Do you really believe marijuana makes you stupid long-term?

[Simslover92]

According to Google... While marijuana use can impair cognitive functions like memory, attention, and decision-making while under the influence, these effects are generally temporary and resolve once the substance is metabolized.

[Kingofkings1992]

It can impair cognitive ability while under the influence of it, but no, it doesn’t actually affect a person’s intelligence level.

[WhatIsYourZodiac]

The effects get stabilized when it's out of the body completely

[OneViewpoint]

This probably not what you want to hear but I believe any drug that clouds the brain and dulls reality makes you stupid and unhealthy and poorer over the long term. Some just wear on you faster than others. Some are more addictive than others. Some will kill you faster than others. Some are more socially acceptable than others.

Take your pick...

• Pot
• Alcohol
• Tobacco / nicotine
• Cocaine
• Heroin
• Methamphetamine
• Synthetic opioids
• LSD / acid

Recreational use is all essentially aimed at avoiding reality. Avoiding reality is NOT generally a great idea if you are trying to gain knowledge and achieve things in life that will improve your financial stability or wealth. It's also generally not great for building strong relationships over the long term or your physical and mental health.

Like I said, probably not what you wanted to hear. But it's the truth.

[Brittanyrunner06]

It’s been proven that it does lower IQ, and I’m not talking about when your smoking because that’s obvious, but your overall IQ when you’re not smoking or on anything else. It mostly depends on how much you smoke and how many years you smoke for. While it can affect your brain negatively at any time in life (no matter when you start) it is worse for people who start smoking it in high school, or college, because the brain doesn’t finish developing until your mid-20’s.

According to Google: “Long-term marijuana use can be directly associated with a decline in IQ that may not be fully recovered even after quitting.”

[Chazmatazz269]

The drug has a certain range of effects, but long term users tend to adopt a certain lifestyle that is what actually makes them dumber. I guarantee i know stoners who will outsmart the vast majority of people who don’t understand the difference. I was one of them. It’s one of the reasons that i always preferred sativa to indica. I couldn’t get enough stimulation when i was under the influence. One of my favorite pastimes was reading on a treadmill. Keeping my mind and body stimulated was very satisfying.

[Benjiman19]

It can be a long-term effect. For myself, I was a pothead for 3 years of my life. During those 3 years, I was high for a lot of that time. Since I've stopped smoking, I've got horrible memory. My attention is as if I was an ADHD person. And I really haven't gotten any smarter or any better at making decisions since highschool. Now, this might just be for me but others, I'm sure have had some of the same things happen to them.

I'm not against marijuana and I think everyone should try it at least once with someone who they trust (whether the trusted be sober or high).

[contentious]

It doesn't even make you temporarily stupid. It just temporarily distorts short term memory when you are high. Your IQ stays the same and you can still draw from long term memory to talk about subjects, you just might lose your train of thought.

[jshm2]

Anything can make you stupid long term. Drinking excessive water can kill or retard you too.

The issue with narcotics is similar to alcohol and cigarettes - no one takes them "safely within limits".

One small glass of wine a day and a low tar cigar can have healthy benefits. But who the fuck has ever followed the guidance?

[Staximus]

It makes you stupid while you're stoned. When it wears off, you're not stupid anymore. Eating edibles makes you stupid for a lot longer than smoking it. If you smoke it all day everyday, it might take a day or 2 after not smoking it to not be stupid.

[FreyaRed]

Yes. Especially people their mind develops, teens and young adults.
Weed should be legal after your 30th birthday not before

[Simslover92]

I didn't really start until after 30. And I definitely agree with that. I am much more responsible with it now than if I had started in my teens or early 20s.

[FreyaRed]

Smoking occasionally a joint or two isn't really a big deal even in the 20ties, but daily use that leads always to high THC/CBD doses, reduces learning ability

[Brittanyrunner06]

Yeah, this is pretty true but even if you start smoking it after your mid-20’s (after your brain is fully developed) it still slowly lowers your IQ, over time, if smoked frequently for many years (it may take decades). It affects people differently, as well. Some worse than others. For some it doesn’t do too much but for a lot of people it can.
But yeah, it’s definitely worse if people start when they’re younger, because it stunts brain development.

[genericname85]

no it doesn't make you stupid. but it most definitely destroys your brains reward system so you most liekely will end up less motivated and that may likely cause you to stop developing. also you may lose your short term memory. but i don't think it directly makes you stupid.

[dustybiker2]

Pharmaceutical companies pass information. They never like the holistic industry, which saved my own life as well as my families, more times than I can count.

[MemeSupreme]

no it just makes you slower but for most people if you stop for a while, then you'll eventually be normal again

ik from experience lol

[Lliam]

Nope. I've known people who were major pot heads who later went on to become college professors and VPs for major corporations. A lot of them still smoked on occasion.

[DrPepper12]

It definitely impairs memory with long term use. No doubt. But I really don't see any evidence for other Long term brain impairment. HELLUVA lot safer than alcohol!!!

[blackeagle007]

Too bad Society will always frown on that. It’s more socially accepted with alcohol. Sad but true

[Malemajor]

It does not. There is a way and limit to how you take it. People are killed by water poisoning. So, remember. too much of anything even things that are medicinal in small values is bad for health.

[TrimmedTip]

"weed won’t melt your brain overnight but if you’re constantly blazed don’t be shocked when life feels like a buffering YouTube video – everything’s there just loading slower"

[Jerre]

No, it does NOT make anyone stupid long term.

[Jerre]

@Simslover92 Thank you for the Like

[Simslover92]

You're welcome

[HighValue]

It permanently makes people dumber. I have witnessed it myself from observing many people I have known since high school and after over many years.

[Tamera952]

Nah, …. not really. Not more so than other recreational things. The only thing that makes you stupid long term is religion.

[ProbablyClueless]

No, I don't believe that. The biggest danger with pot is that you will waste a ton of time. As long as you aren't smoking throughout the day, you should be good.

[Agape93]

Nope. My girls been smoking it habitually since she was 14. 16 or so years, and she's not stupid.

[AviatorTom]

No, but when someone believes they they need to use marijuana in their lives... that's dumb... they're missing something important.

[exitseven]

Yes not for nothing do we all them burn victims. Even Jimmy Buffett sais that if he knew what it would to to him he never would have used it

[Joshydavid25]

It seems to.. The people who smoke it don't seem to be cognitively the best especially when it comes to memory..

[katiesmuff]

Not sure about long term but I sure have seen it make people pretty stupid short term.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Only if you smoke it while your brain is still developing, AKA under the age of 30.

[slatyb]

I think there's some evidence, but I haven't really studied it.

[Shiprex]

In the same way alcohol can make vulnerable people stupid I agree.

[Circushowcowboy]

I’m not really sure. I assume if it is used excessively over time it will likely have negative effects

[Nerdvana]

Yes, I honestly believe it will. And sometimes in the short-term. Although I appreciate the science to back it up. I see it with my own eyes.

[fivebyfour]

Too much of anything is be definition a bad thing,,,

[dougeats]

No maybe if you start when you're 8 years old because your brain is still developing. Alcohol does much worse especially physically.

[Abdulw]

Like many things have health benefits overusing and abusing anything is unhealthy and has side effects

[Knightwatch27]

It certainly doesn't make you intelligent. And if immidiate effects are like that, it is only logical general intellect is impaired long term.

[Xawyx-2]

Yes, I believe so, no one should ever start using it.

[NaultD]

It's more correlation then causation.

[NaultD]

https://youtu.be/gHfZ2972mr0?si=1JIOSgvPJbjmr5q_

I personally like the second group. They are responsible so they can party and live life to the fullest under whatever life throws at them. Live for Tuesday not doomsday

The first group is very much like the loser stoner. Absent from day to day duties and responsibilities of the modern say real world.

I'm hoping this is a decent enough analogy. With with dooms day prepping and connecting with the real world.

[Flower2006]

I don’t by into that roomer at all.

[qwerty2469]

I've known a lot of useless and stupid people. All of them were pot heads

[WonderingManII]

I think it does.

[smahala1991]

Ehh... it depends on the person

[Paige90]

No I don't

[RedInnocent69]

In adults, not really

[Zylos]

100%

[DCVsMarvel2]

i really do

[seeyounexttuesday]

Yes.