Pro's and Con's of our friend cannabis - Please read!

[Nation_1ne]

Hey all, I need to ask all of you a favour. Whilst it's easy to find information about Cannabis it seem's it's always biased in some shape or form. So I thought Maybe it's best if we the users of it give honest and non biased information about Cannabis. I'd like our most frequent users (including mod's when they have the time) to post some facts. For each positive I want you to post one negative. Nothing silly though. It's our duty as Cannabis users and members of one of the largest communities to hand out this information. Once quite a few have been posted I will update this section here to a potential guide and possibly a sticky in the future! So please, let's make this work and show we are responsible and do understand this plant.

The information can be anything honest, weither it's a better way to smoke it or how it may lead to lung cancer. Links and or proof of your information would be appreciated also.

If a thread like this exsist then fair enough, let me know and I'll request a mod deletes this.

Nation_1ne Reviewed by Nation_1ne on 07-06-2007. Pro's and Con's of our friend cannabis - Please read! Hey all, I need to ask all of you a favour. Whilst it's easy to find information about Cannabis it seem's it's always biased in some shape or form. So I thought Maybe it's best if we the users of it give honest and non biased information about Cannabis. I'd like our most frequent users (including mod's when they have the time) to post some facts. For each positive I want you to post one negative. Nothing silly though. It's our duty as Cannabis users and members of one of the largest communities Rating: 5

[Divadish]

Careful what you say, the anti- lobby could easily quote you out of context and use it in there mega-bias propaganda.

[User Name Here]

whats cannabis?

[NothingMoreThenTruth]

Erowid Cannabis (Marijuana) Vault : Effects

That seems to be one of the best effects list I've seen. Although, some of the neutral effects are debatable to be positive.

[Nation_1ne]

Great, few views, 2 replies and nothing. Maybe there's no point lol.

Edit: Nice, we have one. Thank you. rep your way

Edit: Crap we can't update our original post. Means I cant make a list in my first reply now

[friendowl]

speaking for myself....

some good things about smoking is it helps me remain stable.
i realized a long time ago that i am hyper and impulsive
when im sober i get bored very easily and my thoughts consume me
after smoking a lil bud everything slows down and life is liveable
i can enjoy the small things much more like hearing birds sing
and feeling the wind in my face.i can just be calm and relax and enjoy life
just a few minutes during a hectic day to take a time out really helps
me be a better person.

some not so good things about smoking bud are that yhe damn sack
always runs out.it can be expensive if your use increases and sometimes
if you get stoned too early in the day you get burned out and its hard to move.that kind of kills plans and is a waste of time

compared to all the other methods of escape and recreational intoxicants
smoking bud is the most mellow and harmless of them all

drink one can of beer or smoke one bowl
i bet the beer will have you more altered and feeling unplesant longer
than any bowl could

[Matt the Funk]

Weed helps with almost any/every medical problem I have/had
but it's pricey, illegal, and can make me eat too much.
Although it completely negates the negative side-effects from my meds.

[jdub61]

pros: everything
cons: money, and to a lesser extent illegality

[Spoken Word]

Bro, I'd love to research and give you links but I'm on 56k right now and.........it's a fuckin nightmare.

So take my word for it.

Pro- relaxation
Appetite
Euphoria
Creativity
Stimulation
Pain-relieving
Sense of well-being
sleep-aid
stronger Senses

Con- Smoke
nausea
paranoia
anxiety
"bad-trips"

it's different for everyone though

[Nochowderforyou]

Pros: 98% of the time it helps with my mental illness. I used to have bad insomia as a child, and it helps with that. I used to get night terrors up until I was 14 then I smoked cannabis for the first time, and it was like it was gone overnight. One night I'm screaming in my sleep, the next, I'm not making a sound. I don't even snore.

Those are my pros, but when it comes to helping the sick and suffering with deadly illnesses, I think that is def. a pro. Pills can have nasty side effects, I know that, but what I take is nothing compared to what people with crippling illnesses have to take, like 12-20 pills a day. I think it's great that we can reduce the number of pills by only taking 2 or 3, or even 0 pills, and replace it with a naturally growing plant, with no serious side effects. Medicinal use is a great pro over those nasty chemical drugs.

Cons: It can make me sleepy sometimes if I over-smoke. What I mean by that is continuing to smoke when I'm already high, which is pointless. It costs money, a lot of money, but I'm willing to set aside $200 every few months for a nice sack of smoke.

It slows my mind down big time, so if I'm doing something that requires a lot of brain power, or if I'm learning a new job at work, then smoking is out of the question. I don't retain anything thsat I have to learn while high. It makes learning fun, but there is fun learning and serious learning.

EDIT: www.cannabisculture.com has lots of amazing medical info and growing info. It's a magazine based out of Canada.

There is also another one out there called Cannabis Health magazine, also Canadian and is free at the headshop here. It focuses directly on medical uses of cannabis.