Is weed a bad thing?

The human body has receptors exclusively configured to utilize THC, therefore, in my opinion this is a case of symbiosis.

@freedem I don’t believe marijuana is a mind numbing drug. Weed opens your mind and doesn’t close it, like alcohol.
It may allow one insights and can shatter beliefs as well. Like any pyscho-substance it increases mental stimulation for better, or worse. Personally, I suffer from chronic anxiety. Ganja releases the mental tensions and allows me to recognize what makes me anxious and to not react to it. For many I know, smoking herb increases their anxiety. Sometimes causing extreme distress or panic attacks.

Marijuana in the medical field is becoming very popular. As a natural substance it can provide many people relief without subjecting them to the side effects of prescription drugs i.e. addiction.
I think that’s amazing!

My experience is through meditation and philosophical conversation. Smoking allows me to literally put myself in someone else’s shoes or in a train of thought and allows me to see it from that point of view, correlating it in to my own view, and finding the similarities and differences of many world views.

I have only had it 2-3 times, so do not have much experience. But I keenly noticed every sensation and feeling during the experience and the after effects of it. During the intoxication – lasting for around 3 hours, the perception alteration is very very intriguing and fantastic at times. But once the effect wears off, I become listless and seem to lose a lot of motivation/drive for the next 2 days. This refractory period probably gets shorter if you do it more regularly. Also, I have heard that with frequent use, your memory is affected. Personally, I would like to have weed at a frequency of around twice a month.

Here are some of my suggestions:
- Try to limit the frequency of smoking to once a week
- Do it only when you really feel like it
- Before your weed session, try to set an intention about what you hope to experience or open up to. For example: I am going to meditate on it non-stop for 1 hour and completely stay aware throughout the experience OR I want to hear my favorite playlist of songs (make a playlist :)) and try to perceive every single instrument, vocals and find meaning in them OR I am going to walk in nature and try to see profound metaphors OR I am going to watch this movie (choose a good movie) and lose myself into its story/characters OR I am going to relax and have open chats with my friends etc.