Quote Originally Posted by willystylle
Because weed can be psychologically addictive, people who are susceptible(sp?) to schizo can get it from excessive weed use.

I also heard that excessive weed use can cause gynocomastia(bitch tits / man-boobs), acne and anti-social behaviour.

But I still say - so what?
This is government/anti-weed-groups propoganda pure and simple. gynocomastia has been shown to occure no more in pot smokers than non-users (according to this site), and more convincingly to me, how many people have you seen who smoked weed and suddenly grew tits and a flop in the wrist?

the acne and anti-social behavior I don't buy either. "anti-social behavior", as classified by our good friends at DARE and other such groups, can be pot-smoking in itself. Even studies which show higher rates of genuine anti-social behavior in weed smokers show no indication as to weather already anti-social people were more drawn to weed or the weed caused the behavior. I know I, and many of my friends, went to weed because we weren't in the group of "popular" or "social" people who played the social game, we just acted as our selves. Smoking weed was something our type was much more drawn too, while my more popular and social-butterfly friends want nothing to do with pot.
The acne is most likely a result of the munchies. I had somewhat acne'd skin as a teenager because I ate tons and tons of junkfood and pop as a kid to deal with stress (never got fat though, I've always been really skinny). When I went over to weed I stopped pigging out on junk and used the herb to relieve my stress, and everything cleared up 100%.

Beachguy, help me out and throw in some studies here!