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Teens smoking weed..Is it a good idea ?

@Chainer: that wikipedia entry you posted is infinitely more credible than that NIDA site. you said it yourself-it's the government! By taking a few minutes to read about CB1 and 2 receptors, and with the knowledge that thc effects only the brain, as there are little to no CB receptors in the throat/cardiovascular system, one can easily dismiss that site as typical bullshit propaganda. Sure smokings not healthy, but I waited until around 17 or 18, when one's brain stops growing, and I, like everyone I know or have ever met, have zero physical side effects, i.e. bronchitis, emphysema. come on..
 
deez_nuggs said:
@Chainer: that wikipedia entry you posted is infinitely more credible than that NIDA site. you said it yourself-it's the government! By taking a few minutes to read about CB1 and 2 receptors, and with the knowledge that thc effects only the brain, as there are little to no CB receptors in the throat/cardiovascular system, one can easily dismiss that site as typical bullshit propaganda. Sure smokings not healthy, but I waited until around 17 or 18, when one's brain stops growing, and I, like everyone I know or have ever met, have zero physical side effects, i.e. bronchitis, emphysema. come on..
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I'm not sure why I made the earlier post. I think I might have been confused, but What you said about the brain finishing developing age 17/18 is BS. Biologically the brain stops growing between the ages 20 to 25, but for the majority at the age of 23.
 
Doctors, biology text books, articles in journals etc. The brain does NOT finish developing at 17/18 for most people! This is fact I can guarantee.
 
He's right, you know. Just because our society considers an 18 year old to be an adult doesn't mean that he/she actually is.
 
I think 3-4 times a day is way too much in HS. I smoked about 3-4 times a week at that age.


Health problems? no. But I think Weed should be an after work activity. In college i smoked weed most nights that i wasnt drinking and it was fine. just make it an after class activity.

Get your shit done and no one cares. it effects everyone differently tho
 
I'm seventeen myself, I may not have lifelong experience, but I can relate. 3-4 times a day sounds like a lot, but that depends on the person. I smoke regularly, a few times a week, but everyday if I have the chance, but I have a friend who smokes way more than I do, easily 3-4 times a day infact, and this goes on for weeks at time, his longest streak being two months if you can believe it, and we're both on the honor roll.

So no, I don't think it's going to make school any harder for you. As for short term memory loss, I think that is a somewhat exagerated effect of smoking. My memory of smoking has a fewhazy parts, (Accidental pun) but I can remember most things, and my memory from my shildhood is fine. Of course, I don't know if you can have memory problems later in life, but I think it's aa long shot. My dad's been smoking since age fourteen, now he's fifty-seven but his memory is fine.

Physical damage? None. Cannabinoids aren't carcinogenic or anything, so it's safe. All it could really do is cut your lung capacity down a little.

I recommend watching a documentary called Super High Me, it tells quite a bit about pot use, and the guy from that film seemed unharmed aside from loss of, like 7% lung capacity. And I don't think it does permanent harm, so with a lttle time off smoking you might regain the lost lung capacity.
 
I recommend watching a documentary called Super High Me
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Really? I thought it was crap.
Cannabinoids aren't carcinogenic or anything
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No, but tar is. There was a pretty big study that found no increased risk of cancer due to cannabis consumption, but even if there's no cancer risk there's still infections of the throat and lungs, which aren't pleasant. The fact that cannabinoids are not carcinogenic does not mean that smoking cannabis is safe.
 
deez_nuggs said:
Sure smokings not healthy, but I waited until around 17 or 18, when one's brain stops growing, and I, like everyone I know or have ever met, have zero physical side effects, i.e. bronchitis, emphysema. come on..
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Plenty of people I know have had bronchitis due to heavy smoking, as have I. It's smoke, it can cause infections or bronchitis pretty easily. Also, as others have said, the brain doesn't stop developing at 17-18.
 
smoke will do some damage to the lungs regardless of its source

the good thing about pot, though, is that THC fights cancer while nicotine brings it about quicker. which is probably why i recall a large study (i think in france) finding a lower rate of lung cancer among cannabis smokers than the general population

but you're still sucking down burning hot smoke, you're gonna singe your lungs at least a bit. i wish i could get a vaporizer

i don't think we really know enough about the brain to give a blanket statement about when we stop maturing. i know there's physical evidence up to early twenties but we just don't know when marijuana is safe to use and i imagine many are more susceptible to its problems than others

i started at 16. no problems with pot here
 
It's not the healthiest thing in the world, but it's not inherently going to ruin your life. Even US government statistics acknowledge that millions of Americans smoke pot regularly, and some studies put the usage rate at well over 10%. The vast majority of them lead normal, happy, healthy lives. Endless studies by government agencies desperate to find new ways to demonize pot have failed to find convincing evidence of any statistical correlation between using pot and anything particularly scary/negative. There's a disputed link to emphysema, some very controversial studies on "amotivational syndrome" and that's pretty much it as far as empirical evidence of a causal link between smoking pot and bad stuff happening to you goes (besides the law fucking you over, of course).

The worst damage heavy use will do to you physically is the strain on your lungs from inhaling all that hot smoke. For the most part, if you're healthy to begin with, you're not likely to have any serious symptoms persist after you stop all use and let it clear out of your system.

As for psychological effects, we can't tell you whether your habits are psychologically healthy or not. If weed is getting in the way of your personal relationships, work/school obligations, or is in some other way negatively affecting your life, then it's a problem. If it isn't, then I see no real problem.
 
i started at 14 and other than a shitty memory i havent noticed any effects @16. i can keep up in school and get high grades. my health is fine and id say that weed has helped my social anxiety greatly, i saw how personable i was baked and realized "hey if this is possible as a person i can do it without a drug!". ofc baked is much more fun :) but i was never the kid to feel the need to get super high/ fucked up. a bowl in the morning n maybe 1 more during the day n im good, the positive effects linger thru the day. one of the worst parts of the weed lifestyle at a young age is you're burnng a hole in your parents' wallet. as ppl have said its judt dependent on u, some pll can handle it, others cant and thats just how it is. ive always been function normally high while i know people who just get stupid high and cant do anything but melt into the couch
 
weed and teens

i think it depends on the individual.from 12-16 i smoke a LOT of pot-it was rocky mainly as grass was hard to get where i am.anyway my mates smoked just as much and still smoke that amount,but i ended up very socially nervous,then stupidly went on heroin 2 counter-act that feeling.i truely believe pot messed my head more that heroin (ofcourse heroin messed me 2 but not as bad). so i think its a person by person thing-bit like russian roullet.
 
i`m 25 now, started smoking weed when i was 13. in retrospect i wish i hadnt started before my 18th or 20th birthday or so. there are (should be) so many things that are more important when youre young, than getting stoned. put the bong away for a few years, go outside, look around, meet new people, argue, fall in love, make experiences in the real world - thats the best fundament you an build for your future, imo.
 
james you should come hit my bong sometime


and to asnwer you question i think it really depends on the teen, how mature he is already, how mentally stable, and smart they are already
stupid people shouldnt smoke weed,

the mental illness linked studies have been debuked i thought, or at least been proven that they had been blown out of preportion

i havent had any long lasting negatve effects, only long lasting affect ive had in an apreciation for tripy shit, and and apreciation of how beautiful nature is
 
well, from my experience, all the retards( so what its not politcally correct to say) who smoke weed get so much more stupid when they smoke it, someones whose smarter can harness the true greatness of the wonder herb

idiot who smoke weed and do sutpid shit, and act stupid ruin weed for the rest of us
 
Yerg said:
Really? I thought it was crap.

No, but tar is. There was a pretty big study that found no increased risk of cancer due to cannabis consumption, but even if there's no cancer risk there's still infections of the throat and lungs, which aren't pleasant. The fact that cannabinoids are not carcinogenic does not mean that smoking cannabis is safe.
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Super High Me isn't a very serious documentary, that killed it a little for me, but I thought it had some useful information, like cannabis use doesn't neccessarily make you stupider, and the physical damage is minmal, stuff like that. THere are better documentaries though, In Pot We Trust, The Union: The Business Behind Getting High. Marijuana is well documented.

I'll admit smoking anything can't be a healthy choice. If infections are the only major risk, then I don't think that sounds to bad. Still I guess everything has some risks, but Cannabis isn't especially bad. Thanks for that article by the way, it was interesting. Interesting to think that the THC molecule could have inhibt the production of cancerous cells, even if not to a great extent.
 
The documentary "Grass", narrated by Woody Harrelson, was one of my favourites back in the day. It tells the history of the legal status of cannabis in the United States through stock footage, and has a great soundtrack.

Anyway, this is really OT, if we want to discuss weed documentaries about weed we should probably start a new thread...
 
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