Anyhone suffer from marijuana side effects?
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I have smoked for years and I would say the only side effect to quitting has been moodiness and irritability.  I was really cranky and upset for about two weeks.  But now that I don't smoke I definately feel better.  I think my only funny stories are just being paraniod.  Walking into a store and feeling like everyone knows you are high.  \nI think while smoking I was happy and peaceful.  Nothing bothered me at all.  But when I wanted to smoke or I hadn't for a day or so, I had a short temper.
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Yes, the health effects of marijuana are no more harmful then tobacco and alchohol.  Personally i would much rather deal with people that are high, then people who are drunk
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There are so many side effects from methamphetamine use. My eldest sister is currently sitting in county jail awaiting her prison sentence. Her husband is sitting in a rehab facility for a year. The biggest side effect from their use is that my 2 nieces and 2 nephews are parent-less. They have been in foster care for a year this month. My sister, who was very attractive and smart all her life began using and soon transformed in front of our eyes. Her pretty face became more like death. The paleness and dark rings around her eyes made her look like a zombie. Her teeth soon went to hell and she had 8 of them pulled already. She was already slim, very nice figure...but it dwindled to nothing-we could see all of her bones...her once admired figure became skeletal and sickly. Her husband and her became paranoid-thinking that even us family members were out to get them and the kids. We were denied contact with them forever. Their paranoia eventually ran everyone away and then they would just make stuff up about people to try and get some drama going. My sis now after being in jail for all these months has put on so much weight from coming off the stuff that she is heavier than she has ever been. Like nearly 200 pounds now!! She almost died too....nearly a year ago, right before her kids got taken. She did too much one nite and OD'd...but the next day walked out of the hospital on her own will cuz she had to have some more. When this meth gets ahold of you...it crushes you, it ruins you and everyone in your life. They eventually sold nearly everything in their home, including their childrens beds for drug money. Sooo...the side effects are horrible and if you would like to see before and after pics to show you what a dramatic change someone will undergo while on it...e-mail me. You will be shocked at the change in my sister..its sickening and sad. Oh..and another side effect-because when you're on it, you don't care...is catching diseases. She willingly used an infected needle to get a high and is now positive for Hepatitis C.....
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no, i had it for more than 2 yrs with no side effects,,,,and no benefits either, try exercise......its much better for your health and brain
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I am bipolar. I quit taking my effexor xr and other meds some time ago. Marijuana does have it's medicinal value, but with long term use, you will have other side effects. As for me, I haven't smoked for a while now, but if i didn't have a job like the one I do now, i would smoke. There hasn't been any prescribed medicine out there that didn't calm me and let me focus. But, That was with taking 1-2 drags of pot. Not smoking a quarter ounce in a day. Smoking that much is what the dr's are talking about when they tell you the serious side effect. Smoke too much, end up dumb. As with any drug, use responsibly. But...Pot is illegal. (boooo)
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The side effects should be listed on your reciept, or you cam call  the pharmacy, or look it up on line
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yes i have :]\nmarijuana is the most commonly uses illegal substance in the United States. it is used by many people, most of which aren't your stereotypical "druggie", with no life agead of them. Many of them hapen to be very successful, good people. Think about it almost if not every person who reads this paper will know (even if they don't realize it) at least one if not several regular users of marijuana. Its often made out to be much more harmful htan it really is, unfortunatly not every one realizes this. \n\nWhat many people don't realize is marijuana is much less harmful than alcohol or tobacco. Yet it's the one of the three that gets a bad rap and is illegal. Marijuana isn't even physicaly addicting. You certanly don't see meetings for marijuana like you do with alcohol and AA. Unfortunatly due to American culture the less harmful of the three is illegal.\n\nThe most common reason why marijuana can be harmful is that people can often come across laced marijuana without realizing it. Marijuana can easily be mixed with other more harmful drugs with out the buyer realizing it, until they have already used it. This is a dangerous thing that causes many people to do more harmful, hard core drugs without realizing it. If it were to be legalized the government could provide guide lines, like it does with alchol  to insure that people knew what they were putting into their bodies.\n\nMarijuana actually has many helpful benefits toward diseases / sicknesses. Marijuana can reduce nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by AIDS. It can Reduce interlobular pressure, which alleviates the pain and slowing and sometimes even stopping the progress of glaucoma. Common side effects of chemotherapy are nausea, loss of appetite, and vomiting, all of which marijuana would help. It can limit muscle pain and relieve tremor nad unsteadiness of gait for multiple sclerosis patients. Marijuana can help prevent epileptic seizures in some patients. It can also alleviate chronic, often debilitating pain caused by myriad disorders and injuries. Each one of these applications have been deemed legitimate by at least one United States court, legislature, and/or government agency.\n\nDue to these reasons and many others many people are going to jail/prison on a daily basis due to simply smoking a little pot These aren't dangerous criminals that would kill or rape someone. Many of them are teachers, lawyers and respected members of their communities. But yet we still pay thousands of dollars of tax payers money to lock up non dangerous "criminals" yearly even though most aren't going to stop after they get out of jail. Don't you think the money spent here is a waste? Couldn't it be going to more useful things such as hospitals, disease research, or better schools? These are the things that would benifit the people of this country. Certanily you would rather benefit the people more than throwing a non violent pot head in jail who was only trying to smoke a joint and relax after a long days work in jail. There is up to forty million regular (note thats just the regular not occasional users) drug users in the United states. If we were to throw all of them in jail it would cost $500,000 per million people, plus the cost and space of building many more prisons. Couldm't that money be spent on building hospitals? There's already about 1.5 million people tax payers are paying to keep in jail over drugs. From 1990 to 2003, nearly 5.9 million people had been arrested for smoking marijuana. Thats a greater number than the entire population of Alaska, Delaware, The District of Columbia, Montania, North and South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming combined. This country simply can't afford to put 40 million more in jail.\n\nMarijuana should be legalized. It has many uses such as helping sick patients. People are going to smoke it no matter what the government sais, and with out govenment guidel
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that is not good for you tinfoil has cemical in it...weed is really bad fo ryou too...you will have long term affects for doing both
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The answer to this is more difficult then your might imagine due to the difficulty in performing research on the actual effects of marijuana.\n\nThe overall answer is likely no, but it is less harmful then many might imagine.\n\nIt appears that marijuana is not good for your mental health, a variety of studies have shown a correlation of marijuana use with various mental illnesses, but this is only a correlation and has yet to be shown to be an actual cause of mental illness.\n\nHealth effects on the body and thought to be similar to that of tobacco use, yet studies have yet to show a link with lung cancer and other negative effects of tobacco use.  This could be due to both the chemical makeup of marijuana and the way in which marijuana is smoked.\n\nMarijuana has been shown to be beneficial to help certain people deal with complications of treatment for cancer and HIV/AIDS.  It also can be useful in dealing with chronic pain.\n\nOverall, from a health prospective you are better off staying away from Marijuana use.  Under certain circumstances Marijuana use could be helpful to you, but I would recommend only pursuing this after long discussions with a medical professional
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http://www.hcamax.com/html/relora_side_effects.html
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Q: How long does marijuana stay in the user's body?\nA: THC in marijuana is rapidly absorbed by fatty tissues in various organs. Generally, traces (metabolites) of THC can be detected by standard urine testing methods several days after a smoking session. However, in chronic heavy users, traces can sometimes be detected for weeks after they have stopped using marijuana.\n\nQ: What happens if you smoke marijuana?\nA: The way the drug affects each person depends on many factors, including:\n- user's previous experience with the drug; \nhow strong the marijuana is (how much THC it has); \n- what the user expects to happen; \n- where the drug is used; \n- how it is taken; and \n- whether the user is drinking alcohol or using other drugs. \nSome people feel nothing at all when they smoke marijuana. Others may feel relaxed or high. Sometimes marijuana makes users feel thirsty and very hungry—an effect called "the munchies."\nSome users can undergo bad effects from marijuana. They may suffer sudden feelings of anxiety and have paranoid thoughts. This is more likely to happen when a more potent variety of marijuana is used.\n\nQ: What are the short-term effects of marijuana use?\nA: The short-term effects of marijuana include: \n- problems with memory and learning (11);\n- distorted perception (sights, sounds, time, touch) (6); \n- trouble with thinking and problemsolving (5); \n- loss of motor coordination; and \n- increased heart rate. \nThese effects are even greater when other drugs are mixed with the marijuana; and users do not always know what drugs are given to them.
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I highly disagree. Bud has postive side effects the problem is people do not understand weed. There are two types of weed. Indica and Sativa, Indica makes you lazy, and puts your timing off, Sativa on the other hand Does NOT make you lazy it is entirly a head high. It makes your mind clearer, allowing you to think clearly. Bud has postive side effects. It clears your mind, allows you to think through situtaions clearly. If you need more refereances about bud I would suggest you go the the store and get the High times magazine, thats your best referances you could possibly have. Always trust experts on something instead of people who do not know anything about the subject. Someone who has tried weed once has not tried both strands. A pure strand of Sativa is harder to find but its not that hard to find.\nI suggest getting the Mag and reader about it for yourself instead of taking other peoples choices. Then you can base your decision on what you know not what other people tell you to do. Walk your own path :)
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good.  if you read up on the history and medical.. you'll find that it helps nausea in cancer patients...  hiv patients...   anorexics are helped by cannabis... even the obese.\n\nalso THC has been known to have positive effects on MS patients.\n\nit's a diuretic and helps with hypertension (if not inhalated)   \n\nit helps with joint pain along with rheumatoid arthritis.\n\nheadache... blindness, eye pain.\n\nif ingested it can help with colon disorders.\n\nread up on the medical research by keying up  medical benefits of THC  and marijuana in google.com\n\nhttp://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/04/medical_marijua.html\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=benefits+of+THC+in+MS+patients\n\nare  just two examples  you'll find keying up in google.com\n\nthanks.
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No, marijuana can't cause Omenn's Syndrome since it is an inherited disorder.
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There are possible side effects from any medication.  This should be discussed with your doctor.
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Alcohol acts primarily on the nerve cells within the brain. Alcohol interferes with communication between nerve cells and all other cells, suppressing the activities of excitatory nerve pathways and increasing the activities of inhibitory nerve pathways. \n\nIn addition to the brain, the side effects of marijuana reach many other parts of the body. Marijuana is filled with hundreds of chemicals, and when it is burned, hundreds of additional compounds are produced. When marijuana is inhaled or ingested in some other form, several short-term effects occur. Some of the marijuana's side effects are: \nProblems with memory and learning \nDistorted perception \nDifficulty with thinking and problem solving \nLoss of coordination \nIncreased heart rate \nAnxiety, paranoia and panic attacks \n\n\nAs you can see neither is better than the other.  Except for the fact that marijuana does have medicinal qualities, an I think it should be legalized for that purpose. Also, just a side note. marijuana is legal in Alaska.. At least, the last I heard.. You could grow it for you own use.. not to sale..
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Yes. Marijuana use can lead to permanent memory impairment. Frequent use results in loss of neurons in the area of the brain associated with forming memories and recall of memories. Users may also experience difficulty learning. Similar loss occurs in the aging population, thus marijuana use can be similar to accelerated aging of the brain.\n\nAlso, think of your natural state of contentedness when you are neither happy or sad. Following marijuana use, that point will be lowered, making your natural state of mind (mood) one that is more depressed. Heavy use can make this change a permanent one, and many people after quitting their marijuana habit, struggle with depression.\n\nFrequent marijuana use has also been shown to contribute to the formation of amyloid plaque in the brain. This same plaque is known to be a main culprit in the brain disease known as Alzheimer's.\n\nAlso keep in mind that marijuana smoke contains 50 percent to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than does tobacco smoke... add to that, the fact that marijuana smokers inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer. This creates a serious danger for cancer of the head, neck and lungs.