Does Marijuana help autism? does it help you connect w/ppl?

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once word goes arround that you have it, im sure you will get many friends

Alot of companies are starting to do random drug tests for drivers and heavy equipment operators. If you come back positive you'll be fired in a heartbeat. Be careful.

I tend to "geek out" and embarass myself...

I've only gotten high ONCE, with my mom, but yet for some odd reason everyone assumes I'm a pothead on the Kumar level. Doesn't matter if the person has known me for years, they always try and pass that blunt to me and reel in shock when I pass them up. lol

Good stuff.

Nice avatar. Rorschach kicks ass.

I smoke it daily, but a gram will last me a lot longer than my friends would make it last. I pack a bowl, and it lasts me half the day. I have multiple strains on hand depending on what I'm smoking it for. Does it help everyone? No. But it helps me, so I will continue to use it until that changes. Here is an article I wrote on how strains like Harlequin help my Aspergers symptoms. http://cannabisnowmagazine.com/cannabis ... s-syndrome

In my case, it only made being alone most of the time more tolerable, but it did nothing to help interpersonal connections. I'm sure that results will vary from person to person and from environment to environment. While living in the city, the whole process was streamlined are very rarely involved any uncomfortable situations. Thank you, gentrification, I guess...

Almost as a rule, the person you were getting it from didn't dabble in harder drugs. This may be less accurate as you go up the distribution chain. It was a similar distribution model as found in locations with legalization. I've found the opposite to be (at least somewhat) true in more rural areas. People here are constantly getting busted, but while the weed might be a tell, there is almost always meth or heroin involved.

It became like I was smoking the weed to forget about the stress of getting it in the first place. That's when I stopped. I've heard people blame my paranoid tendencies on smoking weed, but that doesn't seem to be the case at all. The danger for me is high becoming my default state. This led to depersonalization, self-deception, and wholly unrealistic expectations of myself and reality.

Despite a mental addiction, I was able to quit with only minor sleep issues, and I do still miss it quite a bit. I've since changed over to red wine, Moscato in particular. We all know that alcohol is far more physically detrimental than marijuana, but that also encourages some temperance on my part. To each their own. I don't believe in demonizing it, but I also don't believe in fetishizing it as some kind of a miracle cure all -- not taking anything away from the legitimate medicinal benefits.

I find it does help me feel a bit more comfortable around people, like I don't have as much anxiety about social situations, or worry about being judged as much...I may find myself in a conversation with people I don't really know entirely forgetting that whearas a lot of times without cannabis I'd be worried they think I'm stupid, or annoying or something and probably not say much. I also have PTSD and so I end up feeling kind of on edge in general which can make me seem irritable around people, which smoking also helps.

Also a lot of people who smoke are more open minded to sort of alternative life-styles and not as judgmental about if you don't fit some image of what normal is supposed to be...but maybe that is just the people I smoke with IDK. Of course I also enjoy the high itself it is quite pleasant, and also I find it can help my mood and in turn make me more motivated to get on with my day.

Well than how do you explain the numerous sucessful adults who have been using marijuana from anywhere to 20-50 years who aren't slow veg tables? Hell even a lot who haven't been so successful still aren't exactly 'slow vegetables'. And why not get stoned and solve problems? I don't know about anyone else but I find my problem solving skills to be more effective when I'm more calm...which taking a minute and smoking a bowl to mellow out the stress helps me avoid getting all worked up over something when there is actually a fairly simple solution, or if I end up hyper-focusing on a problem.

Of course smoking cannabis to avoid dealing with solving problems is no good.

Oh yes terrible demons, like the munchies....dun dun dun.

In what way does it ruin your health? As far as I can tell there is no substantial proof of this...tobacco and alcohol are much worse for you, and do you think fast food and pre-packaged processed food and/or junk food people gorge themselves on doesn't have any negative effects on health?.......and what if you live in a city, the air and water quality alone are health hazards.

I am not going to say its a miracle cure, and can't have any possible health risks or negative effects whatsoever...but it has documented medical uses and for something to smoke to get a buzz its safer than a number of other drugs people could resort to.

As I've mentioned before, it does, in several ways. For one, it slows down my hyperactive mind to some degree, not in the sense of making me feel stupid, but it reduces the emotional "need" to let each train of thought bloom into a magnificent tree with a life of its own. This makes it easier to pause the internal monologue enough to follow something like a conversation. In fact, this benefit is also one of the biggest drawbacks of the drug for me. While I can feel some sort of mood lift, in some sense I almost can't feel true, deep excitement while high, because of that slowdown.

Also, it allows me to get more in touch with my senses, and with the world as unfiltered by my assumptions. I know some aspies are more hyper-sensory and some more hypo-sensory, and I'm much more the latter--my attention is like a pinhole camera that only lets a few things in. When high, I notice more of the raw data coming in, as opposed to a small amount of data with a complex inner world built around it.

And yes, the relaxation is much more unpredictable than with alcohol, in fact weed can cause panic sometimes, depending on strain and especially on my state of health. Alcohol reduces the feeling of being out of place socially, but because it actually makes me more comfortable in myself, it doesn't actually help me connect.

Biostructure describes my experiences impeccably. My technical work and study habits would be entirely unsustainable were it not for the pensive introspection and fulfilling downtime afforded me by this amazing flower.

Marijuana is no small part of the sum total reason why cberg survived to write this post for you. Respect it as an indispensable piece of your world.

I don't think so. In fact i think it made it worse for me when i tried it.

I think people on either extreme are too drastic in their thinking. Being very anti may scare people away that may benefit. There are many benefits for some. For those people, the drawback are few. There is little reliable evidence that shows weed does any significant long term mental or physical damage. It can be an excellent relaxer, and great to get you out of stubborn thought patterns that its hard to step away from.

On the other hand its irresponsible to say its good for everyone because it can be unpleasant for many too.

Also if you're just buying street weed but trying to use it medicinally, you're asking for trouble. Different strains of weed can have very different effects. This is why in legal states they have the stores (heaven??) will sell you weed based on what effect your looking for. It can help you sleep, relax, eat, give you energy, elevate your mood, even make sex better. Man I wish I lived there...

But my point is when you buy street weed you have no idea what you are getting. I am a habitual weed smoker who needs to get street weed and some has a much more pleasant effect on my functionality. I dont know if am AS, if I am its probably a lesser case, think I may be just borderline personality disorder. Whatever it is it sucks, I dont fit in anywhere and weed used to help me fit in, now it helps me to not care and realize fitting in is mostly dumb and unnecessary.

Exactly, smoke weed or don't. Just don't waste your life harping on people, for any reason. Right now I'm in the middle of a detox but I don't mind my friends getting high in the least, in fact it makes it easier for me to understand them (NTs). We're talking about a plant with major lifesaving potential beyond its' psychotropic effects; I'd love to write an algorithm somewhat like the world population tickers to estimate how many preventable seizures, cancer deaths, PTSD induced suicides and the like are hastened or inadequately treated as a result of marijuana prohibition.

This is all a cycle of disinformation and legal entrapment dating back to Jim Crow legislation and corrupt LEOs in the southern U.S. The people who don't enjoy marijuana don't need to touch it. I know & love quite a few of them and even some of the most conservative people I've ever met supported my lifestyle choices.