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Redpill me on weed, /pol/.
I've been on the fence lately about smoking weed but I'm still really unsure about the long term effects of weed on the brain. I know it's pretty obvious not to smoke it out of a blunt or anything. But I want to know if it actually makes permanent changes to the brain. I've been through the first few pages of Google but most of the results are inconclusive or contradictory.
Post reputable articles if you can, or just post your thoughts.
Weed will keep you relaxed but ultimately unfulfilled and immature. It's good when you're hurting bad, but when you have no need to take it, you shouldn't be taking it. You should really look at it like a medicine.
>>74622363
Are you below the age of 25? If you are, then yes, it will probably affect the development of your brain, because your brain is still developing.
When you smoke weed, you're assaulting your brain with quintillions of molecules which can activate second messengers via membrane-bound receptors (metabotropic receptors), and these second messengers are known to alter DNA expression. Long-term alterations in DNA expression during brain development can lead to long-term structural changes in the brain.
So yes, it will alter your brain. Does this cause clinically significant problems in your life? Maybe.
>>74622635
Any sources to back it up? It seems everything I find is biased in one way or the other
If you use it just be moderate and don't overdue it. Its a pretty benign drug, possibly the most benign in terms of effects vs. Harm potential. Big difference between mellowing out with a blunt of bowl every now and then, and chasing it every hour of the freakin day, where being high is now your new normal. It can be a fun tool for stimulating creative thoughts. I would have fun making music high, but it was also easy to overdue it and find yourself looping the same thing for hours to no gain.
I enjoyed it for years, eventually lost interest because it was such a hassle to track down / not worth it $ wise.
If it was legal in my state I'd probably still do it from time to time, legalized, it would be more convenient.
>>74622363
Weed is harmless. Anyone saying otherwise is anti-drug or government connected.
Only problem is it makes certain people a bit too relaxed and content. That's only a bad hing depending on your perspective.
>>74622635
Go back to your DARE meeting, kid.
>>74622959
don't listen to this faget. u cannot rip it hard enough til u start to fail
>>74622363
>>74622999
Also
https://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/the-truth-about-cannabis-and-your-white-matter/
>>74622363
it justs make you feel lazy, relaxed,and horny. A nice drug if your on vacation but other than that its just a waste of money.
>>74622999
Weed can unlock dormant psychological illnesses, cause certain people to increase bile production and stomach pains like crazy and only hot water can help (Google it), it can cause heart palpitations and lead to irregular beats if used habitually, increase paranoia, and leave after burn images in your eyes a lot longer. There's more but it won't directly kill you from ODing, possibly a stroke or a heart attack from the irregularity though.
Good thing you can quit cold turkey.
"Although most modern people choose to smoke or eat pot, when its active ingredients are transferred into an oil-based carrier, it can also be absorbed through the skin, which is in fact one big organ. In the Bible’s New Testament, Jesus baptized none of his disciples, as is practiced by the Catholic church, but instead anointed them with this potent entheogenic oil, sending out the 12 apostles to do the same. 'And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them' (Mark 6:13).
http://healthwyze.org/reports/454-was-marijuana-one-of-the-christs-healing-herbs
Just read up on a lot more information.
What I've found is that I'd say marijuana probably does have a negative impact on the brain. Information processing generally goes down (just a little) even after months of constant/casual using. It's shown to decrease levels of grey and white matter in the brain (whatever that shit is lol).
But those facts were for any type of user. There's many more negative effects that are more significant for anybody under the age of 25-26, which is when the male brain ceases development. Pretty much the younger you go, the more it fucks with your development and connecting neurons (or whatever). And since I'm only 19 lol, I figured I'll stay the fuck away from that shit until I'm older.
If anybody does disagree with me, they're free to argue me. But I'll mention that even pro-marijuana sites such as "herb.com" conceded that it fucks with the development of adolescent brains
I smoke time to time it helps me sleep. The side effects are negligible unless you're smoking a lot (I.e. Every day) if you decide not to though you're not missing out on anything special. I would say try it out at least and if you like it do it on occasion just don't become a pothead that smokes copious amounts every day and you'll be fine.
>>74622363
Vaporizing it has little to no known health effects. Its fine to do so when you have all your shit done for the day just like alcohol. Its degenerate if you do it other times when you actually have shit to do
>>74622363
If you wanna learn more about it and actual real facts about look up the "Buzzed" books they are about all drugs and the affects of them on your body. I personally do smoke weed however I'm not a junkee who does it every day. It is a lot of fun and tingles your senses music sounds amazing, eating is amazing, playing video games is amazing, and playing board games is amazing on it, especially last night on earth. Plus it can help you smile and be more of an open person.
>>74622363
>it's pretty obvious not to smoke it out of a blunt or anything
why do ya say that OP I used to smoke blunts all the time
>>74624283
Fucks up your lungs lol
>>74623842
>There's many more negative effects that are more significant for anybody under the age of 25-26, which is when the male brain ceases development. Pretty much the younger you go, the more it fucks with your development and connecting neurons (or whatever). And since I'm only 19 lol, I figured I'll stay the fuck away from that shit until I'm older.
I would guess that to be true for most drugs including nicotine, caffiene, and booze.
One thing I've noticed about potheads is that their drug of choice becomes their life. They smoke constantly. They talk about pot constantly. Their friends are all potheads. Everything else becomes secondary to the holy plant and being high every waking moment.
Even the most dedicated alcoholics don't decorate their homes with Charles Bukowski posters and constantly babble "Happy Hour, Woooo!".
Potheads are the vegans of the drug world.
>>74624391
yeah but that's just the "cancer paper" in the wraps themselves not the weed
The only legit study I've really trusted is the one that said weed is harmful for people under 20 who still have developing brains.
That's a huge part of the reason why I'm for decriminalizing weed, because when it's classified as a Schedule 1 drug, scientists cannot properly study it in the USA.
We really ought to be studying marijuana; whether or not you think it's degenerate is a m00t point.
>>74622363
Google Cannabis Induced Psychosis.
>>74622363
one more article you may be interested in OP
http://healthwyze.org/reports/313-smoking-to-cure-lung-infections-and-for-good-lung-health
Try adding organic indian tobacco and/or mullein to marijuana for a cleaner hit
>>74622363
Weed is good if you can control it. It definitely makes a night out with your friends enjoyable.
I've probably smoked weed about a dozen or two times... maybe a little more. But you need to control it, I've seen it act as a gateway for my friends.
I personally smoked it only socially, tops once a week and I regularly went without weed for a month or two. Right now I haven't smoked weed for close to a year.
The way you get addicted to weed is really how you get addicted to anything else. You smoke it once, enjoy yourself and see no harm... so you smoke it the next day and then the next day... until you find yourself craving for weed when you can't get it.
This is usually not bad, in fact realizing you have cravings to weed is a better outcome overall. In other cases people just regularly smoke weed not realizing they are in a sense addicted, so they try even harder drugs because they haven't realized they're addicted to weed and think they can handle it... and that's when the slippery slope starts. I've seen a friend of mine become like this, he stopped caring about school and he really thought about drugs only. Thankfully he's ok now.
So what I'm saying is if you're going to smoke weed, never maybe it a daily habit because you see not apparent harm. I say at most smoke only in the weekdays and regularly cut yourself for a week or more to know that you are in control.
>>74624735
This is glorious and funny.
I will say I disagree, though. At least, partially. Most of the pot smokers I know personally are fairly quiet about it, and only bring it up if they're offering other people some.
Occasionally, the (cigarette) smoking circle at my campus will talk about pot politics, and the advance of legalization, but those conversations often deviate to either elections or general policy-making in states.
>>74622363
15+ year smoker who lights up each night only, never before work is complete.
Pros - I sleep well, do not dream (used to have regular dreams about being shot in the face, no longer), and wake feeling more refreshed. Final 2-3 hours before passing out are stress-free, gives me a better feeling about the start of each new day.
Cons - morning coughing fit for 5-10 seconds, spend 200-300/month on weed, forget more short-term memory stuff.
All about what sounds more important, OP. I smoke to sleep and de-stress, if you don't have sleeping issues or high-stress shit, it really isn't needed.
>>74625943
I've found that smoking to sleep actually increases my short-term memory loss, think there's some kind of correlation there?
I like the same sort of schedule, but try to be mostly sober before heading to bed.
>>74622458
fpbp
>tfw can't find weed anywhere
Fuck this stupid gay earth. If I want to smoke pot, let me.
>>74626124
Sad but true
>>74622363
It's reversed my mandibular degeneration, but made me fucking stupid man.
Also cannot pass drug tests for a month.
>>74626262
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I wasted so much of my life with weed and in the end its made me dumb, gave me tits, and anxiety. Also I just lost a good job because im so retarded with it
>>74626544
Lolwut
>>74626544
>gave me tits
not the weeds fault you don't work out dude
Weed, LGBT, porn...degeneracy, I never tried it and never will.
>>74622458
Gonna have to agree completely. Used to smoke trees like a true nigger back in the day. I realized it turned me into a selfish, lazy fuck and destroyed my ambition for that time period. It also fucked my short-term memory temporarily and boy did I feel retarded. Stopped before I graduated college, and my life is better in every way. I know people who still smoke, but deep down they're insecure losers who are trying to fill massive voids in different parts of their lives. Every last one of them.
>>74622363
You're pleasing demons when smoking weed and distancing yourself from God - you also slowly degrade your personality and brain - mainly personality.
>>74622363
Does anybody else only smoke pure, pressed kief?
>way smoother, no coughing
>greater ratio of THC to mass (~100%)
>doesn't smell strong
>smell doesn't stick to clothes
>easier and quicker to smoke
>more discrete and easier to transport
Just get a pound of trim, a bubble bag, two 5 gallon buckets, some dry ice, and you're ready to rock.
>>74622363
Weed needs to be cut back.
On it's own, it's benign, but like alcohol or cigarettes, it stunts emotional growth.
When you're stressed out, it gives you an instant vacation, when you should be learning to deal with that stress.
When you have nothing to do, it makes you content with being bored, when you should be doing something productive with that time, be it working, reading, or socializing.
I'm not sure if it has a neurological impact, but it does have an impact all the same, one best avoided.
>>74622363
Everyone here pretty much answered your question, but some personal experience:
I never smoked/ingested weed until I was in my late 20's. I don't enjoy smoking anything, so I tried edibles. It was perfect. A long lasting high that sparks incredible hyper-awareness and creativity.
