We even argue about getting high ! ! ! !

There is no hope.

Malcontent:

Re “hookah”. That’s what I thought. rollzone is all into the esoterica. To me it’s just a waterpipe- smoke what’s in it.

rollzone: I’m not mocking a harmless social pleasure. But I’d be happy to mock your pomposity: “the culture of the Hookah…  finding an intricate and beautiful Koyilandy Hookah from India is rare.” You’re so cool! The coeds must be falling all over you. I wasn’t try to steal anybody’s culture, I was just trying to get high. Jesus!

This (done a million times before) study is sorta interesting and all, but why does one need to be in pain to exercise ones birthright to self medicate with the most benign therapeutic substance on earth?

As to the hookah; I was always under the impression that the pipe itself was a hookah, regardless of what you choose to smoke in it. (I quit smoking tobacco). Either way, who can afford to fill one of those things up at black market prices?

Tried to post an interesting link, but got this: “Action Denied: Blacklisted Item Found”, followed by my link. Does anybody know why?

yeah bud. your nonchalant mockery of a bloodbath taking place because of our appetite for a medicine, and a harmless social pleasure, offended me. the culture of the Hookah in the Arab world extends to the 1600s, when only prestigious elites imbibed the the doctor prescribed water cooled tobacco vapor. they put hot coals atop the tobacco. the very popular Hookah tradition is still offered in clubs and cafes today, and finding an intricate and beautiful Koyilandy Hookah from India is rare. because you thought you were sharing their tradition by substituting cannabis makes you an idiot.

rollzone:

“Hookah has nothing to do with cannabis.”

Well pilgrim, back in my day it sure as shit did! We used to load up that bad boy with the best we could find. (Does “hookah” mean the same to you as it does to me?)

Lighten the fuck up, dude!

PS. “Idiot”? Did I insult you? Sorry.

hello. you are the idiot this piece was written to. Hookah has nothing to do with cannabis. i can line up 40 million people in this nation alone, with personal experience, whom will openly state these studies are “Bull*,(Shit”. Phelps this… extend the figure globally, and easily half a billion people around the world, will tell you unequivocally that cannabis relieves chronic pain without serious side effects, and gives your receptor pleasure while doing it. only powerful people making money off the wrongful classification of cannabis as a narcotic continue the murderous war against it, and no amount of studies will decapitate their income.

Where do I sign up? I’m a real p.. I mean I’m in real pain! And what’s this “mood scores”? Are they serious? Does anybody out there know anybody who smoked pot to get rid of a GOOD mood?

Come to think of it, having read truthdig for several months now, I know a lot of posters who could use a couple of serious hits off the old hookah.