Ah my bad, well I can answer that part pretty easily with a little backstory.
Most people who have smoked pot for more than a few years have went from the "paranoid" high stage to a much more relaxed comfortable state of smoking. We had to live with the paranoid part of the high because of how demonized pot was by the government and mainstream media. During the 80's everyone experienced the "Just Say No" campaign and the continued misconception of pot being "the gateway drug" (alcohol is a FAR worse gateway drug, but that's a different argument). Most had to deal with a mostly closed minded opposition from parents/schools because that generation was raised on reefer madness. (which STILL is believed by some people despite it being admitted propaganda by the government)
Most people under 40 that smoke weed, which is the group I think your referring to, grew up hearing the stories of the 60s and 70s and how open smoking was during that time, yet had to live where it was much more hidden during the 80s and 90s and the whole war on drugs. This frustrated a lot of smokers because they never got to enjoy being open about their drug of choice, unlike people who liked to drink alcohol and could do so openly or pop a couple pills they got from doc.
Obviously not every person was like this, but this is the majority (about 70-75%) of smokers that I've met over 15+ years of smoking now. Now current day, FINALLY pot is being recognized as having not just medical properties, but shrinking and in some studies even eliminating cancer tumors. People can't ignore that anymore. The side effects of pot are well known and despite a ton of misinformation, the truth is finally coming out.
Who knows what will be discovered 20 years down the road now that research is opened up on what I believe is the best plant on the planet. The Simpson Oil is regarded by some as almost a miracle balm, yet we still really know NOTHING about the depth of the medical properties of this plant.
So you want to know why some potheads feel entitled/required to speak of it? It's because we had to hear how bad pot was, how there was nothing good in it for anyone, how it would only lead to coke, heroine, crack, etc., how it would make you crazy and do things you never would. We listened to all that, we tried it, we saw it was pretty much all a lie. We endured it for decades knowing that it was bullshit and it was one of the best drugs you could use, if you chose to use any drug to begin with.
Now we finally are starting down the road where we don't have to hide it anymore. People are seeing the truth and yes, we get a little of our "WE TOLD YOU SO" time. Yep, it's a drug. There are FAR worse ones that are already legal. You will have a hard time finding ANY other drug, legal or not, that has SO MANY beneficial side effects as pot, especially if you use a vaporizer or cook with it and eliminate the smoke.
Also, no other drugs seed can actually sustain the human body as food almost indefinitely.
Does that help explain it some?
