The truth about cannabis

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I don't like it as much as other things. It has certain properties that I really like, and some that do not appeal to me very much.

First being it makes me really tired! I can't have a smoke session with people without wanting to pass-out (I have to walk home a lot too which sucks).

It makes me paranoid. I end up saying things I don't mean, or that are just stupid. Whoever said weed makes you creative or better at critical thinking is naive or just high.

It's always expensive. Luckily, I can conserve it very well since it doesn't take much to get me lifted. Still it only lasts me a few days. I coulda bought a video game, or something that lasts me a month with the money I spent on weed.

This also falls into how it makes you hungry. I don't like having munchies. I never have money to buy food (since I just spent it on weed), and the food I have is meant for meals before and after a long day. Not for me to just pig out on and passout.

It attracts some people I do not like. Such as:

Pot heads who believe pot is the calling of god and think the government is out to get them. These people rave on and on about the government being evil, yet the government is supporting their lazy asses. Legalization of weed some how enters every conversation I have with them.

Dealers who are unreliable, and out to rip you off to make a couple more bucks. These people are never available, and never re-up. They purport that they are going to be somewhere at sometime. Instead of telling you straight that they will not be there, you wait and wait and waste time. Some will short you by a lot or give you some bunk product and tell you straight to your face that its a lot or that it's good stuff.

I've met cool pot heads, and had a few really good dealers. They are quite rare in my experience, though.

What I like about it:

It's smokable. I smoke cigarettes so smoking weed comes natural to me. I used to like to mix the 2 together into a spliff or bong load. The rush of tobacco buzzes you out, and the weed makes it linger.

The pipes and various methods of ingestion. The pipes that people make are insane. They are works of art that have a purpose. Vaporizers are quite interesting machines too. Also you can make delicious food with it that gets you high.

It mixes well with every other drug. Booze with weed is great. DXM afterglow and weed is very relaxing. Shrooms/Lsd with weed gives far better visuals.

I like weed. It just doesn't appeal to me right now. I have better methods of mental expansion and relaxation (other drugs). Sometimes just being sober is a drug. I write, draw, and play music the best sober. I don't care what I've said in the past. Drugs can help come up with the ideas, but in order to actually carry them out you need a clear head.

"Stick match, bought a pack at the dispatch/
Scratched with a flash, lightin up this hash/
But it was a mismatch, herb 'n' I ain't mash/
Every time we smoked it I ended up in sleep crash/
All along it was game like that one balderdash/
People gave me questions and I can't answer em/
It was like i was inflicted with that one condition/
What do they call it? Oh yeah Ganser Syndrome/
Kept forgettin and the secrets kept slippin/
Not sure whats clandestine or ok to be said, kid/
S'why I don't smoke anymore in these days/
But I still have fond memories of the weed days/"

^I wrote that when I decided to take a break from herb.

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That link indicates higher levels of hydrogen cyanide and ammonia in marijuana smoke as opposed to tobacco. Those are toxic at high-dosages in the short-term, and neither has significant effects attributed to long-term low-level exposure. There is a difference from one "toxin" to another. If the toxins in weed are ones that my body can absorb and eventually metabolize, great!! At least they aren't the carcinogenic toxins more prevalent in tobacco smoke.

Well, two true things have been brought forth here in the midst of speaking of lies. One is that Marijuana does leave traces of THC in your system for weeks after you use it, which is why it gets implicated in car accidents (though that trace, weeks later, is obviously not making the driver high, so the connection is erroneous). The other, which Burnbridge really illustrated beautifully with the description of his experience, is that lying to schoolchildren in order to scare them not only is ineffective in stopping them from taking drugs, it can even backfire into a form of encouragement, as they may go seeking truth on their own, unguided, once the lie is discovered.

I advocate legality, even for recreational use. I believe it to be safer than alcohol. I also advocate providing truthful, accurate information, just as I do with sex education, so that kids are taught that engaging in an activity carries real world responsibilities and consequences. Scare tactics are counterproductive. Shaming, exaggeration, and withholding information leads them to clandestinely seek guilty pleasures. Facts and open discussion allow them to ask questions, carefully consider decisions, and come forward if they get into trouble without fear of being punished for seeking help.

"If life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness doesn't include the freedom to put whatever chemicals I choose into my body, then the constitution isn't worth the hemp that it was printed on." - Terrence McKenna

Actually, this is the only immutable truth in this thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M10kSf1s ... ure=relmfu

Cannabis is not harmful if taken in moderate amounts and same applies to any other vices like drinking. Drugs other than cannabis are but harmful for sure. Many Asian countries and African countries have sages and priests who practice and propagate having cannabis. It is even given to cancer patients. Cannabis is said to improve the % of brain cell used (Lets not dispute about this now, i meant that humans do use whole of brain, but some parts are not active due to evolution. Its like ears which are just obsolete and as per evolution wouldn't be long before it shrinks down).