I typically ask my friends this question after a good smoke session. As your tolerance for marijuana increases do you think you are less high or just more capable of dealing with the altered state of mind. I have always thought I was just more capable of dealing with the altered state of mind and I have received mixed answers from friends. Sort of an abstract question but I was just curious what some of the more seasoned smokers thought

Carhartt

the better the smoke the better the altered mind......

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I think if I smoked the same as I did when I first started then yeah I'd be less high but since as my tolerance goes up I smoke more, then I tend to beleive that I am just dealing with it better. But when I stop for a long time the first time I smoke again is like that first time, so yeah I dont know.

damn thats a tough one idk

I agree....... keep this thread open. i will be back to comment, need to collect thoughts and get ripped.

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my eyes always look like so if you dont like it! NOT GREED PEOPLE!

there is an article in the high times that explains why a tolerance is created since marijuana is not a physically addictive substance and does not actually create a physical tolerance its all in the neurons in your brain

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Colt. 45 and two zigzags baby thats all we need, we can go to the park after dark, smoke that tumble weed......

30+ years...I'd say (in my experience) you do become more able to function 'normally' while high. The buzz is still there, but you can either let the buzz take over and relax with it, or function and let the buzz keep you balanced (If you know what I mean).
Eg: You could relax back and listen to Dark Side of the Moon and *hear* it in the classic stoner sense...but you could also head out and drive to the local store and interact with humans without going through the paranoia that you may have suffered in early smoking days.

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It's Medicine Jim

Following on from Chronicbluntboy420. Indeed, the cannabinoid receptors in the brain are a physical thing, but are not the type to induce a physical dependence. Luckily they are not like nicotine receptors...I was going to do a big thread hijack and reference a heap of brain related stuff and explain more clearly, but I won't...I'm in a DSOTM go with the flow mood...
'...ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day...
fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way...
kickin around on a piece of ground in your home town...
waiting for someone or something to show you the way...'

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It's Medicine Jim

i feel as tho its an adaption of the mind to the altered states, your consciousness becoming used to being altered in the way THC alters it.

on a small scale its also the way the body adapts to higher levels of THC to.

I totally agree with you here. I am not sure when the tolorance goes up and you are smoking more, are you actually higher though? Good question.

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