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While abstinence is always the safest option, some people will choose to use drugs and for those people applying the principles of harm reduction is always a good idea. Here are some cannabis harm reduction strategies.
*Use a vaporizer, this will prevent a huge amount of harmful chemicals from entering and damaging your lungs.
*Use some sort of filter, most smokers would not smoke tobacco without a filter, why not use one with marijuana.
*Take fewer and lighter drags, do not hold the smoke in for as long.
*Don’t smoke the spliff right down to the roach.
*Don’t smoke cannabis that has fungus or mould on it, as this can be extremely harmful if inhaled.
*Don’t smoke cannabis to deal with a bad trip, it can often make it worse.
*Don’t share joints or pipes as many viruses can be passed on through saliva, including deadly meningitis.
*Don’t smoke cannabis that appears to have artificial colourings or a chemically taste, as it is probably contaminated possibly with chemicals that are poisonous.
*Use undyed card free of chemicals for your roach.
*Make your spliffs with as little paper as possible.
*Use low tar tobacco or a non tobacco alternative, if you mix it in with your joints.
*Move your first spliff to latter on in the day.
*Try to reduce the amount you smoke.
*Set a limit on how much you smoke each week.
*Try to smoke weaker strains, (of course this will be of no benefit if you simply smoke more to get the same effect, especially not to your lungs). If you do smoke stronger strains try to smoke less.
*Have days that you don’t smoke on which you can get other things done. Try not to use on school or work days.
*Make lists of important tasks and dates.
*Don’t smoke until you have achieved things that need to be done.
*Make sure you still take regular exercise.
*Don’t take marijuana with other drugs, they can potentially interact with each other and increase the effects of one another.
*Try to maintain friendships and interests that do not involve smoking dope.
*Make sure you continue to eat right, marijuana use can cause people to eat too much of the wrong sort of food and not enough of the right sort. Try to eat properly before you smoke.
*Don’t do your shopping stoned, you will be more inclined to buy less healthy food.
*When you get the munchies snack on fruit instead of sweets.
*Acknowledge the positive and negative effects of your drug use.
*Be aware that if you or your family have a history of mental illness, that you are at a greater risk of experiencing some of the negative effects of cannabis. Be aware of the signs of paranoia, anxiety, depression and psychosis. Try to regularly evaluate the state of your mental health and ask others who know you well, preferably non drug users, how they think you are doing.
*Recognise and act upon potential warning signs such as, using at inappropriate times i.e. during work, impaired function, preoccupation with use, failure to complete important tasks, the breaking of previously set rules.
*If you think you can stop whenever you want then test that theory, try to stop for at least a week and see how you do.
Obviously CannabisRehab.org is orientated around encouraging people to detox marijuana, but this the real world and some will continue to use no matter what, so if you choose to use, try to play as safe as possible. For more information on this subject you may want to check out this webpage http://www.kfx.org.uk/Cannabis%20Dis...k%20v.2.07.pdf
If anybody else can think of any other marijuana harm reduction strategies, please post them.
Take care.
*Use a vaporizer, this will prevent a huge amount of harmful chemicals from entering and damaging your lungs.
*Use some sort of filter, most smokers would not smoke tobacco without a filter, why not use one with marijuana.
*Take fewer and lighter drags, do not hold the smoke in for as long.
*Don’t smoke the spliff right down to the roach.
*Don’t smoke cannabis that has fungus or mould on it, as this can be extremely harmful if inhaled.
*Don’t smoke cannabis to deal with a bad trip, it can often make it worse.
*Don’t share joints or pipes as many viruses can be passed on through saliva, including deadly meningitis.
*Don’t smoke cannabis that appears to have artificial colourings or a chemically taste, as it is probably contaminated possibly with chemicals that are poisonous.
*Use undyed card free of chemicals for your roach.
*Make your spliffs with as little paper as possible.
*Use low tar tobacco or a non tobacco alternative, if you mix it in with your joints.
*Move your first spliff to latter on in the day.
*Try to reduce the amount you smoke.
*Set a limit on how much you smoke each week.
*Try to smoke weaker strains, (of course this will be of no benefit if you simply smoke more to get the same effect, especially not to your lungs). If you do smoke stronger strains try to smoke less.
*Have days that you don’t smoke on which you can get other things done. Try not to use on school or work days.
*Make lists of important tasks and dates.
*Don’t smoke until you have achieved things that need to be done.
*Make sure you still take regular exercise.
*Don’t take marijuana with other drugs, they can potentially interact with each other and increase the effects of one another.
*Try to maintain friendships and interests that do not involve smoking dope.
*Make sure you continue to eat right, marijuana use can cause people to eat too much of the wrong sort of food and not enough of the right sort. Try to eat properly before you smoke.
*Don’t do your shopping stoned, you will be more inclined to buy less healthy food.
*When you get the munchies snack on fruit instead of sweets.
*Acknowledge the positive and negative effects of your drug use.
*Be aware that if you or your family have a history of mental illness, that you are at a greater risk of experiencing some of the negative effects of cannabis. Be aware of the signs of paranoia, anxiety, depression and psychosis. Try to regularly evaluate the state of your mental health and ask others who know you well, preferably non drug users, how they think you are doing.
*Recognise and act upon potential warning signs such as, using at inappropriate times i.e. during work, impaired function, preoccupation with use, failure to complete important tasks, the breaking of previously set rules.
*If you think you can stop whenever you want then test that theory, try to stop for at least a week and see how you do.
Obviously CannabisRehab.org is orientated around encouraging people to detox marijuana, but this the real world and some will continue to use no matter what, so if you choose to use, try to play as safe as possible. For more information on this subject you may want to check out this webpage http://www.kfx.org.uk/Cannabis%20Dis...k%20v.2.07.pdf
If anybody else can think of any other marijuana harm reduction strategies, please post them.
Take care.
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