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Is being dependent on weed that bad?

Discussion in 'Beginner Cannabis Consumption & Tips' started by cuongtbh, Apr 19, 2011.

  1. Hey guys, I'm new to this forum and only just signed up!
    Just a brief introduction about myself, I'm from Australia and studying third year engineering. Ive first smoked pot when I was 16 and occasionally smoked ever since (like every few months, then it became every few weeks and then once every week).

    I am 20 now, I moved out of my parents place earlier this year to live closer to Uni.
    Ever since I moved out, I've been smoking every night to get to sleep. I usually smoke 2-3 cones a night and just chill out before I go to bed. Before I started smoking pot every night I usually suffer from mild fatigue during the day because the quality of my sleep wasn't that great, it wasn't really a problem but sometimes I would fall a sleep in class. However I've noticed that ever since I started smoking pot, the quality of my sleep has significantly increased. I've stopped falling asleep in class and I wake up feeling great!

    I'm doing pretty good at uni, I play indoor soccer 2 times a week and gym 3 times a week, proving that smoking pot does not decrease my motivation in anyway. However my biggest concern is that I think I've become dependent on pot to sleep, like it would take me probably roughly 2-3 hours to get to sleep and I would feel really tired in the morning if I didn't smoke pot the night before. I've tried to stop but I really can't be bothered because I know it'll take me ages to get to sleep and I'll feel really crappy the next day.

    Is smoking every night to go to sleep a bad thing? Like I know pot gives you the maddest sleep but how bad is my dosage/frequency?
     
  2. There isn't a "bad" dosage, really.

    Weed is very beneficial, and has few drawbacks, especially if you vape. Keep doing your thing.
     
  3. ive thought about this too for, im pretty dependent on weed appetite and sleep wise. i dont think its bad cause i can still eat and sleep when im sober, id just rather be high

    the only thing i dont like about it is being dependent on a drug, but its only weed afterall
     

  4. In my eyes its better to be dependent a natural plant then some sleeping PILL that'll fuck your organs in the long run.
     
  5. is it bad to drink coffee every day?
     
  6. it can get bad and becoming reliant on it is not good. it can take ppls lives over and lead them down a bad path or just kill there potential as a person. if you go through everyday thinking about weed you got it bad it should be something thats last on your mind. if you use it to sleep thats not so bad but if you sleep just fine without it shouldn make it your habit to putting you to sleep cuz when you dont have it it will be hard to go to sleep. control weed dont let it control you
     

  7. my exact argument. Someone says " your addicted blah fucking blah" i say you start your day with a nice big cup of joe right? and oh my whats happens around 11 o clock, you need ANOTHER cup of coffee? you must be addicted!
     
  8. Nothing wrong with being dependent on marijuana for your sleep. If your state allows it you should go get your medical card. Many people like people with MS or Cancer and watnot are dependent on weed to take away there pain and muscle spasms and everything.

    As for the dosage, there is no bad dosage. Marijuana dosent cause lung cancer or brown lung disease or emphizema. The overdose limit is somewhere around 15,000 joints in 20 minutes. So unless u can find a way to do that, your health is completely safe. Id watch The Union: The Business Behind Getting High. Google has it on Google videos so check it out. Its free why the hell not. Very well done and informational documentry that dosent bore you to death.
     
  9. If you went to a doctor and told him you had trouble sleeping, guess what he would prescribe. (relevant to your state/country law)
    Keep doin what you doin if it works for you. If it doesn't stop you doing what you love or need to do then you have a problem.
     
  10. ya but inhaling plant matter is not good and can have some effect and cause cancer, it would not be the chemical getting you high that causes you to get cancer or some other health deffects it would be plant matter which could be said for anything not just weed. thats why vaping is the healthiest besides maybe edibiles, gets you the most use of your thc too. if you have health problems that cause you to need weed then by all means it would be wrong to not become dependant on it, just not if your health status is fine no reason to become reliant on it, doesnt mean you cant enjoy the good herb though, i would recomend watching a bunch of documenteries try ineedpopcorn.com youll have to search for them but it will have some videos. good site for movies all around though
     
  11. yea its bad, it makes weed boring and you'll possibly start to seek out other things to replace what weed WAS helping you with.
     

  12. I dont think so bro, im in like the exact same situation as you haha.. Except i ended up changing my degree in my 3rd year. Im similar with dependancy too, althoguh i smoke almost everyday. i think its mostly about the control you ahve on the rest of your life.
     
  13. #13 skinny ninja, Apr 19, 2011
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    Yes I do believe it's bad to rely on weed
    I know alot of people on this forum are going to disagree with that though
    It depends on the degree of smoking. If you smoke only at night for sleep, no
    If you smoke to feel good, happy, 'normal', etc, yes it is probably becoming bad

    edit: I would still limit the use. I used to sleep so well after a bowl. Now I can't sleep for shit, with or without weed.
     
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  14. There has been 0 cases of marijuana only smokers getting lung cancer, there isn't even a case of a marijuana only smoker getting brown lung or emphysema.
    Sure inhaling plant matter can't be good for you but it sure as hell isn't going to put your health at too much of a risk. You may experience less lung capacity than normal and possibly cough a lil more than usual. But other than that your pretty golden.

    Probably the best Marijuana Documentery filmed to date in my opinion. Very informational and entertaining. Anyone who hasn't seen it already must watch it \/

    The Union
     
  15. weed should help you sleep better, not worse.

    Its really not bad unless you stay high all the time. worst thing that happens high is you dont retain info which in turn means short term memory loss and if you stay high correlates to long term memory loss. this is not a longterm effect! its just that while youre actually high you are dumber so dont stay dumb all the time.

    exercise helps but give yourself a motivational push cause weed can make you lazy (in mine and many experiences anyway) and do your thang!
     
  16. there has been o cases becuase they cannot link the cancer to marijuana therefore they cant say it was the marijuana that caused it, and it might not have but inhanling anything beside the air we breethe into your lungs is bad for you and potentially cancer causing im not saying weed has caused cancer but inhaling burning plant matter over a long period of time can cause cancer im not saying it will but it can and no one knows how exactly what it is inside the tobacco that causes cancer theres theorys but no proof it contains alot of shit (that obviously causes it) but theres no way to link it to the actual cause of cancer, (theory) there fore ppl could have already died from caused cancer from smoking weed just no way to link it, think about it not everyone that smokes cigs dies from cancer it depends on the person. weed is a million x a billion times less harmfull then cigs im not relating the two simply pointing out theres nothing disproving it either and that ppl could have died from it just no way to say hey ya weed caused it. weed is a very safe drug and you would have to smoke for life for this to even be a possiblity(i would hope) and for a majority of ppl that wouldn do it, i just wouldnt say its 100% safe and eliminate the possability that it cant cause certain things just because we cant prove it, if im wrong im wrong its just a theory but im not gonna play stupid and inhale plant matter and think it will have no negative effect on my lungs even if its not cancer
     
  17. Yea i completely agree. Im not that ignorant lol. Any smoke must do some amt of damage to your lungs but wether that amount is so minimal that you will barely notice is a different story.

    Im just going off what ive read and watched thats all. I should have said as of now there are 0 cases of cancer/brown lung/emphysema related to marijuana smoke only, what might pop up in the future is beyond me or anyone.

    If you watch the union they say how the gov. released a statement from tests and they had to use words like may and should cause cancer. But it has yet to pop up. Id say overall though, no matter what damage it does you have about a .001% chance that you are going to realize life altering side affects. If it hasn't happened yet then the chances of you being the first one is slim to none. I smoke every day and i really have no medical condition that forces me to smoke, I simply just love to get high. Though it does help my anxiety a very notable amt. Bud is simply amazing in every way.

    Toke on :smoke:
     
  18. ya i agree seen the union too good documentry, along with others. i use to smoke everyday and still would be if not for my son and i never feared anything happening to me cuz the odds of you getting any harmfull effects are a million times less then cigs and ppl live through that lol but ya they have to say may cause cancer for cigs too but its completly obvious that it does so different story. but ya good chat :smoke:
     
  19. yeaa but if u eat plantmatter yer fine
     
  20. very true except the whole long term use can cause schizophrenia but we wont get into that lol
     

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