I recently heard a rumor that smoking marijuana often leads to some sort of red eye syndrome. Could this possibly be true? If it is true, what causes this phenomenon?
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Pot makes the blood vessels in the eye expand causing “red-eye”, which looks like bloodshot eyes. It affects different smokers to different degrees. Some people don’t get red-eye at all, some end up looking like little weasles. It is only a temporary effect.
I may be of some help, for a change…A VERY close personal friend o’ mine has been ingesting pot in the form of brownies or some other confection for the last 20 yrears on a regular basis. (1 brownie a night …a batch of them made up of one half of an ounce) After a period of about 7 years, she noticed that certain mucosa were irritated and red also on a regular basis, her eyes in particular. She consulted her doctor and he was quite blase about it, saying that it was probably a histamine reaction to the potsky, (it is a weed, you know ) and not to worry as many people have long term allergic reactions of this type and it is not a dangerous condition.
Personally, I don’t think that any irritative reaction is healthy, but sometimes, one overlooks certain side effects when a drug is accomplishing other ‘therepeutic’ agendas.
the fact that one is smoking rathjer than eating the dope may or may not make any difference, I don’t know. But it seems possible that it could effect another person the same way, depending on how much, how often, quality, etc.