Is It Proven?

[Funkamander]

I'd say it's all good once you're done with puberty. For some that's 14. For others it's 17. But before puberty, you're still developing on a serious level, not just getting taller.

Also, before puberty, I don't think a bowl every now and again will kill you. Just be modest. It's all about self-control.

[IntrepidS]

Actually, just picked a number. Lately I've been forcing myself to refrain from indulging as a result of the munchies. Can't let things get out of control. Seems that mostly I end up eating pickles and shit anyway...can't be much to gain from pickles I imagine.

I hear ye man. I too have been a little over-indulgant with the munchies and all. Especially with the AAA Jack Herrer I've been getting lately, munchies from hell I tell you! I decided that I just can't wake up with a full stomach any more. I've been cutting down tremendously ever since. I also find myself enjoying the weed more when I'm not stuffing myself.

[ImStonedNILikeIt]

Uh I don't remember why I came here....

Nah..Seriously..I started smoking at a young age,and now I can't remember shit. I double check the stove, forget what i'm doing, But i've had a very stressful life since i was 14 as well. And scientist also say stress leads to a forgetful memory. When I smoke, I come up with a million ideas, do they ever get accomplished?No, because for one I forget them, and for two...I never leave the couch to actually accomplish them....

But some of the smartest people I know..smoke pot,and no one would ever even suspect it.When you smoke weed, you take your own risk it has different effects for different people.

[FunkyMonkey]

yeah its scientifically proven. .

Care to link us to this scientific proof that weed smoking negatively impacts the development of the brain in puberty?

[FunkyMonkey]

Uh I don't remember why I came here....

Nah..Seriously..I started smoking at a young age,and now I can't remember shit. I double check the stove, forget what i'm doing, But i've had a very stressful life since i was 14 as well. And scientist also say stress leads to a forgetful memory. When I smoke, I come up with a million ideas, do they ever get accomplished?No, because for one I forget them, and for two...I never leave the couch to actually accomplish them....

But some of the smartest people I know..smoke pot,and no one would ever even suspect it.When you smoke weed, you take your own risk it has different effects for different people.

I hear what you are saying, but it is impossible to tell if you would have been different had you not smoked. There is no control and no comparison to determine if your forgetfullness is as a result of weed. Its personal speculation, not a proven fact.
Im sure theyll eventually use human clones raised in labs for that process lol.( kidding)

[ImStonedNILikeIt]

I hear what you are saying, but it is impossible to tell if you would have been different had you not smoked. There is no control and no comparison to determine if your forgetfullness is as a result of weed. Its personal speculation, not a proven fact.
Im sure theyll eventually use human clones raised in labs for that process lol.( kidding)

Honestly, I understand where your coming from. It isn't real much of a proven fact that it causes forgetfulness, I am a very forgetful person, but as i've mentioned i'm also very stressed, my mother doesnt smoke weed, and she is more forgetful then I am. So, as you have said it isn't really proof it's just something that no one really knows the real causes of, a lot of the results are just plain every day chemicals that we inhale, and put into our own bodies.Caffine, Cigs, Soda...Chocolate....the list goes on. We all (well most of us)Eat or drink or inhale something that could cause something to happen to our brains/our bodies.

I'd love to say I'm 100% healthy....but unfortunally due to life..I'm always inhaling something that probably shouldn't be inhaled in the first place. Oh well.

[FunkyMonkey]

Honestly, I understand where your coming from. It isn't real much of a proven fact that it causes forgetfulness, I am a very forgetful person, but as i've mentioned i'm also very stressed, my mother doesnt smoke weed, and she is more forgetful then I am. So, as you have said it isn't really proof it's just something that no one really knows the real causes of, a lot of the results are just plain every day chemicals that we inhale, and put into our own bodies.Caffine, Cigs, Soda...Chocolate....the list goes on. We all (well most of us)Eat or drink or inhale something that could cause something to happen to our brains/our bodies.

I'd love to say I'm 100% healthy....but unfortunally due to life..I'm always inhaling something that probably shouldn't be inhaled in the first place. Oh well.

I hear ya. I cant count the amount of times I forget where I put shit down. I lose my wallet all the time, my keys , glasses, etc.
But I can clearly remember things from even as young a 3. Go figure.

[turm]

So let's see...if I smoke up, get the munchies, and eat a candy bar, does that mean that the candy bar helped to make me more intelligent? Or is it still the fault of the weed that I became more intelligent?

Furthermore, is it the weed that made me gain 5 lbs resulting from the munchies, or is it the candy bars that I was eating left and right as a result of smoking too much?

Hmmmmm... think I'll go get a candy bar!

The point of my message was that weed will make you less/more smarter as much as a candy bar does or any material thing really. If you havnt figured it out a Candy Bar does not make you smarter, nor does it make you stupider, just like weed, it dosnt make you overall more smart or more dumb and anyone that thinks otherwise is very misinformed.

[turm]

My father has been smoking pot since he was 13 years old, he turned 45 years old last month. that means he has been smoking for 32 years straight (as a kid i would always find his stashes). He only has a grade 10 education, (like alot of people from that time) but he is one of the smartest people i know. He has worked in managment for 27 years making over 50k a year. He owns 277 acres of georgous property and a very nice house. SO there is a case that goes against pot making you stupid if you smoke it at a young age. Also my father is 6 feet 3 inches and i can tell you that he wasnt that tall when he started to smoke.

[turm]

Also another thing that my fathers life has proven is that weed really does have its benefits. My father has elipsey. so does his mother, so do i. I have heard stories of my father having seziures in church when he was 12 that he dosnt even remember. as a child he had many seizures but with the knowledge back then they just wernt recognized. my father started smokeing when he was 13, and about 10 years ago he stoped smoking for a bit because my parents were having financial difficulties. anyways soon after he had 3 major seizures (i will tell you, seing your father on the ground having a seizure when you are 10 years old is really fucked up). now he is susposed to take 2 pills everyday of his life but he dosnt like the effect they have on him so he takes about 1 every 3 days. at first when he started that he would have minor episodes untill he started to smoke pot again (he only stoped for about 3 months) and he hasnt had a seizure since. But who knows how different his life would have been if he started to have 3-5 seizures everyday of his life? I sure as hell know he wouldnt have been able to acomplish all he has so far.