We Have To Talk About Weed
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Cannabis is finally being decriminalized in more and more places around the world. And for very good reasons! Compared to other legal drugs such as alcohol, cannabis is pretty mild and most users enjoy it without issue. But there’s a dark side for some. So let’s take an honest look at some of the latest research together.
A few years ago, we made a video of three arguments why cannabis should remain illegal – and debunked them. Watch it again:
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I use weed after a hard days of work only with my friends. However I do use it everyday and have realized that my memory has gotten a bit worse. Thank you for making this video with no biases.
wanted come back to this video to comment on this to say that i watched this when it came out, before i had smoked weed every day for years, since this video's release i have not smoked, thank you Kurzgesagt! you guys are great thank you for bringing this to my attention, my life has improved so much since I've quit <3
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Well, yeah, there's a reason why people are bored and seeking stimulation through alternative means. Just look at the nature of the last ten years, it has been wild and people have started self medicating with marijuana due to our broken psychology system. As well, since it isn't federal if you can't afford a medical card then you can't get one. So the amount of "medical users" are off from where they probably should be since there isn't a sufficient pharmaceutical standard for it that can be ran through insurance. For me personally, I've been using it medicinally for a while, it helps me with my PTSD symptoms so I can focus on things like homework and chores instead of the pain from my past.
Nice video
"Well, Stan, the truth is marijuana probably isn't gonna make you kill people, and it most likely isn't gonna fund terrorism, but, well son, pot makes you feel fine with being bored, and it's when you're bored that you should be learning some new skill or discovering some new science or being creative."
~Randy Marsh, "South Park"
This is the main reason I don't touch marijuana, or any drug for that matter (2 years since my last drink, in fact).
Why would you want to put yourself in a state that's less than your best self? Below your full potential? Life is too short to be less than 100%
when i was 16 i was depressed and i had a weed phase, it was a very intresting time as i smoked through november and december until i quit on new years eve, looking back it feels so strange to have had all that mind alteration as i was a complete virgin to any drugs at all…
you think this guy has ever smoked weed
The rules that help me when high is: I will never use it if im upset and if I don't want to do something cause im stoned I force myself to do it anyway like make my bed, cook food, or spending the next 3 hours getting everything I need done for the day. An alternative to this is to reward yourself with THC after doing all the hard human stuff
I don’t think I would be able to handle weed without getting addicted. From just sugar and junk food alone, I can tell I am more susceptible to stimulating things. Probably because I might have some form of ADHD, as I already know I have autism, don’t have great attention, and can easily get addicted to something more often if it appeals to me.
Us presidents
I am certain that if the world leaders smoked weed we wouldn’t be having terrible wars – I’m high as fck
Wish you could have talked about the expenses of purchasing marijuana daily and / or at taxpayers' expenses. Either way it's getting very expensive nowadays and for the ones that choose to spend more on weed than taking care of responsibilities, I do not see how you're able to maintain barely by hanging on with really nothing to show for at the end of the day.
Don’t do drugsat least not yet😭😩👌🏽
I’m watching this high and I will say he is onto something yo
30 years have passed and literally nothing new.
I’m seeing more and more people of my generation are having problems relating to daily beer consumption after work will as you approach middle age Really messes up your liver worse than people expect because the media and the advertisements almost Depict it as a harmless soft drink my best friend recently experienced a multiple breakdown of all vital parts after cirrhosis of the liver which completely surprised him because he wasn’t a hard alcohol drinker cirrhosis is something you would expect from somebody hitting the Jack Daniels every night , which he wasn’t if he had just smoked some weed instead he might still be alive
Put off this video for awhile, I knew it would tell me what I already knew. Smoking way too much everyday for years, drowning in depression before I started smoking, drowning in even more depression while smoking. Just had the talk with my significant other, I can’t quit cold turkey but I’m done smoking heavily like this. I actually want to FEEL something from life besides lighting a joint. Will start smoking less and less daily until I can stop completely for a while. I dread the withdrawal but I’ve been through worse.
Watching this while blazing up 😂😂
Damn I haven't smoke yet I have all withdrawals and side effects 🙂 cool
It's actually pretty healthy but the pharmacist industry would be ruined if it wasnt illegal
Cannabis was not negative to health until it became the greatest GMO that is capable to overload the cannabinoid receptors with non human compatible molecules of THC as it is from an external source. Receptors can loose sensibility and no longer be able to receive stimulus from human Quality cannabinoids
I know kids who have destroyed their brains with weed at a young age. Psych wards are were they end up.
Hello, this is a comment from Japan, a mouth where marijuana is illegal and furthermore, where it was decided last year that marijuana will be severely punished in 2024!
To be honest, I do not understand at all the feeling that "marijuana is legal". Perhaps the danger is less than I think, but is there any problem?
I would like to know the opinions of people from countries where marijuana is actually legal.
I just want to point out, cannabis isnt only THC, it also has other cannabinoids like CBD that is used for pains and is helping people come off of hard pharmaceutical drugs.
Theres also CBG that helps with gut health like people with stomach issues. And CBN to help people fall asleep.
Cannabis isnt just THC.
And in the legal states (in America) recreational use is 21+ for a reason.. so the part about teenage use is correct.
Please do more research on the entirety of the plant.
I feel good in the morning , but when i smoke in the night after i come home homee from work my hearts says not to smoke weeed but brain says one wont do anything bad and had done all the works also … but it is giving me anger issues and depression and all the symtoms i read in the comments .. what to do
Tried it once in my late teens and an interesting experience. From then on I just politely refused whenever offered. It’s just not for me, I like being in as much control of myself as possible. Definitely get curious every so often lol, but the curiosity fades.
ive been smoking everyday for about a year and a half now. its made everything in my life – from relationships to school to self confidence – way more difficult then it needs to be. i use it a lot to cope with lonliness and mental health, but really all im doing is making these things worse. im trying to force myself to confront these issues as i never wanted to believe weed was the problem. i know now that the difficulties i face are made so much worse by weed. if youre struggling, i promise you that you have the strength to quit and find happiness. thats the journey i have in front of me, and i cant wait to get my life back.
This is all spot on from my experience. Moderation is key
If cops didn't ruin ppls lifes over it maybe they could do more
Only if society can accept people that smoke weed maybe the loneliness and social anxiety would change
Weed is like skunk spray but way, way worse.
Im so high now.😅
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when i used to get high much more frequently i would find myself watching alot of your videos and thhe infographics channels videos
as someone that weighs cost of habits and hobbies, i don find myself subject to a vast amount of things people typically become addictive to, i use(d) 98% a lot and simply quit without second doubt or temptation after i realized it just worth it with the price going up for the exact same item. Also being partly allergic really enhances the high
The current problem with cannabis is the face paced and rapid development of more and more potent strains. It is almost as if they are attempting to violate the weed will put you to sleep before the cannboids can saturate enough to kill you rule. Standard cannabis as purchased behind 7/11 in say 2006 is not the same as the selectively bred super weed currently being sold. Truthfully if they had just decriminalized it federally and states individually legalized it out right (meaning just making it where it can be grown like any other plant). Then the gov licensed growers wouldn't have had the fiscal motivation to selectively breed it for increased potency.
The gov is so inept they managed to almost ruin something a simple as weed, twice.
How could we justify the negative effects for young people to develop problems such as schizophrenia or memory from cannabis?
marijuana is worse of the lungs than cigarettes
the reason weed will constantly struggle to become fully accepted is because is keeps getting stronger and stronger and people are not willing to just accept a mid grade solution, if its to be legalized and regulated it must be sold at quantifiable medium levels for general consumption and high levels for regulated consumption its the exact same thing with alcohol general consumption alcohol IE. beer ,wine, must be below a % threshold to be sold without heavy regulation like at a gas station or grocery store and stronger stuff requires liquor licensing, audits, regulation, source documentation weed as it is now doesn't confine to that mold and nor the people who ingest it everything is about making it as powerful as it can be without cause adverse affects Ie Moonrocks , or 40% THC bud instead the cannabis needs to show that its reasonable enough to self regulate by creating and popularizing lower THC cannabis while having higher THC cannabis for occasional use . this is how average people use alcohol with exceptions of bad apples which is why though alcohol is a poison it is acceptable within the community also alcohol doesn't stink up entire counties creating strands that produce less odor would benefit for acceptance
I was the 1 one out of 10, used to smoke 6-8 pots daily.