reasons why you shouldn't share a pipe or joint

Bud smokers are among the friendliest and most giving people around and often are willing to pass the pipe around and share their stash with who every is around. A person who doesn't offer to give you some or is unwilling to pass the pipe is usually considered to be greedy. Sharing a pipe or joint and weed in general is probably the biggest commodity a friend or stranger would be willing to share without asking anything in return, well maybe just a conversation. The line draws thin on everything else you might want someone to share with you such as a cigarette. A smoker will be more likely to share their cannabis rather then lend a smoke or tobacco and I find this to be extremely funny. Although you may like the though of free weed and think you are about to have a good old time maybe before you do, you may want to consider why you shouldn't share the joint or pipe with the friendly stranger or even people close to you.

1. Do you know where their mouth has been? if this is a person you do not know, there can be serious consequences that you might not have though of. Maybe the joint is laced with something and you would never know until it is too late.

2. The person who wants to share their stash might have a cold or even worse the flu and could easily be passed along to you.

3. If this is a person close to you they might blackmail you in the future. To be descriptive about this lets say no one knows you smoke and everyone knows they smoke, maybe if you have an argument with that person they could possibly hold over your head that they now have privileged knowledge that you smoke and are willing to expose you.

4. If it is a complete stranger sharing the pipe or joint then you should be cautious about more serious diseases. Not to come off like we should all live in a box and shelter ourselves, but this is something you should at lest think about. There is a number of things that can be transferred by saliva.

At first you might be drawn to the fact of free weed but it could lead you to more trouble then you first thought. The reverse can be true to if you are the one who is sick and have a cold or such, Do you really want to pass it along. I would have to say bongs are a little better if the top mouth piece is large, you may not have to have contact with your mouth on it to be able to smoke just the out side which you could wash away. This might sound like a germaphobic article but its not just common sense. The best thing to do is have your own or offer to lend them another pipe or how ever you want to swindle it as to not come off crazy.