Attention Drug Users: I have a questions about teh marijuana
 

I think they do some what.... But not as much as alcohol...

Yes, you can build a tolerance, but not much.

Just try it and find out

Switching variety makes all the difference. I have a high tolerance to regular weed so I dont smoke it. I prefer the specially grown or none at all.

Yes I have to smoke quite a bit to get high.

Yes, you build up a high tolerance just the same as alcoholics do.

There is differences in strain and what not that do lower it a bit, but for the most part you build a heavy tolerance.

When you smoke just a little bit of weed, many people get giddy, silly or even anxious or paranoid. When you smoke weed all the time, it's more of a steady effect. You're not so messed up.

over time I have lost my tolerance.

So you used it for a while, built up a tolerance, then kept using it and went back to being sensitive to it?

Or are you just so stoned that you have no idea what you just wrote?

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yes tolerance is built...

all depends on the strain like most say... some you have to smoke a ton to even feel, thats called ditch weed, some you barely inhale and you're high as a mother fucker, thats called the good shit!

yep, i had to smoke so much towards the end. just ended up quiting the habit.

yes 8 chars

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I agree with all the above people.. You can build up a tolerence but not as much as booze and if you switch types it can help so you do not have as much of a tolerence for the same high... There are also different types of highs depending on the different type of weed you smoke...

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meaning, when I was younger, I could smoke alot more at a time if I wanted, and I usually did... now that I am older, I'm a one hitter quitter... good thing is that an 1/8th will last me 2-4 weeks now, though. at the time when I was smoking the most, an 1/8th would last a few days.

This thread gives me the munchies...


mmmmm apple cinnamon fruit grain bar....







Im sorry.... what??

Yes a tolerance can be built.

And to those saying trying different kinds of weed might help the tolerance, I'd like to add it's much like trying different types of alcohol -- the tolerance is still there in many cases, but the user just experiences a slightly different "high", though "tolerated".

lollllllllllll the answer is yes i would pay to get as high as i did when i first smoked it (disclaimer: cigarettes)

Teh marijuanas? wtf... :Oh crap

Why do gay people have to go out of their way to make sure everyone knows they're a faggot lil fruitcake? Some weird motherfuckers in this world...

yes you can build up a tolerance to THC, the active cemical part of the weed. The more you smoke the more it builds up.
of course that tolerance goes down again once you have been away from the weed for a couple of days.

funniest thing ive seen posted today

Leave the gay people alone.

1. They're helping with population control.
2. They're pissed they chose their own "cause" and didn't piggy back on a disability issue / act.

Regardless, they're doing their part at keeping the population down.

yeppers.

But it's different than with alcohol. Alcohol tolerance is usually coupled with addiction, as it damages receptors.

Pot doesn't damage receptors so much as it clogs them up, and marijuana tolerance is usually the result of the brain's effort to maintain equilibrium without the adversities of addiction... some would say the brain is preprogrammed to handle THC, and it sorta directs the THC to the spots that it'll allow THC build-up to take place after awhile.

The only relation that pot types have to tolerance levels seems to be in the amount of THC present in the varietals.

Here's an interesting article on the subject of marijuana tolerance, if you're inclined to read up on the subject:

http://www.ukcia.org/research/gettman3.htm

So that you know where it's coming from, the guy that wrote it's a regular author for High Times, and is a Ph.D. that has made his life's ambition the legalization of marijuana.

Never tried alcohol eh?

how about caffiene, tabacco, or sugar. They are all powerfull and addictive drugs that kill millions of people every day. Ever try them drugs?

Yes, you build up a significant tolerance.. for me, probably moreso than alcohol.

I seem to get less and less tolerant of alcohol the more I drink :(

i think not..

I think what you mean to say was you haven't taken drugs that are "illegal" , big difference :) i bet you suck back the drugs :) ever eaten an egg mcmuffin ? bingo..

i think its crazy how you say teh instead of the. Its THE

I have a question too:



Did it hurt the first time you took it up the pipe? its a serious question.

After the past 6 hours in Amsterdam, I beg to differ. http://www.gofuckyourself.com/images.../1orglaugh.gif

Either that or isn't sure what tolerance means.

Nah, Do You Know the Muffin Man's, Chocolate Cheesecake

just get high.

marijuana isnt a drug.

Yes you build a tolerance over a very short period of time (a week or two weeks of daily use). You still get the same high each time you smoke after that but the duration of your high is not as long.

And I would say that tolerance disappears completely if you don't smoke for about a week. At least this is the case with myself. Of course with all drug use it varies from person to person.

i can agree with that. :thumbsup

BoyAlley have you ever been injured? Like a broken bone, serious illness, surgery? I'm quite positive you've not been drug free your entire life. That morphine they put you on is 100x stronger than any marijuana I've smoked. Hell even a vicodin or valium is more potent than marijuana. :2 cents:

Ok being a very heavy user for close to twenty three years, yes the doctors started me at age twelve; though I was also ultra high on my first birthday by all reports when I ate my parents only joint before going to my grandmothers for my 1st birthday party.

The tolerance is very different. I typically do not get the giddy or the slowness of the brain like I first did early on. As stated above though that certain strains can bring some of that back again even to a chronic user, there are a huge number of cannaboids and combinations unlike alcohol. However I still get the important effects needed such as hunger (no safe substitute), muscle spasm relief (better than Valium), minor pain relief (not as medically grounded as the others, but often used as an excuse), and migraine relief (equal to the shots). Yet I have and use different strains or specially breed strains to get each or a combination of effects. None of these have lowered with any noticeable tolerance. OK on muscle spasms sometimes I need a whole joint or something instead of a few puffs or whatever, that however I blame more on the strength of the spasms.

Again though just about a week ago I had a new cross breed that I tried and again I felt giddy, very light headed, had an echo feeling, and was generally slower mentally again. New mix of cannaboids hit different triggers and receptors.

Lastly I have also had to go off of it for several months to almost a year at assorted times, the rumors of long term effects are just more false study propaganda. Your short term memory comes back the moment your no longer under its effects, your long term memory is fine, my lung capacity has always tested fine, and my oxygen saturation (test from 00 to 100 in blood stream) shows that I am always near a 98 to a 99, even when I was a constant cigarette smoker which defies most medical logic. Except during the year I had to stop smoking marijuana, and just cigarettes my O2 stats were in the high 70's low 80's.

*If your curious about the near year I had to stop, that was when I was being federally prosecuted via Conspiracy against the United States of America, for cultivation and distribution (several counts), minimum sentence on one count was ten to life in federal prison. This all occurred during my assistance in passing proposition 215, when shortly after it passed I turned myself in when the sheriff told me I had a federal warrant for my arrest due to the operation of a clinic (after law was passed).

Weee I think that was post 23456.

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Sorry

yea definitely you build up a tolerance

When I was in amsterdam my first spliff of white widow I nearly whited out! A few days in and I'd adjusted and was smoking loads of it and was fine.

Yes you can build a tolerance, in a different way. I smoked 3.5 grams a day of high grade pot for 3 years now. I can smoke a quarter or more if I want, no problem. Actually you can get HIGHER by smoking less once you have a very high tolerance. Taking 1 or 2 hits and stopping might give you the same old high you felt when smoking at the beginning.

like After Shock Media said... different CBNs in different strains. So you smoke one strain for a week, switch to another type and it may have a different variety of CBNs.

The broader definition of cannabinoids refer to a group of substances that are structurally related to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or that bind to cannabinoid receptors.


Your body has built in cannabinoid receptors, it does not have nicotine receptors.


Before the 1980's, it was often speculated that cannabinoids produced their physiological and behavioral effects via nonspecific interaction with cell membranes, instead of interacting with specific membrane-bound receptors. The discovery of the first cannabinoid receptors in the 1980s helped to resolve this debate. These receptors are common in animals, and have been found in mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles. There are currently two known types of cannabinoid receptors, termed CB1 and CB2.


* CB1 receptors are found primarily in the brain, specifically in the basal ganglia and in the limbic system, including the hippocampus. They are also found in the cerebellum and in both male and female reproductive systems. CB1 receptors are essentially absent in the medulla oblongata, the part of the brain stem that is responsible for respiratory and cardiovascular functions. Thus, there is not a risk of respiratory or cardiovascular failure as there is with many other drugs. CB1 receptors appear to be responsible for the euphoric and anticonvulsive effects of cannabis.

* CB2 receptors are almost exclusively found in the immune system, with the greatest density in the spleen. CB2 receptors appear to be responsible for the anti-inflammatory and possibly other therapeutic effects of cannabis.






In conclusion, this means that marijuana needs to be studied at more universities for its medical effects. Imagine what could happen if Harvard Medical School was allowed to explore this.....

smoking a bong right now - and I would bet the $1230au dollars i have in my wallet that you would still find me irresistably fuckable. Isn't that all that matters??? (u can watch me for a price)

Yea, kinda. I didn't have time to read all the thread so I'm sure it's been answered 5 times but when I smoke the same strain of weed daily for a week it will give diminished return for the same amount. Once I pick up a new bag of something different, it's like starting with a clean slate.

There's also the stronger weeds a beginner shouldn't be smoking if he's only used to schwag or nothing at all. I was inebriated for like 7 hours, bottomed out and corpse-like off some tropical stuff for doing too many bong hits. I only smoked bird's nest kinda shit before that, so when I did it, way overwhelming.

yeah, what he said, too much love will kill you - or have you humping legs in search for satisfaction.