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Does marijuana affect hearing?

RobertU

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In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
 
RobertU said:
In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that

associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
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Huh? Speak up, please!
 
RobertU said:
In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
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Are there physical effects on hearing?

Not to my knowledge.

I do know it affects the GAF (Give a ****) factor.
 
Permanent hearing loss can occur as a result of exposure to sounds of 95 dB and higher. It’s a little more complicated than that, however. And the damage can be more extensive than a loss of ability to hear at certain frequencies at certain levels.

I’m not aware of studies that have determined marijuana to be ototoxic. However, ear buds, earphones, legal drugs, quinine, etc. can and do cause hearing loss. So too can live concerts and live NFL games where the noise often exceeds 100 dB for sustained periods of time.
 
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RobertU said:
In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
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It can affect hearing. Some people value certain strains for the effect it has on music while listening to it. It can also affect eyesight. Some astronomers use it to help them see dim, diffuse objects, for example. Although, this is probably more due to pupil dilation allowing more light to hit the retinas. The effects differ per strain and per person, so it's sometimes difficult to make a general rule.
 
Huh? What? Can you please repeat the question?
 
Weed makes my hearing so strong that I can hear things that aren’t even there.

;)
 
RobertU said:
In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
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That's some wonderful anecdotes, but it doesn't exactly support your conclusion. You'd need actual data for that.
 
RobertU said:
In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
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Since mj is used to relieve symptoms of glaucoma, I would think that the side effects for any other sensory organ would be positive. For me, mj actually enhances my senses (or so I think, dude).
 
I don't know about hearing, but marijuana lowers my blood pressure from 145/80 to 110/70 consistently.
 
Is the OP serious or from the Onion?

I have been listening to rock music as loud as I could get away with since the late 1960s....with zero pot involved. In the car, in the house, anywhere.

And if I'm listening to rock now, I still like it loud. In the car...loud. It's about the sensation of the music surrounding you and getting your heart pounding.

And at 58, my hearing is still fine.
 
I'm not sure about hearing but I know I can function better on 10 shots of Tequila than I can 1 hit of weed. It absolutely wrecks me.
 
RobertU said:
In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
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I have bad news for you, pit is here to stay, legal or not.
 
dobieg said:
I'm not sure about hearing but I know I can function better on 10 shots of Tequila than I can 1 hit of weed. It absolutely wrecks me.
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Nope, you just think you are doing better with the booze, booze has that effect hence why so many drive while drunk.
 
Every ****ing pothead I've ever met had incredibly selective hearing, if that counts. Couldn't hear a goddamned thing if it had to do with not eating my food or not touching my stuff.
 
Casper said:
Nope, you just think you are doing better with the booze, booze has that effect hence why so many drive while drunk.
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Uh, no. I'm completely incoherent off one hit of weed. To the point I can't string a sentence together.

For some reason, weed knocks me on my ass.
 
dobieg said:
Uh, no. I'm completely incoherent off one hit of weed. To the point I can't string a sentence together.

For some reason, weed knocks me on my ass.
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Every time or one time. Just ya know there are stronger strains and weaker strains, not to mention that some people add extra drugs to it, which might be what you ran across. The usual complaint is that people don't feel anything the first time, then later it works. That is about all I can add.
 
Casper said:
Every time or one time. Just ya know there are stronger strains and weaker strains, not to mention that some people add extra drugs to it, which might be what you ran across. The usual complaint is that people don't feel anything the first time, then later it works. That is about all I can add.
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Every single time. Maybe about a dozen times spread out over 15 years. Sometimes drinking. Sometimes not.

Just can't handle it.
 
RobertU said:
In the late 1970s I sampled marijuana three or four times. After smoking one joint at a neighbor’s apartment, I returned to my unit. After watching TV for about an hour, I realized the volume was very loud and turned it down. In retrospect, I wondered if the temporary effect on my hearing was a common side effect of marijuana.

One downside to such a hearing impairment is that you may fail to correctly perceive the distance of a loud sound, such as a police or fire siren, which should prompt you as a driver to pull over and get out of the way. Marijuana may also inure you to loud music that, in the long run, will result in hearing loss or tinnitus.

While there seems to be no medical studies decisively linking marijuana to hearing loss, there are several police reports that associate marijuana with loud music, e.g. Loud music and marijuana smoke billowing from a car led to the arrest of two city men . . . Police responding to a loud music call at a home in Arcadia on Sunday made a huge marijuana bust . . . Organizers of a large-scale cannabis festival are being investigated by police – for playing their music too loud.

So, if you value peace and quiet, you may want to oppose efforts to expand the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
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There have been times when using edibles that I listen to music and it sounds more like it is, how to describe it..like it is coming into my ear from a cone. Hard to describe but weird.
 
Thoreau72 said:
I don't know about hearing, but marijuana lowers my blood pressure from 145/80 to 110/70 consistently.
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Nice....I went to my Doc today, and I have managed to get mine to 128/78, which is so much better than it was...diet and exercise have helped greatly as well as medicine...but...I'm up for MJ.
 
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