Re: Dangers of Marijuana
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2020 3:30 am
Smoking a lot of (relatively weak) pot back in the 90s definitely didn't help me as a young adult. Firstly, I was using it as an escape from problems- as the problems became bigger there was more and more to escape from- stopped going out, didn't attend university lectures (very much a UK student stereotype) and ended up dropping out and getting a job a kitchen porter.
Also,in retrospect I was in the beginnings of what could have been pretty severe mental health issues. I started to receive secret personal messages in William Burroughs novels, and could see clues that shadowy fascistic organisations were operating in my community. Luckily I stopped smoking before it got any worse, but still think there may be residual effects.
I know other people who were/ are heavy smokers who have all kinds of severe paranoia, anger issues, depression etc.
Obviously, there are many people who enjoy weed while maintaining happy lives, and maybe even can use it stimulate creativity. But all in all, I have a lot of resentment and a feeling of being cheated by a culture which from Bob Dylan to Cypress Hill advertised marijuana as a kind of right of passage for young adults wanting to assert their independence.
(Actually the bitter resentment and feelings of having been cheated by the cultural values I used to embrace is something I need to work at getting past through meditation.)
Also,in retrospect I was in the beginnings of what could have been pretty severe mental health issues. I started to receive secret personal messages in William Burroughs novels, and could see clues that shadowy fascistic organisations were operating in my community. Luckily I stopped smoking before it got any worse, but still think there may be residual effects.
I know other people who were/ are heavy smokers who have all kinds of severe paranoia, anger issues, depression etc.
Obviously, there are many people who enjoy weed while maintaining happy lives, and maybe even can use it stimulate creativity. But all in all, I have a lot of resentment and a feeling of being cheated by a culture which from Bob Dylan to Cypress Hill advertised marijuana as a kind of right of passage for young adults wanting to assert their independence.
(Actually the bitter resentment and feelings of having been cheated by the cultural values I used to embrace is something I need to work at getting past through meditation.)