Cannabis and Intelligence

[Catt]

I know theres the common idea that smoking weed slowly turns you dumber and dumber.... I for one think this may not be quite accurate... I have a "theory" that people that constantly smoke weed look "dumb" and slow..since they are probably high all the time... if not high...they get the common after effects...so they are in touch with THC pretty much all day... but inside they are a normal person...and probably even much smarter than a lot of people...

But my question is if it can actually make smarter.... You know..you get good ideas while high... but will this side of your potential will only show while high? Can it be taken to your sober state as well? Do you feel the use of cannabis has turned you more intelligent/intelectual in certain ways? more creative? And if it does makes you "smarter" ... is it a temporary state that wears with time as the THC leaves the body....or is it something more permanent?

I also have this idea...that while high, you make your brain work much harder...hence you get those creative ideas...but at the process you "burn more neurons" ... so you think more...at the expense of more brain cells... but that's probably not very acurate...

I noticed that the use of cannabis made me look at things in a different way.... dued probably for things I've thought while high.... and sometimes I end up discusing certain subjects that I didn't before...and in a different "tone" ...

So tell us your story/opinions regarding this subject...

Catt Reviewed by Catt on 04-06-2007. Cannabis and Intelligence I know theres the common idea that smoking weed slowly turns you dumber and dumber.... I for one think this may not be quite accurate... I have a "theory" that people that constantly smoke weed look "dumb" and slow..since they are probably high all the time... if not high...they get the common after effects...so they are in touch with THC pretty much all day... but inside they are a normal person...and probably even much smarter than a lot of people... But my question is if it can actually Rating: 5

[xxxhazexxx]

a good sativa is a thinking mans weed,weed does open parts of your creative side thats being in the zone dude i fucking love it:thumbsup:

[MotleyCrueBoy24]

I have heard this a lot before and I never doubted it. I certainly feel like it....When I have mental highs ofcourse.

[AsianStoner420]

yeah weed has its positive and negative effects,....i encountered being on my other side, the high side and normal side i mean this is not schizoprenia or sumthin but the high side of me is a lot better than the normal one as my friend says,.. he said i am more cooler while im high he mean im just like a cool dude and my sentences are not that non sense,.. evrytime i toke i really open this very interesting topics like those topics that only stoners can relate to,..and we are just having this very good conversations,.. and the only negative effect on marijuana on me is sumtimes im gettin lazy,.. i mean i just wanna lay down and shit, stay home doin nothin,... but i already got rid of those habits,...i also found myself more creative in such ways when toked,...

[LOC NAR on probation]

Recent studies on lab rats, show that weed actually grows new brains cells. This is supposed to be imposible. Alcohol destroys brain cells. My older brother is 3 brain cells away from being a talking monkey. While on the other hand I am 2 brain cells away from being the next Einstien. The average human uses 3 percent of thier brain. When I used to smoke all the time I was maybe up to 30 percent. Recent events have made me regress but soon I will be back on the right track. Look at my name it says it all. If we could get most of the world to somke it would be a very peaceful place to live.

[Little Boy]

all I have to say is that ever since smoking everyday, I have had all A's in every class this last semester...with no work at all!...maybe it is due to me being on adderall during school, but I've been taking that since third grade (now 11th) so it must be the ganja :rastasmoke:

[wildbird]

I have found the spirtutal side to life while smoking!!! I have had my share of trials and hell, but since i now only smoke, i am much calmer, more creative, i sleep better , i eat better, i love and forgive more. i have been brought closer to my higher power which in turn has turned my life around. i started when i was 14 now being 40 this is the only high that works for me!

[Ifrit369]

I've only been smoking a few months, but I've definately noticed a stark difference in my personality.

I seem to analyse the way people interact, and I'm much more laidback.

It's definitely changed my life for the better.

[Oil_Man]

Well, this is what i do know... There was a test about THC(blah blah blah) and they found that When ur high and learn somthing, it is more likely to be remembered when you get high again. So just like on How High, Study HIGH, Take the test HIGH, get HIGH scores. HAHA awsome movie

[ValkyrieAg]

Well, I started smoking after I graduated in HS and was in college. I was always a pretty sharp person. I used to speak in front of thousands of people. Got alot of AP credit and that sorta thing. My sister went to yale, and I didn't feel like she was a whole lot smarter than me.

Then I started smoking pot. I make more mistakes while doing things, whether it be talking (I couldn't do large public speaking anymore) or college work, programming. I was a whole lot slower and I can really notice it. Now that I have become a regular smoker for over a year, I have learned to function while high and any and all paranoia is gone. I feel great. I don't feel as though I did before pot, but hell, in my opinion Im still alot smarter than 1/2 the idiots on this rock, and thats good enough for me.