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Take this however you want, but I know that a significant source of anxiety for me when I tried weed was the severeness of the consequences if I had been caught

by hnarn 9y ago

Take this however you want, but I know that a significant source of anxiety for me when I tried weed was the severeness of the consequences if I had been caught. I'm not sure about "the boundaries of perception", from what I remember weed didn't alter my reality much more than getting really drunk does. I don't think it's helpful to put cannabis in the same baket as literally hallucinogenic substances like LSD or "magic mushrooms". (By the way, I don't smoke weed anymore and possibly never will again.)

coldtea 9y ago
>a significant source of anxiety for me when I tried weed was the severeness of the consequences if I had been caught. In most of the civilized western world (EU etc), usually not even a slap on the wrist.
- d33 9y ago
  That's definitely not the case in Poland, which is part of the EU.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    Yeah, hence "western" -- for me the "real" EU would always be the early 12 states :-)
    - hutzlibu 9y ago
      And also in those "real" EU states, you can get serious problems, if you are in the health sector for example. But if you are a student wanning to become a software-developer, then yes, allmost nobody cares.
      - d33 9y ago
        Could you elaborate on the problems?
        hutzlibu 9y ago
        Not in detail, but afaik they can revoke your permit to work in health sector, if you get charges from drugs, as you are then not seen fit. Also in bavaria, there have been charges against people for driving under drugs, even though they only posessed them and did not consume at that time ...
    - harofax 9y ago
      In Sweden, which I definitely consider to be part of the "civilized western part of the world", getting caught with weed has dire consequences.
    - V-2 9y ago
      That's a rather bizarre definition, by which Greece is a ”Western" country (ex-Byzantine!), while eg. Switzerland is not.
- hnarn 9y ago
  I'm from a country in the EU and I can tell you that in 99% of EU states (The Netherlands excluded), having cannabis on your person will not entail "a slap on the wrist". Sweden, like another commenter mentioned, is very strict. Also, your exclusion of Poland is borderline ignorant. On that topic, few things is more irritating than reading a high-nosed comment telling you that "actually, in the EU/civilized world..." as if you were american when you're not and you do actually live in that fantasy land you're being lectured about. It happens a lot these days.

by hnarn 9y ago

coldtea 9y ago

>a significant source of anxiety for me when I tried weed was the severeness of the consequences if I had been caught. In most of the civilized western world (EU etc), usually not even a slap on the wrist.

d33 9y ago
That's definitely not the case in Poland, which is part of the EU.
- coldtea 9y ago
  Yeah, hence "western" -- for me the "real" EU would always be the early 12 states :-)
  - hutzlibu 9y ago
    And also in those "real" EU states, you can get serious problems, if you are in the health sector for example. But if you are a student wanning to become a software-developer, then yes, allmost nobody cares.
    - d33 9y ago
      Could you elaborate on the problems?
      - hutzlibu 9y ago
        Not in detail, but afaik they can revoke your permit to work in health sector, if you get charges from drugs, as you are then not seen fit. Also in bavaria, there have been charges against people for driving under drugs, even though they only posessed them and did not consume at that time ...
  - harofax 9y ago
    In Sweden, which I definitely consider to be part of the "civilized western part of the world", getting caught with weed has dire consequences.
  - V-2 9y ago
    That's a rather bizarre definition, by which Greece is a ”Western" country (ex-Byzantine!), while eg. Switzerland is not.
hnarn 9y ago
I'm from a country in the EU and I can tell you that in 99% of EU states (The Netherlands excluded), having cannabis on your person will not entail "a slap on the wrist". Sweden, like another commenter mentioned, is very strict. Also, your exclusion of Poland is borderline ignorant. On that topic, few things is more irritating than reading a high-nosed comment telling you that "actually, in the EU/civilized world..." as if you were american when you're not and you do actually live in that fantasy land you're being lectured about. It happens a lot these days.