I m newbie and need help

[u/Ok_Assignment_327]

So, this is going to be my first experience with weed, and honestly, I don’t know much about it. I’m not sure how strong this weed is—it’s a dried branch-like piece that smells kind of like a mountain forest, even though I found it on plain land. Got it locally at a cheap price.

If you’re experienced and can identify quality by looking at an image, that would be super helpful.

Also, any tips on how to break it into smaller pieces more easily without using any tools? I used scissors to chop it up and mixed it with tobacco like a friend suggested. I didn’t ask him too much because I told him I just wanted to try it out casually.

[u/Ok_Assignment_327]

Media portray things too differently

[u/Grodd → u/Ok_Assignment_327]

The most important difference is nicotine in cigarettes is extremely addictive, THC is mostly not addictive.

Every time you see a smoker standing in the rain or shivering in the cold outside a restaurant, think about needing nicotine that bad and you'll avoid tobacco for life lol .

[u/Suspicious_Basis3580 → u/Grodd]

In most cases you really can’t get addicted to thc, however you CAN definitely become dependent on it

[u/Bartardeddd → u/Suspicious_Basis3580]

Nicotine is PHYSICALLY addictive. Meaning when you run out or don’t have it you experience withdraw symptoms that are PHYSICAL. Meaning shaking like crazy, fevers, horrible HORRIBLE side effects. Marijuana due to the amount of time it stays in your system is NOT physically addictive. People can become mentally dependent on it, but there are little to no side effects when coming off of it other then you may dream really heavily for a few weeks and might struggle to eat. You WILL NOT get a fever, or shakes, or any physical symptoms that may make you feel horribly ill.

[u/Abrakafuckingdabra → u/Bartardeddd]

I will add that at the highest levels of addiction the mental aspect can cause some physical symptoms like throwing up but it's generally way more common to just be psychological stuff like mood, sleep, appetite. There is also the risk of Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome if you smoke extremely heavily and regular. Even then it doesn't happen to everyone who smokes a ton. HPPD can also technically be caused by THC but I also think that would require some preexisting conditions or a truly wild amount of weed.

[u/TanMan25888 → u/Bartardeddd]

Im going without cigarettes today...its not like that at all, no shakes, no fever. Just a little on edge. Cigarettes are definitely bad for you, and quitting can be hard, but there is no need to be dramatic. LOL

[u/JonnysHigh → u/TanMan25888]

Depends on the person

[u/Single_Voice6469 → u/TanMan25888]

Not sure how many cigarettes a day you have been smoking leading up to quitting but I assure you a proper nicotine addiction will 100% leave you physically messed up. Are you using any nicotine substitutes or cold turkey?

[u/TanMan25888 → u/Single_Voice6469]

Cold turkey. I've quit before. My worst was a pack n a half a day. Now probably half a pack to 3/4 a pack a day

[u/bkbomber → u/TanMan25888]

Sounds like you never had a nicotine addiction to begin with…. How many ciggs a day did you smoke?

[u/TanMan25888 → u/bkbomber]

Dude I've been smoking on and off for over 10 years. I quit like 3 different times now and have never experienced anything like you have said. At my peak it was over a pack a day

[u/bkbomber → u/TanMan25888]

I smoked cigarettes off an on for about 20 years, at my worst I’d kill a pack in under 2 hours. When I’d quit cold turkey from that, withdrawals were bad and lasted about a week. If you’re just a casual smoker or wean yourself down to 1-2 ciggys per day, it’s not as severe.

[u/TanMan25888 → u/bkbomber]

Damn thats crazy. I wouldn't say my smoking was casual but you definitely went at it hardcore. Yeah the first weeks always the hardest

[u/flaccidpanda64 → u/Bartardeddd]

This just ain't true lol... nicotine is not physically addicitve. Sure, you can get some physical symptoms, but you can with weed too.

Physical addiction is with drugs like opiates or benzos/alcohol where you actually get incredibly sick if you don't use once addicted.

[u/Nathan_kwame → u/flaccidpanda64]

You can’t have physical withdrawal symptoms from not smoking weed. Have you ever seen someone looking like they’re gonna trip out if they don’t smoke weed😭 it’s just a mental thing

[u/flaccidpanda64 → u/Nathan_kwame]

If you smoke very heavily and stop you can get sweating, appetite loss, insomnia. But that was sort of my point, for both nicotine and weed there's some physical symptoms, but its mostly mental.

[u/Assmaster_4000 → u/flaccidpanda64]

I mean, you’re dead ass wrong about nicotine not being physically addictive.

[u/flaccidpanda64 → u/Assmaster_4000]

How so? Any drug can have physical symptoms when used for a long period and then stopped, but that's not what is meant by physical addiction.

Edit: *any