The_root_of_all_evil said:
Dope as a one-off is a part of the lifestyle. If it's become the lifestyle, then she will be stealing from you, sleeping with others and other things to get her fix before long.
That they have weighted priorities in conflicting directions lifestyle wise, I can see maybe looking for a better match, but...
Don't you think that's a bit slippery slope argument if we're just talking about pot, and nothing else?
I mean, I can kinda see that as a cautionary possibility if you're saying "dope" by way of opiate or amphetamine / cocaine addiction or even alcoholism, but... pot?
Having associated with a lot of colorful characters over the course of my time on this rock, generally the worst (and admittedly somewhat sad) case scenario I've seen with chronic stoners is usually just listlessness, apathy, unemployment, underachievement and a disregard for personal hygiene and household cleanliness. Sure, its kinda lame seeing your old friends burnout into a rut, but said people in my experience rarely if ever have are out stealing and whoring themselves for herb.
I'd say that it's MORE true, in my experience, of friends who have gone wayward on harder stuff, but I've also observed
(rather ironically) that my burnout stoner buddies don't like to associate with the "riff raff" of tweakers and junkies.
I dunno... I know both high functioning, low functioning and complete trainwrecks of people on all points of the spectrum, including people who won't even take asprin.
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EDT: Nevermind, I read the reply you posted earlier on in the thread. Fairs fair, though the above text is my own 0.02 anecdote, for what its worth.