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My brother's depression

Just before the Christmas holidays, I was over at my friend's house. His brother is a huge dope smoker and he offered us some pot. I didn't want to seem stupid to him so I punched three cones. My other two friends punched two, but before I knew it, I was totally whacked and couldn't do anything about it. I felt dizzy, then sick, then fine, but all the time I was getting really hot then cold. I couldn't control what I said or what I did. The guy got pretty worried about me, so he said to put eye drops in my eyes. He put them in but it burnt my eyes and made me pass-out.

My other friend was starting to green out. She was outside when she started to throw up, he tried to help her but she just got worse. Finally, after almost three hours of being paralytic, I got up and went upstairs. It took me half an hour. Everything was just swirling around, as if the ground was a huge disco ball or something.

When we got into bed, I started to sketch out a lot. I went numb all over and I was seeing and hearing things. It was all too crazy and I hated the feeling of being out of control. The next morning, I felt fine but still a little dizzy and my sight was delayed. The guy we were with then told us it was some laced pot he had gotten from his dealer, "something new to try," he said. He just wanted to see how we reacted to it.

I had smoked pot a couple of times before but it was nothing like this. I still felt sick for at least two days after. My brother suffers from depression and doctors suggested that he had a bio-chemical change when he started smoking pot. He now cannot drink alcohol, smoke pot, or take drugs of any kind.

Plus he's on medication, which he'll be on for probably the rest of his life.

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That's a shame. Were you guys drunk at the time before smoking? Once I got pissed on cocktails and smoked some weed afterwards, and then threw up all over my back yard. =D
Man that does suck. I remember when something like that happened to me. I was scared for a while but just got used to it. I found that drinking water after you smoke a lot kind of helps.
OMG. How sad, really sorry.
Geez...the same thing happened to me a few years ago when I first started experimenting with weed... it really put me off drugs all together... you will not find the answers you're looking for in drugs... Jesus will guide you when you are lost... not drugs... 'Let the Lord be your Shepherd'...
It was a very stupid thing for your mate's brother to do! What a dickhead.

All I can say is research!!!!! Pot is great in moderation. THC is reversed with natural sugars such as orange juice or a sweet (that's why you get the munchies!!). If you ever feel uncomfortable about any situation listen to your head. If you are confident then go ahead but be aware of the dangers and the benefits. Educate yourself. It is the same with anything inculuding over the counter drugs. Always find out as much as you can so that you are fore-armed.Happy smok'n

Mate, all I can say is I hope that he learned a lesson. I know you must have. I agree, check out what your smokin before you go a totin!
The person who wrote about THC being reversed by something like orange juice, is right. About the other thing - being given pot that was laced with something, the way to find out if your cannabis is laced with chemicals (and unfortunately these days it is happening more and more as people take to growing it hydroponically and with chemicals to make it grow quicker) blow a mouthful of smoke into a tissue and then hold it up to the light. If you can see crystals on it, then it is more than likely hydro or laced with something else. Do not use this stuff. Chemicals kill people or damage the brain. If you ARE going to use cannabis, then organic is best, no chemicals. But, whatever you choose, do it in moderation and take care of yourself physically, emotionally and mentally. You only get one life, use it wisely.
my son has just committed suicide. after only a few short month of using bongs went psycotic then depression and then hung himself all over a period of 3 months and he was the most well adjusted kid around. the effect his death has had on his family and friends is devastating so think of the consequences as your thrill doesnt just affect you.
What an irresponible thing of ur mates brother to do.. he should act his age. hope ur over em.
Well I am unlike a lot of people I don't think that story is sad. I think if you're messing with drugs you're messing with your life and if I had have read any of these stories a week ago everything would have been different. I now am able to understand life and death in a different way. Now I say you're not only messing with your life you're messing with the community's life, you are messing with that many people's lives it's not funny. A friend of mine from school died and I went in to work, I nearly had my boss in tears cause he was like, she was only 16 how could she die? It hurts people that you don't even know, don't think of your lives, don't think of your friend's life but think of everyone.

What the fuck were you smoking.

Perhaps the Cannabis was laced with something or maybe you had a bad reaction. NO shit there's more to life than drugs, and pot is only a fucking plant, if you can't say no or it effects your life negatively, guess who's fault that is. I've had a lot of good and bad times on drugs, but i've also had a lot of good and bad relationship, but i'm not giving up pussy.

Learn your body, and deal with any pre existing issues that might be exposed by use of any intoxicant

wow your friend's brother seems like a real asshole testing that shit out on people who hardly mess with drugs.
You know what??? I never really knew what it was like to take drugs or to smoke pot but when i read your story it was like i was that person even though i was not. I think it is amazing what drugs can do to you. So thank you because now i know what drugs can do to you and now i know what will happen to me and how i would feel if i took them. Your story is sad but incredible.
it's terrible what drugs can do to you. Make sure you have friends of which you can trust and will not use you as a tester.
really soz bout ur bro n i hope he does get betta.....x
id have given him a smack if he gave me pot laced with something else and didnt tell me, next stop- slipping roofies into peoples drinks.
yo ya know im a pretty big weed smoker but i think that you should only smoke with people you trust ... make sure you can trust ur dealer. mine is my brother and i trust him with my life. so sorry for you but i love weed.
the shit u smoked was laced with cocaine. my friend and i hav had a similar experience and ye there's more to life than weed.
honestly drugs are drugs. if you choose to do them then it's your choice but in the end it's your mistake you might or might not regret but i'm sure if you see someone you love addicted and completly f---ed from it, it'll make you think twice about turning to all that stuff.
well sounds like ur bro got hold of some laced shit. hope he gets better but that's a little strange all of those side effects from smokin weed... usually u just get the feeling of a high then u get the munchies lol n the feeling is indescribable. it's a good feeling tho not so much as i wanna go beat someone's ass or go rob a store nothin like that ... good luck with ur bro. sry to hear that n hope he gets better.
Drugz are bad!! u dont need them 2 hav a good time, take up a hobby or sumthin:)
I think this is a really sad story
This story has turned me off drugs hope your bro gets betta!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like you overdosed while experimenting (to those who say you can't overdose on cannabis: I don't mean an overdose in the sense of hospitalisation, but admit to yourselves that it's possible to smoke too much for comfort). Don't just jump into things but rather, learn about what you're doing first, then proceed with caution. Everyone is different and people will react differently.
"the shit u smoked was laced with cocaine. my friend and i hav had a similar experience and ye there's more to life than weed. " HAHAHA there's not a dealer in the world that would lace $20 a gram pot with $400 a gram coke. plus, putting coke in a bong would do nothing.
So perhaps if regular people didnt have to buy this product from dodgy dealers who lace it with unknown narcotics we wouldnt have these kind of results?
anything that causes your brain to become paranoid is not meant to be taken in! Duh... do foods do that? perfumes? nasal sprays? Use what brain you have left & figure it out...sorry to sound harsh but what are you doing to your mind?
I found some weed after years of smoking no problems from these people that was super strong. couldn't stop smoking. woke up next day, had a total out of body psychotic episode, snakes, voices coming out of the smoke, walking down the street naked, trying to get an ambulance as I was totally out of my body with everything out of control and going mad. Ended up in a psych clinic, and out of it for three months, seven weeks as a ward of the state in psychiatric hell. Haven't smoked since. And they tell me heroin is bad. Seven years later, my god I wonder was that marijuana laced or what. Now I'm happy to just be alive.

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