Yeah man I appreciated your reply. In my case, there are both situations. I am certainly blaming weed for some of my problems, whether it is its fault or not, I do not know; it helps to accentuate them, undoubtedly. Under its effects, it appears that the brain is unable to correctly interpret the surrounding environment. As a consequence, it sometimes fails to interpret an ordinary environment as "normal" and reacts releasing chemical substances responsible for high anxiety and paranoia. This can be clearly seen in common life situations where marijuana smokers experience paranoia when (high on weed) in crowded places (public transportation, supermarket, bakery, etc). In these cases, in general, many smokers feel that people are paying attention to them, realizing that they are drugged or something similar. Of course, this phenomenon will be more highlighted in heavy daily smokers. To summarize, my point is that this inability of the brain to properly interpret the surrounding environment (I am referring to the interpretation of what is conventional or not), which is probably caused by changes in biochemical signaling patterns mediated by the endocannabinoid system, accounts for most of the adverse effects of weed.
Nevertheless, since I am always high on cannabis, I cannot have an accurate opinion on how I would address my problems without it, in order to compare the true effects that are being created in my mind. What I have noticed is that my self-confidence is diminished (main point to me), perhaps a consequence of the aforementioned "bewildered brain". Other side effects include a terrible habit of overthinking and analyzing everything to the maximum limit, which lead to a blind faith in mendacious stories whose content usually is a depreciatory view of life. In the end, the net effect of several years smoking marijuana is that we develop something like a "maniac syndrome", we carefully cultivate our manias, watering them every day, looking after them. I am not telling that what I describe is a mandatory event for all daily smokers, but I have seen many of them living this reality, including myself.
