Dr. Andrew Huberman explains the effects of cannabis (marijuana) on the adolescent and young adult brain. Dr. Andrew …
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This clip is from the Huberman Lab episode "The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body." The full episode can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/gXvuJu1kt48
At the Michigan dispensaries, they make it abundantly clear on signs, that weed use among minors is detrimental to brain development. Fortunately, I didn't start using until I was 28!
Hey man, I just turned 19. I started getting into it after grade 10 I used to be really social person and I noticed it didn’t really help as I thought it would became less stressful for sure but only for a short amount of time then after that, I just started getting stressed out about every little thing and anger issues started come back, so I would stay away from it Used to be really motivated and now it’s becoming nonexistent in a way, so please listen man, but I also get some people need to experience it from themselves so best of wishes guys but it’s better to stay clear of this
My brother has been using marijuana since as long I can remember. I’m sure because of his excessive use of the drug he became “slow” in term of intelligence, his compression is low and very aggressive and doesn’t know how to manage his impulsive behavior. For example, I was in my room when he suddenly barged in and started yelling at me and attacked me. Super frustrating because he’s the eldest and I’m the youngest.
Thank you so much for sharing this essential science! This is such important info! Big pharma will not like it since they are taking in their profits off of not only cannabis but of the increased dosages and frequency of their anti-psychotic medications increasingly used for the damage that cannabis use is creating. When will the schizophrenia episode be happening?
I’m 16 and smoke every day, multiple times a day and have done for maybe 6 months now (previously I was smoking minimum once a week for a year or so) and I try to quit ever time a cart dies or I run out of stuff, but within a week I’m always straight back to it. I know weed in itself isn’t addictive, but I’m currently 4 days sober and trying to stay that way. If anyone sees this and has any advice please let me know, I hate being a shell of myself and feeling my intelligence and awareness slip away, even when I’m sober now I feel disorganised, out of control and a bit confused 24/7. I literally feel like I’m on autopilot.
Over the past 3 yrs I've watched my healthy, well mannered, intelligent 21 year old nephew, drop out of university, lose all ambition and motivation, withdraw from friendships, steal from family members, experience schizophrenic episodes and more, due to his daily cannabis use. Family have tried to help him to no avail – really sad to witness.
I’m 21 I smoked for the first time when I was 13 got into high school and started smoking on weekends with friends. I lost my brother to depression and found him, and started smoking every part of the day in the morning before I did anything after I did any thing. It made me so paranoid I couldn’t be myself or talk to anyone, it led me to a place of being very lonely. It got me to a point of questioning who I was and what the purpose of my life was and it made me very suicidal. Thankfully God had found me at that low! He didn’t take it away right away but he helped me with it. We often say weed is not addictive at least as a young adult but, it truly is. Withdraw isn’t as bad as other drugs. But it makes you highly irritable, you hard to sleep, hard to eat. I do agree with uses of it but, it is messing up our generation a lot.
At 4 min or so into the vid he talks about the study not being swept away intentionally. Then later on while speaking he sucks his teeth as people usually do who can not be trusted. Why are the democrats to anxious to legalize this crap as our kids are at a huge risk with many of them wanting to imitate adults.
I started smoking early last summer when I was just 15 (16 now) and I've recently lowered my use and quit altogether. My cognitive skills are way better now, my emotions are better (Just recently I was having bipolar-like episodes and spouts of extreme depression and anxiety). Hopefully my brain slowly fixes the mistakes I've made as I enter adulthood, I know for sure I already feel smarter and a lot more emotionally stable, though.
Started everyday use when i was 12. Sold it throughought junior and senior high so it was always accesable in high quantities. Id pick up about a pound a week sell 14 ounces and smoke 2. 52 grams a week for 6 years pn average and then they legalized it. Im comvinced its different. Idk. I dont trust the gov. Canadian here. I wish i coukd go back and wait til my brain was fully developed. I became addicted to heroin at 17 and cocain around the same time. Not saying weed is a gateway but the same places i was getting large amounts of weed there were large amounts of everything going around. Im currently 26 clean from opiods for 4 to 5 years and cocaine for 3 but i can not seem to stop amoking or eating marijuana. Amd im definitely in some kind of depression right now. Pray for me
I started smoking not everyday in grade 10/11 I believe it was a miracle drug for me I have terrible ADHD so I would get angry and distracted easily smoking marijuanna made me chill focused and never stressed now when I turned 18 or just before 17 I was kicked out of home for smoking and this started my drug habit smoking daily partying on weekends now last year halfway through the year I quit smoking (hardest thing in my life) and packed on about 12-15kg I’m 6’2 so I went from fairly thin at 80kg to chubby at 92-95kg I got to 98kg at one point but I noticed instantly I was depressed/bored/other thinking normal tasks seemed impossible I was stressed and miserable my old self had come back didn’t want to talk to anyone didn’t like anyone but about 6 months of quitting which seems like a lifetime it was the best decision ever lost some weight working 6am-3pm Gyming from 4.30pm-6.00pm reconnecting with family and doing the most for everyone it takes time getting off marijuanna my next step is to quit vaping which is the next hardest thing but I want to grow as a person and in other ways your brain fully devolopes at 25 so your under that you have a fighting chance I’m about 5 months in from being 20 and I’ve seen guys at my work how they act from smoking for 10-20 years there grown baby’s have hissi fits at anything and everything there poor and lazy and I didn’t want to be like that my mum and dad always told me never do dope but of course you don’t listen I know now
Cannabis doesn't pose a risk it is the agents being allowed to grow the cannabis that is a problem. Because we are not supposed to be growing in chemicals but growing in soil that is naturally rich & abundant in nutrients for plants to take up nutrients. The problem the methods being used to grow that cause toxicity. If people are told flushing your plants isn't needed because of new scientific evidence. People will then stop flushing their plants allowing these chemicals to smoked. Many of these chemicals are toxic to humans / heavy metals & chelation agents used with neutral medias. The building of proteins is extremely important & when you have hybridization it literally causes mutations & isn't stable one bit! When our heirlooms were removed they also removed the generations of the next generation of heirlooms to follow. You realize your own bad chemistry is what is causing the extinction of generations.
To blame the plant for having toxic chemicals in combination with thc is more of a problem then the thc itself.
Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization has made them more widely available. Although decades ago the THC content of weed was commonly less than 1.5%, some products on the market today are more than 90% THC.
Thank you for sharing this information. You are helping families understand the effects of this drug on our young people. I'm going to share with one young person I know with hopes that informs him to stop using it altogether because I do not see any potential good especially with the regular use.
Just found out our 14-year-old son is smoking pot. If I could do it all over, I wouldn’t have done anything till I was 25 and I wouldn’t have been doing them recreationally that’s for sure. Therapeutic uses only- but I’m 41 so I have a different perspective on life and substances now, especially after dealing with opiate addiction and losing so many friends and family members to addictions in all forms.
If youre going to use cannabis or any other drug, be wise as to how you use it. If you abuse it by having too much, too often, too strong, its going to bite you in the arse, plain and simple. Be responsible with your drug use.
A very important video. I'm from London, UK, and smoked high thc cannabis as a teenager almost daily for 2-years. I experienced several cannabis-induced psychotic episodes. There is no history of mental illness in my family. My heartfelt advice is – if you are a teenager that's smoking cannabis, stop! Ceasing that, as soon as you notice paranoid thinking, stop! It can get real bad, real quick. There is unfortunately a high conversion rate from cannabis-induced psychosis to schizophrenia – approximately 1 in 2. That is not a roll of the dice you want to play. The enormous mental health risks of cannabis to teenagers need to be highlighted far more frequently, and parents also need to become far more educated on the topic.
i can somewhat agree with this video bc i know there will be problems later in life do to being a smoker, but as someone who suffer greatly with my mental health, after adopting the common use a cannabis in my normal day to day i have not only become a happier person but have also made significant steps in better my mental health along side taking drastic steps in my life. is it bad I'm willing to except the risk of the future for a greater now and a happier life?
I started smoking when I was 14. For the first few months it was very rare that I would smoke. But coming into the next year, I smoked every single day. From the age of 15 to now, currently 20, I have smoked essentially everyday. I’ve always wanted to quit but never been able to. Im very aware of the dangers it causes but never took the initiative to stop. I’m currently writing this while sober. Only for a day. Hopefully someone can see this and have the motivation to quit. You don’t want to lose all feelings and emotions. My biggest issue with stopping is that I don’t know how I should feel. I’ve gone so long being in a constant state of high. I don’t think I will quit but I hope I do. This message is just for the young ones who stumble across this video after some uses of weed. Please stop before it’s too late to even know who you are.
I'm 16 and agree with everything he has said in this video I've only been smoking for about a year and yet the changes in how I think are crazy. I'm a 4.7 GPA student and yet I feel as if I can't solve basic problems and often have to think about what I'm going to say because nothing feels natural anymore. I smoke so much that I honestly forgot what it feels like to be sober. Days blend together and you often find your core memories that you thought you would never forget fading away or fogging up. Over the last 2 months or so I don't think I've really had but one or two nights where I didn't smoke ( you become so dependent on it you find it nearly impossible to fall asleep without it). Carts (THC Disposables and vape pens) I would say are much worse for you than actual weed however both have the same side effects. The accessibility of being able to hit a cart anywhere at any time is one of the biggest issues because it allows you to smoke so much more frequently, with grass you have to use it on special occasions. Plus (don't quote me on this) but I'm pretty sure carts being so concentrated also makes the effects more potent and come on faster. I will say that I was a chronic smoker so my side effects will be much worse than someone who does it on occasion however if you haven't picked up smoking don't start. Don't be like me, don't think that you will be cool or popular if you smoke, the only thing you will be doing is harming your mind. Yesterday I finally decided to make a change in my life and destroyed all of my disposables and carts. Quitting is not easy but for anyone struggling with quitting, I believe in you. One of my biggest regrets in life is starting. You will only listen to a person on the internet as much as you choose to listen but I strongly urge you not to give in to the temptation it isn't worth it and once you start you become dependent on it.
I have smoked marihuana 6 times in my life. 1 when I was 16 and 4 months. And 5 times when I was 19, in the time frame of 2,5 mounts. How will it impact my brain?
I began using marijuana at 16 and quit a month ago at the age of 20. Since then, I've been dealing with HOCD, and it's been a challenging experience, trust me. I used to be an optimistic person, but during that time, I started seeing the world in a more negative light. I'm gradually returning to a more normal state, and based on my experience, I don't recommend using THC.
Ive been a daily user since 6th grade and am almost 40. Ive been above average in pretty much all categories in school and most non scholarly areas in life. Where can i become a paid test subject?
Me watching this high rn fighting my addiction, i started smoking heavy at 15 and I’m 18 rn and i definitely have been using it to cope and i am stopping today
I used marijuanas 10 years since i was 15. Maybe spent 2 years sober in between. The only real benefit it has is pain. But Even then.. I ended up becoming so dependent that I had to smoke every night and wake up 4 hrs later to smoke again just to sleep. I never remembered dreams. I was forgetful. Depressed. I felt like a genius after quitting. And started gaining back My natural sleep cycle.
Sometimes i would get stoned and get lost in work and befor i know it ive accomplished alot. Got high with a coworker once and we put up a record that night for the whole warehouse. This is forklifting driving in a warehouse back in the day! Im tellin you that OG got me in the zone sometimes. But on the other side of that. Their was those days were the weed made me tired and burnt out and i didnt wanna do shit. But dont get me wrong i wasnt smokin and workin daily. But i noticed getting high made me look at work differently not dread it and hate it. I would get in the zone like a flow state. I quit for healthier lungs live longer for my kids! Quit that and cigs one day cold turkey. Never looked back.
Been smoking MJ since i was 14 yo and am now 70 yo. I read many of the comments, all from ppl with self described mental problems they blame on MJ, but i can say w/o doubt or hesitancy that None of the "problems" described by those sorry former smokers has ever bothered me. I can think clearly, make a plan and see it through. I can think deeply and critically on subjects i'm familiar with. If those ppl can't think it's probably cuz the schools don't teach kids how to think or think critically or deeply about anything anymore. When i was in school we were taught how to think critically and i still have that ability, MJ didn't take it away.
I agree with you but I’m thinking some of there studies could’ve been from people with already troubled past and the marijuana is just a less lethal crutch, doesn’t make it better but could be correlation than causation especially when constant cannabis use in young adults eat away from the dopamine receptors.
This clip is from the Huberman Lab episode "The Effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) on the Brain & Body." The full episode can be found on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/gXvuJu1kt48
At the Michigan dispensaries, they make it abundantly clear on signs, that weed use among minors is detrimental to brain development. Fortunately, I didn't start using until I was 28!
23 days clean and it is way harder to get off than I thought – wish I never started but I needed help and doctors didnt have any for me
Huberman, you sound a little stressed, take a deep breath, or go smoke “GOD’s” Green Herb that really fights against stress.
WHO KNEW?
so i’m currently 8 months into my smoking phase and seeing this and all the comments makes you think about it all so i think ill quit
Hey man, I just turned 19. I started getting into it after grade 10 I used to be really social person and I noticed it didn’t really help as I thought it would became less stressful for sure but only for a short amount of time then after that, I just started getting stressed out about every little thing and anger issues started come back, so I would stay away from it Used to be really motivated and now it’s becoming nonexistent in a way, so please listen man, but I also get some people need to experience it from themselves so best of wishes guys but it’s better to stay clear of this
I started vaping cannabis at 52, and it was recommended by my primary for pain management.
My brother has been using marijuana since as long I can remember. I’m sure because of his excessive use of the drug he became “slow” in term of intelligence, his compression is low and very aggressive and doesn’t know how to manage his impulsive behavior. For example, I was in my room when he suddenly barged in and started yelling at me and attacked me. Super frustrating because he’s the eldest and I’m the youngest.
Smoke weeed everydaaaay
Thank you so much for sharing this essential science! This is such important info! Big pharma will not like it since they are taking in their profits off of not only cannabis but of the increased dosages and frequency of their anti-psychotic medications increasingly used for the damage that cannabis use is creating.
When will the schizophrenia episode be happening?
I’m 16 and smoke every day, multiple times a day and have done for maybe 6 months now (previously I was smoking minimum once a week for a year or so) and I try to quit ever time a cart dies or I run out of stuff, but within a week I’m always straight back to it. I know weed in itself isn’t addictive, but I’m currently 4 days sober and trying to stay that way. If anyone sees this and has any advice please let me know, I hate being a shell of myself and feeling my intelligence and awareness slip away, even when I’m sober now I feel disorganised, out of control and a bit confused 24/7. I literally feel like I’m on autopilot.
Please provide us with a link to the paper.
Over the past 3 yrs I've watched my healthy, well mannered, intelligent 21 year old nephew, drop out of university, lose all ambition and motivation, withdraw from friendships, steal from family members, experience schizophrenic episodes and more, due to his daily cannabis use. Family have tried to help him to no avail – really sad to witness.
Bruh what about CBD?
I’m 21 I smoked for the first time when I was 13 got into high school and started smoking on weekends with friends. I lost my brother to depression and found him, and started smoking every part of the day in the morning before I did anything after I did any thing. It made me so paranoid I couldn’t be myself or talk to anyone, it led me to a place of being very lonely. It got me to a point of questioning who I was and what the purpose of my life was and it made me very suicidal. Thankfully God had found me at that low! He didn’t take it away right away but he helped me with it. We often say weed is not addictive at least as a young adult but, it truly is. Withdraw isn’t as bad as other drugs. But it makes you highly irritable, you hard to sleep, hard to eat. I do agree with uses of it but, it is messing up our generation a lot.
At 4 min or so into the vid he talks about the study not being swept away intentionally. Then later on while speaking he sucks his teeth as people usually do who can not be trusted. Why are the democrats to anxious to legalize this crap as our kids are at a huge risk with many of them wanting to imitate adults.
what about one time use?
I started smoking early last summer when I was just 15 (16 now) and I've recently lowered my use and quit altogether. My cognitive skills are way better now, my emotions are better (Just recently I was having bipolar-like episodes and spouts of extreme depression and anxiety). Hopefully my brain slowly fixes the mistakes I've made as I enter adulthood, I know for sure I already feel smarter and a lot more emotionally stable, though.
Indicas at night
Sativas in the day
Makes me feel suppurb, not just ok
Faith. You need faith
You know nothing
Euphoria from cannabis is far from any mental illness, and i 7se hash oil daily and have no disorder, what bull
Why is youtube allowing all the hate videos,?
I could have used cannabis as a child, i was on the toilet way too much due to crohns disease
Started everyday use when i was 12. Sold it throughought junior and senior high so it was always accesable in high quantities. Id pick up about a pound a week sell 14 ounces and smoke 2. 52 grams a week for 6 years pn average and then they legalized it. Im comvinced its different. Idk. I dont trust the gov. Canadian here. I wish i coukd go back and wait til my brain was fully developed. I became addicted to heroin at 17 and cocain around the same time. Not saying weed is a gateway but the same places i was getting large amounts of weed there were large amounts of everything going around. Im currently 26 clean from opiods for 4 to 5 years and cocaine for 3 but i can not seem to stop amoking or eating marijuana. Amd im definitely in some kind of depression right now. Pray for me
I started smoking not everyday in grade 10/11 I believe it was a miracle drug for me I have terrible ADHD so I would get angry and distracted easily smoking marijuanna made me chill focused and never stressed now when I turned 18 or just before 17 I was kicked out of home for smoking and this started my drug habit smoking daily partying on weekends now last year halfway through the year I quit smoking (hardest thing in my life) and packed on about 12-15kg I’m 6’2 so I went from fairly thin at 80kg to chubby at 92-95kg I got to 98kg at one point but I noticed instantly I was depressed/bored/other thinking normal tasks seemed impossible I was stressed and miserable my old self had come back didn’t want to talk to anyone didn’t like anyone but about 6 months of quitting which seems like a lifetime it was the best decision ever lost some weight working 6am-3pm Gyming from 4.30pm-6.00pm reconnecting with family and doing the most for everyone it takes time getting off marijuanna my next step is to quit vaping which is the next hardest thing but I want to grow as a person and in other ways your brain fully devolopes at 25 so your under that you have a fighting chance I’m about 5 months in from being 20 and I’ve seen guys at my work how they act from smoking for 10-20 years there grown baby’s have hissi fits at anything and everything there poor and lazy and I didn’t want to be like that my mum and dad always told me never do dope but of course you don’t listen I know now
How dare they make this plant look evil shame on them
Cannabis doesn't pose a risk it is the agents being allowed to grow the cannabis that is a problem. Because we are not supposed to be growing in chemicals but growing in soil that is naturally rich & abundant in nutrients for plants to take up nutrients. The problem the methods being used to grow that cause toxicity. If people are told flushing your plants isn't needed because of new scientific evidence. People will then stop flushing their plants allowing these chemicals to smoked. Many of these chemicals are toxic to humans / heavy metals & chelation agents used with neutral medias. The building of proteins is extremely important & when you have hybridization it literally causes mutations & isn't stable one bit! When our heirlooms were removed they also removed the generations of the next generation of heirlooms to follow. You realize your own bad chemistry is what is causing the extinction of generations.
To blame the plant for having toxic chemicals in combination with thc is more of a problem then the thc itself.
Marijuana and other products containing THC, the plant’s main psychoactive ingredient, have grown more potent and more dangerous as legalization has made them more widely available. Although decades ago the THC content of weed was commonly less than 1.5%, some products on the market today are more than 90% THC.
I've tried to stop, but i have anger issues, and weed is the only thing that helps me not end up in prison
Thank you for sharing this information. You are helping families understand the effects of this drug on our young people. I'm going to share with one young person I know with hopes that informs him to stop using it altogether because I do not see any potential good especially with the regular use.
Just found out our 14-year-old son is smoking pot. If I could do it all over, I wouldn’t have done anything till I was 25 and I wouldn’t have been doing them recreationally that’s for sure. Therapeutic uses only- but I’m 41 so I have a different perspective on life and substances now, especially after dealing with opiate addiction and losing so many friends and family members to addictions in all forms.
It’s over for me 😭😭
If youre going to use cannabis or any other drug, be wise as to how you use it.
If you abuse it by having too much, too often, too strong, its going to bite you in the arse, plain and simple.
Be responsible with your drug use.
A very important video. I'm from London, UK, and smoked high thc cannabis as a teenager almost daily for 2-years. I experienced several cannabis-induced psychotic episodes. There is no history of mental illness in my family. My heartfelt advice is – if you are a teenager that's smoking cannabis, stop! Ceasing that, as soon as you notice paranoid thinking, stop! It can get real bad, real quick.
There is unfortunately a high conversion rate from cannabis-induced psychosis to schizophrenia – approximately 1 in 2. That is not a roll of the dice you want to play.
The enormous mental health risks of cannabis to teenagers need to be highlighted far more frequently, and parents also need to become far more educated on the topic.
High level THC has lead to my 34 year old son to be in mental ward with psychosis, schizophrenia and bi polar.
i can somewhat agree with this video bc i know there will be problems later in life do to being a smoker, but as someone who suffer greatly with my mental health, after adopting the common use a cannabis in my normal day to day i have not only become a happier person but have also made significant steps in better my mental health along side taking drastic steps in my life. is it bad I'm willing to except the risk of the future for a greater now and a happier life?
do i even want to know
I started smoking when I was 14. For the first few months it was very rare that I would smoke. But coming into the next year, I smoked every single day. From the age of 15 to now, currently 20, I have smoked essentially everyday. I’ve always wanted to quit but never been able to. Im very aware of the dangers it causes but never took the initiative to stop. I’m currently writing this while sober. Only for a day. Hopefully someone can see this and have the motivation to quit. You don’t want to lose all feelings and emotions. My biggest issue with stopping is that I don’t know how I should feel. I’ve gone so long being in a constant state of high. I don’t think I will quit but I hope I do. This message is just for the young ones who stumble across this video after some uses of weed. Please stop before it’s too late to even know who you are.
I'm 16 and agree with everything he has said in this video I've only been smoking for about a year and yet the changes in how I think are crazy. I'm a 4.7 GPA student and yet I feel as if I can't solve basic problems and often have to think about what I'm going to say because nothing feels natural anymore. I smoke so much that I honestly forgot what it feels like to be sober. Days blend together and you often find your core memories that you thought you would never forget fading away or fogging up. Over the last 2 months or so I don't think I've really had but one or two nights where I didn't smoke ( you become so dependent on it you find it nearly impossible to fall asleep without it). Carts (THC Disposables and vape pens) I would say are much worse for you than actual weed however both have the same side effects. The accessibility of being able to hit a cart anywhere at any time is one of the biggest issues because it allows you to smoke so much more frequently, with grass you have to use it on special occasions. Plus (don't quote me on this) but I'm pretty sure carts being so concentrated also makes the effects more potent and come on faster. I will say that I was a chronic smoker so my side effects will be much worse than someone who does it on occasion however if you haven't picked up smoking don't start. Don't be like me, don't think that you will be cool or popular if you smoke, the only thing you will be doing is harming your mind. Yesterday I finally decided to make a change in my life and destroyed all of my disposables and carts. Quitting is not easy but for anyone struggling with quitting, I believe in you. One of my biggest regrets in life is starting. You will only listen to a person on the internet as much as you choose to listen but I strongly urge you not to give in to the temptation it isn't worth it and once you start you become dependent on it.
I have smoked marihuana 6 times in my life. 1 when I was 16 and 4 months. And 5 times when I was 19, in the time frame of 2,5 mounts. How will it impact my brain?
I began using marijuana at 16 and quit a month ago at the age of 20. Since then, I've been dealing with HOCD, and it's been a challenging experience, trust me. I used to be an optimistic person, but during that time, I started seeing the world in a more negative light. I'm gradually returning to a more normal state, and based on my experience, I don't recommend using THC.
Ive been a daily user since 6th grade and am almost 40. Ive been above average in pretty much all categories in school and most non scholarly areas in life. Where can i become a paid test subject?
Me watching this high rn fighting my addiction, i started smoking heavy at 15 and I’m 18 rn and i definitely have been using it to cope and i am stopping today
you are fluent in yapanese
I used marijuanas 10 years since i was 15. Maybe spent 2 years sober in between. The only real benefit it has is pain. But Even then.. I ended up becoming so dependent that I had to smoke every night and wake up 4 hrs later to smoke again just to sleep. I never remembered dreams. I was forgetful. Depressed. I felt like a genius after quitting. And started gaining back My natural sleep cycle.
Sometimes i would get stoned and get lost in work and befor i know it ive accomplished alot. Got high with a coworker once and we put up a record that night for the whole warehouse. This is forklifting driving in a warehouse back in the day! Im tellin you that OG got me in the zone sometimes. But on the other side of that. Their was those days were the weed made me tired and burnt out and i didnt wanna do shit. But dont get me wrong i wasnt smokin and workin daily. But i noticed getting high made me look at work differently not dread it and hate it. I would get in the zone like a flow state. I quit for healthier lungs live longer for my kids! Quit that and cigs one day cold turkey. Never looked back.
Been smoking MJ since i was 14 yo and am now 70 yo. I read many of the comments, all from ppl with self described mental problems they blame on MJ, but i can say w/o doubt or hesitancy that None of the "problems" described by those sorry former smokers has ever bothered me. I can think clearly, make a plan and see it through. I can think deeply and critically on subjects i'm familiar with. If those ppl can't think it's probably cuz the schools don't teach kids how to think or think critically or deeply about anything anymore. When i was in school we were taught how to think critically and i still have that ability, MJ didn't take it away.
I agree with you but I’m thinking some of there studies could’ve been from people with already troubled past and the marijuana is just a less lethal crutch, doesn’t make it better but could be correlation than causation especially when constant cannabis use in young adults eat away from the dopamine receptors.