salvia : tripping :: Carlos Mencia : comedy
The emotional stress and subsequent memory of smoking marijuana for the first time might be significant enough to exacerbate a predisposition toward psychosis-like tendencies (on an idiosyncratic basis, of course), but due to its general lack of neurological reorganization, marijuana is *highly* unlikely to be the sole source of causation for such happenings. Whether or not said psychosis tendencies would ever manifest themselves without the theoretical "trigger" of marijuana is up for debate, but I'd say the likely answer is "yes, but at a later point of unknown distance in time from an occurrence of equivalent impact." Whether or not the earlier manifestation results in good/bad long-term happenings is likewise idiosyncratic (earlier onset of treatment could benefit, after all).
Smoking anything isn't particularly natural, but smoking marijuana and smoking tobacco are of two entirely separate leagues of health consequence. Within a couple months of cessation from even chronic marijuana use, there's going to be little difference in measurable variable between a smoker/non. Tobacco is going to require years to level the playing field for issues as serious as probability of developing various cancers, which is extra LOL when you take into account marijuana's documented anti-tumor/neurological damage properties. Teenagers who only smoke pot (no alcohol, no tobacco) have demonstrated an increase in overall mental well-being later in life; those who used all three was the opposite.
What does all this mean? Further research is needed, which I'm about to go embark on, if you guys catch my drift. Except for the salvia part, because salvia is retarded.
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