Marijuana - Consequences?

Question

What are the consequences for smoking pot? Like other than being illegal, does it harm the body? How long does the high last? is it noticeable to others when you are high (smell, visual,...) ?

Answer 1

smoking anything is bad for the lungs and will have long term effects.

the high depends on the quality of the marijuana.

If you smoke it the smell is obvious

Eat it instead...make brownies or steep it like tea and drink it.

Answer 2

No real physical harm. With prolonged use you will develop a smoker's cough. The high is dependent on how much you smoke; a blunt (roughly 5 dollars) will keep a new user high for as long as three hours. If it's your first time you won't know how you will act. After you smoke a couple times you will learn to completely control it.

Answer 3

Smoking pot is not conclusively bad for you.  Logically, smoking anything is probably not good for your lungs.  The high varies depending upon the quality of the bud.  It is very smelly so people around you can smell it burning.  You may appear to be stoned to people although regular users are often not detectable.  Check out the norml website for alot of good FACTUAL information.

Answer 4

There is nothing specific that has been prooven in science to show that there are adverse effects of smoking weed other than the fact that smoking pot may lead to lung cancer. No matter what you smoke whether it be cigs, cigars, paper, fire, anything inhaled can cause lung cancer and breathing problems.

Years and years ago it was claimed that weed can lead to brain damage. On some, weed has effected short term memory and on others it has not effected any brain function. In others it can cause paranoia. There are know specific test that have been done. Why? Your guess is as good as mine but I am sure it has something to do with its medicinal benefits.

Many will get what we call the "munchies." THC can and generally will increase ones hunger. This could make you fat if you eat c**p food.

The high depends on a ton of things. You weight has a factor because THC is stored in the fat cells, what kind of nug you have your hands on and its potency (white widor vs. blueberry kush -white widow=potent nug), and how you ingest it. Did you smoke it and how did you smoke it or did you eat it and how much did you eat. If you smoked it, did you use a bubbler, a pipe (glass or metal), or did you use a vaporizer. Generally your high will last about 2 hours.

Generally people won't know that you are baked if you hit the eyes with "clear eyes." Potheads will notice though. The stinch of skunk will only last a few minutes and it goes away.

The first few times you burn one you really won't feel to much of anything. Keep a glass of water near you, your lungs will burn!

Have fun and enjoy

Answer 5

In the mid 80s I knew two teenagers who could not get enough pot.  Pot was all they lived for when in school.  

Today both are married with children.

One is doing very well.  He holds down a job, is a good dad and partner and all that stuff.

The second is also holding down a good job, is a good dad and partner and all that stuff.   Almost the same except this second guy has some serious physical and metal issues.  He is reliant of medication to maintain mental stability.  If he does not take his medication he becomes aggressive and suicidal.  There is also the risk that he may kill his own family before doing himself in.

He also can not drink alcohol because any level of alcohol  (1 beer) and his memory is gone.    

I am sure his is a shortened life span due to his abuse of drugs as a teen.

The problem with pot taking, alcohol abuse and all other drugs on offer is the first guy I spoke about.  

Its these guys who make it through that give the new youth a very much false sense of security that they wont be affected when in reality most will pay a heavy price later in life.  In reality there are not many who don’t suffer in the long run.  

Answer 6

There are many dubious claims about marijuana side effects (impotence, depression, a gateway to harder drugs) but the real danger of pot is that it lets you drift numbly through your life without purpose or understanding.

Don't get me wrong occasional use can be a wonderful enjoyable experience and there is really no case for long term harm from smoking.

But be careful pot is a great way to waste your life and not even notice it passing you by.

The high lasts a couple of hours and it is noticeable to others (red eyes, slurred speech, a potent smell) but these can all be masked with a cup of coffee, eye drops and some body spray.

Answer 7

dont smoke weed...kills brain cells your clothes do smell your eyes turn shot red....why smopke weed so you couls sit on the couxh and justy laugh at nothing nd then eat your hole kitchen....

Answer 8

You lose brain cells and at the same time can develop cancer of the lungs.

the high all depends on how much you smoke, the more you smoke the more high you will become. on average i would say like 3 hours though.

and people cant tell when your high. as long as you use eye drops. ;)

Answer 9

I haven't smoked pot but it makes you lose your sense of right judgment. So things you would usually know are wrong to do you would do anyway. It makes  you dumb.

Answer 10

YES.

Marijuana does harm the body.

It can give you brain damage,

including horrible memory!

I'm not sure how long the high feeling lasts,

because I've never bothered with pot and stuff like that...

I imagine it'd be an hour or too, but once again,

I'm not sure.

Also, YES,

people WILL know when you have done pot.

You smell horrible,

and your eyes become bloodshot.

Answer 11

it messes with testoterone production but thats if you do it daily and bad for lungs you are high for about 2 hours your first time but maybe about 1 hr or 1 hr 30 min and people cant tell i am when i do it

Answer 12

it causes you to  um hmmm um

d**n I forgot

Answer 13

Paranoia

You'll start to accuse your own friends and family

Answer 14

It makes you stupid. And it will damage you lungs more than cigarettes as you hold in the smoke longer.

Yes, the smoke smells like 2 month old gym socks.

  The effects vary from person to person.

Now that's what I call money "up in smoke".