Is it wrong to use marijuana as a mood elevator?
It will feel like I’m at the bring of insanity then once I smoke I feel like I can actually think and rationalize. It sucks because sometimes i’ll feel I have a panic attack coming but when I smoke it seems to subside. It’s funny because I thought marijuana caused people to have panic attacks not prevent them. Does anyone know what this kind of condition is?
I am in my late forties and have smoked marijuana on and off for 30 years. Honestly for me I don’t smoke so much for the buzz anymore. I probably grew-up with undiagnosed attention deficit disorder with a dyslexia and agraphia kicker tossed in for good measure. What that means is my mind is sometimes to fast or to busy for my own good. I smoke marijuana to help me slow my mind down so can sort things out clearer. Instead of expensive presciption drugs with side effects not to mention you have to take all the time I smoke from time to time. I have come to really appreciate the three days after smoking where instead of still being buzzed up I am just a little "frosty" and relaxed. Personally I think they should legalize marijuana, tax it and then use that money to fight a real drug war.
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Comment from adcstorm
Time January 19, 2010 at 12:37 am
I am in my late forties and have smoked marijuana on and off for 30 years. Honestly for me I don’t smoke so much for the buzz anymore. I probably grew-up with undiagnosed attention deficit disorder with a dyslexia and agraphia kicker tossed in for good measure. What that means is my mind is sometimes to fast or to busy for my own good. I smoke marijuana to help me slow my mind down so can sort things out clearer. Instead of expensive presciption drugs with side effects not to mention you have to take all the time I smoke from time to time. I have come to really appreciate the three days after smoking where instead of still being buzzed up I am just a little "frosty" and relaxed. Personally I think they should legalize marijuana, tax it and then use that money to fight a real drug war.
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Comment from Michael G
Time January 19, 2010 at 1:09 am
Using marijuana as a mood elevator isnt wrong. IT is actually safer than most anti-depressants. In fact, cities where "medical" marijuana is legal usually sell it at hospitals as an antidepressant. Thats why alot of people smoke it. even though most people(ME) smoke it because it is really really really fun.
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Comment from BikerChick
Time January 19, 2010 at 1:41 am
Pot is a downer, not an upper. You may think your mind works better, but it really does not. Pot affects all of your reflexes, making your reaction time slower. Because I do not like feeling in neutral or slowed down, I cannot stand pot and it makes me paranoid that I might look or sound like I am retarded. If it works for you, than whatever. There is no condition for this, you just like the way it affects you. It is only wrong because it is still illegal.
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Comment from yo-han
Time January 19, 2010 at 2:20 am
pot is not an upper or a downer. it carries the best traits of uppers, downers, opiates, and hallucinogens without the bad side effects. for this reason, THC products have been given its own classification as just cannabis.
the medical legitimacy of marijuana is obvious, and it can treat a very large number of disorders, from Alzheimer to mood disorders to glaucoma to nausea and loss of appetite to chronic pain
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Comment from Jake A
Time January 19, 2010 at 12:05 am
Most people are going to bash you for using drugs but I have to agree completely – It’s definitely an upper – at least it relaxes and lets one take in what’s going on around them. Haters bash because they’ve never done it.
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