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beveeheart

(1,364 posts)
70. Early 70's. Invited to my neighbor's to celebrate him completing law school.
Mon Dec 1, 2014, 02:10 AM
Dec 2014

All of us were sitting in a circle on the floor and a pipe was being passed around. There was a knock at the door and I started to feel paranoid even before the lawyer-to-be opened it. The person knocking was a former STUDENT of mine. She came in, asked for matches and casually looked around the group, but didn't say anything to me before she left. I didn't know what to do, so didn't do anything but just sit there waiting for the police to arrive.

About a 1/2 hour later there was another knock. I actually had the pipe in my hand when that happened so I slid the pipe behind me under the couch and tried to look innocent. I thought my heart would beat out of my chest. The lawyer-to-be invited the former student in again as well as another person who just happened to be a CURRENT student. They came in and joined the circle across from me. By now everyone was looking for the pipe and I reluctantly pulled it out from behind me, passed it to the next person and began making plans to go back to my apartment where I knew I would be arrested. The students only stayed for a few minutes and I left a few minutes after they did.

Now this happened on a Friday night. All weekend I waited and waited. I knew I was going to be arrested and fired from my job.

But Monday morning arrived and now I had a new fear - what was going to happen when my student came to class? He was late to class most of the time, sat in the back and pretty much quietly ignored what was going on in class.. But this day he got to class early, walked up to the front and sat directly in front of me. Every Monday I ALWAYS started the class by asking what they did over the weekend, so I knew I had to ask the same question this day because the students expected it. Several students raised their hands as did you-know-who. He kept his hand up while a couple of the others answered the question. By now the class is wondering what the heck is going on because he had never volunteered an answer before. Those students who had wanted to answer put their hands back down and his was still up so I called on him. To everyone's surprise, including mine, he said in perfect French that he had had a really bad argument with his father and then went with a friend to a party and had a good time.

After class he came up to me and said that he didn't know that teachers could be real people too. He continued to participate in class and I have stopped at his place of business a few times over the years.

I did not smoke pot again!!! Today I am a medical marijuana patient and have been since April. I still don't smoke as I prefer edibles.

Never have in my entire life. yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #1
had the opportunity ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2014 #2
If I had not been in Vietnam.... kentuck Nov 2014 #5
Same sakabatou Nov 2014 #50
Yes I do. I was so fucked up..... Raul Hernandez Nov 2014 #3
If you can get it I recommend Blue Dream. JaneyVee Nov 2014 #12
I've tried Blue Dream.. Raul Hernandez Nov 2014 #16
Hey, there's this good free app called Leafly... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #20
Thanks for that post, JaneyVee. DocMac Nov 2014 #27
Nederland-- cold Libertarian paradise Art_from_Ark Dec 2014 #118
We go to Medicine Man in Aurora mountain grammy Nov 2014 #47
That's a different one... Raul Hernandez Nov 2014 #52
Yeah, I just looked it up. Will check it out one of these days. mountain grammy Nov 2014 #57
Welcome to DU, Raul Hernandez! calimary Nov 2014 #49
Yes. mnhtnbb Nov 2014 #4
I just had a joint LiberalElite Nov 2014 #6
why yes I do olddots Nov 2014 #7
At a party when I was 18 HockeyMom Nov 2014 #8
It took me 3 or 4x of trying before getting stoned, but..... JaneyVee Nov 2014 #9
in the baseball dugout behind my high school when i was 15 fizzgig Nov 2014 #10
Nope, i have never tried it. darkangel218 Nov 2014 #11
I got hooked on a more powerful drug Bagsgroove Nov 2014 #13
Yea, I do dissentient Nov 2014 #14
I am a beer man myself. AngryAmish Nov 2014 #15
Not the first time but lordsummerisle Nov 2014 #17
Yes… I do! MrMickeysMom Nov 2014 #18
Spring of '66, end of senior year in college, eastcoast USA. enough Nov 2014 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author kentuck Nov 2014 #25
Am I too late? Mnemosyne Nov 2014 #38
College freshman, Nov. 1969 LiberalEsto Nov 2014 #21
After reading the thread on the guy feeding the homeless w/ his OG card and the few attacking him enigmatic Nov 2014 #22
The summer of '67 of course. Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #23
Never had the desire tabbycat31 Nov 2014 #24
I grew up in a planned suburban community (read: Orwellian nightmare). True Blue Door Nov 2014 #26
What Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #28
Short-term memory problems? kentuck Nov 2014 #29
Why do you ask that? Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #31
Ask what?? kentuck Nov 2014 #32
Sorry, I don't have anything to ask. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #33
1965 boyfriend was parents worst nightmare gwheezie Nov 2014 #30
Election night 1972. Three of us cleaned out the McGovern election office in a small town in NB. jwirr Nov 2014 #34
Never....or any other drug for that matter. ileus Nov 2014 #35
+1 davidpdx Dec 2014 #87
I tried for years to drink.... ileus Dec 2014 #94
So you drink Pepsi instead of alcohol? davidpdx Dec 2014 #112
Remember the first time I got high, but not the first time I smoked it.. SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #36
I never have. alarimer Nov 2014 #37
It's probably best... ReRe Dec 2014 #66
Ha! alarimer Dec 2014 #88
Drunk drivers run stop signs. Stoners stop and Malraiders Nov 2014 #39
Yes. It was the day after I graduated from high school. bigwillq Nov 2014 #40
I've never smoked pot, nor have I ever had a desire to mythology Nov 2014 #41
As an indigenous Mexican told (off) a Hippie in the '70s: It's a PAINKILLER (not recreational) nt UTUSN Nov 2014 #42
Just before I saw "Saturday Night Fever" in the theater Generic Brad Nov 2014 #43
LOL B Calm Dec 2014 #82
I never had the opportunity. femmocrat Nov 2014 #44
1967.... spanone Nov 2014 #45
i was 13. Garion_55 Nov 2014 #46
Yes, I was 25 with two young sons, married to an alcoholic mountain grammy Nov 2014 #48
I was summer before my junior year - I was 16 Elmer S. E. Dump Nov 2014 #51
I've never smoked anything… Ever MrScorpio Nov 2014 #53
I was sitting at home with my roommate and his friend. C Moon Nov 2014 #54
High school, made me as sick as a dog. Full-blown panic attack. Flatulo Nov 2014 #55
1975 Runningdawg Nov 2014 #56
Vietnam, August 1969 Hulk Nov 2014 #58
There's smoke, and then there's smoke. Cartoonist Dec 2014 #59
Early September freshman year of college (1972) in the dorm Rowdyboy Dec 2014 #60
I was 13. Took a puff and coughed and coughed. Dont call me Shirley Dec 2014 #61
Try a sativa strain. Won't lock you to the couch, at least. n/t nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #78
Oh, yeah, at the beginning of a truly surreal evening in NC. Warpy Dec 2014 #62
I think I was 14. intheflow Dec 2014 #63
October 27, 1967. Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #64
I'll let you know if I ever try it. brooklynite Dec 2014 #65
I am a little surprised... kentuck Dec 2014 #67
A gift for the "heads"... kentuck Dec 2014 #68
I vaguely remember in 1965 vlyons Dec 2014 #69
Early 70's. Invited to my neighbor's to celebrate him completing law school. beveeheart Dec 2014 #70
+1 Great story! B Calm Dec 2014 #81
sometimes I think that the people who don't get high should olddots Dec 2014 #71
This reminded me of something... Fix The Stupid Dec 2014 #122
1971 - won't touch it now even if it was legal LeftInTX Dec 2014 #72
1968- Thanks, Demas NBachers Dec 2014 #73
My sister totally corrupted me when I was 7. nilesobek Dec 2014 #74
In June 1972... Pastiche423 Dec 2014 #75
yep..... dhill926 Dec 2014 #76
Yes. I was 15. cali Dec 2014 #77
Mine was far more recent (2001). I'd just turned 17 and had never tried any drug except alcohol. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #79
I was in the Navy (1969) Jacksonville, Florida. B Calm Dec 2014 #80
Summer of 1966 about a month after I first did acid. hobbit709 Dec 2014 #83
Fall, 1970, Freshman year at Wilmington College. UncleYoder Dec 2014 #84
I remember when.. kentuck Dec 2014 #97
Twenty eight years old... LP2K12 Dec 2014 #85
Yep. It didn't work. Iggo Dec 2014 #86
Boy Scouts GreatGazoo Dec 2014 #89
May be cliched, but that album is *great* paired with anything psychedelic. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #116
I do. Le Taz Hot Dec 2014 #90
I agree with Kentucky growing some damn good weed. They need to legalize B Calm Dec 2014 #92
Yeah kentuck Dec 2014 #98
Yes. kentauros Dec 2014 #91
I use to do B Calm Dec 2014 #93
The best trip I had wasn't quite so spectacular. kentauros Dec 2014 #99
I've taken about 10 trips myself - and a few dozen on 'schrooms. nomorenomore08 Dec 2014 #115
I've never done shrooms kentauros Dec 2014 #117
Yes ...vividly. VW bus on Hwy 1 just north of Laguna beach 1967 picked up hitchhiking... L0oniX Dec 2014 #95
yes i do shanti Dec 2014 #96
Indeed I do. hifiguy Dec 2014 #100
I don't remember. I was too stoned at the time. (nt) stone space Dec 2014 #101
First time was when I was 29 years old. RebelOne Dec 2014 #102
The 31st of never. Drug addiction runs in my family so I avoid all... whether addictive or not. MillennialDem Dec 2014 #103
I remember the first time I smoked MJ, nothing happened. notadmblnd Dec 2014 #104
I never tried it but I did inhale. rogerashton Dec 2014 #105
Yes Go Vols Dec 2014 #106
I tried it probably three time when I was 20 (1969!) Faux pas Dec 2014 #107
I'm almost 50 and have never tried it mainly because I don't know a dealer here. MelissaB Dec 2014 #108
Never did. bikebloke Dec 2014 #109
Myself and almost every one I know randr Dec 2014 #110
By odd coincidence, it was 1967 for me, too. Recent h.s. grad. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #111
heh Kali Dec 2014 #114
nope Kali Dec 2014 #113
1990-something. Party at a friend's house. Meh. Recursion Dec 2014 #119
Dec. 8, 1997 (had to look up the date) Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #120
December 1967, Sgt. Pepper was playing, and I remember laughing a lot until my DH started Stardust Dec 2014 #121
My parents were dealers, Codeine Dec 2014 #123
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