Marijuana is Very Dangerous

I want to know where to get help for my family, my husband smoke since I know him, of course this caused lot of problem in our marriage, we have two children but I hate what he does, make me feel really bad, desperate, unhappy, Please give advice where to receive help,

veamarige wrote:

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I know this post is really old, but I just wanted to say I appreciate it's existence. It really amazes me how many potheads show up to these forums with guns blazing ready to defend to the death their favorite mind-altering substance.

I was once one of them. I smoked weed all day, every day from age 15 to age 27. I smoked weed like it was my job. I tried using in moderation. I tried limiting my smoking to only at the end of the day, or only on the weekends, or only on "special occasions". But if you're an addict like me, that proves to be an impossible task. I had to quit altogether, and I had to have help.

For the people out there who say pot is not a drug... Not to be unkind (no pun intended) but I really think you're kidding yourselves. Who cares if it comes from a plant? So does heroin. So does cocaine. Yeah, they are more refined but are you going to split hairs using your own argument? Marijuana is a drug because (regardless of how it's natural origin) it is a substance ingested that changes your mind/body consciousness. You smoke weed to get HIGH !

And I don't care that alcohol kills more people, is more dangerous, blah blah blah, yes it is. Alcohol is a dangerous drug and that is absoultly, undeniably true and it also isn't news. But that doesn't mean the pot can't ALSO destroy lives, or cause harm, it just does so in a more subtle way.

If you're someone who can smoke weed in moderation, and it has no negative effect on your life: good for you. Smoke one for me. And if you're someone who smokes every day and still has external success: you should be proud of yourself for your accomplishments. BUT I hope you consider how pot might affect you in other ways. Are you using it to avoid dealing with reality? Are you using it because you don't know how to deal with your feelings without getting high? Do you use in spite of negative consequences, like trouble with the law, poor health, or isolation from loved ones? Do you choose pot over family, or straight-edge friends? Do you feel anxiety when your stash is running low? When you don't have pot or can't get high, are you okay with that or are you dieing on the inside and can't think about figuring out a way to get high? Only you can answer these questions to yourself.

Please spare the self-righteous indignation of "just because you can't smoke pot doesn't mean you have to bash it for the rest of us" argument. There are MORE than enough pro-marijuana arguments on the internet. But there are people who suffer because of their use of this substance, and they deserve a voice too.

If you want to quit smoking pot but have trouble staying quit, there are resources available to you that are cheap (like virtually free) and can change your life. If you need help I hope you seek it out and wish you the best of luck on your journey to recovery.

I want to know where to get help for my family, my husband smoke since I know him, of course this caused lot of problem in our marriage, we have two children but I hate what he does, make me feel really bad, desperate, unhappy, Please give advice where to receive help,

I agree with you, I believe that excessive pot killed my son. Thats right, I said killed. He had a pot card and was given a RX for it for his anxiety, although the Dr. knew he was minus a spleen. He was very addicted, and I have learned since his death that excessive pot smoking kills your t cells. he had had a pneumonia shot, but he got it anyway, and that went septic, and my only son died from it. If you don't believe it, check out the Harvard study on the dangers when you have a compromised immune system

Are you still smoking my friend? I just wonder because I am looking for statements if I should continue using marijuana because it is a natural thing that doesn't kill, and it has anti aging ingredients in it through some researchers

oh really well were you using it for MEDICINE or jusat to get high if it's medicine there are other MUCH MORE safer ways to take marijuana even to get high there are safer ways and you can't get addicted with the safer ways so next time you think to say something GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!!!

it may not kill but if you get too high and really can't think straight you might just do a dumb thing that will kill you so try cooking it instead of smoking it it still has the same affect but doesn't hurt your lungs at all if this helps anyone i'm glad

My friend pointed me to this post and I can't let this slide.

Marijuana is in no way addictive.  I smoked every day for well over 10 years until about a couple months ago when I moved and suddenly stopped because I had no source to get it from anymore.  I didn't stop because I wanted to, I stopped because I had no choice.  If I was addicted, I would have suffered withdrawal symptoms.  Yet I didn't.  For over 30 days I didn't even think about marijuana except when it was in the news during election time.  Marijuana has been studied a lot over the last decade and all of those studies show that it is in no way physically or chemically addictive.

Now, people can develop a PSYCHOLOGICAL addiction, just like people can become addicted to gambling, alcohol, or anything else that makes them feel good in the moment, but that's because of their mental instabilities, not the marijuana.  The vast majority of people can gamble, drink, or smoke marijuana without ever becoming addicted, but a small portion of people cannot, and those people should avoid it.  It's all about knowing your own body.  If you have an addictive personality, you should avoid all of those things, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world needs to.

The main thing that points me to this is that you say you've been clean for 22 days, yet still have feelings of depression, anxiety, and pain.  These are all things that would point to mental instabilities, and things that marijuana can be used to help treat.  It's likely that you have unknowingly been self-medicating for the last 32 years.  My suggestion is that you see a doctor and tell him what's going on, because there's almost certainly an underlying problem that needs to be dealt with.

I wish you the best of luck Ray, but your experience is the exception, not the rule.

just face it people!!!! marijuana is a drug which is therefore dangerous and it could kill you end of!!!!!!   %-)

I black out from weed once. It wasn't the first time I smoked but I smoked more than I ever had. Just because I wanted to see what the hype was about. I know that sounds silly and I'm not an impressionable person but people seem to be so hyped up and happy about weed. Even though the first time I smoked I didn't get high I did it occasionally trying to really experience what other people say they were. One of the last times I did it I felt slow, sluggish and had sort of like tunnel vision. People say the point of weed is to feel relaxed but I felt anything but. I didn't feel there. I didn't feel in control of myself. I tried to ride the high and enjoy it but I couldn't. My boyfriend and his pothead friends smoke all the time and I think my boyfriend feels like I'm always jumping down his throat but it's because of what happened to me in his presence. They say weed isn't harmful but I'm sure there are some ill effects. I black out how harmless is that? The last time I tried it I didn't black out but I felt the feeling trying to creep up so I kept active a bit and tried not to get too comfortable. It wasn't bad but I don't like the feeling. How can I get through to my boyfriend that this isn't the only fun thing you can do? And to get rid of his pothead friends? They're nice guys but I feel like they're just turning him into a different person along with the weed. They're smoking right now. It's 4:30 in the morning. His friend woke him up for weed because he can't sleep. He told me his friend was in rehab for weed and when he was released started drinking lean which is a mixture of like codeine, soda and candies (not entirely sure). I need to get him away from people like this.

You can't make him stop... He will only stop if he really "wants to"... And even that can be a lie.  I am 35, my husband is 40 and he still smokes everyday... he still spends money on it monthly, and we still have stashes in our freezer.  I use to smoke... I stopped about three years ago, maybe a bit more.  He still smokes every single night.  Yes... He has diminished a lot, but it is still every day... And when he has friends over... It is like you describe... Till all hours of the morning.  Like teenagers.  People who say that pot is not addictive are liars.  I smokes for years... And I was addicted.  I stopped because I have health problems, and because I just grew up... It stinks and it is gross... And it is not fun being around a bunch of people that are stoned.  My advice to you dear is get out now while you are young and not married.  He will not change.  Even if he says that he will he will not.  My husband told me last summer that he wanted to stop by this next coming summer... Right... Nothing has changed, he still smokes everyday... he still blows money it, and he still thinks that I am the one who has a problem... I do not believe him anymore.

That is how it is.  That is how it will always be.  You cannot force him to change... no matter how much you love hime, and no matter how much you think he loves you, pot will always be his number one.  So get out... you have no ties.  Do not make the mistake of thinking things will change because you love him... They will not.  You will end up married and living with a person that you can't spend time with because of his addiction.

you stupid f**ks!! i know other people (including myself) that have smoked weed for over 45 years, and i can do any motherfucking thing that a non-smoker can do! so all you f**ks that are saying this sh**s gong to kill you, i have to say you all lost your f*****g mind. man, you see people drinking alcohol every day and there killing there self every sip they take! f**k!! that sh*t is poison. but that stuff is not illegal, i call bull sh*t on that! you can smoke weed for years and have not problems. if you do it responsibly, make sure you can take care of whats important first, then you will not have any problems. but on the other side there are people that get sick from every thing they do.( there just doomed!)        

The guest above is angry.

Look at yourself. You are defending an herb like you were defending your mother. Every marijuana addict defends marijuana like this (including me in the past).

 

Hi my name is Duy, from today onwards I am giving up smoking for my career. I have smoked marijuana on and off since 16. I am 27 now, I have a dream of becoming a successful poker player, more than that I want to be focus.. life has so much more than just getting stone.

I felt that I was more tired after a session, I had to smoke more to get me going in few occasions but that just unreal, I couldnt just be stone everytime, not knowing what exactly going on in my life...

I use to smoke for pleasure and escaped of past relationships.. anyway It is not saying that the reason is for anyone who smokes, but I am writing this is for you whom looking for answers to stop, you're on the right path.

There obviously something bothers you to come here looking for clues, I can tell you smoke pot is fun when you don't want have anything going on, but once you are growing for more success it is not fun when it keeps distracting your mind and it make me feels confident and all but the result is not good.

So for the perfomer who wants to get good in life, I suggest reading, relax by going out to the movies, or pay $20 to go to the beach other than staying in your comfort zone, doing more activities will contribute to more learning, better attitudes and more healthy relationships.

I will be off weed until I make my first Million dollar 04/03/2013. Peace out.

p.s. this post is intended to make me better and help out whom is looking for some answers.

that is impossible because marijuana is not a physichally addictive substance so it cannot cause physical withdrawl

Your post is well written with your respectable approach and I appreciate that. I am for the legalization and I was doing research to WHY it hasn't been legalized. It's nice to see a different side that has manner and respect towards the opposing view.

I have been using marijuana for some years started when I was studding and has been going in and off for about 7/8 years. I would smoke with friends in a socializing manner, but later on say the last 3 years I have been smoking to help me cope with my dally challenges, and later on more to help me keep myself company. Allot have happened in my career in the last 3 years that moved me around from place to place, and its getting harder for me to make friends in new places witch leads to, me spending more time on my own and the weed is helping me to pass the time in my own conversation. But I also started studding this year again wile I have a job that is very challenging during the day, and I have been running every night to finish off my day with a small joint, not over doing it but just to put me in that trance for 2 hours or so, to work thru my daily experience. The problem is that I know I need to stop and is forcing me to stop, but every time I am alone in my own  company I get that urge to just get in my car take a drive and light up one to take me on that trip for a while. I'm just writing this to put my thoughts out there and hear what other people say and if they experience the same.