No Stupid Questions

I have been smoking weed daily for 11 years now. If I knew what I'd become I never would have started. I am completely dependent on it, I have really low/bad moods if I'm sober and I've lost all motivation. I am just coasting through life, smoking weed and playing video games. It really sounds like an amazing time but it's depressing. I haven't done anything in my life and I'm coming up on 40. I have a career and that's it. I can't lose weight because I simply don't care enough to stick to it. I never traveled anywhere, I have never ridden on a boat, I've never ridden a horse, hell.. I haven't even gone skiing and I live in an area where it's very popular and I have access to the best spots.

I'm not saying weed is bad but you're young and your brain is still developing. I started smoking when I was 26 and if this can happen to my supposedly developed brain it can be worse for yours. I used to have a drive, I used to be able to do anything. I was pulled out of school in 7th grade and I haven't gone back to any school but somehow ended up being a software engineer. I was excited for my next steps up to management and then director. Now I don't give a fuck. I just anxiously wait for each work day to end so I can start smoking until I go to sleep.

Don't be me. Be smart.

Edit: also, avoid alcohol if you can. My partner nearly died from alcohol withdrawals. He had only been drinking for 2 years and spiraled straight into a TERRIBLE addiction. He hit his head after drunkenly falling down the stairs and was unable to function, I took him to the ER and they said he's just drunk and to to home and sober up. I took him home and he lost his ability to walk the next morning because he had a brain bleed from the fall. So he stopped drinking because he couldn't get his drink and went into the bad withdrawals called delirium tremens. He was hospitalized for a full month. He spent the first 2 weeks intubated in the ICU and had to learn how to walk again.

Please, don't drink.

Hi. I've done lots of drugs.

I don't recommend at 18 simply because it's a bit too early and I've seen lots of people get used to being high on weed and smoking stupid amounts.

Weed makes you chill and comfy but if you develop a psychological dependence you will lose things like your drive/motivation and it's very easy for people to spiral into depression.

TL;DR weed is meh, I'd say wait 5-6 more years of personal development before smoking or eating gummies.

Just FYI please lookup what you're planning to consume online before consuming it just so you at least understand its effects and don't just trust your friends on it.

Won't be the end of the world if you consume responsibly and don't start a habit of being high the majority of your time awake.

Go for it. Make sure you are in a safe and comfortable place with something fun or entertaining in front of you. I wouldn’t personally go out or try to be social in anyway at first (unless you have close friends you trust). I didn’t try until my late twenties and it is fun and addictive for me. The people around me are affected differently and get too much paranoia so your mileage may vary! Edibles are a stinkless way to go about it but remember you need very little at first to feel it. I think it does so much less damage to your body than alcohol but I wouldn’t trust a strangers’ opinion on the internet that far.

It's fun. It also can be not fun.

My golden rule is:

You can always do more drugs, never less.

Start with a low dose and work your way up

No.

Worth it in a controlled environment. Good story, memory, experience.

Also it's important to differentiate the taste for the future in case you accidentally ingest it.

I enjoy them. If you have a family history of psychosis though stay away. Acid is the same

Tried it once last year. It was interesting. It was funny and is a lasting memory but I have not done it since nor do I have the desire to.

If you do seriously only do like 5 MG's to start.

For real dude.

I eat 100mgs at a time and you'll see a lot of other people tell you if you aren't going hard in the mother fucking paint its not worth it but that is a lie

Just eat 5 mgs and if that doesn't hit in a day or two do 10mg and work your way up to it.

If you eat too much at a time before your tolerence builds you will likely throw up and get the spins and have an awful, awful time. Start slow and it will be fun.

Other person was right though, lose the pedestal.

I'd recommend avoiding any of the delta strains. I had a terrible experience with my fiancé once. We were both so out of it and were having time gaps, it was not a fun experience.

Sure. Just remember that they take a while to kick in. Also, drink water.

No rush, wait a few years. Enjoy the amazing body you have right now. You don't realize it but you are so fast and can climb so well at your age. Join a capture the flag league. I'd trade a weed trip for 1 afternoon with a teenage body any day! Jump off a cliff into a swimming hole. Backpack across a continent. Skateboard until you fuck up your knees.

Weed can completely and irreversibly damage a developing brain. Wait until you're at least 26 before you fuck with THC.

Ideally, you should wait. Like others have mentioned, your brain isn’t ready to deal with that stuff yet. You’re really not missing much. You really should wait.

I'd hold off another few years. There's just enough published info pointing towards risks being higher under the mid twenties. The brain never stops developing, but that first twenty years in particular is easier to disturb since the development is more significant.

At 18, you're still putting the polish on some key centers, so fucking with that for a little hedonism seems unwise until there's more and better research available.

Me? I think I'd hold off until at least 21-23. Honestly, I'd do the same with any mind altering stuff. It's not long to wait, and going at it too early can have long term consequences. There's plenty of time to experiment and enjoy all sorts of recreational pharmaceuticals.

Iirc, I had my first (of three lol) drunk at 17, and while it did no harm as a one-off (not much will tbh), I also didn't really sink into the experience the same as later experiments with mind altering. Mind you, I've never liked being drunk, and avoided any of the high addiction potential stuff, but the difference in my second drunk compared to my first was massive just by dint of being 21, just a few years of added perspective on what I wanted out of it, and how I approached it.

Weed, that's another one that my initial exposure in my late teens (18 or 19) was just not as good as years later (late twenties).

But, I can say that trying it once is worth it. If you end up not liking it, no big deal. I'd just wait a little longer. Weed, be it smoked, edible, or otherwise, is a very powerful experience when used infrequently. Steady use weakens the benefits of it for fun imo, but a few times a year? It's nice. It enhances joy and good feelings.

Just be easy with edibles. They hit slow, but hard. You can always have more if you don't get the degree of euphoria you want after a half hour, but you can't take it away if you get too stoned, which is absolutely possible.

You should 100% smoke first. You can control your high way better. With edibles, it's a complete crapshoot on personal dosing. And since you never experienced THC before, it's likely to be overwhelming and you'll probably never want to do it again.

Might not apply to OP, but FYI to anyone reading: Non US-Citizens can get deported from the US for using weed, and they can retroactively denaturalize you if they find out you used weed before you naturalized. Be careful.

You should wait a bit, it's true about the studies. To be honest, I wouldn't say a few times hurts much but it's relatively easy to build a dependency though. Easy to go from every weekend, to every few days to always.

That being said, I second what people say about smoking and I also recommend using a good quality bong to make it easier on your throat. The smoothest hits I've ever taken have been with a home made gravity bong made out of a glass vodka bottle. Avoid plastic though, yuck. Don't over do it if you use a bong. No need for like mega hits, you won't need a lot anyways although some people don't get high their first times.

Don't rush into it also don't put booze on a pedestal. Don't put anything on a pedestal. Get rid of the pedestal.

Edibles have come a long way and some taste really really good but catching a buzz off of them is hit or miss. It's a crapshoot. Sometimes they sneak up on you sometimes they never show up. Never do they show up on time. A bar near me has THC drinks which are a tasty alternative to alcohol but being of the delta variety they're more for flavor and having something non-alcoholic to drink at a bar than they are for getting stoned to the bone. It's a 21+ beverage so, again, don't rush into it you're not missing out on much.

I didn't have any alcohol(save for a glass of champagne at home with my parents on Y2K but come on, it was the turn of the century it would have been wrong not to) until I turned 21 and it never sank it's claws in. I've lived long enough now to see what alcohol does to people as the years of drinking add up. My SO's brother has shaky hands in the morning until he gets a few beers in him. My SO collapsed in the kitchen last week. They blame it on the gummy we both ate equal parts of. It didn't do shit for me and I suspect it was the drinking that led to fainting. That's a whole different story about the dangers of drinking too much too often.

tl;dr wait until you're old enough and enjoy the company of your friends without drugs or alcohol before the liquor starts calling the shots. It'll be there down the road. All you need for a good time is good company.

Yes. Do 'party drugs' stay away from fent and opioids.

Last I saw pop science was saying it increases your risk of mental health problems by a shitload if youre under 21 or 25 or something, so try it at your own risk, but as a general rule I would advise weed over alcohol 100% of the time.

Prepare for potential paranoia/anxiety spikes while high, and surround yourself with comfort and people you trust. Its fun times.

Wait until you're a little older: Ideally, around 25.

Yes, but do yourself a favor and wait a few years so you don’t stunt your brain growth

As someone who drank and smoked a lot as soon as they could at 18 until my house party era ended around 24 years old, the booze is way more dangerous and risky. Both things damage the developing brain for sure and I know I'm a little dimmer after the fact than I would've been otherwise, but alcohol can get wild. Some people I knew crashed and burned hard before their lives even really got started. I also built a huge social web and came out of my socially awkward shell during that time which doubles as a safety net going forward in life so, I won't say what you should or shouldn't do. I'm just saying there are risks and if someone gets bit, not everyone recovers. Oh and all drugs "soft" or hard and even shit like caffeine incur a debt that you always have to pay back eventually. More drugs, bigger body debt.

Edible first timer, I would suggest not just because the potential for a bad expierence is high and then it's bad for many hours. Especially if you get anxiety / paranoia in response to being high at all or too high. Vape extract like a 510 cart ideally for better control over dosage and not inhaling tarry stank ass smoke. If you can only smoke accept wasting some and only hit it once and then wait 15min to see how you feel before a second puff. Getting too high fucking sucks especially for a beginner, fair warning.

Edibles might be a bit much for the first time. They hit way harder than just smoking some buds, even if you're a seasoned smoker.

Sublinguals (oils you drop under your tongue) might be a better route if you don't want to smoke something. Gives a similar high, easier to take a smaller dose of, and the only real negative is that most of them just taste a little weird.

Drink lots of water, be patient and don't trust that it isn't going to kick in and you should take more

Nope.

Suggestion: have a meal planned. Edibles are drugs, not food. If you want maximum effect then eat them on an empty stomach but have a sandwich or a pizza ready for after you dose so you’re not tempted to eat more just because you’re hungry

Don't. You are more unique and cool by NOT using drugs. It can only hurt you the only question is by how much it will negatively impact your life.

If my friend could go back he would had never don't anything harder than chamomile tea. Do yourself a favor at your age work hard to actually earn a career that will make you money. You are arguably at the worst age possible to start experimenting with this crap.

When you are dying of cancer, sure pull out the weed brownies.