What is worse, smoking pot every once in awhile or cigarettes all the time

What is worse, smoking pot every once in awhile or cigarettes all…?

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Both are equally as bad from the lung cancer standpoint, however, pot will also kill brain cells. ChaCha!

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Q: Well, I started smoking pot when I was in maybe 7th grade cause my friend had some. I liked the feeling I got. I was so relaxed, I continued smoking occasionally up untill 10th grade. I reconnected with an old friend of mine. And we started hanging out alot, he would smoke pot like everyday. So he would pass the bowl or blunt to me every once in awhile. Soon I was over there everyday smoking with him. I would never really get that high though, just feel a sense of happiness. So one day we were in his room watching tv. He passed the bowl to me and I started to smoke. After awhile I started feeling horrible. I was so high and it was horrible. I felt dizzy and like I was going to pass out. I had this distorted view of reality. I had gotten this a few times when I smoked before but It was about 5 seconds of feeling it and going back to feeling normal. But this time It was non stop not knowing where I was, I couldent breathe or stand up. My heart was raceing more then ever. I thought I was going to die. I didnt even understand my own voice. I felt like I was in someone else body. I stood up and and got worse, he told me some shit about better omens down this creek beside his house. We walked down there and the world was spinning. I had this horrible feeling in my stomech that I was going to die or forget to breathe. Everything was disorientated, In my mind I was in a differentreality. I got to the creek and started to throw up. All he could do was laugh and video me, pretty funny right? We got back inside and I couldent even close my eyes. Ever since that day I havent smoked, I just didnt want to smoke any more. But one day, I was at my school and someone had smoked pot in the bathroom or something. I walked in and smelled it in the air, I laughed and walked back out and went into class. All of a sudden I had the same feeling I had when I had smoked at my friends. All of it was coming back to me. I started to freek out and asked to go to the nurse, I walked it off and found a corner to sit in. I didnt know what to do, that was the day I was officially scared to be around pot. Ever since that day its been getting worse, I cant go anywhere with alot of people around because Im scared one of them might be high and Ill smell the weed and feel that feeling I felt before. I wont get in a car with someone who smokes pot or go into their house. Because Im scared that they might have smoked and Ill get high from it. Recently I went to the mall with some friends and I had a panic attack again, I couldent breathe and I started to feel like I didnt know where I was. Ever since these experiences and panic attacks, Ive been to scared to go outside in my backyard to smoke a cigarette because my neighbor smokes weed. I feel helpless, like I cant do anything about it. Ive been going to a counselor and have told her every single thing about this and nothing is really helping at all. This is ruining my social life, I cant even go see some of my friends because Im scared someone will be smoking in a car as I walk or drive by. If anyone has anything they think could help, please share it with me. Im at my breaking point. I cant take this anymore.I should have spaced and spell checked, sorry If its hard to read people.

A: You sound like you may be way too young to be smoking dope anyway. Seventh grade is certainly too young.What likely happened is that you got hold of some dope that was too strong for you at a psychologically inopportune moment. My guess is that you were already worried about something when you smoked it and it triggered an anxiety attack. This can happen with marijuana even with adults. You, on the other hand were likely still a teen, and as such, you were being physically and psychologically affected by the intense hormonal changes that accompany being that age. The dope likely intensified something that was already going on with you. Your extreme reaction to the experience is a bit puzzling, and I’d have to say that it most likely also reflects something going on with your psychology that is unrelated to the dope. Just as some people shouldn’t drink, you probably shouldn’t smoke dope. However, no, you are not going to get a “contact high” just because someone is smoking in the same room. You won’t even absorb enough THC that way to trip a drug screen, much less get high. So try to relax.Honestly, it sounds to me as if you might have some kind of underlying anxiety disorder. You intensified it with some strong dope, experienced a panic attack, and now you are reacting with intense anxiety regarding the substance itself. You might want to talk to a mental health professional about that possibility.