Can marijuana harm you in a lot of ways?
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/74/89068.htm
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A 2001 study suggested that marijuana smoking increases the risk of heart attack in the hour immediately after smoking. But this seems to be the case in no more than one-fifth of 1% of heart attacks -- a very rare risk indeed.
Yes, in many ways its worse than smoking. First of all it causes serious damage to your lungs, and it can make you high... which generally isn't good. Marijuana can ruin your life, beleive me I have had a lot of friends mess up their life with it. I suggest not trying it if your smart cause it would be horrible if you were to get hooked. That was a rather out-of-context quote. The article also says:In reply to:Marijuana smoking isn't harmless, but at least it won't kill you. ...the current knowledge base does not support the assertion that it has any notable adverse public health impact in relation to mortality ...Over 10 years, marijuana users died no sooner than nonusers.But it also says:In reply to:... Long-term use can't be good for you. But Sidney notes that most marijuana smokers don't become long-term users. One worry about marijuana smoke is that it is inhaled, and held, deep in the lungs. But the typical user smokes only one marijuana cigarette -- or less -- a day. Tobacco users often smoke 20 or more cigarettes daily. Moreover, tobacco contains nicotine, a highly addictive substance. Marijuana, Sidney concludes, is less likely to harm than tobacco. ....Marijuana users shouldn't cancel their life insurance policies just yet. Sidney warns that longer-term data may indeed show that marijuana smoking eventually raises the risk of premature death. ....And if marijuana is legalized, long-term use may become more common. If this is the case, there certainly will be more long-term effects of marijuana use. [Interesting article, FaBMX.]
uhhh, dude marajunna isnt good for ya, period.
But is it bad for you? If so, then why?
My guess is he doesn't know. He, like so many others, just are told from day 1 that drugs (which includes marijuana) are bad, therefore they tell everyone it's bad.
I wanted to reply to this thread, because this often comes up in my day to day life. My friends will start un-educated arguements with me, about my use of weed. They're are quite intitled to their opinion (as are all of you) but its usually just their opinion, no facts.First off, a very factual site about many drugswww.thegooddrugsguide.comSecondly, I only smoke a couple times a week, thats very little in comparison to the other people at my school. I would estimate that 90% of all the males either smoke or have in the past. I live in a very weed rich comunity. Now any smoke is bad for you, period. Cigs are worse, due to the added chemicals. Also Cigs are chemically adictive, weed isn't. Weed can, however, be phycologically addictive (your mind grows acustumed to the happy feeling). It's not hard to get phycologically adictive but its not too easy either. But the main point is that you won't start throwing up from withdrawl like you will with Cigs (witnessed first hand).The actual experience of being "high" from weed is just a general sense of happyness and peace. You aren't stupid when your high either, it's just harder to concentrate and you loose your short term memory for the duration of your high. You feel more open and free, but you still no your limits (ie, you know you can't jump off that building and not get hurt, which under other certain drugs doesn't seem as dangerous). Basically everything becomes more interesting and beautiful. Some facts now..MJ doesn't make your penis smaller, smoking can lead to impetence. You don't have to smoke MJ (tho sadly most people do, it's just faster) you can cook it or vaporize it. Smoking hasn't changed the state of my breath, just brush your teeth afterwards and your back to normal. My teeth are just as white as they have ever been and I am just as smart and active in school as before I smoked.The public image of so called "stoners" is really a shame, I don't like the term myself, it's too negetive. Theres a lot of great people out there, smoking right now and enjoying it. This goes back to the point where some of my friends get mad at me for smoking, just because its a drug, when in fact I haven't changed at all and I would always choose them over drugs in any circumstance. My friend says that driving high is easier but I really can't use that as I haven't tried it myself and don't really see the point of doing so besides using it in an arguement. I'm really starting to ramble...Few more things I guess. There hasn't been any death as a result from smoking Weed, either long term or short term. There's a lot of drugs doing a lot of good things and MJ is one of them (Medically speaking). MJ has a lot of medicinal purposes that people ignore, like treating the pain of MS. Again, www.thegooddrugsguide.com and erowid is good too.Ps, I'm dislexic so forgive the spelling mistakes there's usually a lot.
I don't think anything you said is too controvesial.In reply to:My friend says that driving high is easier but I really can't use that as I haven't tried it myself and don't really see the point of doing so besides using it in an arguement.This is the crux of an argument on a different thread, where a certain poster insists that he drives just fine when he's stoned.I'm not sure why your friend thinks he can objectively rate the quaility of his driving when he's stoned. I don't think he can.
Welcome to A2A! Thank you for your post! The more intelligent support I have, the better Steve, Everyone drives differn't stoned. Some do great, some suck. Thats how it goes. Stop trying to find an answer to an open question.
In reply to:Steve, Everyone drives differn't stoned. Some do great, some suck. Thats how it goes. Stop trying to find an answer to an open question.Questions are open until they're answered. With what part of what I said do you disagree?o Smoking marijuana has an effect on one's perception.o It therefore might affect the way you perceive the quality of your driving.o You may or may not drive OK, but why take a chance?o Therefore, don't drive stoned.I've been pulled over by the police lots of times (although never drunk or stoned). If I would have been pulled over for whatever reason, and then the cop smelled dope, as you said, it could result in a "driving under the influence" conviction. I wasn't the first to say it, but I agree with it.Now what exactly is the difficulty?
I dont disagree. My post may have came off serious, but it was more of a joke. I know you keep basicly telling everyone the same thing about it, so I dont understand why everyone (whitelines) keeps questioning it.. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
Well first off, there's a differance between 'high' and 'stoned'. This is kinda hard to explain but I'll do the best I can. A 'high' is easily atainable. Kinda like a peaceful buzz, where everything feels nice and looks interesting.Getting 'stoned' takes more. Being 'stoned' you feel more lazy, and it's really hard to concentrate and move. Everything is still happy and enjoyable its just harder to do things. And personally I don't feel like doing them while stoned. Just wanted to clear that up cuz most of the time I'm just high. Now to what I was posting for. Speaking to my friend (again not a personal experience I'm sharing but as close as I have) he says that you drive more carefully (because your worried it effects you) and slower, therefore better. I don't think it would be very hard high, stoned on the other hand would be difficult. I ride my bike all the time while high and I do go slower, it's just nice to enjoy the trees. Thats all.
I'll admit i don't know everything about marijuana, but i do know a few things. Such as, marijuana will negatively influence your body, no matter what. Marijuana is known as the "gateway drug" because some people go to more advanced drugs after using marijuana. Also people claming that they smoke marijuana for cancer treatment and such, is bs. Its been stated by a botanist with a PhD in botany that a specific part marijuana plant is more healthier and safer than smoking marijuana for that type of treatment. Also i'd like to add that if you smoke marijuana once, it probably won't matter much, but continued use will endanger you life, point blank. All in my opinion
weed is for pussies...you need some opium or crystal meth!!!! J/K dont do drugs, they screwed me up.
I know so many potheads that have been potheads all there life and havent went to other drugs, and i know people that have went straight to coke, and in my opinion if you want to try coke and all the other drugs you will know matter what if you do pot or not
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How so? No matter what?
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A lot of people who drink milk also go on to advanced drugs, so milk is a gateway drug. A lot of people who smoke pot _don't_ go on to more advanced drugs. A lot of people who will do advanced drugs have the type of personality such that it would be natural for them to smoke...anything.
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So does having a PhD make it OK for him to state wild-ass guesses as facts, or does he have some research to back up that claim? And what kind of expertise does a botanist have in human physiology? You realize that people use marijuana (in various forms) for relief from symptoms (of the cancer, or , more commonly, of the chemotherapy). What do you mean by "part of the marijuana plant"? It's specific substances _from the plant_ that have the desired effect. What substances does he think are the good ones?
I'm not saying that there's a lot of great research showing the effectiveness of marijuana for symtom relief, but the anecdotal evidence is pretty compelling, and I think people with cancer (especially if it's terminal) deserve a lot of lattitude.
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Since we have no idea who you are, your opinion isn't worth much unless you have evidence to back it up. What you say sounds more like a political/cultural position than a scientific one.
THANK YOU steve
Steve summed up my thoughts exactly. Medical marijuana is succesful. I personally know a few patients who, without this crucial pain reliever, would be forced into a life of pain killer addiction. Also, was it just me or did this post not make alot of sense?
i didn't say medical marijuana wasn't successful, but that intaking the smoke isn't the only way to use it in that way.
marijuana can cause the following things. in the long term - causes short term memory loss- lowers your learning capability (in other words, it makes you super retarded)- Blackens your lungs - stains your teeth- can get you arrested, if caught- decreases your sperm count - lower your time on the earth- cause a hole bunch of cancer. Marijuana is very capable of ruining your life. if anyone offers just say. "Screw you ****ing druggy"and charge at him!