WTF Slow Already

[Oneironaut]

They've done studies which show that weed doesn't affect your memory when you're not high. The lack of short-term memory is only a temporary effect and wears off with the buzz.

[Dopa]

Haha i'm not so sure about that. This one dude at my school is like so slow it's not even funny and his short term memory is virtually non-existant. He is a heavy doper.

Most likely what they meant was the short term memory-loss wears off when the weed is out of your system or almost out of it which can take a week or two.

[Oneironaut]

So? I know people who haven't had a hit in their lives and have bad short-term memory. The Cannabis FAQ at Erowid says:

I forgot, does marijuana cause short-term memory impairment?

The effect of marijuana on memory is its most dramatic and the easiest to notice. Many inexperienced marijuana users find that they have very strange, sudden and unexpected memory lapses. These usually take the form of completely forgetting what you were talking about when you were right in the middle of saying something important. However, these symptoms only occur while a person is `high'. They do not carry over or become permanent, and examinations of extremely heavy users has not shown any memory or thinking problems. More experienced marijuana users seem to be able to remember about as well as they do when they are not `high.'

Studies which have claimed to show short-term memory impairment have not stood up to scrutiny and have not been duplicated. Newer studies show that marijuana does not impair simple, real-world memory processes. Marijuana does slow reaction time slightly, and this effect has sometimes been misconstrued as a memory problem. To put things in perspective, one group of researchers made a control group hold their breath, like marijuana smokers do. Marijuana itself only produced about twice as many effects on test scores as breath holding. Many people use marijuana to study. Other people cannot, for some reason, use marijuana and do anything that involves deep thought. Nobody knows what makes the difference.

[CocaCola]

When I realized that Mary was slowin' me down and effecting my grades, you know what I did? I didn't quit. I cleaned up my act. I have more respect for the bud now... and insted of making me a slow witted oaf, I am more aware of the stupid bullshit... and that's really the only shit I forget. Everything else is fine. If you can't do that... then I suggest you quit smoking for awhile and see how things go. Because regardless of how much you love your weed, you don't want to be perceived as a dumbass, do you? Besides, you haven't been smoking for long so it should a snap to just let it go, if it's REALLY effecting school and stuff. School is more importent then geting high, no matter what.

[lardman]

In begenning of October i was stoned like 2 times at school every week, i was getting fucked up But the thing is i would do it at lunch time then come back for the 2 other periods i had. They were PE (OMFG its a bitch while stoned but sooooo fucking trippy) and Algebra 1 :P:P:P In the algebra class everyone fucked around and no one listened to the teacher so it didnt matter. I wasnt smoking b4 important periods.

But then i started getting lazy and shit. I didnt give a fucking shit about school work or pretty much anything. All i really cared about was how i felt and what i WASNT being able to do becuz of my step mom bitch! So yah then some shit happened, where my step mom hit me and i ran away and shit happened. Now i live with my mom, in Berkeley, . I havnt had any bud for prolly a month now. I have changed alot since i havnt toked up. I am more motivated, i care about things and how people feel, and not about just getting high. SO what ive decided is im going to just toke on the weekends, prolly toke alot when i get home on friday, then saturday blaze like fuck, and sunday not anything so i can be sober for school Ill be getting a quarter(1/4 ounce) tomorrow hopefully Ill be posting pics and how im going along.

[STDzRus]

Maybe..

And don't call me a jackass because I already know I am..sometimes.

But just maybe you were slow to begin with?

[beachguy in thongs]

With current research being done on Melatonin, it's a fact that we naturally produce it, most abundantly when we reach puberty. And on top of that, if you smoke a joint, your levels are gonna go up 4,000%. Melatonin production, being more prevalent in youths, could be the reason why younger users are "slowed down" and affected by Weed more. Again, I don't know what an overdose of Melatonin can do.