Originally Posted by
The One Who
If you don't know what a whitey is, how can you say that the people having them are taking more than weed?
A whitey is essentially when you 'white out', ie, get dizzy (some people pass out) and throw up or at least feel very nauseous. Your skin will also become pale, as it would when you feel ill generally. Anyone can experience them, as everyone is effected by the drug and the smoke differently. It could be because you have smoked too large a hit at once, or maybe you swallowed some smoke and it irritated your stomach, or maybe you are reacting badly to the drug. I get a banging sore head just from being around the smoke and smell of weed (even with the smokers hanging out of an open window), so I imagine smoking it myself wouldn't do my body many favours.
well, I'm not saying it doesn't exist, and those who believe marijuana was a direct cause of this clearly experienced SOMETHING. But the reason I say they probably smoked more than that is simply because marijuana alone doesn't have this affect. The reason chemotherapy patients recieve marijuana perscriptions is it soothes the stomach... I suffer from stomach problems myself and can tell you firsthand that marijuna has helped in ways that traditional medicince never has.
I think I get it though, like if you take a really, really big bong hit that makes you choke for awhile, the coughing can trigger a gag reflex? That has happened to me before but I was not sick all day. I think that maybe those who were sick all day may have been going through mild dehydration, maybe.. Upon reading more about it, seems like those who whitey'd often did so on an empty stomach or little sleep, or were just generally not taking care of themselves otherwise.
Thank you for clarifying, though I don't know how I feel about this. It's scary that there is something out there causing marijuana users and patients to feel ill. But when used properly, marijuana has astounding medical qualities to be utilized. I suppose it's just a relative matter.
by the way I have a close friend with that same problem! Headaches suck, and it proves your point that everyone is affected differently. But most users experience a soothing euphoria and use the plant as a painkiller. The history channel told me once that Queen Elizabeth I used marijuana to help with menstrual cramps.
Unfortunately, the lung damage is real and unavaoidable IF SMOKED, but there are many wonderful innovative products out there that allow you to consume marijuana without smoking it (:
If you wanna learn more about how and why marijuana was illegalized in the first place,
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/.../nc/ncmenu.htm
this information was collected and comissioned under Nixon in 1972, disregarded and hidden from the public until 2002.
Colorado & Washington are a step in the right direction