People often neglect the idea that smoking *Anything* is bad for your lungs, and your body as a whole. Wether it's weed, tobacco, or you're sitting at a campfire inhaling smoke.
Dude, I smoke weed but I legitimately hate those potheads who believe it is not only perfectly safe, but healthy. It sounds stupid but I have legitimately argued with people who believe it is healthy to BURN AND INHALE ORGANIC MATERIAL.
@@whiskeysaint5609 From my life experience, inspite of all the "Benefits" these stoners preach about this thing, All of the weed smokers I know have either performed mediocre or completely ruined their lives 😑
Just quit weed after years of use, probably the best choice I've made in a long time. Although weed isn't the worst stuff out there, it def has it's downsides. Screwed up my mentals for a long while.
Yeah I don't like the smell and vapes, any vapes hurt my lungs to be around and make them feel sorta raw. I do use the occasional gummy to help relax enough before bed because I have chronic acute insomnia. Even that makes me feel like im being bad lol. I don't disaprove of others doing it but I feel weird about it personally.
Yea, I had all of those ailments long before I starting smoking weed. They're extremely common across the board nowadays. I'm not sure how much cannabis use causes them or just brings them out sometimes. I used to have chronic depression but over the years it cleared up and I've been smoking the entire time.
I had all the bad symptoms too (without using cannabis). Insomnia, bad mood, stress, etc. Now I use small doses to sleep and my life has improved significantly.
I didn't use for the first time until my late 30s and even then maybe twice a year. My mental health has taken an absolute noise dive and for the first time in my life I checked myself in rather than checking out completely. Cannabis helps me to get by day to day. Is it good for me probably not long term but without it I don't think I would still be here is the only joy I've felt in years.
Exactly! If someone you loved told you they have been drinking all day every day for years, and have been "functioning just fine", you'd still hold an intervention for them. Why do we think it's fine for people to be daily smokers, but not daily drinkers? You're still getting intoxicated every day, and that's not healthy, physically or mentally.
@@mattcridd2well, you can't act as if they're the exact same because they're not. alcohol poisoning leads to death but you literally cannot overdose on cannabis... they cause different outcomes, alcohol often leading to aggression, violence (including domestic violence), and drunk driving accidents. weed smoking usually does the opposite of making you violent and belligerent. yes, they both need to be respected and used in moderation and people need to take care of themselves overall, but that doesn't mean you can simplify it down that far to them being basically the same thing if used daily. I know plenty of daily weed smokers that have normal, productive, happy lives. it is literally not at all the same thing as drinking everyday, so your comment is such a false comparison. yes, there can be problems and drawbacks, but it's ridiculous that weed is the one that's illegal while alcohol is not, when it's very clear by the basic statistics that alcohol causes more problems in society and leads to more suffering and death than weed ever could... whereas weed can potentially help with a myriad of medical conditions like anxiety, depression, seizures, chronic pain, nausea, etc. decriminalize and legalize it federally, and regulate it, invest in rehab/health measures, and study it thoroughly with rigorous scientific testing. it's not that complicated. in general I don't want the government telling me what I can and can't do with my body and that includes what drugs I put into it. it's my basic freedom to take the risks for myself. It would be more safe if it was regulated, because people will do it whether it's legal or not, prohibition doesn't work.
@@mattcridd2As someone who has suffered from Chronic Migraines for 28 years, I’ve smoked marijuana for the last 13 years and seen significant improvements.. no pharmaceutical has done what weed has done for me. So you cannot say a blanket statement such as the one you mention.. it’s different for everyone and no where near alcohol.
As someone who has been a chronic recreational and medical user for a long time - it's nice to finally have some truly unbiased and well researched information coming out these days
LOL unbiased.... I wonder how many comments in here are bots. Flood the comments section with bots and nobody can have a conversation because everything gets diluted.
I needed this information. I've been using too much and this information solidified my perception of the symptoms I've been experiencing. I was in denial about how much weed was negatively affecting me, and I always told myself "in moderation it's fine though!" Problem is I haven't been using it in moderation. Thank you guys for the information and hard work, keep up what y'all do!
I quit weed a few months ago. I was smoking all day every day for 5-6 years and it eventually started to feel like I was turning my brain to a pile of mush and my tolerance is shot, I can’t enjoy any anymore basically. If I do get a high, it’s short lived in comparison and just isn’t *fun* anymore. It’s a REALLY good idea to stop as soon as you can. I went cold turkey and was relatively okay, tho it felt like my withdrawals lasted months instead of weeks, but that could’ve just been in my head. All this to say I see you, I hear you, I relate, and I wish you the best on your journey friend! You aren’t alone.
Thank God someone finally is speaking about the physical withdrawal symptoms. I grew for years. I started smoking when I quit heroin in my late twenties. Before that I didn’t smoke much, up until around the age of about 27. I quit at age 36. I was having severe memory impairment. I still have issues, though they’re better and it’s only been about a month and a half since I quit. I went through severe physical withdrawal. I was smoking a lot, about a 1/4 a day. Take it as you will. I quit heroin, severe psych meds over the years, been on and off benzodiazepines throughout my life so I’m well versed in withdrawal symptoms. I had severe depression, anxiety, constant sweating, chills and cold sweats at night, nightmares, runny nose like I was quitting dope or benzodiazepines. It was ROUGH. Now every one has a different body chemistry, and I’m sure my use patterns were on the higher end, I smoked joints like they were cigs and was always high. But I went through very severe and very REAL withdrawal. Weed does become physically addictive. Anything psychoactive you put into your body on a daily basis will cause some changes as your body adapts to not having it when you quit. But weed withdrawal is very real, and its addictive properties are as well. I get cravings in the same way I did for heroin after I quit that. Not as powerful of a pull, but definitely still powerful and something REAL.
That's funny. That's the most extreme reaction to barely smoking for a long time at all, that I've ever read. Clearly it's just not the drug for you *Started daily at 20, 35 now. Hate clutter and disorganization, hate spaces that aren't clean, graduated with a 3.951 in CJ in 2012 and am doing just fine today. My memory is a-okay too. Finally just read The Devil in The White City. Solid book and could talk to you in depth about it.
Your body withdrawals a certain way I feel like. That the drugs effect it to a small degree but across all of them is how particular your individual body reacts when it’s in that affect.
This year my mother went from a healthy, bright person to not knowing who I was, and then to her grave in the space of six months. As the dementia took her I watched my dad’s heart break. My weed vape, which i hit the odd evening, was all of a sudden a huge crutch for me. It really helped, it put this thin barrier between me snd the horror and it helped me be useful instead of a sobbing mess. After the funeral though I decided to quit for a while to get a healthy relationship back with weed. Emotion hit me like a train and I experienced true deep depression for the first time in my life. A cautionary tale that if you mask grief/pain it does not go anywhere. You need to feel and process it or it will grow, and it will come for you.
My Dad and I used to smoke together. He died of lung cancer. I knew full well that I desperately had to stop... It took over 5 years of fighting with myself to finally break the cycle. One of the major things that always pushed me back were the vivid dreams following quitting. Sleeping became like work. Dreams were so real it felt like I hadn't slept at all. I'd always wake up with some new cryptic message to try and decode. Now that I'm past it the initial drawbacks, I feel so much more comfortable in general. Every long term user should quit for at least a few months so they can learn who they are without it. I have a feeling most would refrain from returning to it.
Yep, had a rough last couple years of childhood and smoked for like two years straight, I’m almost 20 now and I’ve just quit, finally processing my emotions properly and things are actually getting better. Shocker 😂
I needed this honesty. I'm in the 10%; addicted, using it every day, pretty consistently, with high THC levels. And of course, every time I try to quit, those nasty withdrawal symptoms are very real, and I feel awful for 3 or 4 days, and I don't really feel 'great' until I make it more than a week - which is rare when the weed brings me all the good feelings right away. The only upside is that I started in my early 20s, and not my teen years, so the developmental damage should be less damaging - though the long term damage is definitely still there as I know I have no motivation and terrible memory problems. This video is a big motivator to heavily cut down, thank you for the science.
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as someone who was a regular user (1-2 times a week) during lockdown vs now (only when I feel like it, 1-2 times a month), this was the perfect time for this information to come out! Not fear mongering, but just plain information. I hope it comes across the right page of people!
Its is great you show the REAL side of it. I have expierenced a lot of things myself or in my peers that you guys mentioned. Weed is not only some fun stuff you do. It is a drug, and it should be respected as it.
Nobody wants to see radical thoughts weither good or bad about a drug. Informations about a drug should be absolutely arbitrary and far from any lobbies.
Probably the realest cannabis video I have ever viewed. Thank you for not continuing the trend of other channels that only want to show cannabis' positives. As a long time everyday, all day smoker (10+ yrs), I quite literally cannot sleep more than 2 hours without it, I wake up every morning with enough phlegm in my chest to drown a child, and I am extremely socially awkward at times even amongst friends, and I never used to be. Probably the worst part of all though, is that I am hyper-aware that my cannabis use is responsible for the majority of the negatives in my life, and I can't seem to be able to bring myself to stop for more than a couple of days without going insane. I'm preparing a mix while watching this video to keep my brain busy. 😢 Weed addiction is real, dont be afraid to reach out and to try and get help! There are people out there now who can help you get off the stuff. In my country you can actually volunteer yourself into an inpatient ward for 15 days to help you if you're in my shoes and don't have the discipline/willpower to stop.
Quitting weed cold turkey is horrible. I did it once. I only had been using it daily and heavily for about 5 or 6 months at that point though. Can't imagine what it's like after 10 years. Try tapering off is my best tip. To start try smoking every other day. Still gonna be a challenge, but much more manageable.
It’s hard to admit that man. I am experiencing the same thing and just quit 10 days ago. I have insomnia (since I was a kid) and the first few nights are hell, but if you truly want to stop, you can, and you won’t regret it. Good luck brother!
I quit a few months ago and used with the same length and regularity as you. My sleep still isn’t normal and I am still paranoid about hanging out with people. Hoping my brain normalizes again one day. Sending you love 💗
I started smoking weed when I was 15. I’m 28 now. In a few short years l’ll have smoked for longer in my life than not. It reminds me of my grandpa who we used to always scold for smoking cigarettes. He would say “it makes me happy” and “I’ve been smoking since I was 16 years old.” I don’t want to be the grandpa that my grandkids will be begging to stop. I still smoke but I’ve definitely reeled it back over the past couple years. The effects have been so obvious - I’m more clear headed, more confident, & more disciplined when I’m sober. I’ve found that my intention going into smoking makes a big difference. When I was younger I would say l’ll never be one of those people who say “I used to smoke weed” or that I grew out of it. But.. as much as I want to deny it, that seems like the path forward if I want to continue to grow and evolve into my best self. Weed helped me escape when I felt trapped in my life, but now that I have autonomy and endless possibilites to explore, it has become an easy way to hide away from that intimidating truth.
I used heavily from age 13-17… lo and behold I have had depression, anxiety, and terrible memory ever since 😔 Edit: Guys. I’m 35, it’s been twenty years
@@foxsake6634I mean maybe temporary but after more then a few months you'll be back to your normal self smoking for 3-4 years definitely won't cause crazy long term damage.
As someone who has been smoking almost daily during the summers and not at all the rest of the year, I can attest to many of the things mentioned in the video. By the end of the summer my memory tends to be quite bad and I perceive the prospect of stopping as really boring and every time I wanna keep going even if it has lost all the magic. Then, no more than a month after I quit for Uni, my memory improves, my motivation gets higher and I no longer miss it. And when I do it again next summer it's a much more pleasant feeling. Problem is with lots of free time to kill, I end up overusing it again. I'd like to use it in a more balanced manner but as mentioned in the video, it is truly addicting. Not in a heroin kind of way but in a social media kind of way. Subtle but still real.
This was probably the most unbiased discourse around weed I’ve ever come across. It also made me take a step back and ask myself a few hard questions about my current weed consumption. This was a great watch. Thanks for that
I am the 20% who can't handle drugs and alcohol. When you start using at the age of 15 and continue that regularly for 15 years with the only breaks being when I was in jail for over 2 years over the course of 10. Stop using drugs and alcohol if you have mental health issues. Gotta heal your brain. It took me a really long time to accept that this is true. Don't be me. I am lucky to be here. Have been suicidal for a solid 5 years. Whoever needs to read this, don't do that to yourself. This is most definitely all we get. We evolved here and are lucky to be alive. Don't cheat yourself from the most unique experience in the entire universe.
Weed is really not bad if you wanna put it into perspective go to a drug addicts anonymous meeting with people with REAL problems, like i dont get my weed im cranky for a day and have trouble sleeping, imagine everyones face in the room when u say u are a weed addict they would be like "this isint the place for u" theres people that can literally die from not getting their drug of choice, weed is quite literally the least harmful recreational drug and if u think the government cares about u and thats why its illegal just remember how much money politicians receive from cigarette companies, imagine what would happen to cigarette sales if weed became fully legal and obtaininable legally in the gas station or supermarket
I’m a legal medicinal user of cannabis and it stopped me using opiates, and I’m grateful it works so well for me. I live in chronic pain, and without it I cannot function. Moderation and medicalisation is key though - I use it just like a prescription medicine. And I use high CBD and low THC strains - which are so much more available too thanks to legal medical use. I have a great doctor who has tried many different strains and types with me to find the best for my pain, and who treats it just like any other medication - with potential side effects that we work hard to minimise. I’m so glad I can use it instead of opiates, which turned me into a zombie! With cannabis I can be out of bed and living my life all day. I really hope this sort of research continues - it’s so important that it’s treated like any other drug that has a lot of potential side effects, because using that information for utilising and creating better medical strains for specific purposes has been very helpful for people like me!
It's sad how what you say can be true, but so many people completely omit the last 1/3 and treat it as if it's some sort of Wonder Drug. Yes it has some effective medicinal qualities, and can help people with physical and mental issues, but it is also addictive, with an odor that lingers and gets carried by the wind easily, and can cause great discomfort even to those not actually smoking it. It should be moderated and restricted to certain areas, just like smoking - not the "anytime, anywhere, as much as you'd like" solution that so many advocate for.
@@kimeojin1234 It's mostly because the people who are presenting it as this problem-less drug are those who don't have a sufficient understanding of how it works-- it's a cultural change in perception more than anything. We still don't rag people for smoking cigarettes in public though second-hand is objectively worse from tobacco. Similarly, the wide access gives it to everyone, and in this big pendulum swing of acceptance, lack of info and response are rampant. Like the original commenter, I use it medically but with a higher level of understanding of my relationship and function with it. I have chronic pain after breaking my spine, and a history with opiate addiction, so I refuse any high-level painkillers. Weed has its benefits, and its downsides like anything. The "Wonderdrug" pitch is one we've seen from opiates themselves to tobacco being doctor-prescribed, vapes are still up in the air-- we just live in a time where everything changes so fast that a lof of people get lost in the big general shifts and lose the knowledge to navigate and understand it responsibly. That's not even considering that there are always billion dollar industries behind these things with their own rhetoric and capacity to influence common perception.
I had only smoked weed a handful of times as a teenager, over a decade later though I began smoking for fun with friends which eventually turned into a daily habit. I've been smoking daily for 2 years now, this video helped me realize that a lot of the personal issues/problems I've been dealing with this year are most likely caused by marijuana.. constantly depressed, anxious, suicidial thoughts, no energy, no creativity, no attention span, and a lack of motivation to go to work.. whenever I've tried taking a break I just can't help myself from not smoking at the end of the day. I was so depressed yesterday.. I couldn't even bring myself to leave the bed. Quitting now seems more viable than before I watched this video, I finally feel the slightest enthusiasm for becoming who I was before this all started. Thank you.
My exact same pattern right now sadly. Still in bed at 13h, looking at this video Who just popped on my notifications happy to have red you and to see we are not alone struggling
oh yea dude for sure, anything consumed too much is too much. Its great that you realised that, wish you a safe recovery. I think its alright if you use it, just be sure you don't "need" it. That way it'll be more enjoyable too
I'm a stoner and I really appreciate this video and your cautious thorough language. I've met a lot of people who believe complete myths about drugs, and weed is close to the top for misinfo. People flat out reject any purported side effects and treat it like an actual miracle drug. "If you had any negative effects it's cause of you not the plant." and other such drek, ignoring that as with any drug the effects don't simply change, they're potentiated or reduced by your anatomy. If a drug causes heart attacks in someone but not you, it's not because it doesn't affect your heart, it's because your heart has thusfar withstood the damage. It also irritates me that it's treated as a cure for literally everything, some even alleging that it treats their ADHD. An effect I've heard many allege, but I've never once seen demonstrated. It's always possible someone has very specific brain chemistry imbalances that weed attenuates, but that'd be very rare. Instead what I've seen is people saying it helps, then their behavior proves that it makes their symptoms worse across the board. I think it makes them feel better and in some cases emboldens them to do thinks they otherwise wouldn't want to like unclog a sink, and then they attribute that to weed helping their focus. Something that you could just as easily claim is true of heroin. For the record I have ADHD and it doesn't help at all.
My best friend once told me: "weed is like a medicine, but you wouldn't take antibiotics everyday" this sentence really explains the essence behind cannabis use.
Convincing that 1 out of 10 people that they are the 1 out of 10 people is the hardest thing in the world. I wish there was an entire video that talked about how to get people to let it go.
See that’s so weird to me because I’m sitting here thinking I am that 1 in 10. Seeing this video really changed my outlook and I’m definitely going to slow my intake.
this video was so necessary! i am a recovering weed addict (even when i say it it sounds funny), i smoked everyday for 2+ years and i’ve been clean for 2 months now. in the beggining weed did wonders in my life, it allowed me moments of socialization and diving deeper into my own feelings, helping me understand myself and heal. it really made me a better person. but with time, it started to slowly eat away my life. sometimes i would feel ill or anxious and knew weed would worsen the symptons, but i smoked anyway. i felt like a puppet, i couldn’t control my hands from reaching for my stash and rolled a joint without even thinking. then just as the video says, it became a remedy and a culprit for loneliness. i would feel lonely and smoke, but that also made me more anxious to go out and socialize. also, i would do nothing most of the time. smoking weed and staring into the ceiling was just fine. i would never feel bored. it was some quick and easy dopamine instead of pursuing some actual fun activity, like going out or playing sports, hell even playing video games. the moment i decided it was enough was when i started missing my master thesis deadlines because i would always prefer smoking to anything. i was going to fail my degree i worked so hard for because of weed! the first few weeks were hard but i am back to normal now. i do miss it though :( i really hope i am able to enjoy weed in moderation in the future. so my message is: enjoy weed but be careful!!!
I had to quit a few years ago myself. I started young and got to a point where I smoked daily and I got to a point where I had palsy seizures. At first I didn't know what was going on because it happens first on a bus and I had to go to work so I ended up brushing it off but it happened two more times. I cut back and when I did a lil hit after playing a round of games when I came back inside I asked my lil brother to watch over me with a phone ready to record because no one has ever seen me go through it and I got shakes lucky I didn't have another seizure. But asking my brother to do that was my breaking point
I experienced the same thing. I thought I could never do it again. Many traumas later, I periodically go without it but my life is just better and easier when I have it. You just have to periodically recalibrate by clearing it out of your system and starting over.
Takes a lot of introspective effort to weigh the costs of something so central to your routine and then decide it’s doing harm. I’m glad you were provided a catalyst and were able to escape the addiction without any serious life damage!
Been smoking since I was 16. Only started smoking a lot about 2-3 years ago when I was 18 (daily) . I can very much relate to the symptoms he's mentioning, and I've been aware of them. Started smoking heavy because I wanted to escape from life's troubles/emotions. After these 2-3 years I understood that these troubles will only truly dissapear once I face them, smoking only conceals these troubles, doesn't solve them. If anyone's reading, once you control your smoking habits you will control your life much better. It's not easy to just quit, so let's all just try our very best and take the steps needed. love
weed also cause lung cancer, weed, when burned(because you have to light it to smoke ), the smoke is filled with tar, tar is related to cancer, '' oh.... but marijuana/weed can treat cancer'', well, indeed, but its a chemical inside of the weed that its separated from other chemicals that are harmful to us, the same procedure is done to other plants when making medicine, okay?
weed also cause lung cancer, weed, when burned(because you have to light it to smoke ), the smoke is filled with tar, tar is related to cancer, '' oh.... but marijuana/weed can treat cancer'', well, indeed, but its a chemical inside of the weed that its separated from other chemicals that are harmful to us, the same procedure is done to other plants when making medicine, okay?
We all sinned and deserve hell But, Jesus came down from heaven and died and resurrected for us. He said we can have eternal life if we place our faith in him and turn away from all of our sins
They brought up such a good point that I hardly ever hear other people talking about: The less you use it, the better it gets! I used to work at a dispensary so I was deep into weed culture and was very supportive of it. Even then, when I considered myself a stoner, I still wouldn’t use it more than once every week or two, despite always wanting to. That was because the experiences I had when I kept my tolerance as low as possible were unmatched by anything I felt from chronic usage. I wish more people would see it this way too.
Yeah, it doesn't work that way for everyone. Sometimes, I have been forced to go weeks or months without weed and when I return, my tolerance is still high and it doesn't feel any better than before. Intentionally forcing myself to do without almost every day sounds like unnecessary torture that I will NEVER willingly do to myself ever again!
Yes I see it your way. I'm a chronic user so I use at least once or twice everyday. If I was in your shoes I'd come back to the dark side or just quit because the feeling of want is too overwhelming for my taste. When I had quit for years I decided to go back because I have actually messed my life up with bad decisions and the weed pulled me out of severe depression. It helps me stay away from making bad decisions.
This was the first thing in my feed...I stopped smoking entirely p much yesterday, so I was initially like "what the fuck, man" but I needed this video more than I realized. I'm currently cold turkey with a vape in my pocket so only time will tell... but withdrawal symptoms are scary. I might need to smoke every now and then until they calm down. Or not. We shall see how strong I am and what I need for myself.
@@jin3784no shame in weaning off! Once the dose is low enough you can go cold turkey, that's what worked for me at least. This only works if you can control yourself enough to keep the low doses low
HUGELY much needed topic that needed to be covered! I only have personal anecdotes but heavy weed use nonstop for 2 years developed a social anxiety disorder within me. Talking, thinking, reading and socializing became incredibly difficult and I withdrew into a shell of my former self as a result. I felt like I had lost my spark and personality and turned me from someone extremely social to one that was very afraid of social interactions. Whatever people said, my mind couldnt process with enough speed to facilitate normal conversation and this made social interactions awkward and difficult. I always felt like people were looking at me and judging me; body movements that once felt natural felt forced and unnatural. At the time, I just kept going because I felt like I could quit at any time (i didnt feel addicted), and I also underestimated weed (and many other drugs). It was my time of exploring drugs and all I was curious about was pushing limits and seeing how high I could get / different combinations of drugs. Anyway this sort of mindset and lack of respect towards drugs has led to myself having to live my disorder for the rest of my life. It has been a very hard 5ish years but im slowing learning to live with it and figure out ways to be at peace with myself and my anxiety. One thing ill note for sure is that after quitting weed, alot of the long term symptoms feel like they are slowly reversing and over the past couple years I have felt more myself than ever since I started smoking. Im not saying this will happen to everyone/trying to demonize drugs, since I know many of my stoner friends have different experiences. Ive also had the most intense, amazing, fun and unforgettable moments on drugs. But just dont underestimate weed (or psychadelics) just because they are "physically safe". The psyche is a very fragile thing and every time u take a drug that is psychoactive, ur playing a game of russian roulette whether u know it or not. You may be the unlucky few percent that has to have their life changed for the worse forever. Its a risk you have to be willing to take so keep monitoring how your body and mind feels to it and prioritize that over fun.
I feel totally called out by this video. I'm eighteen and started smoking pretty much every night around two years ago and I definitely feel the social effects mentioned around the 5-minute mark. I find myself not wanting to hang out with people sometimes or even find myself getting excited to leave social events because I can't wait to get back home and smoke... by myself. It's something I've acknowledged but haven't thought about much and this video really opened my eyes to the other issues I have surrounding weed. Fantastic video, I think a lot of people will need this.
@@itsfy_ I'm still in the middle of the video but a ton of the negative effects they're talking about hit close to home, it seems like quitting would 100% be in my best interest especially as a college student.
Always a banger video at Kurzgesagt. Thank you guys! Watching this video is really influencing me to attempt to quit again. When I was only 12 my mom is the first person who introduced me to Cannabis. I was smoking heavier and heavier as the years have passed, I was pretty much high for half of middle school and all of high school. I'm 20 now and I'm to the point where I smoke everyday, and when I don't the hardest part for me is the boredom they talked about when your brain isn't being dulled for hours. It's so frustrating for me because I feel like I wasn't able to choose this for myself, I'm ready to choose for myself... I think its definitely a drug that can really inhibit your life and relationships... sadly a lot of this video I relate with. I hope as time passes more conversation surrounds both the negative with the positive. As well as how many young people do get exposed to cannabis far before they are able to understand these consequences. I feel most people don't understand weed can be harmful like this because of how the positives seem to be the only thing most people are educated about. I don't think this means criminalization and I'm really glad society is moving forward because for some people THC helps them live with chronic conditions, but for people like me, and there's a lot of them, they need to be more open to looking at not just the pro's, but the con's as well. This video was truly a wake up call for me.
@@bobaorc7839 Great point. And to the original poster, I agree. Since mushrooms are legal right now in Oregon and Colorado (in CO to grow, consume and give away for free is completely legal, and in 2025 will be available in dispensaries or else in small "doctor shops") and it would be great to see more information on them. I have many friends who smoke, nonstop, all day and all night and none of them seem to have any of the issues described here with thc. In fact, most are legal growers and have great jobs, and they join clubs where they meet all the time to help each other, so it's not anti social all the time with over consumption. This show is making that up or it's more like 1/40 are like who they're describing.
@@bobaorc7839 If you ever see those type comments on videos vaguely about LSD, they all follow the same structure, they all somehow are 50-60 years old, and all end with the exact phrase "Saved my life." I don't even have that much of an opinion on the matter
To add to the video as someone who had a severe addiction to weed and has since quit, people with ADHD need to be even more cautious as we have a colossally higher rate of addiction to substances and weed in particular can really appear to help. Also, while there can be a loneliness feedback loop as described in this, another danger is being around other addicts. This will reinforce your usage and give you constant access. If you're addicted and want to quit, cutting out or limiting contact with other huge stoners is a necessary place to start, even if it's really hard.
I second everything in this comment. I'm 28, started at about 13 and smoked daily from 21 until last year when I finally managed to stop. The hardest thing about it was having to leave all my friends behind. Even then, I only really did because they moved onto harder stuff that I always swore to stay away from. Despite how hard it was, I'm happier now than I was when I was smoking heavily---I can now recognise how paranoid, apathetic and scared to be myself I was when I smoked, and how much it impacted my ability to function as a responsible member of society. I'm still struggling with the last part, but it is getting easier as the days go by. If this sounds like you now, please take this as a sign and do everything you can to stop. Find a hobby or two and meet people who do things other than bond over substances. It could be games, an art, music. Anything. For me it was martial arts, and I'd recommend it because not only does it teach you that discipline and self control that can help you finally drag yourself out of that hole you're in, kicking and punching stuff is fun enough that it barely feels like exercise. Good luck to you all.
get away from the toxic stoners that call you lame for not wanting to partake. they are the ones responsible for propagating misinformation on the benefits of cannabis. when i quit i still hung around my same group of friends, but they were all very respectful in not offering me anything, and taking their business elsewhere when that time came. i still enjoy the culture, and i love to look at and smell the flowers, but i no longer partake in it
Awesome video. I stopped 2 Weeks ago after 3-4 years of heavy usage (im 26), and i can confirm everything that has been said in this video. The best part ist the anxiety completely went away. And after waking up, you feel clear minded and fresh to go. No more energy drinks for me. Im quite sure that ill never smoke alone in my life ever again.
kinda funny, my first time trying weed was at age 29 and it helped my anxiety immensely. it really made my entire life much better. i LOVE weed. i should have started earlier than age 29. maybe 25. i think smoking weed before age 21 is not great for one's development, but at some stage of life there are simply little to no downsides. it's so much better and better for you than other recreational substances, it's not even comparable. i'm quite sure that i'll be smoking alone for the rest of my life. i can't wait till they legalize it so i can grow my own PLANTS without fear of being locked in a box for decades.
Been smoking weed for 11 years and I feel pretty good, I can run, cycle, I don't get out of breath and I have 0 cough so this video is mostly irrelevant for me personally
Really needed to hear this- I appreciate your ability to discuss this topic without bias. As a pothead, we are too deep in the fog to realize how much it affects us.
Weed may not be “super addictive”, but numbing out pain is. Whenever you find yourself very reliant on one coping mechanism, and straying away from your other more varried coping strategies, reflect on it.
Yep. Seems like most of the symptoms of weed addiction are actually the consequences of a ruined society. When everything is fked up, everyone suffers from some form of PTSD or another.
the problem with this fact that you're not entirely wrong about is that this only proves that everything can lead to addiction including things that are commonly considered healthy like fresh air, water, being in a healthy relationship, and exercise (especially the last one.. i notice most people who love exercising love it more than i like weed) at that point the question is: in a vacuum, is addiction itself really a bad thing, or is it the thing you're addicted to that's bad? ironically enough, the first video i saw from Kurzgesagt tackles this topic, and they were forced to delete the video by their investors (which lead to drama, because those same investors paid the channel to make videos on biased topics, which they later apologized for) they should probably remake that video, and update it with modern research
I was addicted to weed when I was a teenager. I couldn't go a day without it. Suddenly, I started getting severe panic attacks while/after smoking and I had to stop because it was no longer enjoyable, it was just terrifying. The absolute worst withdrawal symptom was EXTREME boredom, and nothing could entertain me. It wasn't depression, but it's like I was completely incapable of indulging in any stimulation at all. I just laid on the couch for like 2 weeks, and then it started getting better. I cannot describe how intense the boredom was and how nothing would fix it.
@@StainedShuriken333 I was with you until the extreme boredom part. I had the same thing happen to me with the panic though. At first it was during a high that I had panic, and one night I remember feeling that same elevated heart rate, and anxiety, and realized I hadn’t even smoked that evening. I’ve gotten a lot better at managing it over the years but it never really went away, and I’m not sure if it can. It’s really depressing. That being said I didn’t get that boredom you’re describing
I smoke, vape, and consume edibles often, but I make a point of taking a 1-2 month (however long it takes for me to no longer come up positive on an OTC drug test) T-break at least once a year. It helps me reset my tolerance as well as gives me time to kind of emotionally check in with myself. A couple times it was a lot harder to cut out, so I made myself stay off it for several months so I could focus on addressing the things I was running away from. I absolutely LOVE weed. I want to be able to enjoy it for the rest of my life, but to do that, I need to make sure I'm being smart and safe about it.
As someone that's trying to have a better relationship with weed, this comment is really helpful. I'll be starting a T-Break soon, and will try to go for as long as I can to deal with my feelings, and get rid of my brain fog.
This is the way, it improves your experience as they said in the vid. A bit of self control (easier said than done I know) really has not only health benefits but makes it more enjoyable. Im going to try doing bimonthly "fasting" off and on to see how that works. I wonder if it helps your lungs recover from some the damage done from smoking.
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There is a fourth very important factor, perhaps more important than the other three: Stimulus/motivation/reason. That is, the biopsychosocial and cultural reasons why people smoke. A person who smokes when they are on the weekend, having fun with friends, taking advantage of a vacation, relaxing at home, or even to get artistic inspiration, has a completely different relationship with marijuana than a person who smokes to distance themselves from the problems they are experiencing, such as risks, violence, financial difficulties, family problems, precariousness of life, etc. The same goes for alcohol, which can be both a tool for socialization and violence, or even psychedelics, which can cause paranoia or be used to treat post-traumatic stress. When it comes to drugs, the context and environment make all the difference.
This comment right here , THIS is what should really be discussed in relation to drugs , and we are drugging ourselves so much because capitalism is inhumane and self destructive.
@@TomatusYT caffeine nicotine alcohol are more deadly than THC hell the prescriptions we take are far more deadly than THC with a lot more side effects
As a former weed abuser, the downsides are horrible… Everything felt empty, distant, addiction was there, now I can see and think clearly. It should be legal but its very very dangerous if you can’t control it
That is the same for any addiction ever, including gambling and other things. Addiction is caused by predilection to addiction on the part of the addict, the drug itself doesn't cause it. (maybe you could make the case for heroin, but certainly alcohol, weed, etc are not that addictive)
“Very very dangerous if you cant control it” 😂😂😂 You clearly havent studied biology havent you? No one can control these type of things thats why they are called addictions because you cant control it
I came back inside after smoking, sat down to eat my dinner, searched for a video to watch, and this is the first one I see. I think this might be a sign. Edit: Yeah, it was a sign...
I love your unbiased approach to your research. You are not for or against things, and you aren't afraid to say when there are things that aren't clear yet. I always look forward to hearing your take on things.
I smoked everyday from age 16 to about 23. I only quit because of a new career I started. I realized that it really controlled my life and personality. If you want to smoke weed every now and then, great. But if you are doing it everyday without a prescription from a medical professional, you are self medicating for some other reason and you should try and understand that issue better.
@@senn4237 I'm totally with you.I think I was 15 and a daily user until I was about 19 and then when I didn't get high and go to work, I made money and everything we got high.I just tried to get off early and would leave the restaurant with like twenty bucks! It was all about avoiding the one bus boy that wanted me to go smoke primos with him behind the dumpster I will save for some people.Does make them better not me
It's evident that education about the implications of cannabis use, especially for teens, is critical for its appropriate usage. It's indeed good news that it's becoming more decriminalised globally since it opens up avenues for further research. The findings from these studies could help shape more effective policies regarding its use.
Drug interactions are the uncomfortable elephant in the room. On a whole I've seen that people who use cannabis tend to think "it's a plant, it's natural, so it's healthy!" and are largely unaware that marijuana is a stimulant. It makes you sleepy and could make you a total potato for an afternoon, but cannabis also makes your heart work harder than usual. It is prudent not to mix this with other stimulants that put a strain on your heart, namely a lot of ADHD medications like methylphenidate (ritalin). Navigating these conflicts is how we learn to use cannabis with more safety and informed moderation.
I agree but it seems to me they're focusing on all the wrong things to get the message across "it's dangerous because" which let's be honest just makes it more attractive to teenagers. I instead focus on the fact that using too young means once you're an adult you'll get less high and a lower quality of high no matter how much you use. Everyone I've told that has chosen to wait. Might help I'm in a wheelchair with severe pain and use medically to manage my conditions.
In 2018, texas made its version of the farm bill, but they somehow forgot to prohibit sale of products containing thc to minors. now, they're looking at closing "the delta 8 loophole" for everyone, even adults. back when the bill was new, one of its sponsors said something to the effect of "you [retailers] had better not try to be cute about it" (specifically using the word cute), meaning that instead of doing their job, they were going to trust businesses to not attempt to make as much money as possible, with predictable outcomes. my legislators, both state and federal, are idiots. our "compassionate use" program here is hot garbage.
Great to hear you guys tackling this topic in such a thoroughly researched manner. I’m really glad to see weed becoming more socially accepted and legal, but I also fall into that two out of 10 group that has problems with overuse and addiction. For me, there is no such thing as moderation when it comes to weed and I experienced so many of the negative consequences you talked about in this video. Happy to say I’ve been clean of the stuff for years now, and I feel like my true self again. No longer withdrawn and isolated. The silver lining is that heavy weed use was SO much easier to withdraw from than other addictive substances, at least in my experience, so if you’re a stoner who wants to quit there is lots of hope!
You're happy to see it become more accepted but admit that there are people that are essentially vulnerable to it? Why would making it more accepted be a good thing in any way? I think alcohol, smoking or really any other indulgent behaviour should be way less socially acceptable too btw before people say "but alcohol is okay too!"
@@trashbag5051 In order to come off an addiction you need social structures in place to help you do so. The less accepted a drug is the less likely some is to seek help, this is part of the reason the war on drugs was seen as overkill. Obviously there should be laws in place to mitigate things, such as 21+ plus for alcohol.
I've always thought that weed doesn't result in an addiction, but just a habit. Your body can function without it. You don't develop a dependency. However, you fall in the habit of smoking, and it's a part of your routine. Pretty much the "I can quit whenever I want to." Yes, you can. But you don't want to. Still, it is not like quitting alcohol or hard drugs. You can't quit those cold-turkey. Weed you absolutely can. Porn addiction, too. Those two are more or less the same.
I was a teen using cannabis daily for a year or so, it was so fun the first times and it gave me appetite (since without a hit I would not eat at all), but now at 23 I had been diagnosed with severe depression, social phobia, adhd, borderline, and I just want you to know that what this video says it’s real c: it’s not for everyday but it’s fun to have
Been addicted to smoking since 14, now 21 and finally trying to put the weed down. It’s hard to understate how much people dismiss the struggles of being addicted to weed. I appreciate you bringing awareness to the issue. For me Weed made me derealize very bad because I would go months without being sober once and I started to feel like stuff and people around me weren’t real. Really messed with me.
Very similar situation I'm in rn. I was addicted since 14, since 16 when covid hit I was high all day everyday but finally quit at 21 and I'm 23 days sober now. Physical withdrawal was horrible and is finally over now, but now I feel all the damage weed has done to my brain which almost hasn't improved at all in the past 23 days. I really really hope my brain can recover almost fully after like 2-5 years. The good thing is that the brain has a very high neuroplasticity until the age of 25 so we both still have the chance to recover as much as possible but we have to act now before it's too late. Iv'e also read exercising, eating very healthy, meditation, socializing and cognitive challenging tasks can improve brain recovery a lot.
I started at 14 too and stopped (successfully, after a lot of failures) at 21. It might be the best decision I've made in my whole life. It got to a point where I was conscious about not wanting to smoke and still couldn't stop, it really messes with your head. I was in a kind of mental "stasis" in those 7 years, in a loop of mental health issues without a real cause (or so I thought). I don't regret having smoked, as it's given me a lot of great things too, but I wouldn't return in a million years
7 months sober and I definitely feel the best I ever had in my life. Still can be difficult when it’s everywhere around you but you’ll be happy you made your decision.
@@MrWizardGGyour claim that there are some problems we cannot fix is true but it doesn't conflict with the idea that you can only overcome bad feelings if you feel and process them. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
This is an insane argument. THC does not render a user emotionally numb or prevent them from addressing issues that they have in their lives. Anyone who takes that route would have done the same thing sober.
My husband and I have been daily smokers for 10 years plus and we both started smoking when we were teenagers. The THC amounts are crazy now, 38% in natural bud was the highest I have seen. We recently quit (like 2 weeks ago) because we were experiencing EVERYTHING they talk about here. I have noticed a cognitive decline in myself, attention and memory being the most noticeable. The addiction is very real and the withdrawal was ugly but short. We already see a better path for our lives , the social isolation, depression and anxiety is already getting better. I do not believe legalization would have changed this situation for us as it was always very easy to obtain. If this video resonates with anyone who is feeling addicted to weed and have been considering quitting, rip the band aid off and do it. Thank you for this video.
As you can read from the comments, it has happened to many, including me. I did not expect to find so many similar stories, if you want to read, I also wrote my story here. Know that it will be hard at first, the "monkey" is always around the corner and will catch you when you least expect it. Try to be strong, you will see that in 3/4 months everything will be easier and you will see life more clearly. Be strong and when you are in drama, come back to watch this video and read these comments. It will remind you why you are doing it. A big hug, God bless you. ❤
This is me and I've been struggling with cannabis addiction for years. I feel like I've known it was addictive and destructive for years but none of my friends see the issue. Thank you for making a video about the struggle I feel
I smoked so much during my youth and into my twenties, and it definitely impacted my life. After a long break I have found a great way of using its benefits with less risks - cutting WAY down on THC and putting a lot more CBD. I highly recommend this for anyone trying to quit but struggling, or realizing the high potency of weed today is impacting their life.
I'm smoking a gram a day since 20 years now, and still doing fine in my 40h/week job. After legalization, two of my colleagues opened up, too. Just think of cannabis consumers as your boss, sister, best friend. Would you even notice? I pretty much doubt so.
@ I prefer to consume via rollies. I order CBD (nearly zero THC) flower online and it’s very high quality. I then sprinkle in minimal amounts of real THC weed (I try to find ones bellow 20%, lower than 15% is amazing but so hard to find lol). Days I want a little more bang I sprinkle more. It allows you to control the strength. New studies also show that CBD helps counter many of the negative effects of THC. Stupidly, the high THC strains they developed recently have near zero CBD …
@@AnneOseraccountIdk, to play devils advocate I smoke daily and seem functional, but I be fighting demons just to uphold the household duties😂 although i did that before i smoked too so maybe you win this one😂
Due to Sativa making they ass overly paranoid. They need to smoke the right weed. Sativa ain't for everybody just like Indica ain't for everybody. And if neither is for you, DONT SMOKE
I'm an alcoholic, and I still struggle with it today, but there was a time I was using it heavily almost every day and becoming physically dependent. I turned to THC as a kind of replacement. It put me in a much safer and less destructive state of mind than alcohol, but I was also using it compulsively for the exact same reasons, missed some opportunities, and didn't feel like myself. The strength of it was uniquely uncomfortable... yet an incredibly far cry from alcohol poisoning and withdrawal. I believe it played a role in teaching my lizard brain that, actually, sober is pretty nice. I don't recommend anything I've done, but I kind of saw the light when it comes to how heavily weed is vilified and alcohol is advertised.
I had a similar experience, after giving in to the compulsion of smoking weed all the time I realized that the drug was manipulating me into using it again (through addiction) and the sober mind is the healthy mind. Sober is underrated for sure.
Also sometimes weed can help you remember that life can be joyful (or at least tolerable) and is worth living. Crutches aren't great but anyone who scoffs at them outright has probably never actually needed one.
ive been off weed now for 2 whole days just before this video came out, my relationship didnt get to a bad stage but i felt it slipping towards that direction, my father and i both believe that weed enhances whoever you are on the inside. however this then almost became an issue so i decided to take some time off and am now building a stratergy to be more of a positive reinforcement, im trying to smoke just before or after doing a job like tidy my room or tidy my hosue etc. this video has now been the final nail in the coffin for me giving me the confidence to keep going so thank you very much for this video its helped me a lot!!
Props for one of the few marijuana-related articles I've ever seen that appears to be objective. Also, one of the only things that shares my opinion is "If you want to try it, there is a time and place." I would just add "have a trusted friend nearby" as well, for a variety of reasons, including having them help with any possible paranoia, just in case something goes wrong, and because it is frequently really hilarious. When I say "trusted" friend, I mean someone who is not going to screw with you. For me, it was my father.
The first time I fully got medicated, it was like all of the trauma I had repressed processed all at once. Holy shit, I never spent that much time screaming in all my life.
Can confirm. As an infrequent edible consumer myself, it is soooo much more fun when you're talking or hanging out with a trusted friend who is sober than sitting by myself watching TH-cam videos.
The timing of this upload is actually god sent. 🙏 Me and my best friend have been smoking almost everyday for 8+ years since being teens. I have taken a few breaks and then i get back into it and im resonsibile at first only smoke after work. Than one day on a off day and i feel like shit or im bored i smoke early in the day and that creates a spiral that has lasted almost an entire year. The part when knowing it has bad consquences but doing it anyways hits hard. I am such an addict when it comes to weed. Everyday has felt like groundhogs day because i go thru the same cycle of convincing myself to smoke because it will make me feel better but all it does is couch lock me. My friend has a week off of it today, and I am at day 3. I already feel like a different person. Kurzgesagt hit it right on with the numbing the weed can do to your emotions. I used to be someone who was very passionate about my future and my 10 year plan. But since ive lost control of weed, i used it everyday to make me happy, completely oblivious that im loosing all site of my future. I hope if theres anyone out there who is struggling with weed addiction, to share your experiences. If humans were better off being high on THC all day, than our bodies wouldnt need to smoke weed.
I was just like you! Smoking every day for 7 years starting in my teens. I quit one day randomly after wanting to be off it for years. I am 18 months off of weed and I have never been better. Social battery goes way up, my drive to succeed is up, my communication with my close relationships is way up. I hope you can succeed in your goal to get off the chronic!
Cannabis saved my life. I have ADHD and for years Cannabis was the only thing I could do to allow me to get on with my life. It has allowed me to build an exceptional career and loving family. So many of the negative effects discussed, mood, perception, memory are problems I just HAVE because of ADHD, and cannabis has made it much easier to mange and work around these problems.
Smoking helped me be able to take adhd meds without having to deal with all the major side effects from taking stimulants. Went from locked jaw headaches every day to no headaches! I think it does work for people with ADHD, but should be coordinated with a doc and/or therapist. I have been smoking for 10 years and it’s been apart of my adhd regime for almost all of that time. Really helped me in my life and career!
Omg, I'm not sure if this is a positive opinion. As an ADHD and once was a smoker of weed, I became very dependent on it as it numbed all of my pains just like what video said, and made me feel no need to go forward, since getting high made me feel relieved already. My impulse became so so much stronger, which is a huge issue in ADHD. I'm not sure if taking weed for ADHD is that good idea. For those who have behavior impulses, that can be calmed down for sure, but anything else that our cognitive function does gets worse. Even memory. ADHD with even weakened memory? Man, I am not sure what can be caused
I agree with you, in fact I did not find out I had ADD until after I quit smoking weed because I had to start using the VA for medical diagnosis and treatment Uncle Sam does not like weed so I had to quit, I think it is kinda funny that Uncle Sam had no problems giving me Adderall I think I was able to cope with my ADD better when I smoked weed because like you said a person can train their mind to do so with a little help from weed I have found that the Adderall only helps me for part of the day and I can't take too much or I will not sleep, sometimes for days I never had a problem with sleep when I self-medicated with weed It took me 30 years to get a Bachelor's degree because I could never complete degree programs but I still ended up with over 430 college hours from five universities and two community colleges No way I could have done that if weed was a problem, it was the ADD that was the underlying problem When I got my degree it was in Cyber Security and I would have never been able to get that degree if was not for self-medicating myself with weed Now that I know I have ADD and I take Adderall I was thinking of starting on a graduate degree The reason I haven't yet is that a lot of colleges want me to take online courses when I know because of my ADD I do better taking in-person courses The odd thing is that in a previous job I ran an online learning management system for a university and was able to support hundreds of faculty and thousands of students with no problems But weirdly I find it much easier to run an online system at work than take an online course for myself
I wish I could say the same. Weed makes my adhd way worse these days. It helps me turn my brain off when things are crazy but sometimes it makes me think even worse thoughts and makes me more confused and unable to focus. I found that opiates help the most with my adhd. Doing opiates is like magic for me, suddenly allows me to think clearly and calm down. It's very unfortunate that opiates come with a ton of awful side effects that only make things worse in the long run. The best part of my life where I was the most productive and alive was when I had a fentanyl addiction. It helped me socialize, do better at work, be creative and gave me energy, it was wonderful. It also almost killed me and destroyed certain parts of my brain and the withdrawal was a nightmare. Wish I could have only had the positive effects without the negative.
This comment resonates with me. I am autistic, which shares a LOT of brain fuckery with ADHD. People with ADHD are not on the spectrum, but y'all are definitely spectrum-adjacent. My partner has ADHD as well and we had a very similar experience with cannabis. It really did save my life. Cannabis is a tool, like a hammer. Hammering stuff won't always solve a problem, and may even make it way worse. But sometimes all someone needs to change their life for the better is a hammer. Y'know? :)
I just quit 10 days ago after two years of daily use starting at 19. I was, unsurprisingly, experiencing most of these exact symptoms. I realized that I was living life in a fog and was self medicating the exact issue the weed was causing. hopefully in a few weeks i start to feel better. Thank you guys for this video!
this is a powerful video for me. as someone who has used cannabis for years, i've felt a transition where the old me, who I was before I smoked weed, I feel it has slipped away and I may not ever be able to go back. That is something that honestly perpetuates the cycle and enables me to continue feeding my addiction to cannabis. Your perspectives on this have afforded me a new outlook, one where if I work hard enough, I can undo the damage, I can go back. Since I started smoking I have always known cannabis is more addictive than most say, this video (and the rigourous research you and the team have taken upon yourselves!!) has proved it to me. Thank you for always having a new perspective, and THANK YOU for not being afraid to say what we NEED to hear!!!
It’s never too late. I currently smoke every day but went two years without from 2019-2021. You’ll struggle at first but you will return to your old self
Addiction is in your head with weed. It's a you thing. Pay attention to THC%, go for the lower end. Everyone has this perception that they need the strongest content available, which is absurd.
I LOVE how you are not affraid of portraying this explicitly, showing people smoking, the cigarettes, and definetly the reality of it. Much media censors and do not talk things straightforwardly like you guys do. Keep going this way! We love it! Also thx for all that great and admirable research you always do!
I started at 15. Been pretty much a daily user, in periods quite severe daily use, for well over 15 years. And let me tell you, this video hit like a kick in the nuts. Being the 1 in 10 who got the worst, who 100% had developmental changes, memory, personality, etc, I can personally say I believe this whole video to be almost completely spot on, bang on the money true. Even the last part where scientists aren´t agreeing yet, I can vouch for it being true. I am not, nor will I ever be the person I was or could have been, without the use of "just a flower bro". I´m still a user today. I rationalize it as recreational, even though I know its an addiction. I only clicked on this video to watch something while I was rolling. But now, with palms sweaty from how frickin hard all of this just hit, I dunno man. I´ll smoke it, I know that, but.. Maybe it actually, like really, is time to get off my apathetic, lethargic, glutton-for-misery, boredom loving ass and realize the fact that it was only _fun_ back then. In short, Kurzgesagt, thank you for this metaphorical bitchslap. Time to wake up now. Love you and your work
What's done is done. It doesn't mean you're screwed for life. The body is quite resilient and can adapt. You recognise you have an addiction. You need a reset and re-establish your relationship with cannabis. Decrease the usage and then stop altogether for a good long stretch, like 2 months. You will need to find joy in doing things without the high. The body is naturally able to do this, but not under the influence. Do productive things, get busy, it'll pass. After that you can use cannabis again but you must employ strict moderation.
Thanks for the info Kurz. Been trying to get rid of my weed addiction, 4th week in and i kinda feel like i have a delusion on how weed is over-rated. And now you've shown me it kinda is. Appreciate it, Kurz.
I grew up with a mother severely addicted to cannabis. I was raised in a filthy home with no responsibility, constantly surrounded by the smell of cannabis and fearing for my mother's health, who always had these minute long coughing fits multiple times a day. Her memory was always hazy and seemed to never actually be happy or energised. Though we weren't rich, we were a lot poorer than we had to be because she'd spend hundreds of Euros a month on weed and impulsively ordering food. Her addiction almost cost her her life last year, when she fell down the stairs because smoking and drinking together ruins her coordination. She quit cold turkey after that, which she told me my whole life that she couldn't do, and became an entirely different person for the better. I recognise that the demonisation of weed in America was more than necessary and that its long term harm was overstated, but the glorification of weed always struck a bit of a sensitive cord with me as someone that actively had a very strained childhood because of it.
I've been using cannabis every day for years I never got as bad as your mother though. I recently realized I am physically addicted to it. I take a tea spoon of cannabis oil twice a day every day don't really smoke it as much. It really helps with my injuries, inflammation and anxiety I got in the military but it's been starting to cause me issues. If I forget to take my evening dose I wake up in the middle of the night with the worst fever, aches, terrible depression and anxiety. I hate being physically dependant on something so im weaning myself off. It sucks tho because it really helped with my health issues but I don't think I have much of a future if I keep using this stuff everyday.
I moved to the NL for studies and soon bacame very addicted to the herb. I became depressed and started being socially awkward. It only made me distance myself from friends and family. A few months later I'm finally getting over it and only smoke about once a month, sometimes even less and I'm feeling much better. While this may not happen to all people, weed sure isn't for everybody.
I agree it isnt for everybody. Personally it helped me break out of my shell and smoking was more social for me with my friends or my partner, and those skills made me less anxious thankfully. I hope more research gets funded so education can be better for all.
I recently broke a three-month cannabis fast; I ran out of what I grew last year and had to wait till this year's harvest. I didn't try it until I was 38, but was able to reduce lupus medications by half overnight. Now 61, it is my only daily medication for many maladies. Going without isn't difficult; I don't have an addictive personality and meditation brings me back to center. The relief from weed certainly is both noticed and appreciated, however. I only vape dry bud and make edibles (I'm infamous for my edibles) so the health risks are downplayed somewhat compared to smoking. Bake responsibly, ladles and jellyspoons. Cannabis is a potent gift. Great video...informing and entertaining.
This video resonates with me. I have a cannabis addiction myself and even not smoking for a day leads to a lack of focus and this intense emptiness and lack of feeling. Whenever I mention this, people always claim that I'm like making it up for attention or something because "weed isn't addictive", but it is addictive for a lot of people like me. That's not to say that it should be illegal; just because I have trouble with it doesn't mean everyone should be barred from doing something that is significantly safer than alcohol. Though people do still need to be mindful that people like me exist.
As a former heavy user myself(over 15 years of habitual use), this video illustrated the self realizations I had during my use. These realizations motivated me to quit. I quit cold turkey and haven't touched it in over two years. I have never felt better.
Good for you, man! I was prescribed anti-depressants before, and the moment I noticed they were interfering and causing addiction, I quit. I hate something external messing up my body systems. I have a whole philosophy that "my body isn't perfect in the first place, I can't afford to mess it up even more"
I've known about PPS (Permanent Pot Syndrome) for a long time, and I didn't start using THC products until early 2023. I approached it knowing that tolerance can increase, so I adopted a mindset of moderation. Nowadays, while I do use once a day, I limit it to 5mg THC, and so far it seems with my frequency of use, my tolerance seems to have found an equilibrium. Here is MY OWN experience of the upsides and downsides: Upsides: * Calmer approach to stressful situations (lower tendency for aggression) * Increased level of creativity * Pleasant euphoria when learning new things, and putting them into context * Increased empathy * Increased focus on tasks Downsides: * Harder to find words sometimes * Increased sense of paranoia (I sometimes feel like people are aware I'm acting differently, and are judging me. I typically don't really care what people think about me when I'm sober, so maybe I'm just not aware that it's happening while not using) * Increased impulsiveness (can be good or bad, depending on the situation) The downsides only seem to manifest while I'm under the effects, which I think is a good thing.
@partyboat123 It’s not in a medical dictionary, lol. Just meet someone who has used for years and years at high levels, and compare them to someone who hasn't. PPS is an observation, more than anything. Ozzy Osbourne is an example of PPS. My dad has PPS, total hippy vibes. All I'm saying is there are long-term effects of heavy extended usage.
This video really resonates with me. I started smoking weed at 14, and by 15, I was a daily user. It didn't take long for me to realize that I had become addicted. I tried to quit several times, but I always ended up relapsing. As a kid, I had big dreams of becoming a filmmaker and pursuing other creative passions, but I also struggled with a lot of anxiety and fear. Weed became my escape from the negativity and hardships I was dealing with. It numbed the pain and kept me stuck in my “comfort zone,” even though I was quietly sinking into a deep depression there. I ended up neglecting my hobbies, interests, friends, and dreams. It even affected my cognitive abilities-I felt like I was becoming dumber, and my memory was shot. Now, at 31, I'm seven months clean, and for the first time in a long time, I truly feel alive. No more depression, less social anxiety, and I’m more in touch with my creative side. I'm actually finishing things now, something I couldn’t do before. Since I stopped smoking, I’m so much happier and excited to work toward my goals and bring my dreams to life!!!! Much love from The Netherlands
I never liked weed. It made me feel weird and anxious and negative thoughts were too strong on it. When I only took like 3 or 4 puffs I was fine, but anything more than that was not great.
Had a friend buy into the solely positive news about weed over the last century and I watch them transform from one of the most dedicated and smart people I know to a stoner who got kicked out of college. Always answering my concerns with the “I can quit anytime line” while simultaneously never quitting when he actually needs to.
18 years ago or so, a close friend in high school started regularly using it at 12-13, he also fell for all of the over-hype about it, even the "it cures cancer" stuff. I've always told him "smoking ANYTHING is bad for you, even campfires" but at the time I didn't have any solid data to counter the claims of cannabis being a major cure-all, so that was that. Now at over 30, he's struggled to hold onto any job for more than a few months (just enough to buy more weed), and as far as I know, most of his friends (at the time) have moved on. Life is REALLY hard for him, and yet he's okay with that because he's high all the time... I absolutely think there needs to be a lot more education on the negative impacts of starting cannabis at a young age especially. The brain is VERY sensitive while it's still developing. That said, I do partake in edibles a few times a month and find it very helpful. As with everything :upsides and downsides, and we need to talk about both. Thank you for this video.
Also moderation in all things; it’d be a problem if someone got drunk every day, same thing with weed. Going for edibles over smoking is good too, your lungs thank you
Eh, I started at 12, have quit cold turkey a dozen times, and I work my ass off every day. I have many projects. I help people when I can. He's just lazy, it's not the weed. The biggest impact it's had on me is a direct result of its legal status, not it's effects, and alcohol has affected me much more even though I don't drink nearly as often.
I've been using cannabis for years, and I’d like to share my experience. In the beginning, it was fun-lots of laughter and enjoyment. But after about two years, that faded, leaving behind a dullness and a creeping sense of depression. The biggest takeaway for me was how much it distorts your perception of reality. You start convincing yourself that your beliefs are true, even when they aren’t, and your view of the world becomes skewed. Over time, I noticed a significant drop in motivation, which made it harder to pursue my goals. This isn’t the case for everyone, but from my observations, I'd say about 95% of people go through something similar. The good news is that after quitting for a few years, you can recover almost entirely-though there are some things you never fully get back. Is it worth it? That’s for each person to decide, but from my perspective, if I knew then what I know now, I would’ve made different choices. But we are all smart after the fact.
Thanks for sharing, so you have quit weed? I’m considering quitting after using for 2 years. I use it to cope with my mental health but I understand I’m only numbing myself and not actually facing the issue itself. I’m curious what you felt improved after quitting.
I was a daily smoker for years. Then I started getting cannabinoid hyperemesis. It was brutal, I thought I was dying on more than one occasion and had to call an ambulance to take me to the hospital. I didn’t want to believe that’s what it was, but it actually was. I quit 10 months ago and it’s one of the best moves I’ve ever made.
I'm surprised that CHS wasn't mentioned in this video, as it is an increasingly common effect of heavy use that seems to never get talked about. The worst part (if you really enjoy weed) is that, once you develop CHS, you're stuck with it because it can't be cured. It eliminates any possibility for you to be able to use weed normally again, even on occasion, without experiencing those symptoms again.
Toronto had SARSStock back in 2003 to help boost tourism. 500,000 were at the music festival. I remember talking to a neighbour cop and he was telling me how they confiscated any alcohol people tried to sneak, but when they found pot on people, they ignored it and let them in. In their eyes stoned people were less likely to be violent than those that got drunk. This was before pot was legal in Canada.
Let's not forget that people also use drugs to cope with underlying issues. There's a lot of societal/economic issues that pushes people into drug use. Weed is used for coping for a reason, so i think looking at why people consume drugs is important when talking about addiction. A lot of the time the villification of drugs shifts blame from policy makers that oppress working class people leading them to addiction to cope with the living situation they're in.
Yuuuup. Whenever someone has sh*t to say about homeless people being drug junkies as a way to not have any empathy for people struggling with a horrible situation like homelessness, I point out almost no homeless person lost their home due to being an addict, they turned to drugs as a release due to being homeless. If we want homeless "junkies" off the streets, fix homelessness.
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I mean, the only way for the next government to roll back legalization is with a CDU-AfD coalition, which is not going to happen. All other options involve one of the current parties that introduced legalization, and I don't really see them abolishing it if they just legalized it. Well, maybe FDP because they're unreliable af, but chances are they won't be part of the next government. I suppose technically CDU and AfD could roll back legalization without being in a coalition, but that would not go over well with anyone else, including whoever the CDU *is* in a coalition with.
I myself had a drug psychosis due to some edibles (and after having smoked quite heavily for a while). It took a while to get back to "normal", but by this time the general panic anxiety has gone away. It's a humbling experience and I think it can be good to know that some people don't have the possibility to handle it - like alcohol. I'm still a strong supporter of decrimilization, which I believe will help to prevent these situations imo, together with an overall understanding and respect of the drug.
Thank you. I can’t thank you enough for this video. This is my experience, exactly what was portrayed in this video. I have hardly any drive to do anything, but I still achieve a lot in my work and education. I convinced myself it was fine, that it wasn’t addictive, since I was 14. My brain has not developed and I struggle with basic social interactions, have bad anxiety and at times depressive episodes, and have lost all but a few of my friends. I sit around and do nothing. I can’t thank you enough for opening up my eyes to this, I have known for a while that it was the main contributor to these issues, but seeing it from this channel in particular confirmed those understandings. I hope I can share this with some of my friends and family that struggle in much the same way that I do, and I hope that they can garner this same understanding. I need to change. It’s time
Last message is so so true. You’ll never regret waiting until your twenties to start taking. I did it, and am endlessly thankful. Now instead of another crutch, I have an aide to decompress over weekends and can still do well at basic memory and motor function tasks lol
@@marccasas2010the science the vid cited. But just like the vid said, its different for every individual and theres still not a ton of data yet. Better to be safe than sorry imo, theres just soooo much life left to live
@@marccasas2010 have you seen this generation? I started at 26 and feel exactly the same about that. had I started earlier I would have had a completely different trajectory in life. Had I not started at all I probably would be the type of person that "could use an edible".
I absolutely LOVE this channel and its openness to information without any sort of Bias. I absolutely love Cannabis and always had a deep interest in it since back in high school but never tried any till I got to College and when I was 19 two years ago. Even then I still learned so much more about the stuff from this video and knowing all I have to do to get an even better high is to take it easy off the stuff is SO helpful. Thank you Kurzgesagt, you genuis lil bird. Much Love!
Same. I waited until 19 and have had a beautiful and respectful relationship with this magical herb ever since. I'm 37 now. It's wild to read about people's negative experiences. Moderation is king. If that's not feasible stay away from it.
1.5 years sober. The worst years of my life were accompanied by chronic weed use. It made me less myself, and I damaged a lot of relationships as a result of how my personality and priorities changed. All the symptoms outlined in this video resonate with me, and I still see it in friends that haven’t stopped smoking (yet🤞). Thank you for opening up the conversation about cannabis addiction!!
I suffered from anxiety and stress induced insomnia most of my life. Doc gave me sleeping pills and a few weeks later I felt myself almost considering just turning my car into oncoming traffic. Luckily I had the insight to consider it's not real it's just the pills. So I stopped. One day a friend recommended weed. I was 26. Game changer. Using it only to sleep helped me get my life together. Got out of working on a bar, reeducated myself, now at 37 I'm a university professor with a great sleep schedule. Couldn't have done it without weed. I have friends who are high basically all day every day. I see the soul and wallet drain in others. But for me, moderate and intentional week use basically saved my life
What can you say to a heavy user to make them believe they are getting too addicted and convince them they've been changing for the worst? My teenage brother is currently smoking weed too heavily and he dropped out of school last year and now sits on our mom's neck and doesn't wanna find a job. I am just lost at what to do :( It now came to a point where he barely has the brain capacity to form coherent sentences and need a long time to process what was said to him...
Thank you. Tried it out of curiosity when I was 17. Had fun for a significant time to come even though I felt bad bc I knew I was doing wrong and neglecting more important and better things. Developed into an over decade long now running addiction. I’ve been trying to get off it for years; it’s not easy
1:46 is the biggest takeaway as far as I am concerned. I formerly lived in a state where full retail was legal and IMO there is no positive to making edibles etc so unbelievably strong it turns people into zombies.
I don't even really know why people like it that strong. Like, I wanna still be able to DO something while high, it's not fun if all I can do is just vegetate for the whole evening.
I tried a SMALL amount of edibles years ago. Our neighbor made chocolate chip cookies with weed. It wasn't bad, but the buzz lasted a lot longer than I wanted it to. Then later, I tried a "gummy". It was just too much. I was stoned like never before and it lasted a good 6-8 hours. I thought I was going to be permanently disabled from that after so many hours and started to worry. Edibles are bad news. As if smoking the new powerful weed isn't bad enough, edibles are far worse. Period. The absolute worst thing I've ever tried was when someone gave me a packet of the fake weed (forget what they called it). That crap had me so hyped up I thought I was going to die of a heart attack or something. Getting high is a gamble I'm just not willing to take anymore. I'm finding being straight with a clear mind is the best bet and the most enjoyable. A huge plus is that instead of drowning in problems feeling miserable and getting high to avoid the misery (which doesn't work) it's far superior to be clear minded and come up with actual solutions to problems so they go away completely.
I'm seriously considering growing my own because I want to grow ditch weed for my friends and I. I hate how strong things have gotten. Weed was already too strong when I did first start, but back then I didn't buy it myself or keep it around. Now that it's as strong as it is, I literally can't have more than 2 good hits without being in space. I try to buy the strains that are either 50/50 THC CBD, or I just buy CBD flower now and grind it together with the normal bud, and I find that's a decent compromise; plus it keeps me from using it too late at night because it will keep me awake.
As a former weed addict, at first you start smoking it feels great and feels like a different way to socialize or spend your free time. But as you start getting addicted everything starts feel like a chore, you begin to care less and less about even the most basic things like washing your face or having a shower, as you develop this kind of behavior you start to lose your social life,your responsibilities and even the people's respect in your life. If you ask for my advice, if you are going to smoke, smoke it occasionally and with friends that you like to spend your time with.
I think that’s a personally thing in a sense. I’ve never really had that issue. I’ve never really had an issue with doing chores sober or high. But have friends that’s that way or when they smoke they get super paranoid now vs when we first started and he had to quit and some just toke very lightly
What I took as a fun challenge turned into a sickening addiction. I took it way further than anyone else I knew. Life has been 10x better without it. Stay safe and know your limits.❤
have recently started coming down from a THC induced episode of psychosis. it’s been very hard on my interpersonal relationships. you don’t notice the mental state you’re in when you’re constantly high and pushing your tolerance. if you’ve never read into weed psychosis- PLEASE do. even if you don’t partake, you can still learn how to notice the signs in acquaintances and help pull them out. be an anchor in the life of someone struggling.
I had someone go into this who I worked with back in 2012. It was in Canada, and she said at the time that the weed she was smoking was much stronger than she was used to, which was a contributing factor. I don’t use weed in any form, but would do if it was legal in my country. I know plenty of people who haven’t suffered from it like she did, but her story is always a useful reminder to me that it’s not safe in every context for every person. She ended up in a psychiatric hospital after getting increasingly paranoid - I watched her slowly fall apart over the course of a few months and didn’t understand what was happening at the time.
This happened to me with an edible. I had been smoking daily for 5+ years but that edible put me into a full psychosis. I've been sober now for a year.
@@apfelsaftyeah7623 Some liberal bullshit they came up with for people who can't control themselves or be smart enough to know what type of weed effect you in what way. Typically happens when an idiot take too much edibles...then they blame weed for their ignorance.
Spent 5 years of my 20s always on weed lsd or shrooms. Been sober for a couple years and my anxiety, paranoia, and memory problems are starting to fade away. Deleting social media also helped a lot. I still think psychedelics and weed should be 100% legal and sold at Walmart next to the liquor aisle.
Maybe not at Wallmart, but at a dedicated store, I'd say. And then take all other drugs out of the Walmart too, i.e. alcohol and nicotine. And add a ban on advertising for all of these. But yeah, it's weird how people still apply double standards to drugs like tobacco and especially alcohol on the one side and other drugs like weed on the other side...
@@comradedeath7399 the issue with contaminated (fent mostly) drugs is that people will always acquire the drug where it's most convenient. If you sell exclusively in a locked down environment, it makes it less accessible. So if a dealer is easier to access than a shop, people will tend to buy from the dealer and OD cases will remain higher than needed. While we don't want to flash substances in front of children, we also don't want contaminated product circulating.
I needed to see this video! I've been smoking pretty much everyday for about 22 years and I'm really struggling in life. I'm very depressed and have bad anxiety and I don't go out to socialize anymore due to the anxiety. I also shake really badly, hoping it's a side effect and that I can get rid of it. I'm going to give it an honest try and not smoke to see if things get better for me. I've lost interest in so many things, and it's scary thinking about the future cuz I see nothing. I know it's going to be hard, especially at night, but I need my life back.
Yes, I have just quit after turning 23, smoking/vaping weed for almost 4 years daily. This will be my second day quit, and I feel like I am truly ready to give up that part of my life and start living properly. It is no longer fun, and it feels like a chore that I must do to feel whole. Good luck with your journey, and remember that you can only really quit when you feel like it is right
The withdrawal symptoms are no joke. I was physically sick for several weeks, and the dreams are genuinely frightening. If I didn’t have a good support system around me, I absolutely would have gone back to using just due to discomfort
Cannabis helped me create friend groups when I was isolated and alleviated a lot of depression based issues I had at the time. But once that period of my life passed, cannabis became more obstructive to my life and ability to focus and function. Haven't touched it more than a small handful of times in 6 years. It's a useful drug in certain scenarios and I think it should be praised for its utility rather than glamorizing it as a lifestyle
It's the old fallacy of believing that because figures of authority are exaggerating their criticism, then that mean that 100% of their criticism must be wrong.
Guy who doesnt recognize the exaggeration of criticism is part of an overarching system which includes financial motivation and incentive from opposing markets of vice (tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals)
I know my mom still has all of these hilarious, paranoid little habits. Are y'all sure that wasn't the cause of "weed paranoia"? The genuine persecution and fear of fines/jail?
As a long time user who has now stopped for a few years, i could jump into every point made here because it all really is true but the one point that hits the most, THOSE DREAMS! Once you stop, the most impactful, realistic and abstract dreams ive ever had, although they also feel so much stronger because of the lack of dreaming while being so consistently high
This is the best video about weed I've ever seen. I've fortunately never had any addiction problems with alcohol, stimulants etc. but weed had one of the single most negative impacts on my life, to the point that I failed my 2nd year at university because of my addiction to it and it gave me mental health problems I still sometimes struggle with today (depression/anxiety). From the ages of 16-21 years old I smoked it (nearly) every single day, and at my worst was getting through a half-ounce a week. It made me lazy, unmotivated, content with doing nothing (like this video says you somehow find joy in boredom!) and ignore all the things in life I knew I should be getting on with, namely study/work etc. I ate terribly, was horrifically unfit (people always forget you're still inhaling smoke into your lungs which is exactly what they're NOT intended for!) and worst of all eventually became completely dependent on it, to the point where I had to smoke it before EVERY meal (including breakfast) to have an appetite, before bed to get to sleep, before sex to feel aroused, before films/entertainment to find them stimulating, the list goes on... The best thing I ever did was to quit it, I'm 23 now and am in the best shape of my life and am finally getting my life back on track. It makes you forget about the long term, lose sense of any ambition and most importantly the fact that if you want to achieve something in life you need to work every day to get good at it. The way I got off it was by getting an early-rising job (6am) and getting into sport (swimming/triathlon). Change your lifestyle so it simply becomes impossible to accommodate it anymore.
Completely agree, I had a similar experience myself. I had to learn that indulging in base pleasures whilst avoiding responsibilities didn't make me as happy as accomplishing my goals and working to better myself
I am 38 and For 7 Years now I smoked weed at night just about every day (except when sick or on vacation) as part of my nightly ritual before going to bed. I started out fun and liberating but slowly became a yoke around my neck. Before I knew it it was impossible to stop without feeling horrible. I noticed that my memory, motivations, ability to learn, my mood were all in decline and making it harder to be a successful functioning adult. I have been super depressed, anxious, and overall feeling mentally unwell. I only recently started kicking the habit but it is very difficult as the physical effects (especially my blood pressure spiking) is very serious and so I almost need to "ween" myself off the stuff to quit it fully. I am slowly starting to feel better! No one should kid themselves into thinking its not addicting or not harmful, if you disagree then you are in denial.
I smoked for one year when I was 16, there was a guard who worked at a supermarket closed to my school. We would talk everyday and he had a son who was also 16. This guard was a smoker and one day he learned that I had started smoking. He implored me to stop and explaining that it is very addictive, that he could'nt stop himself from smoking. Since I looked up to him so much, I immediately quit. I'm 28 now.
Well one before bed isn't so bad, it's if like me you started smoking from when you woke up (I'm currently also weening off, i'm following the only smoke after dinner rule, a friend of mine told me, which made a big difference)
I smoke for 4 years now, but just in the last 2 it became something daily....Then I noticed it became a scape mechanism from my life. But then you notice that weed is something that is getting you stuck in the first place. So now I don't buy anymore and just smoke veeery occasionally when I meet a friend that also smokes (Around once per month). It's been 4 months since I stopped smoking daily, and life is so much better without it, there is no comparison. The first 2/3 weeks after stoping were the hardest. Feeling depressed and unmotivated. But I can garantee you, if gets better afterwards. Keep strong man :)
Nonsense. Which cultivar did you smoke at night? It is not addictive unless you have an addictive personality. The problem is in you, not cannabis. Stop talking as if everyone has to be having the same experience as you with it. I use almost everyday in moderation, with gaps, and everything is fine. There is depression, anxiety, and so forth. In fact, I just used it to help me get past a cold where I had a nonstop headache for more than a day. Cannabis made me feel a lot better, closer to normal while sick. Then I took a whole bunch of it and finally destroyed that headache. Feeling fine. Cannabis is medicine in the RIGHT hands. You are the wrong hands.
Doctor of Pharmacy here. I don't use cannabis to get high, relax, have fun, etc. I'm AuDHD and use it as a mood stabilizer (measured dose, 2 to 4 times a day as needed). The strain is important, too. Hybrids with 60-70% indica to 30-40% sativa are where my sweetspot effects live. For me, this has worked better than any of the prescription drugs. I made the effort of writing this to shed light on the medicinal side of cannabis. Not everyone uses it for recreation. And medicinal doesn't only apply to cancer, HIV, or chronic pain patients. I drink beer or a nice cocktail on occasion when I want some recreation. Good video overall. Thanks.
For a pharmacist, it's interesting that you believe in the complete myth and nonsense that is sativa vs indica. There is literally no difference. Any argument toward it is outdated and invalid. You can fact check me on the wifi or cellular network you read this comment from. The miniscule differences between the two will never be enough to make any perceivable difference, and essentially all weed is hybrid.
Why are you using actual cannabis instead of extractions? It seems to me that actually smoking it is strictly worse for you than using a vaporizer or drops
"We'll ignore medical use, this is about doing weed for fun." Maybe you wrote this comment knowing that this quote was put in the video, maybe not, but medical use is definetely not the point of this video
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People often neglect the idea that smoking *Anything* is bad for your lungs, and your body as a whole. Wether it's weed, tobacco, or you're sitting at a campfire inhaling smoke.
Everyone dies sometime
real comment right here lol
i mean, regardless of what is burning, smoke still contains soot and ash.
One of many reasons I use the oil instead. XD
@@Vanity0666I get what you mean but it'll still affect our health until we die or quit or only use edibles.
Yup, to anyone who has ever cleaned a bowl or bong: all that shit is in your lungs too.
Weed was so cartoonishly vilified that the backlash has been to cartoonishly glorify it. Thank you for making this!
The god-like status that weed has gotten is actually insane to me
Dude, I smoke weed but I legitimately hate those potheads who believe it is not only perfectly safe, but healthy. It sounds stupid but I have legitimately argued with people who believe it is healthy to BURN AND INHALE ORGANIC MATERIAL.
@@whiskeysaint5609 From my life experience, inspite of all the "Benefits" these stoners preach about this thing,
All of the weed smokers I know have either performed mediocre or completely ruined their lives 😑
Just quit weed after years of use, probably the best choice I've made in a long time. Although weed isn't the worst stuff out there, it def has it's downsides. Screwed up my mentals for a long while.
weed. is. a. bad. thing.
I just cannot STAND the smell of cannabis. I legit have to leave the room. It should absolutely be legal, but non-smoking areas should be non-smoking.
Yea dude it smells horrible I genuinely can’t stand it either
Like tobacco.
I can't stand the smell either and I smoke it. Luckily I find it to be like garlic... If I'm consuming it I can't smell it.
It's worse than smoking tobacco @@ImperatoreTime
Yeah I don't like the smell and vapes, any vapes hurt my lungs to be around and make them feel sorta raw. I do use the occasional gummy to help relax enough before bed because I have chronic acute insomnia. Even that makes me feel like im being bad lol. I don't disaprove of others doing it but I feel weird about it personally.
I somehow have all the negative side effects of weed despite never using it in my life.
Yea, I had all of those ailments long before I starting smoking weed. They're extremely common across the board nowadays. I'm not sure how much cannabis use causes them or just brings them out sometimes. I used to have chronic depression but over the years it cleared up and I've been smoking the entire time.
Me too 😭
I had all the bad symptoms too (without using cannabis). Insomnia, bad mood, stress, etc. Now I use small doses to sleep and my life has improved significantly.
Cell phone addiction might be producing an analogous syndrome.
I didn't use for the first time until my late 30s and even then maybe twice a year. My mental health has taken an absolute noise dive and for the first time in my life I checked myself in rather than checking out completely. Cannabis helps me to get by day to day. Is it good for me probably not long term but without it I don't think I would still be here is the only joy I've felt in years.
Like all things, moderation is key. People who use it as a crutch for their life problems only hurt themselves.
Exactly! If someone you loved told you they have been drinking all day every day for years, and have been "functioning just fine", you'd still hold an intervention for them. Why do we think it's fine for people to be daily smokers, but not daily drinkers?
You're still getting intoxicated every day, and that's not healthy, physically or mentally.
@@mattcridd2well, you can't act as if they're the exact same because they're not. alcohol poisoning leads to death but you literally cannot overdose on cannabis... they cause different outcomes, alcohol often leading to aggression, violence (including domestic violence), and drunk driving accidents. weed smoking usually does the opposite of making you violent and belligerent.
yes, they both need to be respected and used in moderation and people need to take care of themselves overall, but that doesn't mean you can simplify it down that far to them being basically the same thing if used daily.
I know plenty of daily weed smokers that have normal, productive, happy lives. it is literally not at all the same thing as drinking everyday, so your comment is such a false comparison.
yes, there can be problems and drawbacks, but it's ridiculous that weed is the one that's illegal while alcohol is not, when it's very clear by the basic statistics that alcohol causes more problems in society and leads to more suffering and death than weed ever could... whereas weed can potentially help with a myriad of medical conditions like anxiety, depression, seizures, chronic pain, nausea, etc.
decriminalize and legalize it federally, and regulate it, invest in rehab/health measures, and study it thoroughly with rigorous scientific testing. it's not that complicated.
in general I don't want the government telling me what I can and can't do with my body and that includes what drugs I put into it. it's my basic freedom to take the risks for myself.
It would be more safe if it was regulated, because people will do it whether it's legal or not, prohibition doesn't work.
@@mattcridd2As someone who has suffered from Chronic Migraines for 28 years, I’ve smoked marijuana for the last 13 years and seen significant improvements.. no pharmaceutical has done what weed has done for me.
So you cannot say a blanket statement such as the one you mention.. it’s different for everyone and no where near alcohol.
@@mattcridd2 Well you can still be drunk the next day and you're actively killing you organs. That's way worse than anything weed does to you.
lol not for me, cause i know how to use it, it pretty much gives me relaxness
As someone who has been a chronic recreational and medical user for a long time - it's nice to finally have some truly unbiased and well researched information coming out these days
Agree!
Medical?
Non Biased my Asssss
The bias of "lazy" weed smoker is in the animation.
LOL unbiased.... I wonder how many comments in here are bots. Flood the comments section with bots and nobody can have a conversation because everything gets diluted.
I needed this information. I've been using too much and this information solidified my perception of the symptoms I've been experiencing. I was in denial about how much weed was negatively affecting me, and I always told myself "in moderation it's fine though!"
Problem is I haven't been using it in moderation. Thank you guys for the information and hard work, keep up what y'all do!
For me and just for me, moderation means once per week or less , i was a daily user and its not for me
You should try reducing or quit, you can do it!
Good for you self reflecting. That's awesome
Same here. I limited myself to weekends only, but I’d like to try to reduce it to Friday night only
I quit weed a few months ago. I was smoking all day every day for 5-6 years and it eventually started to feel like I was turning my brain to a pile of mush and my tolerance is shot, I can’t enjoy any anymore basically. If I do get a high, it’s short lived in comparison and just isn’t *fun* anymore. It’s a REALLY good idea to stop as soon as you can. I went cold turkey and was relatively okay, tho it felt like my withdrawals lasted months instead of weeks, but that could’ve just been in my head.
All this to say I see you, I hear you, I relate, and I wish you the best on your journey friend! You aren’t alone.
Thank God someone finally is speaking about the physical withdrawal symptoms. I grew for years. I started smoking when I quit heroin in my late twenties. Before that I didn’t smoke much, up until around the age of about 27.
I quit at age 36. I was having severe memory impairment. I still have issues, though they’re better and it’s only been about a month and a half since I quit. I went through severe physical withdrawal. I was smoking a lot, about a 1/4 a day. Take it as you will. I quit heroin, severe psych meds over the years, been on and off benzodiazepines throughout my life so I’m well versed in withdrawal symptoms. I had severe depression, anxiety, constant sweating, chills and cold sweats at night, nightmares, runny nose like I was quitting dope or benzodiazepines. It was ROUGH. Now every one has a different body chemistry, and I’m sure my use patterns were on the higher end, I smoked joints like they were cigs and was always high. But I went through very severe and very REAL withdrawal. Weed does become physically addictive. Anything psychoactive you put into your body on a daily basis will cause some changes as your body adapts to not having it when you quit. But weed withdrawal is very real, and its addictive properties are as well. I get cravings in the same way I did for heroin after I quit that. Not as powerful of a pull, but definitely still powerful and something REAL.
That's funny. That's the most extreme reaction to barely smoking for a long time at all, that I've ever read. Clearly it's just not the drug for you
*Started daily at 20, 35 now. Hate clutter and disorganization, hate spaces that aren't clean, graduated with a 3.951 in CJ in 2012 and am doing just fine today. My memory is a-okay too. Finally just read The Devil in The White City. Solid book and could talk to you in depth about it.
Your body withdrawals a certain way I feel like. That the drugs effect it to a small degree but across all of them is how particular your individual body reacts when it’s in that affect.
This year my mother went from a healthy, bright person to not knowing who I was, and then to her grave in the space of six months. As the dementia took her I watched my dad’s heart break. My weed vape, which i hit the odd evening, was all of a sudden a huge crutch for me. It really helped, it put this thin barrier between me snd the horror and it helped me be useful instead of a sobbing mess.
After the funeral though I decided to quit for a while to get a healthy relationship back with weed. Emotion hit me like a train and I experienced true deep depression for the first time in my life. A cautionary tale that if you mask grief/pain it does not go anywhere. You need to feel and process it or it will grow, and it will come for you.
Best of luck to you. You’re not alone and I hope you can find some ways to process your grief.
My Dad and I used to smoke together. He died of lung cancer. I knew full well that I desperately had to stop... It took over 5 years of fighting with myself to finally break the cycle. One of the major things that always pushed me back were the vivid dreams following quitting. Sleeping became like work. Dreams were so real it felt like I hadn't slept at all. I'd always wake up with some new cryptic message to try and decode. Now that I'm past it the initial drawbacks, I feel so much more comfortable in general. Every long term user should quit for at least a few months so they can learn who they are without it. I have a feeling most would refrain from returning to it.
Weed should be illegal worldwide, I'm glad that in my country it was abolished years ago
Admit you commited a crime, and face prison
Yep, had a rough last couple years of childhood and smoked for like two years straight, I’m almost 20 now and I’ve just quit, finally processing my emotions properly and things are actually getting better. Shocker 😂
I needed this honesty. I'm in the 10%; addicted, using it every day, pretty consistently, with high THC levels. And of course, every time I try to quit, those nasty withdrawal symptoms are very real, and I feel awful for 3 or 4 days, and I don't really feel 'great' until I make it more than a week - which is rare when the weed brings me all the good feelings right away. The only upside is that I started in my early 20s, and not my teen years, so the developmental damage should be less damaging - though the long term damage is definitely still there as I know I have no motivation and terrible memory problems. This video is a big motivator to heavily cut down, thank you for the science.
same. we'll get through this
How old are you now?
Exactly same experience for me, started when I was 23 and graduated from university, and have been using heavily for close to 2 years now
@@TraxisOnTheLines 1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Best of luck my friend, I hope you can cut down successfully.
Thank you for backtracking and correcting things you've said in the past. It makes me respect this channel that much more.
Same, it’s a rare thing to find in channels, but it really shows they care, like this is their life instead of a side hustle.
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crowd together; nestle closely.
"they huddled together for warmth"
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"a huddle of barns and outbuildings"
Not sure what a "side huddle" is...
@@OrderOfOmphalos lmao typo! Thanks for reminding me
@@OrderOfOmphalos Side Hussle. it's not that hard.
don't forget they were entirely funded by a certain former ceo's company masquerading as "philanthropy"
as someone who was a regular user (1-2 times a week) during lockdown vs now (only when I feel like it, 1-2 times a month), this was the perfect time for this information to come out! Not fear mongering, but just plain information. I hope it comes across the right page of people!
regular user is every day ? you were a recreational user . you dodged a bullet .
Its is great you show the REAL side of it. I have expierenced a lot of things myself or in my peers that you guys mentioned. Weed is not only some fun stuff you do. It is a drug, and it should be respected as it.
Nobody wants to see radical thoughts weither good or bad about a drug. Informations about a drug should be absolutely arbitrary and far from any lobbies.
fuck drugs, fuck weed and fuck alcohol and all those who consume it on a daily basis
Well, technically it’s both simultaneously. It is something fun and also a drug.
@@phobos1963lucky for you. This video exists!
So should alcohol and caffeine by your logic.
It's all in moderation, but we all know the perception of the public won't change that much.
Probably the realest cannabis video I have ever viewed. Thank you for not continuing the trend of other channels that only want to show cannabis' positives. As a long time everyday, all day smoker (10+ yrs), I quite literally cannot sleep more than 2 hours without it, I wake up every morning with enough phlegm in my chest to drown a child, and I am extremely socially awkward at times even amongst friends, and I never used to be. Probably the worst part of all though, is that I am hyper-aware that my cannabis use is responsible for the majority of the negatives in my life, and I can't seem to be able to bring myself to stop for more than a couple of days without going insane. I'm preparing a mix while watching this video to keep my brain busy. 😢
Weed addiction is real, dont be afraid to reach out and to try and get help! There are people out there now who can help you get off the stuff. In my country you can actually volunteer yourself into an inpatient ward for 15 days to help you if you're in my shoes and don't have the discipline/willpower to stop.
Quitting weed cold turkey is horrible. I did it once. I only had been using it daily and heavily for about 5 or 6 months at that point though. Can't imagine what it's like after 10 years. Try tapering off is my best tip. To start try smoking every other day. Still gonna be a challenge, but much more manageable.
It’s hard to admit that man. I am experiencing the same thing and just quit 10 days ago. I have insomnia (since I was a kid) and the first few nights are hell, but if you truly want to stop, you can, and you won’t regret it. Good luck brother!
you can do it. have you tried CBD? or melatonin as a sleep alternative?
Your comment is even more real bru.. Hope you get well
I quit a few months ago and used with the same length and regularity as you. My sleep still isn’t normal and I am still paranoid about hanging out with people. Hoping my brain normalizes again one day. Sending you love 💗
I started smoking weed when I was 15. I’m 28 now. In a few short years l’ll have smoked for longer in my life than not. It reminds me of my grandpa who we used to always scold for smoking cigarettes. He would say “it makes me happy” and “I’ve been smoking since I was 16 years old.” I don’t want to be the grandpa that my grandkids will be begging to stop. I still smoke but I’ve definitely reeled it back over the past couple years. The effects have been so obvious - I’m more clear headed, more confident, & more disciplined when I’m sober. I’ve found that my intention going into smoking makes a big difference. When I was younger I would say l’ll never be one of those people who say “I used to smoke weed” or that I grew out of it. But.. as much as I want to deny it, that seems like the path forward if I want to continue to grow and evolve into my best self. Weed helped me escape when I felt trapped in my life, but now that I have autonomy and endless possibilites to explore, it has become an easy way to hide away from that intimidating truth.
I used heavily from age 13-17… lo and behold I have had depression, anxiety, and terrible memory ever since 😔 Edit: Guys. I’m 35, it’s been twenty years
Damn, that one hit hard. Thank you for sharing 💚
@@foxsake6634I mean maybe temporary but after more then a few months you'll be back to your normal self smoking for 3-4 years definitely won't cause crazy long term damage.
Hey, how old are you now? Why do you say ever since?@@foxsake6634
Good luck for you, wish you a long and happy life and that you quit weed.
As someone who has been smoking almost daily during the summers and not at all the rest of the year, I can attest to many of the things mentioned in the video. By the end of the summer my memory tends to be quite bad and I perceive the prospect of stopping as really boring and every time I wanna keep going even if it has lost all the magic. Then, no more than a month after I quit for Uni, my memory improves, my motivation gets higher and I no longer miss it. And when I do it again next summer it's a much more pleasant feeling. Problem is with lots of free time to kill, I end up overusing it again. I'd like to use it in a more balanced manner but as mentioned in the video, it is truly addicting. Not in a heroin kind of way but in a social media kind of way. Subtle but still real.
This was probably the most unbiased discourse around weed I’ve ever come across. It also made me take a step back and ask myself a few hard questions about my current weed consumption. This was a great watch. Thanks for that
@@therealyoungfinesse Much agreed.
You said it.
Unfortunately same. Let’s see how tomorrow goes
I am the 20% who can't handle drugs and alcohol. When you start using at the age of 15 and continue that regularly for 15 years with the only breaks being when I was in jail for over 2 years over the course of 10. Stop using drugs and alcohol if you have mental health issues. Gotta heal your brain. It took me a really long time to accept that this is true. Don't be me. I am lucky to be here. Have been suicidal for a solid 5 years. Whoever needs to read this, don't do that to yourself. This is most definitely all we get. We evolved here and are lucky to be alive. Don't cheat yourself from the most unique experience in the entire universe.
Weed is really not bad if you wanna put it into perspective go to a drug addicts anonymous meeting with people with REAL problems, like i dont get my weed im cranky for a day and have trouble sleeping, imagine everyones face in the room when u say u are a weed addict they would be like "this isint the place for u" theres people that can literally die from not getting their drug of choice, weed is quite literally the least harmful recreational drug and if u think the government cares about u and thats why its illegal just remember how much money politicians receive from cigarette companies, imagine what would happen to cigarette sales if weed became fully legal and obtaininable legally in the gas station or supermarket
I’m a legal medicinal user of cannabis and it stopped me using opiates, and I’m grateful it works so well for me. I live in chronic pain, and without it I cannot function. Moderation and medicalisation is key though - I use it just like a prescription medicine. And I use high CBD and low THC strains - which are so much more available too thanks to legal medical use. I have a great doctor who has tried many different strains and types with me to find the best for my pain, and who treats it just like any other medication - with potential side effects that we work hard to minimise. I’m so glad I can use it instead of opiates, which turned me into a zombie! With cannabis I can be out of bed and living my life all day. I really hope this sort of research continues - it’s so important that it’s treated like any other drug that has a lot of potential side effects, because using that information for utilising and creating better medical strains for specific purposes has been very helpful for people like me!
It's sad how what you say can be true, but so many people completely omit the last 1/3 and treat it as if it's some sort of
Wonder Drug.
Yes it has some effective medicinal qualities, and can help people with physical and mental issues, but it is also addictive, with an odor that lingers and gets carried by the wind easily, and can cause great discomfort even to those not actually smoking it.
It should be moderated and restricted to certain areas, just like smoking - not the "anytime, anywhere, as much as you'd like" solution that so many advocate for.
@@kimeojin1234 It's mostly because the people who are presenting it as this problem-less drug are those who don't have a sufficient understanding of how it works-- it's a cultural change in perception more than anything. We still don't rag people for smoking cigarettes in public though second-hand is objectively worse from tobacco. Similarly, the wide access gives it to everyone, and in this big pendulum swing of acceptance, lack of info and response are rampant. Like the original commenter, I use it medically but with a higher level of understanding of my relationship and function with it. I have chronic pain after breaking my spine, and a history with opiate addiction, so I refuse any high-level painkillers. Weed has its benefits, and its downsides like anything. The "Wonderdrug" pitch is one we've seen from opiates themselves to tobacco being doctor-prescribed, vapes are still up in the air-- we just live in a time where everything changes so fast that a lof of people get lost in the big general shifts and lose the knowledge to navigate and understand it responsibly. That's not even considering that there are always billion dollar industries behind these things with their own rhetoric and capacity to influence common perception.
Look into kratom, amazing for pain. Tread lightly if you have an addictive personality. Many many people have gotten of opioids with kratom.
Maybe solve the root cause of the pain rather than going for painkillers?
@@bigsmall246 not that easy. Especially when you work with your body for a living your whole life
I had only smoked weed a handful of times as a teenager, over a decade later though I began smoking for fun with friends which eventually turned into a daily habit. I've been smoking daily for 2 years now, this video helped me realize that a lot of the personal issues/problems I've been dealing with this year are most likely caused by marijuana.. constantly depressed, anxious, suicidial thoughts, no energy, no creativity, no attention span, and a lack of motivation to go to work.. whenever I've tried taking a break I just can't help myself from not smoking at the end of the day. I was so depressed yesterday.. I couldn't even bring myself to leave the bed. Quitting now seems more viable than before I watched this video, I finally feel the slightest enthusiasm for becoming who I was before this all started. Thank you.
I wish you all the best! You got this!
Good luck brother ! ❤
My exact same pattern right now sadly. Still in bed at 13h, looking at this video Who just popped on my notifications happy to have red you and to see we are not alone struggling
First three days are a real bummer, then it gets better by the day. Drink water and take walks 👍
oh yea dude for sure, anything consumed too much is too much. Its great that you realised that, wish you a safe recovery. I think its alright if you use it, just be sure you don't "need" it. That way it'll be more enjoyable too
I'm a stoner and I really appreciate this video and your cautious thorough language. I've met a lot of people who believe complete myths about drugs, and weed is close to the top for misinfo. People flat out reject any purported side effects and treat it like an actual miracle drug. "If you had any negative effects it's cause of you not the plant." and other such drek, ignoring that as with any drug the effects don't simply change, they're potentiated or reduced by your anatomy. If a drug causes heart attacks in someone but not you, it's not because it doesn't affect your heart, it's because your heart has thusfar withstood the damage.
It also irritates me that it's treated as a cure for literally everything, some even alleging that it treats their ADHD. An effect I've heard many allege, but I've never once seen demonstrated. It's always possible someone has very specific brain chemistry imbalances that weed attenuates, but that'd be very rare. Instead what I've seen is people saying it helps, then their behavior proves that it makes their symptoms worse across the board. I think it makes them feel better and in some cases emboldens them to do thinks they otherwise wouldn't want to like unclog a sink, and then they attribute that to weed helping their focus. Something that you could just as easily claim is true of heroin.
For the record I have ADHD and it doesn't help at all.
My best friend once told me: "weed is like a medicine, but you wouldn't take antibiotics everyday" this sentence really explains the essence behind cannabis use.
people take other pills everyday to survive that have harmful effects.
I take a multivitamin every day… your best friend sounds like a restart
I take a lot of harder meds everyday some twice a day sooo
@@libidinousbear4563 almost got em buddy
@@libidinousbear4563 you didn't just compare antibiotics to multivitamins
Convincing that 1 out of 10 people that they are the 1 out of 10 people is the hardest thing in the world. I wish there was an entire video that talked about how to get people to let it go.
You don't get it bro, weed is my medicine and I have to take 15 bong rips a day because I have insomnia.
Snoop Dogg is the perfect example
@@buttmanjenkins3972 LMAO I know a guy just like that.
It's sad how people believe the shitty lies they tell themselves.
See that’s so weird to me because I’m sitting here thinking I am that 1 in 10. Seeing this video really changed my outlook and I’m definitely going to slow my intake.
I get it but that's addiction for you, you're never just going to have a quick and easy solution
this video was so necessary! i am a recovering weed addict (even when i say it it sounds funny), i smoked everyday for 2+ years and i’ve been clean for 2 months now. in the beggining weed did wonders in my life, it allowed me moments of socialization and diving deeper into my own feelings, helping me understand myself and heal. it really made me a better person.
but with time, it started to slowly eat away my life. sometimes i would feel ill or anxious and knew weed would worsen the symptons, but i smoked anyway. i felt like a puppet, i couldn’t control my hands from reaching for my stash and rolled a joint without even thinking. then just as the video says, it became a remedy and a culprit for loneliness. i would feel lonely and smoke, but that also made me more anxious to go out and socialize.
also, i would do nothing most of the time. smoking weed and staring into the ceiling was just fine. i would never feel bored. it was some quick and easy dopamine instead of pursuing some actual fun activity, like going out or playing sports, hell even playing video games.
the moment i decided it was enough was when i started missing my master thesis deadlines because i would always prefer smoking to anything. i was going to fail my degree i worked so hard for because of weed! the first few weeks were hard but i am back to normal now.
i do miss it though :( i really hope i am able to enjoy weed in moderation in the future. so my message is: enjoy weed but be careful!!!
I had to quit a few years ago myself. I started young and got to a point where I smoked daily and I got to a point where I had palsy seizures. At first I didn't know what was going on because it happens first on a bus and I had to go to work so I ended up brushing it off but it happened two more times. I cut back and when I did a lil hit after playing a round of games when I came back inside I asked my lil brother to watch over me with a phone ready to record because no one has ever seen me go through it and I got shakes lucky I didn't have another seizure. But asking my brother to do that was my breaking point
I experienced the same thing. I thought I could never do it again. Many traumas later, I periodically go without it but my life is just better and easier when I have it. You just have to periodically recalibrate by clearing it out of your system and starting over.
Takes a lot of introspective effort to weigh the costs of something so central to your routine and then decide it’s doing harm. I’m glad you were provided a catalyst and were able to escape the addiction without any serious life damage!
WEEEEEEEDDDDD!!!!!!1!!!!!!!
I feel you brother, thanks for sharing.
There’s definitely some smokers in the Kurz office
Been smoking since I was 16. Only started smoking a lot about 2-3 years ago when I was 18 (daily) . I can very much relate to the symptoms he's mentioning, and I've been aware of them. Started smoking heavy because I wanted to escape from life's troubles/emotions. After these 2-3 years I understood that these troubles will only truly dissapear once I face them, smoking only conceals these troubles, doesn't solve them. If anyone's reading, once you control your smoking habits you will control your life much better. It's not easy to just quit, so let's all just try our very best and take the steps needed. love
I have felt the best in my life, when I ran directly towards my problems. Do the hardest thing first.
weed also cause lung cancer, weed, when burned(because you have to light it to smoke ), the smoke is filled with tar, tar is related to cancer, '' oh.... but marijuana/weed can treat cancer'', well, indeed, but its a chemical inside of the weed that its separated from other chemicals that are harmful to us, the same procedure is done to other plants when making medicine, okay?
weed also cause lung cancer, weed, when burned(because you have to light it to smoke ), the smoke is filled with tar, tar is related to cancer, '' oh.... but marijuana/weed can treat cancer'', well, indeed, but its a chemical inside of the weed that its separated from other chemicals that are harmful to us, the same procedure is done to other plants when making medicine, okay?
We all sinned and deserve hell But, Jesus came down from heaven and died and resurrected for us. He said we can have eternal life if we place our faith in him and turn away from all of our sins
@@SpreadingtheGOODNEWSisfun be quiet and go away
They brought up such a good point that I hardly ever hear other people talking about: The less you use it, the better it gets! I used to work at a dispensary so I was deep into weed culture and was very supportive of it. Even then, when I considered myself a stoner, I still wouldn’t use it more than once every week or two, despite always wanting to. That was because the experiences I had when I kept my tolerance as low as possible were unmatched by anything I felt from chronic usage. I wish more people would see it this way too.
this the method fr this guy know wsp
Yeah, it doesn't work that way for everyone. Sometimes, I have been forced to go weeks or months without weed and when I return, my tolerance is still high and it doesn't feel any better than before. Intentionally forcing myself to do without almost every day sounds like unnecessary torture that I will NEVER willingly do to myself ever again!
I gotta find some weak ass regs somewhere. I can't take the strong hydro. Instead of calming me it makes me nervous AF.
Same with AHD meds. I would usually try going a few months or weeks without it to make sure it was harder hitting when I actually needed it.
Yes I see it your way. I'm a chronic user so I use at least once or twice everyday. If I was in your shoes I'd come back to the dark side or just quit because the feeling of want is too overwhelming for my taste. When I had quit for years I decided to go back because I have actually messed my life up with bad decisions and the weed pulled me out of severe depression. It helps me stay away from making bad decisions.
as a daily smoker myself I knew I wouldnt enjoy this video. However I think it‘s really important that content like this exists and is out there
Same man. I know I'm a zombie; I don't really like to be told it. But at least I knew it alread
Hahah man don’t wanna face the truth , the only reason you are a sexual deviant is because you smoke weed.
This was the first thing in my feed...I stopped smoking entirely p much yesterday, so I was initially like "what the fuck, man" but I needed this video more than I realized. I'm currently cold turkey with a vape in my pocket so only time will tell... but withdrawal symptoms are scary. I might need to smoke every now and then until they calm down. Or not. We shall see how strong I am and what I need for myself.
You don't like it because it's true and you're in denial because of your addiction, the brain is controlling you
@@jin3784no shame in weaning off! Once the dose is low enough you can go cold turkey, that's what worked for me at least. This only works if you can control yourself enough to keep the low doses low
HUGELY much needed topic that needed to be covered! I only have personal anecdotes but heavy weed use nonstop for 2 years developed a social anxiety disorder within me. Talking, thinking, reading and socializing became incredibly difficult and I withdrew into a shell of my former self as a result. I felt like I had lost my spark and personality and turned me from someone extremely social to one that was very afraid of social interactions. Whatever people said, my mind couldnt process with enough speed to facilitate normal conversation and this made social interactions awkward and difficult. I always felt like people were looking at me and judging me; body movements that once felt natural felt forced and unnatural.
At the time, I just kept going because I felt like I could quit at any time (i didnt feel addicted), and I also underestimated weed (and many other drugs). It was my time of exploring drugs and all I was curious about was pushing limits and seeing how high I could get / different combinations of drugs.
Anyway this sort of mindset and lack of respect towards drugs has led to myself having to live my disorder for the rest of my life. It has been a very hard 5ish years but im slowing learning to live with it and figure out ways to be at peace with myself and my anxiety.
One thing ill note for sure is that after quitting weed, alot of the long term symptoms feel like they are slowly reversing and over the past couple years I have felt more myself than ever since I started smoking.
Im not saying this will happen to everyone/trying to demonize drugs, since I know many of my stoner friends have different experiences. Ive also had the most intense, amazing, fun and unforgettable moments on drugs.
But just dont underestimate weed (or psychadelics) just because they are "physically safe". The psyche is a very fragile thing and every time u take a drug that is psychoactive, ur playing a game of russian roulette whether u know it or not. You may be the unlucky few percent that has to have their life changed for the worse forever. Its a risk you have to be willing to take so keep monitoring how your body and mind feels to it and prioritize that over fun.
It would be fun if kurzgesagt made a video like this about alcohol or psychadelics like shrooms or lsd
I really like these type of video's
+1
The thing is, alchohol kinda has no positive benefits lol, would just be a 97% negative video, about things everyone knows about
That'd be awesome!
Kurzgesagt please
They made one about heroin but disowned it 👍
I feel totally called out by this video. I'm eighteen and started smoking pretty much every night around two years ago and I definitely feel the social effects mentioned around the 5-minute mark. I find myself not wanting to hang out with people sometimes or even find myself getting excited to leave social events because I can't wait to get back home and smoke... by myself. It's something I've acknowledged but haven't thought about much and this video really opened my eyes to the other issues I have surrounding weed. Fantastic video, I think a lot of people will need this.
quit 🙏
@@itsfy_ I'm still in the middle of the video but a ton of the negative effects they're talking about hit close to home, it seems like quitting would 100% be in my best interest especially as a college student.
@@imaginify6173 I really do hope you can quit. Best wishes on that.
@@imaginify6173good luck my man. You’re already halfway there by getting informed!
@@imaginify6173good luck to you! 😽🍀
2024: we need to talk about weed
2025: we need to talk about galaxy gas
Kurzgesat really on that good cush and alcohol
only if the goal is to constantly be a year behind the curve of drugs lol
we already know galaxy gas is bad
2026: we need to talk about galaxy crack
those are what used to be called whippits, and depriving your brain of oxygen is very obviously bad for you...
Always a banger video at Kurzgesagt. Thank you guys!
Watching this video is really influencing me to attempt to quit again. When I was only 12 my mom is the first person who introduced me to Cannabis. I was smoking heavier and heavier as the years have passed, I was pretty much high for half of middle school and all of high school. I'm 20 now and I'm to the point where I smoke everyday, and when I don't the hardest part for me is the boredom they talked about when your brain isn't being dulled for hours. It's so frustrating for me because I feel like I wasn't able to choose this for myself, I'm ready to choose for myself... I think its definitely a drug that can really inhibit your life and relationships... sadly a lot of this video I relate with. I hope as time passes more conversation surrounds both the negative with the positive. As well as how many young people do get exposed to cannabis far before they are able to understand these consequences. I feel most people don't understand weed can be harmful like this because of how the positives seem to be the only thing most people are educated about. I don't think this means criminalization and I'm really glad society is moving forward because for some people THC helps them live with chronic conditions, but for people like me, and there's a lot of them, they need to be more open to looking at not just the pro's, but the con's as well. This video was truly a wake up call for me.
A video like this regarding booze or psychedelics like mushrooms or LSD would be entertaining.
I truly enjoy these kinds of videos.
Especially since there are so many bot comments that say it "saved their life" or whatever that make it seem like it's better than it actually is
@@jocabulous people can have an opinion that isn't your opinion or be ignorant without being bots, not everyone you disagree with is a bot
@@bobaorc7839 Great point. And to the original poster, I agree. Since mushrooms are legal right now in Oregon and Colorado (in CO to grow, consume and give away for free is completely legal, and in 2025 will be available in dispensaries or else in small "doctor shops") and it would be great to see more information on them.
I have many friends who smoke, nonstop, all day and all night and none of them seem to have any of the issues described here with thc. In fact, most are legal growers and have great jobs, and they join clubs where they meet all the time to help each other, so it's not anti social all the time with over consumption. This show is making that up or it's more like 1/40 are like who they're describing.
@@bobaorc7839 If you ever see those type comments on videos vaguely about LSD, they all follow the same structure, they all somehow are 50-60 years old, and all end with the exact phrase "Saved my life." I don't even have that much of an opinion on the matter
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To add to the video as someone who had a severe addiction to weed and has since quit, people with ADHD need to be even more cautious as we have a colossally higher rate of addiction to substances and weed in particular can really appear to help.
Also, while there can be a loneliness feedback loop as described in this, another danger is being around other addicts. This will reinforce your usage and give you constant access. If you're addicted and want to quit, cutting out or limiting contact with other huge stoners is a necessary place to start, even if it's really hard.
Ya, esp if the addiction reduces your circle of friends who don't partake, so quitting will feel lonely.
thank you so much for this comment. I am clean 4 days now
I second everything in this comment. I'm 28, started at about 13 and smoked daily from 21 until last year when I finally managed to stop. The hardest thing about it was having to leave all my friends behind. Even then, I only really did because they moved onto harder stuff that I always swore to stay away from. Despite how hard it was, I'm happier now than I was when I was smoking heavily---I can now recognise how paranoid, apathetic and scared to be myself I was when I smoked, and how much it impacted my ability to function as a responsible member of society. I'm still struggling with the last part, but it is getting easier as the days go by.
If this sounds like you now, please take this as a sign and do everything you can to stop. Find a hobby or two and meet people who do things other than bond over substances. It could be games, an art, music. Anything. For me it was martial arts, and I'd recommend it because not only does it teach you that discipline and self control that can help you finally drag yourself out of that hole you're in, kicking and punching stuff is fun enough that it barely feels like exercise.
Good luck to you all.
get away from the toxic stoners that call you lame for not wanting to partake. they are the ones responsible for propagating misinformation on the benefits of cannabis. when i quit i still hung around my same group of friends, but they were all very respectful in not offering me anything, and taking their business elsewhere when that time came. i still enjoy the culture, and i love to look at and smell the flowers, but i no longer partake in it
I have Autism and ADHD, I am definitely not going to try this lmao.
Awesome video. I stopped 2 Weeks ago after 3-4 years of heavy usage (im 26), and i can confirm everything that has been said in this video. The best part ist the anxiety completely went away. And after waking up, you feel clear minded and fresh to go. No more energy drinks for me. Im quite sure that ill never smoke alone in my life ever again.
Good job :) agreed it’s not worth smoking alone
"never smoke alone" is the important part here :D
kinda funny, my first time trying weed was at age 29 and it helped my anxiety immensely. it really made my entire life much better. i LOVE weed. i should have started earlier than age 29. maybe 25.
i think smoking weed before age 21 is not great for one's development, but at some stage of life there are simply little to no downsides. it's so much better and better for you than other recreational substances, it's not even comparable. i'm quite sure that i'll be smoking alone for the rest of my life. i can't wait till they legalize it so i can grow my own PLANTS without fear of being locked in a box for decades.
good for you
Been smoking weed for 11 years and I feel pretty good, I can run, cycle, I don't get out of breath and I have 0 cough so this video is mostly irrelevant for me personally
Really needed to hear this- I appreciate your ability to discuss this topic without bias. As a pothead, we are too deep in the fog to realize how much it affects us.
Weed may not be “super addictive”, but numbing out pain is. Whenever you find yourself very reliant on one coping mechanism, and straying away from your other more varried coping strategies, reflect on it.
Yep. Seems like most of the symptoms of weed addiction are actually the consequences of a ruined society. When everything is fked up, everyone suffers from some form of PTSD or another.
You’re absolutely right however I’m definitely not stopping lol
Bingo. Habitual is the correct term, there’s nothing in weed that is addictive.
I would say when one faces withdrawals there is an addictive component in the substance and there are definitely withdrawals from weed.
the problem with this fact that you're not entirely wrong about is that this only proves that everything can lead to addiction including things that are commonly considered healthy like fresh air, water, being in a healthy relationship, and exercise (especially the last one.. i notice most people who love exercising love it more than i like weed)
at that point the question is: in a vacuum, is addiction itself really a bad thing, or is it the thing you're addicted to that's bad?
ironically enough, the first video i saw from Kurzgesagt tackles this topic, and they were forced to delete the video by their investors (which lead to drama, because those same investors paid the channel to make videos on biased topics, which they later apologized for)
they should probably remake that video, and update it with modern research
I was addicted to weed when I was a teenager. I couldn't go a day without it. Suddenly, I started getting severe panic attacks while/after smoking and I had to stop because it was no longer enjoyable, it was just terrifying. The absolute worst withdrawal symptom was EXTREME boredom, and nothing could entertain me. It wasn't depression, but it's like I was completely incapable of indulging in any stimulation at all. I just laid on the couch for like 2 weeks, and then it started getting better. I cannot describe how intense the boredom was and how nothing would fix it.
Not going to lie thats just growing up but weed FORSURE intensifies the fuck out of it
I’m the same mate, anxiety got too much for me so I felt it was only right to stop smoking
@@StainedShuriken333 I was with you until the extreme boredom part. I had the same thing happen to me with the panic though. At first it was during a high that I had panic, and one night I remember feeling that same elevated heart rate, and anxiety, and realized I hadn’t even smoked that evening. I’ve gotten a lot better at managing it over the years but it never really went away, and I’m not sure if it can. It’s really depressing. That being said I didn’t get that boredom you’re describing
i replaced mine with youtube tbh
I'm with you all the way. I got addicted during the pandemic and went through the same thing. Congrats for quitting! Not easy, but so worth it.
I smoke, vape, and consume edibles often, but I make a point of taking a 1-2 month (however long it takes for me to no longer come up positive on an OTC drug test) T-break at least once a year. It helps me reset my tolerance as well as gives me time to kind of emotionally check in with myself. A couple times it was a lot harder to cut out, so I made myself stay off it for several months so I could focus on addressing the things I was running away from.
I absolutely LOVE weed. I want to be able to enjoy it for the rest of my life, but to do that, I need to make sure I'm being smart and safe about it.
Amen
Thank you for sharing. I really like what you said and it's reinforced my decision to take a few months off just to see how it makes me feel.
As someone that's trying to have a better relationship with weed, this comment is really helpful. I'll be starting a T-Break soon, and will try to go for as long as I can to deal with my feelings, and get rid of my brain fog.
How do you break into the first break? I don't want a t-break anymore...I want to stop fully?
This is the way, it improves your experience as they said in the vid. A bit of self control (easier said than done I know) really has not only health benefits but makes it more enjoyable. Im going to try doing bimonthly "fasting" off and on to see how that works. I wonder if it helps your lungs recover from some the damage done from smoking.
There is a fourth very important factor, perhaps more important than the other three: Stimulus/motivation/reason.
That is, the biopsychosocial and cultural reasons why people smoke.
A person who smokes when they are on the weekend, having fun with friends, taking advantage of a vacation, relaxing at home, or even to get artistic inspiration, has a completely different relationship with marijuana than a person who smokes to distance themselves from the problems they are experiencing, such as risks, violence, financial difficulties, family problems, precariousness of life, etc.
The same goes for alcohol, which can be both a tool for socialization and violence, or even psychedelics, which can cause paranoia or be used to treat post-traumatic stress.
When it comes to drugs, the context and environment make all the difference.
I think this is the best take
This comment right here , THIS is what should really be discussed in relation to drugs , and we are drugging ourselves so much because capitalism is inhumane and self destructive.
bingo!
This. Absolutely this
@@TomatusYT caffeine nicotine alcohol are more deadly than THC hell the prescriptions we take are far more deadly than THC with a lot more side effects
As a former weed abuser, the downsides are horrible…
Everything felt empty, distant, addiction was there, now I can see and think clearly.
It should be legal but its very very dangerous if you can’t control it
That is the same for any addiction ever, including gambling and other things. Addiction is caused by predilection to addiction on the part of the addict, the drug itself doesn't cause it. (maybe you could make the case for heroin, but certainly alcohol, weed, etc are not that addictive)
“Very very dangerous if you cant control it” 😂😂😂
You clearly havent studied biology havent you? No one can control these type of things thats why they are called addictions because you cant control it
@@seadkolasinac7220 many drugs (including alcohol) have addictive properties, its not just a mental thing.
I bet a bot from India named Karan Karan k1h is gonna reply some bs link in this video's comment section
Crazy how it affects people differently!
I came back inside after smoking, sat down to eat my dinner, searched for a video to watch, and this is the first one I see. I think this might be a sign.
Edit: Yeah, it was a sign...
Pretty much same and it was a relapse smoke that I sneaked in before bed...
Lay off the herb.
I'm 25 days into my 40 day tollerence break. This video is making me think I should extend my break
Honestly, this video described me to a tee.
Hold on baby
I love your unbiased approach to your research. You are not for or against things, and you aren't afraid to say when there are things that aren't clear yet. I always look forward to hearing your take on things.
unbiased? some of the videos were funed by the gates foundation.... mainly around the time of the pandemic pushing a narrative
As a former heavy user, it felt like I woke up after 2 years and didn't even know myself
Around 6:15 i thought he was talking about me 🌞
I smoked everyday from age 16 to about 23. I only quit because of a new career I started. I realized that it really controlled my life and personality. If you want to smoke weed every now and then, great. But if you are doing it everyday without a prescription from a medical professional, you are self medicating for some other reason and you should try and understand that issue better.
i smoke everyday and idc
@@senn4237 I'm totally with you.I think I was 15 and a daily user until I was about 19 and then when I didn't get high and go to work, I made money and everything we got high.I just tried to get off early and would leave the restaurant with like twenty bucks!
It was all about avoiding the one bus boy that wanted me to go smoke primos with him behind the dumpster I will save for some people.Does make them better not me
@@senn4237 well said
It's evident that education about the implications of cannabis use, especially for teens, is critical for its appropriate usage. It's indeed good news that it's becoming more decriminalised globally since it opens up avenues for further research. The findings from these studies could help shape more effective policies regarding its use.
Naah, just preach abstinence, that always solved youth related problems, right?
Drug interactions are the uncomfortable elephant in the room. On a whole I've seen that people who use cannabis tend to think "it's a plant, it's natural, so it's healthy!" and are largely unaware that marijuana is a stimulant. It makes you sleepy and could make you a total potato for an afternoon, but cannabis also makes your heart work harder than usual. It is prudent not to mix this with other stimulants that put a strain on your heart, namely a lot of ADHD medications like methylphenidate (ritalin). Navigating these conflicts is how we learn to use cannabis with more safety and informed moderation.
I agree but it seems to me they're focusing on all the wrong things to get the message across "it's dangerous because" which let's be honest just makes it more attractive to teenagers. I instead focus on the fact that using too young means once you're an adult you'll get less high and a lower quality of high no matter how much you use. Everyone I've told that has chosen to wait. Might help I'm in a wheelchair with severe pain and use medically to manage my conditions.
In 2018, texas made its version of the farm bill, but they somehow forgot to prohibit sale of products containing thc to minors. now, they're looking at closing "the delta 8 loophole" for everyone, even adults. back when the bill was new, one of its sponsors said something to the effect of "you [retailers] had better not try to be cute about it" (specifically using the word cute), meaning that instead of doing their job, they were going to trust businesses to not attempt to make as much money as possible, with predictable outcomes. my legislators, both state and federal, are idiots. our "compassionate use" program here is hot garbage.
@@Nick1979BNabstinence makes sense.
Great to hear you guys tackling this topic in such a thoroughly researched manner. I’m really glad to see weed becoming more socially accepted and legal, but I also fall into that two out of 10 group that has problems with overuse and addiction. For me, there is no such thing as moderation when it comes to weed and I experienced so many of the negative consequences you talked about in this video. Happy to say I’ve been clean of the stuff for years now, and I feel like my true self again. No longer withdrawn and isolated. The silver lining is that heavy weed use was SO much easier to withdraw from than other addictive substances, at least in my experience, so if you’re a stoner who wants to quit there is lots of hope!
You're happy to see it become more accepted but admit that there are people that are essentially vulnerable to it? Why would making it more accepted be a good thing in any way?
I think alcohol, smoking or really any other indulgent behaviour should be way less socially acceptable too btw before people say "but alcohol is okay too!"
@@trashbag5051 In order to come off an addiction you need social structures in place to help you do so. The less accepted a drug is the less likely some is to seek help, this is part of the reason the war on drugs was seen as overkill. Obviously there should be laws in place to mitigate things, such as 21+ plus for alcohol.
Ive smoked daily for 10 years and took a month break while traveling without any issues or withdrawals. Just more bored than usual 😅
I've always thought that weed doesn't result in an addiction, but just a habit. Your body can function without it. You don't develop a dependency. However, you fall in the habit of smoking, and it's a part of your routine.
Pretty much the "I can quit whenever I want to." Yes, you can. But you don't want to.
Still, it is not like quitting alcohol or hard drugs. You can't quit those cold-turkey. Weed you absolutely can. Porn addiction, too. Those two are more or less the same.
do you smoke weed occasionally or are you going cold turkey
I was a teen using cannabis daily for a year or so, it was so fun the first times and it gave me appetite (since without a hit I would not eat at all), but now at 23 I had been diagnosed with severe depression, social phobia, adhd, borderline, and I just want you to know that what this video says it’s real c: it’s not for everyday but it’s fun to have
Been addicted to smoking since 14, now 21 and finally trying to put the weed down. It’s hard to understate how much people dismiss the struggles of being addicted to weed. I appreciate you bringing awareness to the issue. For me Weed made me derealize very bad because I would go months without being sober once and I started to feel like stuff and people around me weren’t real. Really messed with me.
Very similar situation I'm in rn. I was addicted since 14, since 16 when covid hit I was high all day everyday but finally quit at 21 and I'm 23 days sober now. Physical withdrawal was horrible and is finally over now, but now I feel all the damage weed has done to my brain which almost hasn't improved at all in the past 23 days. I really really hope my brain can recover almost fully after like 2-5 years. The good thing is that the brain has a very high neuroplasticity until the age of 25 so we both still have the chance to recover as much as possible but we have to act now before it's too late. Iv'e also read exercising, eating very healthy, meditation, socializing and cognitive challenging tasks can improve brain recovery a lot.
I started at 14 too and stopped (successfully, after a lot of failures) at 21. It might be the best decision I've made in my whole life. It got to a point where I was conscious about not wanting to smoke and still couldn't stop, it really messes with your head. I was in a kind of mental "stasis" in those 7 years, in a loop of mental health issues without a real cause (or so I thought). I don't regret having smoked, as it's given me a lot of great things too, but I wouldn't return in a million years
Every drug causes derealization
@@Alex-gf5xn The derealization was gone after a couple of years in my case, but don't worry, you will get better eventually
7 months sober and I definitely feel the best I ever had in my life. Still can be difficult when it’s everywhere around you but you’ll be happy you made your decision.
6:40 "... but in life, you can only overcome bad feelings if you actually feel them, and you have to process them to grow"
So real
Well also not real, because some problems you can't fix
@MrWizardGG step one is still to let your feelings free
@@MrWizardGGyour claim that there are some problems we cannot fix is true but it doesn't conflict with the idea that you can only overcome bad feelings if you feel and process them. "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"
Loads of people are put on psychiatric meds which means them unable to process their feelings. People have this same criticism for SSRIs
This is an insane argument. THC does not render a user emotionally numb or prevent them from addressing issues that they have in their lives. Anyone who takes that route would have done the same thing sober.
My husband and I have been daily smokers for 10 years plus and we both started smoking when we were teenagers. The THC amounts are crazy now, 38% in natural bud was the highest I have seen. We recently quit (like 2 weeks ago) because we were experiencing EVERYTHING they talk about here. I have noticed a cognitive decline in myself, attention and memory being the most noticeable. The addiction is very real and the withdrawal was ugly but short. We already see a better path for our lives , the social isolation, depression and anxiety is already getting better. I do not believe legalization would have changed this situation for us as it was always very easy to obtain. If this video resonates with anyone who is feeling addicted to weed and have been considering quitting, rip the band aid off and do it. Thank you for this video.
Thank you for sharing this ❤
As you can read from the comments, it has happened to many, including me. I did not expect to find so many similar stories, if you want to read, I also wrote my story here.
Know that it will be hard at first, the "monkey" is always around the corner and will catch you when you least expect it. Try to be strong, you will see that in 3/4 months everything will be easier and you will see life more clearly.
Be strong and when you are in drama, come back to watch this video and read these comments. It will remind you why you are doing it.
A big hug, God bless you. ❤
This is me and I've been struggling with cannabis addiction for years. I feel like I've known it was addictive and destructive for years but none of my friends see the issue. Thank you for making a video about the struggle I feel
I smoked so much during my youth and into my twenties, and it definitely impacted my life. After a long break I have found a great way of using its benefits with less risks - cutting WAY down on THC and putting a lot more CBD. I highly recommend this for anyone trying to quit but struggling, or realizing the high potency of weed today is impacting their life.
how did you go about doing that?
I'm smoking a gram a day since 20 years now, and still doing fine in my 40h/week job. After legalization, two of my colleagues opened up, too.
Just think of cannabis consumers as your boss, sister, best friend. Would you even notice? I pretty much doubt so.
@ I prefer to consume via rollies. I order CBD (nearly zero THC) flower online and it’s very high quality. I then sprinkle in minimal amounts of real THC weed (I try to find ones bellow 20%, lower than 15% is amazing but so hard to find lol). Days I want a little more bang I sprinkle more. It allows you to control the strength.
New studies also show that CBD helps counter many of the negative effects of THC. Stupidly, the high THC strains they developed recently have near zero CBD …
@@AnneOseraccount it's like you didn't watch the video at all and just came to the comments.
@@AnneOseraccountIdk, to play devils advocate I smoke daily and seem functional, but I be fighting demons just to uphold the household duties😂 although i did that before i smoked too so maybe you win this one😂
I work in the legal cannabis industry and I have notice more people coming recently asking for lower THC due to psychosis
How do you get a job working within the legal cannabis industry if you don't mind me asking?
the cannabis industry is straight up retarded though, WAAAU 30% THC WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAU 99% THC CRYSTALS WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAU
Memory problems,,,
@@morris1336 probably either in countries where this is legal, or in medical field / hospitals
Due to Sativa making they ass overly paranoid. They need to smoke the right weed. Sativa ain't for everybody just like Indica ain't for everybody. And if neither is for you, DONT SMOKE
I'm an alcoholic, and I still struggle with it today, but there was a time I was using it heavily almost every day and becoming physically dependent. I turned to THC as a kind of replacement. It put me in a much safer and less destructive state of mind than alcohol, but I was also using it compulsively for the exact same reasons, missed some opportunities, and didn't feel like myself. The strength of it was uniquely uncomfortable... yet an incredibly far cry from alcohol poisoning and withdrawal. I believe it played a role in teaching my lizard brain that, actually, sober is pretty nice. I don't recommend anything I've done, but I kind of saw the light when it comes to how heavily weed is vilified and alcohol is advertised.
I had a similar experience, after giving in to the compulsion of smoking weed all the time I realized that the drug was manipulating me into using it again (through addiction) and the sober mind is the healthy mind. Sober is underrated for sure.
Also sometimes weed can help you remember that life can be joyful (or at least tolerable) and is worth living.
Crutches aren't great but anyone who scoffs at them outright has probably never actually needed one.
Try opioids or amphetamines. E.g. Kratom, Methylphenidate.
ive been off weed now for 2 whole days just before this video came out, my relationship didnt get to a bad stage but i felt it slipping towards that direction, my father and i both believe that weed enhances whoever you are on the inside. however this then almost became an issue so i decided to take some time off and am now building a stratergy to be more of a positive reinforcement, im trying to smoke just before or after doing a job like tidy my room or tidy my hosue etc. this video has now been the final nail in the coffin for me giving me the confidence to keep going so thank you very much for this video its helped me a lot!!
Props for one of the few marijuana-related articles I've ever seen that appears to be objective. Also, one of the only things that shares my opinion is "If you want to try it, there is a time and place." I would just add "have a trusted friend nearby" as well, for a variety of reasons, including having them help with any possible paranoia, just in case something goes wrong, and because it is frequently really hilarious. When I say "trusted" friend, I mean someone who is not going to screw with you. For me, it was my father.
I have friends that use it. If you get paranoid, you're doing too much. Stay to a low content.
I've never seen my friends get paranoid lol.
Is my music tuff? 🤔
Did your father stay around and watch you later in life when you might have developed schizophrenia? Then he'd have a full-time job on his hands.
The first time I fully got medicated, it was like all of the trauma I had repressed processed all at once. Holy shit, I never spent that much time screaming in all my life.
Can confirm. As an infrequent edible consumer myself, it is soooo much more fun when you're talking or hanging out with a trusted friend who is sober than sitting by myself watching TH-cam videos.
The timing of this upload is actually god sent. 🙏
Me and my best friend have been smoking almost everyday for 8+ years since being teens. I have taken a few breaks and then i get back into it and im resonsibile
at first only smoke after work. Than one day on a off day and i feel like shit or im bored i smoke early in the day and that creates a spiral that has lasted almost an entire year.
The part when knowing it has bad consquences but doing it anyways hits hard. I am such an addict when it comes to weed. Everyday has felt like groundhogs day because i go thru the same cycle of convincing myself to smoke because it will make me feel better but all it does is couch lock me.
My friend has a week off of it today, and I am at day 3. I already feel like a different person.
Kurzgesagt hit it right on with the numbing the weed can do to your emotions. I used to be someone who was very passionate about my future and my 10 year plan. But since ive lost control of weed, i used it everyday to make me happy, completely oblivious that im loosing all site of my future.
I hope if theres anyone out there who is struggling with weed addiction, to share your experiences.
If humans were better off being high on THC all day, than our bodies wouldnt need to smoke weed.
I was just like you! Smoking every day for 7 years starting in my teens. I quit one day randomly after wanting to be off it for years. I am 18 months off of weed and I have never been better. Social battery goes way up, my drive to succeed is up, my communication with my close relationships is way up. I hope you can succeed in your goal to get off the chronic!
Cannabis saved my life. I have ADHD and for years Cannabis was the only thing I could do to allow me to get on with my life. It has allowed me to build an exceptional career and loving family.
So many of the negative effects discussed, mood, perception, memory are problems I just HAVE because of ADHD, and cannabis has made it much easier to mange and work around these problems.
Smoking helped me be able to take adhd meds without having to deal with all the major side effects from taking stimulants. Went from locked jaw headaches every day to no headaches! I think it does work for people with ADHD, but should be coordinated with a doc and/or therapist. I have been smoking for 10 years and it’s been apart of my adhd regime for almost all of that time. Really helped me in my life and career!
Omg, I'm not sure if this is a positive opinion. As an ADHD and once was a smoker of weed, I became very dependent on it as it numbed all of my pains just like what video said, and made me feel no need to go forward, since getting high made me feel relieved already. My impulse became so so much stronger, which is a huge issue in ADHD. I'm not sure if taking weed for ADHD is that good idea. For those who have behavior impulses, that can be calmed down for sure, but anything else that our cognitive function does gets worse. Even memory. ADHD with even weakened memory? Man, I am not sure what can be caused
I agree with you, in fact I did not find out I had ADD until after I quit smoking weed because I had to start using the VA for medical diagnosis and treatment
Uncle Sam does not like weed so I had to quit, I think it is kinda funny that Uncle Sam had no problems giving me Adderall
I think I was able to cope with my ADD better when I smoked weed because like you said a person can train their mind to do so with a little help from weed
I have found that the Adderall only helps me for part of the day and I can't take too much or I will not sleep, sometimes for days
I never had a problem with sleep when I self-medicated with weed
It took me 30 years to get a Bachelor's degree because I could never complete degree programs but I still ended up with over 430 college hours from five universities and two community colleges
No way I could have done that if weed was a problem, it was the ADD that was the underlying problem
When I got my degree it was in Cyber Security and I would have never been able to get that degree if was not for self-medicating myself with weed
Now that I know I have ADD and I take Adderall I was thinking of starting on a graduate degree
The reason I haven't yet is that a lot of colleges want me to take online courses when I know because of my ADD I do better taking in-person courses
The odd thing is that in a previous job I ran an online learning management system for a university and was able to support hundreds of faculty and thousands of students with no problems
But weirdly I find it much easier to run an online system at work than take an online course for myself
I wish I could say the same. Weed makes my adhd way worse these days. It helps me turn my brain off when things are crazy but sometimes it makes me think even worse thoughts and makes me more confused and unable to focus.
I found that opiates help the most with my adhd. Doing opiates is like magic for me, suddenly allows me to think clearly and calm down. It's very unfortunate that opiates come with a ton of awful side effects that only make things worse in the long run. The best part of my life where I was the most productive and alive was when I had a fentanyl addiction. It helped me socialize, do better at work, be creative and gave me energy, it was wonderful. It also almost killed me and destroyed certain parts of my brain and the withdrawal was a nightmare. Wish I could have only had the positive effects without the negative.
This comment resonates with me. I am autistic, which shares a LOT of brain fuckery with ADHD. People with ADHD are not on the spectrum, but y'all are definitely spectrum-adjacent. My partner has ADHD as well and we had a very similar experience with cannabis. It really did save my life.
Cannabis is a tool, like a hammer. Hammering stuff won't always solve a problem, and may even make it way worse. But sometimes all someone needs to change their life for the better is a hammer. Y'know? :)
I just quit 10 days ago after two years of daily use starting at 19. I was, unsurprisingly, experiencing most of these exact symptoms. I realized that I was living life in a fog and was self medicating the exact issue the weed was causing. hopefully in a few weeks i start to feel better. Thank you guys for this video!
this is a powerful video for me. as someone who has used cannabis for years, i've felt a transition where the old me, who I was before I smoked weed, I feel it has slipped away and I may not ever be able to go back. That is something that honestly perpetuates the cycle and enables me to continue feeding my addiction to cannabis. Your perspectives on this have afforded me a new outlook, one where if I work hard enough, I can undo the damage, I can go back. Since I started smoking I have always known cannabis is more addictive than most say, this video (and the rigourous research you and the team have taken upon yourselves!!) has proved it to me. Thank you for always having a new perspective, and THANK YOU for not being afraid to say what we NEED to hear!!!
It’s never too late. I currently smoke every day but went two years without from 2019-2021. You’ll struggle at first but you will return to your old self
If I stop I gravitate to alcohol so.... yep.
i could stop considering specifically uhh
Right there with u. We can do better.
Addiction is in your head with weed. It's a you thing. Pay attention to THC%, go for the lower end. Everyone has this perception that they need the strongest content available, which is absurd.
I LOVE how you are not affraid of portraying this explicitly, showing people smoking, the cigarettes, and definetly the reality of it. Much media censors and do not talk things straightforwardly like you guys do.
Keep going this way! We love it!
Also thx for all that great and admirable research you always do!
Goddamn, learn proper English.
I started at 15. Been pretty much a daily user, in periods quite severe daily use, for well over 15 years. And let me tell you, this video hit like a kick in the nuts.
Being the 1 in 10 who got the worst, who 100% had developmental changes, memory, personality, etc, I can personally say I believe this whole video to be almost completely spot on, bang on the money true. Even the last part where scientists aren´t agreeing yet, I can vouch for it being true. I am not, nor will I ever be the person I was or could have been, without the use of "just a flower bro".
I´m still a user today. I rationalize it as recreational, even though I know its an addiction. I only clicked on this video to watch something while I was rolling. But now, with palms sweaty from how frickin hard all of this just hit, I dunno man. I´ll smoke it, I know that, but.. Maybe it actually, like really, is time to get off my apathetic, lethargic, glutton-for-misery, boredom loving ass and realize the fact that it was only _fun_ back then.
In short, Kurzgesagt, thank you for this metaphorical bitchslap. Time to wake up now.
Love you and your work
I feel you. we got this, brother. stay strong
Replace it with CBD or you will get panic attacks in few years, if you don't have them already...
such a powerful comment, I believe you can make a change, the fact that you opened up its a big first step. Be strong and take care!
i love this comment
What's done is done. It doesn't mean you're screwed for life. The body is quite resilient and can adapt. You recognise you have an addiction. You need a reset and re-establish your relationship with cannabis. Decrease the usage and then stop altogether for a good long stretch, like 2 months. You will need to find joy in doing things without the high. The body is naturally able to do this, but not under the influence. Do productive things, get busy, it'll pass. After that you can use cannabis again but you must employ strict moderation.
Thanks for the info Kurz. Been trying to get rid of my weed addiction, 4th week in and i kinda feel like i have a delusion on how weed is over-rated. And now you've shown me it kinda is. Appreciate it, Kurz.
Weed is 100% over rated, you're doing good❤️🩹
I grew up with a mother severely addicted to cannabis. I was raised in a filthy home with no responsibility, constantly surrounded by the smell of cannabis and fearing for my mother's health, who always had these minute long coughing fits multiple times a day. Her memory was always hazy and seemed to never actually be happy or energised. Though we weren't rich, we were a lot poorer than we had to be because she'd spend hundreds of Euros a month on weed and impulsively ordering food. Her addiction almost cost her her life last year, when she fell down the stairs because smoking and drinking together ruins her coordination. She quit cold turkey after that, which she told me my whole life that she couldn't do, and became an entirely different person for the better.
I recognise that the demonisation of weed in America was more than necessary and that its long term harm was overstated, but the glorification of weed always struck a bit of a sensitive cord with me as someone that actively had a very strained childhood because of it.
❤ shes a smart woman she knows to stop and cold turkey is hard asf man. Support may be needed.
I've been using cannabis every day for years I never got as bad as your mother though. I recently realized I am physically addicted to it. I take a tea spoon of cannabis oil twice a day every day don't really smoke it as much. It really helps with my injuries, inflammation and anxiety I got in the military but it's been starting to cause me issues. If I forget to take my evening dose I wake up in the middle of the night with the worst fever, aches, terrible depression and anxiety. I hate being physically dependant on something so im weaning myself off. It sucks tho because it really helped with my health issues but I don't think I have much of a future if I keep using this stuff everyday.
Did you love everybody yelling at you to tell you it’s safe and not addictive lol
Key word in your testimony "drinking" end of story. Booze is the worst.
*drinking ruins your coordination.
I moved to the NL for studies and soon bacame very addicted to the herb. I became depressed and started being socially awkward. It only made me distance myself from friends and family.
A few months later I'm finally getting over it and only smoke about once a month, sometimes even less and I'm feeling much better.
While this may not happen to all people, weed sure isn't for everybody.
I agree it isnt for everybody. Personally it helped me break out of my shell and smoking was more social for me with my friends or my partner, and those skills made me less anxious thankfully. I hope more research gets funded so education can be better for all.
@@breannathompson9094 I'm glad It wasn't bad for you
u will get over this brother
dream22121 he got over it
@@Dream22121 thanks man
I recently broke a three-month cannabis fast; I ran out of what I grew last year and had to wait till this year's harvest. I didn't try it until I was 38, but was able to reduce lupus medications by half overnight. Now 61, it is my only daily medication for many maladies. Going without isn't difficult; I don't have an addictive personality and meditation brings me back to center. The relief from weed certainly is both noticed and appreciated, however. I only vape dry bud and make edibles (I'm infamous for my edibles) so the health risks are downplayed somewhat compared to smoking.
Bake responsibly, ladles and jellyspoons. Cannabis is a potent gift. Great video...informing and entertaining.
ladles and jellyspoons lmao
@@hollanderson 'Tis an Eddie Izzardism.
I'm 11 yrs old and waiting for my transition surgery, but I won't try cannabis until I get 20, it's too risky.
@coc1841 I think that's a very wise decision.
@@coc1841 gr8 b8 m8
This video resonates with me. I have a cannabis addiction myself and even not smoking for a day leads to a lack of focus and this intense emptiness and lack of feeling. Whenever I mention this, people always claim that I'm like making it up for attention or something because "weed isn't addictive", but it is addictive for a lot of people like me.
That's not to say that it should be illegal; just because I have trouble with it doesn't mean everyone should be barred from doing something that is significantly safer than alcohol. Though people do still need to be mindful that people like me exist.
As a former heavy user myself(over 15 years of habitual use), this video illustrated the self realizations I had during my use. These realizations motivated me to quit. I quit cold turkey and haven't touched it in over two years. I have never felt better.
I've had friends who did the same and didn't regret it for a second. Very glad to hear it worked out for you too, stay strong!
I'm in the same boat as you, except I'm at month 3-4 of my cold turkey quit. My dreams have been crazy but my memory still sucks.
@@MC-wh3xm My memory did not recover to the pre-smoking levels but it got a bit better
@@MC-wh3xmgive it a year I promise you’ll see your memory recover
Good for you, man!
I was prescribed anti-depressants before, and the moment I noticed they were interfering and causing addiction, I quit. I hate something external messing up my body systems. I have a whole philosophy that "my body isn't perfect in the first place, I can't afford to mess it up even more"
I've known about PPS (Permanent Pot Syndrome) for a long time, and I didn't start using THC products until early 2023. I approached it knowing that tolerance can increase, so I adopted a mindset of moderation. Nowadays, while I do use once a day, I limit it to 5mg THC, and so far it seems with my frequency of use, my tolerance seems to have found an equilibrium.
Here is MY OWN experience of the upsides and downsides:
Upsides:
* Calmer approach to stressful situations (lower tendency for aggression)
* Increased level of creativity
* Pleasant euphoria when learning new things, and putting them into context
* Increased empathy
* Increased focus on tasks
Downsides:
* Harder to find words sometimes
* Increased sense of paranoia (I sometimes feel like people are aware I'm acting differently, and are judging me. I typically don't really care what people think about me when I'm sober, so maybe I'm just not aware that it's happening while not using)
* Increased impulsiveness (can be good or bad, depending on the situation)
The downsides only seem to manifest while I'm under the effects, which I think is a good thing.
please give me the medical dictionary to permanent pot syndrome. I would love to know where you make this up from
@partyboat123 It’s not in a medical dictionary, lol. Just meet someone who has used for years and years at high levels, and compare them to someone who hasn't. PPS is an observation, more than anything.
Ozzy Osbourne is an example of PPS.
My dad has PPS, total hippy vibes.
All I'm saying is there are long-term effects of heavy extended usage.
@coldblade666 so you made up. Glad to hear! Understand you rhetoric stigmatizes medical cannabis patients
Daily use is way too much.
lol @pps
This video really resonates with me. I started smoking weed at 14, and by 15, I was a daily user. It didn't take long for me to realize that I had become addicted. I tried to quit several times, but I always ended up relapsing. As a kid, I had big dreams of becoming a filmmaker and pursuing other creative passions, but I also struggled with a lot of anxiety and fear. Weed became my escape from the negativity and hardships I was dealing with. It numbed the pain and kept me stuck in my “comfort zone,” even though I was quietly sinking into a deep depression there.
I ended up neglecting my hobbies, interests, friends, and dreams. It even affected my cognitive abilities-I felt like I was becoming dumber, and my memory was shot. Now, at 31, I'm seven months clean, and for the first time in a long time, I truly feel alive. No more depression, less social anxiety, and I’m more in touch with my creative side. I'm actually finishing things now, something I couldn’t do before. Since I stopped smoking, I’m so much happier and excited to work toward my goals and bring my dreams to life!!!! Much love from The Netherlands
Keep going brother, you're strong.
did your cognitive abilities get better?
Did your memory come back?
Having a similar struggle, but your story gives me hope. Thanks for sharing that.
I never liked weed. It made me feel weird and anxious and negative thoughts were too strong on it. When I only took like 3 or 4 puffs I was fine, but anything more than that was not great.
Had a friend buy into the solely positive news about weed over the last century and I watch them transform from one of the most dedicated and smart people I know to a stoner who got kicked out of college. Always answering my concerns with the “I can quit anytime line” while simultaneously never quitting when he actually needs to.
18 years ago or so, a close friend in high school started regularly using it at 12-13, he also fell for all of the over-hype about it, even the "it cures cancer" stuff. I've always told him "smoking ANYTHING is bad for you, even campfires" but at the time I didn't have any solid data to counter the claims of cannabis being a major cure-all, so that was that. Now at over 30, he's struggled to hold onto any job for more than a few months (just enough to buy more weed), and as far as I know, most of his friends (at the time) have moved on. Life is REALLY hard for him, and yet he's okay with that because he's high all the time...
I absolutely think there needs to be a lot more education on the negative impacts of starting cannabis at a young age especially. The brain is VERY sensitive while it's still developing. That said, I do partake in edibles a few times a month and find it very helpful. As with everything :upsides and downsides, and we need to talk about both. Thank you for this video.
And thank you, for using your gnoggin 😉
Also moderation in all things; it’d be a problem if someone got drunk every day, same thing with weed. Going for edibles over smoking is good too, your lungs thank you
Surprised to see you in here
Eh, I started at 12, have quit cold turkey a dozen times, and I work my ass off every day. I have many projects. I help people when I can. He's just lazy, it's not the weed.
The biggest impact it's had on me is a direct result of its legal status, not it's effects, and alcohol has affected me much more even though I don't drink nearly as often.
Lockstin dropping knowledge
I've been using cannabis for years, and I’d like to share my experience. In the beginning, it was fun-lots of laughter and enjoyment. But after about two years, that faded, leaving behind a dullness and a creeping sense of depression. The biggest takeaway for me was how much it distorts your perception of reality. You start convincing yourself that your beliefs are true, even when they aren’t, and your view of the world becomes skewed.
Over time, I noticed a significant drop in motivation, which made it harder to pursue my goals. This isn’t the case for everyone, but from my observations, I'd say about 95% of people go through something similar. The good news is that after quitting for a few years, you can recover almost entirely-though there are some things you never fully get back.
Is it worth it? That’s for each person to decide, but from my perspective, if I knew then what I know now, I would’ve made different choices.
But we are all smart after the fact.
Thanks for sharing, so you have quit weed? I’m considering quitting after using for 2 years. I use it to cope with my mental health but I understand I’m only numbing myself and not actually facing the issue itself. I’m curious what you felt improved after quitting.
Brother you should ask Jesus what's missing my friend and if it's HIM, you already know what to do. Peace and prosperity to you man.
@@seymourwhitetail4945Or any other fictional role model, really
@@seymourwhitetail4945 I’m agnostic but I appreciate it man thanks have a blessed day
What haven't you got back and what took years to get back to normal..?
I was a daily smoker for years. Then I started getting cannabinoid hyperemesis. It was brutal, I thought I was dying on more than one occasion and had to call an ambulance to take me to the hospital. I didn’t want to believe that’s what it was, but it actually was. I quit 10 months ago and it’s one of the best moves I’ve ever made.
I hope you thrive.
Feel you mate, I'm in the same boat. Whish you best of luck to maintain the abstinence.
I'm surprised that CHS wasn't mentioned in this video, as it is an increasingly common effect of heavy use that seems to never get talked about. The worst part (if you really enjoy weed) is that, once you develop CHS, you're stuck with it because it can't be cured. It eliminates any possibility for you to be able to use weed normally again, even on occasion, without experiencing those symptoms again.
Toronto had SARSStock back in 2003 to help boost tourism. 500,000 were at the music festival. I remember talking to a neighbour cop and he was telling me how they confiscated any alcohol people tried to sneak, but when they found pot on people, they ignored it and let them in. In their eyes stoned people were less likely to be violent than those that got drunk. This was before pot was legal in Canada.
Let's not forget that people also use drugs to cope with underlying issues. There's a lot of societal/economic issues that pushes people into drug use. Weed is used for coping for a reason, so i think looking at why people consume drugs is important when talking about addiction. A lot of the time the villification of drugs shifts blame from policy makers that oppress working class people leading them to addiction to cope with the living situation they're in.
Nicely put. And very true.
oh my lord. could you ever take responsibilities for once in your life
@@U-PN-BI-IBW Could you ever have a thought in your brain for once in your life?
Yuuuup. Whenever someone has sh*t to say about homeless people being drug junkies as a way to not have any empathy for people struggling with a horrible situation like homelessness, I point out almost no homeless person lost their home due to being an addict, they turned to drugs as a release due to being homeless. If we want homeless "junkies" off the streets, fix homelessness.
We all sinned and deserve hell But, Jesus came down from heaven and died and resurrected for us. He said we can have eternal life if we place our faith in him and turn away from all of our sins
kurzgesagt constantly dropping crazy titles and delivering just as crazily 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Next video:
We have to talk about EDPs
They seem to be much faster in delivering stuff now. Every now and then I see a new video around 15 minutes ago of the bird killers on my feed.
Why are we here in this life? Why do we die? What will happen to us after death?
bro what a crazy title damn... insane title
this comment had 420 likes when i commented
0:10 i mean it's still not really legal in Germany, there is no legal trade and there's only certain amount you can own (
In the other side we can have Barrels of alcohol and Nobody cares at all 😁
In Brasil, we now can have
Whoever agrees with rolling back cannabis laws have got to be some of the most clinically braindead people on this planet.
Nun sind wir zu weit rechts, ich werde nicht rechts wählen aber auch nicht links. Cannabis ist mir aber egal geworden. Legal = Egal 😂
I mean, the only way for the next government to roll back legalization is with a CDU-AfD coalition, which is not going to happen.
All other options involve one of the current parties that introduced legalization, and I don't really see them abolishing it if they just legalized it. Well, maybe FDP because they're unreliable af, but chances are they won't be part of the next government.
I suppose technically CDU and AfD could roll back legalization without being in a coalition, but that would not go over well with anyone else, including whoever the CDU *is* in a coalition with.
I myself had a drug psychosis due to some edibles (and after having smoked quite heavily for a while). It took a while to get back to "normal", but by this time the general panic anxiety has gone away. It's a humbling experience and I think it can be good to know that some people don't have the possibility to handle it - like alcohol. I'm still a strong supporter of decrimilization, which I believe will help to prevent these situations imo, together with an overall understanding and respect of the drug.
Thank you. I can’t thank you enough for this video.
This is my experience, exactly what was portrayed in this video. I have hardly any drive to do anything, but I still achieve a lot in my work and education. I convinced myself it was fine, that it wasn’t addictive, since I was 14. My brain has not developed and I struggle with basic social interactions, have bad anxiety and at times depressive episodes, and have lost all but a few of my friends. I sit around and do nothing.
I can’t thank you enough for opening up my eyes to this, I have known for a while that it was the main contributor to these issues, but seeing it from this channel in particular confirmed those understandings.
I hope I can share this with some of my friends and family that struggle in much the same way that I do, and I hope that they can garner this same understanding.
I need to change. It’s time
Last message is so so true. You’ll never regret waiting until your twenties to start taking. I did it, and am endlessly thankful. Now instead of another crutch, I have an aide to decompress over weekends and can still do well at basic memory and motor function tasks lol
Wait how do you know it’s better to wait till your twenties if you didn’t even experience it in your teens?
Did you even watch the video? @@marccasas2010
@@marccasas2010the science the vid cited. But just like the vid said, its different for every individual and theres still not a ton of data yet. Better to be safe than sorry imo, theres just soooo much life left to live
@@marccasas2010 Have you met someone who started smoking weed heavily before their brain finished developing? You can tell. Always.
@@marccasas2010 have you seen this generation? I started at 26 and feel exactly the same about that. had I started earlier I would have had a completely different trajectory in life. Had I not started at all I probably would be the type of person that "could use an edible".
I absolutely LOVE this channel and its openness to information without any sort of Bias. I absolutely love Cannabis and always had a deep interest in it since back in high school but never tried any till I got to College and when I was 19 two years ago. Even then I still learned so much more about the stuff from this video and knowing all I have to do to get an even better high is to take it easy off the stuff is SO helpful. Thank you Kurzgesagt, you genuis lil bird. Much Love!
Same. I waited until 19 and have had a beautiful and respectful relationship with this magical herb ever since. I'm 37 now. It's wild to read about people's negative experiences. Moderation is king. If that's not feasible stay away from it.
1.5 years sober. The worst years of my life were accompanied by chronic weed use. It made me less myself, and I damaged a lot of relationships as a result of how my personality and priorities changed. All the symptoms outlined in this video resonate with me, and I still see it in friends that haven’t stopped smoking (yet🤞). Thank you for opening up the conversation about cannabis addiction!!
Almost 1 year sober broo, it’s been a journey for sure.
Congrats man!
I suffered from anxiety and stress induced insomnia most of my life. Doc gave me sleeping pills and a few weeks later I felt myself almost considering just turning my car into oncoming traffic. Luckily I had the insight to consider it's not real it's just the pills. So I stopped. One day a friend recommended weed. I was 26. Game changer. Using it only to sleep helped me get my life together. Got out of working on a bar, reeducated myself, now at 37 I'm a university professor with a great sleep schedule. Couldn't have done it without weed. I have friends who are high basically all day every day. I see the soul and wallet drain in others. But for me, moderate and intentional week use basically saved my life
… how though?
What can you say to a heavy user to make them believe they are getting too addicted and convince them they've been changing for the worst? My teenage brother is currently smoking weed too heavily and he dropped out of school last year and now sits on our mom's neck and doesn't wanna find a job. I am just lost at what to do :( It now came to a point where he barely has the brain capacity to form coherent sentences and need a long time to process what was said to him...
Thank you. Tried it out of curiosity when I was 17. Had fun for a significant time to come even though I felt bad bc I knew I was doing wrong and neglecting more important and better things. Developed into an over decade long now running addiction. I’ve been trying to get off it for years; it’s not easy
Kurzgesagt talking about weed is pure crystal 99.1% art
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They already have before.
werent you in the veritassium tumbnail?
The one time when Heisenberg commenting on a video is actually fitting…
1:46 is the biggest takeaway as far as I am concerned. I formerly lived in a state where full retail was legal and IMO there is no positive to making edibles etc so unbelievably strong it turns people into zombies.
I don't even really know why people like it that strong. Like, I wanna still be able to DO something while high, it's not fun if all I can do is just vegetate for the whole evening.
Legalisation should always come with regulation to prevent such things
I tried a SMALL amount of edibles years ago. Our neighbor made chocolate chip cookies with weed. It wasn't bad, but the buzz lasted a lot longer than I wanted it to. Then later, I tried a "gummy". It was just too much. I was stoned like never before and it lasted a good 6-8 hours. I thought I was going to be permanently disabled from that after so many hours and started to worry. Edibles are bad news. As if smoking the new powerful weed isn't bad enough, edibles are far worse. Period.
The absolute worst thing I've ever tried was when someone gave me a packet of the fake weed (forget what they called it). That crap had me so hyped up I thought I was going to die of a heart attack or something.
Getting high is a gamble I'm just not willing to take anymore. I'm finding being straight with a clear mind is the best bet and the most enjoyable. A huge plus is that instead of drowning in problems feeling miserable and getting high to avoid the misery (which doesn't work) it's far superior to be clear minded and come up with actual solutions to problems so they go away completely.
I'm seriously considering growing my own because I want to grow ditch weed for my friends and I. I hate how strong things have gotten. Weed was already too strong when I did first start, but back then I didn't buy it myself or keep it around. Now that it's as strong as it is, I literally can't have more than 2 good hits without being in space.
I try to buy the strains that are either 50/50 THC CBD, or I just buy CBD flower now and grind it together with the normal bud, and I find that's a decent compromise; plus it keeps me from using it too late at night because it will keep me awake.
People complain but Canada has a limit in edibles to 10mg a dose.
As a former weed addict,
at first you start smoking it feels great and feels like a different way to socialize or spend your free time. But as you start getting addicted everything starts feel like a chore, you begin to care less and less about even the most basic things like washing your face or having a shower, as you develop this kind of behavior you start to lose your social life,your responsibilities and even the people's respect in your life.
If you ask for my advice, if you are going to smoke, smoke it occasionally and with friends that you like to spend your time with.
bro maybe you're just dirty
Crazy cuz that's how I was before I started smoking and when I don't smoke. Weed is a great motivator for me. Congrats on your recovery my dude!
I think that’s a personally thing in a sense. I’ve never really had that issue. I’ve never really had an issue with doing chores sober or high. But have friends that’s that way or when they smoke they get super paranoid now vs when we first started and he had to quit and some just toke very lightly
Was it with Tabacco?
Literally every addiction
What I took as a fun challenge turned into a sickening addiction. I took it way further than anyone else I knew. Life has been 10x better without it. Stay safe and know your limits.❤
have recently started coming down from a THC induced episode of psychosis. it’s been very hard on my interpersonal relationships. you don’t notice the mental state you’re in when you’re constantly high and pushing your tolerance. if you’ve never read into weed psychosis- PLEASE do. even if you don’t partake, you can still learn how to notice the signs in acquaintances and help pull them out. be an anchor in the life of someone struggling.
The weed of today is way more psyco-affective, especially if you are using it under age 25. -If you are, please don't.
what the fck is weed psychosis?
I had someone go into this who I worked with back in 2012. It was in Canada, and she said at the time that the weed she was smoking was much stronger than she was used to, which was a contributing factor. I don’t use weed in any form, but would do if it was legal in my country. I know plenty of people who haven’t suffered from it like she did, but her story is always a useful reminder to me that it’s not safe in every context for every person. She ended up in a psychiatric hospital after getting increasingly paranoid - I watched her slowly fall apart over the course of a few months and didn’t understand what was happening at the time.
This happened to me with an edible. I had been smoking daily for 5+ years but that edible put me into a full psychosis. I've been sober now for a year.
@@apfelsaftyeah7623 Some liberal bullshit they came up with for people who can't control themselves or be smart enough to know what type of weed effect you in what way. Typically happens when an idiot take too much edibles...then they blame weed for their ignorance.
Spent 5 years of my 20s always on weed lsd or shrooms. Been sober for a couple years and my anxiety, paranoia, and memory problems are starting to fade away. Deleting social media also helped a lot. I still think psychedelics and weed should be 100% legal and sold at Walmart next to the liquor aisle.
Maybe not at Wallmart, but at a dedicated store, I'd say. And then take all other drugs out of the Walmart too, i.e. alcohol and nicotine. And add a ban on advertising for all of these.
But yeah, it's weird how people still apply double standards to drugs like tobacco and especially alcohol on the one side and other drugs like weed on the other side...
@comradedeath7399 the difference is tobacco doesn't really impair you like weed or alcohol
@whiskeysaint5609 Sure, but on the other hand tobacco is way more addictive and also causes significant damage to the body
@@comradedeath7399 the issue with contaminated (fent mostly) drugs is that people will always acquire the drug where it's most convenient. If you sell exclusively in a locked down environment, it makes it less accessible. So if a dealer is easier to access than a shop, people will tend to buy from the dealer and OD cases will remain higher than needed. While we don't want to flash substances in front of children, we also don't want contaminated product circulating.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but TH-cam is social media, for example, this is the comment section (social) of this video (media)
I needed to see this video! I've been smoking pretty much everyday for about 22 years and I'm really struggling in life. I'm very depressed and have bad anxiety and I don't go out to socialize anymore due to the anxiety. I also shake really badly, hoping it's a side effect and that I can get rid of it. I'm going to give it an honest try and not smoke to see if things get better for me. I've lost interest in so many things, and it's scary thinking about the future cuz I see nothing. I know it's going to be hard, especially at night, but I need my life back.
good luck fam. as you said, its gonna be tough, but when you succeed and look back how far youve come it will be so worth it.
Yes, I have just quit after turning 23, smoking/vaping weed for almost 4 years daily. This will be my second day quit, and I feel like I am truly ready to give up that part of my life and start living properly. It is no longer fun, and it feels like a chore that I must do to feel whole. Good luck with your journey, and remember that you can only really quit when you feel like it is right
The withdrawal symptoms are no joke. I was physically sick for several weeks, and the dreams are genuinely frightening. If I didn’t have a good support system around me, I absolutely would have gone back to using just due to discomfort
Cannabis helped me create friend groups when I was isolated and alleviated a lot of depression based issues I had at the time. But once that period of my life passed, cannabis became more obstructive to my life and ability to focus and function. Haven't touched it more than a small handful of times in 6 years.
It's a useful drug in certain scenarios and I think it should be praised for its utility rather than glamorizing it as a lifestyle
It's the old fallacy of believing that because figures of authority are exaggerating their criticism, then that mean that 100% of their criticism must be wrong.
Exact and also the dumb argument of "Alcohol is worse but legal so weed is fine"
@@shakya00it's not a dumb argument when alcohol is objectively more of a strain on your body than weed is, damages those around you, etc.
@@shakya00 If weed is illegal then alcohol should be too.
Guy who doesnt recognize the exaggeration of criticism is part of an overarching system which includes financial motivation and incentive from opposing markets of vice (tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals)
@@Vanity0666 yep. I think theyve sold out.
2:50 If you believe that only a million people were smoking in the 1990s, then I've got a bridge to sell you.
Right? Weird graph...maybe people were hiding it, a lot more, during that time?
I know my mom still has all of these hilarious, paranoid little habits.
Are y'all sure that wasn't the cause of "weed paranoia"? The genuine persecution and fear of fines/jail?
They did follow it by saying the studies were inconsistent
😅😂 fuckin Gold. You are absolutely right 👍🏼
@@TwisterTornadoi think they were talking about Canada? Idk it was followed up by a study about it so thats my best guess
As a long time user who has now stopped for a few years, i could jump into every point made here because it all really is true but the one point that hits the most, THOSE DREAMS! Once you stop, the most impactful, realistic and abstract dreams ive ever had, although they also feel so much stronger because of the lack of dreaming while being so consistently high
This is the best video about weed I've ever seen.
I've fortunately never had any addiction problems with alcohol, stimulants etc. but weed had one of the single most negative impacts on my life, to the point that I failed my 2nd year at university because of my addiction to it and it gave me mental health problems I still sometimes struggle with today (depression/anxiety). From the ages of 16-21 years old I smoked it (nearly) every single day, and at my worst was getting through a half-ounce a week. It made me lazy, unmotivated, content with doing nothing (like this video says you somehow find joy in boredom!) and ignore all the things in life I knew I should be getting on with, namely study/work etc. I ate terribly, was horrifically unfit (people always forget you're still inhaling smoke into your lungs which is exactly what they're NOT intended for!) and worst of all eventually became completely dependent on it, to the point where I had to smoke it before EVERY meal (including breakfast) to have an appetite, before bed to get to sleep, before sex to feel aroused, before films/entertainment to find them stimulating, the list goes on...
The best thing I ever did was to quit it, I'm 23 now and am in the best shape of my life and am finally getting my life back on track. It makes you forget about the long term, lose sense of any ambition and most importantly the fact that if you want to achieve something in life you need to work every day to get good at it. The way I got off it was by getting an early-rising job (6am) and getting into sport (swimming/triathlon). Change your lifestyle so it simply becomes impossible to accommodate it anymore.
Completely agree, I had a similar experience myself. I had to learn that indulging in base pleasures whilst avoiding responsibilities didn't make me as happy as accomplishing my goals and working to better myself
I am 38 and For 7 Years now I smoked weed at night just about every day (except when sick or on vacation) as part of my nightly ritual before going to bed. I started out fun and liberating but slowly became a yoke around my neck. Before I knew it it was impossible to stop without feeling horrible. I noticed that my memory, motivations, ability to learn, my mood were all in decline and making it harder to be a successful functioning adult. I have been super depressed, anxious, and overall feeling mentally unwell. I only recently started kicking the habit but it is very difficult as the physical effects (especially my blood pressure spiking) is very serious and so I almost need to "ween" myself off the stuff to quit it fully. I am slowly starting to feel better! No one should kid themselves into thinking its not addicting or not harmful, if you disagree then you are in denial.
I smoked for one year when I was 16, there was a guard who worked at a supermarket closed to my school. We would talk everyday and he had a son who was also 16. This guard was a smoker and one day he learned that I had started smoking. He implored me to stop and explaining that it is very addictive, that he could'nt stop himself from smoking. Since I looked up to him so much, I immediately quit. I'm 28 now.
Sounds like my phone addiction
Well one before bed isn't so bad, it's if like me you started smoking from when you woke up (I'm currently also weening off, i'm following the only smoke after dinner rule, a friend of mine told me, which made a big difference)
I smoke for 4 years now, but just in the last 2 it became something daily....Then I noticed it became a scape mechanism from my life. But then you notice that weed is something that is getting you stuck in the first place. So now I don't buy anymore and just smoke veeery occasionally when I meet a friend that also smokes (Around once per month). It's been 4 months since I stopped smoking daily, and life is so much better without it, there is no comparison. The first 2/3 weeks after stoping were the hardest. Feeling depressed and unmotivated. But I can garantee you, if gets better afterwards. Keep strong man :)
Nonsense. Which cultivar did you smoke at night? It is not addictive unless you have an addictive personality. The problem is in you, not cannabis. Stop talking as if everyone has to be having the same experience as you with it. I use almost everyday in moderation, with gaps, and everything is fine. There is depression, anxiety, and so forth. In fact, I just used it to help me get past a cold where I had a nonstop headache for more than a day. Cannabis made me feel a lot better, closer to normal while sick. Then I took a whole bunch of it and finally destroyed that headache. Feeling fine. Cannabis is medicine in the RIGHT hands. You are the wrong hands.
Doctor of Pharmacy here. I don't use cannabis to get high, relax, have fun, etc. I'm AuDHD and use it as a mood stabilizer (measured dose, 2 to 4 times a day as needed). The strain is important, too. Hybrids with 60-70% indica to 30-40% sativa are where my sweetspot effects live. For me, this has worked better than any of the prescription drugs. I made the effort of writing this to shed light on the medicinal side of cannabis. Not everyone uses it for recreation. And medicinal doesn't only apply to cancer, HIV, or chronic pain patients. I drink beer or a nice cocktail on occasion when I want some recreation. Good video overall. Thanks.
For a pharmacist, it's interesting that you believe in the complete myth and nonsense that is sativa vs indica. There is literally no difference. Any argument toward it is outdated and invalid. You can fact check me on the wifi or cellular network you read this comment from.
The miniscule differences between the two will never be enough to make any perceivable difference, and essentially all weed is hybrid.
My mom used weed to calm her epilepsy. I'm all for medical controlled use!
Thank you for your time. This helped me as I have the same issues
Why are you using actual cannabis instead of extractions? It seems to me that actually smoking it is strictly worse for you than using a vaporizer or drops
"We'll ignore medical use, this is about doing weed for fun." Maybe you wrote this comment knowing that this quote was put in the video, maybe not, but medical use is definetely not the point of this video