High for a Month

[Captain Hanks]

) Doesn't marijuana stay in your fat cells and keep you
high for months?

No. The part of marijuana that gets you high is called
`Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.' Most people just call this
THC, but this is confusing: your body will change
Delta-9-THC into more inert molecules known as
`metabolites,' which don't get you high. Unfortunately,
these chemicals also have the word `tetrahydrocannabinol' in
them and they are also called THC -- so many people think
that the metabolites get you high. Anti-drug pamphlets say
that THC gets stored in your fat cells and then leaks out
later like one of those `time release capsules' advertised
on television. They say it can keep you high all day or
even longer. This is not true, marijuana only keeps you
high for a few hours, and it is not right to think that a
person who fails a drug test is always high on drugs,
either.

Two of these metabolites are called
`11-hydroxy-tetrahydrocannabinol' and
`11-nor-9-carboxy-delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol' but we will
call them 11-OH-THC and 11-nor instead. These are the
chemicals which stay in your fatty cells. There is almost
no Delta-9-THC left over a few hours after smoking
marijuana, and scientific studies which measure the effects
of marijuana agree with this fact.
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Now most of you have probably read this fact and believed it as true. Except theres on problem in my case and I want to see if anyone here can relate. The first time I smoked the herb it was at 7pm on a school night. I went to bed at 10pm and was still stoned. The thing is though is that I felt what I like to call "the after affects" where I can kind of notice the stone from earlier. I felt this after effect a full 2 days after smoking. Now of course it doesn't happend anymore because I have a higher tolerance then before. But would this not basically disprove the "marijuana only keeps you high for a few hours theory? I mean do you think it is somewhat there at an unnoticeable level for up to a month after?

Captain Hanks Reviewed by Captain Hanks on 09-05-2006. High for a Month ) Doesn't marijuana stay in your fat cells and keep you high for months? No. The part of marijuana that gets you high is called `Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.' Most people just call this THC, but this is confusing: your body will change Delta-9-THC into more inert molecules known as `metabolites,' which don't get you high. Unfortunately, these chemicals also have the word `tetrahydrocannabinol' in them and they are also called THC -- so many people Rating: 5

[delta9thc06]

That my friend is called cannabis psychosis.

[Captain Hanks]

That my friend is called cannabis psychosis.

Are you sure? And if so am I physcotic, because it only happend that first time.

[IanCurtisWishlist]

i think it only happened the first time for a number of reasons. number 1, is that if you're a lightweight then you will definately notice a difference in perception for a while afterwards. secondly you might have thought you were feeling high , but only because you were constantly thinking about it.

[Captain Hanks]

Well I know it wasn't physcologicall if that's what you mean by constantly thinking about it. Although I do have to agree I am very light of weight having 5% bodyfat (mostly muscle). Basically, are you saying that it's a few hours for "most" people and more for lightweights? Because I'm still extremely low in bodyfat and it doesn't happen anymore (due to tolerance). BUT! Wouldn't that mean it's not true about being done with in a few hours time and leave the option for up to a month possible?

[delta9thc06]

Its because your minds not used to the intoxicated state and is in a little phase that you can sometimes achieve after smoking for a entire day of non stop smoking. Its nothing permanent and does no physcological damage that im aware of.

[ThePurpleMan]

how old ru.. cuz when i first toked up when i was like 13 it did that to me..

[Captain Hanks]

how old ru.. cuz when i first toked up when i was like 13 it did that to me..

I was 14 when I first smoked.imp:

Seems to me like most of you are agreeing that it is in fact possible to be high the next day. Are you guys also agreeing that the above fact is false and that it can last for more than a few hours?

[somethingfunny]

First time I was 16, did it at about 11-midnight, woke up at 8AM and still felt it.. like I'd play a video game and just space out on it, and just push buttons not paying any attention to what I was doing

[Th3 sand m4n]

The reason you might find your self to still "feel like your under the influence" is because when you smoke marijuana it retards some of your brain cells. So the next day especially your first time you might notice you still feel traces but that is actually a hangover and your brain cells are just a little slower then normal and you really notice it the first time because your not used to feeling a little slower.