hows come

[DazedandConfused]

If THC stays in your system for weeks, then how come I don't stay stoned for weeks? Once it is released into my body when I smoke it, I get high obviously, but what makes that high go away? Wouldn't it be cool if you were high as long as there was THC in you? haha

[rastabill89]

good question and i do not know the answer

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

I do, let's quote an FAQ off any pro cannabis site.

In fact let me get a link from this site!:D

[STDzRus]

It's a conspiracy.

[Anonymous]

that is a good question i dont know the answer

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Doesn't marijuana stay in your fat cells and keep you
high for months?

No. The part of marijuana that gets you high is called
`Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.' Most people just call this
THC, but this is confusing: your body will change
Delta-9-THC into more inert molecules known as
`metabolites,' which don't get you high. Unfortunately,
these chemicals also have the word `tetrahydrocannabinol' in
them and they are also called THC -- so many people think
that the metabolites get you high. Anti-drug pamphlets say
that THC gets stored in your fat cells and then leaks out
later like one of those `time release capsules' advertised
on television. They say it can keep you high all day or
even longer. This is not true, marijuana only keeps you
high for a few hours, and it is not right to think that a
person who fails a drug test is always high on drugs,
either.

Two of these metabolites are called
`11-hydroxy-tetrahydrocannabinol' and
`11-nor-9-carboxy-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol' but we will
call them 11-OH-THC and 11-nor instead. These are the
chemicals which stay in your fatty cells. There is almost
no Delta-9-THC left over a few hours after smoking
marijuana, and scientific studies which measure the effects
of marijuana agree with this fact.



We happy? Vincent.. we happy?

Yeah.. we're happy.

[Anonymous]

im happy :thumbsup:

[DazedandConfused]

Instead of reading that, i'm going to keep speculating

[DazedandConfused]

alright i did read what you posted, and it says...

"There is almost no Delta-9-THC left over a few hours after smoking marijuana"

and even before that it says that Delta-9-THC is what gets you high..

so if thats true, that there is almost none left in our bodies a few hours later, then how do we build a tolerance to it? If there isn't any left in us shouldn't we be able to get just as stoned the next day, and the next, and the next...

[Lily420]

*shrugs* whooooo knowwwwwws???? :confused: :thumbsup: :dance:

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

alright i did read what you posted, and it says...

"There is almost no Delta-9-THC left over a few hours after smoking marijuana"

and even before that it says that Delta-9-THC is what gets you high..

so if thats true, that there is almost none left in our bodies a few hours later, then how do we build a tolerance to it? If there isn't any left in us shouldn't we be able to get just as stoned the next day, and the next, and the next...


I guess it goes, but a slight bit stays in us for about 1 week, keeping our tolerance up a bit. The more you smoke, the more Delta-9 is gonna stay in your fat cells, and keeps getting added to rather than being given chance to leave them. :thumbsup:

[Whos Carl]

Very well said 3 sheets for the whole of this thread. I salute you.

[3 Sheets To The Wind]

Very well said 3 sheets for the whole of this thread. I salute you.


Ahh cheers man, it's nice to be appreciated once in a while:D

[420ultimatesmokage]

alright i did read what you posted, and it says...

"There is almost no Delta-9-THC left over a few hours after smoking marijuana"

and even before that it says that Delta-9-THC is what gets you high..

so if thats true, that there is almost none left in our bodies a few hours later, then how do we build a tolerance to it? If there isn't any left in us shouldn't we be able to get just as stoned the next day, and the next, and the next...

thats because your brain reduces cannabinol receptors upon repeated exposer to thc which makes it so you need more of the drug, this is also why there is a limiti to how high someone can get

[ShamanicHippy]

alright i did read what you posted, and it says...

"There is almost no Delta-9-THC left over a few hours after smoking marijuana"

and even before that it says that Delta-9-THC is what gets you high..

so if thats true, that there is almost none left in our bodies a few hours later, then how do we build a tolerance to it? If there isn't any left in us shouldn't we be able to get just as stoned the next day, and the next, and the next...
well that is partly the reason that you DONT develop a (physical) tolerance

[DazedandConfused]

"thats because your brain reduces cannabinol receptors upon repeated exposer to thc which makes it so you need more of the drug, this is also why there is a limiti to how high someone can get"

Does that mean that we're slowly building up a permanent tolerance? or does our brain continue to produce more of those receptors?

[420ultimatesmokage]

the number of receptor sites for thc to bond to will change depending on the amount you consume. if you were to quit, your brain will adjust accordingly. so the answer to you question is no i dont think one can build a permanent tolerance.