why is marijuana considered a "depressant" ?

Weed is considered a hallucinogen. Not a depressant, that just wouldn't make sense

 

Everyone at my school considers it a depressant also. They just need to get their facts straight.

 

It changes the way your brain thinks in a lot more ways than a depressant would. I suppose when you smoke weed, your thought patterns can go basically anywhere. When you take a depressant, its more directed to sitting you down, and calming your body and mind.

 

WRONG.

DEAD WRONG.

Because it slows things down. it doesn't mean mentally (altho it CAN be that too) it just means the opesite of a stimulent.

 

yeah man dont take the word "depressant" literally. . .

 

I was brought up being told it was a mild hallucinogen, which in some properties, it is. Depending on strain it could be either depressant,stimulant or hallucinogen, IMO.

 

This guy knows his stuff

 

True story. Marijuana is in fact all of these things.

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabis/cannabis.shtml

Also, the internet is a helpful tool. Most often, it is used to answer questions that otherwise would be posted by people who didn't do the research themselves.

This belongs in the Apprentice Tokers' forum as well. Yet another problem that can be easily solved by simply reading the forum descriptions before you post.

 

That's what I've always done. I've never considered it a depressant, because it's not like any other things labeled a depressant. I've never considered it a hallucinogen or an even mild one, because it's never come close to doing that to me. And I've definitely never considered it a stimulant, although it does feel uplifting and sometimes stimulating, but anyone who has done a stimulant knows how different the stimulating feeling it is.

I personally think it shouldn't be categorized under any of these things, because it's nothing like the drugs that are categorized under stimulant, hallucinogen, and a depressant.

 

depressant means that it depresses the CNS.

conversely, stimulants stimulate the CNS.

get it?

 

My mom's a nurse and when she caught me she really pressed it in how it was a depressant. After prlonged use it will give you that 'I don't care' attitude that I love so much

 

Every time I see your avatar, it makes me want to go watch cowboy bebop.

 

Most marijuana like indica is a Central nervous system deppressant. (CNS) Which is good, its what makes you chill after you roast a bowl

 

In my experience, since it's more of a "background-drug," it's a completely different experience depending on what you did before/are going to do. It's really subjective in other words, much like pain is. Pain is completely subjective and depends on the individual person. Now, we know that weed does certain things to us, but we can mold the effects easier than most other drugs.

 

it makes me want to have sex and then go to sleep