Is marijuana good for an over active mind?

[Anonymous]

I have a super over active mind and I tend to over think things hugely. when I would smoked marijuana it would give me a different perspective on things that I couldn't have seen when I was sober. I see it as a medicine and to be used once a month or so.. Would It harm me if I keep smoking it like how I am? Is it actually helping me at all or am I just being delusional? I usually just sit in the quiet and think and reflect when I do it. Kind of like a meditative time.

[Anonymous]

I love how so many people jump right to the perception that marijuana kills brain cells and turns you into a brain dead addict. :D When I was a kid I apparently had a "learning disability". When I was tested by psychologists I was off the charts in some areas but struggled in others (namely written language). They couldn't do shit to help me with all their knowledge and training so they basically wanted to sweep me under the rug. So I rewired my brain on my own at about 8 years old to deal with the slow way normal people think. Around 11 I started smoking weed and I did so until about 18 almost daily. I quit without any withdrawal or urges and never became addicted to any other substance. Currently I have a few beers or glasses of wine once every few months. Damn that gateway effect. lol After all my drug use I regularly score between 142 -150 on IQ tests to this day I have never taken one serious whatsoever even though I regularly get all the questions correct. I sort of just go through them lackadaisically because who gives a fuck? OMG I feel like I've lost so much of my IQ potential. I also have a exemplary memory to this day. Damn those permanent memory problems. :p One thing I will say about marijuana though is that it is relaxing. It helps you take a step back from the world and observe it from your arm chair. The observation post can lead you to analysis of the world you are a part of. When you start picking apart the fabric of the picture that has been painted for you, it can lead to some interesting questions. If you're asking interesting questions that are outside of the box you were train to live in, you can change humanity. Good luck.

[Asker]

Yes! Your statement "outside the box" is exactly what I'm meaning! Like I step out of my tough conscious and I see from a different perspective.

[Opinion Owner]

Yeah it has that sort effect... That distortion of time or lack of importance of time leads to escapism and random thinking. It's a break from responsibility and norms. Norms aren't healthy all the time. We all need time to unwind, to be creative in thought and action, to question without consequence, and to be silly for silly's sake.

[Jack766]

I've met many people smarter than I am who smoke it, and have done so for years. If it hurts you, it doesn't show in the people who use it, unless they're stoners who get high twice a day. I've tried it myself many years ago and it was ok but I hate being inebriated. I don't even like being sleepy. I can calm my mind pretty easily , and I think anyone could do the same. You're not strange. Lot's of people smoke it.

[famouslyunknown]

I smoke weed sometimes and it makes me smile. The downside in my experience is that it lowers my blood pressure too much so if I smoke I can't really do much physical activity. But I have friends, who I believe, are hyperactive, so they don't have the same problem and you can't even tell they're high. Do what makes you feel good. I wouldn't advise smoking every day because I know sine people love it and promote it and defend it to the death, but it does alter things in your brain.

[Nicolás25]

"but it does alter things in your brain" so does caffeine your point is?

[famouslyunknown]

My point is, everything is not for everyone. Some people like feeling fucked up, some don't. What is your point? Just to argue? That's what it sounds like to me. Congratulations, you're a sheep on the weed bandwagon.

[Climber]

Its like alcohol. Use it moderately and its healthy, overuse it and it will damage your body.

[shadowlegend]

It kills brain cells and causes your senses to be impared. It also makes you more like to become addicted to other drugs, yes that is a fact.

[Nicolás25]

is it really?
healthland.time.com/.../

[LauraMarx]

yes but only cannabis indica!! Sativa will be no good :O I don't know about the other.

[Iron_Man]

marijuana is bad for you period. It kills brain cells and makes you lazy and it leads to other hard drugs

[Nicolás25]

tell me more about how it leads to hard drugs
healthland.time.com/.../

[Iron_Man]

Its starts off with sampling marijuana and then it turns into much more smoking it a lot, then down the road that's no longer good enough and the person wants to experience more of a high so they move up the ladder to the hard stuff

[Nicolás25]

did you entirely ignore my credible source?

[Iron_Man]

Never read it I have known this since I was a teen.

[Asker]

I understand the point of the opinion owner. I first tried pot with my closest friend. While I took it slow and knew my limits with it she took it to a whole other level and was smoking it everyday all day, skipping classes and it became her only ambition in life. so I can understand how it's labeled as a gateway drug but I think if used in moderation and taken seriously that it can have a lot of great benefits.

[Nicolás25]

well a lot has changed since you were a teen health books have been updated and gotten rid of drug war propaganda I'm sure a 2010 source is going to have more relevant information than your 1995 health class book.

[Asker]

Agreed. Lol said with such attitude.

[Iron_Man]

I dont agree good night