# Dealing With Munchies, Paranoia & Other Negative Effects of Cannabis **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 18, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-munchies-paranoia-other-negative-effects-of-cannabis/518042 "2009-11-18T17:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stan\_Shmenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Stan\_Shmenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stan_Shmenge)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-munchies-paranoia-other-negative-effects-of-cannabis/518042/21 "2009-11-23T06:55:55Z")
I smoked pot every waking hour for three decades, so I know a _little_ bit about it. 😉 One thing a lot of people don’t realize is that there are a lot of different [cannabinoids](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoid) in pot, and depending on the strain, the growing conditions, the curing, etc., they can be present in different proportions. This makes all the difference in how the pot makes you feel. Some pot makes you sleepy, some makes you energetic, some makes you goofy, and some makes you so stoned you can’t think straight, just as Argent Towers was mentioning. It is one of the cool things about it, really. So not only do people react differently to pot, different kinds of pot affect you differently. Yes, some pot makes me paranoid, but I can usually dismiss it, because I know intellectually that it is the pot that is doing it to me. As far as munchies go, I have found that eating is a good cure. No, I would not commit a crime to satisfy hunger. As far as dismissing the effects, caffeine seems to counteract it pretty well. I make it a point not to drink caffeine when was getting high, because it is a waste of two substances that cost money. Beer on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-munchies-paranoia-other-negative-effects-of-cannabis/518042/22 "2009-11-23T07:06:58Z")
> [@NajaNivea](#): > > Choosing my words carefully, Robin Murray is… just the next proponent of this decade’s “pot makes you a communist” or “pot causes demotivational disorder” or “pot makes you a homicidal maniac and rape artist”, only now it’s “pot makes you psychotic”. What on earth is a “rape artist”? Other than the title character of Samuel Delany’s novel _Hogg,_ I have never heard anyone described this way in all of my life. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-munchies-paranoia-other-negative-effects-of-cannabis/518042/23 "2009-11-23T08:02:10Z")
> [@Recliner](#): > > Classic would be eating an entire bag of chips, because they just taste so awesome. > [@shiftless](#): > > 1)If you start on a bag of chips you will likely eat the whole thing. Is this supposed to be different from being straight? ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-munchies-paranoia-other-negative-effects-of-cannabis/518042/24 "2009-11-23T08:28:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Is this supposed to be different from being straight? Straight or gay or bi; drunk, stoned, or cold sober – in any case, you can eat a whole bag of chips. (And it’s getting _easier_, because they keep reducing the size of the bag.) ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-munchies-paranoia-other-negative-effects-of-cannabis/518042/25 "2009-11-23T14:36:04Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > What on earth is a “rape artist”? Other than the title character of Samuel Delany’s novel _Hogg,_ I have never heard anyone described this way in all of my life. Tongue-in-cheek, my friend, tongue-in-cheek… but, you know, Reefer Madness style, as in: “The Truth about Marijuana - _Sex-crazing drug menace_” and the like. Oh, and to actually answer the OP, my friends and I used to joke about how no pothead was ever going to knock over a liquor store. Too much work, man. Hey, let’s order a pizza! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dealing-with-munchies-paranoia-other-negative-effects-of-cannabis/518042.md?page=1)