One thing that strikes me about some people who continue to smoke weed is that they are fantasists and/or compulsive liars. A friend of a friend even went to the length of holding a fake telephone conversation to support one of his stories. Now are people with fantasist tendancies drawn to drugs, does it help them to escape from their lives, or does the drug taking itself promote this behaviour?
What are other people's experiences / opinions?
One thing that strikes me about some peoplewho continue to smoke weedis that they are fantasists and/or compulsive liars
You cannot really make sweeping generalisations about drug use. Many have used them without any serious side effects. many on here drunk at an early age but have managed to avoid living in the cutter and drinking petrol as a consequence- Toxic Terry.
Perhaps cold people use drugs to open up, perhaps risk takers take risks with drugs - Yes Luke the pleasure beach on mushrooms is certainly an experience 
Many people are anti- drugs and use science to support this but the evidence is not really there. In reality some people who do drugs end up f@cked up most dont - like alcohol and gambling. Whether they do drugs because they are f@cked up or the drugs trigger this or exacerbate an underlying problem is the real question.
Whether they do drugs because they are f@cked up or the drugs trigger this or exacerbate an underlying problem is the real question.
That is precisely my question!
Although as a smoker for too many years, life has certainly become better without!
Just wanted to show my hand - I too was a happy, prolific soft drug user for most of my youth. I kind of missed out on the whole culture of drinking cans of cooking lager in back lanes and trying to snog teenyboppers, but view this as a positive thing - in fact I didn't start my drinking career until I was in my mid twenties. I was too busy skinning up. Also, IMO a good thing.
Had a lot of amazing times with good friends - camping / biking trips with a bit of pot and a few tabs. A few not so good times too (300 mushies baked into a cake gave me a full on death trip) and my memory hasn't quite managed to block out the occasional shivery, shakey, nightmarish comedowns.....
But I feel fine now 
not really noticed any difference tbh over the years and i have been fairly hardcore across the board to nearly non existent now - odd weekend of smoking. Not really seen any damage to immediate friends who also dabbled and none of us really do anymore. Got a dead mate from alcohol who was anti drugs.
I agree recreational drugs will not help you overcome personal issues but they czn help you have a lot of fun
I took a lot of drugs when I was younger. that must be why I didn't cry when Princess Di died. Or Michael Jackson.
Some people get away with it, some people don't. Some people won't realise until later in life, others will never have a problem. There's plenty in life to make it entertaining enough without them, why bother? Or at least that was my view as a teenager, surrounded by drug users at school.
drug use is an inevitable teenage rite of passage these days and will highlight, magnify and sometimes compound any underlying emotional and mental problems that an experimantal teenager might be having..
Disagree also, there are plenty of non-drug tarnished teenagers, even alcohol. It's a choice, a bad one IMO, but it's not the only way to have fun as a teenager. My lack of drug taking and (heavy) drinking (unlike many of my mates) led me to seek other forms of entertainment and have experiences that I don't think I would have sought if I had had chosen ready access to my highs through a dealer. I think I'm a bit more rounded and experienced because of it.
Still doesn't make dealing with emotional and lifes general ups and downs very easy, but at least I'm fairly sure I've got nothing causing me particular extra difficulty, for which I'm grateful to my parents and family for their guidance when I didn't know any better.
Michael Jackson prevented you from shedding a tear when Princess Di died.
BBSB, you really do need to clean up ! 
This is quite an interesting piece:
Borderline Personality Disorder
now there are a couple of passages in it that refer to childhood (inner child as a two year old etc) but if thats substituted for an "inner adolescent" then it does ring quite true.
I've just spoken with my GP about all of this and he has confirmed that what I'm talking about is actually a widely recognized occurrence, he did tell me the actual medical term but sadly the minute I stepped outside his door I forgot it! (I'll find it out shortly).
Its also worth reading the final paragraph in the section: "Sorting Out Adolescence from Puberty" here: The DANA guide to brain health as well as the following passage "Behind the Scenes in the Adolescent Brain". Its no wonder that prolonged drug use during those formative stages will cause repressed emotional maturity once you understand the facts. If you think you've been unaffected you're probably not that self aware or your not being 100% honest with yourself.
Its all too easy to hide within a Narcissistic belief served with an occasional side order of self destructive behavior and believe that you're 100% fine and that "everyone just needs to let off a bit of steam now and then". But its when you sit down and ask yourself straight questions like "why do I behave this way, what are the triggers and how can I make myself a better person" that you can take the steps to making yourself a better person.
At least thats what I'm doing.
note: there's a fair amount of negative stigma attached to this kind of shit, the reason I am being public with this is that I know that if I had read or spoken to someone about this open and honestly before it may have helped save me and others upset, stress and hurt.
Its a personal thing but making yourself a better person shouldn't be frowned upon or sneered at because at the end of the day everyone benefits from it.
Well, sounds like a great theory.
I (famously) have very little emotion or feelings for anybody (emotionally defunct apparently) and I have always been utterly drug free
Haven't read the thread but have to comment on this classic piece of ignorance.
The OP said that drug use can cause emotional problems. He did not say emotional problems are ONLY caused by drugs, did he? You are attempting to use totally flawed logic to rubbish an argument - which is pretty thick.
As for others pontificating as to whether or not drugs cause this or that - looking for definite 100% causality is similarly stupid. The question is whether or not drugs MAY CONTRIBUTE towards psychological problems and how strong that possibility is. So there's no point posting on here saying 'I did drugs and I'm fine' and using that as evidence that it's all perfectly ok.
One thing that strikes me about some people who continue to smoke weed is that they are fantasists and/or compulsive liars
Being from Yorkshire can make you emotionally unresponsive too.
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