Smoking weed with someone who is sick

Herbert Fuego January 8, AM. Join the Westword community and help support independent local journalism in Denver. Get the latest updates in news, food, music and culture, and receive special offers direct to your inbox. Support Us Denver's independent source of local news and culture. We've reached peak sniffle season in Colorado, when a third of your office mates sound like their sinuses are more clogged than the toilets at a Chipotle. And even though we're not supposed to, many of us are still smoking cannabis and tobacco during these bouts with the flu, colds and other common contagions.

It's usually a good idea to take a break from smoking while dealing with throat and respiratory issues, but people aren't full of good ideas. To protect you and others from hacking germs all over each other during your next session, follow these six rules of cannabis use: Do it Alone This may seem obvious, but I've seen way too many people sniffling and hacking up lungs after one or two puffs in a blunt circle.

Not only are you spreading your germs via the blunt, but you're also putting everyone in the circle at risk by coughing in the open air or on your hands.

Back to Healthy body. Cannabis also known as marijuana, weed, pot, dope or grass is the most widely used illegal drug in the UK. The effects of cannabis can vary a lot from person to person. It can also vary depending on how much or how often it's taken and what it contains. It's possible to get addicted to cannabis, especially people who are considered regular or heavy users. If regular users stop taking cannabis, they may get withdrawal symptoms, such as feeling moody and irritable, feeling sick, difficulty sleeping, difficulty eating, sweating, shaking and diarrhoea.

Regularly smoking cannabis with tobacco also increases the risk of becoming addicted to nicotine and experiencing withdrawal symptoms from nicotine as well as cannabis if you cut down or give up. Regularly using tobacco also increases the risk of tobacco-related diseases such as cancer and coronary heart disease. See tips for stopping smoking. Read more information about cannabis on the Frank website. Regular cannabis use increases the risk of developing a psychotic illness, such as schizophrenia.

A psychotic illness is one where you have hallucinations seeing things that are not really there and delusions believing things that are not really true. Cannabis also increases the risk of a relapse in people who already have schizophrenia, and it can make psychotic symptoms worse.

This is because weed smoke irritates the throat and airways. Dizziness is a common side effect of both inhaling and ingesting cannabis. Cannabis use can cause a sudden drop in blood pressure that may leave you feeling faint or light-headed. If you already feel weak or dizzy while sick with a cough, cold, or flu, weed could make it worse. Inhaling or ingesting cannabis activates cannabinoid receptors in the gastrointestinal system.

This can cause a variety of effects, including stomach pain and inflammation. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome , a rare condition linked to long-term cannabis use, causes severe stomach pain, nausea, and vomiting. Weed use could exacerbate stomach symptoms caused by a cold or the flu, especially if you tend to experience stomach pain when you use weed.

You may be able to minimize these effects by decreasing your dosage. Smoking involves burning the weed plant and inhaling the smoke. Vaping involves heating the weed plant and inhaling the vapor. Smoking and vaping affect the lungs differently. However, the same review suggests that the advantages of vaping weed instead of smoking it are modest.

If you have a cough, cold, or the flu, vaping is likely the better alternative to minimize respiratory symptoms. However, they can still cause other side effects. The side effects depend on the concentration of active ingredients, such as THC.

It can take some experimentation to find the appropriate dosage. CBD stands for cannabidiol , a plant-extracted cannabinoid that is taken in oil form. The exact cause of the condition is still a mystery. The vomiting link to cannabis is counterintuitive to many, because of its widely known reputation as an anti-nausea remedy for cancer patients. John Coburn, an emergency physician at Kaiser Permanente in south Sacramento. Even after being told that quitting may help, some patients will visit the hospital multiple times before they stop smoking marijuana, Coburn said.

I mean, why do people ride motorcycles without helmets on? She said she had lost 20 pounds in 10 days. Heard said the cases in Colorado seem to have leveled off.

Chalfonte LeNee Queen is still struggling to completely quit marijuana, but her symptoms are down to a dull stomachache. She smokes a couple of times a day, compared with her near-constant use in the past. This story was originally published by Kaiser Health News on January 2, Read the original story here.