I know this is becoming a redundant topic but theres a huuuuggggeeeee misconception that "weed doesn't cause mental illnesses to come out it just helps it come out faster". This is actually not true, you are born with the gene for a mental illness (usually), but for it to be activated something must trigger it. If you trigger it with weed, this doesn't mean it was gonna happen anyway and weed just kinda makes it worse, this means that it essentially was caused by weed. This means if you didn't smoke the weed, you potentially never would have triggered the disorder.
I love weed and I used to justify it as much as possible too. But its becoming apparent that weed has some big legitimate flaws, tbh it has just as many "side effects" as other meds (if being high is a side effect). It just attacks problems in a different way that makes it feel more benign. I think its also a mind thing where because weed is a plant you associate its naturalness with being benign. In reality its just as natural as the active ingredients in medications.
If you care about living a normal life, honestly I wouldn't smoke weed till I was atleast in college. And if you know theres mental illness in your family be very careful with it. Smoke a mild amount of mid the first time, don't even worry if someone calls you a punk for passing up loud health>>>pretty much everything. Of course most kids probably wont listen. I know I didn't.
I love weed and I used to justify it as much as possible too. But its becoming apparent that weed has some big legitimate flaws, tbh it has just as many "side effects" as other meds (if being high is a side effect). It just attacks problems in a different way that makes it feel more benign. I think its also a mind thing where because weed is a plant you associate its naturalness with being benign. In reality its just as natural as the active ingredients in medications.
If you care about living a normal life, honestly I wouldn't smoke weed till I was atleast in college. And if you know theres mental illness in your family be very careful with it. Smoke a mild amount of mid the first time, don't even worry if someone calls you a punk for passing up loud health>>>pretty much everything. Of course most kids probably wont listen. I know I didn't.
