Word: marijuana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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However important the desire to escape may be, it seldom provides the principal conscious motivation for using marijuana. Smokers find that "pot" does not merely reduce or remove the negative effects of the outside world, but that it has great positive effects of its own. People get a sense of well-being or happiness when they are "high" that does not have to be seen in contrast to their more depressed sober moments...
...life collecting every available "experience." The more intellectual collect experiences, hold them up to the light, and dissect them meticulously; others simply absorb experiences indescriminately. Such people might find what they consider valuable experience in hitch-hiking to Peru, working on a garbage scow or sleeping with a Hottentot. Marijuana provides just one more piece of bric-a-brac for their emotional trophy case...
...there is no reason to suppose that marijuana smokers are all roman- be fools. Many feel that marijuana gives them greater insights and a richer view of the world around them, just as the more powerful hallucenogenic drugs purportedly do. Some people can even hallucinate on marijuana...
...everyone who smokes marijuana enjoys the experience. Some people dislike the numbness or tingling of the limbs that the drug can produce. Others become very sleepy. And those who have been drinking first sometimes become violently Marijuana almost always impairs the smoker's judgment and self-control...
Those who find aesthetic value in smoking marijuana develop their own rituals and mystique. Although they may smoke almost any time and anyplace, they prefer company and settings in which the experience can be "really beautiful." Different people prefer to listen to oriental music or jazz, to look at paintings or simply to walk the streets. In any case, the experienced smoker adjusts his mental attitude to get the greatest possible effect from...