Does weed stunt your growth ?

Hello.

Marijuana has been proven, that if on a daily basis (once a week), weed will have no effect on you beside the fact that smoking anything is bad for you. Smoking marijuana on a daily basis will not stunt your growth or development (such as slowing down the process of hair growth). So, basically - if you smoke once or twice a week, I wouldn't worry about it. I have friends who have been smoking marijuana since their were 10 - 12 and are 18 - 21 and still toke. Their height ranges from 5'11'' - 6'6''. Their hair growth is fine, their gametes (sperm) is produced fine. Though if you smoke marijuana once a day, several times a day, ten times a week - you might want to start cutting down. Marijuana has only one affect on the body - the brain. It will kill thousands of brain cells. But if done on a daily basis, your brain will immediatley recuperate.
Ciggarettes stunt your growth, for sure - definitley proven true. The tobbacco contains something thats basically against hormonal development. Also alcohol...

So if you smoke marijuana a couple of times a week - don't worry about it, you'll be fine. Smoking marijuana is natural - 98% of Americans have been recorded on trying marijuana. My parents have smoked marijuana and thats why they were fine with letting my brothers smoke marijuana.

you probably wont notice it unti your later teens........when your trying to grow a beard and shit like htat.

But if you do it on a daily basis, you wouldn't have to worry about growing a beard - it'll grow fine, only if done daily... Agree?

and ummm losing braincells doesnt mean a damn thing. they come back.

That's exactly what I said - and thats the only harmful effect really so theirs nothing much to worry about, unless done several times a day or many many times a week.

At the risk of being branded overly-opinionated, I'll go on record here as saying that there may be a risk it will stunt your emotional growth. I'll be the first to admit I have no clinical data, but my observations over the years lead me to believe that too many peak experience type things at too early an age can affect your development on a mental or emotional level.

Why do I say that? Because the subculture involves us in a clandestine, illegal activity, right or wrong, and an immature mind might conclude that if one such pleasurable activity is against the law, then maybe a lot of other things we call illegal are equally hyprocrytical. In some cases this true but not all. So, right at the time a young person is getting the hang of dealing with society, there's an example showing them that being outside the law is cool and rewarding. (One reason for legalization).

In addition, we're learning things like self control, coordination, and the concept of long term planning in the early years, and I feel that you need to be able to define "reality" first before you start to add fantasy, philosophy, and the difference between important matters and things which are purely entertaining ideas to the mix. I liken this to the inability of children to tell the difference between fantasy and actual events when they see things on TV, until they reach a certain age.

Last, and the least substantial factor of all, is my personal experience. I've seen a lot of people my own age grow up and (sort of) mature, and it looks to me like the ones who ended up least able to cope with life were the ones who got into drugs, drinking, and a whole list of other so called vices at an early age. It seems to me that trying to grow up too fast, or being forced to grow up too fast by outside influences, is not such a good thing for your personal development.

Incidentally, I'm not so perfect myself. But if I had the chance to do it all over again, I'd have learned to walk a bit before I tried to run.

Just my 2 cents, adjusted for inflation.

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Everyone knows it can stunt emotional development. But you'de be the first to actually say it. BTW I did not read all that but I read the first like sentence. Thanks for the info. guys.

P.S. I used to smoke ciggarettes. They only stunt your growth because they reduce Oxygen levels. Alchohol does fuck with your hormones though. But I've drank maybe 3 times in my life. And I only smoked for roughly 6 months off and on, 3-5 smokes a day. And I just cut back severly on weed. So yeah. I'm putting my life back together,haha.

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