Is it alright to Smoke weed, if you have Autism?

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26 Oct 2011, 3:14 pm

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26 Oct 2011, 3:19 pm

Yeah, I smoke all the time, and I go through the same things you're describing, but when I start making up scripts for movies and TV shows, I'm either alone, or the only people around me are stoned as well, so I'm not so confident that the things I'm thinking of are all that intelligent. I should write some of them down, but I'm never near a piece of paper when I get baked, and I'm certainly not going to go get one AFTER I get baked, and even if I was near a piece of paper and a writing utensil when I got baked, I doubt I would feel like picking it up while I'm baked anyway. Bottom line is, I wouldn't bounce your ideas off a straight person unless you know that they already know that you're stoned and that they are okay with it. And as long as your life is on track and you can do it with a relatively low risk of negative consequences, smoke up!:)

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26 Oct 2011, 4:04 pm

It's never alright to smoke weed, or any substance for that matter. Ever.

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26 Oct 2011, 4:05 pm

I don't think it is bad to smoke weed. <3

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26 Oct 2011, 5:18 pm

Lightning88 wrote:

It's never alright to smoke weed, or any substance for that matter. Ever.

There is more than one way to get marijuana in your system. :wink:

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You should use a bong or a vaporizer/atomizer the atomizer is the best for smoking. If you use a bong try putting some ice in the water it will be smoother with less coughing.

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26 Oct 2011, 5:21 pm

If you are willing to accept the potential consequences, then by all means smoke weed. I don't see what having autism would have to do with that, though.

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26 Oct 2011, 6:07 pm

It's okay to do anything that you want, if you have autism and that goes for smoking weed.

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26 Oct 2011, 7:06 pm

Each person has their own set of laws/morals/values that he or she follows. Each person therefore can judge for himself or herself what he or she wants and can do. As for me, weed is wrong for me---but I am not judging for others here. I have absolutely no desire to try weed. I have never done any type of drugs in my life. The only things I have done drug related are prescriptions like antibiotics for sickness and Coumadin because of a blood clot and pulmonary embolism. If you placed a thousand dollar bill under my nose just for trying weed, I would not try it. But each person must decide for himself or herself---I am not answering for you.

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27 Oct 2011, 3:46 am

I think you have to be careful. Sometimes weed can cause paranoia. Any drugs hold risks for the user.

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27 Oct 2011, 4:15 am

The real question is if you're okay with smoking weed or not. I'd personally never try it, because it wouldn't accomplish anything for me. If you have looked at the risks and accepted them, then that is a question you have to answer for yourself.

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27 Oct 2011, 10:27 am

I have been smoking weed for almost 18 years so I'm a bit of a veteran so to speak. During these years there where periods that I didn't smoke pot at all and periods that I smoked with moderation. I have never experienced any negative side effects myself but that doesn't mean that weed is good for everyone and that's the reason why I don't recommend it to others. You'll never know how someone else is going to react to it.

Don't smoke weed in the following cases :
- When you are suffering from depression
- When you are suffering from paranoia
- When you are prone to hallucinations
- When you have had psychotic episodes
- When you have schizophrenia
- If you are a minor
- If the tought of smoking weed makes you feel uncomfortable
- If you are taking certain kinds of medication.

If you are smoking weed you should definitely do it with moderation. People who are smoking weed from the early morning untill they go to bed at night are on the wrong track, because weed can become a psychological addiction if you smoke too often and/or too much. Besides that I think that weed is an innocent substance compared to alcohol and other drugs. Even compaired to some medication.

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28 Oct 2013, 6:45 am

DrChronDon wrote:

Im not looking for a lecture on how weed is bad, I just want to know if theirs any psychological affects of Marijuana on people with Autism other than what is obvious. Because when I smoke, I get really inebriated. I have what some people describe as Out of Body Experiences, which Im skeptical about. The other day, I was coming down from the Adderall Im prescribed to and I was playing Gears of War 2 multiplayer, when the music playing on a laptop started to actually take form in my mind. I perceived the sounds, lyrics, and tones, as some sort of waves and they started to make patterns and built up into a spire, like constructive waves. It then morphed into like a cat scan of what looked like a brain, almost a perfect image, as far as my prior knowledge is concerned. But their was more that happened. I seemed to be able to remember every fact I've learned about any certain subject we talked about that night, such as scientific facts or theories, Historical facts etc. I was also on a roll of making different, logical sounding, conspiracy theories and other fictitious stories, that actually sounded pretty good. I was also strategically and tactically better at Gears of War 2. Any thoughts on what happened to me, why it happened, and how?

Smoking weed is an interesting experience to have once or twice a month. It brings about an altered state of reality that is just mild enough yet intense enough to be really thought-provoking in aspies. It gives us a short taste of what social aspects of NT life is like. It also allows us to have a comfortable and fun time just being by ourselves... which we love sometimes.

weed is not a solution to anything tho. It is just an entertainment thing like alcohol but less dangerous. If you smoke weed every day or even every weekend it will turn you into a less independent person. It will stunt your career (because when you're high or baked, you don't think about all those thoughts when you're alone which helps you figure out how to advance financially). A stunted career results in less money, less freedom to do things, and no ability to support dating, and even less a family. In these ways, weed will hurt you and make you lonely.

As aspies it is hard enough surviving. Don't pick up a habit when you're young that will leave you even more hopeless when you're older. Think about your future aspie-self.

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28 Oct 2013, 8:12 am

It's alright to smoke weed no matter who you are. It's harmless & beneficial.. and fun.

what happened was you were high.. on weed and amphetamines - well, just coming down from the amphetamines.. but still. If either of these is a drug to be concerned about it's effects, especially long term, it's Adderall - not weed.

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28 Oct 2013, 9:42 am

goldfish21 wrote:

It's alright to smoke weed no matter who you are. It's harmless & beneficial.. and fun.

what happened was you were high.. on weed and amphetamines - well, just coming down from the amphetamines.. but still. If either of these is a drug to be concerned about it's effects, especially long term, it's Adderall - not weed.

Every forum gets some responses like that... "it's harmless"... etc etc.

Truth is if you have any love in your heart for other aspies you wouldn't give them a false sense of security. Any drug that affects the way people think can come with many many consequences. Legal ones are the least of your worries. The real harm comes long-term just like other "soft drugs". It will eat away at your goals and desires until you forget everything about the person you really are.

I have had experiences with drugs and drug users. Pot won't destroy you immediately like coke, heroin, pcp, crack, or meth... but if you smoke it too much for years you will end up in a place much lower than you would have been without the weed.

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28 Oct 2013, 10:48 am

I woudn't smoke. Theres a negative image associated with people who smoke weed. I look down on people who smoke weed honestly. Plus why would you wanna smoke anyways?

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28 Oct 2013, 9:39 pm

DrChronDon wrote:

I've never used it or even wanted to use it myself . I like to be in total control of my actions or emotions . I don't touch alcohol for the same reason ,

Anyways , I personally know of 5 regulars weed smokers all under 30 .
Not one has done "well" on it. 1 very bad ending - 2 ok users and 2 who are wasting their young lives away smoking the damn stuff.

I always remember George Michael saying in an interview that weed was the BEST drug in the world SO LONG AS YOU'VE ACHIEVED EVERYTHING YOU WANT IN LIFE !
If you haven't done the above don't go anywhere near it .....

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