marijuana thread

[PoorManQ45]

Here it is for those of you at work:

Marijuana

Marijuana has many street names. The most common of these street names are pot, weed, grass, fire, MaryJane, burn, green and ganja. There are is hundreds of other names that I'm sure people use to talk about the drug; these are only the common ones that I know of.

The affects of marijuana are all determined by dosage, tolerance and individual response. The strength of the marijuana smoked plays a role in the affects as well. The total length of the "high" is between one and four hours. The beginning, takes anywhere from between first contact with the smoke and ten minutes. Coming-up onto your high can take anywhere from five to ten minutes. The climax of your high is, in most cases usually felt after fifteen to thirty minutes of use. Falling off your high is the longest period of time that influences a smoker. This can take anywhere from 45 minutes to one-hundred and eighty minutes. The after affects of smoking marijuana are not part of your high, but can be felt and noticed for as little as two hours after smoking or as long after as 24 hours after smoking. One thing to remember is that most marijuana smokers smoke more than one time in a single smoking period, this sequentially lengthens your high. Smoking marijuana effects are usually lighter than any other fun psychoactive drug; users can normally carry out every day actions while high.

There are not too many affects on the cardiovascular system connected with marijuana. Most common are a racing-heart and in use over long periods of time blood vessels can swell and clog and even become brittle and or hard.

The nervous system is affected in more than a few ways. First off, the body begins to feel a numbness feeling in the facial area after smoking. Paranoia and agitation are also very frequent side-affects of smoked marijuana. Although not common, in some cases nerves become overly responsive. Also short term memory is virtually forgotten in most smokers, for instance one may not remember who he or she got high with or getting high at all. This can lead to a person having a loss of important events over a long period of time. A "burnout" can forget things as simple as family member's birthdays over periods of time.

As with everything that smokes, it can harm your respiratory system. Marijuana can, but does not cause as much cancer as tobacco is shown to. Although research shows that one joint or marijuana rolled into a cigarette rolling paper has more tar in it, than does 10 cigarettes, this does not mean that it causes more cancers. This information is 100% false. Research that compared the amount of tar in tobacco to tar in marijuana was not a fair test. The Tar from tobacco was taken and calculated. The tar from marijuana was then taken and calculated. However, the tar was taken from the leaves which produce the most resin that contains THC. What makes it false? Marijuana smokers smoke the bud, not leaves and the bud is proven to contain 33% less tar than tobacco. You got fooled by those TV commercials didn't you? Smoking out of a water-pipe, also known as a bong reduces the amount of tar taken into the body by filtrating up to ninety of the tar through the water. Affects from smoking that are respiratory related are, coughing severe in some cases, acute to mild asthma and upper respiratory infections. Not much different from tobacco, except no emphysema and that nasty stuff.

The reproductive system is almost certainly the least affected system in the body, when it comes to smoking marijuana. The female's sexual organs are almost unharmed, although if smoking while pregnant, this can lead to miscarriage, birth defects and death at birth in the fetus. The male's sexual organs however are highly affected. Smoking marijuana can cause men to be infertile for a long period of time. If a marijuana seed is smoked to the point that it bursts, the chemical in the seeds can cause the testes to shrink in size and even cause damage to the vas-deferens.

The muscular system in people is significantly affected by smoking marijuana. This is only system that has a somewhat good side affect due to smoking. Smoking marijuana relaxes your muscles. Your muscles can become fatigue feeling and then can also feel rejuvenated. The feeling is generally pleasant and well-liked among smokers. The down side to the muscle fatigue is evident in becoming clumsy and loss of coordination, especially at higher dosage or a high potency. These, reasons are some of the main reasons that doctors today can and do prescribe medicinal marijuana to patients with chronic pain and injuries and cancer patients.

It is very easy to tell if someone is using marijuana. The most obvious way to tell is the odor. Although some breeds of marijuana do not emit an odor, it is usually the smell that gives it away to people who recognize the odor. The next easiest thing to look for is the eyes. A user’s eyes in most cases will become blood-shot or red and have a "glossy" look to them. This is why some people use Visene. They may also be looked upon as squinted or in the smoker's eyes chinky. Sleepiness and hunger are also other signs of use. If a person is constantly tired or is constantly eating, these are signs a person may be using marijuana. Finally, the last way to tell would be to watch someone's train of thought. Most users have a slow train of thought and can very easily get off topic causing new ideas to flow easily into their mind.

A user who has a problem with marijuana can find help with their "addiction" at a local NA meeting. Although marijuana is not a considered a narcotic by NA's standards, they still can help treat users. NA stands for narcotics anonymous. This is a group similar to AA that helps to deal with people addicted to narcotics and want to get help. When referring to marijuana and NA it is one-hundred percent incorrect to call it an addiction. Marijuana is NOT an addicting drug. It is proven that sugar and chocolate are more addicting than marijuana, but less addicting than anchovies.

Marijuana should be highly disheartened to children and teenagers. Although it is proven that it is one of the least harmful street drugs, it should not be used under the legal age of adult-hood. Not that it is 100% safe and OK to use at any age. The consequences can be harsh if caught by the law enforcement. Pennsylvania state law says: custody and sale or farming of 30 grams of marijuana or less can lead you to 30 days in jail and or a $500 fine. More than 30 grams is liable to be punished by up to 1 year in jail and $5,000 fine. All considered a misdemeanor, but for second and later offences, can double the fines and jail time served. Let's think, who wants to be put in jail for up to a year for having a party one night or getting high alone at your house for fun, or even if not in jail, having to give up several weeks or months worth of pay just because you chose to take one hit of marijuana? If you are around people that use the drug and don't want these things to happen to you, be responsible and think things through before you react.

Note I had to edit it a little because it was from word

[StrangeLove]

It negatively affects nearly all the organ systems in the body... how can that be helping you?

[sean8564]

GOD made POT Man made Beer who do you trust

[base9se]

Harvard study shows that it can prevent a person from having a heart attack.

[Jesda]

What does that have to do with with my listening to their music? You must of overlooked that point while you were struggling to come up with a way to make me look stupid.

It doesnt matter if marijuana is good or bad for you. Few things are good for you at all. The government should not interfere, period. The more power you grant these SOBs in Washington, the more they'll take.

You and your likeminded friends should move to a small island.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

England?

[drifter_for_life06]

is that the entire report?

seems longer in word

o well

enjoy it for those who read it

[Mr1der]

if you take away anything potentially harmful to yourself or others...then where the hell is the fun in life?

should we ban relationships too?

[StrangeLove]

It doesnt matter if marijuana is good or bad for you. Few things are good for you at all. The government should not interfere, period. The more power you grant these SOBs in Washington, the more they'll take.

You and your likeminded friends should move to a small island.

I should, It would be nice to get away from average joe idiot...

[Mr1der]

yeah...they think guns and cars kill people so they sue the manufacturers...

[Falkdesigns]

Well, I replied a good bit at the begining of this thread then fell off. One thing I know for a fact that it does help is Asthma. You would think smoke would make it worse, but it doesn't. When my wife feels her chest gets tight, she can take a puff on the bong and feel immediate and sustained relief. IMO a puff of clean smoke from a bong is 100% safer than AlbuterolSulfate. When we first got married, she had a massive attack and was hospitalized, so I did research on it thinking surely she needs to quit smoking. Well I found research done at Johns Hopkins that showed asthma symptom reductions in nearly all who used it, wether it was exercise induced or otherwise. It shocked me a little bit, but I have found it to be 100% true, at least for my wife. She hasn't had an attack since the time she was hospitalized, that was nearly 4 years ago (knocks wood!).

[Jesda]

Well, I replied a good bit at the begining of this thread then fell off. One thing I know for a fact that it does help is Asthma. You would think smoke would make it worse, [............] research done at Johns Hopkins that showed asthma symptom reductions in nearly all who used it, wether it was exercise induced or otherwise. It shocked me a little bit, but I have found it to be 100% true, at least for my wife. She hasn't had an attack since the time she was hospitalized, that was nearly 4 years ago (knocks wood!).

Whether it kills you or cures you doesn't even matter. You ought to be left alone to do what you want.

[gabossie]

Whether it kills you or cures you doesn't even matter. You ought to be left alone to do what you want.

That's really the important part about all this. It's not whether it's good or bad for a person, it's their ability to make the choice without interference from the government.

[xekushnr]

What does that have to do with with my listening to their music? You must of overlooked that point while you were struggling to come up with a way to make me look stupid.

Just so you know, they were not a drug band. They stayed away from drugs because they first hand what it did to Syd Barret (The original guitarist before David Gilmore). Syd was addicted to LSD and went off the deep end.

i was listening to Alice Cooper's show on a local radio station a couple days ago, and he was telling a story that happened to him. he had met up with Pink Floyd for a brunch, and PF brought some "brownies", much different than the brownies Alice Copper was used to eating at the time. he said he fell off the stage a few times later that night.

its not even a big argument in this thread, but i wanted you to know that yes, Floyd is/were potheads.

[StrangeLove]

Did you know that david gilmore like to smoke alittle before shows because he said it calmed him down. I would find it difficult to call someone back then a pothead. To paraphrase Roger Waters, they were not a drug oriented band, and its an image they would like to lose.

[adrianfromthecastle]

happy birthday bob marley!

wait wut

[Dattebayo]

Why is this thread all wonky?

[audtatious]

broken quote in post....