I've smoked 10 or 20 pounds of pot in my lifetime, maybe more.
It's quite relaxing if you do it moderately.
If you smoke it a lot like I used to, it's addictive, makes you anti social as in you don't want to meet new people or go anywhere, makes you paranoid as in people are looking at you knowing you're stoned and every slammed door is the fuzz, it becomes the stimulus for your appetite, it aggravates any pre existing mental conditions and, in my opinion, can cause depression and psychosis (especially if your dealer gets nabbed and you suddenly have to go without), turns you into a procrastinator and it makes you cough a lot.
There's also a myth that it sedates you and makes you mindless.
I've met hundreds of pot smokers who are acutely aware of what's going on around them at all times and will be efficiently violent if need be.
This level I'm talking about would be equivalent to an alcoholic.
So the anti-marijuana movement isn't completely baseless.
That being said, it's still better than what's legally available and has definite proven medicinal properties.
It's quite relaxing if you do it moderately.
If you smoke it a lot like I used to, it's addictive, makes you anti social as in you don't want to meet new people or go anywhere, makes you paranoid as in people are looking at you knowing you're stoned and every slammed door is the fuzz, it becomes the stimulus for your appetite, it aggravates any pre existing mental conditions and, in my opinion, can cause depression and psychosis (especially if your dealer gets nabbed and you suddenly have to go without), turns you into a procrastinator and it makes you cough a lot.
There's also a myth that it sedates you and makes you mindless.
I've met hundreds of pot smokers who are acutely aware of what's going on around them at all times and will be efficiently violent if need be.
This level I'm talking about would be equivalent to an alcoholic.
So the anti-marijuana movement isn't completely baseless.
That being said, it's still better than what's legally available and has definite proven medicinal properties.
