Your Brain on Drugs: Marijuana

This is what you look like, on the inside, when smoking cannabis. The effects of Marijuana on your brain, and how it defines your experience.

Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz).

Music by Mitchell Moffit

Art by Gregory and Mitchell

Some Sources---

3) Physiological Review (Journal), vol. 83, 2003
4) Memoirs of an Addicted Brain - by Marc Lewis

[slimeliferalo]

I'm so high right now I'm vibing to the back ground music

[tshwanelo]

Used to be so scared of marijuana in primary school when teachers were teaching about bad drugs... Damn look at me now

[cntra]

Went from asap science to

A$AP Science

[Mkultra]

Everyone: Damn.. this is neat.
Stoners: 🎶🎶🕺💃🍁🍁🔥💨💨 jammin to the background music

[cristinalopez]

Getting high as a kite is the BY FAR THE BEST FEELING EVER when you do it in a safe environment with ppl you trust.!

[opedromagico]

*Comment sections in a nutshell:*
• Cocaine and Crack: it ruined my life
• Mush & LSD: it saved my life
• Weed: I’m so high right now lol

[abedkeadan]

First time I smoked weed I couldn’t stop laughing lol

[emilyaguilar]

it’s weird how we’re in the present when high, there’s no overthinking. wish i could be like that when sober too lol

[FastBoyzRacing]

We cant even lie, we all look this shii up when we high 💀😭😭

[maggieross]

i’m high af watching this and I spaced out the entire time

[STO]

The comment sections on these videos are gold. Defensive stoners claiming weed has no side effects, and misinformed anti drug people saying things that are not exactly accurate. Pot is safer than alcohol, no doubt about that. But it still has some risks, all drugs do. No one has over dosed on pot, but people who got high have been in car accidents that have caused fatalities. Before anyone asks "where is the proof" take 5 seconds and I am sure you can find it. Whatever you decide is best for you, just be smart and safe. If being sober is your preference, then enjoy life and don't try to push your beliefs on others. Same with the stoners.

[usernamesrlamo]

Got off weed several months ago. I haven’t felt as good for a long time. So much more energy and motivation, no feelings of being washed out or tired. Long term heavy weed use really does have negative consequences, and is too often brushed aside as harmless.

[stayredeyed]

Your brain sober: 🧠

Your brain on weed: ⛅️

[Alex-x]

TO ANXIOUS PEOPLE: if weeds making you feel anxious maybe its because its making you feel/realise something about yourself/life that you wouldnt nrmally think about... i smoke weed to grow mentally because it makes me focus on my flaws and how much better things couold be, its like motivation... and after a while the anxiousness goes away, and i find peace.. USE WEED AS A TOOL NOT A TOY..

[JD-udqt]

Every drug video ever:
Everyone: yO who's HiGh RN?

[kylajayne]

Weed makes me hella insecure I feel
like everyone knows I’m high😂

[Enorbs]

People always talk about stoners or druggies trying to force you to join them, but that's total bull from my experience. I went dead sober a few years ago and literally have gotten nothing but praise and acceptance from any stoner/ "druggie" I've known. The only time I've felt pressured is from "normal" people trying to get me to drink. Alcohol is a fucking drug and people try to pretend it's somehow different. I was hanging out with a guy who I later found out was literally a meth dealer and he high-fived me when declined his offer to share a blunt.

[MarshallLore]

Some things you will never hear:

A stoned brawl broke out in the city center after the game

He gets aggressive when he smokes

Stoned father beats child

Artists and musicians often use alcohol to enhance the creative process

Heavily stoned man vandalizes public property. Takes 7 police officers to restrain

etc ad infinitum

[haileyautin]

i been sitting here laughing at the word cannabinoids for the past 5 minutes😂

[JacobSteed]

This isn't what the DARE officer told my school when I was in the 7th grade...