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William S Burroughs, LETTER FROM A MASTER ADDICT ON DANGEROUS DRUGS: "Cannabis Indica (hashish, marijuana). --The effects of this drug have been frequently and luridly described: disturbance of space-time perception, acute sensitivity to impressions, and flight of ideas, laughing jags, silliness.
Marijuana is a sensitizer, and the results are not always pleasant. It makes a bad situation worse. Depression becomes despair, anxiety panic. I have already mentioned my horrible experience with marijuana during acute morphine withdrawal. I once gave marijuana to a guest who was mildly anxious about something ("On bum kicks" as he put it). After smoking half a cigarette he suddenly leapt to his feet screaming, "I got the fear!" and rushed out of the house."
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I've seen a few people have "anxiety attack"-like symptoms when consuming from the same cannabis stash as I, so I'm certain that cannabis does indeed affect people differently. I would say, stay away from it if you are having negative types of feelings, or consult a doctor.
Other than that, you can't OD on cannabis, so if you use it and start to freak, just use this as an excuse to grab a nap and you should be fine in a few hours.
FWIW, cannabis is quite euphoric and relaxing to me, and I use it regularly for pain, as well as to control my hyperactivity, since I don't wish to take pharma products to cope. Strangely enough, cannabis usually doesn't give me the munchies either (although I make and eat some delicious cannabis edibles).
ADG