fogy and everyone your age thinks it's great.

Maybe you need more life experience. Maybe you need to observe the effects over a longer period of time so that they are more visible. Maybe you need to experience your teens finding your stash. Who knows. But it's not really about your age.

Nonsense. An adult is not a 16 year old so you don’t understand the effects at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm against the weed today not the weed of 40 years ago. It's a different product

100% this

[Anonymous]

52