Cannabis - ill effects?

[Gittins Gal]

Been a long time since I sat in a room in which a joint was doing the rounds but I was talking with somebody the other night about the pros and cons of legalising marijuana and her concerns were with the alleged trigger effect it can have on people with latent mental health issues.

It kind of got me thinking back to my student days in the late 80s / early 90s where we would sit in somebody's bedroom, ashen faced with clammy hands, barely able to talk all the while kidding ourselves it was a really nice buzz.

Actually, there were times when it did feel very nice - but as time went on I found it less pleasurable until I reached a point where the effects were downright unpleasant - I'd often experience the phenomenon known in Scotland as a "Whitey". So I stopped - it just no longer agreed with me.

Just wondering if this is a common effect of the drug?

It's media image is one of a lightweight, recreational drug that is prone to giving its users fits of the giggles - but it can make you feel pretty screwed up too.

I'm often tempted to nip into Yeovil to score a "teenth" from one of the less salubrious drinking establishments in town just to see what it would be like after all these years but I've given up tobacco so I really don't want to be anywhere near that particular slippery slope.

Could always smack the bottom out of a milk bottle and do a few hotties though

[Unix]

Been a long time since I sat in a room in which a joint was doing the rounds but I was talking with somebody the other night about the pros and cons of legalising marijuana and her concerns were with the alleged trigger effect it can have on people with latent mental health issues.

It kind of got me thinking back to my student days in the late 80s / early 90s where we would sit in somebody's bedroom, ashen faced with clammy hands, barely able to talk all the while kidding ourselves it was a really nice buzz.

Actually, there were times when it did feel very nice - but as time went on I found it less pleasurable until I reached a point where the effects were downright unpleasant - I'd often experience the phenomenon known in Scotland as a "Whitey". So I stopped - it just no longer agreed with me.

Just wondering if this is a common effect of the drug?

It's media image is one of a lightweight, recreational drug that is prone to giving its users fits of the giggles - but it can make you feel pretty screwed up too.

I'm often tempted to nip into Yeovil to score a "teenth" from one of the less salubrious drinking establishments in town just to see what it would be like after all these years but I've given up tobacco so I really don't want to be anywhere near that particular slippery slope.

Could always smack the bottom out of a milk bottle and do a few hotties though

It might have been the tobacco and/or the low quality stuff you get off the street. It should be legal to grow a couple of plants in your own home.

[amcdonald]

The only problem was that it got me addicted to tobacco and onto cigarettes


I've long since given up smoking ciggies, but will have the odd joint when doing some photography out in the wilds


As long as not smoking skunk or somesuch, it's not going to really harm you

[pjclarke]

No such thing as a 'safe' drug, but occasional moderate use surely no worse than drinking fermented sugars or inhaling the carcinogenic smoke from burning dried leaves. A mate is a long term heavy user and we frequently have to wait while he searches his memory for just the right word, which would be OK if the word was something like 'farinaceous', when it is 'chair', you begin to wonder ...

Long term the risks are:

- Short term memory loss
- Paranoia and anxiety
- Psychosis
- Short term memory loss.

[MyUserName]

I tried some out when I was much younger. I never got any kind of hit off any of it despite everyone around me taking the same amount and being floored. I ghostied once and was ill but that was it.

The only real effect it had on me was providing access to other party drugs which made rave clubs and dancing all night far more fun.

[Unix]

No such thing as a 'safe' drug, but occasional moderate use surely no worse than drinking fermented sugars or inhaling the carcinogenic smoke from burning dried leaves. A mate is a long term heavy user and we frequently have to wait while he searches his memory for just the right word, which would be OK if the word was something like 'farinaceous', when it is 'chair', you begin to wonder ...

Long term the risks are:

- Short term memory loss
- Paranoia and anxiety
- Psychosis
- Short term memory loss.

[Gittins Gal]

reefer madness!

[amcdonald]

I tried some out when I was much younger. I never got any kind of hit off any of it despite everyone around me taking the same amount and being floored. I ghostied once and was ill but that was it.

The only real effect it had on me was providing access to other party drugs which made rave clubs and dancing all night far more fun.

I started like that, but a friends dad had a little engineering company so at night when it was shut we'd get in, design and make our own water bongs and it start the same

This stuff isn't working


Try standing up!


Oh tulip, as suddenly it really hit me

[CloudWalker]

Never even tried it

[OwlHoot]

Long term the risks are:

- Short term memory loss
- Paranoia and anxiety
- Psychosis
- Short term memory loss.

er, what was the first thingie again?