Pot is harmful : Discuss :

Orison usually is

 

"Subjects who had a history of long term marijuana use were taken off of the drug for 23 consecutive days"

"Subjects taken off of the drug all showed signs of withdrawal, manifesting in the form of sleep disturbance, severe irritability, apathy and loss of interest, extreme lack of energy, depression, increased anxiety and anger, and in more severe cases - nausea, taper-insomnia (ineffability or difficulty staying awake), and decreased physical alertness"


"The study concluded to prove that there are, in fact, severe, long term, neurodegenerative effects indicating the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons, including death of neurons"

now tell my how you can prove this wrong. It's a fact.

"The body’s cerebellum and serotonin then gets used to this being a way to tune things out rather than developing a way to process emotions and stay calm in the midst of negative feelings. Over long term marijuana use (over five years, per adum), there have been numerous harmful effects of marijuana to the body's ability to create natural and necessary “feel good” chemicals. In a recent study conducted by Imperial College London, subjects who had smoked cannabis during a five trial, presented with 68% less serotonin than subjects who were unexposed to cannabis"

 

word.

 

Indeed. Also, you can actually overdose on water and die from water intoxication. It's impossible to overdose on marijuana.

And to whoever said marijuana kills brain cells. This has been proven to be false. Holding your breath too long when you take a hit MIGHT kill a few brain cells because of some oxygen deprivation, but that's not very likely either.

 

All these are true. When I quited after a year of more the just daily smoking I suffered from these symptoms for about a week but went away. Nothing permanent, just a sort of withdrawl.

 

It may be harmful to a certain point. Just like vegetables can cause cancer. Does that mean you should avoid vegetables? No, big chance you don't get your cancer from eating cabbage (or smoking pot). Life itself is dangerous but if you avoid everything because it might be harmful you're sure it's gonna be a drag. So yes, it has the possibility to cause negative effects and if it's worth it is entirely up to the individual. I think if you remember to take a break when needed or just moderate in general it is not harmful for most people. Of course there is also always the occasional individual that has bad luck.

 

The truth is pot becomes a problem if you let it be. Its one of the only drugs where it can either be your downfall or it can be something great for you. It all depends on the user. The herb becomes a problem when you let it get in the way of your priorities. When you aren't doing shit with your life, or when you are in school getting shitty grades, coupled with smoking every day, that is when pot is a problem. When you have a steady job, but can't afford to pay for essential things like actual food rather than fast food and other necessities, that is when pot becomes a problem, but I guess that example can come down to personal opinion.

Pot can become as harmful as other drugs in the sense that you aren't doing shit with your life besides smoking a bunch of weed. There is so much out there besides pot. Sure it won't fuck you up in a physical sense, but I feel like weed keeps me from doing certain things. I used to smoke every day, but now since I've stopped I have more time to learn, and pondering the way our world works and the substance of it is much more interesting to me than smoking weed every day. Some people can study high, but weed makes me demotivated and lazy and is more of a scapegoat for when I have shit to do but don't feel like doing it.

It is also financially irresponsible to smoke a shit ton of weed. Unless of course you are growing your own shit, then by all means smoke and choke. But if you are blowing 20 beans a day on bud and have nothing to show for it besides being high as shit while your other fiscal dependencies go unwarranted for, then that is pretty damn stupid.

All in all, if you want weed to not be harmful, you have to assess your own situation and go from there. If you find that your time spent smoking weed is more than your time spent getting shit done and making your ENTIRE lifespan comfortable, then I suggest you stop for a while, or slow down immensely. You may be having fun smoking a lot right now, but in the grand scheme of all things when you are 30 years old and living in a shitty ass neighborhood working at some low down restaurant, or living with your parents, I bet you would have wished you put some more time into what is important rather than smoking all that buddha.

 

the truth is......

I dont have enough marijuana for my carpal tunnel pain, to continue this nonsense.........

.. please..

 

Yeah please. What are you trying to prove by posting this sort of useless thread in the stoners lounge?

 

Classic enabling rhetoric... demonizing a substance because there are people who are incapable of self discipline. That way they can continue failing to address their shortcomings because it's that evil weed's fault. This is a lot like going into an atheist forum with intent to evangelize its members to a religion... and just as unacceptable. Word the topic a bit differently and specify just those users who cannot control their impulses and you can initiate a discussion on impulse control but a blanket statement such as "pot is harmful" in THIS forum stinks of trolling and becomes unacceptable. Please find another hornet's nest to stir, thank you.