What they don't teach us at school...

At school, they tell us 'marijuana is bad, it stuffs your brain, it's illegal, you'll end up addicted to other drugs, etc', and I was just wondering, is this true?

Peace

 

Honestly almost everything they tell us in school, about pot, is false. I've been smoking for a while now and I still do fine in school and I'm not addicted to anything else and I don't intend to be. I have had some amazing experiences while I was high and I enjoy getting high, but I won't go so far as to say it's good for you, however I still think it's something that everybody should have a chance to try. And if it's not for you than that's fine but don't totally write it off as any other 'horrible drug' just based on what you've heard in school. Because from my experience, the only true thing they ever told me about pot in school was that it's illegal.
*Yea and that whole story about somebody getting high and killing his/her entire family or some variation of that is completely false. Just another scare technique to keep kids from trying things.

 

Marijuana is bad, m'kay.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana#Health_issues

 

marijuana is bad believe all that the schools tell you

 

Ok, here is the dope on dope. Yes, Marijuanna is illegal. So, according to most poeple it is bad because of that. However, what they don't tell you is that it is illegal because of a bunch of nay sayers. Just like alcohol was illegal at one point due to a buch of women who got together and put pressure on the govenment to ban it, the same can be said for Marijuanna. Because weed was always popular with the "lower class" people it became illegal in order to have something to arrest them over, also because people who think that they are better at others think that they need to help control people who they feel can't take care of themselves. I could go into this more, but it would take me a long time and I would be typing all day. Feel free to look it up but there are several good web sites on the subject. If you are intrested in more information I can give you some good keywords to try. Like Marijuanna, Conspiracy, Race.

Now, Marijuanna is not addictive, it can become habit forming. There are no chemicals that you can become addicted to, you can become addicted to the feeling that you have while stoned but the product it's self is not. Also, along that same line no one and I mean no one has ever died from smoking pot. You can not overdose of weed. You can become so stoned that you might not be able to function very well but the weed it's self will not kill you. You might however be stupid enough do something that will get you killed or hurt while you are stoned like driving or something like that but it will not kill you.

Also, last but not the least. I am going to break another myth on smoking weed. It does not affect your short term memory all of the time. They say it does affect your short term memory while you are stoned. That is a chemical fact. Some of the chemical receptors are the same and so when you smoke and your brain is trying to remember something then some pot comes in and takes it's place. Well then you might not remember it right away or at all because of it. The effect is not permanent. It only affects you while you are stoned. So I would not recomend trying to cram for a test stoned.

That being said I just read how old you were. I don't ever recomend smoking pot at the tender age of 13. Some of your friends may be doing it but it is not a good idea yet. I won't say not to smoke when you are older. I suggest you wait for a while before getting into it. It is just a fact of life that people your age are still in development and already going through way to many changes to be able to process it right. Besides I found that smoking when I was older helped me have a better appreciation for it. At your age making decisions based upon some information you read on the internet, it's just not enough. Feel free to research it all you want and read, it will help. Like when I was a child I got the chance to try alcohol by my parents who were willing to teach me on how to handle it and appreciate it. I feel the same is for Pot. Try and ask questions from older people on what they do and how it affects them. Pot can be a very powerful influence on your life, you need to have some matuity in order to learn on how to deal with it and not let if lead your life. I personally really enjoy it but you have plenty of time to learn and do before you get into it as a life style. Happy Hunting and Good Luck

 

Its all bullshit, go smoke some weed. Though I have noticed marijuana causing man boobs from munchies, so do 4 sets of 20 push ups everyday and you should be good.

 

The only bad thing about weed is that it made me Snoop Dogg, skinny.

 

Check out this page (from erowid, definitely the best drug site on the web if you want truthful info and not bullshit they teach you at school), http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_myth.shtml

If your wondering why weed was illegal, well heere is this whole documentary about it and tell me if you want the link for that man. But i would definitely say go smoke weed, even if your 13, ive been smoking weed since i was 13 and i am the smartest person i know

 

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis_faq1.shtml

This is a weed faq from erowid, and part 2 of this faq also talks about why weed was illegal and it also dispells all those bullshit myths.

Every year in the united states, tobacco ciggarrettes kill over 400,000 people a year, alcohol kills 100,000 people a year, pharmaceuticals kill 25,000 people a year, heroin kills 2,000 people a year. But in its 10,000 years of use worldwide, marijuana has never killed anybody.

 

In the January 2008 edition of the journal Respirology found that "regular" cannabis smokers who developed bullous did so on average 24 years sooner than tobacco smoking counterparts. Researchers attributed this to the inhalation of a larger volume of smoke, and typically holding it for four times longer than tobacco smokers. Bullous lung disease is considered an uncommon cause of respiratory distress.In general, habitual inhalation of any kind of smoke is detrimental to lung health.

 

i smoked pot daily. i held a good job and a favorite employee, and hell i got a's and b's in one of the top schools in florida. fuck what they tell you, the only way marijuana can screw up your life is if you dont have your priorities straight or you get arrested. that makes you a criminal, which creates problems when trying to get a job/apply for colleges, and etc.

pot wont ruin your life, the law will.

 

I can agree with most of what you have all said. Most of all the wisdom of Jahmerimaka it is all about keeping your priorities straight. The main reason that I don't recomend that younger people smoke is that they sometimes don't have their priorities straight and sometimes that comes with age. If you are responsible and can keep things in moderation then smoke away. As an amost daily smoker now at age 39 who just started two years ago I don't know what my life would have been like if I did start smoking at 13 but I don't think I was ready and I am glad that I started and tried it later in my life. I had other things to worry about when I was that age. I suggest that you make a deal with yourself, if you can keep you life as it was before you started the same then again I say go for it. Happy hunting

 

What school do/did you go to in Soflo?

 

you know ive been a daily user for about 2 years now, and at first i thought it was weird because my life is fine and i started making way better grades then when i didnt smoke.

but now ive just realized that weed isn't the life destroying drug they tell you it is.

 

Did you mistype then or do you think then is than? Now and then I have some problems with then. Or is it than I have a problem with? I can't remember.

They say that weed is hard on your memory after a few years of smoking it. I can't remember who said it, but I think I remember that I heard it from some one in school. Do you remember if you heard it from someone in school? If I remember if I heard it when I went to school I will post it. If I remember if I went to school. Anyway, I think smoking weed clarifies your memories. Even though I don't remember hearing anyone say that. Then again you might know more than I know about that. That is, you may have heard someone say smoking clarifies your memory.

These threads are killers. Absolutely killers.

 

Apparently, once THC leaves your system, you go back to where you were supposed to be, memory wise.

 

Yeah our heath teacher was pretty sweet. One day she said we we're going to read about pot today so every one just kinda rolled their eyes. But after reading about all the "heath issues" in our book she stopped us and said "yeah to tell u the truth this book is a lie. There is not as much heath problems as it says, but still dont do it because its illegal." And so we kept on reading like nothin happened.

 

I was quite lucky in school that the teacher in charge of teaching us about drugs had actaully tried cannabis (and a couple of other drugs) so she told her first hand about it. First time i had some it made me feel sick but you soon get used to it and you return completly normal afterwards its just the unmistakable stink that sticks to you thats the problem. I tried it a year ago at 15. Most of my friends have tried it now, I think you should wait until 16-18 before trying it.

 

What our government doesn't see is that there's a difference between hard and soft drugs (like Holland's drug policy does). Our government amuses pot is just like herion and cocain. That shit's bad for you. Pot is fine as long as you don't abuse it. But cuz they asume it to be as bad as those things they asume it'll destroy our country cuz they don't trust us with it. Don't trust everything you learn in school, lol. Smoke and toke and have a good time.

Remember, a high is much better to the mostly sober mind.