Honest advice please..

[AngelicFruitcake]

Hi, SWIM has quit smoking cigarettes & cannabis for 3 months now, but she still really misses cannabis. But she is very concerned about being healthy, she is 17 now and wants to wait until she's older..but doesn't know how much older? What would your advice be, to when would be a safer age to start again? 30? 40? 60? She has heard many times it's much more likely to get mental illnesses from it when you're young..so she knows it's a long way off until she can start smoking it again, but yeh anyone's advice/knowledge would be appreciated. and also, when she does, how often would be safest? to get as little bad health effects as possible..like one a week? once a month? thank you

[thewomaninagreenhat]

Swim's advice would be to wait until you feel that you are ready. There is no given age for something like this. Some people are more mature and ready at 18 than others are at 50.

If it interferes with school or work or causes real problems with family, then it is not a good time, or Swiy isnt ready. If Swiy can smoke and still do well in school or at work, and there are no problems at home or socially with it, then Swiy is probably ready at that point.

Swim is very glad to see that you want to be responsible with it. It is a wonderful thing, when used by the right people, at the right times.

[Nature Boy]

People "hear" a lot of things about cannabis which are not true. In the 1940's it was "reefer madness", today it's skunk addicts butchering their grandmothers after a game of Grand Theft Auto. Come back when you're 18 because you're breaking forum rules but my once piece of advice is to enjoy it if it works for you and avoid it if it doesn't. It's pretty simple. It is debatable whether cannabis-induced permanent mental illness exists, and if it does, it won't happen overnight. Perhaps SWIY should seek their information about cannabis from a source other than tabloid headlines.

[augentier]

ITA with NatureBoy...first of all, if you're on this forum and you obviously have a little skewed view of marijuana..take the time to read through the Cannabis forums and learn some real information. A lot of SWIMs debunk a lot of the myths surrounding weed (and everything else for that matter)...

My advice to you is to start smoking whenever you want to, it could be right now. Just take it easy , my cat smokes several times a day but thinks smoking just on the weekends is best for most people who have school and a job.

[AngelicFruitcake]

Thanks, thewomaninagreenhat, yes SWIM does feel it effects college, so best to wait til she's done with that. But it wasn't about being ready, just what age is physically safest that's all. She agrees, it is wonderul used in moderation but too much of it made her feel bad about herself.
Natureboy, I wasn't saying it was fact that it gives you mental illnesses, I said I heard, and that's why I posted this to see if anyone could give SWIM the right advice/knowledge about how or if it could do. SWIM does love it, but was simply asking because of health conerns. I apologise for breaking the forums rules, I will close my account or whatever after this. And I haven't been seeking information from tabloid headlines? I seeked it from here.
augentier, what do you mean, a skewed view of cannabis? I simply asked about when and how often is safe to use it.. I'm sorry if I offended either of you, I didn't mean to in any way. I know I don't know loads of information about it but that's why I posted this.

[Revancheshepherd]

Originally Posted by jessee_canning

Hi, SWIM has quit smoking cigarettes & cannabis for 3 months now, but she still really misses cannabis. But she is very concerned about being healthy, she is 17 now and wants to wait until she's older..but doesn't know how much older? What would your advice be, to when would be a safer age to start again? 30? 40? 60? She has heard many times it's much more likely to get mental illnesses from it when you're young..so she knows it's a long way off until she can start smoking it again, but yeh anyone's advice/knowledge would be appreciated. and also, when she does, how often would be safest? to get as little bad health effects as possible..like one a week? once a month? thank you

Cigarettes are a very big no-no I currently smoke cigarettes, let me tell you...
I CAN'T STOP!
stop if you can now!

Marijuana, on the other hand SWIM has been smoking since SWIM was 16, however SWIM wishes SWIM did not start smoking till SWIM was probably 18 or 19.

If SWIY would like to have a healthier smoke, a vaporizer would probably be your best bet as it only heats up enough to release the main ingredients essential to release marijuanas medical and recreational components.

SWIM also reminds you that everyone is different, as long as SWIY can get by fine, SWIM would say you are in good hands. Make you have other extracurricular activities besides smoking! Maybe even try getting high and working out? SWIM finds this an awesome time to work out.

[AngelicFruitcake]

I know I said I'd leave, but I just wanna reply to this :P
I know how you feel about cigarettes, revancheshepard, I could never stop until I read the only way to stop smoking permanently by allan carr, you should give it a go! I hate cigarettes now.
Yes, SWIM wishes she had waited til she was older too, since she started smoking weed at about 13. But having said that she never had any problems like extreme paranoia or mental illness..but like natureboy said that doesn't happen overnight. Mainly she wants to wait til she's finished with studies.
Thanks for the tip about the vaporizer, that will be a great idea! But SWIM really loved just smoking spliffs, but she wishes there was a better alternative to tobacco then shitty herbal tobacco.
Getting high and working out?!? hahaha once SWIM sits down when she's stoned, she can't get up :P