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Harms of Marijuana
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Extended marijuana use has obliterated my memory.. Experienced blatantly noticable memory loss. Maybe it's other factors, maybe it's just cause I'm crazy and I literally lost my fuckin mind, but weed can definitely FUCK up your head. Not the best thing to be smoking all the time when your mind isn't right or fully functioning.
Be careful, and use caution.
Be careful, and use caution.
Chainer
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Most common?
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* Diet Change (stimulated appetite while high, lowered if used habitually)
* Short-term memory loss (CB1/CB2 receptors lining hippocampus)
* Sleep pattern distortion (REM sleep changed due to stage 3 / stage 4 change)
* Seemingly Dreamless Sleep (again, CB receptors in hippocampus)
* Heightened Anxiety / Paranoia (I have no clue on the neurological explanation for this - perhaps heightened senses brings out underlying anxiety)
* Motivational Changes
* Bank account decrease (assuming you are just a consumer)
All of these are generally remedied with an extended break from cannabis.
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* Diet Change (stimulated appetite while high, lowered if used habitually)
* Short-term memory loss (CB1/CB2 receptors lining hippocampus)
* Sleep pattern distortion (REM sleep changed due to stage 3 / stage 4 change)
* Seemingly Dreamless Sleep (again, CB receptors in hippocampus)
* Heightened Anxiety / Paranoia (I have no clue on the neurological explanation for this - perhaps heightened senses brings out underlying anxiety)
* Motivational Changes
* Bank account decrease (assuming you are just a consumer)
All of these are generally remedied with an extended break from cannabis.
Weed can improve your mental health, but it can also hurt it.
Weed can solve some problems for you, but it can also cause problems.
Is weed harmless? No, it can be somewhat dangerous.
Anything that is considered a drug can have some negative effects on you.
Weed can solve some problems for you, but it can also cause problems.
Is weed harmless? No, it can be somewhat dangerous.
Anything that is considered a drug can have some negative effects on you.
Treefa
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Yea man if your talking bout me yes im fucking ADDICTED to weed goddamnit dont be a prick about it man its not like crack or something its fuckign weed. I dont sweat or vomit or convulse when i dont smoke, i just feel uncomfortable for a while untill i smoke or quit smoking. Some people get anxiety when they smoke, but for me, it takes away my anxiety so i love to smoke, not only that i love the smell, the taste, the SMELL THE GOD FUCKINIG DAMN SMELL, The smoke, The Aesthethetics of the plant, its the most beautiful WEED hands down tht ive ever seen. Its so strange and alien but the first time i saw it i felt like it is something so unique unlike any plant ive ever seen, the leaves look like green mystical hands protecting the fruit of the tree of knowledge, they are firm but relaxed, like a kung fu monk practicing in the dew of the early morning hours
ITs fucking stupid that someone can drink alcohol every fucking day of the week but they arent addicted because you cant tell how fucked up they are cuz they are so used to its Terrible effects on the body.
Weed is my medicine and im still healing so please dont comment on my poor life choices understand?
In 8th and 9th grade i HATED weed, but i used to watch those tv specials about it EVERY single time they were on, and looking back its like i know now that even then, i subconciously knew that me and mary had a future together.
Peace
purple_cloud
Bluelight Crew
Weed has affected my life in some ways, and it's still a psychoactive substance/a drug so to think it's harmless is ignorant. Sometimes I wonder if I would be friendlier with roommates who don't use dreams abd not stay in my room constantly so I can. Financially it can be a bitch. Otherwise, its not too harmful for me, the benefits outweigh the risks, it's a form of self-medication (too bad I live in NY ;( )
Pillthrill
Bluelighter
I'm having some personal difficulty with depression and stress. I work a VERY VERY human services job at a shelter and I'm wonder how much is that and how much is the 1 -2 bowls (on weekends 3 -4 ) I smoke a night?
What are the warning signs that I am smoking more than is healthy in order to be performing well? (considering the risks of the use and how much it has formerly helped me regulate the stress and other issues (instead of SSRIs and Benzos Xanax, Kpins, which were addicting, caused severe suicidal thoughts, ect.) and has allowed me to function now to the point where I can USUALLY do my job. I don't consider cold turkey really an option...m unless a good argument can be made. But I'm afraid I might mess my mental health up worse and thats never good) Any ideas?
What are the warning signs that I am smoking more than is healthy in order to be performing well? (considering the risks of the use and how much it has formerly helped me regulate the stress and other issues (instead of SSRIs and Benzos Xanax, Kpins, which were addicting, caused severe suicidal thoughts, ect.) and has allowed me to function now to the point where I can USUALLY do my job. I don't consider cold turkey really an option...m unless a good argument can be made. But I'm afraid I might mess my mental health up worse and thats never good) Any ideas?
purple_cloud
Bluelight Crew
Hey PT, I suffer from mental illness as well (Borderline Personality Disorder, depression, anxiety, other things I don't feel like listing) and I always wonder what weed is doing to me. This thread might be of use to you for more information about maybe taking a break for a while to see where you stand, with lots of advice and such: [MEGA] Cannabis Quitting Thread aka I need a break I hope you find the answers you're looking for in there!
Pillthrill
Bluelighter
Yeah, you can't "make" a person quit that isn't ready/or doesn't want to quit though.
I work with addicts from time to time, I'm just lucky I'm not, I'm just habituated and it will only be a slight mental withdrawal but 1. Who wants to do that 2. I'm not sure I can do my job without something to regulate me...
I work with addicts from time to time, I'm just lucky I'm not, I'm just habituated and it will only be a slight mental withdrawal but 1. Who wants to do that 2. I'm not sure I can do my job without something to regulate me...
purple_cloud
Bluelight Crew
^ Yeah that's why I pointed out that thread, it has info about just taking a small break, even if you minimize your use to fewer times a week so you enjoy it more. I understand being afraid to face school/work without it, I sure as hell was/would be/will be. Feel free to PM me if you need some support or have any questions though.
Weed has been a constant crutch for me to break off other habits or resist manic urges, you can't wreak havoc when you are too baked to move. My memory has been completely blown into space years ago, not only by weed but benzos and opiates as well and I can compete with a friend who suffered actual physical brain damage in that department. Like most people it makes me passive as well.
At first as a kid I was addicted to it but nowadays it's just a general feel good medicine, I just finished smoking my last harvest a few days ago and there's no withdrawal to it anymore, not even boredom really. It does more good than harm after no longer having a memory to destroy.
Some days it almost works, some days I realize in my car I can't remember leaving the house and getting in. Or where I'm going for that matter. But that's not only from weed I bet and rarely that bad.
At first as a kid I was addicted to it but nowadays it's just a general feel good medicine, I just finished smoking my last harvest a few days ago and there's no withdrawal to it anymore, not even boredom really. It does more good than harm after no longer having a memory to destroy.
Some days it almost works, some days I realize in my car I can't remember leaving the house and getting in. Or where I'm going for that matter. But that's not only from weed I bet and rarely that bad.
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w01fg4ng
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I agree with most things said in this thread. For myself, it has been a legal issue for me in the past. Cops/tickets/DWAIs/jail/the works, and that was all from personal use, never even selling it. Financially of course it has put a hole in my wallet. Both of those issues have been dramatically reduced if not eliminated from life since I got my MMJ license. I now don't worry so much about the legality and the money (sense I grow it as well now).
Most of problems these days are related to the effects it has on short term memory. It doesn't prevent me from doing my daily functions, but sometimes it slows me down.
Most of problems these days are related to the effects it has on short term memory. It doesn't prevent me from doing my daily functions, but sometimes it slows me down.
Yeah wolf, you can have several different types of issues while you're a consistent weed user. Examples are money trouble, mental problems, life problems, and legal trouble. None of these issues as a byproduct of being a user are appealing to anyone, so you need to use extreme caution when using weed. Take take over it, and it won't take over you.
Monkeybizness
Bluelighter
nice list ...
as for the memory issue .... its kinda hard to remember shit when you are uuuuuuuummmmm HIGH ... if there is something that you need to focus on dont smoke and you will remember .... its knowing when to and when not to use it
also the only thing that has changed since i started smoke heavily , ill try to explain it ..
is like if im put in a bad situation lets say an argument or an accident , incident , something that was to get me nervous! i feel as if im gonna pass out lol ... im use to being so chilled that when im startled by a heavy situation i get so nervous!!!!!!!
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pot alot ...for a girl i smoke a bit too much , at the moment i CAN but once my school sem starts i have to slow down .... fortunately i am a functioning pothead , i can talk to anyone ,work , cook , i read , whatever i actually even look sober when im high ...
to me its more about the smoking then the actual getting high, i just like to smoke.. i had a lady once tell me while buying a dutch "smoking is a PLEASURE"
and it is .. at least for me
but you just cant sweat it and if you have to stop just stop .. no big deal pot does not give you physical withdraws but you sure ass hell will miss it
smoke at night .. before dinner , and have a smoking session not just a little bowl, like roll up a joint and relax you eat sleep n pass out
.. dont smoke mornings it usually gets you super high and makes you hazy the rest of the day..how much do you smoke ? usually ..
also i might like to add
for the ppl complaining ... if it makes you lazy DONT SMOKE if it gets you depressed DONT SMOKE if you get paranoia attacks, multiple personalities what ever other ridiculous claims IF YOU FEEL LIKE ITS NOT DOING YOU GOOD...STOP USING .... and realize that it might be YOU who has a problem
like some other poster mentioned that its gotten him a bunch a fines and jail time ....
dudeeeeeee common smoke IN YOUR HOUSE i know your smoking out in the streets because no cop is going to come knocking on your door and fine you for smoking in your house .. when i did a drug course for getting caught SMOKING WEED IN MY CAR the cop told me just to smoke in your house or someones house not in a car or park wtf .. you cant drink like its all good in public .. pffftt
this is a plant that we can benefit from , but its not for every body and drugs affect some ppl differently even prescription meds they are call prescription because not just anyone can take them
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w01fg4ng
Bluelighter
Agreed.
I don't see anyone complaining. I see people responding to a "harms of marijuana" thread.
The first time I got caught by the police was in my own house. They came in and took not only my stash but my expensive bong. When I opened the door, they told me "We can smell that from down the street". So, yeah having a house does not guarantee you privacy.
Other times I got caught, I wasn't even smoking (dead sober). For example, one time I got pulled over for speeding, they searched me and found a dime bag. The law is working against people like us most of the time. We have to more careful than just using simple "common sense". It's sad but true.
Hell yeah it's harmful...It's the second most common drug other than alcohol. I, personally (I have some quality stuff though) get more fucked up on weed than I do on opiates or alcohol (as long as I don't drink a LOT) or amphetamines.
I know it's strange...I can def. handle opiates, amphetamines, and alcohol. But if I take more than 2 hits of weed, I am totally JACKED up. More so than even opium or morphine, or heroin. It's a powerful drug. I'm amazed on how many people say that it's just a benign drug. This is just my experience.
I know it's strange...I can def. handle opiates, amphetamines, and alcohol. But if I take more than 2 hits of weed, I am totally JACKED up. More so than even opium or morphine, or heroin. It's a powerful drug. I'm amazed on how many people say that it's just a benign drug. This is just my experience.
paranoia. not like hearing voices or seeing shit, but paranoia associated with illegal activities. i hate driving with weed and always being involved with illegal activity. i hate that i cringe every time i see a cop and try to get far away from them as soon as possible. they want your fucking money, man. got pulled over the other day for inching over the white line at a four-way stop light....bullshit....
xstayfadedx
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Paranoia can be pretty bad luckily I don't have much of a problem with that except when I see cops I start freaking out but pretty much I do the same thing when I'm sober. Also diet can be effected so you got to watch out about that. One thing I noticed about my use is that I started coughing more than usual but I got that all cleared up after I took a little break and stopped smoking as much but yes marijuana can still effect your lungs after awhile. Really I have been smoking weed for almost three years now I'm turning eighteen in September and all I can say is that it only effected my life in a positive way. Yet, it did change my relationships with some people...it caused me to be looked upon as a drug addict by those who thing weed is so terrible blah blah blah. Some people did lose their trust in me....all I can say is oh well things happen but if you're okay with that then really the benefits of marijuana def outweigh the harms.
deez_nuggs
Bluelighter
umm, i dont know where the hell you got the impression i was directing any sort of negative comment at you man. loosen up. i was merely stating my opinon as derived from research/personal experiences. yes i've found weed to cause emotional problems, be addictive, and also drain my bank account.
all three of those are a result of constant and excessive administration. I bolded that because i think people need to believev that the THC, the cannanbinoids..are not the problem. the problems come from the mindset and the behavioral patterns that are in no way specific to weed, but a biological response to [y]our use. you can abuse exercise, soda, television, meth, the list goes on dude. the one and only point i'd like to make is that weed is a powerful plant, yet can be used positively in any and nearlly all situations.