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Discussion => Drug safety => Topic started by: g01d3n on January 14, 2013, 12:05 am
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Hello, I've experimented with drugs in the past. Coke made my head and chest hurt, on more than one occasion; Meth, I've tried once, never again, I tried once with a buddy and just about had a mental breakdown. I do enjoy various pills, but I've never had the urge to keep doing it when I couldn't get a hold of them.
I always find myself perfectly happy with a baggy of pot. Other than reduced sperm count, what other problems can weekly marijuana usage do to me? I feel like I've been brainwashed by years of Above the Influence commercials.
Edit: I usually only have time to smoke on the weekends, and I only vaporize. I guess my question is, is THC detrimental to my body, the way I use it?
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Hello, I've experimented with drugs in the past. Coke made my head and chest hurt, on more than one occasion; Meth, I've tried once, never again, I tried once with a buddy and just about had a mental breakdown. I do enjoy various pills, but I've never had the urge to keep doing it when I couldn't get a hold of them.
I always find myself perfectly happy with a baggy of pot. Other than reduced sperm count, what other problems can weekly marijuana usage do to me? I feel like I've been brainwashed by years of Above the Influence commercials.
marijuana is the best drug in existence IN MY OPINION.
decreased memory is one effect of it.
some say paranoia....
but a great theory ive heard about why people think marijuana makes them paranoid is because its like "removing the blinders"
so the thoughts you usually discount and tell yourself "thatll never happen to me", are brought to light in a more realistic, mortal way.
besides, cops induce paranoia. thats what they do.
if marijuana wasnt illegal, i dont think nearly as many people would report becoming paranoid from it.
because there would be no worry associated with getting high in the first place.
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Other than reduced sperm count, what other problems can weekly marijuana usage do to me? I feel like I've been brainwashed by years of Above the Influence commercials.
- lung cancer from smoke (thats why i eat it)
- laziness (at least, thats how it affects me. maybe not everyone)
- lower cognitive ability / verbal fluency if taken too often and for too long
- mental illness if you have a predisposition
and yeah, marijauan-induced paranoia has nothing to do with cops. when i get paranoid from marijuana, its - did someone poison me? is my roommate spying on me? are people talking so loud deliberately to annoy me? is the TV talking about me?
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Other than reduced sperm count, what other problems can weekly marijuana usage do to me? I feel like I've been brainwashed by years of Above the Influence commercials.
- lung cancer from smoke (thats why i eat it)
- laziness (at least, thats how it affects me. maybe not everyone)
- lower cognitive ability / verbal fluency if taken too often and for too long
- mental illness if you have a predisposition
So in other words, it gets me high, lol, jk.
- mental illness if you have a predisposition
I do suffer from depression, is there any chance that it would increase if taken for a long enough time. Because I'll be honest, when I'm feeling sad or depressed, marijuana always makes me chill out and enjoy life more.
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vaporizing is the best way to take it so keep on truckin..
It causes mental illness in people who don't use it! You know that moment when your mother finds out your smoking weed instead of school? That is pure psychosis!
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well for me, marijuana definitely covers up my depression, but when i start taking it every day, my depression gets worse and i become almost painfully lazy.....which only adds to the depression. but every now and then when the depression or stress becomes unbearable, marijuana is a wonderful. it's just if i do it every day it makes it worse.
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anyway it's GOOD that you are content with just marijuana. cocaine and meth have destroyed many people. yes marijuana has its risks, as i mentioned, but it's better to eb addicted to marijuana than meth
have you tried any psychedelics?
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Have you tired Psychedelics?
I'm actually too afraid to. After my last stint with meth, I don't have the urge to try anything else I'm unfamiliar with. Also, I know exactly the feel you mean if you smoke it habitually, then stop suddenly, our depression gets worse for a bit. After a while, I start to feel normal, but I refuse to take any more chemical drugs for my depression. I don't like the way they make me feel. Whats the point of getting rid of depression when if feels like my whole being is being torn apart.
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Just count yourself lucky you are content and not chasing the next big thing... Its a slippery slope..
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Other than reduced sperm count, what other problems can weekly marijuana usage do to me? I feel like I've been brainwashed by years of Above the Influence commercials.
- lung cancer from smoke (thats why i eat it)
- laziness (at least, thats how it affects me. maybe not everyone)
- lower cognitive ability / verbal fluency if taken too often and for too long
- mental illness if you have a predisposition
and yeah, marijauan-induced paranoia has nothing to do with cops. when i get paranoid from marijuana, its - did someone poison me? is my roommate spying on me? are people talking so loud deliberately to annoy me? is the TV talking about me?
so you are saying you are paranoid?
"mental illness if you have a predisposition."
i think you already have paranoia if it makes you think like that because i mean... i smoke a lot of weed.
not trying to sound "cool" but yeah.
and i admit mild paranoia, but its almost always about being hauled off to jail after seeing a cop.(or something along those lines)
and some of those thoughts are genuine thoughts.
not the tv talking about you or people talking so loud just to annoy you, but the other stuff like are you being spied on or did someone poison you, i think thats normal in a way.
you are ingesting a substance that is manipulating your reality, or the way you perceive it anyways. its normal to think that maybe you got poisoned. and as for a roommate spying on you, idk.
i have a friend that used to steal weed from me often.
i could always tell but never wanted to jump to conclusions and be a paranoid ass.
but since then ive had several people tell me that that nigga steals weed from multiple people!
im telling you man, for me cannabis removes the blinders. legit.
and they have proven that while smoking marijuana is cancerous (there are carcinogens in the smoke)
there are also anti-cancer agents in marijuana that prevent marijuana from ever being a definite cause of lung cancer.
and man golden, if you are going to do psychedelics please bless your consciousness with the sacred, well researched, introspective ones.
things like psilocybin/psilocin and dmt have this thing about them.
they are usually overwhelming in some way and the desire to go through the experience again isnt usually a "burning" desire if you get what i mean.
its more of a holy shit, that was amazing.
wont need to do that for a while now!
your mind holds more power than any information anyone could give you.
you tell yourself weed can make you paranoid, it will make you paranoid.
but YOU create this reality around you friend.YOU choose what to think/how to act.
when i get high i am not possessed and i do not become a different person.
all this propaganda about marijuana is fucking stupid and biased as shit.
if paranoia arises, maybe its just been waiting around to be triggered and getting high did it.
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there are also anti-cancer agents in marijuana that prevent marijuana from ever being a definite cause of lung cancer.
it's all burned away from smoking it... you only benefit from that if you eat the marijuana which is what i do. bread has anti-cancer properties, but do you think if you burn bread and inhale the smoke you will benefit from it? ok that's a retarded analogy lol
the fact is that marijuana smoke contains many of the same carcinogens as tobacco. and there are studies linking marijuana smoke to increased rates of cancer
and man golden, if you are going to do psychedelics please bless your consciousness with the sacred, well researched, introspective ones.
things like psilocybin/psilocin and dmt have this thing about them.
I would add LSD and peyote to that last. DMT is just a mindfuck, not really sacred or spiritual in my opinion
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there are also anti-cancer agents in marijuana that prevent marijuana from ever being a definite cause of lung cancer.
it's all burned away from smoking it... you only benefit from that if you eat the marijuana which is what i do. bread has anti-cancer properties, but do you think if you burn bread and inhale the smoke you will benefit from it? ok that's a retarded analogy lol
the fact is that marijuana smoke contains many of the same carcinogens as tobacco. and there are studies linking marijuana smoke to increased rates of cancer
and man golden, if you are going to do psychedelics please bless your consciousness with the sacred, well researched, introspective ones.
things like psilocybin/psilocin and dmt have this thing about them.
I would add LSD and peyote to that last. DMT is just a mindfuck, not really sacred or spiritual in my opinion
dmt provides more lessons than anything else ive done.
literal lessons, played out in visual metaphors right in front of your very own eyes!
i havent done peyote but i know its a LOT more taxing on the body and its a phenethylamine so its more speedy.
and no, the study was done on people that smoked marijuana man. and when you smoke marijuana you arent burning everything away. if that was the case, the thc would burn away and the result of that would be 0 highness.
thc gets vaporized by the marijuana that gets set ablaze above it. the heat gets drawn in and slowly heats up the thc below the cherry, so you arent burning thc to get high, technically you are vaporizing it (which im sure happens to many other substances inside of marijuana)
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there are also anti-cancer agents in marijuana that prevent marijuana from ever being a definite cause of lung cancer.
it's all burned away from smoking it... you only benefit from that if you eat the marijuana which is what i do. bread has anti-cancer properties, but do you think if you burn bread and inhale the smoke you will benefit from it? ok that's a retarded analogy lol
the fact is that marijuana smoke contains many of the same carcinogens as tobacco. and there are studies linking marijuana smoke to increased rates of cancer
and man golden, if you are going to do psychedelics please bless your consciousness with the sacred, well researched, introspective ones.
things like psilocybin/psilocin and dmt have this thing about them.
I would add LSD and peyote to that last. DMT is just a mindfuck, not really sacred or spiritual in my opinion
and the reason i left out lsd is because its not as punishing in my opinion so people tend to want to do it more often.
thats a problem if you ask me.
i want a life changing experience that i have to think twice about wanting to perform again.
dont get me wrong, i love the good ole lsd but the deep dark mystical places ive been on tryptamines are untouched by any other experiences ive had.
maybe the fact that dmt was mindfucking you means it was trying to teach you something. one aspect i am constantly reminded of on dmt is that what we perceive isnt really what is there, its what our mind just creates for us to make sense of the world. (literally)
there is no "actual" reality because each and every man has a different mind and a different set of views that changes the way the world appears to them.
my first blast off, i was taken to a city made entirely of these pink ,gel-like, pyramid like objects that were maybe 2 inches wide/long.
the city was huge. big skyscrapers and buildings made entirely of this material.
can you guess what else was made of those pyramids? ME
it showed me my connection to the earth and everything around me.
all is one and we should treat it as such.
we are all god, experiencing ourselves subjectively.
we are ALL part of the collective unconscious/mother earth.
the pyramid like objects fit into eachother like puzzle pieces which led me to an analogy i came up with after the experience.
imagine the entire world as a puzzle, and picture yourself as one piece. same with everyone else.
we are all equal, we are all just a miniscule part of the BIG picture, but WE get to decide what our piece looks like.
we get to decide how we contribute to the "whole"
ill stop talking about my wild dmt escapades, but let me just say.
your perception plays into everything. if you go into knowing you will learn something, you will learn something.
having a spiritual backround helps though, no doubt.
maybe thats whats missing?
=3
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Why exactly does this drug have such a bad stigma? I mean, it's really popular and all, even the point where most teenagers will use it often, but not go to harder drugs, and most drug users consider it a second-sober, but why does half the population of the US hate it? Why is there such a prevalent anti-marijuana campaign? I mean, with something like meth or heroin or almost every hard drug, addiction is a very serious problem that costs the nation, and they're so fucking dangerous, that it's very easy to see why they would be outlawed and hated by most. But it's not like there's ever been a huge epidemic of marijuana death and addiction.
I suppose the laws and anti-marijuana campaigns are a carry-over from the attempts to suppress the hippie cultural revolution. BUT THAT WAS FORTY FUCKING YEARS AGO! All these anti-drug campaigns have any easy-to-do job considering everything they have to work with when getting you to hate hard drugs, but when it comes to cannabis, they just beat around the bush and just tell you it's bad without ever saying why. All the reasons they do give(which are very few) are easily debunked. But nobody has any reason to hate cannabis. My parents always told me that they would hope I never smoked, yet they were frequent users of cannabis and never had any reason to tell me why it's was bad. Even if it lowers ambitions, that wouldn't make a difference if you're not going to be spending that time doing something productive anyways.
So TL;DR/summary version: Why do people hate marijuana and want to discourage other from using it, considering it's lack of negative effects.
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there are also anti-cancer agents in marijuana that prevent marijuana from ever being a definite cause of lung cancer.
it's all burned away from smoking it... you only benefit from that if you eat the marijuana which is what i do. bread has anti-cancer properties, but do you think if you burn bread and inhale the smoke you will benefit from it? ok that's a retarded analogy lol
the fact is that marijuana smoke contains many of the same carcinogens as tobacco. and there are studies linking marijuana smoke to increased rates of cancer
and man golden, if you are going to do psychedelics please bless your consciousness with the sacred, well researched, introspective ones.
things like psilocybin/psilocin and dmt have this thing about them.
I would add LSD and peyote to that last. DMT is just a mindfuck, not really sacred or spiritual in my opinion
dmt provides more lessons than anything else ive done.
literal lessons, played out in visual metaphors right in front of your very own eyes!
i havent done peyote but i know its a LOT more taxing on the body and its a phenethylamine so its more speedy.
and no, the study was done on people that smoked marijuana man. and when you smoke marijuana you arent burning everything away. if that was the case, the thc would burn away and the result of that would be 0 highness.
thc gets vaporized by the marijuana that gets set ablaze above it. the heat gets drawn in and slowly heats up the thc below the cherry, so you arent burning thc to get high, technically you are vaporizing it (which im sure happens to many other substances inside of marijuana)
sorry marijuana smoking IS associated with an increased risk of lung cancer comparable to tabacco. we potheads just need to accept this
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and the reason i left out lsd is because its not as punishing in my opinion so people tend to want to do it more often.
thats a problem if you ask me.
i want a life changing experience that i have to think twice about wanting to perform again.
dont get me wrong, i love the good ole lsd but the deep dark mystical places ive been on tryptamines are untouched by any other experiences ive had.
lol...
you haven't taken enough lsd, like 95% of people who take the drug. It's not like the 60s where the average dosage was 250ug. thats when i took it. and it was much cleaner than today's acid. LSD is the most intensely spiritual psychedelic known to man
the problem is that the average blotter today is 30ug..... maybe 70ug on silkroad, at most. It's not like it was in the late 60s. It's also inferior quality LSD.
dmt has tremendous entertainment value.
hallucinations =/= spirituality. I don't place a high premium on hallucinations. I'm more concerned with the spiritual use of these substances..... not hallucinating which is a different class of experience entirely
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and the reason i left out lsd is because its not as punishing in my opinion so people tend to want to do it more often.
thats a problem if you ask me.
i want a life changing experience that i have to think twice about wanting to perform again.
dont get me wrong, i love the good ole lsd but the deep dark mystical places ive been on tryptamines are untouched by any other experiences ive had.
lol...
you haven't taken enough lsd, like 95% of people who take the drug. It's not like the 60s where the average dosage was 250ug. thats when i took it. and it was much cleaner than today's acid. LSD is the most intensely spiritual psychedelic known to man
the problem is that the average blotter today is 30ug..... maybe 70ug on silkroad, at most. It's not like it was in the late 60s. It's also inferior quality LSD.
dmt has entertainment value but thats about it
dude, your perception plays into everything. i dont get how you dont understand that. ive had amazing lsd, that with 2 hits made my yard literally look like candy-land.
everything was splashed with deep purple and green tints.
birds would fly by and leave behind a frame by frame of there paths hundreds of feet long.
everything had traces, all nature looked like it was from a different planet, it was an amazing experience.
but it wasnt ever hard on me like tryptamines usually are.
i was full of bliss, very clean euphoria.
i figure maybe thats from the dopamine release along with the psychedelic serotonin capabilities.
maybe it reduces anxiety/bad thoughts?
who knows. i still didnt find spiritual value in lsd that was comparable to dmt.
lsd was very spiritual and better than pretty much any research chem ive tried except for maybe miprocin.
but dmt just shattered me man.
was my first psychedelic experience EVER, and because of that, i had no tolerance what-soever to 5ht2a psychedelics.
maybe its the fact that your first trips tend to blow your mind the most? you were talking about the lsd you took in the 60s right??
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lets agree to disagree nigga, this is off topic as shit
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and the reason i left out lsd is because its not as punishing in my opinion so people tend to want to do it more often.
thats a problem if you ask me.
i want a life changing experience that i have to think twice about wanting to perform again.
dont get me wrong, i love the good ole lsd but the deep dark mystical places ive been on tryptamines are untouched by any other experiences ive had.
lol...
you haven't taken enough lsd, like 95% of people who take the drug. It's not like the 60s where the average dosage was 250ug. thats when i took it. and it was much cleaner than today's acid. LSD is the most intensely spiritual psychedelic known to man
the problem is that the average blotter today is 30ug..... maybe 70ug on silkroad, at most. It's not like it was in the late 60s. It's also inferior quality LSD.
dmt has entertainment value but thats about it
dude, your perception plays into everything. i dont get how you dont understand that. ive had amazing lsd, that with 2 hits made my yard literally look like candy-land.
everything was splashed with deep purple and green tints.
birds would fly by and leave behind a frame by frame of there paths hundreds of feet long.
everything had traces, all nature looked like it was from a different planet, it was an amazing experience.
but it wasnt ever hard on me like tryptamines usually are.
i was full of bliss, very clean euphoria.
i figure maybe thats from the dopamine release along with the psychedelic serotonin capabilities.
maybe it reduces anxiety/bad thoughts?
who knows. i still didnt find spiritual value in lsd that was comparable to dmt.
lsd was very spiritual and better than pretty much any research chem ive tried except for maybe miprocin.
but dmt just shattered me man.
was my first psychedelic experience EVER, and because of that, i had no tolerance what-soever to 5ht2a psychedelics.
maybe its the fact that your first trips tend to blow your mind the most? you were talking about the lsd you took in the 60s right??
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lets agree to disagree nigga, this is off topic as shit
i think reason you and other people think so highly of DMT is because you associate spirituality with visuals and hallucinations and stuff like that..... whereas I associate it with that which transcends anything you can see, hear, touch, feel, taste, think, or imagine... with something timeless, spaceless, immaterial, universal and infinite. Only LSD, mescaline, shrooms, and MEDITATION have been able to put me into this state. DMT offers a totally different kind of experience. A hallucingenic experience.
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sorry marijuana smoking IS associated with an increased risk of lung cancer comparable to tabacco. we potheads just need to accept this
Chronic use may have some potential for cancer, but for all the good it does, most people would make that trade-off no question. and there's absolutely no comparison to cigarettes. Same goes with chronic use causing mild brain damage.
and this is coming from someone who doesn't smoke(anything).
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sorry marijuana smoking IS associated with an increased risk of lung cancer comparable to tabacco. we potheads just need to accept this
Chronic use may have some potential for cancer, but for all the good it does, most people would make that trade-off no question. and there's absolutely no comparison to cigarettes. Same goes with chronic use causing mild brain damage.
and this is coming from someone who doesn't smoke(anything).
yeah they are comparable
One study demonstrated a doubling in lung cancer for male marijuana smokers who also used tobacco. Another study found that long-term use of marijuana increased the risk of lung cancer in young adults (55 and under), with the risk increasing in proportion to the amount of marijuana smoked.
Many of the carcinogens and co-carcinogens present in tobacco smoke are also present in smoke from marijuana.
Marijuana smoking does cause inflammation and cell damage, and it has been associated with pre-cancerous changes in lung tissue.
Marijuana has been shown to cause immune system dysfunction, possibly predisposing individuals to cancer.
that's why i say EAT IT. make brownies. It's a better high anyway......
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and the reason i left out lsd is because its not as punishing in my opinion so people tend to want to do it more often.
thats a problem if you ask me.
i want a life changing experience that i have to think twice about wanting to perform again.
dont get me wrong, i love the good ole lsd but the deep dark mystical places ive been on tryptamines are untouched by any other experiences ive had.
lol...
you haven't taken enough lsd, like 95% of people who take the drug. It's not like the 60s where the average dosage was 250ug. thats when i took it. and it was much cleaner than today's acid. LSD is the most intensely spiritual psychedelic known to man
the problem is that the average blotter today is 30ug..... maybe 70ug on silkroad, at most. It's not like it was in the late 60s. It's also inferior quality LSD.
dmt has entertainment value but thats about it
dude, your perception plays into everything. i dont get how you dont understand that. ive had amazing lsd, that with 2 hits made my yard literally look like candy-land.
everything was splashed with deep purple and green tints.
birds would fly by and leave behind a frame by frame of there paths hundreds of feet long.
everything had traces, all nature looked like it was from a different planet, it was an amazing experience.
but it wasnt ever hard on me like tryptamines usually are.
i was full of bliss, very clean euphoria.
i figure maybe thats from the dopamine release along with the psychedelic serotonin capabilities.
maybe it reduces anxiety/bad thoughts?
who knows. i still didnt find spiritual value in lsd that was comparable to dmt.
lsd was very spiritual and better than pretty much any research chem ive tried except for maybe miprocin.
but dmt just shattered me man.
was my first psychedelic experience EVER, and because of that, i had no tolerance what-soever to 5ht2a psychedelics.
maybe its the fact that your first trips tend to blow your mind the most? you were talking about the lsd you took in the 60s right??
=)
lets agree to disagree nigga, this is off topic as shit
i think reason you and other people think so highly of DMT is because you associate spirituality with visuals and hallucinations and stuff like that..... whereas I associate it with that which transcends anything you can see, hear, touch, feel, taste, think, or imagine... with something timeless, spaceless, immaterial, universal and infinite. Only LSD, mescaline, shrooms, and MEDITATION have been able to put me into this state. DMT offers a totally different kind of experience. A hallucingenic experience.
first off, they all induce a visionary state and "alter" the way we perceive reality.
a hallucinating is seeing something that isnt there, and i personally believe you are getting extrasensory information.
the OPPOSITE of hallucinating.
and on the first page, i wrote in detail what i learned from my very first dmt experience.
since then dmt has given me harder lessons.
one time it told me i needed to cut down on my drug use.
told me that i should value my life and make the most of it, which of course is common knowledge but sometimes it needs to be reinstated
another time dmt told me to "stop trying to find significance in everything. the ways of mother nature are built of chaos and order, but are far too complex for any one man to understand."
i could open up my notebook that i write in during/after i trip and give you more quotes but i think you get the picture.
its a valuable tool friend.
most people dont "laugh their ass off" on dmt. its an enlightening, awe inspiring experience that is to be taken seriously.
lsd can be extremely hilarious to the point of it being obviously unnatural (which isnt bad, just not a "lesson" to me)
dude why in the fuck would people nickname it the spirit molecule though....
im sorry you've had dud experiences but the people who have explored the 4th dimension/hyperspace multiple times, will sing its praises and understand that it is an extremely shamanic substance.
that is, if you treat it as such ;)
oh, and i have to ask, how much did you smoke when you tried it?
what did you smoke it out of?
how many hits did you take?
how long did you hold it in for?
you have to know how to smoke it to really blast off, thats for damn sure.
if you dont you will just get visuals
but if you do, you are transported to a physical place.
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a hallucinating is seeing something that isnt there, and i personally believe you are getting extrasensory information.
extrasensory information belongs to a higher level of reality than the physical, but still a lower level of reality than experiences of god, which transcends all information, thought, concepts, etc.
yeah people no doubt have these kinds of deep experiences with DMT. DMT is the best drug for these kinds of experiences probably. But extrasensory information, while scientifically interesting and worth exploring, is, assuming it's real, intermediate between the physical and spiritual realms of existence. God is not information. He cannot be reduced to anything other than God. I find that LSD and mushrooms can put me into a purely spiritual state....a state that cannot be reduced to information, intellection, language, ideas, etc., because it is higher than these things. Call it satori, samadhi, union with god, whatever you want... i've experienced it on acid and on mushrooms.... and 99% of people who take acid these don't take enough to reach this state because the standard dosage is so low and the acid is of inferior quality
actually, to move back on topic, the best spiritual drug is probably MARIJUANA, and not any of the psychedelics... LSD will FORCE you into cosmic unity, but marijuana, when combined with meditation, can put you into this state gradually....
dude why in the fuck would people nickname it the spirit molecule though....
because they read too much terence mckenna and not enough watts and huxley. they start from a wrong set of assumptions as to what spirituality is.
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Wow, to be brutally honest, all this talk about psychedelics is kinda turning me away from it. Call me a coward, but I am perfectly happy with marijuana.
As for the cancerous agents, I only vaporize. Hopefully this way is much less harmful to my body.
I appreciate everyone taking the time to help a n00by out. I've read everyone's messages.
One day I might try psychedelics, but not anytime soon. I don't make friends really easily, and I definitely don't have anyone I trust enough to watch over me while tripping.
One day, but not today ^^
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Wow, to be brutally honest, all this talk about psychedelics is kinda turning me away from it. Call me a coward, but I am perfectly happy with marijuana.
As for the cancerous agents, I only vaporize. Hopefully this way is much less harmful to my body.
I appreciate everyone taking the time to help a n00by out. I've read everyone's messages.
One day I might try psychedelics, but not anytime soon. I don't make friends really easily, and I definitely don't have anyone I trust enough to watch over me while tripping.
One day, but not today ^^
sorry to have scared you away! =D
but yeah man enjoy the cannabis, its the best possible drug to "indulge" in imo.
sorry for the off topic argument ::)
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im content with marijuana' because of it natural properties.
and once i graduated to like real bud' thats when i started noticing different colors and tastes. that's when my world changed.
I earned my respect for shrooms from bud' they have that same quality of not being created by the human hand
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I've been smoking weed for years and I have a successful life overall I'd say, it has not had nearly as dramatic effect on my day to day life like stimulants have, coke, meth, these are some seriously evil drugs. As much as I love weed though I usually crave different kinds of highs depending on my mood.
As far as long term things to worry about though? Your memory might space out a little, but its temporary and abstaining for a short time will return you to tip top shape. For the most part though my weed use doesn't impair my ability to work or enjoy life. It affects everyone differently though so YMMV, but for the most part weed is probably amongst the safest drugs on your body physiologically. I'm pretty sure DMT is about the same safety profile besides the harsher smoke possibly being a mild hazard.
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If you know how to use the holy herb she can literally save lives you must first understand cannabis ie... the difference between sativa/ indica and every thing in between.
Then you must learn how your mind works this will allow you to enjoy being stoned a lot more.
The whole paranoia thing is totally over the top you see if a plant is not grown correctly and you smoke it when the effects hit its like the plants way of telling you something is not right for not growing her right for not flushing fully for not drying and curing correctly but if all of these things are done to the highest quality and you understand the strain you smoke there will be no paranoia however people often confuse the awakening cannabis offers with paranoia as it allows you to see the mistakes you once missed then once see all the mistakes your making in your life so very clearly all of a sudden combined with the effects of being stoned some people freak out but this can be over come if you know how basically just start to live your life in a better and honest way then try to smoke the herb again you will see the effects become better and better in time.
If you know how cannabis will undoubtedly make you become a better person if you just abuse her and smoke any old rubbish combined with alcohol and drugs well this is where problems may occur but nothing major compared to real drugs.
oh and the whole sperm count thing all lies dont believe anything you read about cannabis 99.9 percent of the time its lies there are no actual real studies to prove cannabis use even in heavy users effects sperm count I mean I have 5 children and I have been smoking 20+ years so its clearly not effecting me and my friends are all the same they have kids they smoke regular.
Many people abuse drink and drugs then find their way to cannabis but by then its usually to late they are a mess so when people find out they use cannabis regular guess what cannabis gets the blame but you have done the right thing you have worked out that all you need is cannabis and drugs are not for you this is what the majority of people would think if it was not for a mixture the black market/media lies/bad weed and all the confusing messages that comes with it many young people think oh I have smoked cannabis the damage is already done lets do other drugs when in reality cannabis has caused no damage.
Cannabis has a wide variety of use's all of which are positive but humans will be humans and we will abuse something that feels so good my advice is keep doing what your doing stay clear of drink and drugs and just use cannabis you will lead a much healthier and happier life mind body and soul, dont listen to some of the haters posting negative things about cannabis chances are they just cant handle their weed.
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Dunno... maybe because it's AWESOME!
I could happily live the rest of my days without taking any other drugs, including alcohol, but take away my weed and life ain't the same no more...
- JWM
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dude why in the fuck would people nickname it the spirit molecule though....
because they read too much terence mckenna and not enough watts and huxley. they start from a wrong set of assumptions as to what spirituality is.
im sure it was rick strassman who started using the term spirit molecule.
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dude why in the fuck would people nickname it the spirit molecule though....
because they read too much terence mckenna and not enough watts and huxley. they start from a wrong set of assumptions as to what spirituality is.
im sure it was rick strassman who started using the term spirit molecule.
;D
seems more like an attempt at a low blow =)
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sorry marijuana smoking IS associated with an increased risk of lung cancer comparable to tabacco. we potheads just need to accept this
Chronic use may have some potential for cancer, but for all the good it does, most people would make that trade-off no question. and there's absolutely no comparison to cigarettes. Same goes with chronic use causing mild brain damage.
and this is coming from someone who doesn't smoke(anything).
yeah they are comparable
One study demonstrated a doubling in lung cancer for male marijuana smokers who also used tobacco. Another study found that long-term use of marijuana increased the risk of lung cancer in young adults (55 and under), with the risk increasing in proportion to the amount of marijuana smoked.
Many of the carcinogens and co-carcinogens present in tobacco smoke are also present in smoke from marijuana.
Marijuana smoking does cause inflammation and cell damage, and it has been associated with pre-cancerous changes in lung tissue.
Marijuana has been shown to cause immune system dysfunction, possibly predisposing individuals to cancer.
that's why i say EAT IT. make brownies. It's a better high anyway......
Vaporize
Pot is Soooo good, because it is a natural unadulterated or concentrated plant, like chewing coca leaves :)
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sorry marijuana smoking IS associated with an increased risk of lung cancer comparable to tabacco. we potheads just need to accept this
Chronic use may have some potential for cancer, but for all the good it does, most people would make that trade-off no question. and there's absolutely no comparison to cigarettes. Same goes with chronic use causing mild brain damage.
and this is coming from someone who doesn't smoke(anything).
yeah they are comparable
One study demonstrated a doubling in lung cancer for male marijuana smokers who also used tobacco. Another study found that long-term use of marijuana increased the risk of lung cancer in young adults (55 and under), with the risk increasing in proportion to the amount of marijuana smoked.
Many of the carcinogens and co-carcinogens present in tobacco smoke are also present in smoke from marijuana.
Marijuana smoking does cause inflammation and cell damage, and it has been associated with pre-cancerous changes in lung tissue.
Marijuana has been shown to cause immune system dysfunction, possibly predisposing individuals to cancer.
that's why i say EAT IT. make brownies. It's a better high anyway......
there are many recent studies that say otherwise...
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/media-ignored-experts-shocking-findings-marijuana-helps-prevent-lung-cancer-now-its-med-school
http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/14/10-reasons-to-revisit-marijuana-policy-now/slide/marijuana-doesnt-cause-lung-cancer-or-death/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
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Perhaps its not something you should obsess about at all.
I reckon that smoking a joint could be as dangerous as smoking a normal cigarette when it comes to cancer risks. It could be a bit less or a bit more, but just in the same order of risk.
Most people that smoke cigarettes smoke about 30 of them every single day. Compared to the average number of joints smoked by the non-tobacco smoking pothead, that is quite a lot more.
Most cannabis users don't smoke more then a few joints a day, perhaps 1/10th the number of cigarettes smoked by most smokers. There would probably be a small increase in the chance of lung cancer. The question to ask if this increased risk is worth it. Compared to drinking alcohol i suppose its actually tiny, and you'd be safer as a pothead than as a regular boozer.
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sorry marijuana smoking IS associated with an increased risk of lung cancer comparable to tabacco. we potheads just need to accept this
Chronic use may have some potential for cancer, but for all the good it does, most people would make that trade-off no question. and there's absolutely no comparison to cigarettes. Same goes with chronic use causing mild brain damage.
and this is coming from someone who doesn't smoke(anything).
yeah they are comparable
One study demonstrated a doubling in lung cancer for male marijuana smokers who also used tobacco. Another study found that long-term use of marijuana increased the risk of lung cancer in young adults (55 and under), with the risk increasing in proportion to the amount of marijuana smoked.
Many of the carcinogens and co-carcinogens present in tobacco smoke are also present in smoke from marijuana.
Marijuana smoking does cause inflammation and cell damage, and it has been associated with pre-cancerous changes in lung tissue.
Marijuana has been shown to cause immune system dysfunction, possibly predisposing individuals to cancer.
that's why i say EAT IT. make brownies. It's a better high anyway......
there are many recent studies that say otherwise...
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/media-ignored-experts-shocking-findings-marijuana-helps-prevent-lung-cancer-now-its-med-school
http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/14/10-reasons-to-revisit-marijuana-policy-now/slide/marijuana-doesnt-cause-lung-cancer-or-death/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
yeah there are contradictory studies. Just as there was with tobacco before the 90s. but as more and better studies are conducted, i suspect that tobacco smoke will be definitively linked to cancer, just as tobacco was (after many decades of studies), because it contains many of the same carcinogens as tobacco smoke.
until we know for sure, best be safe and eat cannabis or vaporise, unless you don't care about getting cancer
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sorry marijuana smoking IS associated with an increased risk of lung cancer comparable to tabacco. we potheads just need to accept this
Chronic use may have some potential for cancer, but for all the good it does, most people would make that trade-off no question. and there's absolutely no comparison to cigarettes. Same goes with chronic use causing mild brain damage.
and this is coming from someone who doesn't smoke(anything).
yeah they are comparable
One study demonstrated a doubling in lung cancer for male marijuana smokers who also used tobacco. Another study found that long-term use of marijuana increased the risk of lung cancer in young adults (55 and under), with the risk increasing in proportion to the amount of marijuana smoked.
Many of the carcinogens and co-carcinogens present in tobacco smoke are also present in smoke from marijuana.
Marijuana smoking does cause inflammation and cell damage, and it has been associated with pre-cancerous changes in lung tissue.
Marijuana has been shown to cause immune system dysfunction, possibly predisposing individuals to cancer.
that's why i say EAT IT. make brownies. It's a better high anyway......
there are many recent studies that say otherwise...
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/media-ignored-experts-shocking-findings-marijuana-helps-prevent-lung-cancer-now-its-med-school
http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/14/10-reasons-to-revisit-marijuana-policy-now/slide/marijuana-doesnt-cause-lung-cancer-or-death/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
yeah there are contradictory studies. Just as there was with tobacco before the 90s. but as more and better studies are conducted, i suspect that tobacco smoke will be definitively linked to cancer, just as tobacco was (after many decades of studies), because it contains many of the same carcinogens as tobacco smoke.
until we know for sure, best be safe and eat cannabis or vaporise, unless you don't care about getting cancer
maybe thinking about cancer, causes cancer.
putting your energy towards it might just bring it to light. ::)
if that was the case, nigga you gonna have cancer.