Why Smoking Weed is Actually Bad/Good For You 

Like everything in life, moderation is key. Kick back and smoke a joint, or have that beer. Just know your limits

Ive been smoking everyday for 30 years and I can hear colors just fine!

I was in my 30s, sober and suicidal. I had chronic anxiety and my mental health prevented me from reaching my potential. I gave in and tried weed. It’s been 4 years and I feel like I have my life back. I’m more productive, in better shape, and free from anxiety and depression. It works for me better than any pill I was ever prescribed to ease my symptoms.

In middle school i had ended up being diagnosed with bone cancer specifically ewing sarcoma, i smoked heavily while going through chemotherapy it really helped me alot especially after surgery im thankful to be cancer free today, a huge thankyou to the doctors at UCLA children's hospital for saving my life

I have smoked a LOT of cannabis. I am 70 yrs old and have smoked for 50 yrs. I have been in medicine that long also. I am retired, and very glad to be able to indulge when I feel the desire. I never thought getting weed would get this easy! I live in a condo across the street from a very nice cannabis shop!

I have PTSD and weed has helped reduce nightmares. The doctors originally prescribed prazosin, which gave me migraines. For a while there I definitely smoked too much, but have now found a good balance of smoking 3-4 nights a week. Not everyday, but enough to get by.

Nowadays I mostly light up a J or two on the weekends to relax(used to be a more frequent smoker back in university), and while I agree with most of the things in the video, my personal experience while smoking & driving is that I feel weed doesn't impair my motor function at all, on the contrary I seem to ride more carefully & slowly after a smoke sesh.

Moral of the story is weed effects everyone differently and you shouldn't abuse it. Use/ smoke/ eat in moderation...

I am totally pro-legalization, but I do think marijuana advocates paint an unrealistically rosy picture of the drug. Yes, it's way safer than most other rec drugs, especially alcohol. But that doesn't mean it can't be a negative force in your life. Having been a heavy user at times, it does cloud your mind to some degree. You can still function, but you're not at your sharpest. I also don't think it's a great idea for adolescents to use it, since your brain is still growing until the mid-20s. And while it's nowhere near as difficult a habit to kick as many drugs, if your tolerance has gotten very high, it's NOT easy to stop. You'll experience sleeplessness, lack of appetite and other unpleasant things for up to 2 weeks. I just think people should approach marijuana in a mindful way, and try to avoid having it every single day for months on end.

I have body pain, ADHD and Autism with depression and anxiety; I can't even conclude to answering the question about is it bad or not. I can only say this: it has its benefits and risks.

Like the video mentioned smoking weed affects people differently. For me the effects of sleeping are the opposite of what the video stated. I’ve been smoking weed almost every single night for the past 2 years and my REM sleep is great. I have so many vivid dreams but then again I’ve always had crazy/epic dreams. But the most beneficial thing from smoking weed has been the reduction of sleep paralysis. I used to have 2-3 episodes of sleep paralysis every week when I was in high school. Over the years it died down to 1-2 episodes every 2 or 3 months. Sometimes a little more. Sometimes less. And sometimes the interval was longer. But I noticed that every time I smoke before sleep Ive had ZERO sleep paralysis episodes.

I started smoking since my teenage, got addicted to cigarettes. Spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

Who else watching this while smoking weed?

After 21 years of smoking I finally gave it up😂 I have way more energy and get alot more done...it made me comfortable being uncomfortable and I wasn't making any positive moves in life...not writing it off forever just for now😂

I will never forget when I worked with a pregnant woman who told me that if I want a baby that doesn't cry then just smoke weed during pregnancy. I wonder how her children turned out to be.

A very Christian old fashioned lady that lived next door to us got diagnosed with cancer. She was a nurse and very much had spent her whole life staying away from anything considered drugs. But towards the end of her life the pain got so bad that she was finally willing to try some of the medical majahona that my father is prescribed. She didn’t use it as often as she was offered it, but she did admit that it helped with the pain and calmed some of her nerves when she did use it…She was a very sweet women and she will be missed. She didn’t want to go even though she had led a long fulfilling life. No one thought she was gonna die when she did because she was a picture of health, especially compared to her husband. Everyone including both of them thought that she’d outlive him and neither herself or her husband were mentally prepared for it to go the other way around…I’m just glad that she was willing to allow herself some relief in her last days and that her husband has my family checking in on him weekly. My little sisters visit him and he treats them like his grandchildren. I think he is doing better now, but the first year was very rough on him

I have a brain injury on the left side of my brain from a bully incident when I was a child. I have PTSD, with organic and borderline personality disorders and schizophrenia. Both medical weed and oil and street weed helps... I've stayed out of mental health wards for many years now. Life is tolerable once you have a cone. I'm less suicidal too. Everything in the video here is spot on.

I love the fact I'm in the sky off 2 dab hits and an edible watching this video. He is right about chronic migraines. Works great.

Weed > alcohol addiction

Smoking and watching this video always trying to learn

I personally make sure my mind is in a good place before i smoke, because if I’m on edge it can make those feelings worse

IT IS A BLESSING! I have many chronic painful conditions, Doctors treated me with opioids for 27 years. I've been on EVERYTHING, they pumped me full of so much of Oxy, prescribed me 240mg a day (20 yrs ago) then on to Fentanyl. The Fentanyl was patch form, which is better for addiction problems. At one point the doctors started talking about opioid induced pain, I thought they were F'n crazy. Eventually I couldn't handle the increasing pain, hated the doctors & had to change things. I stopped the opiates cold turkey, NOT FUN but for 1 month I took only otc meds, CBD oil drops & vape & smoked my normal amount of weed. That was over 7 years ago. In those 7 years I found a different pain management regimen with the cannabis, my life has turned around. I have a clear mind, a memory again (yes, really) & my pain level is manageable. I am a new woman & have never been happier. If I continued along the path the medical establishment forced on me I have no doubt in my mind I would not be alive today.

This video is timely because I’ve been smoking like 2 joints a night for 6 months and since January has started I’ve completely stop. I’ve felt better in these 11 days than I have for a long time. Been making progress in life and have finally been hitting the gym hard plus have like 10 times the energy. Come February I want to start doing it again every Saturday but if I can’t keep to that schedule I want to to cut it out forever.

As a person who lives with cerebral palsy it helps with my pain

I started smoking weed in 1983 at the age of 13. Im 55 now and a habitual user. I've been smoking a 1/4 lb a month since 1993. I am under the im under the influence every waking moment with few exceptions. I don't get high, but it makes me happy. The major problem I have is with my eyes. My eyes are so soft from smoking that the eye doctor can't take the glaucoma test. The effects are seeing sunspots frequently. The benefit of less pressure in the eyes is amazing, though. My night vision is at a whole new level. Works great for me because I work 3rd shift outside.

Im a habitual smoker. I have ptsd. It's been a miracle for me. Ive smoked every day for the last 5 years.

Great video, with a lot of detailed information.

I dont think you should really smoke until you're in your 20s when your body is truly close to being done developing into a mature adult (21-25). And it's safest still, to just consume edibles. And I can definitely attest to neurological pain and mental health help with cannabis. I have not great anxiety and that helps me to fall asleep eariler, i almost never fall asleep before 5 am when I don't use.

I am 22 rigt now, and i was introduced to marijuana in my senior year of high school, when i was 17. I was bullied really badly in school because of my mental illnesses, so having something that makes my brain slow down, and be able to process information rationally and calmly, rather than getting worked up over nothing. When you live your life tense because of anxiety, or drained because of depression, having that joint and being able to relax, be calm and not overthink things, even for a few hours makes such a big impact on people who are constantly uncomfortable. I am PRO marijuana, all the way. IF people are able to respect it, and use it wisely.

I’ve been a chronic smoker for 4 years, I had tried it once or twice at 18 and it didn’t become a habit till I hit 22 (time of pandemic), up until today I’m 26yo. Weed started off as being my favourite past time at a time where I felt I was pretty lost. It made colours more vivid and made life seem more “pink” in my eyes. Weed started off fairly recreationally up until it wasn’t anymore. I had a psychosis last year when I combined weed with some stronger opioids and it wasn’t a pleasant sight. I couldn’t sleep and was very paranoid for over a week or so. Ever since I’ve tried to quit cold turkey and gradually yet nothing has proved fruitful for me so far. I now am married and my wife supports me going separate ways from the Za. It’s a work in progress but I’m still working on not giving into my cravings. My advice for those who are like me in that phase of just smoking occasionally: if you have an addictive personality, stay away from weed. Weed is the best drug to relax, have fun, get productive even but more so can be very addicting and hard to stop if you have the need to stop one day.

Im a medical patient and for me its amazing my quality of life has dramatically changed for the better, a big part of it was the fact i no longer felt ashamed for medicating and purchase black market from untrustworthy sources. I now know exactly what is in my medicine all the levels of thc and cbd are tested thouroughly before.

i’m in the process of getting a bipolar 2 diagnosis, but all my manic symptoms went down significantly after i started smoking regularly, after doing look snooping around i found that while weed triggers manic episodes in some people in others it essentially stops it in it’s tracks, like how some people get anxious when they smoke too much and others don’t

I hear worse side effects on pharmaceutical commercials.

I've never experienced any of the negative things that this video outlines. I've been smoking weed for almost 40 years and my life has been great.

He’s so right bout the sleep part i was smoking for like 6 years and I didn’t realize I only had a couple dreams through that time I just thought dreaming was rarer thing to happen and I would wake up in the middle of the night to smoke then I stopped n after like 2 months I started to dream heavily and they didn’t make sense just a bunch of random stuff

I recently beat cancer and weed really helped. I used it for my neuropathy, eating and pain relief. I was on chemo for 6 months and weed was a godsent.

I went from severe ptsd episodes to some type normal life. There's good and bad in everything

I smoke weed daily and I was already aware of not having alot of dreams for a while because it was really noticeable but for some reason when I do have a dream it’s something power and lucid! like iv been holding a dream back for ages and then bam your in another world.

I think like literally everything we encounter in life there's going to be benefits and there's going to be drawbacks. My state I live in just recently legalized weed for recreational use for adults over 21. When it's legal to buy in dispenseries I do plan to partake of the devil's lettuce. I have no experience with anything other than a few times I tried "dirt weed" in highschool days so I have zero tolerance and I know I will need to exercise caution since anything from a dispensery is likely to be considerably stronger than my past experiences.

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾

I never thought the infographic shows would be telling me if lighting up is good, but here we are

I smoked and got addicted to weed for the past 2 to 3yrs. I decided to quit smoking last summer because I wanted to focus on my driving lessons and I realized that it wasn’t benefiting my mental health either. I became more reserved, lazy, forgetful and more anxious. When I started to quit I experienced the withdrawals of weed. I was more irritable, depressed, lack of enjoyment in my interests, poor appetite, irregular sleep schedule, became underweight and overthinking a lot. My lung health started to decline this past fall and winter. I had upper respiratory infections, caught the flu, caught Covid twice and caught a little bit of pneumonia. I started to have breathing problems such as my chest tightened, feel a tickle in my lungs & throat, coughing, difficulty breathing, dizziness and lots of mucus. These attacks get triggered when I’m around any kind of smoke (especially cigarette smoke) and when I’m feeling very anxious or stressed out. I went to the doctor to have my lungs checked out. I told her about me smoking weed for the past few yrs and I also told her that I had quit smoking weed. She said that smoking weed can potentially weaken your lungs and make your lungs vulnerable to getting sick by common bacteria and viruses. I told her about my breathing attacks and she said it’s possible that I might either be developing asthma or I developed an allergy and sensitivity towards smoke. She prescribed me a inhaler for my breathing attacks and she said that I can get a refill when needed. So yea I pretty much found out that I had been fed a lie about smoking weed being harmless to your lungs. I also learned that getting addicted to smoking weed and chronic smoking can have some consequences on your lungs. Even in a short time span of 2 to 3 yrs of smoking can cause trouble for your lungs. Your health is more important than the relaxing high you get from smoking weed.

I get pretty deep anxiety over big issues or small issues. Weed allows me to calm down and properly analyze my feelings. As I age I find what my limits and what the best time to take THC.

I have a friend who went to college for medical marijuana. Still blows my mind you can get degree for Cannabis meanwhile some people are still in a cell.

The narrator sounds more calm and and his voice is deeper than usual. I think he had a joint himself

Don't inhale smoke when pregnant (ideally never do so) but what I would be more interested to know are the unmolested facts about the effects of consumed weed, in both pregnancy and not pregnant individuals.

Taking a deep breath in as I watch this! It helps me calm down and sleep without taking major pain medicine!!! It’s a balancing act, like with any medicines.

Been smoking since 18, got sciatica and insomnia, smoking daily helps greatly the only problem is building a tolerance and needing more to archive the same effect

I have fibromyalgia. I have tried so many diffrent medications! I then tried weed and I'll never go back! Plus I am way less unhinged!

me smoking weed rn 😂😂 LOVE THE INFOGRAPHICS SHOW!

Hey man I love hearing both sides. We are all different, that is the coolest part of life! I fulfill my responsibilities before I smoke, therefore it’s only on my own time. If you don’t like smoking then there’s nothing wrong with that. It helps me think throughly, and it helps me to process emotions in difficult times. Anyways, I’m just ranting. Love the video mate! All the best 😁

I love the channel.

You left out the effects it has on eating disorders that pertain to under eating. It relives the "eating will make me obese" paranoia. It aids individuals like myself whose childhood conditions them to eat less than a healthy amount. And it suppresses the gag reflex allowing people with texture issues to eat things that normally their brain freaks out about as well as inhibiting bulimia triggers.

Funny how weed is illegal where I live but they got no problem prescribing me hydromorphone for my Crohn's disease pain.

I stopped smoking since it started causing panic attacks and increasing my anxiety. I rarely used it too. Same with drinking, I can't do any of that anymore, which is fine with me.

I've had Chron's Disease for 11 years and weed is the reason why I haven't been on any pharmaceuticals or IV infusions in the last 7 years I'm convinced. The amount it helps my internal distress is almost no believable, I go from the restless feeling of being unsure if I can leave the house without weed. vs. smoking a joint with a cup of coffee and not having to use the bathroom at all. Wild the affects it can have on specific individuals.

Anyone else watching this high af?

"Stop killing each other, man. Let’s just smoke a blunt."

My grandad has been smoking since he was 16 he is now 64 and can still run and is one of the healthiest people I know and to this day he smokes 2 ounces a week

Wow, right on time. After my 8th joint today I'm having the thoughts that I have to quit again.

THANK YOU, i always wanted to know an unbiased pro and con infographic of smoking cannabis

Dr Dre told me years ago, smoke weed everyday

I’ve always been able to stop cold turkey / do T breaks. But man I took it too far this last time , and it becomes very, VERY habitual. the more you smoke the higher your tolerance , and more often and need more to get that “high” and not to mention it doesn’t last long at all after heavy use. Once you stop you totally become more productive , notice there is chores to do, or oh maybe I should go work out. MODERATION is key. I might introduce it back on the weekends but I’m 1 month off for now

I have a friend who tried weed, he was 1, a few minutes later he became very agitated and paranoid. He started speaking some senseless things and would all a sudden start running down the street at full speed screaming... we had to bring him to a friend's home and lock him in a room. The other day he woke up not remembering anything.

I'm not, like, a scientist or anything, I just know that weed has been good for me.

Love it

I was a patient testing out epidiolex (or however you spell it) when I was 16-18, I'm 21 now and it helps a lot for my epilepsy

Watching this while high hits different. Moderation, self control and awareness is the key.

I haven't smoked in a minute and feeling pretty good about it.

Certainly better for me, get it on prescription now and much better with zero side effects compared to SSRIs or the like

Definitely a blessing ❤

I had fatty liver due to being alcoholic. Also suffered from insomnia and had to drink alcohol to sleep like 3-5 times a week. Started smoking weed 2-3 years ago and now my blood results are all normal. I'm now physically fit (gained alot of muscles) and feel better in general.

The infographic show always has up to date and detailed information, keep up the good work ❤

It’s a literal gift from god, it’s amazing. helps my insomnia, my ptsd, joint pain, appetite. I think clearer, I can actually focus on what I’m doing and I’m not killing my liver with alcohol

What throws me in for a loop with the entire, is it good or bad situation is this. Where does one draw the line of it being effects from the cannabinoids or the literal smoke inhalation. Because it was mentioned in the section regarding the effects of pregnant women and how their births had problems that arise which are similar to regular smoking. I can see how the cannabinoids affects mental health and certain factors of daily living like sleep patterns and emotions but I don’t see how the same can be said for cardiovascular & pulmonary issues. Would love to have a discussion about this, I hope I can learn something new or see what I didn’t understand the first time!

Hash is a concentrated version, i love that is legal here in Canada but i of course know its not perfect

I was given Prozac as an anti-depressant and nearly killed myself. Cannabis got me in my feet. My brother had the opposite effect with both. Maybe take what "experts" say with a MASSIVE grain of salt

My collapsed lung says otherwise.

I have ben diagozed 6 years ago (when I was 32 yo) with epilepsy. After I started to smoke marihuana, frequency of my seizures have dropt dramatically!!!

I used to be an avid pothead and high as often as it was offered to me (which was almost daily). I used to adamantly defend the benefits. However, currently I haven’t smoked or used any other form of THC in almost a year. It caused me way too much anxiety and paranoia, affected my already messed up ability to sleep, caused break outs, I absolutely hated how dry my mouth would get. I hate coughing. I think due to multiple pollen allergies, it constantly made me sneeze and make my mouth itchy and honestly I don’t like smelling like I just smoked.. ya I certainly enjoyed it plenty in the past, it just isn’t worth it to me to keep up. Plus, I hardly spent my money on weed because I almost always had it offered to me and I see no reason to spend money on something that will make me intoxicated. Or at least not on a frequent basis. I don’t care if others use it. I don’t even care if people nearby me smoke it, I just no longer care for it personally.

I'm proud of myself for kicking the habit after smoking for so long.

There will never be a substance that hits hard like Marijuana that doesn't have its downsides. But when compared to its "peers" (nicotine, alcohol) the downsides are honesty not too bad as long as you dont smoke too much.

I started smoking later in high school, once my pre-glaucoma had formed into full blown glaucoma. We couldn’t and still can’t afford the pressure eye drops to help, and in the years since my progression has slowed. I’ll still go blind but at least I get to have my 20s

Packin bowl and watching the video.

Weed is a gift from god in my opinion.

✨ Amazing ✨

dang, I must not be smoking that much weed at all because most of the negative side effects are things I really don't usually experience especially when it comes to sports I found that it actually kind of helps a little bit

It's good to have research, especially with this unique herb.

I wanna hear more about oils/edibles!

Marijuana is a wonderful plant with many uses. Overuse of anything is bad, I use it not daily, but regularly for stomach issues that it seems to help. I'd like to cut back but I'm using about 2 grams a week which I don't think is that much but it's definitely a bit more than I'd like to be doing.

I actually suffer from schizophrenia and depression and anxiety disease and weed has indeed helped me more often than prescription psych drugs which did mess my body and mind up significantly. Everything in moderation and smoke is still not good for you but I sometimes have edibles and I function way better. In fact, when I suffer from my schizophrenia, it lets some of my symptoms move freely and I start to feel normalcy and calm. CBD is also a plus as a tincture and I only use a small tiny amount which keeps my nerves in a much better state. I keep myself realistic on certain things but it helped much more than what was suggested. I can stop and not be phased although some moments may vary. Schizophrenia is a permanent problem but I dealt with it for a pretty long time and find that my mind is in a much better state after using it for a long time and I can go a pretty long time without weed and still be functional. Best thing that ever happened to me but I also study some psychology on the side and some side effects can be a bit harmful to some compared to others. Some should not partake in weed especially if their anxiety prone when using it. Again, all depends on the user and whether their body is triggered in a bad or good way

I started to smoke weed when I was 17, not knowing that I had family that had past experience with psychosis/schizophrenia. After a while of some use I had a drug-induced psychosis from the weed I had smoked. When people say that weed is not dangerous, they can be wrong. It took me 5 weeks into the psych ward to recover. Stay safe out there people. Love

lol im watching this high af rn

It should be completely legalized everywhere since is the way better alternative to alcohol. That said, I don't buy potheads claims that it helps with EVERYTHING. I personally never enjoyed it. The "high" is unpleasant for me and I've tested legal stuff in Amsterdam.

Its interesting how the I knew the channels perspective exists especially I'm regards to it content choices, but seeing it make a video of cannabis seem so out of left field to me I had to click on it, and after watching the video confirmed all my beliefs.

I’ve suffered from insomnia since a young age just started smoking and I can actually sleep now the dreams part is true but I didn’t dream before I smoked either so idrc

Who knows we might evolve to have stronger lungs. 😅

Don’t care still smoking weed

The issue with the argument of long term, is that most long term smokers also know to take time off for tolerance

Love your videos!! ❤