should i smoke???

i know s/t like this has been posted b4, but this is for me - i know that its my desition and all, but for the past few ive been seriously considering smoking weed. for years, since seriously 8th grade ALL of my friends, especially my closer ones smoke every now and then- just weed (which i plan to solely stick to) and have always told me things a/b it and a/b like hot-boxing and stuff and always ask me to do it wit them (they love me so ). they never ever pressured me and im still not pressured and i kno i wont lose any friends over which ever desition i make- im not even so sure why i want to do it now rather than years ago... w.e

im just not sure a/b all the side effects and things i should stay away from or what do to, etc. please post a reply cuz this has been on my mine for a while now, i even have dreams that im getting high, lol seriously. i just want to know the really important things about doing it? thanks

 

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis.shtml Good Site that answers alot of questions you may have about Cannabis...or other drugs.

 

i have no experience other than that of the intellectual variety. i would go for it. last time i was offered to be smoked out i refused and i reeeeaaaally regret it. rar.

side effects. nothing bad. look around here, or if you want some freaking detailed scientific info go to www.erowid.com. these other people would know better than i.

 

Yes you should.

 

being a oncle in a while smoker, I notice i feel a little ansy, and just... off, between smoking. (anywhere from a week to a few months.) after about 2+ weeks, i feel normal again. My coordination and concentration are also effected, so, for an athlete like myself, it snot in my life right now. But when summer comes....

I'd be sure you have nothing "important" atleast a week after smoking. i.e. a big test, a game of w/e sport you play, if you happen to play one, etc etc.

 

I see no reason not too. Just don't get caught

 

atleast a week? marijuana does not effect you for that long at all, especially if its for the first time. I remember the first time i smoked, after a few hours i felt back to normal.

Perhaps its different if you are an athlete though, since i am veeeerrryy unactive, but it should not effect how you do on tests, unless you smoke alot the night before, then it might mess you up a tad bit...but there should be nothing to worry about at all.

 

Think for yourself

 

i don't mean high. i mean... just... off?

 

i say smoke up, i was in ur exact same situation and i tried it and i fuckin love it, i let my x-girlfriend try it with me and a friend and now she loves(turns out her dad smokes so theyg et high together)

marijuana: bringing people closer together since the dawn of man

 

smoking herb has been one of the best things to ever happen to me
I say go for it!

 

Weed is really quite harmless, at least moreso than tobacco and alcohol, so don't let an anti-drug program's portrayal affect your views on the ancient plant. The reason that the media gives it such a bad name is because it's existence as a legal substance would threaten the success of large corporations which already make excessive amounts of money from selling inferior products to hemp and marijuana.
Although you can't do any serious harm to your body from using it periodically, marijuana does produce some temporary negative side effects. In some individuals, it can cause nausea, panic and anxiety, tiredness, decrease in athletic ability and attention span, as well as more apparent side effects such as dilated pupils and bloodshot eyes. For chronic users, it can sometimes cause apathy, lazyness, psychological dependance on the drug, and possible bronchial damage.
Also, be careful to make sure that what you are smoking is only weed and nothing else. Sometimes dealers will add certain chemicals to compensate for low quality/quantity, or to make you come back for more thinking that they sold you good chron. But don't let this turn you off, since it's pretty unlikely, and were it to actually occur you would probably see/smell the chemical mixed in with the weed. I'm just warning you since I've come across situations like this, in which I've smoked with some friends and gotten so stoned off my ass that there had to have been some shitty chem added in. Also, I know a girl who decided to smoke for her first time, and got the shit from a dealer she didn't know, which ended up being rat poison/Windex and gave her a near-fatal heart attack.
As long as you get the weed from someone you trust, don't worry. It's good for you. So smoke up.

 

The only way to explain whether you should or not is how you feel about it. If you don't want to, don't. If you want to, try it. If you don't like it after trying it, don't do it again. If you like it, well you get the picture.

 

This is what i tell everyone who asks this sort of question:

Try it. It is a few hours out of your life, and if you dont like it, then you will never have the urge to do it again. the only, and i repeat only risks to health or mind (while small, but i wont deny their existance) occur from heavy usage. think about it, the only thing thats dangerous is that you like it way too much and then do it often, like myself, and other people on this forum for example. But remember, if it feels to great, then why not? unlike other drugs where you are hooked and can want to get out of being hooked caus you hate the comedown or the irritation it gives you but cant stop caus your hooked, if you have any problem with doing weed then you can consciously stop, any time, for any reason. the onyl reason people are hooked is caus its THAT good.

And if your out of school.. then there is absolutely positively 100% no reason for you to not try it (assuming your not in the military or Blockbuster video), since you have no schoolwork to worry about (which is a problem to -most- heavy users because you start putting effort into the thigns you enjoy and the thigns that you feel you gain from, and you loose itnerest in all the thigns you do for the sake of it)

 

thanks EVERYTHING you all really helped and to be honest, im not afraid of smoking.'
oddly, for some reason when as i sit down and imagine myself smoking...i'm like, "if i do this, i will never be the same person that i was before" i kno its really stupid and dramaitic but i guess its the same way i feel about virginity, like you can never go back, you know???

 

Would I have known what it would have been like to jump off the secound story of my house without trying it? NOPE!@! and let me tell you it was an ass load of fun! I will never do it again becasue I did break 2 fingers BUT I had fun... Isn't that all that matters? My point is even some things that hurt you are fun but smoking pot is fun and doesn't hurt so why not try it.... But... Then again you could have an allergic reaction and die! Anyway...


PeAcE

 

how long until the decrease is removed?

 

smokin weed is no way like losing virginity haha. bill provided the most valuable info for you. is ay go for it. if you dont like it, wow you wasted a couple hours, if you do then you found a new best friend. jsut remember to take some big ass hits, thats why mom never tried it twice cuz hse coughed on her first hit and didnt take a second.

 

well, i think the first experience isnt really the most enlightening, its sorta just the funnest ones. when you start to get to know what it means to be stoned, thats when you get the real epiphanies and really apreciate the plant

 

agreed, use the first couple times to just relax and laugh with buddies, the more enlightening expiriences happen when you are either by yourself or having deep conversation wiht someone.