[airspirit]

I have seen people who used marijuana heavily and went from smart and motivated people to some of the stupidest people I currently know. THC is a non-polar chemical and thus is soluble in fat. It stays in your system for long periods of time after ingestion (which is why you can get popped on a UA for much longer after use than most other drugs), and each additional use can build higher passive levels of it in your system. Since your brain has a high fat concentration combined with high blood flow, it forms a perfect storage recepticle for THC, and at high passive levels (from extended and/or heavy use) can interfere with your brain functions even when not using it. This can also cause permanent damage as neural pathways are degenerated inside of your brain: your memory fades and fails, and your cognitive abilties slowly are reduced. While over time the THC can all be removed from your body by discontinuing use, the damage that was caused while it was trapped in your tissues will not readily repair. As with all brain damage of this type, the damage is exponential in scale: the more that gets damaged, the more potential for future damage and the harder it is to recover those abilities. Simply put, pot makes you dumb if you smoke too much of it. While there hasn't been much in the way of clinical studies of this, you can see it in the blank and vacant gaze of your own local hippie or stoner. It doesn't take clinical trials to prove something we can demonstrate to be true.

With that said, I don't believe that OCCASIONAL recreational use would be too bad as long as it is used responsibly, but those that use it multiple times per day/week/month are really going to screw themselves in the long run.

Drugs are bad, mmmkay?