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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#9119952 - 10/23/08 05:35 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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demius said: money
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derx said: Being arrested and treated like a criminal
Those are pretty much the only cons, in my opinion. Funny enough, both of which are a direct result of it being unjustly illegal.
I don't find any faults with it really, as the addiction is purely a mental/psychological one IME, and any dependency and abuse of it is my own fault... And like everything in life, moderation is key. You abuse anything to an extreme and it's not going to be "smooth". That, and it's proven through thousands of years of use to be one of the safest drugs (plants) on the planet Earth. I take far greater risks eating a cheeseburger, or something. The medical and psychological benefits I gain from pot far outweigh any potential cons. Thus the greatest cons to smoking pot is the fact that it's illegal. Which makes it expensive and makes me a criminal for doing what the fuck I choose to do to my body without hurting anyone.
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highdroponics said: weight-gain.
Really?
I used to get the munchies when I first started smoking but after a while it started to have the opposite effect and I lost a bunch of weight. It was probably because I didn't want to eat while high because it ruined the buzz and I was high all of the time.
Yeah, smoking pot all the time makes more people lose weight than gain weight, at least among the chronic stoners I know. I don't know if it's the weed effecting appetite, metabolism, or both.
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Entropymancer said:
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matt said:
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highdroponics said: weight-gain.
Really?
I used to get the munchies when I first started smoking but after a while it started to have the opposite effect and I lost a bunch of weight. It was probably because I didn't want to eat while high because it ruined the buzz and I was high all of the time.
Yeah, smoking pot all the time makes more people lose weight than gain weight, at least among the chronic stoners I know. I don't know if it's the weed effecting appetite, metabolism, or both.
Same with me, when I first started smoking i'd get the munchies then after a while it would stunt my appetite quite a bit. It seems to work that way with most other people I know. Except for one fat bastard who can eat anything, anytime and anywhere regardless of how much hes smoked or snorted.
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#9120509 - 10/23/08 10:18 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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blkjkrabbit said: what are the drawbacks of your favorite green habit?
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Money, the law and being treated like you doing something really wrong. To free from pain........People know you have it and ask you for.When they can get it them self and you can't..
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I've smoked now for almost 4 years and I still get hungry as hell after smoking a bowl.
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matt said: Paranoia and anxiety. I can't smoke and enjoy it anymore, it fucks with me too bad.
Same happened here. I miss being able to enjoy it... especially when it's cheaper to buy pot here than to buy beer!
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I used to be just like you guys. The one guy in the group that is super paranoid. It eventually went away for me, now i can enjoy the high
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#9121450 - 10/23/08 02:08 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Running out.
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#9121514 - 10/23/08 02:18 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Health anxiety Anxiety attacks No motivation Paranoia Yellow teeth Sleeping problems
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blkjkrabbit said: what are the drawbacks of your favorite green habit?
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#9121536 - 10/23/08 02:21 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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What I mostly didn't like about smoking pot, is how it made me feel stupid. Really did nothing but stared at the tv, not understanding it at all, and shoving massive amounts of food down my throat.
Everyone is different though. I don't have anything against pot, I just personally do not like it.
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: aDoS]
#9121554 - 10/23/08 02:24 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Just wicked hypochondria when I'm stoned.
Oh, and I get really bad short term memory lapses; again, only when stoned.
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: Rekkuzo]
#9121646 - 10/23/08 02:45 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Damn i didn't realize so many people were haters.
Weed for me is like a portable vacation.
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aDoS
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I don't see why not liking cannabis would make us..."haters."
Drugs effect people differently.
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: aDoS]
#9121668 - 10/23/08 02:50 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Oh i know, to each is his own.
And i was using 'haters' as pop-culture slang, i know none of y'all actually hate weed.
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for those of you that get bad anxiety when you smoke, just don't smoke as much as you normally do, and do it in comfortable situations.
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Cognitive_Shift
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: AgingHippy]
#9121817 - 10/23/08 03:15 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Especially if you have your own house/apartment.
Just smoke in your bathroom and then chill on the couch, its hard for me to get paranoid in that situation.
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: AgingHippy]
#9121847 - 10/23/08 03:20 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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teefizzle said: for those of you that get bad anxiety when you smoke, just don't smoke as much as you normally do, and do it in comfortable situations.
That really is key.
I often find I prefer smoking just a bowl to getting completely stoned out of my mind.
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Re: cons to smoking pot? [Re: blkjkrabbit]
#9122101 - 10/23/08 04:07 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Laziness and shitty cardio. I get tired after doing like 10 seconds of anything
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