Myths and Facts About Marijuana

High BP might come from holding his breath so long....you know to get a better high...tell him to just smoke it like a cigarette and stay away from fast food.

lol...and Twinkies

According to the NAS, the effects of marijuana on blood pressure are complex, depending on dose, administration, and posture.(7) Marijuana often produces a temporary, moderate increase in blood pressure immediately after ingestion; however, heavy chronic doses may slightly depress blood pressure instead. One common reaction is to cause decreased blood pressure while standing and increased blood pressure while lying down, causing people to faint if they stand up too quickly. There is no evidence that pot use causes persisting hypertension or heart disease; some users even claim that it helps them control hypertension by reducing stress.

One thing THC does do is to increase pulse rates for about an hour. This is not generally harmful, since exercise does the same thing, but it may cause problems to people with pre-existing heart disease. Chronic users may develop a tolerance to this and other cardiovascular reactions.

-- Marijuana Health Mythology

Interesting...thanks for the answer.

I really believe that smoking pot turns people into professional slackers. Why learn a trade to get a job that they don't want to do......pass the doobie please. If they have a trade they do like it tends to keep them focused on that and possibly ONLY that. Disfunction comes with over use of anything from coffee to heroin. Catching a morning buzz so they can ignore reality is only a symptom not a disease.

Amen, OS!

Interesting, look at what I just

found:http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_notes/NNvol18N5/Cognitive.html

Thats an interesting observation. I know many pot smokers who are well educated, high paid professionals. Doctors, lawyers, engineers and so on, but maybe it depends on who you hang out with. Also most professionals who smoke pot don't share that information with just anyone.

The idea that all marijuana smokers are lazy and stupid is a myth. Claims that marijuana kills brain cells are mainly based on a study that attempted to show that marijuana smoking damaged brain structures in monkeys. However, the study was poorly performed and it was severely criticized by a medical review board. Studies done afterwards failed to show any brain damage, in fact a very recent study on Rhesus monkeys used technology so sensitive that scientists could actually see the effect of learning on brain cells, and it found no damage. The truth is, no study has ever demonstrated cellular damage, stupidity, mental impairment, or insanity brought on specifically by marijuana use -- even heavy marijuana use.

Read more: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/drugs/hemp-marijuana/#ixzz0jspDcGKj

What studies have shown is that the average marijuana user is actually more educated and earns a higher income than the average non-user.

Marijuana users include people in all levels of society, many with a postsecondary education. Most users with successful careers have to hide their marijuana use, so they are not associated with the drug by non-users and prohibitionists. So, while you may know a lot of people who are lazy, stupid and who also smoke pot, there is no evidence their condition can be attributed to the use of marijuana.

I'm sorry, but that is absolutely ludicrous! How do I know? My education level, my friends and associates. The only stupid and lazy people I know are waste about friends of my kid who smoke pot. Education level? High school SOME OF THEM. GED some of them...Drop outs, MOST OF THEM.

Ha! I'm sorry. I'm going to have to decline this kind offer to fight. It matters to you. It doesn't effect me one way or another. I'm having a hard time getting my blood pressure up about it.

Have a good one guys! If you got it, smoke it...

Further, I wish they'd legalize the stuff. It would be more controlled and the state would make tax revenue from it.

Further, I wish they'd legalize the stuff. It would be more controlled and the state would make tax revenue from it.

Now there I can agree with you. Great solution to lots of problems.

You've not met enough of them then. Because that's an entirely false statement. I know plenty of hard workers that are stoned while they work, and do a damn good job.

Sure, darlin'..just go tell that to OSHA.

Exactly...popular misconceptions and media cause these beliefs...when you get down to it, its all about the individual.

Perhaps alcohol is the entry level drug.

I agree, DBM, alcohol is the entry level drug. Marijuana is not physically addictive; alcohol is. Marijuana does not lead to aggressive behavior; alcohol does. Marijuana doesn't kill; alcohol does. While some people with addictive personality disorder may use marijuana and other drugs, alcohol (or nicotine, another physically addictive substance) is generally the first drug used.

Along with which, most people who try alcohol or marijuana don't try anything else.

Actually, the biggest issue with marijuana is that it introduces the user to the criminal world. you have to be a criminal to use it, and you have to interact with dealers to get it, meaning that you are now experienced in crime. If marijuana was controlled rather than illegal then users would not have this step, which makes it easier to get "harder" drugs if they choose to.