Originally Posted by God v2.0
From reading this post I can already tell that you are suffering from something i went through as well. It's called assisted apathy (i just made that up but i know you may not believe me about what im about to tell ya, but its how it went for me so all i can do is offer advice.)
basically you blame everything bad and good that happens while you're high on the pot, but what you need to realize is that you are causing the lack of motivation and that YOU are the only one who can reverse the effect. All you have to do is try harder, if you cant study while you're high then only smoke after you finish your homework. if you can stick to a system like this then you will enjoy life alot more, you will be successful and be alot more relaxed and have alot more fun because of the pot.
maybe you should quit, if you think thats really what you need. but let me tell you that what your parents told you is absolutely false, THC is a chemical, it behaves like a chemical, to say that it actually latches onto your brain cells and can alter and control your brain is COMPLETE and utter science fiction mumbo jumbo, i will bet my parents lives on it.
there are actually specific receptors in your brain dubbed CB1 and CB2. They recieve endocannabinoids that are produced in your body naturally, but they are also activated by THC as well as the other psychoactive chemicals in marijuana: CBD and CBN.
the high feeling you get is simply because you introduced a new chemical into your brain, its like putting a filter lens on a camera to add effects, but it does it to your brain instead, so all your senses are now coming through a filter that changes them. One thing this filter does is make music MUCH more enjoyable as im sure you know, it also actives hunger in unique way, making it a treatment for bulimic, anorexic and cancer patients. But the fact that it changes your perception of reality makes it a pleasurable activity because there are certain pleasure centers in the brain that react to, well, to put it simply, variety or a change in surroundings.
So before rethinking your moral attitude towards cannabis you should think about whether you're blaming cannabis for something that you are causing.