Confused Me
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Hi all,
Ehm, to make a long story short, I am a non-smoker but my boyfriend is a smoker and the entire thing concerns me somewhat... I mean, you know we hear the kind of stuff that smoking makes you go nuts at the age of 40 and everything... Now I really love him a lot more than saying "weed or me" and I feel bad about telling him not to smoke because he likes it so much, but I care about him and I am genuinely worried that it might damage his brain or something later... but since we are both young university students at the moment, and we are likely to rely on our thinking and "intellect" in our future lives too, I really don't want him to be damaged by temporary pleasure. I have even considered trying pot myself just to figure out why oh why he likes it so much, but I admit I am a chicken - but, ok, what do you expect from an 18-yr-old??
Anyway, I don't trust any of the "research" going on about it - being a budding scientist I am fully aware that all those research groups need to be funded, and those funding them will only give funding for certain types of outcomes... But the thing is that I want to know the truth... and for that reason I would like to do some real research myself... and for that I would like to ask your help.
All it would involve is answering a few questions, completely anonymously, like how old you are, what is your job and what is your highest level of education, for how long you have smoked and how much do you smoke, and if you take any other drugs (incl. alcohol and tobacco, those can really alter the results!).. and then I would ask you to do a short IQ test or something (of course everyone would need to do the same test, and I would ask you also how long it was before the test that you last smoked) and ask you very kindly to tell the results HONESTLY to me... I wouldn't need your name or location or anything, not even your email address if you PM me the entire thing... I wouldn't publish the results anywhere (heck, what kind of crappy journal would publish that!?) and you would never hear from me again (unless you want to
)... all I would ask for is that you are 100% honest with the information you provide. It would only take a few minutes of your time, but it is likely to save a relationship...
Please please help me.... the more people participate, the better. I have promised myself (and my boyfriend) that if the results show that marijuana doesn't affect brain function in a bad way then I'll never again talk pot with him again...
I really respect people's right to do whatever they think is good for them and I have no problem with you guys smoking at all... I just care about my boyfriiiiieeeeend....!!
I do hope there will be at least some of you who will try to understand, who will trust my sincerity in writing this, and who would like to help a desperate girlfriend. :Blush: Just PM me or email me or something if you would like to participate...
All the best, and happy smoking...
Z
Ehm, to make a long story short, I am a non-smoker but my boyfriend is a smoker and the entire thing concerns me somewhat... I mean, you know we hear the kind of stuff that smoking makes you go nuts at the age of 40 and everything... Now I really love him a lot more than saying "weed or me" and I feel bad about telling him not to smoke because he likes it so much, but I care about him and I am genuinely worried that it might damage his brain or something later... but since we are both young university students at the moment, and we are likely to rely on our thinking and "intellect" in our future lives too, I really don't want him to be damaged by temporary pleasure. I have even considered trying pot myself just to figure out why oh why he likes it so much, but I admit I am a chicken - but, ok, what do you expect from an 18-yr-old??
Anyway, I don't trust any of the "research" going on about it - being a budding scientist I am fully aware that all those research groups need to be funded, and those funding them will only give funding for certain types of outcomes... But the thing is that I want to know the truth... and for that reason I would like to do some real research myself... and for that I would like to ask your help.
All it would involve is answering a few questions, completely anonymously, like how old you are, what is your job and what is your highest level of education, for how long you have smoked and how much do you smoke, and if you take any other drugs (incl. alcohol and tobacco, those can really alter the results!).. and then I would ask you to do a short IQ test or something (of course everyone would need to do the same test, and I would ask you also how long it was before the test that you last smoked) and ask you very kindly to tell the results HONESTLY to me... I wouldn't need your name or location or anything, not even your email address if you PM me the entire thing... I wouldn't publish the results anywhere (heck, what kind of crappy journal would publish that!?) and you would never hear from me again (unless you want to
Please please help me.... the more people participate, the better. I have promised myself (and my boyfriend) that if the results show that marijuana doesn't affect brain function in a bad way then I'll never again talk pot with him again...
I really respect people's right to do whatever they think is good for them and I have no problem with you guys smoking at all... I just care about my boyfriiiiieeeeend....!!
All the best, and happy smoking...
Z