Can you be affected by second-hand cannabis?


Written on July 23, 2009 – 10:43 am | by Drug Abuse Help

For a few years my dad used cannabis at home and I got the smell strongly from around 3-7 days a week. Could the smoke and smell have got the main reactive drugs in me?

Interestingly, I read cannabis can give you man-boobs and I had very noticeable breasts while he was smoking, which almost completely went when he left. As a teenager I know this can happen anyway, but did the cannabis add to the problem?

I am suspicious, though this could be a natural trait or due to my father’s psychological and verbal abuse. However, I seem to be getting some depressive symptoms since he left, and not before, though I also lost my Christian faith at the same time from abuse at school.

Could I have inhaled THC and could cannabis have caused some of the things mentioned above?

One Response to “Can you be affected by second-hand cannabis?”

  1. Ja_L_ said:

    Jul 23, 09 at 7:25 am

    Yes. Definitely. There’s something called, "Contact High"
    Meaning you can inhale what others exhale and get high and experience the same effects. It’s like second-hand smoking.

    And no they won’t give you man boobs. If you are not fit, it’s a good time to start exercising.
    Hey. Stay strong. I know life is not fair. When you come off the worst times in life, you will appreciate life and that’s what I’m feeling right now.
    Believe in yourself and don’t let any fear take over you.

    Let your fear take in for a few seconds and fight it. The world’s tough and you will get through it if you follow your intuition and conscious.

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