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Can anyone tell me the pro's and con's of smoking weed??
What damage can it do?? I really need the facts, are there long term effects/ short term effects.
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What damage can it do?? I really need the facts, are there long term effects/ short term effects.
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If i die could you pretend i said somthing deep and Emotionally funny!
My boyfriend and his friends went through a faze where they were mad on it but hes stopped now (so he says)
I was just wondering because I've been told things about short term memory loss, and using foil on pipes can do something to you - I'm not sure what thou?? I was also told that using water or ice in a bong makes you get water in your lungs and you shouldn't do this?? I'm not sure whether to believe this as water vapour gets in your lungs anyway!!
Please help!!!
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http://www.thesite.org/drugs/the_drugs/cannabis.html
...gives you some information on side effects
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In terms of health risks, there are no pro's to smoking weed unless you suffer from MS, arthritis or other condition that requires an analgesic effect.
As for con's, there are a few. As with smoking anything else, it can be carcinogenic, increase the risk of bronchitis, reduced lung capacity etc, etc.
There are increased risks of having to go down to the 24-hr petrol station to get loads of munchies and Rizla. Big risk of giggling for hours at something that's not very funny, staring at clouds for two hours as they drift overhead, getting bleeding-eye syndrome, and getting "right into" whatever music is on at the time.
On the short term though, you may get "hash-guts", a condition for the newbie smoker which makes your gut ache a bit the day after.
Over long term, there are psychological effects that can come into play, varying from a bit of paranoia to full-blown f*cked-in-the-headness.
From personal experience I'd say occaisional users suffer few if any side-effects. But if you are a long-term, intense smoker you do put yourself at risk of physical and most importantly mental side effects, especially if mixed with other drugs.
Only users lose drugs
Pros: (based on my opinions)
- It makes you feel more relaxed
- It's a lot safer than Cigarettes And Alcohol (im sure everyone agrees with that)
- It makes me creative/artistic in ways. It brings you to a slightly different state of mind.
Cons:
- It's illegal in most countries and sometimes comes with serious fines/penalties.
- It does causes brain damage which makes you more forgetful.
- It can make you really stupid while you are high. Such as forgetting what you were just talking about. Or putting the milk carton in the Cabinet instead of the refrigerator. hehe So you probably wouldnt wanna be a job interview stoned (even though i have)
- And i guess with some people.. It can impair you to operate machinery. (not I)
But as far as overall damage.. I know people nearing 50 and have been smoking since they were 15. These are successful people working in their own business and weed does not interfere with anything they do. It is just like coming home and sipping a cold brew. Something to relax you after work, etc.
every time when i was having a break @ work i smoked a J, done working = smoking J's whole eve long, at a time i almost never did went out anymore and lost many of my social contacts...so decided to start smoking less with it and start living a "normal" live...so now im only smoking on special occasions and i feel a lot better with it.
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I used to smoke weed at a ridiculas rate..... more recently I have cut back, partly due to the fact that i got tired of running away from the police, and some of my friends got arrested. But also because I just don't seem to enjoy getting completly stoned anymore. I think it is best used the morning after you have been in a club, when you are on a come down...
However, I have a feeling I may satrt smoking it at a stupid rate again in the near futre.....
[This message has been edited by BEEZ (edited 29-08-2001).]
LOL @ the milk and kettle thing
I came home one time when I was living with the 'rents stoned and made myself a bacon sarnie and went to bed. Next day the old man told me I must've had a good night 'cos I'd put the bacon in the kitchen drawer and the cling film in the fridge.
D'OH!!!
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Only users lose drugs
um the only affects ive had from smokin the green is lack of concentration i lapse in that department im afraid thats smoking too much skunk me thinks!!!!
* Paranoia
* Forgetfulness
* Laziness
* Mood Swings
* Lung Damage (especially from spliffs or if you use base and not bush)
As one of my friends once said putting it bluntly and I can second it:
"regular and heavy use of weed basically rams your head up its own arse, you'll become lazy and can't be bothered doing things, although you might not see it your relationships and work do suffer, you'll have memory problems and difficulty in thinking, on top of that if your smoking base it will damage your lungs especially if your doing bongs and spliffs"
.. hes right and I've experienced some of above myself, weed can stay in your system over 28 days so be careful your work doesn't do drug tests and there are arguements that because it stays in your system so long it technically makes you 'slow for a month'.
I've seen that happen to a guy i used to be mates with. He got really heavily into dope and ended up permanently stoned. he's become really selfish, unsociable, obnoxious and downright annoying. Much better company when not stoned. I'm not speaking to him now because of his views on the American terrorism, which i won't go into here.
* someone said that it gives you brain damage! ridiculous! it can give you short term memory loss, but it's nothing severe.. you don't forget much... it's mostly unimportant trivia you forget.
*i've only ever been caught by the police once, and as long as you have no more than a 1/4 then you're ok.. they give you a caution (in the UK).
*smoking anything is going to be bad for you. the trick is... "everything in moderation"
*one of the myths of smoking is that it makes you a hermit. ok, so how many hours have you spent watching TV? i'm pretty sure that i prefer going down to the beach and smoking a few spliffs watching the sunset than drinking lager watching a football game
*through trial and error you know what kinds of weed are good and bad as soon as you smell/see them. some people have said they have had no effect... thats because a)the weed was crap b)you didn't smoke enough.. one toke isn't going to give you much of an effect if any c)you've been sold grass cuttings from someones lawn
*only smoke until you feel nice, don't go beyond it if you're a beginner. my friend J bought some weed from the 'dam and we smoked until we saw visions. but thats becaus ehe's been smoking for 15 years and i've been smoking for 6. only toke if u want to, it's ok to say no... if you're stoned you're stoned. paranoia comes only if you smoke past your capacity. paranoia is a result of being unsure in your mind about yourself. be somewhere familiar and comfy and don't feel pressured.
ova and out.
Tai
if you're uptight, hyper, scatty, stressed out and/or moody.. smoke weed because it's safer than alcohol and tastier to boot! - Tai's advice 4 the day
* someone said that it gives you brain damage! ridiculous! it can give you short term memory loss, but it's nothing severe.. you don't forget much... it's mostly unimportant trivia you forget.
*i've only ever been caught by the police once, and as long as you have no more than a 1/4 then you're ok.. they give you a caution (in the UK).
*smoking anything is going to be bad for you. the trick is... "everything in moderation"
*one of the myths of smoking is that it makes you a hermit. ok, so how many hours have you spent watching TV? i'm pretty sure that i prefer going down to the beach and smoking a few spliffs watching the sunset than drinking lager watching a football game
*through trial and error you know what kinds of weed are good and bad as soon as you smell/see them. some people have said they have had no effect... thats because a)the weed was crap b)you didn't smoke enough.. one toke isn't going to give you much of an effect if any c)you've been sold grass cuttings from someones lawn
*only smoke until you feel nice, don't go beyond it if you're a beginner. my friend J bought some weed from the 'dam and we smoked until we saw visions. but thats becaus ehe's been smoking for 15 years and i've been smoking for 6. only toke if u want to, it's ok to say no... if you're stoned you're stoned. paranoia comes only if you smoke past your capacity. paranoia is a result of being unsure in your mind about yourself. be somewhere familiar and comfy and don't feel pressured.
ova and out.
Tai
if you're uptight, hyper, scatty, stressed out and/or moody.. smoke weed because it's safer than alcohol and tastier to boot! - Tai's advice 4 the day