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is weed like addictive?
i don't know my friends wanted me to try it with them.
and i know the whole drugs are bad for you.
but we just wanna try it once so we can be like nooo don't do it!!
and someone told me that its good for you?
is it true?
i need an answer fast. please&thankyou
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Madison pretty much summed it up.
The dangers of pot are about the same as the dangers on a number of other activities. It is something to which you can give large amounts of time and moderate amounts of money in excess of what you have to give.
It is not chemically addictive, but as with many activities considered "fun" by the participants it can develop into behavioral habits.
Heres my perspective for you.
You are obviously somewhat young. In your teens, early or late.
Right now is when you are learning to be an adult. You are not ready for the full burden of adult responsibility. Thats why the world hands you bits and pieces at a time. Jobs are possible at 14-15 and up. Voting, moving out and going to college or supporting yourself at 18. Drinking at 21. Its supposed to expose you to being an adult without giving you too much to handle.
Heres the thing. Obviously, even some adults struggle with substance abuse, addiction, and dependency. Things that adults have trouble handling, even with the greater experience, knowledge, maturity, etc, can cause much more severe problems for people who are still learning to get their shit together and start doing things for themselves.
You aren't ready for normal responsibility, and substances are more responsibility than many adults who can handle normal responsibility can take.
And there have been psychological studies that say when someone develops a substance abuse problem, they usually stop maturing mentally.
If a 25 year old person who knows how to work, hold a job, pay their rent, and manage their own life develops a severe drug habit that lasts for 5 years, then quits and rehabs and goes back to a normal life, they are now 30, and they still know how to take care of themselves.
If a 15 year old person who has never supported themselves or paid their own bills, or handled any of those kinds of adult responsibilities develops a substance habit for 5 years, they can end up 20, still with absolutely no knowledge of how to take care of themselves or exist in an adult world. They spent years of very important learning and preparation time too strung out to learn to BE an adult, and so even when they come out of it, theyre still not ready to take up an adult life.
And the world can be pretty harsh with those who cannot support themselves.
Its something to think about, at any rate.
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You have to be careful how you answer these on here, but I'll try and give you my opinion.
No there is no scientific evidence proving marijuana to have any physical or mental addictive qualities.
Here are the common myths of the herb.
1. Marijuana Causes Brain Damage
Studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of brain damage. For example, two studies from 1977, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed no evidence of brain damage in heavy users of marijuana.
That same year, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially came out in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. That's not the sort of thing you'd expect if the AMA thought marijuana damaged the brain.
2. Marijuana Damages The Reproductive System
Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that marijuana adversely affects the reproductive system.
3. Marijuana Is A "Gateway" Drug It Leads To Hard Drugs
This is one of the more persistent myths. A real world example of what happens when marijuana is readily available can be found in Holland.
The Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 1970s. Since then, hard drug use, heroin and cocaine, have declined substantially. If marijuana really were a gateway drug, one would have expected use of hard drugs to have gone up, not down.
This apparent "negative gateway" effect has also been observed in the United States. Studies done in the early 1970s showed a negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol.
A 1993 Rand Corporation study that compared drug use in states that had decriminalized marijuana versus those that had not, found that where marijuana was more available, the states that had decriminalized, hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased.
In short, what science and actual experience tell us is that marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin.
4. Marijuana Suppresses The Immune System
Interestingly, two studies done in 1978 and one done in 1988 showed that hashish and marijuana may have actually stimulated the immune system in the people studied.
5. Marijuana Is Much More Dangerous Than Tobacco
Smoked marijuana contains about the same amount of carcinogens as does an equivalent amount of tobacco. It should be remembered, however, that a heavy tobacco smoker consumes much more tobacco than a heavy marijuana smoker consumes marijuana.
If marijuana were legal, it would be more economical to have cannabis food and drinks, which are totally non-carcinogenic. This is in stark contrast with "smokeless" tobacco products like snuff which can cause cancer of the mouth and throat.
6. Legal Marijuana Would Cause Carnage On The Highways
Although marijuana, when used to intoxication, does impair performance in a manner similar to alcohol, actual studies of the effect of marijuana on the automobile accident rate suggest that it poses less of a hazard than alcohol.
When a random sample of fatal accident victims was studied, it was initially found that marijuana was associated with relatively as many accidents as alcohol.
In other words, the number of accident victims intoxicated on marijuana relative to the number of marijuana users in society gave a ratio similar to that for accident victims intoxicated on alcohol relative to the total number of alcohol users.
However, a closer examination of the victims revealed that around 85% of the people intoxicated on marijuana were also intoxicated on alcohol.
For people only intoxicated on marijuana, the rate was much lower than for alcohol alone. This finding has been supported by other research using completely different methods.
For example, an economic analysis of the effects of decriminalization on marijuana usage found that states that had reduced penalties for marijuana possession experienced a rise in marijuana use and a decline in alcohol use with the result that fatal highway accidents decreased.
7. Marijuana "Flattens" Human Brain Waves
This is an out-and-out lie perpetrated by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. A few years ago, they ran a TV ad that purported to show, first, a normal human brain wave, and second, a flat brain wave from a 14-year-old "on marijuana".
When researchers called up the TV networks to complain about this commercial, the Partnership had to pull it from the air. It seems that the Partnership faked the flat "marijuana brainwave".
In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly increasing alpha wave activity. Alpha waves are associated with meditative and relaxed states which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity.
8. Marijuana Is More Potent Today Than In The Past
This is not a myth, on average the THC content of marijuana tested from 2000-2005 was about two to three times as high as it was in the late 1960's and early 1970's.
9. Marijuana Impairs Short Term Memory
This is true but misleading. Any impairment of short-term memory disappears when one is no longer under the influence of marijuana.
Often, the short-term memory effect is paired with a reference to Dr. Heath's poor rhesus monkeys to imply that the condition is permanent.
10. Marijuana Lingers In The Body Like DDT
This is also true but misleading. Cannabinoids are fat soluble as are innumerable nutrients (like Vitamin A) and, yes, some poisons like DDT.
11. There Are Over A Thousand Chemicals In Marijuana Smoke
Again, true but misleading. The 31 August 1990 issue of the magazine Science notes that there are over 800 volatile chemicals present in roasted coffee.
12. No One Has Ever Died Of A Marijuana Overdose
This is true. Scientists have conclude that the ratio of the amount of cannabinoids necessary to get a person intoxicated (i.e., stoned) relative to the amount necessary to kill them is 1 to 40,000. You would have to consume 40,000 times as much marijuana as you needed to get stoned.
In contrast, the ratio for alcohol varies between 1 to 4 and 1 to 10. It is easy to see how upwards of 5,000 people die from alcohol overdoses every year, and no one ever dies of marijuana overdoses.
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My personal opinion, is that marijuana is a harmless herb that interfers none with social and/or physical activities.
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It's not addictive, but I've seen all to often that it really does alter the way people think. It's not physically addictive, but it can be mentally addictive to some people. My room mate in college did it so much that if he had the money he would do it at least 3 times a day. So I would say that he was addicted. People often use it to self medicate themselves into a state of lazy bliss where they can forget about there problems. I don't smoke it myself, because I see how badly it affects some of my friends. Lots of them would take it when they had problems with girls or classes. It puts them in a docile trance.
There have been studies done that show that it causes depression as well if you take it long term. I believe this completely because everyone I know that smokes it I would not consider happy. It's honestly not gonna hurt if you try it a few times even, but just know that in the end it causes much more pain then it ever causes you to forget.
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No, weed isn't good for you.
Anyone who tells you that it makes you more creative, or helps you de-stress in the long term is bullshitting you. And it doesn’t make you any ‘more’ creative then you could be if you just relaxed and brainstormed without it, and in the long run pot is liable to make you more anxious, rather then calm. The idea that it shrinks tumors is just silly.
It's inhaling smoke, and that is never good for the human body. It also seriously addles your brain for several days after you smoke, your memory and ability to problem solve are impaired. In the short term, it can have the exact opposite effect of the one you intend and actually make you panic and paranoid, rather then mellow and relaxed...
There are of course other risks, especially if you have any heart or breathing troubles.
A lot of people still believe that marijuana is not addictive, but only habit-forming, like chocolate or biting your nails… That is a myth.
People who tell you marijuana is not addictive are either ignorantly spreading that myth, or blatantly choosing the truth that they prefer. That information is very out of date.
For a very long time doctors didn’t think marijuana was addictive, but they know now that they were incorrect. Marijuana is certainly much less addictive then say, cocaine, but it is still an addictive substance.
You can become addicted to marijuana. Just as not everyone who uses cocaine or drinks a beer once, will become an addict, not everyone who smokes weed once will be either. However, it can and does happen.
There is no reason to try marijuana once, there really isn’t. You know it’s not a good idea, and hey, it’s not like you’d kick a puppy once just to see what it was like right?
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