Posted by Mr Cushing on December 26, 2002, at 13:15:37
In reply to What's so bad about Marijuana?, posted by JonW on December 25, 2002, at 9:04:44
See, just about everybody has different reactions to it. I have a friend that is suffering from some sort of psychosis (hears voices from the TV and radio) and if he smokes a spliff, watch out... Then I've seen people who have really bad panic attacks when they smoke weed. Everything starts moving too quickly for them, they start talking too fast, thoughts race through their heads, they start to get very paranoid, etc. Then I have other friends who smoke weed and will just lie there on the couch not moving to even shower or change, just every once in a while getting up to smoke another joint.For me, it makes everything more level. It always has. I've never had any bad side effects, going either too up or too down, from smoking weed. Plus, I absolutely love it. One of the most relaxing things for me to do is to sit down with a bag of stinky sticky weed and roll up a joint and smoke it.
I've asked both my PDoc and my MD about it and they've said that they themselves have never smoked weed so they couldn't say whether, personally, they'd be for it or against it. Neither have said anything about potentially drastic side effects. In fact, my MD (who is new here from Ireland) said that there's a ton of studies out there now on weed, about 50% for and 50% against. So I should just be my own doctor. If I find it causing problems with me, then stop smoking it.
That would by my advice to you also. It all depends on your body's chemistry. If it's screwing things up for you more than levelling things out, then stop smoking.
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