"The definition of a vampire is someone who feels physical/mental pain after a period of not feeding on whatever they like, be a it blood, energy or something like that."

I recently read this on this forum, I am not certain on whether this is an accepted statement by the whole community here but i'm going to roll with it.

If afore mentioned statement is true, then can any dependancy by classified as vampirism? Say for isntance highly addictive drugs, nicotine, heroin or cocaine?
And does this throw the entire 'Vampire' way of life into the world of technicality?

I personally am pretty dependant on pot, but does this count as a vampiric attribute? Or just a dependancy, where do you cross the line?

The definition i think the majority of us use the definition that a vampire is someone or something that requires an additional source of energy that cannot be produced by the body by normal means. In other words, besides food we need this additional source of energy to be healthy.

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You cross the line when you need to feed off the life forces around you in order to survive. Addiction to narcotics is not a vamipiric attribute it is a physical dependence that over time can kill you

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Thank you for the replies and don't worry about sounding rude, I am an invader in your domain so to speak.

However, thinking over what you've said, your points on needing an energy or source of sustenance other than food or water (i.e. blood, energy on a spiritual level.) were well made. But, my point on drugs being similar can still be applied, Pot is a living thing, when smoked you're taking something out of it, people can become dependant on this to remain a healthy and happy person. This is undoubtedly similar to the process of taking energy/blood from someone/thing.

Not only this but seeing as the Plant of choice is living it will have it's own energy hypothetically. Maybe a very different energy to a human being or an animal but an energy all the same.


I'd lastly like to apologise if i'm coming across in a negative way, i'm not trying to threaten your ways of life or anything of the sort, I am just on a quest for greater knowledge and understanding. Seeing this forum intrigued me, and though I will always be a stubborn human if you will, I do seem to have a thirst for intellectual conversation. So thank you for the intelligent replies and for sharing your views with me.

I think the definition of a vampire would be something that has big teeth and is very pale

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Having done a fair amount of research into Marijuana and it's effects, I feel the need to disagree with you. In excess yes it's quite bad, as anything is, but in moderation I feel it can only be positive. It is far better for you than smoking cigarettes due to the high chemical count in prerolled pack cigarettes (almost 600 negative chemicals) and there is no evidence that Marijuana causes cancer, there's more evidence supporting it's working against cancer in fact.

Anyway thank you for answering my questions.

P.S. I did find it quite amusing to be lectured on drug use by a vampire.

Alot of problems to do with drugs arise from the lack of controls on those illegal ones, because of the cheap and nasty measures they can use to make more profit, such as cutting it with dangerous chemicals, or even poisons, or mixing random other stuff into the mix to make it seem like more, that's what is a major problem and risks peoples health, not that the drugs themselves don't have negative effects, just like most consumables.

-D.

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