I don't smoke on a regular basis. If I'm at a friend's house and they go to smoke, I don't have anything else pending for the rest of the day and I'm not doing a lot more driving anywhere, sure, I'll join in. I personally haven't noticed anything too negative from the after affects. You are right, it takes off the edge and I may have a little depression after waking the next day, but ya know what, I sometimes awake crying and wanting to die even when I haven't touched the stuff, so I can live with it.

However, I did have a good friend of our family's that was like a brother to me. He got pulled over and ended up getting caught with a prescription pill on him that was not his, hence he ended up getting probation and rehab. Also, this was his second drug related offense. Anyways, while he was on I believe it was 12 months probation and going to the rehab meetings, he was, of course, not allowed to smoke at all as they did random drug tests. Now this was a guy who used to smoke with my brother every single night and he was fine after smoking.... I never noticed much of a difference except he got a little laid back. Now he couldn't smoke at all. He changed into a different person. I'm not talking just staying away from smoking the stuff, but his demeanor changed, he basically became very bitter towards life in general. He lost his longtime girlfriend due to his behavior as he chose to go out and drink instead of get high and we ended up cutting off all ties with this guy as he chose not to see his difficult behavior was breaking up his friendships and relationships. And this was someone who had never been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

So, I just wanted to share my experience with you and let you know that, just like with psych meds, every patient is different. Also, if you get the marijuana from different places, a lot of the time, the weed is always a bit different, stronger, weaker, etc... So people are always going to react differently on it. However, anyone who says that marijuana is NOT addictive or behavior modifying is full of it because I have seen someone unable to smoke it anymore turn into a basic jerkoff and stay that way. So, in my opinion, stay away from the stuff. It's not worth it.

- DH