Found this to be very interesting...

[newusername 10+ year member]

Long term effects: Raised blood pressure, more at risk of a heart attack, increased cancer risk, changes in brain functions, behavioral changes, infertility, decreased ****** pleasure, etc... this is off the top of my head, I can list more if you like.

I agreed with you up until this point. First, you can ignore almost every health problem if you are smart and use a vaporizer. However, even things like the cancer risk are still up in the air (no clear unopposed insight on either side). The heart related problems were the result of people who smoked an average of 138 joints a week, which is considerably heavier use than is typical. Lastly, the decreased ****** pleasure is very debatable, and there is no significant scientific evidence or social data that confirms this myth beyond reasonable doubt. Lots of people will gladly tell you the opposite. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

I agree that those who enjoy marijuana need to come to grips with the reality of the plant if they want others to understand them. Marijuana isn't great for your health. In some applications, it can be greatly beneficial, but there are also detractors...especially with heavy use. Regardless, it isn't anyone's choice but yours what you do with your body.

 

[evildave101 10+ year member]

pretty dumb. make drugs legal and gang murders will go down. was this person high?

drug related gang murders. how often do you hear about gang related tobacco & alcahol smuggling rings?

the proibition is a perfect example. not saying ther are no deaths because of alcahol, but look at the gang wars of the 20s over bootlegging.

 

[AllStar1500bd 5,000+ posts]

I agreed with you up until this point. First, you can ignore almost every health problem if you are smart and use a vaporizer. However, even things like the cancer risk are still up in the air (no clear unopposed insight on either side). The heart related problems were the result of people who smoked an average of 138 joints a week, which is considerably heavier use than is typical. Lastly, the decreased ****** pleasure is very debatable, and there is no significant scientific evidence or social data that confirms this myth beyond reasonable doubt. Lots of people will gladly tell you the opposite. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
I agree that those who enjoy marijuana need to come to grips with the reality of the plant if they want others to understand them. Marijuana isn't great for your health. In some applications, it can be greatly beneficial, but there are also detractors...especially with heavy use. Regardless, it isn't anyone's choice but yours what you do with your body.

I agree with your statement on decreasing health problems with use of a vaporizer. The statement on 138 joints per week is one that I did not know. I remember reading an article a year or so ago that claimed several marijuana users who used medical marijuana for the first time due to glaucoma started having heart troubles. In one case, a first time user had a heart attack. These users were of various ages older than 55, however, so the heart problems could have been unrelated to the marijuana. At the same time, the short term effects of marijuana's increase in heart rate and blood pressure could trigger anything heart related, including putting them at higher risk for a heart attack. Basically it could have been the higher heart rate, no matter what the source was, that caused the heart problems.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

Certainly not saying that it is without risk....just trying to balance things a bit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[craigzter 10+ year member]

Well drugs as said before, effect different people in different ways. Some are more immune to the drug than others. Due to a persons chemical makeup of genes, and that sort of stuff. When I first started I had noticed a skip in my heartbeat and was scared. I had tried it again and it did not happen.

I smoked weed for right at 6 years and been clean for almost 1 year. Its simple and easy to get away from it, just stay away. Someone offers you one, dont be a bitch and give in, all you got to say is NO. Easy as that. BUT then again, it effects different people in many different ways. Not everyone is the same.