Stages of Marijuana Smoking

[Breukelen advocaat]

I find that the older I get, the less marijuana it takes to have the desired effects. Two ounces a year of high quality stuff, which is about a gram a week, is more than enough to help me every day. Right now I'm doing fine on less. It probably helped to keep me going during the years that I had a chronic medical condition that was misdiagnosed. If this is an "addiction", then so be it.

If you don't like it anymore, then you shouldn't post about it here.

[birdgirl73]

If you don't like it anymore, then you shouldn't post about it here.

Of course he should. If he wants to. This isn't "There's only one way to feel about Cannabis.com."

I'm one of those people for whom it negatively affected my motivation and memory very noticeably. It also affected my heart rhythm in a frightening way and, if I used it now, would likely interact with the anti-arrhythmic medicine I take. So I abstain as well. I want to use it again later, and I really want it to be legal when that time comes. I like the way it feels and I found that, for me, although it depleted my motivation, it still did good things for my mood.

One of the things I always cringe at here is when one person tells of his experiences with cannabis and others jump in to tell him he's feeling the wrong thing or saying the wrong thing. Or that his personal experiences are somehow incorrect, all imagined, or invalid. If I could have a single wish granted for this site, it'd be for people to realize that cannabis affects different people different ways, not all of them positively. Just because it affects four people positively doesn't mean it does the same thing for the next four. It's like any other medicine. People are going to have both negative and positive responses to it, and that's as it should be since every person's body and neurochemistry are unique.

Anyway, that's my message. Live and let be. Let freedom ring. Let cannabis be discussed in the first person as people experience it and don't step over those boundaries and tell someone he's wrong for not feeling the same thing you feel. We'll be doing a heck of a lot more justice to cannabis if we acknowledge that it works well for some and not for others than pretending that it's the be-all end-all substance for everyone.

[Skrappie]

Negatives of Marijuana Abuse:
Weight gain (munchies)
Apathy (loss of emotions/feelings/motivation)
Worse physical appearance (droopy eyes, not just while stoned)
Memory loss
Greatly weakened social ability
No sex drive
Increased estrogen (less muscle mass potential)
Learning difficulty
Loss of confidence
Completely different personality
No R.E.M. sleep or dreams

smoking does not make me feel like that at all.

Though, if you really feel all those i can see why you would want to quit. the only thing i really agree with you on on your list is memory loss, though for the most part, its simple stuff such as: forgetting where i put my glass of water when i'm getting ready to get to run.

I typically find in in 30 seconds or so.

Maybe one day you can enjoy the herb without smoking yourself into oblivion. It's always a bummer when someone hits rock bottom. Enjoy school bud!:hippy:

[Conehead]

Of course he should. If he wants to. This isn't "There's only one way to feel about Cannabis.com."

I'm one of those people for whom it negatively affected my motivation and memory very noticeably. It also affected my heart rhythm in a frightening way and, if I used it now, would likely interact with the anti-arrhythmic medicine I take. So I abstain as well. I want to use it again later, and I really want it to be legal when that time comes. I like the way it feels and I found that, for me, although it depleted my motivation, it still did good things for my mood.

One of the things I always cringe at here is when one person tells of his experiences with cannabis and others jump in to tell him he's feeling the wrong thing or saying the wrong thing. Or that his personal experiences are somehow incorrect, all imagined, or invalid. If I could have a single wish granted for this site, it'd be for people to realize that cannabis affects different people different ways, not all of them positively. Just because it affects four people positively doesn't mean it does the same thing for the next four. It's like any other medicine. People are going to have both negative and positive responses to it, and that's as it should be since every person's body and neurochemistry are unique.

Anyway, that's my message. Live and let be. Let freedom ring. Let cannabis be discussed in the first person as people experience it and don't step over those boundaries and tell someone he's wrong for not feeling the same thing you feel. We'll be doing a heck of a lot more justice to cannabis if we acknowledge that it works well for some and not for others than pretending that it's the be-all end-all substance for everyone.

Amen sista:thumbsup:
U should write a book or something

[lagstronaut]

Of course he should. If he wants to. This isn't "There's only one way to feel about Cannabis.com."

I seriously wanted to bitch that guy out for such a stupid and ignorant comment, but I thought he'd get his back up like the other guy in this thread. So kudos to knowing how to properly express how you feel without offending people!

[Reefer Rogue]

Quit for whatever reasons you want, as long as you don't slander those that continue with non factual information.

[GixxerRidinToker]

I quit last night actually, went out with a bang.

I will be smoking again, but my time of smoking has ended for while... not like years and years, but I have certain federal drug tests to pass in the next month.

So yeah.

I have never felt any of the negative effects of pot until I kinda hit rock bottom. I would wake'n'bake with 2 or 3 bowls of dankdank (I can post pics if y'all me too of the shit I smoke, its nose numbingly strong) and still was not obliterated, lunch would come, smoke two or three more, then before a venture outside to work or whatnot, smoke some more. I felt as if I could not get high, I could get stoned, but not ...as a kite. I waited three days one time before smoking again, and it was great, I got blazed as hell and whatnot, but it just didn't last as long as it used to, like 45 min. So yeah. Idk where I'm going with this, as it is my first sober post on the site. I am going to continue to partake on the site, as pot I believe WILL ALWAYS BE A PART OF MY LIFE! I just turned 20. That is all. Thanks for reading.

Whoever sig was about being a bad person because they smoke, I liked that btw.

[affasd]

smoke weed all day

[ncnavguy]

I smoke alot. I grow my own very potent mj and I blaze it. When I was younger I used to smoke all the time and try to stay stoned 24/7. I took a 5 yr break and grew up. Now I smoke at night and only after I've accomplished my tasks for the day, MJ doesn't make me better socially or give me deeper thoughts, I am me with or without weed. I take it to ease my pain and sleep at night. I take it because I love the communion with nature and the nourishment of something from the earth that my hands have wrought. More power to you for quitting to improve yourself Tim, I understand and college is an important time to learn not just about academia but about your self and the man you will become. In the future if the time is right and you truely did love the plant I think you can come back to it with a better understanding and respect of your self that will transfer into all of the activities you do.

[Trip06]

shit, Im like a thrill seeker so naturaly the first time I got high I was exploring the high seeing what it did, Man after that you dont wanna know. But ill tell you anyways. It was fun all the time with friends and shit but after awhile its all I did and cared about. I tried to get as much as I could when ever, like a typical addict I smoked my self retarted for months on end. Then reality set in and I had to deal with all the bullshit and problumes I caused when I was fucking around off in space. Now when I smoke occasionaly Im more mature about it. Yeah I admit I was a drug addict not saying weed was my "drug" I did alotta other shit, But thats just how I was back then. Outta control and imature, I do believe in weed being a good positive tool even know Im not that reprensentation of it.