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    #11
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    I havent done any research on it but I have seen some young kids get "burnt out" real bad if they smoke weed alot when there younger. Its pretty sad actually. And I do believe that kids should wait awhile to be atleast 16 to start heavily smoking. But thats just my opinon and I could care less when people start smoking.

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    #12
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    Quote Originally Posted by shh.3kingz
    Well I'll tell you that I've been smoking on and off (off and on) for since I was around 12. And my memory is far worse off than my peers today.
    I didn't have any motivation to begin with, though, so I can't really comment on the motivational thing.
    I would have a guess that you have a perfect memory but that is just a guess so if you will hear me out I shall explain that tapping into your phenomenal memory is only a matter of practicing activating your recall muscle. I bet you can remember how to roll a joint. I bet you can remember what a bong looks like. When you smell weed smoke how do you know that what it is? If you forgot you would be like "wtf is that smell!" every time you toked. Things you remember are stored as senses. Pictures... sounds... feelings etc. Practice enriching your internal world and your memory will wake up. When you go into a dark room and you can't see anything does that mean there is nothing there? Turn on the light and there are shapes colours and objects. Turn on the stereo and there are rich sounds. It's all there you just got to flick the switch.

    As for motivation you just have to find out what you really want in life. The people who are highly motivated know exactly what they want and the thought of having it makes them so juiced that they are like a whirlwind in pursuit of their goal.

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    #13
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    Do u really want to mess with something as it grows? It's like blowing smoke at your crops before the harvest lol

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    #14
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    Meh I don't know maybe heavy smoking at a young age does have something to do with my learning ability. But I doubt it, I think it just has to do with what I like. I learn about Cannabis easily and it sticks in my brain but I hate school because it just seems like all bull shit. And as for blowing smoke on a plant before harvest..I dunno sorta bad comparison lol. A couple of weeks ago I was smoking in my room blowing smoke through my odor filter to see if it would filter the smoke. That room was very cloudy, I let it clear out though, they are fine lol.

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    #15
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
    That little artcle was about the brain's almost unlimited capacity for learning, which seems to drop off after the age of 12. That doesn't mean kids can't and don't learn after that. They certainly can. But the uncanny, almost spongelike ability to soak up languages and various other verbal and math skills isn't quite the same after adolescence that it is before. Certain neural pathways shut down and dont continue to expand in the same way that they do before the age of 12.

    They used to think the human brain was through developing by 17 or 18, but more recent studies have shown that the final finishing touches are still being put on the frontal lobe, the area that governs reasoning and judgment and impulse control, well in to the early 20s. So now they say the brain's probably not to its fully developed state until 23 or 25.

    The precaution against marijuana use until a brain is fully formed is because no one really knows what sort of effects it may have on those developing neural pathways and on the final stages of frontal lobe development. There've been some small-scale studies that have shown moderate cannabis use doesn't appear to interfere with learning or memory. But no one with any sense is going to do a large-scale study of the effects of cannabis on the brains of teenagers simply because it could be too risky. What if, in large-scale testing, they discovered cannabis did indeed affect intellectual development? Ethical scientists don't test substances on teenaged kids, just as they don't test them on fetuses, babies or small children. The stakes are simply too high.

    I wish kids would wait to smoke weed till they're 21 or so, but hey, I didn't. And I turned out pretty well in the smarts department. Who knows, though? I might have been an absolute whiz-kid if I'd laid off the grass till was finished with college!
    I often look back and think how different things would have been if only I'd known what I know now! I think that's a fairly common phenomenon. OK if I'd spent 15 of my first 20 years studying electronics I would be building super computers by now. But it's pretty pointless thinking that way for me because it gives me an internal sigh. So I think "what can I achieve in the next 15 years?". Might as well start now while I've still got my marbles

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    #16
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    When I was smoking heavily around 15-16, I noticed a bit of a drop off in motivation I guess, but very little. Short term memory was affected as well, but still did great in school, so I didn't care. 5 years later, and I don't really regret it...I don't smoke as much now though, but my memory is unbelievably good, especially my long-term memory. I think it's just when your younger, because there's not much to do anyway, so smoking might just be used as a scapegoat, who knows.

    Anyway, I've read Amotivational Syndrome was a myth, but I do definitely think some people can be affected motivation-wise, I just don't think it's an actually 'syndrome' with a name...more like a temporary thing if at all. I think 18 should be 'the age', but the vast majority of people start earlier, so it's whatever. It's up to the individual to figure out if they should start/stop/continue/cut down, because only they know how it positively/negatively effects them.

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    #17
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    I didn't smoke weed in high school (except three times), and, when I did, everyday, at a college, I made the dean's list. Never tried in high school to make the honor roll. Made it to the college on a baseball scholarship.

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    #18
    Senior Member

    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    well i started smoking at 12 or 13 and i think it just makes people alittle slower.

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    #19
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    I started young, so I know how fuckin stupid it can make you. Sometimes I feel like I robbed myself of so many oppurtunites because I was fuckin stoned. And also, the come down feels harder at a young age. The burnout feels stronger too. I could have studied and excercised(sp) my mind and maybe even learned more about it like I am now. No instead I abused the weed and it became more important than school or any resposibility. I showed no discipline(sp??) and worst of all i shit on my mother and family.

    not only me, every pothead i ran with.

    i do not condone underage weed use.....or any drug....
    i know most teens smoke anyway though..:rastasmoke:

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    #20
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    Avoid marijuana until of age?

    Quote Originally Posted by orangeman
    I learn about Cannabis easily and it sticks in my brain but I hate school because it just seems like all bull shit.
    This is completely off topic, but that bull shit is what separates those that work shitty jobs they hate all their life, and those that retire early and don't have to rely on social security to take care of them when they are old. Trust me, I had the same attitude as you have and every day I get up for work and deal with the morons in 100 degree weather I wish I took school more seriously than I did.

    As for when to start smoking, it's one of those things that everybody says you should start at 18 or 21 or whatever....but nobody does. Most probably start around 15 or so, and it's hard to know exactly how it will effect your life. I would say don't go too heavy on it until you're 23 or older, and pot, (or any drug/substance), should never be the center of your life. Focus on friends, family, your career, and let pot tag along but don't allow it to be the main thing in your life.

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