side effects of pot?

[Bwaho]

are there any? besides becoming a hippie that is

[The Sundance Kid]

Smoke too much and you get severe memory loss...hmm...addiction...the usuals. Short term, you speak very loud or quietly, get random red-eye, paranoia, euphoria, anxiety....



Wait...

[Bwaho]

Smoke too much and you get severe memory loss

already got that ever since I hit my head really hard

addiction

not that addictive if you're a person with a little character

get random red-eye, paranoia, euphoria, anxiety....

hmm well I don't like that

[Dunecat]

In b4 da lock, yo

[The Sundance Kid]

already got that ever since I hit my head really hard



not that addictive if you're a person with a little character



hmm well I don't like that

I'm not speaking from experience, just common knowledge. I experience none of those.

Neither do I condone the use of illegal narcotic substances.

Got myself covered, yo.

[Dunecat]

Pot is addictive, just not physically.

Watch futurama and Star wars episode three.

IT WILL BE A FRICKIN SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

[Evil Maniac From Mars]

If you smoke it, it increases your chance of lung cancer, possibly by even more than cigarettes.

[duda]

VISINE - eye drops fix all

[gambit]

How can marijuana be more unhealthy that cigarettes? You know when you consider the tar and the tobacco and the nicotine....while hemp has medicinal purposes. (not saying it's healthy, but it speaks for itself)

[green tea]

That hemp has some medical purpose does not mean that burning it and inhaling the smoke is harmless. But there are other ways of getting the medical effect- eating or drinking (tea/cookies etc.) It helps those people with for example HIV or those that get a chemical therapie because they have cancer. Those people often loose the appetite, and hemp stimulates the appetite. But using it over some time regularly is harmful to the spirit (paranoia etc.)- and this I have not read on an official government or christian website, I have seen people that had problems with it. May be better than alcoholism or addiction to other drugs, but is still not perfect.

[Serious Spamurai]

How can marijuana be more unhealthy that cigarettes? You know when you consider the tar and the tobacco and the nicotine....while hemp has medicinal purposes. (not saying it's healthy, but it speaks for itself)

There is often a substantially higher tar content in Cannabis than in Tobacco. There is also frequently poorer filtration of Cannabis smoke compared to Cigarette smoke.

[gambit]

There is often a substantially higher tar content in Cannabis than in Tobacco. There is also frequently poorer filtration of Cannabis smoke compared to Cigarette smoke.

Hmm didn't know that about the tar. I stand corrected.

Filtration thing is right though, if it was legal I'd bet they'd sell it filtered.

[gambit]

It kind of depends who you are. Some people can stand it some people can't. Just like some people are good drinkers and some aren't. It has to do with your body weight, immune system and just general willpower/endurance.

[LoZz]

going to move this to the science forum

[Rush Limbaugh]

If you smoke it, it increases your chance of lung cancer, possibly by even more than cigarettes.

Actually studies show a lower incedence of caner in people who smoke pot that in non smokers. THC is a natural cancer reducing agent. The governement gives patients artificial thc.


The munchies however and tiredness are two major side effects as is an increase in concentration and a feeling of being closer to nature and 1 with the world.

Not the sort of things the US government wants to promote

[Rush Limbaugh]

Its even known to help you get lucky

[Maverick]

I don't know the extent of the negative effects but I wouldn't recommend it. It's a lot like drinking, pretty cool in jr. high, alright in high school and uni but you don't want to be like me at 20 getting drunk and high all the time and really jeopardizing your future. I wouldn't say it's addictive or anything, just that if you spend all your teenage years as a practicing hedonist it's a difficult habit to break mentally.

[Simetrical]

Actually studies show a lower incedence of caner in people who smoke pot that in non smokers. THC is a natural cancer reducing agent. The governement gives patients artificial thc.

The evidence appears to be unclear. If anything, it seems to have no effect for or against cancer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_...is#Cancer_risk

[HaveFallen]

Pot make the Jackass movies funny. and it also makes you, sleepy.

[BoJaN]

A good time