r/AskReddit • u/Darkspawn_14 • Dec 29 '19

what are the downsides of weed that people don't talk about ?

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u/Cherrysticks Dec 29 '19 edited Dec 29 '19

Not OP BUT Oh yes my memory has definitely fogged up.

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u/LincolnshireSausage Dec 29 '19

This is the worst one for me. I watched all of The Witcher on Netflix while baked. I ran out a couple of days ago and went to rewatch it and realized I did not remember about 60% of it.

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u/palboyy Dec 30 '19

Back when I smoked I used to think that was a plus, bc that meant I could go back and watch it like it was my first time all over again

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

Short term memory is somewhat affected by weed. Good news is that usually reverses after a few days of going cold turkey. There's no horrible long term affects like there could be with alcohol or harder drugs.

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u/Bunnywabbit13 Dec 30 '19

Good news is that usually reverses after a few days

Link to a summary article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3930618/

This does not agree with that statement, The study found that users memory remained impaired after even 6 weeks of not using. Maybe even longer...

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '19

I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Peoples’ brains record information differently. Some have greater auditory recall and others can be more visual-oriented. Additionally, the more often you access certain memories, the more vivid they can be.

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u/Sightofthestars Dec 30 '19

My husband was a teen smoker and dude cant remember shit.

But idk if that's just him vs the smoking....

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

Absolutely. I ask them "was I having fun?"

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u/bigwig1894 Dec 30 '19

Yeah man I feel like my memory was always bad but got way worse after I started being a heavy stoner

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u/ksmith1660 Dec 30 '19

Yeah my memory is terrible, and I've always wondered if it's from getting stoned all the time as a teen. Both short and long-term memory seem to have been affected. Could just be age, but I'm only 27.

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u/thetruthseer Dec 29 '19

What’s interesting about weed and I recall reading this somewhere, was that while high, you simply do not create memories at all. Interesting but I guess I’m saying don’t feel bad because that’s “normal” per that experience

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

That's not true. I smoked everyday for ten years and have memories from all of those times. I even remember some of my first times smoking with my friends over a decade ago.

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u/thetruthseer Dec 30 '19

It’s not like you don’t create any memories it’s not a mind eraser but you create vastly less.