Will smoking weed occasionally ruin my lungs?

Budda wrote:

This is Jim Kiler wrote:

Unless you're smoking non-stop every day, you aren't doing much harm at all to your lungs. But you are still doing more harm to your lungs, than if not smoking weed.

Fixed it for you. ^^

Disclaimer: if you are amongst the 8% that get freaked out, depressed and suicidal by doing meditation you should probably stay away from weed too, even if you don't care about your lungs.

Oxy it is then. Thanks!

Do I need to stop? wrote:

My roommate is a huge stoner and sometimes I smoke weed with him because he likes the company and I like it because it's relaxing. Are my lungs going to hold up as long as I only smoke once or twice a week? I know Bill Rodgers used to smoke packs of cigarettes and still ran 2:09.

You’ll be fine mate. Take it from me- in my local running community, (large Midwest city, including local big/small school collegiate runners), I can say for certain there’s nobody who runs more miles than me AND smokes more than me. And I can tell you for certain- nobody on here ever has any idea what they’re talking about.

If the smoke from weed or other thc products negatively affects your running, I’ve never seen any proof. In fact, I’m a proponent of weed being classified as a PED. I’m serious. There’s this big myth that smoke from weed will tear up your lungs and leave you like Bill Rodgers when he was smoking a pack of Winston cigarettes a day- gasping a wheezing after a few hundred meters of jogging.

If you run your regular training mileage, it doesn’t matter how much you smoke. I run upwards of 80 miles per week, with a long run and two interval workouts. I also park my ass on the couch every night and rip dabs like my life depends on it. The only negative side affect I’ve noticed is that when you smoke, you get hungry. If you can avoid overeating, there’s really nothing to it that inhibits your athletic ability. Since I started smoking, my body has recovered better- I’ve also had an easier time avoiding fatigue, both physical and mental. Burnout is essentially a thing of the past by now. Smoking takes your mind away from the grind of training and makes it feel like you have the freedom to do what you want with your life, without negatively affecting your running career. It’s like... if drinking didn’t make you fat and slow the next day. I’d say that’s the best way to describe it.

It’s a nice way to maintain balance in your life. For me, it feels like I’m chasing the dream- hell, I am chasing the dream. But I also get to feel like a regular person, someone who doesn’t feel crushed by the weight of their own expectations or restrictions.

Tomorrow, I’m waking up at 8:00 a.m. and running 12x400m on a hill. The workout should total around 13 miles, warmup and cool down included. After that, I’ll probably smoke a blunt and watch some garbage movie on the couch. Perfect balance. Happy running mates.

I think people underestimate the negative effects of smoking weed. Moreover, I believe if you smoke weed more frequently then it will damage your brain sooner before it reaches your lungs. My college roommate used to smoke weed every single day. She was a smart girl until she got addicted to it. She got almost withdrawn from college because of that. Surprisingly, she didn’t even realize how addicted she was, and later it was hard for her to quit. To save her, I persuaded her to do a weed addiction quiz on https://quitmarijuana.org/marijuana-addiction-test

If you smoke pot in reasonable amounts, it will not spoil your lungs. The same rule applies to everything, both food and alcohol. I only smoke pot when I'm in a bad mood and feeling depressed. It helps me a lot, relaxes me, lifts my mood and relieves stress. Everything I smoke, I grow myself at home, in small quantities. I decided to do this because I don't want to smoke the bad weed that some vendors sell. I buy everything I need to grow weed on https://420growradar.com/p/coco-nutrients/ , ranging from a nutrient to an air humidifier. So I'm sure I smoke good weed and it won't ruin my lungs.

Notice how somehow smoking pot is ok, but smoking cigarettes (even second hand smoke, or being around someone that smoked) will kill you.

The hypocrisy is great in pot heads. But they won't realize it.