^^ FUCKING TIGHT MAN THANKS. hopefully this info will help me out.
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^^ FUCKING TIGHT MAN THANKS. hopefully this info will help me out.
It's interesting that when there is a shortage of marijuana, people seek other drugs (meth, coke, whatever), which are always worse. And since we have a serious and escalating meth problem in this country AND since marijuana is illegal and harshly punished, one must wonder if a great many lives would not be improved or saved from the scourges of meth addiction if only marijuana were legal (and thus plentiful).
Until the proper research is done i'm gonna continue to claim marijuana to be harmless :p.
That's a very good point. Speculation, but still pretty valid. I'd have to say that I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by jamstigator
I dont smoke weed and havent for 8 years. But almost everyone I know smokes it. I started smoking weed at age 14 and smoked until I was 20. At one point I smoked everyday for 3 years until I quit. I had to quit because I became ill with schizophrenia.
Memory: Its been 8 years since I quit smoking and I still have a hard time remembering things. I watch people I know that smoke and thier always forgeting thier keys or something. My aunt smokes shes 55 years old and been smoking since she was 16. I hate talking to her on the phone because shes like a broken record she'll tell me something then two minutes late tell me the same thing again because she forgot. My uncles are the same way. They put something down then two minutes start looking for it. I have friends from work that do the same stuff.
Paranoia: Some people I know get paranoid when they smoke some dont. I didnt when I first started smoking. Some of my friends say they get paranoid once in a while. I was fine till I was 18 I was even an honor role student. Marijuana has been linked to schizophrenia in a few studies. Some studies say that those who smoke are atleast 10% more likely to develope schiz then those that dont, especialy if they have a genetic disposition twards the illness. I've read other studies that put the percentage as high as 25%. How much truth there is to these studies I dont know. But the evidence seems to be pointing that weed can trigger schiz in those with the disposition. No one in my famaily has schiz other then me. I know two other people that smoked pot and ended up with the illness. But I know alot of people that smoke and dont have it. I belive the drug effects us all differently.
Depresion: I never had depresion until I started smoking weed. I was extreemly depressed while smoking even to the point I thought about suicide regularly. Since I quit I hardly ever get depressed althogh once in a great while I do. I have a friend that used to smoke but quit because of depresion he seems to be alot better now.
Lungs: I smoke cigarettes and started smoking weed at the same time. When I used to smoke weed I would have to wake up in the night and cough all the shit out of my lungs before I could go back to sleep. It felt like I was drowning in fluid. I had a few friends that were the same way. Since I dont smoke weed anymore my lungs feel ok. I dont belive anyone when they say weed isnt harmfull to your lungs. Just look at the inside of a hash pipe thiers alot of tar there.
These are just my own experiances what anyone does in thier own life is thier problem. I dont care if anyone smokes weed I'm here to grow so I can make money off people who do. But I do have to say this not everybody should smoke especialy those with a family history of mental illness.
Heres a link to the schiz and marijuana tests.Thiers a few articlesabout weed and shciz.
http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/...es/001555.html
I could go on all day about this topic
Smoking before your body and brain are done developing might not be a great idea either, even if you don't have a family history of mental illness. But again, there has been very little research done in this area. That's a problem with the laws: because it's a Schedule I drug, it's difficult to do good research, so we're all left stumbling in the dark wondering about stuff that we could figure out if only the laws would allow the research.
I doubt it's completely harmless, but few things are completely harmless if you do them too much. On the other hand, taken in moderation, if you're past puberty and have no history or predisposition toward mental illness, I doubt it does much harm. I've smoked on and off for 27 years now, and other than temporarily degrading my vocabulary, I've noticed no bad effects myself -- but I smoke in moderation now, and haven't smoked what I would call heavily for quite some time.
If you're smoking to enhance your life, that's fine. If you're smoking to escape reality, that's when there's a problem. The problem isn't the pot, it's the attempt to escape reality. That always comes back to bite you in the ass.
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Originally Posted by Shelbay
Is that true? I mean if the key to help prevent cancer from cigarette smoke is Vitamin C and E why doesnt more people know about this? Lol, this is my first time hearing that.
Weed is good for everyone!
Took the words right out of my mouth.:oQuote:
Originally Posted by LIP
My question is how do some people "stone themselves stupid" (I think most of you know what I mean). The only smokers that I know are younger ones and perhaps it is only possible to "stone yourself stupid" is when your brain is still maturing (since I don't know of any older smokers). My theory is this: supposedly it is a scientific fact that some of the cannaboids in cannabis affect the part of the brain as the hypothalamus (the part of the brain that is VITAL in storing short term memory (this is also the part of the brain that was messed up with the girl in the movie "50 first dates" if you ever saw it)). This obviously explains why sometimes, when we get baked off our asses, we some times don't remember all of the experience. And since the average half-life of marijuana is 20 hours-10 days, and if a teenager gets high daily, they wouldn't be able to retain nearly the information if didn't smoke as much. Letâ??s say, a teenager starts smoking when he is 14, 3-4 times weekly. This coupled with the half life of marijuana could be devastating to adolescence teenagers (and one of the reasons why I only smoke on weekends). But then again I know people who smoke daily and stil haven't stoned themselves stupid.
So I guess my real question is
1. Can you "stone yourself stupid" after your brain has fully matured?
2. Also, does my theory make sense? Any refuting/contrary ideas would be greatly appreciated :D (I wouldn't mind being able to smoke daily!).
3. If my theory is false, how do some adolescence teens "stone themselves stupid?"