A question for you marijuana users. (just read the last paragraph if you don't feel like reading)

Last night I tried smoking pot for the first time out of curiosity. It was killing me not knowing what being "high" was all about and why it was so good so I tried it out with a couple of buddies. Smoked a joint of 1 gram I think, quick as hell. My buddies were proud of me saying I was doing it faster than the veterans. I didn't feel anything at all, all I noticed was that my buddies were acting like complete morons and I think it would be safe to say that from my perspective they were in a state of complete retardation. So I took a few more hits from my friends joints who couldn't finish. I did not enjoy the smoking part at all, I did it quick, coughed a lot and it even burnt my throat.

So we were walking around and I could definitely tell my friends were high but all I noticed was that the color of everything quickly shifted to a red tint and came back to normal. I was very nervous, shaky, and spitting a lot and my heart rate was increasing steadily. Than on the way back to my friends house things got a little weird, we were walking and  I was looking for his house. It seemed it was still like 10 houses down but after we walked by the next house we came to his. My friend mentioned that this happened  to him too after it did. We walked in and I started to feel like I was becoming retarded. Things were going really slow for me and my friends were walking faster than me. One of them said I was doing everything in slow motion which was how I felt. Than we went upstairs which is when things really got fucked. I started to say the most stupidest shit and laughed at the most stupidest shit. My words felt like they were disappearing as I had said them or like I was talking and I couldn't hear myself. The volume of things was changing constantly and when it changed on the tv I got mad at my buddy because I thought it was him. From my friends perspective I was completely fucked and out of it. I realized why they were saying this too because to me it looked like most of them were really calm where as I was kinda hyper and talking a lot. Talking and laughing with my buddies is what I most enjoyed. If I wasn't talking or listening to music I felt like I wasn't even high. I went to the washroom  and my eyes were completely blood shot. However, while in the washroom I felt normal as I ever did like the high had gone away. Quickly went back to my buddies and my high came back.

So thats what I enjoyed about it. Although I did slightly enjoy being able to talk to my friends freely without any worries there was a lot I didn't enjoy. I felt like my intelligence was wearing away and I was becoming mentally ill. I was worried that I would never be smart again, that my grades in school would drop. Coupled with this was the constant paranoia. Whenever someone came in I thought it was my buddies parents. The door bell rang for pizza and I yelled out "Oh shit the cops are coming". Shadows were moving behind like someone was trying to hit me. I kept feeling like my friends were right by my shoulder but they were much farther away. This made me really uncomfortable.

Overall it was not what I was expecting. I thought I was gona feel really good, and according to my research I should have right? Many times I have seen that one of the effects of marijuana is a feeling of euphoria. To me euphoria sounds like a happy word, I was expecting to be dancing on rainbows and having a conversation with the happy sun. However I did not feel anything to this effect, in fact I did not experience any feelings at all only my environment was changing and I was not able to control what I had said.

So from my one experience with marijuana  I can say that it has benefited my in these way: It cured my headaches which I had been having in the evening for the whole break. It killed my social anxiety and allowed me to talk freely. And lastly, it allowed me to bond with my friends in a way I had never before. I hope my description will help cure the curiosity of some people who just read this thread out interest like I did when I was bored.


My question: Was I suppose to feel good? Because I did not, during most of the trip my stomach felt kinda sick and the things that were happening around me made me uncomfortable but thats it. Also, on a scale from one to ten how high was I from my descriptions. Other things that happened: It seemed like my friends were teleporting from one place to another when I did not see them walking to that placed. When we watched evolution of dance I sang along to every song. I stood up and sat down quickly. Expierenced short term memory loss. Could not grasp how fast time was going. Had a permanent smile on my face. My attention span was at its lowest level, when one of my friends got off his high he started talking all this technical crap and I could not follow what he was saying I could hardly pay for my pizza too because I was having trouble figuring out if I was getting ripped off or not. And when I was feeling tired and normal again I went to sleep but it felt like I was high again. I took 3 naps and all times it felt like I was high. So from 1-10.. how high? And was I suppose to feeling noticeably happy?

@ crash: it seems you just thought too much during your marijuana high. if you're a rookie and you get very high you might start thinking about certain effects and as a result you percieve that effect as much stronger than it actually is.

that is a very normal phenomena among drug users, especially when trying something for the first time, or doing a much stronger dose than they're used to. I've experienced similar shit on hash and 2c-b, but never to that degree.

every effect you mention does sound familiar with random shit I've experienced on hash and marijuana so yeah, your shit wasnt laced (im saying wasnt because the lacing is a myth and rarely occurs, only when experienced people ask for their dealer to do it).

anyway yeah, if you get way too high your first time it can be a pretty strong experience, and the fact that your brain (as in, your thinking part, or your conscience) has nothing to compare it to might make it a bit more confusing or intense than it should be.



also i wouldnt call that a trip. if you thought that was a strong experience you should do a hallucinogen. that shit is WEEEIRD, but in a way it kinda slams you in the face and lets your brain know what tripping is really like.

no offence but im honestly getting sick of people smoking hash for the first, second or third time going completely bananas and doing weird shit just because they've thought their way to being really high and doing ridiculous shit and being very attentionseeking.  >8(

Also, if you don't like smoking from a cigarette, try to smoke from a bowl or pipe, because smoking from a cig always makes me nauseus.

Next time you smoke marijuana, just take a few puffs and sit back and listen to some music, you will find it to be very relaxing.
Then from that start working up your dose, but just like any drug, start slow.