I stumbled on an interesting article about a British woman who took part in a month long study about the effects of smoking marijuana. article
She smoked 1 joint every day for 30 days. She suffered some severe mental anguish as a result and a level of paranoia higher than most schizophrenics.
As far as health effects more related to fitness here are a few relevant quotes from the article (remember she’s English):
“Even basic things like trying to send emails or talk to people on the phone became a real effort of will and brain power. There is no way I could carry on with the life I lead now, looking after my children, at the same time as smoking cannabis, even if it was just occasionally.”
If Nicky’s mind seemed to be getting smaller, her waistline was expanding. Over the course of her investigation, she gained half a stone, due to the drug’s tendency to bring on cravings for junk food.
“Cannabis triggers a chemical surge in the brain which stimulates the appetite, and in particular makes you crave sweet and salty snacks while you are stoned,” says Nicky.
“I could easily get through a couple of packets of biscuits and a huge bag of crisps, and the result was I quickly gained weight.
“I usually go running every day, but the effect of the drug on my lungs meant this was no longer possible either, because cannabis compromises lung function three times as much as ordinary cigarettes.”
Anyway, I found the article fascinating…I had no desire to smoke dope previously, but the paranoid schizophrenia in addition to the other mental and health effects kinda seals the deal. Don’t smoke dope…swing a kettlebell instead!
-Brian
March 31, 2008 at 7:32 pm |
Smoking weed is not only a waste of money, and life but as this article states, it almost completely reduces your ability to do normal everyday activities. Smoking weed also has some pretty bad long term side effects as well that in my opinion outweigh the “high” you get. I agree also with the gaining weight, i’ve seen a lot of people who start smoking weed on a regular basis gain 10 or more pounds in no time. If you want to live healthy then stay away from the stuff.