Thread: marijuana and dreaming

Some of the known effects:

Originally Posted by Erowid

POSITIVE

* mood lift, euphoria
* laughter
* relaxation, stress reduction
* creative, philosophical or deep thinking : ideas flow more easily
* increased appreciation of music. More aware of, deeper connection to music.
* increased awareness of senses. (eating, drinking, smell)
* change in experience of muscle fatigue. Pleasant body feel. Increase in body/mind connection.
* pain relief (headaches, cramps)
* reduced nausea, increased appetite (used medically for this)
* boring tasks or entertainment can become more interesting or funny

NEUTRAL

* general change in consciousness (as with many psychoactives)
* increased appetite, snacky-ness
* slowness (slow driving, talking)
* change in vision such as sharpened colors or lights
* closed-eye visuals (somewhat uncommon)
* tiredness, sleepiness, lethargy
* stimulation, inability to sleep (less common)
* blood shot eyes (more common with certain varieties of cannabis and inexperienced users)
* mouth dryness, sticky-mouth (varies with strain)
* interrupts linear memory. Difficulty following a train of thought.
* cheek, jaw, facial tension / numbness (less commonly reported)
* racing thoughts (especially at high doses)
* increased emotional impact of music
* Time sense altered: cars seem like they are moving too fast, time dilation and compression are common at higher doses

I just came across this thread(and forum) via google, so sorry for bumping an old topic.

I wanted to clear something up on the hallucinate debate...
Weed HAS given me OPEN-EYED hallucinations. It happens to me only when my tolerance is very low, my weed is NOT laced with PCP! (why would someone waste their money lacing weed anyway?!?) I had an O of some sativa strain and it only made me hallucinate in my first sessions smoking it because that's when I had a low tolerance... if it were laced it would have done it every time... Not only that but I also hallucinated the very first time I smoked when none of my friends tripped at all.

I had both visual and auditory hallucinations. I know the difference between hallucinations and blurred vision etc.. Btw, I saw stuff that wasnt there, it was more than visual distortions...

I still have minor hallucinations where I here things and also I get visual distortions which may or may not be classified as hallucinations...

You guys can say what you please.... but it is a FACT that weed can cause hallucinations.... I have also have talk to others who have seen stuff that wasnt there while high...


By the way great forum! I have a lot of reading to do...

Found this thread and it seems pretty interesting. Here are the definitions I learned for a Hallucination and an Illusion from my philosophy of mind class

Hallucination: perception in the absence of external stimuli. (so this would be like seeing a pink elephant, you're seeing it in your mind without it actually being present)
Illusion: an erroneous interpretation of external stimuli. (so this would be like seeing your pet dog, but for some reason he's blue; he's really there, but your visual interpretation of him is slightly distorted)

I agree weed makes me forget most of my dreams when I blaze before bed except one time I remember being in a plane about to skydive, but then I got paranoid and didn't jump

Mushrooms on the other hand have given me some nutty hallucinations like a face accross my neighbours duplex or the trees of the forest throwing pine cones at me hahah that shit was scary

meditation & truly natural stuff (including lucid dreaming) are so much better than drugs. with meditation you can work up to having a good high all the time without any bad effects, & it actually makes your concentration a lot better & causes you to be more successful which will bring you even more happiness. i used to be a daily marijuana smoker too but you cant deny the bad effects of it especially if you're thinking long term & the good part only lasts so long. after a few months of experience with daily meditation i'm so much happier with it than i was with marijuana, & i'd say i liked marijuana just as much as anyone else. i hope more people start discovering the same thing.