whats so bad about weed?

Question

i smoke every couple of days
and i have a 4.0 gpa
and i have a great memory

so tell me why is weed bad?

Answer 1

ITS ILLEGAL!
in some countries i think

Answer 2

Keep in mind that today's weed is some 20 times stronger than what the hippies smoked in the 60s and 70s. In those days, no one needed to go for help if only using weed...since the late 80s, though, some have needed help.

Nothing is wrong with weed, as long as one does not become mentally dependent upon it...as at that point, one will lose all ambition; forget about plans and goals. (It is not PHYSICALLY addicting, however).

It is safer than tobacco, alcohol, and many prescription meds (alcohol and some meds go straight for the liver - weed does not). However, smoking ANYTHING puts one at greater risk for cancer. On the positive side, no one has EVER OD'd from weed (alone)--one would need to eat one's body weight's worth to do so--and that's impossible.

Many writers, artists, musicians, etc. use weed, and claim it inhances their work (some have also said this of alcohol and cocaine, though).

I would suggest that you try to keep it at a minimum, so that you maintain your GPA and great memory.

Answer 3

It's a little bad for you but alcohol is worse. The only reason why alcohol is legal and weed is not is because those politicians like to have their martinis and whatever. At least when you smoke, you just chill. In other words, people who smoke don't get out of control like drinkers tend to do. I'm a total functional smoker and I can do stuff when I'm high so no big deal....... Besides, everything in this world is "bad" for you anyway.

Answer 4

I taught students for 35 years in an art college and can honestly say that regular weed taking never improved anyone much. The weed taking students lacked focus and attention span and their general performance suffered. I'd say that many middle class kids with good support get though it OK and it does give pleasure. it appears to me that street corner 13 year-olds from difficult homes are a different matter, they do seem to suffer from taking it and many get into trouble and bunk school because of it.

Now the downside, it has been suggested in scientific journals there are two areas for concern. 1. Cancer, partly because it involves deep inhalation it carries a much higher risk for lung cancer. 2. Schizophrenia, everyone knows weed makes you a bit paranoid. Paranoia is one of the main symptoms of schizophrenia. Not just a bad feeling but overwhelming blind terror that can drive you to do crazy things. My son who is 27 smoked weed, not much, but at 17 he flipped, he started hearing, smelling and seeing things, had crazy ideas that the world was coming to an end, that I was possessed. He then sank into a state where he would just sit staring at the wall for hours. He has never really recovered is on really heavy medication and has to be supported and monitored by an outreach team. He will never work or marry (the sex drive and ability to relate to people has disappeared). Schizophrenia is the commonest mental illness and is triggered by a genetic predisposition (1 in 10 of us are that way) and something unknown but stress-related in the environment. It affects 1 in about 150 of the population and although many recover a substantial number are never free of it. Following our experiences, none of our family will go near weed, youngsters included.

Answer 5

Nothing. As a Former College football player I have had 26 Surgeries. I can cut out half my meds if I smoke weed for medicinal purposes. As far as law it is purely political. Alchohol is more dangerous and effects far more lives than MJ. I tried marinol and get real tired and do not feel likke doing anything but eating and sleeping. it is not same. Pills like Oxycontin, Actiq, Roxi 30 are far more bad for body.

Answer 6

man! stop smoking...

i tell u why...
i use to smoke since i was 16 now i am 22.
i stopped two month's ago.
i smoked same as your rate.
now i understand the efect of this kind of behavior , and i dont even talk on phisical damage.
i'm talking on a minor psychological issu'es.
this why of live is very nice when u r age 40-50 when your kids have gone away and u by your own!
our brain is too ******* precious to waste it on false feeling's .
the worst thnig weed couse is that eventually u stop notice the small thing's..the best thing's

Answer 7

u WILL get stupider sooner or later if u continue 2 do dis. so i would say stop it bc ur really smart and u can get into a good college and have a good life.
would u rather have that?
or in a few years ur gonna b sitting in ur room by urself smoking weed all day, never getting out of ur room, skipping school, if u have a job, getting fired bc u never go anymore, being depressed, blocking urself from ur family and friends, and develpoing lung cancer?
.....u decide

Answer 8

personally I don't do any drugs I don't any like using caffeine but sometimes you can't avoid it if you want to drink something other than water it is in too many drinks I try to stick to caffeine free we I can but even tea a decaf has some but I thing all drugs are bad in this world the less you can take the better I don't any do pain meds if I can avoid them not even over the counter stuff
drugs just lead to more and more trouble I try a few when I was young and didn't have the will power to say no to my dumb friends but lucky for me I did not like them I am happy I hated them I tired pot and more than 20 years ago hated it Thank God and I tired cocaine to since my ex forced me to 24 years ago and I hated it too Thank God and mushrooms over 20 some years ago same reason ex but even doctors prescribe bad stuff never ever take meds prescribed for some one else example my hubby took one of his mom pills and it about killed him he could not keep any food down for 3 days and missed work and felt like he would Rather die than go tho all that and it was a pain med that is why I don't do drugs of any kind no way drug free is the way to be and you never know what some one might put in your pot and that might be what will kill you maybe not the pot it self but they lace that stuff sometimes with worse stuff it is so true but good luck for you!

Answer 9

I think that most people think weed is bad because the majority of people who smoke it are not as in control as you are. Most Pot smokers I know are jobless { other then making a living selling pot} lazy, slow, and can eat as much as an entire family. congrats on your GPA. Wish there were more people like you.

Answer 10

Well, maybe it aint that bad BUT the smoke from weed contains far more tar than ciggie smoke ( cancer risk ).

Also the evidence suggests that cannabis psychosis does exist. BEWARE.

Obvoiusly, the more you smoke the greater the danger.

Answer 11

Weed has a chemical called THC which blocks receptors in your brain and after long term use slows down your thinking and replaces your dopamins (natural chemicals that make you happy) therefore without weed you might become depressed later on