Just wanted to share this horrible story about how cannabis is wrecking my mind (like the people on the news say): As a pre-health major, I am bombarded by exams and way too much information (most of it's just filler, ex. calculus). I also have come down with some pretty bad test anxiety as the outcome of these tests are directly determining my future as well as my wife and kids' futures. One particularly tough subject is second semester general chemistry. My attitude is pretty bad on test days. One day, my wife saw me doing some light studying while toking and said, "You should just get stoned before your next test." I'm not doing too bad, so I decided, "What the hell?" This material is a nightmare and my professor obviously chose the wrong career path for herself. She's constantly having to take lecture time to correct her mistakes and asking her TAs, "Is this right?" She's also known for writing ridiculously hard tests and testing on things she literally talks about the day before the exam. So yeah, I'm stressed as usual. So, I have a little toke session before the test and feel myself relax. I get to the testing center, moderately stoned, and begin the long, arduous process of taking this exam. Only this time, I'm taking my time and going through the problems surprisingly mechanically and thinking, 'Oh, this is where I need THIS formula!', etc. Grade on this ridiculously hard test? 110.5 (no curve) Guess this stuff really screws you up, huh?
Yup. In my experience, cannabis doesn't make you dumb. Kids make you dumb. However, I take issue with one thing. Calculus isn't filler! Calculus is a class I'd take recreationally!
The most brilliant minds, the most far reaching visionaries, our prophets and heroes... So many have either dabbled, or heavily used cannabis. Carl of course is a fantastic example who stated many of his greatest insights came while using cannabis. It expands the thought process but in recent years research established that cannabinoids stimulate neurogenesis, protect the brain as antioxidants, etc etc. Great work, keep it up. We need intelligent responsible proponents of the plant.
Wow, I've never taken a test stoned before maybe I'll give it a try. Cannabis definitely benefits the mind, my GPA has increased from 2.9 to 3.4 since I started vaporizing daily.
In the second semester of General Chemistry, you should be up to your elbows in reaction rates, thermodynamics and solubility problems. If you see calculus as merely filler, you're missing something somewhere. Good luck in organic chemistry and physics.
I don't need to know the second derivative of a function to do...well, anything, ever. It just seems like I could be using that time for studying subjects that are more pertinent to my career path. Maybe "filler" was a poor term, "unnecessary" is probably more accurate. And yes, thermodynamics, reaction rates, redox reactions, and for the past two weeks, electrochemistry. I'm really looking forward to Orgo. Thanks!
I smoked before every class I had on the last semester I took. did pretty damn well considering my situation and everything I had going on.
It has no long term affects on the mind. Smoke up. Sent from my GT-N8013 using Grasscity Forum mobile app
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