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First time marijuana use?

jasonlesterjasonlester Registered User regular
edited August 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Not sure if this is okay to post about if it's legal where I love or not, but couldn't seen a reference to drugs, marijuana or weed in the rules so here goes.

I just smoked weed for the first time. How long does it take to hit your body? How long does it last?

At the moment everything just seems kind've hard to do and radiohead sounds better. Is this it?

Is sporadic marijuana usage harmful?

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    You decided to smoke something and you don't even know if it's harmful?

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    If it's been 15 minutes or so since you smoked, you're probably not going to feel much more than you're feeling now.

    Music sounding better is definitely something I remember standing out from my first few times, but when you are high you know you are high.

    Sporadic use is fine depending on how to define sporadic.

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  • Manic205Manic205 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Most of the smokers I know didn't feel it their first time, don't worry about that. Like Raiden already said, you'll know it when you're high. I'm not sure it was always this way, but now I feel a high coming before I exhale, and then it will settle in over the next 5-15 minutes.

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  • WezoinWezoin Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Yeah, you'll be fine. Most people there first time go "so when do I start feeling high, I just feel a little funny in my stomach" or something, but don't realise thats about all there is to it. Some doctors (at least ones in pro-marijuana documentaries, a biased source, I admit) say the worst thing that can happen to you on weed is you get arrested (ie, a man made problem, rather than a medical one)

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  • AwkAwk Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    depending how you smoke, it will either give you a good buzz, or nothing at all. weed isnt as potent as people make it out to be. if you have to ask, you arent high.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Awk wrote: »
    depending how you smoke, it will either give you a good buzz, or nothing at all. weed isnt as potent as people make it out to be. if you have to ask, you arent high.

    Unless you keep asking and can't decide. In which case you are definitely probably high.

    @OP: Smoking anything is bad for you. That said, the worst thing that can happen to a person because of marijuana isn't related to the drug's effects as much as it is the possible legal ramifications. Being your first time, you likely didn't inhale properly into your lungs (did you cough?), and so may not really get much out of it. This of course also depends on how much you smoked and by what method. Do not drive or operate heavy machinery.

    The real lesson to learn here is to read multiple sources of information before you take any drug. Seriously.

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  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Most people don't have anything happen to them the first time they smoke, from what I've heard. You may feel something the 2nd time, though.

    And, really:
    The real lesson to learn here is to read multiple sources of information before you take any drug. Seriously.

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  • TopweaselTopweasel Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Smoking Weed is a lot like smoking cigarettes. You actually have to breathe it in which usually means after taking a hit breathe in a little more air. For the best effect hold it there till you are forced to exhale either because of the smoke itself or because you need to breathe. I didn't get high the first time I smoked it, but while its been a long time every time I tried after that it worked its charm. I am pretty sure that was why. I am with everyone else, if this is your first (and hopefully only type) of drug use, if you have to ask, your probably not high.

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Once the Beastie Boys sound great, you're high.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Topweasel wrote: »
    Smoking Weed is a lot like smoking cigarettes. You actually have to breathe it in which usually means after taking a hit breathe in a little more air. For the best effect hold it there till you are forced to exhale either because of the smoke itself or because you need to breathe. I didn't get high the first time I smoked it, but while its been a long time every time I tried after that it worked its charm. I am pretty sure that was why. I am with everyone else, if this is your first (and hopefully only type) of drug use, if you have to ask, your probably not high.

    Holding smoke in your lungs any longer than 2-3 seconds is just asking for problems. More properly, if you aren't sure if you've inhaled or just drawn the smoke into your mouth then inhale a little more after you take the hit. Likely, the first time you will cough up a lung and start sweating and whatnot.

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  • ANTVGM64ANTVGM64 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    It took me two times to get high, the first I really didn't feel anything, and the second I noticed little things, for example when a light was shown on my back yard it looked like easter grass, and so on.


    Also, check out Dr. Tran high. Amazing.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Inhale and hold it

    Smoking is an acquired skill

    After a big ass puff you will be stoned

    signed doctor dre

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I know very, very few people that have gotten high their first time (and I'm one of them). I don't mean to be a dick, but most sensations that you're feeling right now are probably placebo effect from a lifetime of media representations of stoners - I've been high for the first time, I've been with people who have been high for the first time, and the effects of placebo are enormous. Don't worry about what being "high" is right now, just go about your business. You're probably not going to really be able to tell whether you were stoned or not until tomorrow when you can look back with a rational perspective.

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  • ascannerlightlyascannerlightly Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    something about the specific receptors in your brain that the thc bonds to being primed the first time you ever smoke marijuana

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Do you own Geometry Wars?

    Now is the time to start that shit.

    Just sayin.

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  • DemerdarDemerdar Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Like what most people said, if you have to ask.. you probably aren't all that high.

    The next time you smoke though... woah man.

    Have fun :^:

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  • Local H JayLocal H Jay Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    i will say this:
    first time i smoked out of a bowl, i had no freaking idea how to work the carb. so, it could just be your inexperience hindering you. after a few tries you know the proper way to inhale and eventually you'll be a pro. keep at it and you'll see why it's so popular.
    happy trails. :D

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  • NappuccinoNappuccino Surveyor of Things and Stuff Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Once the Beastie Boys sound great, you're high.

    Well shit. I've been high all my life and haven't smoked once.

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  • RNEMESiS42RNEMESiS42 Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
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  • AresProphetAresProphet Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    At the moment everything just seems kind've hard to do and radiohead sounds better. Is this it?

    That pretty much described my average high. When I could still smoke. Because I had to quit.

    From personal experience let me tell you, weed can be very harmful. Can be. For some people. Not everyone of course, but it's got a lot of potential to do terrible things to you.

    It did terrible things to me a couple times and now I will never smoke again.

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  • jasonlesterjasonlester Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Care to elaborate?

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  • mysticjuicermysticjuicer [he/him] I'm a muscle wizard and I cast P U N C HRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Nappuccino wrote: »
    Once the Beastie Boys sound great, you're high.

    Well shit. I've been high all my life and haven't smoked once.

    It's the only explanation that makes sense.

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  • SilverCatSilverCat Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I think it affects people in differant ways, i can't say that when i've smoked it music has sounded any better.

    The first couple of times i tried it, i didnt inhale it for very long and didn't feel much, if anything, but the 3rd time, we smoked quite a lot, and little jokes which deserve perhaps a little chuckle were suddenly very very funny to me and i had to try extremely hard to keep it in, until i just burst out laughing for a while...

    Then later i was sure people were talking about me behind my back every time they left the room, not sure if they were or i was just being paranoid though..they probably weren't..maybe..

    But yeah you probably weren't high but hf next time around :)

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  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    RNEMESiS42 wrote: »

    Going to second this. Viable source of information and OP should really read the negative experiences to get an idea of how things can go down.

    Also not to be on a high horse or anything but if you are going to do drugs for whatever reason NEVER AGAIN take a drug that you are unfamiliar with and definitely informed about. Your life isn't worth a high. While that's a bit drastic there are some situations where that can be exactly the case.

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  • darkmayodarkmayo Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    RNEMESiS42 wrote: »

    Going to second this. Viable source of information and OP should really read the negative experiences to get an idea of how things can go down.

    Also not to be on a high horse or anything but if you are going to do drugs for whatever reason NEVER AGAIN take a drug that you are unfamiliar with and definitely informed about. Your life isn't worth a high. While that's a bit drastic there are some situations where that can be exactly the case.

    3rding on this. Consult this site, inform yourself, use responsibly.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I don't mean to derail the thread from the OP's question, but is there anything scientific backing up the whole not getting high your first time thing? I got totally stoned my first time. Is it not just people not doing it correctly and/or not smoking enough?

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  • cowmeetcowmeet Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I swear marijuana is a gateway drug to cigarettes. If you are posting on a forum, asking if you're high, then you aren't high. smoke more and you will see.

    (also make sure you have some quality herb, the experience is soo much different)

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  • JohnHamJohnHam Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    At the moment everything just seems kind've hard to do and radiohead sounds better. Is this it?

    That pretty much described my average high. When I could still smoke. Because I had to quit.

    From personal experience let me tell you, weed can be very harmful. Can be. For some people. Not everyone of course, but it's got a lot of potential to do terrible things to you.

    It did terrible things to me a couple times and now I will never smoke again.

    It's true, I had an old smoking buddy who at one point just started getting horrible, crippling panic attacks whenever he smoked, so he stopped.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    As a counterargument to the people saying "what you smoked weed without researching it," it's pretty common knowledge that weed, unlike, say, meth or heroine, is not going to kill you. Yes, he should've had a better idea of what he was getting into, but saying "man you could've lost your life" is either a blanket statement that shouldn't be applied to a dude who just smoked a bit of weed and got on his computer, or an opinion born from absurdly extremist views on drugs. No one has ever taken a hit of weed and fallen over dead - it just doesn't happen.

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  • bruinbruin Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    cowmeet wrote: »
    I swear marijuana is a gateway drug to cigarettes.

    I've never experienced this or heard of it. Booze, though? Hell yeah. :?

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  • CalebrosCalebros a k a TimesNewPwnin Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    First time I smoked I didn't really feel much, but the second time I really smoked I smoked a whole bowl by myself and then I started trippin balls pretty hard. Whenever I had music on my body would sway to it without me telling it to, like one of those stupid little flowers or whatever that move to noise. Only, I don't know if my body was actually moving, I just know I felt like I was moving. My vision also was affected, it was like everything was skipping. Best way I can describe it is when a film feel is off its tracking and you can see the bits of frame and everything is moving up as you watch it. It was really weird.

    My brother and his wife though smoke so much that it doesn't really do anything other then make them relaxed and happy. Not overly so, so they're perfectly functional on weed. You'd never be able to tell.

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2009
    As a counterargument to the people saying "what you smoked weed without researching it," it's pretty common knowledge that weed, unlike, say, meth or heroine, is not going to kill you. Yes, he should've had a better idea of what he was getting into, but saying "man you could've lost your life" is either a blanket statement that shouldn't be applied to a dude who just smoked a bit of weed and got on his computer, or an opinion born from absurdly extremist views on drugs. No one has ever taken a hit of weed and fallen over dead - it just doesn't happen.

    Except that the OP didn't know whether it was harmful or not. Nobody is saying he could have been in danger from smoking some pot, but the attitude of trying drugs without knowing the least bit about them is very much a dangerous thing.

    "Hey man take this. Yeah, it's my own blend of GHB, 2c-b, harmaline, DMT, and MDMA. What's it do? Man everyone is doing it. You can just look it up on a webforum afterwords."

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  • Shiekahn_boyShiekahn_boy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Be careful man. I don't smoke it, but when my friend did he was flying with the magic dragon. I was sitting him so he wouldn't do anything too stupid.
    Things he had done.
    1. Tried to climb a light post and act like the ape off of King Kong.
    2. Swing at me with a stick speaking gibberish Japanese saying in English "I AM SAMURAI!"
    3. Kicked over a sign and screeched like Bruce Lee.
    4. Started to freak out when i flashed a flashlight in his face.
    5. Attempted to set dirt on fire.

    Be with a sitter when you really get high. I think it's hilarious to watch. It completely diminished the thought of "Hollywood stoner". You don't get the munchies. You just don't stop eating because you can't feel it. That's what he told me. Also, he kept listening to Cisco Kid over and over again.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    As a counterargument to the people saying "what you smoked weed without researching it," it's pretty common knowledge that weed, unlike, say, meth or heroine, is not going to kill you. Yes, he should've had a better idea of what he was getting into, but saying "man you could've lost your life" is either a blanket statement that shouldn't be applied to a dude who just smoked a bit of weed and got on his computer, or an opinion born from absurdly extremist views on drugs. No one has ever taken a hit of weed and fallen over dead - it just doesn't happen.

    Except that the OP didn't know whether it was harmful or not. Nobody is saying he could have been in danger from smoking some pot, but the attitude of trying drugs without knowing the least bit about them is very much a dangerous thing.

    "Hey man take this. Yeah, it's my own blend of GHB, 2c-b, harmaline, DMT, and MDMA. What's it do? Man everyone is doing it. You can just look it up on a webforum afterwords."

    Except he didn't say he didn't know the least bit about them. He didn't even say he didn't know whether it was harmful or not. He said he didn't know whether or not sporadic use was harmful, which is still a fairly contested point and it's entirely understandable for him to have not done research on the dozens of studies that all indicate rather different things about marijuana's effect over time. You're basically putting words in his mouth.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Be careful man. I don't smoke it, but when my friend did he was flying with the magic dragon. I was sitting him so he wouldn't do anything too stupid.
    Things he had done.
    1. Tried to climb a light post and act like the ape off of King Kong.
    2. Swing at me with a stick speaking gibberish Japanese saying in English "I AM SAMURAI!"
    3. Kicked over a sign and screeched like Bruce Lee.
    4. Started to freak out when i flashed a flashlight in his face.
    5. Attempted to set dirt on fire.

    Be with a sitter when you really get high. I think it's hilarious to watch. It completely diminished the thought of "Hollywood stoner". You don't get the munchies. You just don't stop eating because you can't feel it. That's what he told me. Also, he kept listening to Cisco Kid over and over again.

    uh, I do know a couple of people react that way, but that is absolutely not the norm

    and honestly, in my experience, most people that I know that have reacted that way would act that way if you gave them some oregano and told them it was weed. Not to insult your friend, but the guys who get super ridiculous and act like they did an ounce of mushrooms after a three-day meth binge are usually totally full of shit.

    Maybe he didn't stop eating because he didn't feel it, but that's, uh, about the opposite of everyone else - eating is a vastly enhanced experience and you are generally aware of every bite. And people do get the munchies. I'm not saying your friend is exactly full of shit because it's the placebo effect and he probably didn't intentionally get that way, but he wasn't doing that shit because he was high - he did that shit because he wasn't experienced with weed and was probably a little vulnerable to his own preconceptions.

    You don't need a sitter when you get high unless you're going to take a hit of weed and pretend you took too much acid. Normal high people want food, want drink, are worried that other people are thinking/talking/know about them, and either really want to get out or really want to stay in (depending on the person).

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  • Shiekahn_boyShiekahn_boy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Be careful man. I don't smoke it, but when my friend did he was flying with the magic dragon. I was sitting him so he wouldn't do anything too stupid.
    Things he had done.
    1. Tried to climb a light post and act like the ape off of King Kong.
    2. Swing at me with a stick speaking gibberish Japanese saying in English "I AM SAMURAI!"
    3. Kicked over a sign and screeched like Bruce Lee.
    4. Started to freak out when i flashed a flashlight in his face.
    5. Attempted to set dirt on fire.

    Be with a sitter when you really get high. I think it's hilarious to watch. It completely diminished the thought of "Hollywood stoner". You don't get the munchies. You just don't stop eating because you can't feel it. That's what he told me. Also, he kept listening to Cisco Kid over and over again.

    uh, I do know a couple of people react that way, but that is absolutely not the norm

    and honestly, in my experience, most people that I know that have reacted that way would act that way if you gave them some oregano and told them it was weed. Not to insult your friend, but the guys who get super ridiculous and act like they did an ounce of mushrooms after a three-day meth binge are usually totally full of shit.

    Maybe he didn't stop eating because he didn't feel it, but that's, uh, about the opposite of everyone else - eating is a vastly enhanced experience and you are generally aware of every bite. And people do get the munchies. I'm not saying your friend is exactly full of shit because it's the placebo effect and he probably didn't intentionally get that way, but he wasn't doing that shit because he was high - he did that shit because he wasn't experienced with weed and was probably a little vulnerable to his own preconceptions.

    You don't need a sitter when you get high unless you're going to take a hit of weed and pretend you took too much acid. Normal high people want food, want drink, are worried that other people are thinking/talking/know about them, and either really want to get out or really want to stay in (depending on the person).

    Where you there?
    No, you were not. Don't act like you know everything man, that's lame.

    I don't know how my friends mind works, but he's been clean for about 5 months now. He still get's the urge to light up every once in awhile, but he just keeps himself busy.

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  • DemerdarDemerdar Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Be careful man. I don't smoke it, but when my friend did he was flying with the magic dragon. I was sitting him so he wouldn't do anything too stupid.
    Things he had done.
    1. Tried to climb a light post and act like the ape off of King Kong.
    2. Swing at me with a stick speaking gibberish Japanese saying in English "I AM SAMURAI!"
    3. Kicked over a sign and screeched like Bruce Lee.
    4. Started to freak out when i flashed a flashlight in his face.
    5. Attempted to set dirt on fire.

    Be with a sitter when you really get high. I think it's hilarious to watch. It completely diminished the thought of "Hollywood stoner". You don't get the munchies. You just don't stop eating because you can't feel it. That's what he told me. Also, he kept listening to Cisco Kid over and over again.

    Wow, what a tool.

    Yeah.. this behavior is definitely not what I would consider normal. At least, not after smoking only weed.

    Meth maybe, but not pot.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    I'm not "acting like I know everything."

    I'm just saying regular people do not react that way to weed, and people who do usually do so because they are living up to their idea of "crazy person on weed" instead of being high.

    Maybe he had an allergic reaction or something, I don't know.

    Point is if you walk up to a normal high friend and shine a flashlight in their eyes, don't matter if they've been smoking for two days or two years, they'll go "why are you doing that, please stop."

    If everyone who got high acted like a gibbering baboon, those Drug Free ads would have a helluva lot more ammunition.

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  • Shiekahn_boyShiekahn_boy Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Whatever man, It wasn't like he was flailing around the whole time. It was more along the lines of a spontaneous action. Like he would get an idea in his head and just do it.

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  • Charles KinboteCharles Kinbote Registered User regular
    edited July 2009
    Whatever man, It wasn't like he was flailing around the whole time. It was more along the lines of a spontaneous action. Like he would get an idea in his head and just do it.

    I understand, it's still not typical high behavior

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