Is weed really bad for you???

Well, to be fair, some research on the effects on *developing* brains shows there may in fact be some damage. So, you probably shouldn't toke too much before you exit adolescence. And if you have a family history of psychosis or schizophrenia or anything like that, you might also want to be careful.

For everyone else though, there's quite a lot of info out there now that shows cannabis potentially helps with preventing at least some cancers, and may also be useful for those with osteoporosis. So, pretty much every adult would likely benefit from toking up, even if it's just to reduce risk of some cancers.

We (the human race) need to do a lot more research on the positive and negative effects. Especially the positives, because there are probably tons of positives we don't even fully grok yet. The idiotic laws in the U.S. prevent most such research though, so I guess we have to look to other (smarter) countries to do that research for us.

I thing that all of us have the decision in ourselves. Can be bad, can be good, there is in whole world some perfect thing ??

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

The numbers, I have, are:

20% longer through melatonin promotion
20% longer through activation of CB receptors

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I believe the active compounds promote normal, programmed cell death... i.e. helps get rid of bad cells..... somehting like that...

its super bad for you, dont smoke it, send it 2 me instead :)

Harmless.

Hmm, after having read this post, I'm starting to think that younger people shoudn't smoke until their body is fully developped. Doing so will prevent any possible damage due to growth and smoke at the same time

I guess I'll cut back on the weed until I'll mature fully. Thanks for the info guys, it was very enlightning.

Cheers

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I like to compare smoking weed to eating a medium thing of french fries from McDonalds ... its obviously not the best food out there, its "junk" food.

Sure potatoes have some benefits ... they give you energy and such. Some salt is good too, to remain hydated. Even oil is good in small quantities to produce hormones and maintain good lubrication ...

Now, what happens if you eat french fries every single freaking meal of the day for the rest of your life? Youd turn into a big fat, sluggish-in-the-brain loser. Youll run up risks like heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, etc.

On ther other hand, eating french fries 3 or 4 times a week is ok. It tastes good for one ... and still gives you some useful calories...

Notice, like french fries ... weed should be LEGAL, but still warned about. It should also be cheap and be offered at fast-cannabis shops, that have drive throughs :].


But seriously, that mentality works really well for me. Pretend like each bowl you load is a pack of french fries ... and treat it exactly the same way. That'll keep your usage balanced...

:rasta:

weed is very good to me, but some ppl have had bad experiences, althought in my experience i was always lifted in a very nice way. some say weed is bad for various reasons but they are the safest smokables not to mention i havent heard ppl complaining of dying off of it so to me weed is alot better than other smokable preferences.:rasta:

You must way the pro's/con's of your own situation to come to that conclusion.

the only sort of bad effect its had on me is short term memory loss