{"id":255,"date":"2015-07-15T17:19:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T22:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/?p=255"},"modified":"2015-07-15T22:50:14","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T03:50:14","slug":"weeds-influence-on-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/2015\/07\/15\/weeds-influence-on-emotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Weed’s Influence on Emotions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"download\"<\/a>I have asked the question: \u201cWhy do you smoke weed?\u201d many times, and as some can imagine I have gotten a variety of off the wall answers. I have also received replies as simple as \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d (which always baffle me). The most intriguing answer though implies that marijuana tranquilizes your emotions.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m no scientist and I can\u2019t provide a list of chemicals to explain why or how the brain is affected by marijuana. But I have received enough details from weed smokers to make me believe that marijuana leaves an impact on the brain\u2019s functions. An old teammate described being high as a supernatural experience. She explains how she doesn\u2019t feel her body or feel like herself by saying, \u201cI don\u2019t feel anything\u201d. This suggests that she doesn\u2019t remember her feelings either.<\/p>\n

To some people it may seem sad that people choose to smoke a blunt to run away from their internal problems. Other critics view those who smoke weed to avoid pain as weak and afraid to face challenges that lead to unperceived growth. Still, others sympathize with the human beings that feel the need to smoke pot in order to comfortably deal with life.<\/p>\n

Honestly, I believe that many of those who frown upon people that smoke weed to pacify raving emotions would themselves smoke it if it were legalized. I\u2019m talking parents, teachers, doctors, lawyers, counselors, congress men and women, even grandma and grandpa. Who genuinely enjoys enduring pain? Even optimistic people that see pain as an opportunity for personal growth become weary and look for a way out. Can we really criticize people for wanting to experience peace? I can\u2019t. I am certain though, that there is One excellent way to achieve internal peace and Mary Jane is not it.<\/p>\n

Marijuana may succeed in calming a person\u2019s emotions, but smoking it to do so can become so second nature that a small habit turns into a hidden addiction without notice. It\u2019s one thing to control your emotions; it is something totally different to be controlled due to a lack of self-control.<\/p>\n

Speaking of a time that she wasn\u2019t saved, a First Lady of a Christian church describes that the reason she smoked marijuana was to prevent from feeling hurt that was caused by people. She points out, \u201cI could have rolled a blunt\u201d, which suggests that a blunt would have helped to alleviate the pain she felt.<\/p>\n

After realizing that many people smoke marijuana illegally because they feel that it is the most convenient way to cope with life\u2019s problems, I stopped asking the question: \u201cWhy do you smoke weed?\u201d I understand that some use marijuana for medical reasons, but I do not agree with people smoking weed to \u201ccalm their nerves\u201d when for most people that can be done by taking control of your mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have asked the question: \u201cWhy do you smoke weed?\u201d many times, and as some can imagine I have gotten a variety of off the wall answers. I have also received replies as simple as \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d (which always … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/rhes306\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}