Do you smoke weed?

[foreverido 2]

Well, today,one of my wife's friend asked if I smoke weed. she told me over the phone. This is not the first time someone from the US has asked that question. Then they ask where they can get some good weed. sigh. Why do ppl automatically think i smoke weed? is it because i am jamaican? For the record....i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

[william_wallace 8]

I have never tried it, no intentions to either. In some areas of the UK they call weed Jamaican woodbines lol.

[foreverido 2]

I have never tried it, no intentions to either. In some areas of the UK they call weed Jamaican woodbines lol.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

well since you are jamaican, i have to assume you are well over 29 years old

[bora bora 1]

I used to have dreadlocks and so people assumed that I loved reggae music and smoked weed. I LIKE reggae and do NOT smoke anything.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

How well did you know Bob Marley?

[amiquechu 0]

If you ask me, Bob Marley has been by far the most famous Jamaican here in the US. He was known to smoke a mega-fatty here and there. You may have this one man to blame for the stereotype.

Me and most of my friends are big fans of his music

[SaadBell 0]

What you are dealing with is lack of education, and in this country there is plenty of it. Marijuana is associated with the criminal, urban, non-white element, which is sadly a stereotype. The anti-marijuana camps don’t want to be perceived as soft on crime/drugs, since this will cost those votes. At this time, United States has more of its population in prison than the entire world. The numbers are staggering, but prison and police states are good business. I smoked, did during chemotherapy, and when I get really sick, a lot of us patients know from first-hand experience that marijuana is the only effective treatment for us. It is not anywhere as powerful as the morphine they love to give you, and is highly addictive. As long as people stay in the stone ages of the Regan era, they will always associate marijuana with the young black male in dregs. In reality it is a lot of normal, professional, and successful human beings that par take in marijuana, some are very ill, so where do you stand now on this issue. Should you take away something that works, let’s you continue the chemo. Without it you are extremely ill, so smoking marijuana doesn’t make you a thud, or criminal. If it wasn't for marijuana, I would have stopped chemo, I hate throwing up I always have, almost phobic on the topic, so without this drug, I would have said, no way. It in a way saved my life.

[JVKn'CVO 11]

Well, today,one of my wife's friend asked if I smoke weed. she told me over the phone. This is not the first time someone from the US has asked that question. Then they ask where they can get some good weed. sigh. Why do ppl automatically think i smoke weed? is it because i am jamaican? For the record....i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

That's called a stereotype. And yes, they are anoying

Saludos,

Caro

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Well, today,one of my wife's friend asked if I smoke weed. she told me over the phone. This is not the first time someone from the US has asked that question. Then they ask where they can get some good weed. sigh. Why do ppl automatically think i smoke weed? is it because i am Jamaican? For the record....i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

Yes. Because you are Jamaican. Just say no and move on. No need to be offended.

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Well, today,one of my wife's friend asked if I smoke weed. she told me over the phone. This is not the first time someone from the US has asked that question. Then they ask where they can get some good weed. sigh. Why do ppl automatically think i smoke weed? is it because i am jamaican? For the record....i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

Don't give it too much thought man. It's called an stereotype, I'm mexican, and I'm pretty sure people when they see me in some states of the US might think I don't speak english, I'm an undocumented alien and I work in a farm, besides thinking that maybe I lost my sombrero since I don't wear one. Reality check! I speak 3 languages fluently, I have 2 college degrees from an American university, I have a high-paying job and I'm NOT an undocumented alien.

I would just advise those people to travel more and meet more people from other countries. Don't blame them stereotypes will always exist, I just laugh when somebody makes stupid comments like that... ]

Cheers mate!

P.S. Did u shot the sheriff? haha

Edited May 11, 2008 by GueraYTavo

[PlatyPius 5]

Marijuana is associated with the criminal, urban, non-white element, which is sadly a stereotype.

Depends on who's doing the associating. I associate it with pretty much every race and group that there is. I have friends of most of the groups that smoke a bowl now and then. Mostly though, the people who toke that I know of are middle class, older, white guys (and gals).

[foreverido 2]

How well did you know Bob Marley?

:rofl: Bob Marley is my second cousin but we called him Robert in the house.

[foreverido 2]

i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

well since you are jamaican, i have to assume you are well over 29 years old

lol...maybe i am

Well, today,one of my wife's friend asked if I smoke weed. she told me over the phone. This is not the first time someone from the US has asked that question. Then they ask where they can get some good weed. sigh. Why do ppl automatically think i smoke weed? is it because i am Jamaican? For the record....i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

Yes. Because you are Jamaican. Just say no and move on. No need to be offended.

That is what i will do....too much energy to get upset.

Well, today,one of my wife's friend asked if I smoke weed. she told me over the phone. This is not the first time someone from the US has asked that question. Then they ask where they can get some good weed. sigh. Why do ppl automatically think i smoke weed? is it because i am jamaican? For the record....i have never smoked weed in my 29 years.

Don't give it too much thought man. It's called an stereotype, I'm mexican, and I'm pretty sure people when they see me in some states of the US might think I don't speak english, I'm an undocumented alien and I work in a farm, besides thinking that maybe I lost my sombrero since I don't wear one. Reality check! I speak 3 languages fluently, I have 2 college degrees from an American university, I have a high-paying job and I'm NOT an undocumented alien.

I would just advise those people to travel more and meet more people from other countries. Don't blame them stereotypes will always exist, I just laugh when somebody makes stupid comments like that... ]

Cheers mate!

P.S. Did u shot the sheriff? haha

yes i shot the sheriff...but what Bob didnt tell you in the song was that I fatally wounded the deputy too.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

How well did you know Bob Marley?

:rofl: Bob Marley is my second cousin but we called him Robert in the house.

Right on! It's like I've met him already...hehehehe.