How dangerous is weed really?

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"]It's dangerous to the brain and lungs. TonyDanzaFan

If you're an idiot, press Alt and F4 at the same time, or click the X in the top-righthand corner of your internet browser.

[QUOTE="junglist101"]

Alcohol is MUCH worse then marijuana. People die from alcohol related illness everyday. You never hear of anybody dieing from being a pot head.

DeX2010

If you're 100% that it's weed and only weed, not so much. Although that would depend on the individual.

[QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"][QUOTE="Jandurin"] No.themajormayor

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]

Marijuana studies are pretty biased (both ways) and **** anyone that tells you we "understand" the brain and drug interactions in general. We just have ideas and beliefs about them, man.

Necrifer

Sh!t...yes.

I was very wrong.

Once again, I like to say things.

It's really dumb because I already knew all of this. :(

Whoops, I was wrong again. I shouldn't say I "knew", rather, I was aware of this.

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"]It's dangerous to the brain and lungs. TonyDanzaFan

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"]It's dangerous to the brain and lungs. TonyDanzaFan

its only dangerous if your name is Jandurin. Allicrombie

[QUOTE="poptart"]

Hell I had mates who used to bang up vodka when they had nothing else :P

Jandurin

People acquire the addiction to shooting up itself - they'll bang anything up given the chance. Hell I remember a mate giving all her downers away as they weren't jellies i.e. she couldn't whack em in her arm, bless the liddle darling!

I think the smoke that you inhale is dangerous...

On a scale of 1-10 dangerouses, it's at like -1chaoscougar1

[QUOTE="chaoscougar1"]On a scale of 1-10 dangerouses, it's at like -1Fightingfan

True, and 'tis unwise to place weed upon a pedastal as for every yin there's a yang

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="chaoscougar1"]On a scale of 1-10 dangerouses, it's at like -1poptart

True, and 'tis unwise to place weed upon a pedastal as for every yin there's a yang

If you can smoke weed while driving it can't be that dangerous Bucked20

People acquire the addiction to shooting up itself - they'll bang anything up given the chance. Hell I remember a mate giving all her downers away as they weren't jellies i.e. she couldn't whack em in her arm, bless the liddle darling!

poptart

[QUOTE="poptart"]

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"] I'd say like a 3. Causes cancer(inhaling carbon monoxide.)Fightingfan

True, and 'tis unwise to place weed upon a pedastal as for every yin there's a yang

[QUOTE="Fightingfan"][QUOTE="poptart"]

True, and 'tis unwise to place weed upon a pedastal as for every yin there's a yang

Jandurin

*In terms of overall health issues/hazards.

Anything that you burn and take into your lungs is harmful.

You think you don't get lung cancer from smoking pot?

Ultimately all intoxicants are abusable, and they are ok in moderation.

Yes. Inhaling any sort of smoke is dangerous to your lungs. And it can cause depression and memory problems.TonyDanzaFan

[QUOTE="TonyDanzaFan"]Yes. Inhaling any sort of smoke is dangerous to your lungs. And it can cause depression and memory problems.foxhound_fox

No offence, but reading 'holier than thou' views on marijuana does indeed make me feel like I'm a student back int 90s again :P

No offence, but reading 'holier than thou' views on marijuana does indeed make me feel like I'm a student back int 90s again :Ppoptart

[QUOTE="poptart"]No offence, but reading 'holier than thou' views on marijuana does indeed make me feel like I'm a student back int 90s again :Pfoxhound_fox

Well......... y'know - the 'wonder drug' reference to start with and little objective critique regarding recreational use. Don't get me wrong it's medicinal qualities I'm sure are well documented as per your post. It just reminded me of the HWA (hippies with attitude) kind of view that was oh-so-90s.

I think people just enjoy their pot, and make up bullschit to rationalize it.

Basically it's illegal because govt doesn't want the whole population killing their brain cells.

Go talk to some people who smoked pot for decades.

They are gone.

It's like talking to a mentally retarded person.

That said, hey it's your brain, I think everything should be legal, let people kill themselves if they want.

Just don't be pushing that "socialism" on me, because I don't want to pay for your food stamps and welfare.

If you ruin your life that's your problem.

Don't be asking me for healthcare benefits to cure your lung cancer from the "harmless pot."

I kept clean and did what I was supposed to do.

You didn't.

So no we're not gonna be sharing a common national wallet. I don't want to work hard to support tossers.

Well......... y'know - the 'wonder drug' reference to start with and little objective critique regarding recreational use. Don't get me wrong it's medicinal qualities I'm sure are well documented as per your post. It just reminded me of the HWA (hippies with attitude) kind of view that was oh-so-90s.poptart

[QUOTE="poptart"]Well......... y'know - the 'wonder drug' reference to start with and little objective critique regarding recreational use. Don't get me wrong it's medicinal qualities I'm sure are well documented as per your post. It just reminded me of the HWA (hippies with attitude) kind of view that was oh-so-90s.foxhound_fox

Well I do concur that it should be legal too - although I admit I'm not fully au fait with it's medinal qualities bar the well documented ones. I just think in the context of recreation it should be treated a little 'well, this is what you'll get out of it, but this is the downside if you choose to blow through life in a kind of pot bubble'.

Well I do concur that it should be legal too - although I admit I'm not fully au fait with it's medinal qualities bar the well documented ones. I just think in the context of recreation it should be treated a little 'well, this is what you'll get out of it, but this is the downside if you choose to blow through life in a kind of pot bubble'.poptart

Someone who isn't me has been smoking it nearly every day for the past couple years straight. Let me say that its dangers depends heavily on the person using it. Is it addictive? Yes. Addictive in the same way that you can be addicted to videogames, music, movies, or entertainment in general. Chemically it isn't addictive in the least. I don't consider it too expensive of a drug either. You could be considered a heavy user and spend no more than $40 a week, an amount that many people often exceed on a week's worth of morning coffee. I've always thought that inhaling anything other than air is not good for your lungs, but new studies have indicated that its effects are negligible (or even beneficial).

From what I can now see, the most dangerous thing about it is that it's illegal.

Someone who isn't me has been smoking it nearly every day for the past couple years straight. Let me say that its dangers depends heavily on the person using it. Is it addictive? Yes. Addictive in the same way that you can be addicted to videogames, music, movies, or entertainment in general. Chemically it isn't addictive in the least. I don't consider it too expensive of a drug either. You could be considered a heavy user and spend no more than $40 a week, an amount that many people often exceed on a week's worth of morning coffee. I've always thought that inhaling anything other than air is not good for your lungs, but new studies have indicated that its effects are negligible (or even beneficial).

From what I can now see, the most dangerous thing about it is that it's illegal.

Someone who isn't me has been smoking it nearly every day for the past couple years straight. Let me say that its dangers depends heavily on the person using it. Is it addictive? Yes. Addictive in the same way that you can be addicted to videogames, music, movies, or entertainment in general. Chemically it isn't addictive in the least. I don't consider it too expensive of a drug either. You could be considered a heavy user and spend no more than $40 a week, an amount that many people often exceed on a week's worth of morning coffee. I've always thought that inhaling anything other than air is not good for your lungs, but new studies have indicated that its effects are negligible (or even beneficial).

From what I can now see, the most dangerous thing about it is that it's illegal.

Someone who isn't me has been smoking it nearly every day for the past couple years straight. Let me say that its dangers depends heavily on the person using it. Is it addictive? Yes. Addictive in the same way that you can be addicted to videogames, music, movies, or entertainment in general. Chemically it isn't addictive in the least. I don't consider it too expensive of a drug either. You could be considered a heavy user and spend no more than $40 a week, an amount that many people often exceed on a week's worth of morning coffee. I've always thought that inhaling anything other than air is not good for your lungs, but new studies have indicated that its effects are negligible (or even beneficial).

From what I can now see, the most dangerous thing about it is that it's illegal.

and have trouble even forming a coherent thought.Allicrombie

I dunno, I know a few guys who are over 50 and have smoked weed every day, all day since they were 8 years old. They now have to brain cells to speak of and have trouble even forming a coherent thought.Allicrombie

Apparently, smoking three joints of pure weed a day is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes on your lungs. I'd say the cancer risk is fairly potent.

Apparently, smoking three joints of pure weed a day is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes on your lungs. I'd say the cancer risk is fairly potent.

Spitfirer

I dunno, I know a few guys who are over 50 and have smoked weed every day, all day since they were 8 years old. They now have to brain cells to speak of and have trouble even forming a coherent thought.Allicrombie

Apparently, smoking three joints of pure weed a day is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes on your lungs. I'd say the cancer risk is fairly potent.

Spitfirer

I dunno, I know a few guys who are over 50 and have smoked weed every day, all day since they were 8 years old. They now have to brain cells to speak of and have trouble even forming a coherent thought.Allicrombie

Apparently, smoking three joints of pure weed a day is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes on your lungs. I'd say the cancer risk is fairly potent.

Spitfirer

I mean compared to cigarretes and alcohol? I think cigarettes and alcohol is maybe worse or something?

themajormayor

You ended your post with "or something". So you lose.

[QUOTE="Spitfirer"]

Apparently, smoking three joints of pure weed a day is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes on your lungs. I'd say the cancer risk is fairly potent.

[QUOTE="Allicrombie"]I dunno, I know a few guys who are over 50 and have smoked weed every day, all day since they were 8 years old. They now have to brain cells to speak of and have trouble even forming a coherent thought.KHAndAnime

[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

[QUOTE="Spitfirer"]

Apparently, smoking three joints of pure weed a day is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes on your lungs. I'd say the cancer risk is fairly potent.

BranKetra

Never had one. I heard they can be expensive.BranKetra

[QUOTE="Spitfirer"] Where did you read this good sir?KHAndAnime

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2419713.stm

In addition:

The average heart rate increases from 20 - 100% for three hours after use, inceasing risk of a heart attack dramatically. (http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/marijuana)

Then there's anxiety, paranioa and schitzophrenia. It is known to cause panic attacks and induce the latter. There are many nonpro-marijuana sites that can confirm this.

And those who claim it's not addictive are godawfully mindnumbingly stupid.

[QUOTE="Spitfirer"]

Apparently, smoking three joints of pure weed a day is equivalent to smoking twenty cigarettes on your lungs. I'd say the cancer risk is fairly potent.

needled24-7

No, I don't fail to realise that. I was just making a point on topic i.e. discussing the dangers of weed, not those who smoke it.

Duh.

No, I don't fail to realise that. I was just making a point on topic i.e. discussing the dangers of weed, not those who smoke it.

Duh.

Spitfirer