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That's what drugs do. They make you paranoid. You've no control over it.
Absolutly untrue. I know many people (including myself) who experience zero paranoia regarding cannabis, and other drugs as well. I have had slight feelings of paranoia, but when you realize that it's a side effect of the cannabis, it goes away. It's the same as mushrooms. If you remind yourself that you've taken a drug, you don't get tripped out as badly.
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If you don't wanna feel like crap while on it and afterwards just don't do it.
Anecdotal, and not an accurate portrayal of what most of us will experience.
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I've smoke weed myself and the negative side effects were usually worst then any positives I got from it. I did feel like I was dying or something don't remember.
Anecdotal.
I smoke cannabis before 99% of my sessions (probably 200-300x/year this year) and I love it. As good as meditation is, cannabis use is even better. I don't get paranoid anymore, I tilt for maybe 5 seconds once in a few months, and have a lot more success in my life when I use it regularly as opposed to abstaining.
Regarding the paranoia, Cannabis Sativa is considered the more "productive" stone, where you will feel like cleaning your house, finishing tasks, etc. Cannabis Indica is the "couchlock" stone, where you will just want to chill, lay back and listen to cool music. Personally, I only consume Indica dominant strains. Although I only get small amounts of paranoia from Sativas (realizing its a side effect makes it vanish for me pretty fast), I like how chill Indicas make me. I am a very energetic person by nature, and letting me slow down helps my decisions, soothes my ego, and has literally tripled my winnings vs sober playing.
It is funny how we sometimes feel guilty for smoking cannabis. The stigmas attached to it from "society" (aka the idiots who made it illegal in the first place) can sometimes make us feel like criminals or outsiders from society. This isn't really the case. In fact, as the years go on, I meet more and more people who nobody would ever guess are potheads. Politicians, police officers, respectable members of society, that aren't afraid to use something that is much safer than alcohol. Maybe this is because I'm from Canada, but I like to think the trend towards marijuana being "socially acceptable" (not that I care what society thinks anyway) is a worldwide movement.