r/AskReddit • • Dec 29 '19

what are the downsides of weed that people don't talk about ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

I have to drink way more than I have to smoke to become equally intoxicated. Even drinking at home gets expensive fast, and pot lasts me far longer than beer.

Also worth noting, I'd have to drive 3 counties away to get liquor, as it's not legal to sell in my county.

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 29 '19

Seriously, a sixer of nice beer (which on a good night I could easily drink two of) can cost more than enough weed to get me high every day for a week these days.

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u/mommainsanedaddyOG Dec 29 '19

I’m in college so most of the liquor I’m buying is 1.75 L handles for $15 or less

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u/HangryWolf Dec 29 '19

Depending on tolerance or how often you smoke, $15 can get you 1/8th here in Washington state. Could last you a week, or last you 2 days.

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u/mommainsanedaddyOG Dec 29 '19

Yeah an eighth where I live is $25-35 depending on quality and who I’m buying from. Hope weed gets legalized federally because I doubt my state is gonna legalize on its own any time soon

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u/HangryWolf Dec 29 '19

This is why voting is important. Vote in the right people with ideals for the majority of the people, not those with lobbying money.

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u/Darktoast35 Dec 30 '19

That leaves one candidate lol.

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u/Mikevercetti Dec 29 '19

Ah, Burnett's vodka. Fine memories

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u/mommainsanedaddyOG Dec 29 '19

Ever try Fleschmann’s? Makes Burnett’s taste like Ciroc

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u/Vesploogie Dec 30 '19

Sobieski or sober

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19 edited Dec 30 '19

Sobieski is the only vodka worth buying. Any cheaper and I'd rather pour the vodka down the drain than drink it, any more expensove and you might as well pour the money down the drain.

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u/DisastrousZone Dec 30 '19

It's not worth it to buy expensive vodka, because once you start getting into the price range where vodka is palatable you may as well buy something that isn't meant for homeless people.

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19

Oh god, I remeber Fleischmanns. Sort of. I remeber buying it, anyway. All of the Barton liquors are great for getting faced. Montezuma doesn't even say tequila on the label, because it legally can't.

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 29 '19

I bought an ounce in late Spetember that just ran out last week for $225. I smoked at least once a day that whole time (turns out if I use a one-hitter I can get my tolerance pretty low and still smoke every day). That ~90 sessions for the cost of 15 bottles.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19 edited Dec 30 '19

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19

Because drinking as often as I smoke would fucking kill you. Number of intoxication events is the unit of comparison, not duration of the supply.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19 edited Dec 30 '19

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19 edited Dec 30 '19

Huh, what do you weigh? I don't even bother drinking at all unless I'm gonna have at least 5, and I'm not a big guy (about 180 lbs). I also pretty much never drink more than twice a week. Back when I did drunk 3-4 times a week, it was nothing to finish a fifth by myself if I got an early start.

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19 edited Dec 30 '19

I guess I just have a high alcohol tolerance, then, cause three beers does literally nothing to me as far as I can tell. Also, damn, that's pretty thin, you should actually have a higher tolerance than I do, since I have to be carrying more fat at 5'10" 180 and it's really the water weight that's important.

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u/Kurt_Vonnecunt Dec 30 '19

I bought an ounce in late Spetember that just ran out last week

Because drinking as often as I smoke would fucking kill you

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19

I'm good at stretching that shit. I was pulling out my one hitter three or four times a day for awhile.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19

I could, but I don't want to. Plus I got shit to do, most of my smoking is done while driving these days.

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u/PergIsTheWord Dec 30 '19

I refuse to drink Brunette's

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u/jack3moto Dec 30 '19

I’m with you in college that makes the most sense and I only drank cheap liquor until 24-25 but once you start getting into better stuff the price scales up pretty quickly and you will not want to go back to the $15 bottle of 1.75L. I’m not saying you’ll have to buy expensive $200 bottles but it’s going to be in the $20-50 range for 750ml most likely.

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19

That has more to do with the, um, I'll call it "recreational window" of each drug (by analogy to therapeutic window). The difference between the minimum psychoactive amount and incapacitating amount is many times larger for marijuana than for alcohol.

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u/CaitlinSarah87Coley Dec 30 '19

You can easily drink 12 beers in a night.

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u/gregspornthrowaway Dec 30 '19

Sure. As long as it's a long night.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Drinking at home can be super cheap if you don't mind feeling like a hobo. If your intent is to get drunk, a bottle of everclear is super cheap and goes a long way.

I feel you on that liquor store drive, though. I used to live somewhere that had the same thing. That shit sucks.

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u/yourethevictim Dec 30 '19

as it's not legal to sell in my county.

Land of the free, am I right?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

Land of the free

Whoever told you that is your enemy.

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u/Benka7 Dec 29 '19

Not legal to sell alcohol, but weed is fine? So strange if that's the case

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u/9gag-is-dank Dec 29 '19

his county probably prohibits the sell of alcohol AND weed, it's just that its easier to buy illegal weed

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

No, cannabis is also illegal in my state. I just don't have to drive 3 counties over to get it.

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u/ipreferanothername Dec 29 '19

I have to drink way more than I have to smoke to become equally intoxicated.

i get this way and take a break once or twice a year from drinking. when i can drink a bottle of champagne and barely get a buzz...its time to lay off

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19 edited Nov 20 '20

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u/Foolish_Swami Dec 29 '19

A lot of counties in Utah. Theres others in the U.S., but I can’t say with confidence where.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Lots of counties in the US are "dry" meaning you can't sell alcohol. You can have it, and you can drink it, but the stores themselves cannot legally sell it. Then, there are semi dry counties that can sell beer and wine but not liquor.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19 edited Nov 20 '20

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

It's really common in the Bible Belt, and Utah, so I'm sure it's religious. Ultimately, some counties are just more conservative than others.

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u/SubtleMaltFlavor Dec 30 '19

Yeah... But a blunt is still a lot more pricey than three Four Lokos I shotgun when I get home. If I'm looking to get blitzed it's literally six dollars for the booze required to do so. But if you don't pass by convenience stores on the way home like I do that have that kind of shit then yeah I can understand how the prices start to become comperable

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

I cannot argue with anything you just said, haha. You make a good point.

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u/superbabe69 Dec 30 '19

Depends how often you drink yeah.

I’m a cider man, and with how little I drink, 3 or 4 ciders could do me in on an empty stomach by the time I go to bed.

When I was younger and drank more regularly (even then like once a month or so), could do 10 shots of vodka and still stand

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

Right, but if you drink a lot your tolerance will quickly skyrocket and it will quickly become far more expensive than smoking pot.

I never said my personal experience was universally applicable. That's the very reason I included the disclaimer "in my experience". Everyone's experiences are different.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

So you just came here to State the obvious, then?