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Serdal
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Long term effects of marijuana?
#7678960 - 11/25/07 05:04 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Okay so a post was made a while ago (lost it) and a lot of the long term effects I thought existed turned out didn't exist at all. So the title explains the majority of it. Here's what I've heard are the long term effects:
* Impaired memory * Increased risk of bronchitis/infection in the lungs * Occasional cough/ tar in lungs (not compared to tobacco) * Increased risk of psychosis (small risk, but still increases)
That's all I know by heart. I had a lot of good links but Mozilla decided to erase them all. Links to support yourself are nice -- thanks for the help in advanced.
Edited by Serdal (11/25/07 05:05 PM)
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Serdal]
#7678994 - 11/25/07 05:11 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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The whole bronchitis thing is such bullshit, so is the cough and tar. Marijauana tar is not like tobacco tar where it sticks to your lungs and clogs your alveoli, you cough up marijauna tar with mucous shortly after smoking.. even if you don't realize it. I don't even cough when I smoke weed..
Psychosis is really the only thing to worry about, after awhile it doesn't affect your memory as much as you think.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7679008 - 11/25/07 05:14 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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prolonged question of authority...
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Serdal]
#7679051 - 11/25/07 05:26 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have no links to support this, but a person.
In high school, I befriended a girl, Andrea, who had started smoking pot in elementary school (not daily, but had tried it at least). She has a really hard time keeping friends because she is so insensitive. When I told her our close friend and very reliable dealer had died, she shrugged her shoulders, and said, "I'm going to work."
Another time, she pulled our friend Erika out of the gym because we were going to have breakfast after our exam, and Andrea couldn't wait a half an hour. She "hadn't ate anything in three days," and she said that "Erika was so insensitive to workout when she said she'd eat with us." (Even though Erika mentioned going to the gym, and Andrea and I were both still working on our exams when she left).
She always blows people off and never apologizes. There are millions of examples I can list of this girl not giving a shit about anyone or anything except pot and sex. She has led me to think that too much pot can make you insensitive and a terrible friend. She doesn't trip or do any drugs: just drinks and smokes everyday.
I did notice that pot (and Andrea) helped me stop being so sensitive about such silly little things in life, but I also stopped caring about things I used to care about and love (school, family, stage crew, youth group, etc.).
Don't know if that'll help you at all, but figured I'd throw it out there.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: vitadura]
#7679092 - 11/25/07 05:40 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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That's ridiculous that because this happened to one person you know you blame it on weed. Dude people like that are like that from the start, drugs don't change you like that they just bring out your true colors.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: vitadura]
#7679094 - 11/25/07 05:41 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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There was a study done where it said marijuana increases your relationships with your friends. Lucky for you, I have the link (assuming you have a myspace).
Anyways I was wondering about the long term effects on memory because I feel like mine has gone down, but it's probably my own paranoia.
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=8963073&blogID=326701218&Mytoken=E8103BD5-1448-4A84-AE1CDC35E4C913A259965360
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Serdal]
#7679115 - 11/25/07 05:48 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Serdal said: * Impaired memory * Increased risk of bronchitis/infection in the lungs * Occasional cough/ tar in lungs (not compared to tobacco) * Increased risk of psychosis (small risk, but still increases)
I've been using marijuana for years, and I can safely say that I have not had any of those symptoms. And let's not forget - mucous in the lungs traps the tar and allows your body to cough it out. It doesn't stay trapped in there like tobacco tar does.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Serdal]
#7679116 - 11/25/07 05:49 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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For the record, I had a cold last year. I smoked twice during this time once during the cold, and then again when I thought I was close to recovery. Subsequently I got a lung infection, which lasted a week. It is not necessarily because of Marijuana that I got this lung infection, but rather due to the fact that I smoked. Smoking while sick can have effects on your immune system. Marijuana from what I've read when *smoked* can slightly weaken the immune system, which for most healthy people is no big deal.
Caribou_Lou can you provide any sources that verify that Marijuana tar is coughed up after smoking? I have never heard this before and would like to read more.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Sell Your Soul]
#7679267 - 11/25/07 06:37 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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andyistic said:
And let's not forget - mucous in the lungs traps the tar and allows your body to cough it out. It doesn't stay trapped in there like tobacco tar does.
Maybe he might know? I found it while I was doing a thesis paper on marijauana, and I would have no idea how to find it again (I didn't cite it).
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: confusion]
#7679273 - 11/25/07 06:38 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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confusion said: For the record, I had a cold last year. I smoked twice during this time once during the cold, and then again when I thought I was close to recovery. Subsequently I got a lung infection, which lasted a week. It is not necessarily because of Marijuana that I got this lung infection, but rather due to the fact that I smoked. Smoking while sick can have effects on your immune system. Marijuana from what I've read when *smoked* can slightly weaken the immune system, which for most healthy people is no big deal.
Caribou_Lou can you provide any sources that verify that Marijuana tar is coughed up after smoking? I have never heard this before and would like to read more.
That is definitely true. If you smoke when you're sick it's very noticable because you will take much longer to recover, especially when it's a cold or some respiratory thing like that.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7679380 - 11/25/07 07:00 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Straight from Erowid: "Can precipitate or exacerbate latent or existing mental disorders."
I know that when I was a heavy user a few years back, it did make my anxiety come out, and a lot of the emotional problems I developed as a child seemed to surface as well.
Looking back now, even though it was terrifying to have all the things I thought were gone come back, I can see it had a positive effect.
Because it precipitated my underlying anxiety that I had as a child, I was able to do therapy and tackle the problem. Had I not smoked, I would be a different person of course, but I would have all those "personal demons" in my subconscious, dormant, and who knows when it could have surfaced.
So, I see some good in my use of pot. Sure the relapse of my fears and anxiety was horrible, but now having been able to overcome it through therapy, I can honestly say: it did provide some good in my life. It never permanently damaged my psyche. It only surfaced the problems that I had already in my mind.
Plus, when I smoked, I learned how to play the guitar properly!!! My pothead friend played, and at the time, I had quit the guitar because I never learned. Well, I saw how easy it really was to play. I dusted off my guitar, and picked it up again. I haven't put it down since.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7679414 - 11/25/07 07:08 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Caribou_Lou said:
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andyistic said:
And let's not forget - mucous in the lungs traps the tar and allows your body to cough it out. It doesn't stay trapped in there like tobacco tar does.
Maybe he might know? I found it while I was doing a thesis paper on marijauana, and I would have no idea how to find it again (I didn't cite it).
Here's a clip showing an interview with a doctor who has researched marijuana, including effects on the lungs. Listen to what he has to say:
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Sell Your Soul]
#7679454 - 11/25/07 07:19 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Is it true marijuana doesn't kill brain cells?
I heard it only slows them down when you're high and once your sober they speed back up.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Wolfgang]
#7679464 - 11/25/07 07:22 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wolfgang said: Is it true marijuana doesn't kill brain cells?
I heard it only slows them down when you're high and once your sober they speed back up.
Define "slowing down a brain cell" if you would.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Sell Your Soul]
#7679498 - 11/25/07 07:32 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I heard it just slows brain cell activity for only a short while, I'm not too sure on the specifics though.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Wolfgang]
#7679507 - 11/25/07 07:33 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm pretty sure it doesn't kill braincells, that's a myth. If it does it's not many, and much less than alcohol. I was under the impression that marijuana slightly affects your brain cells (memory loss) but then they eventually return to normal. I don't know much about that, but I've heard something along those lines.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7679515 - 11/25/07 07:35 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yeah I heard it was a myth.
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Wolfgang]
#7679520 - 11/25/07 07:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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When I read it the person who wrote it used the word "freeze" I think, that sounds familiar
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Wolfgang]
#7679544 - 11/25/07 07:39 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wolfgang said: Yeah I heard it was a myth.
I don't know why most people insist that if it's a psychedelic drug, it must cause brain damage of some kind. What's up with that?
Can't they accept that there can be (and are) such drugs that have no damaging effects of any kind?
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Re: Long term effects of marijuana? [Re: Sell Your Soul]
#7679552 - 11/25/07 07:42 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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MJ slows down the brain's metabolism (oxygen); mostly in the temporal lobes. Cessation will return the brain back to its normal metabolic functions.
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