They say that it causes brain damage, this that and the next. Does it really just boil down to ‘lungs only supposed to breathe air’
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Marijuana changes your brain. We change our brain all the time with drugs like aspirin to not have headaches, antidepressants to be less sad, or alcohol…. To be less sad. All those things that change our brain/bodt don’t just change it in 1 way though. The other ways it changes it are called side effects. If the ways it changes us is more than the side effects most people count the drug as “good” and not “bad”. Some
Some people may get more side effects from marijuana and that might make it ” bad” for them while “good” for others. Some people may use it to ignore the real problems in life and if those real problems don’t go away or just get worse then it could also ultimately be “bad” for them. But if marijuana helps them cope with a difficult circumstance to work through the real issue or if it treats something where another drugs side effects would be worse (ie opiods for pain) then it could be comparatively good.
One group that the site effects are almost definitely worse than any benefit is for young people. Our brains don’t normally stop growing till we are 25 with heavy growth still past 21. But right now it looks like starting to use lots of marijuana early makes our brains stop growing so fast and we can’t just easily restart it if it’s past when it would normally stop growing. Considering that effect will last for all your life it’s reasonably “bad” to start using lots when young. However just like missing one day of water a plant won’t kill it someone smoking weed once as a teenager won’t kill their brain growth.
So ultimately whether weed is good or bad depends on what the person’s needs are, what the side effects they experience are and whether it’s preventing or helping them with other issues in their life.
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