>Sorry, I'm not Valg.
>
>But what's there to say?
>
> In the spirit of getting the proverbial ball rolling..)
>
>Physically, it's harmful smoke, we all know that. Some people
>say worse than cigarettes, but I'd say not. Simply because of
>the frequency you can inhale marijuana versus a three pack of
>cigarette day. But still bad. No one would argue that.

Yeah, no one's arguing that. This falls into the realm of smoking cigarettes, cloves, crack, whatever. Smoking anything habitually isn't a great idea for your lungs, with exception perhaps to cigars which are a greater threat to mouth cancer if I recall right, providing you don't inhale. Even then, you inhale some, so its probably not great.

>Mentally/Sociologically?
>
>I've taken some psychology classes which have cited examples
>stating that for people who smoke on a daily basis suffer
> enjoy?) the effects of being stunted, socially, more or less
>at the point when they began regularly using. Meaning, the kid
>who starts using at thirteen will be somewhat "frozen" at a
>thriteen year old social level while he/she continues to be a
>smoker. I'd agree somewhat. Though, some people tend to avoid
>this, somehow, and others, embody the phenomena utterly and
>completely. I wonder why.

Yeah, but similiarly speaking, I know plenty of non-burned potheads. That's the million dollar question - does smoking pot regularly make you stupid. I think much of it is social behavior of people in that clique. Consider the 'Long-Island-ditz' syndrome, or rather 'Valley-girl syndrome'. I'm not sure what the effects on your brain actually are, but I'm not convinced it makes you dumb at least, not on the level that alcohol consumption does.

That being said, I don't know. Hence posing the question.

>
>And judging strictly by some of the "other board's" threads,
>I'd agree. Not that there's anything *wrong* with that.
>
>That's why I started smoking marijuana when I was twenty
>three. I want to remain there.

Heh. I don't smoke pot often. I've smoked it before, but its not something I do more than once every couple of years (I've gotten high probably like 6 times in my life).

Still, I find there's a lot of pre-conceptions which I'm not sure are justified by scientific data.

>"Stay gold, pony boy, stay gold"
>-- Outsiders.
>
>Discuss.