Posted 4:30 PM
Now let get on to Marijuana, the second smoked stuff I'm allergic to. These are raw data/raw facts retrieved from various science journals and articles. I'm still doing more research (A LOT of people's experimented with THC) so there will be more to come...I'll probably compile an essay as soon as I gather enough facts, pro and con.

Within the first few minutes of inhaling marijuana smoke, the user experiences incresed heartrate. We're not talking about running or jogging where there's also a normal increase of adrenaline, but just an increse of heartrate. Most of the time the heartrate is doubled and can trigger heart attacks.

A marijuana user will experience more intense sensations, involving all 5 senses. It relaxes the user in the same way that pain killers take away pain, or like a muscle relaxant. Time will seem to pass very slowly, or very fast - THC affects the area of the brain dealing with memory, sensation, thought, concentration, time perception, and coordinated movement. That's the good stuff.

Now onto the bad stuff. It makes the user's mouth dry up, and get "the munchies". Because it interferes with the body's ciculatory system (hence the increased heartrate), it causes the limbs to grow cold, clammy, and/or tremble. The good sensations passes after a while, and the user will feel the side effects which includes: drowsiness, depression, anxiety, fear, distrust, and panic. With chronic usage, these effects become permanent and effects personality.

Marijuana, like tobacco, is related to respiratory diseases and various cancers. The greater the amount of marijuana smoked, the more likely the user is to acquiring cancers of the brain, neck, and lungs.

Users who smoke both tobacco and marijuana find it much harder to quit smoking tobacco than users who smoke ONLY tobacco.

Marijuana contains 50-70% more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than ordinary tobacco. As opposed to popular belief, marijuana is much more carcinogenic than tobacco. On top of that, THC reduces the body's immunity against infectious diseases and cancers.

It is well known by all users that THC affects short-term memory. In fact, it ages the hippocampus (the memory banks of the brain). The effect is that, say your average life span is 80 years, after smoking mariyuana for 26 years, your memory is that of a 70 year old. Since neurons do not replace themselves as quick as other cells in the body, this effect is cumulative (adds together) and irreversible.

THC, as "natural" as it is, affects the body by mimicking the human body's natural THC-like chemicals. Like other enzymes in our body, these cannabinoids helps the body with different sensations. When a user smokes marijuana, the natural balance of the body is affected, and in time it degrades the body's cannabinoid receptors - the user will want to increase the dosage to get the same sensations. The body will still be producing the same cannabinoids. The result is that, these natural cannabinoids produced sensations (most of which are "euphoric") will no longer be produced by the body itself but become dependent on THC.

During periods of "not smoking" or on trying to quit smoking marijuana, the user will be irritable, often have insomnia, and anxiety. A chronic user when not under influence of the drug might be more aggressive than before usage of it.

Posted 3:33 PM
Some people grow out of their allergies.

Lucky bastards.

As far as I can remember, I was a relatively healthy kid. There was the occational cold, the chicken pox, mild asthma, fear of heights...but I had no allergies.

And then I turned 20 and henceforth I was allergic to everything under the sun. Grass, weeds, pollen, sun, second hand smoke causes me to break out in hives. Oh yeah, let's not forget alcohol and the rashes.

I've been doing research on smokes. There are three things on my list: cigarettes, cigars, marijuana. I can't be in the same room when any of them are burning.

Here's my findings so far, in raw facts:

1. Tobacco kills more Canadians per year(45,000) than WWII(42,000).

2. 80% of lung cancer victims are tobacco users.

3. 30% of cancer victims are tobacco users.

4. There are more than 4000 chemicals in Tobacco. 43 of which are PROVEN to be carcinogenic (cancer-causing). Among them are listed: lead, formaldehyde, arsenic, hydrogen cyanide, acetone, carbon monoxide.

5. It takes about 50 miligrams of nicotine to kill a person, if swallowed. That's basically a drop. There's more than that in 2 packs of cigarette. You can't smoke 50 cigarettes at the same time though, of course. And for those who smokes regularly it's like taking in a little bit of poison at a time and building up a tolerance to it. But in reality it's equivalent to chewing on rat poison.

6. Tobacco is extremely addictive. Most people don't know why they smoke. They just do it.

7. You might never have heard of this, but smoking also causes Buerger's disease. It causes inflammation of the arteries and cuts off circulation to the limbs - it usually leads to amputation. It almost ALWAYS occurs in a smoker.