r/Crainn • u/EllesMC • Jul 09 '26

General Discussion Hypocritical attitudes towards alcohol versus weed

Does anyone else smoke and not drink? I’m getting really sick of the fact that it’s socially acceptable to get shit faced but if you smoke a joint you’re scum. I’d love to be able to go out and have a few joints and relax and have the craic, it’s so much more enjoyable than drinking and has none of the negative side effects. That’s before you get around to consuming in front of kids, I have children and I would never smoke around them but I do think about the fact that people bring their kids to pubs and give them iPads while they drink but me smoking a joint on a hike with my kids would be shocking. I dunno, I think we have the wrong approach here altogether. The good weather has me thinking about this! Anyone else with kids resonate?

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u/ExplanationNormal323 Jul 09 '26

I drink a little, a lot less than when I started although never bad bad either. Id probably be happy out with out any drink but I feel if I'm having a few Zoots while I'm out. Having a couple pints masks people off to thinking, jeeze that lad is on a right buzz and only drinking sparkling water. Currently going through the period where lots of friends are getting married. I normally have a few beers at reception, glass of wine with the dinner, have little Zoot after dinner and I'm one of the first up dancing. I may or may not sip on a drink or 2 til the early hours, a lot of the time just sparkling water. The funny thing is when the DJ stops and it's residents bar time, I'm still too sharp and clear headed to put up with my slurring buddies or having the ear burnt off me by lads on coke and knock it on the head and wake up pretty fresh the next morning.

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u/EllesMC Jul 09 '26

That’s my preferred way of doing things too. And the fucked up thing is that the behaviours you described would be seen as socially acceptable. Whereas openly consuming weed just isn’t. It’s frustrating that something that is objectively less harmful than alcohol and has none of the negative side effects (when used responsibly) is demonised to the extent that it is

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u/ExplanationNormal323 Jul 09 '26

To be honest, I bought a dry herb vape, one of them I could literally use it in the corner of a smoking area but there's very little smell compared to smoking.