Marijuana---

Can anyone tell me all the harmfull effects of marijuana? Not just that it kills brain cells, but some hard evidence. Thnx

Smoking marijuana regularly (a joint a day) can damage the cells in the bronchial passages which protect the body against inhaled microorganisms and decrease the ability of the immune cells in the lungs to fight off fungi, bacteria, and tumor cells. For patients with already weakened immune systems, this means an increase in the possibility of dangerous pulmonary infections, including pneumonia, which often proves fatal in AIDS patients. Regular smoking has been shown to materially affect the overall ability of the smoker’s body to defend itself against infection by weakening various natural immune mechanisms, including macrophages (a.k.a. 'killer cells') and the all-important T-cells. Obviously, this suggests the conclusion, which is well-supported by scientific studies, that the use of marijuana as a medical therapy can and does have a very serious negative effect on patients with pre-existing immune deficits resulting from AIDS, organ transplantation, or cancer chemotherapy, the very conditions for which marijuana has most often been touted and suggested as a treatment.

dont do that its really bad to you and it can be bad your heart

Don't forget that aside from the hard medical effects, it also alters your judgement which can lead you to act like a total idiot...

Short-term effects of using marijuana include:

Sleepiness,
Difficulty keeping track of time, impaired or reduced short-term memory,
Reduced ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination, such as driving a car,
Increased heart rate,
Potential cardiac dangers for those with preexisting heart disease,
Bloodshot eyes,
Dry mouth and throat,
Decreased social inhibitions,
Paranoia, hallucinations,
Impaired or reduced short-term memory,
Impaired or reduced comprehension,
Altered motivation and cognition, making the acquisition of new information difficult,
Paranoia,
Psychological dependence,
Impairments in learning, memory, perception, and judgment - difficulty speaking, listening effectively, thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving, and forming concepts,
Intense anxiety or panic attacks.
Long-term effects of using marijuana include:
Enhanced cancer risk,
Decrease in testosterone levels and lower sperm counts for men,
Increase in testosterone levels for women and increased risk of infertility,
Diminished or extinguished sexual pleasure,
Psychological dependence requiring more of the drug to get the same effect.

It does not affect your immune system, in fact they give it to cancer patients, AIDS patient etc. It contains the drug THC which is helpful to them. any more questions go to http://www.marijuana...

Short-term effects of using marijuana include:

Sleepiness,

Difficulty keeping track of time, impaired or reduced short-term
memory,
Reduced ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and
coordination, such as driving a car,
Increased heart rate,
Potential
cardiac dangers for those with preexisting heart disease,
Bloodshot
eyes,
Dry mouth and throat,
Decreased social inhibitions,

Paranoia, hallucinations,
Impaired or reduced short-term memory,

Impaired or reduced comprehension,
Altered motivation and cognition,
making the acquisition of new information difficult,
Paranoia,

Psychological dependence,
Impairments in learning, memory,
perception, and judgment - difficulty speaking, listening effectively,
thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving, and forming concepts,

Intense anxiety or panic attacks.
Long-term effects of using
marijuana include:
Enhanced cancer risk,
Decrease in testosterone
levels and lower sperm counts for men,
Increase in testosterone levels
for women and increased risk of infertility,
Diminished or
extinguished sexual pleasure,
Psychological dependence requiring more
of the drug to get the same effect.

It does not affect your immune
system, in fact they give it to cancer patients, AIDS patient etc. It
contains the drug THC which is helpful to them. any more questions go to
» www.marijuanaaddicti...

if you r going to do drugs I wud say smoke dope you cnt die off it short term and its quite hard 2 get addicted 2 it just makes you laugh and tlk a load ov sh*t then go on the munch it isnt a bad drug

I don't think somking weed is bad either. I've done it and I think everyone in this world should try it once, you never know what youre missing. It makes me kinda slower, and I talk slower, and use smaller words, but I like the overall effect, but im quitting smoking weed, cigarettes, and drinking for my boyfriend, because once he's out of jail, he wants to live a clean life, without drugs and stuff. Hes getting his life on track when he gets out, and im going to help him. but anyways, like I said, try it if you are curious, and if you like it, then keep on doing it. Its not addicting like cigarettes.

I think the question we should be asking is: 'How can alcohol, cigarettes, pills, other illegal drugs effect our lives?' Because not once have I heard families being torn apart, family members dying, or any other things that the above do do, have happened from weed! Weed is Great!!!!!!!!

I agree smokeing weed is the best thing ever. my life just goes so much better and it seems like stupid sh*t dosent bother me anymore weather I be high or not. now im not saying stay completly stoned all day but keep a nice buzz for a nice chunk of the day an you will be suprised how much more relaxed you are expecially if you are a person who worries about every little thing

weed is good 4 you in small doses, not every day like my dumass friend. hes mad lazy now and he 4got how 2 read!

weed cannot kill you. so people need to shut up. it kills brain cells and stuff like that. but it CANNOT KILL YOU. all my friends yell at me for doing it. but would I really do something that will kill me? NO! so do weed. its great!

dude there are no effects if there are these are them
1.every thing is funny and your happy
2.your hungrey
3.your sleepy
thats it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

actually there is a study that says ciggarettes are way way way worse then marijuana. But I still know weed can mess you up big time. My old friend is a pot head and can't learn a single thing. So take it easy

okay.
pretty much marijuana is a gateway drug/herb.
as some of you mentioned about me.. it takes more of the herb or other drugs to get the same high.
people who have had their experience with more 'hardcore' drugs wouldn't call marijuana a drug at all, rather, a herb.

if you continue the use of marijuana the high you get off of it at first wont be enough for you, you'll need more and want something to increase the high.

I guess this is what I think the worst out come of the use of it is..
I have done hardly any research.

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hey.. no harm ever came to me from smokin a little herb! it makes life more enjoyable!

is a wonderful drug, and yes for all you hipacritical lil basterds, it can damage brain cells, and sumtimes slow your brains reaction time down, but hey look on the brite side, its a self healing herb, you smoke, you laugh, you eat, and then you sleep. now the real question is, why in the living hell would n/e american president, be against weed, when there dumbfukk asses are leaving alcahol legall. it makes me mad to hear of all these people dieing because od d.u.I's, but when do you ever hear of someone getting high, getting in a car, and killing someone, the government take weed as a powerfull addicting substance that apparently make you go crazy, but with my experience wit maryjane, it is just a good way to have fun, and enjoy life, and all its quality's... but yea I am a pot head and I love it, it isent a gateway drug, because I dont want nuthing but marijuana, I love to get high, because it gives you a diffrent perspective on life for that whole 2 hours.. well thanxs for listning to me ramble on about our good old friend ms. maryjane...

I don't really know all that type of stuff.. but it makes you twitch when your high...

It is good for you, just do it
Anna

I would consider 'cigarettes & alcohol' to be gateway drugs... and they're legal. I guess that would make cannabis the 'second' gate...

WOW... so much misinformation here. Not to mention those that do favor smoking seem incredibly illiterate (which means you can barely read or write). I am a HARDCORE smoker, I have studied drugs and drug use and abuse and I have taken many many drugs in my day. Marijuana kills 0 people each year compared to 500,000 people killed by tobacco, and 50,000 killed by alcohol (not including drunk driving deaths).
To seperate the fact from the fiction, go to any big bookstore and flip through the book,
Marijuana Myths Marijuana Facts

Even the JOURNAL of the AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION called this book, 'An important contribution to the marijuana and drug policy literature.

JUST SAY KNOW!

SOMEONE MENTIONED LOW SPERM COUNT? HMMM...THAT'S WHY a lot OF RAPPERS THAT SMOKE HERB HAVE SO MANY FRIGGIN'KIDS...THAT'S TOO FUNNY!

You know... I smoke pot a lot and the only other drug I do is alcohol, and I pop E every once in a great while...

See you dont let it control you and realize that smoking weed comes after school. Just do it responsibly and try to not do it in public places.

I would rather my friends smoke weed than ciggerettes
and to BALL ZACH- how stupid are you? you dont look cool telling this kid what drugs you do.

It wasnt really to look cool... I'm 16. I'm just saying that I have had expierences with drugs... I wasnt trying to be offensive to anyone so excuse me. I'm not here to argue about anything.

whatever

I eat brownies much better for your lungs and last twice as long. Only once a month too much of anything is bad

PISSS!

Here are the HORRIBLE efffects of Pot... You sleep awesome, eat great, and laugh a lot. But, the truth is... it will lower your bodies ability to fight infections off, but as long as you stay pretty healthy, drink water, and take vitamins, you'll be good 2 puff. I always drink Immune shakes and I've had no problems yet. And the way I look at pot is, God put a natural herb on earth.. it needs to be used for s/t you know?? And the USA is I believe unless it's changed the only place pots illegal.

pot is the best thing in the entire world!!! you have the best feeling for like 12 hours and then your sooo perfectly sleepy and you can go to sleep and have the bes sleep of your life!!! pot also takes away any surgical pain, or emotional pain because you feel o great that you just forget sbout the whoe thing!!! the best way to smoke it is either in a pipe or bong. POT SHOULD BE LEGALIZED!!!

its not bad for you. dude everyone who thinks its bad is a dumbass cause I used to think it was bad so I tried it as an experiment and im the same I was before. like im just as smart, can breathe fine, remember everything, and im happier.

the government spreads lies about marijuana. drinking alcohol kills more cells and is worse for you than smoking a joint... trust me on that one.

First of all IT DOESNT KILL BRAINCELLS! Thats just one of many lies spread by the goverment, sounds cliche? nah dude, just another hopeless attack on marijuana. they also say that tar levels are higher in a joint than in a cig, but that info is pretty much useless because the actual danger of cigs are the bunches of chemicals, and the actual reason you get lung cancer is due to RADIOACTIVE chemicals in cigs... pretty fcked up. Weed is not what the gov has built it up to be in those stupid antidrug comercials. It makes you hungry and happy. The End. (hopefully this enlightens someone out there so they arent foolishly scared of mary jane)

oh wow.
just read the short term affects and I suffer from all of those...and I haven't smoked a bong in 2years... I think I'll go have some now...it's not going to make much diffrence anyway

You can buy marijuana alternatives at - http://www.420-smoke-shop.com

it never done me any harm and I'm smokeing about 10yrs.

it never done me any harm and I'm smokeing about 10yrs.

There aren't hard effects of marijuana. it makes you feel like you are becoming part of a perfect world. yes, it may kill brain cells, but can you name one thing in this world, now, that don't? I am a proud smoker of marijuana, and I am pretty damn sure I have a bright future ahead of me. marijuana is something you smoke to keep yourself from caring what the fk everyone thinks. if you want to do it, do it. BUT if you have a fear of anything, don't because it will not make your experience fully enjoyable.

Smokeing herbals is safer.

yeh man no real bad thing I agree small doses only and the only legit thig is fight infections thing but heck for the past like 5 years I've smoked for 7 im 18 id smoke like a quarter to half a day and thats a lot I admit I've cooled down now but even then when id do any drug I still ate healthy and exersiced relly weed made me lazy but id always do sh,t that needed to get done first then smoke down

yeaa agreeing with 'biffnerpeacetoall'...just get important stuff done with first..school etc then go light up..I get extremely tired when im high but I also appreciate everything around me a lot more and take the time to think about things I normally dont focus on...im all for legalizing as long as people dont get reckless with it.

well my big one was pregnancy...

As far as I know no one has died from an ovedose. Medical journals only go as far as saying that the smoke can/may be harmful, but if you believe that then you can just eat it in cookies, butter, brownies and other baked goods.

I dont have all these affects im just chill and a lil dizzy but not that much