So...
I am pretty prepared to get judged about this ,since we live in a world that most people are weed lovers , but I can't seem to accept this since I am learning more and more about the effects of it. Not the short term but the long term ones.
I am not only gonna quote people that did researches on this I am also gonna give examples from my own experience. Feel free to disagree, I am pretty open minded and also am someone who used this and knows what I am talking about.
I am not just some hater who can be convinced on good effects since the only way I approve on this is in medication purposes.
People who are really sick and not the ones abusing it.
So here goes...
Marijuana has a reputation as a relatively harmless drug, but researchers are learning more and more about the effects it may have on the brain.
Probably the worst ...An increased risk of psychosis
Multiple studies have linked marijuana use with a higher risk of psychosis, which is a medical term that applies to symptoms that involve losing touch with the real world, such as hallucinations or paranoia. For example, in an analysis published in 2016 in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, researchers looked at previous studies of about 67,000 people.
They found that people in the study who used the most marijuana were more likely to be diagnosed with a psychotic mental-health condition, such as schizophrenia, than people who had never used marijuana.
A review published in April 2016 in the journal Biological Psychiatry also found a link between cannabis use and an increased risk of psychosis. "Overall, evidence from epidemiologic studies provides strong enough evidence to warrant a public health message that cannabis use can increase the risk of psychotic disorders," the authors wrote in the review.
Another significant risk, for those who use marijuana during their teenage years, is an increased likelihood of an IQ drop.
Teens who smoke pot may be more likely to experience an IQ drop when they are older, research has suggested. In a study of more than 1,000 people in New Zealand, researchers administered IQ tests to the participants twice: when they were 13, and then again when they were 38. The researchers also asked the participants about their drug use throughout the study period.
About 5 percent of the teens in the study had started using pot when they were teens. And it turned out that those who smoked pot at least four times a week and continued to use pot throughout their lives experienced an IQ drop of 8 points by the end of the study, on average.
Brain size...
Using marijuana for many years may be linked to changes in brain size, research has suggested. In a study published in November 2014 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers looked at 48 adults who used the drug at least three times a day, for an average of eight or nine years, and 62 people who didn't use marijuana. It turned out that the people who had been smoking pot daily for at least four years had a smaller volume of gray matter in a brain region called the orbitofrontal cortex, which previous research had linked to addiction.
Not to be a complete hater ...
the researchers also found that the brains of the chronic marijuana users showed greater connectivity, which is generally a measure of how well information travels between different parts of the brain.
The brains reward sistem
The brains of people who have smoked pot for many years may respond differently to certain rewards, compared with the brains of people who don't use the drug, according to a recent study. In the study, researchers wanted to see whether the brains of 59 chronic marijuana users would respond differently to the photos of objects used for smoking marijuana than they did to the photos of objects that are considered "natural rewards," such as their favorite fruits.
Noisy neurons
THC —marijuana's main psychoactive compound —may increase the level of "neural noise,"or random neural activity in the brain, research suggests. In a 2015 study published in the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers measured the levels of this random neural activity in 24 people under two conditions: after they had been given pure THC, and after they had been given a placebo.
They found that the people showed greater levels of neural noise after they received the THC, compared with their levels after they took the placebo.
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As for personal experience and I guess the most valid ones ...
I was once a fan and was all in it , fighting with other people about the same thing I am today writing on, but I have to admit...
My brain and social behavior was awful then.
Now i see it , the conversation were so dumb, there was a lack of interest on everything and now i see it in everyone else who uses it. When they are straight conversation is much deeper and level of interest in socializing also. When they get high, conversation is either dumb or there is none what so ever and people get lazy giving interest only in food or laying around. The only thing they think about is to get more and more high and everything is boring too them while they don't realize how boring they are in that state.
Friendships lose their value since they only get together to get high , relationships fall apart because of laziness and people neglect the way they look to. This all is caused by lack of interest in everything or as I like to call it "NOT GIVING A SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING". Which is pretty annoying for people around who are not high or would like to communicate or do something. I guess that is why that people who consume weed only hang out with the same type of people, but it is sad because you limit yourself to a certain group and they are usualy not willing to accept when you tell them anything on bad effects or that they should slow down.
Don't get me wrong I couldn't care less if someone wants to fuck up their lives or get lazy , fat and waste every part of their life , but if it is people around me that I care about... It can hurt.
For me I wish i could video tape the dumb conversation ,laziness and the way people are becoming just so they could watch it and see it for themselves, because somehow I think they don't see it or they don't want to see it . They usually get really defensive even when you are just trying to talk and it can be frustrating and exhausting.
I don't want to be a complete hater , I guess it is ok to relax once in a while even though I stopped a long time ago. If you are too weak and can't find a way to amuse and relax yourself, you could try with this but if you have no control and if you are overdoing it, you should re evaluate your life and your own strength because if you can't control it and you cant stop ,you are just weak and should stop lying to yourself. It is never going to be ok to use anything in your life just to justify the way you are, at least try to be a decent human being and move your ass. If you know the bad effects stop lying to yourself and snap out of it. And trust me that laziness and not giving a shit... It's ugly.
I like the way he explains the effects it had on him and I love that he realized he shouldn't waste his time and start doing something productive ...
by Koi Fresco
Just a buffalo soldier :)))