15 year old wondering the truth about smoking pot.?!
Question: Hi, I am 15 years old and I am wondering about smoking pot. I always thought that I was much smarter then to smoke pot and I still think I am. About 6 months I realized that a close friend of mine is addicted to it. Like, he pretty much smokes it every day. When I found out he told me he has stopped (which was a lie) and I yelled at him and told him it was stupid. Of course everyone made fun of me because I yelled at him so now I'm not friends with him. So recently I apologized to him and if we're ever going to be friends again I'm worried that the oppertunity to smoke weed will come up. I just want the truth about the topic because no one gives it. All the drug addicts say there is nothing wrong with it and it causes NO long term or dangerous effects. All the people who dont do it say it causes cancer and long term memory loss. I just want an honnest answer about it from someone who isn't a drug attict and someone who knows the truth about it and won't say either dont do it or do it.
Answers: Hi, I am 15 years old and I am wondering about smoking pot. I always thought that I was much smarter then to smoke pot and I still think I am. About 6 months I realized that a close friend of mine is addicted to it. Like, he pretty much smokes it every day. When I found out he told me he has stopped (which was a lie) and I yelled at him and told him it was stupid. Of course everyone made fun of me because I yelled at him so now I'm not friends with him. So recently I apologized to him and if we're ever going to be friends again I'm worried that the oppertunity to smoke weed will come up. I just want the truth about the topic because no one gives it. All the drug addicts say there is nothing wrong with it and it causes NO long term or dangerous effects. All the people who dont do it say it causes cancer and long term memory loss. I just want an honnest answer about it from someone who isn't a drug attict and someone who knows the truth about it and won't say either dont do it or do it.
Point one: To receive the same 'stimulation' from pot, you must increase the dose.
Pont two: There is not necessarily a physical addiction; the addiction is mental.
Point three: The research that has discovered the link to cancer is only beginning. More people have to succumb. There is no verifiable external validity currently accepted by the AMA.
Point four: How stupid are the people who laughed at you? When you stand for something, child, what kind of moron would employ laughter to have you comport to that person's stand?
Point five: If drug addicts tell you pot is all right, does that not set your mind to contemplate that which is manifest?
Point six: Pot allows you to visualize that which is directly before you. The peripheral vision drops dramatically. This allows you to guess if pot has an effect upon the internal workings of your body.
Point seven: What idiot (lower IQ than a monron) says pot has no long term effect???
Point eight: The destruction of the brain cells is not in the area of long term memory. The destruction of the brain cells occurs in the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe is where we house our short-term memory. Expect a loss in that! The frontal lobe is also where we have our will. That is, our decision making activity in comportment to our morals (do not murder, do not have illicit sex with this particular scuzzbag, do not lie, etcetera).
CONCLUSION:
Do not smoke pot.
You don't have to smoke pot. If he wants to that's his choice. Marijuana is not addicting.
You are going to get a lot of answers and half of them will contradict the other half.
Some people will get addicted, some won't. Some people could get addicted to preparation H suppositories.
Just don't smoke it, and quit worrying about it, O.K.?
it does not give cancer and instead doctors in some states have prescribed medical marijuana because it helps with glaucoma and cancer... just experiment with your friend once if you like it you if you dont you dont and then he wont bother you because he knew you already tried it and no you cannot get addicted...
I used to smoke pot all the time. Daily for about 18 years. It started to worry me when I was getting heart palpatations. Then I started having anxiety attacks to the point I thought I was having a heart attack. I would walk into a room and forget why I walked in there. My short term memory was really short. I started to develop a smoker's cough (1 joint has as much tar as 10 filterless cigs)
So, I quit. Just like that. I no longer have any of the problems with my heart or anxiety any more.
So, I'd say, just SAY NO!
I am in my late thirty's and I can only tell you about my experiences. A lot of my friends who smoked pot and did drugs really screwed up their lives, 3 of them died. (Car crash while high) The ones who are clean and finally kick the habit are living on low paying job because they dropped out of high school, and do not have the money or time to go back to school. I also noticed when you live a drug filled life all you attract is the same. The men my friends have been with are losers.I was pressured to try this but did not. Although I still have one or two friends left from high school, we barely talk, we are too different now. I think drugs are a terrible thing, and no good can come out of it.
either smoke or don't smoke: everyone has free agency. You pick your path, he'll pick his. Eventually, you may end up not being friends anymore. that'll be okay if you two like different things. Marijuna is not addctive.
P.S. - let me just say... I smoked pot for about six years.. I made it through college, I'm not dead, didn't kill myself.... was a cheerleader, a dancer, student council,..... all that jazz. It was just my personal choice. It didn't affect me negatively in the least. I quit b/c it's illegal, and I have a son now.
hi ..Im 15 as well and started smoking weed freshman year. Marijuana does kill brain cells,it does mess with you memory and concentration,and you reaction is slower,it does make you have panik attacks or anxiety while your still in the zone and how do i know this because i been there and done that..getting high is the greatest feeling in the world but at a cost of screwing with your body and mind (especially) so its up to you dude ~(-_-)~
ok.... pot is not addicting.. u cant get addicated to it... so ur friend isnt addicated, he juss smokes...
you cant die or get cancer or o.d on pot....
the side effects of your high are hungry happy sleepy.
if u do become friends with this boy again, and he asks jus say no cuz it aint u.. but u cant be mad at him cuz he is his own person.. some/many people that smoke do it to be relieved.... and it does.... truely smoking pot is safer then drinking cuz u can get super sick or die if u drink to much...
u cant die by smoking to much...
weed is prolly the safest drung out there...
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First off, you'r gay. Second off, there no long term memory loss or any connection that has to do with cancer. It's not bad for you at all. If anything it makes you a better person, peacefull. Alcohol is a much worse drug in my opinion.
You seem like a very smart 15 year old! I think every teenager wonders about marijuana and other things and sometimes they do it and like it and other times they don't but they can't stop. You've done good so far by staying away from it.
It was immature for him to get mad at you for yelling at him because to me it seems that you were yelling at him out of concern. If he's mad at you for being concerned about him, maybe you shouldn't be friends. Although, he could be one of those people that already know what they're doing is bad but they don't want to hear it...
Anyway, I would say if you're very worried about the marijuana "opportunity" coming up then I would just move on from being his friend.
I don't know if it's bad for you or what will happen, sometimes I hear that it doesn't do anything and then it seems like the next day I hear it does. I don't know. I do know it's up to you if you want to do it or not, after all I suppose you could be doing "harder" things. I'm not saying do it though, I was just saying.
I just believe that if you were doing sooo good staying away from that all and that this friend could come between that, you should forget about him. You might not want to and/or regret it at first but later on you'll feel better about it.
I am in both camps on this issue. I don't think you should start just to have this person as a friend. And as with anything you put into your body it will have an effect. Prolonged use can cause health problems. However for many people who have pain management issues related most often to cancer pot appears to increase their appetite and reduce the pain they are experiencing.
One, POT KILLS YOUR BRAIN; Two, If you are in EXXTREME pain, pot is a medicine (but only get it from your doctor); Three pot is a halusinagen and will woarp your mind when you smoke it. I know a person who got killed when he smoked pot, because he thought he could stop a train... SO DON"T DO POT!!! (Unless directed my your doctor.)
Don't start. You can't keep him from doing it but don't start yourself.
My brother has to smoke pot and drink everyday. All he does is sit around smoking pot and drinking. HE IS A LOSER! He's 24 years old. Barely graduated from high school and no college. Has been fired from every job he's had cuz he's too stoned to actually show up for work. Physically he has lost lots of weight and is sick all the time. He can't walk up a flight of stairs without passing out. While all his friends are graduating college and getting good jobs making $35,000 - $40,000 per year he's working 15 hours a week and getting paid less than most high school students get paid at their first job. He was a straight A student and made the varsity wrestling team as a freshman in high school. He could've gotten a scholarship to college. He's brilliant with computers, math, science, and video games. He could have gotten a wonderful job after college but he started failing his classes in high school after he started depending on pot, he got kicked off the wrestling team, and all his brillaince is now completely gone.
Having smoked pot for some time beginning at 19 (and never becoming a junkie) and ending in my early 20's I can tell you only one thing. Smoking pot will do exactly as it promises. It will make you feel good for a while and it will distract you; but it will cost you money, and make you numb and dumb. If you'd like to go through life without the money that might be better spent on more productive things (you choose what they are), and if you'd like to numb yourself to feelings and emotions (forget about keeping a real relationship), and if you love the idea of adding the words "uh" and "um" and "I forget" to your vocabulary I suggest you take up the habit soon. If you start smoking regularly and seriously at age 15 you should be pretty stupid by the time you're done with high school.
But don't worry. You'll be so numb and oblivious and lacking in self-awareness that you won't notice a thing. But at least it doesn't cause cancer -- at least not very often.
It does not give you cancer, and is not something addictive. If he does it, it's because he enjoys it, not that he needs it to survive. It's like chocolate cake, you wouldn't call someone a chocolate cake addict and look down on him because he likes chocolate cake on a daily basis. Long term memory, yes, i feel it can effect that in some way shape or form but nothing serious. I just dont' want you to feel you have to do it because your friends are, you do it if you want, don't do it if you don't want to. At 15 years old, you have school to worry about, once you get some real stress in your life, like bills and keeping a roof over your head, you'll notice weed actually keeps your head on straight. Or else the stress takes over your life lol
Marijuana is both emotionally and mentally addictive. Once an individual becomes addicted to marijuana it develops into part of who they believe themselves to be. Marijuana addiction is a phenomenon experienced by more than 150,000 individuals each year who enter treatment for their proclaimed addiction to marijuana. Marijuana affects memory, judgment and perception. Long-term studies of high school students and their patterns of drug use show that very few young people use other illegal drugs without first trying marijuana. For example, the risk of using cocaine is 104 times greater for those who have tried marijuana than for those who have never tried it. THC suppresses the neurons in the information-processing system of the hippocampus, the part of the brain that is crucial for learning, memory, and the integration of sensory experiences with emotions and motivation. Someone who smokes marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory problems that tobacco smokers have. These individuals may have daily cough and phlegm, symptoms of chronic bronchitis, and more frequent chest colds. Continuing to smoke marijuana can lead to abnormal functioning of the lungs and airways. Scientists have found signs of lung tissue injured or destroyed by marijuana smoke. For more info go 2 http://www.starliterecovery.com/marijuan...
look...if you dont want to smoke pot dont. if you want to you can...there is no problem with pot!!! it does no pose any dangerous threats except lung cancer if you do it like everyday multiple times. it can be fun/ a relief from the world youre living in and its really not that "bad" except for the fact its illegal. yes, some people are addicted to it, but then there are the people who will smoke on occasion...if you have an addictive personality...i wouldnt recommend it, but pot isnt addictive.
There are 3 components to addiction; physical, mental, and spiritual.
anybody who tells you that weed is not addictive is ill informed and misleading you!
I smoked the chronic at your age, it killed my ability to study and i flunked out of college (first time i tried).
Do your own research and dont take anything that the dipsticks here say,....your smart-you know a lie when you see one!
I followed weed with many other drugs, and eventually stopped digging the hole that i was in...i hope your friend can too!
OK first of all you can get immune to marijuana after years of smoking... ive smoked and it just made me lazy and paranoid.. just tell him hes not adicted and to stop doing it because he thinks its cool..