tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post5609410007237974200..comments2023-10-19T07:26:37.046-07:00Comments on Thinking Through: Marijuana© Peter Bollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09793775395811878556noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post-15925060188850166082017-12-28T05:05:19.405-08:002017-12-28T05:05:19.405-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.ayaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979747470535686107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post-36552301780043744442013-11-23T20:01:19.534-08:002013-11-23T20:01:19.534-08:00Very interesting read, I think adding a fitness pr...Very interesting read, I think adding a fitness program would have sped up the process; here is something relevent to add to the conversation http://goo.gl/n8s1mGXantiUrenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505813303081785111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post-69111910003029701752013-05-11T07:15:23.423-07:002013-05-11T07:15:23.423-07:00Outstanding studies. This proved how beneficial it...Outstanding studies. This proved how beneficial it is for anybody.<br /><br /><a href="http://arizonamedicalmarijuanacard.net/" rel="nofollow">arizona medical marijuana card</a>ruzzel01https://www.blogger.com/profile/00993372572746645528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post-10808082593795190142012-11-12T21:26:47.275-08:002012-11-12T21:26:47.275-08:00Hi, Pete. I don't leave comments much, but I r...Hi, Pete. I don't leave comments much, but I really liked your Troubadour story (I'm a writer there also), and it mirrored some of my own experience. 29 years of no pipe is not uncommon for a guy my age, but for 15 years now, several of them playing in bands, etc, I have been the "guy who doesn't drink". Having seen both sides, I appreciate your insights, and I can see the difference in wavelength between my life and my two daily stoner sisters, both over 60, and many of my friends who my wife and I see chain-drinking beer when we go to see our favorite bands play. I don't begrudge any of these adults their assorted bromides, but I think pot and alcohol should not be readily available to kids, at least not as available as they were to me when I was 18-21. <br />I know some of our friends think I became a Mormon or some such, and all are very polite about it, but the fact is at around age 48 I decided that I wasn't drinking alcohol very much and didn't really need it in my life, and that was that. (The pipe was my first grader son being told that pot was a gateway drug to heroin at school or some drug war nonesense, and me deciding to not confuse the kid.)<br />As far as Neil, he has been an epileptic for decades and shouldn't have been drinking, but I have a feeling he'll continue to be as maddeningly inconsistent with a clear head as he has been all these years loaded.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095739589965497292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post-44341505922090806402012-11-09T08:04:48.437-08:002012-11-09T08:04:48.437-08:00Peter, your wisdom humbles and inspires. You did r...Peter, your wisdom humbles and inspires. You did right by that student. You honor Neil Young, not only by re-telling his story here but by singing his amazing songs and writing many that are as good as his. You nail the whole thing about adolescent awkwardness and why so many of us get high and how to leave all that behind. Sometimes I look around and see an entire society stoned out of its gourd, but when I look closer I see surfers and rock-climbers and writers and people wheeling themselves around with straight-edged dignity and grace. And I am renewed in my own recovery. Hey friend, remember that conversation we had in the parking lot at SWC years ago, when I'd gotten sober and you couldn't believe I needed to? I needed to. I kept using weed though, "for stress," until I realized I was really just a big scaredy-cat. I gave it up, but not without a struggle. The rebellion & freedom it represented was very hard to re-frame. The fears it masked reared their ugly heads and it took a lot of inner work to face them. But I tell you, Peter, life just keeps getting better. Natural highs rock.s t a r rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829416022044778245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post-13179868033152795922012-11-09T04:59:53.141-08:002012-11-09T04:59:53.141-08:00Hi Peter, you don't know me but I found a phot...Hi Peter, you don't know me but I found a photo you took of a stone that is on a post you made in July 2010. I would like your ok to use the image in my own blog. I'll send you the link and you can have a look. If you don't want me to use it please send me an email at marybach@aol.com and I'll remove it right away. Thanks either way. <br />-Mary Bach<br />Other Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189646933597252108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199853211454757595.post-80811287211964468042012-11-07T10:01:36.987-08:002012-11-07T10:01:36.987-08:00Peter --
Profoundly personal piece, as I've c...Peter --<br /><br />Profoundly personal piece, as I've come to expect and enjoy from you. You so thoroughly addressed the creative, personal and societal issues I have nothing to add except this -- thank you for addressing the subjects you do. Thank you for being a thoughtful writer addressing more than how to effectively tackle more on your to do list. And most especially thank you for bringing your personal experience to bear in so many of your poignant thought pieces.<br /><br />I enjoy my excursions into Bollandland -- muuuch better than Disney --<br /><br />EvanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102813109536502908noreply@blogger.com