Our brain is like a computer hard drive. A human brain capacity is about 2.5 petabytes, that's about 156 pieces of the highest solid state drive capacity by the time of writing of this post (Samsung PM1633a). That's a natural gift that each of us has received for free, this amazing body organ is the command center of our body. So cleansing and taking care of it is a must.
Before I proceed with what I'm trying to convey. let me just greet everybody a happy 420-day celebration! For those who are not aware of what 420 is yet. let me tell you a brief history of this unofficial celebration.
Today is 420, In the fall of 1971, this unknown slang was being used by a group of high schoolers in San Rafael California "the Waldos" this group is being entrusted with a map of an abandoned cannabis or marijuana crop. Initially, the term 420 is just a code they were using to remind each other that they will have a meeting at the statue of a chemist named Louis Pasteur outside of their school at 4:20 pm to fulfill their quest.
The terminology got widespread attention when Steven Bloom a man who used to be a reporter at "high times" Magazine learned from the concert of the band "Grateful Dead" in Oakland California in 1990 when somebody handed him a flyer stating "We are going to meet at 4:20 on 4/20 for 420-ing in Marin County at the Bolinas Ridge sunset spot on Mt. Tamalpais." and when the said magazine launched an article linked to it, the term became globally used for cannabis enthusiast.
Recreational use of cannabis is a broad topic, there's proof of its good and medicinal effect but there are scientific studies about its negative effect too. There's a very alarming study about it that everyone should be aware. The study shows that Marijuana affects brain development. when people begin using marijuana on the early stage of adolescence. Dr. Damon Raskin concluded:
Marijuana these days can cause changes in the brain that impair learning, especially in teenagers as their brains have not finished developing. Brains are not fully developed until the age of 25 or 26. Chronic marijuana use can lead to changes in both personality, judgment, and reasoning skills.
Another study from New Zealand conducted in part by researchers at Duke University showed that
People who started smoking marijuana heavily in their teens and had an ongoing marijuana use disorder lost an average of 8 IQ points between ages 13 and 38. The lost mental abilities didn't fully return in those who quit marijuana as adults. Those who started smoking marijuana as adults didn't show notable IQ declines.
This finding is frightening as the recent study also shows that the percentage of teens using marijuana is increasing according to University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.
To create an awareness through writing is the only contribution I can do to at least mitigate the harm of it in the long term, especially for the young people. Our tomorrow is no longer be bright if the majority of young people today will be affected by this plague due to overuse of the substances derived from it.
"In Conclusion"
I am not trying to be a saint, I have to admit that I've tried it too but didn't get addicted. Everything does have a right time. The use of marijuana is something we should not encourage. We can't entrust this to someone who's lacking of self-discipline and responsibility and those are the teens.
For youngsters who will reach this post, please consider this advice: Your brain is powerful but you should protect it and use it correctly. to keep it clean, out of junks and out of elements that will prevent it from running smoothly, that is really up to you.
You also need to keep your mind limber, it's like a muscle, you don't want to do something strenuous before stretching it.
Stay away from needle drugs, pills and powders.
420blazeit.
Hey James! It's been a while, how are you doing? I hope everything is going well with you :) You are right! drugs substance can boost your mind but at the end of the day, it will gain damage since you overstretch it. Better just relly with organic methods to gain enough dopamine that our minds needed to be productive and creative. Weeds aren't bad every once in a while for adults so yup! Blazeit! Thanks for dropping by my friend @schrosct :)
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I hope people will heed your advice. We should learn what is good for us or not. Stay away from harmful things that will destroy our body and mind. Love yourself more and don't give in to peer pressure.
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Yer post looks fantastic @gavinci I use to be viper teahead with thc back in the 90’s. Get a quarter bag for 35$. I would load up the dugout and travel with the brass bat pipe everywhere. It would last for weeks and i always got whomever was with it blazed. I stopped smoking as i had jobs that were not conducive to being high. Years passed a good decade and i get with this old girlfriend i hadnt seen in forever and she buys these 80 dollar eighths that she would burn through in a matter of a few days. It was perplexing. A completely different paradigm. I find out later that the lyme disease was causing a herx type experience but i had an intensely bad unpleasant high...felt like i was drifting two directions at the same time, vertigo, heart palpitation, pretty much the symptoms of shock. Was it the lyme? Or was it the OG kush? Og kush some abnormal hypersexualized nymphomaniac plant that had been tweaked way beyond the pleasant laidback reggie off a mexican brick that i had enjoyed back in the day? Everyone says i should be taking marijuana for the cbd if not the thc. It dont feel good at all to me. Its a shame cause i use to be all about it....
Hey, @jazzresin Thank you. Sorry for a late reply. I've been out of the computer for quite a bit since my eye vision is getting terrible, I finally able to afford to get new eyeglasses I'm Back! Oh well, I can pretty much say that you had the most out of your youth :) that's good for you. I smoke pot rarely now since I have to prioritize work and I can't work correctly while under the influence of it. Well Keep in touch! i'll see you around my friend.