Hey,

I’m a newer cannabis enthusiast.

I was first introduced to the plant in my early 20’s by some friends from the same apartment building. There was this 4th of July party on the roof of the apartment building. It got late enough for the sun to go down and someone lit up a joint and started passing it around. I politely passed it on a few times, but it kept coming back to me, so I took a hit! I spent the rest of that summer casually smoking with those friends. I didn’t know much about the plant, the paraphrenelia, or the culture - it was a thing that was there on some evenings and most weekends. That is, until some dude brought some extra special bud that was “dank” (first time I ever heard that word, lol!). Let’s just say that I had spent a few months thinking I knew what getting high was all about, and then I took a few bong rips off the “dank shit” and I spent the next several hours on the couch clutching a big pillow because I was convince that was the only thing keeping me on the planet!

I didn’t touch cannabis again for like 18 years until it was legalized in Illinois. By then, I was married with a career and kids - the thought of revisiting my stoner summer both felt like “not the move,” and also like just the tonic for the bullshit that comprises most of being a 21st century adult. I went for the later, but honestly I’m a real light user - <1oz per year. I’ve got a couple vapes, but I am drooling over a microdoser ball vape, an end game battery-powered DHV, and a wax pen and/or dab rig. I’m sure I’ll get into all of it some day, but generally not in a rush! I am enjoying the vaporist journey with the plant and am enjoying the online community of those who enjoy it, too!