How bad is weed?

[Mandy1885]

Originally Posted by Goon

I would like to know an answer to this question also. For me, it is impossible to bulk when I smoke. I incorporate it into my cutting phase.

With me....i smoked about an ounce every 4 or 5 days probably...everyday like up to 5 times and i lost 15 pounds... i found when you smoke a lot you don't always get the munchies..i actually forgot to eat most of the time and i never noticed any hunger pains... i am 95 lbs and i am not gaining now that i don't smoke as much i think i changed my set point ( the regulated weight your body has set) i used to be 110, 115

[brakes]

what where we talkin about??

[Un F A T]

this leads to the question i was hoping to find the answer for... "Can marijuana be considered a thermogenic since it raises your heart rate?"

[sillyme]

I think that marijuana is seriously under estimated in terms of its ill effects.

Not only do you have to worry about your physical health, but your mental health too.

Excerpt from magazine.
Stronger Evidence for Pot-Psychosis Link
After being downgraded to a Grade C drug last year in the UK (as classified under the British Misuse of Drugs Act 1971), cannabis is once again implicated as a primary trigger for schizophrenia-like symptoms, paranoia, and memory problems. Psychiatrist Robin Murray stated that up to 80% of the new admits to mental health wards have a history of smoking pot.

A new study from Yale University school of medicine showed that psychotic symptoms (paranoia, hallucinations, disordered thoughts, concentration problems, memory loss) were induced in healthy volunteers by injecting them with the active ingredient of cannabis (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol). None of the volunteers had a previous history of marijuana use. The results were published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology ("The Psychotomimetic Effects of Intravenous Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in Healthy Individuals: Implications for Psychosis." 2004, June 2)

Other research has previously shown strong correlations between cannabis use and the development of psychotic symptoms, particularly in people who smoked frequentaly (two or more joints a week) or had a family history of psychiatric illness. Besides its role in inducing mental illness, cannabis also increases risk for cancer and lung disease.

For the full article, see Harbor Behavioral Healthcare (http://www.harbor.org).

Article: "Cannabis 'is a Trigger for Mental Problems' "(July 12, 2004).

For previous articles and research linking cannabis to schizophrenia symptoms, see 'Street Drugs Increase the Risk of Schizophrenia' in the Causes and Prevention section of schizophrenia.com

Posted by Julia at July 14, 2004 06:21 PM

[pmcgough]

go to erowid.com for all drug info/side effects...weed also has been proven to not lower testosterone

[4STRINGS]

Originally Posted by pmcgough

go to erowid.com for all drug info/side effects...weed also has been proven to not lower testosterone

reallly? i always thought it did slightly lower test


is there a chance of you finding that article?

[pmcgough]

yea

(3) NEW STUDY FINDS POT DOESN'T LOWER TESTOSTERONE

A new study by Dr. Robert Block at the University of
Iowa disputes the commonly held notion that marijuana alters
the level of testosterone and other sex hormones.
The study contradicted a widely publicized 1974 study
by Dr. R.C. Kolodony, which reported decreased testosterone
levels in men who smoked marijuana chronically.
The U. of Iowa study found that chronic marijuana use
had no effect on testosterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle
stimulating hormone, prolactin and cortisol in men or women.
Noting that six other studies had failed to show
lowered testosterone levels in men, Dr. Block concluded: "It
appears that marijuana, even heavy use of the kind that's
typical in the United States, doesn't alter testosterone levels."
However, he cautioned that heavy use might have other
adverse effects, including "possible effects on reproductive
function and mild, selective cognitive impairments associated
with heavy, chronic use."
Block's study is published in Drug and Alcohol
Dependence, Vol. 28: 121-8 (1991).

[rbuchman]

So the general advise is "if you are going to use a recreational drug marijuana is better than alcohol, just plan ahead to have some healthy munchies and don't do all the time"
As soon as I get a full time job and don't have to get drug tested I'll proabably switch from alcohol to marijuana.
Funny that I'm making the switch for health reasons but am offending the law at the same time.

[headhawg7]

Originally Posted by stencil

I don't combine the two, but I love getting high on a day or night off and play some videogames, watch a DVD, or just hang out on the terrace. Lifting requires too much coordination for me to do it stoned.

Try not to get to point that you need to get stoned every night, though - that will lead to laziness and manboobs.

Are you telling me the THC in weed actually causes manboobs or the lowered testosterone levels? I am not positive but I think my manboobs started when I was 15 about the time I was on/off of Anavar(Doc's prescription) for 1.5 years and started smoking weed about that time also. I am almost positive it is the more the Anavar that caused it rather than the weed. Manboobs are the TOUGHEST fat stores to get rid of.

[pmcgough]

yours is the anavar...read my post, it doesnt cause man titties

[pmcgough]

and i wish i had anavar at 15...why'd you have it?