From: Karisa <[k--ri--a] at [halcyon.com]>
Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.drugs.pot,alt.law-enforcement,alt.politics.radical-left,alt.politics.reform,talk.politics.drugs
Subject: Re: Living with Marijuana
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 1995 09:31:06 -0700

On 3 Oct 1995, Tom Schouten wrote:

> Subject: Re: Living with Marijuana 
> 
> 
> Karisa and loki,
> 
> I like your little discussion very much. Something i can give to my mom.
> My parents know I smoke pot. But they do not know that i do it every day.

That reminds me so much of when my big brother told my mother that he 
smoked pot. At that point, my mother became hysterical over what she felt 
that meant (this was in the 60's). Her son lost to the demon weed. A few 
weeks later my mother asked him just how often it he "did it". My brother 
lied and said about "oh about once a week or so" my mother got hysterical 
all over again saying, " I didn't know it was such a serious habit" My 
brother figured then he was smart not telling her he smoked pot almost 
constantly, daily at the least (back then the pot wasn't generally 
anything special unless it came from Nam or Cambodia). A few years later 
my mother was smoking pot right beside him.

I remember a Thanksgiving where everybody in the family including my 
grandparents got stoned! My grandmother kept saying "this is nothing ... 
why would anybody smoke this? ... you can barely even feel it .... I 
could feel a glass wine much more than this. ..." Her husband had cancer 
though and he was able to eat his first substantial meal in months thanks to 
the miracle herb.

> 
> They found out because of a lighter i forgot to take out of my pants,
> and i didn't want to lie to them, when they asked me what it was for.
> So, they know. Don't care about it much, as long as i don't get into
> harder stuff (i can live with that), or make a habbit out of it.
> 
Your parents sound like they are very wise. Were they relieved it was pot 
and not booze?

I'd rather my kids smoke pot than drink booze. 

> Have to talk to them again.
> Let them know what it's really all about.

I'm sure they are impressed by your honesty.
> 
> Thanks for providing new perspectives.
> 
Thank you for sharing your experiences and good luck!

>