Dr. Matthew Hill: How Cannabis Impacts Health & the Potential Risks

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Dr. Hill and Dr. Huberman in a joint effort to weed out misinformation.

I started smoking cannabis years ago as a teenage, switched to cigarettes. Spent my whole life fighting Cigarettes addiction. I suffered severe depression and mental disorder. Got diagnosed with cptsd. Cigarettes addiction actually destroyed my life. Not until my mom recommended me to psilocybin mushrooms treatment. Psilocybin treatment saved my life honestly. 6 years totally clean. Much respect to mother nature the great magic shrooms.

Let me roll a joint so I can lock in, and listen to this interview

What are the odds? The day I decide to stop smoking, this pops up. What a blessing.

I started with edibles at 15. 100 mg’s consistently. 250 mg’s. The high was euphoric. Then it was into pens throughout high school. I would hate being in class without being high. I discovered joints and would smoke my day away every single day. Bong rips. Every single day. Then onto dabs. Rigs, e rigs jumping between flower and dabs daily. It wasn’t until huberman pointed out you want to shoot for 2 smokes a week. I realized I was smoking about 70-80 times a week. Every time I would feel stress or discomfort or pressure I would run to that crutch. Please don’t be like me in my past: please get help, help yourself. Face reality sober. Exercise and learn sober. It’s worth it. I’m only 9 days without weed. Since being 15 I’ve been smoking out of compulsive habit. It can be done and i have faith that I’ll never turn back.

32 yo here. I quit 7 months ago for different medium term purposes. Now I'm at a point where I can stay sober for the rest of my life after a decade of hard smoking. I feel more awake and energetic, and I feel like I can drive myself into that "high" state of visual appreciation without being intoxicated. It's cool to know both worlds.

What I love most about this conversation is there are several times where it’s clarified and admitted that there isn’t enough evidence or data to suggest certain conclusions. In this space so many people talk in absolutes while having very little to prove it.

1 month sober from Marijuana and 525 days sober from alcohol. The best decision I’ve made in my entire life

One of the reasons I personally find cannabis useful is to calm the stimulation from my tinnitus. Auditory issues and their different findings would be an awesome episode.

Surprised this guy actually showed up after being so condescending and abrasive on Twitter. Good on Huberman for being the bigger man in this situation and handling it with the utmost professionalism.

Im 36 and have smoked for many years. But ive never been an all-day smoker. I rip a cone at 830 every night to take the edge off. I have a family and a busy, reasonably well organized life.

I guess we stoners are the minority listening to this pod. Love you Hubey and all of us listeners. Hope everyone has a beautiful day

I’m 45 y/o and looking back been growing my own clean meds for the last 10 years. I can’t imagine a day without Mary Jane.

Quitting weed was extremely stressful for me. I basically lost my mind for a couple months. Extreme anxiety and nausea especially in the morning. Panic attacks from absolutely nothing. Waking up every night feeling hypoglycemic and needing to eat to get back to sleep. That was enough for me to never want to touch the stuff again. Your neuro chemistry can adapt to the stuff in weird ways where without it I had to figure out how to exist again. It took months but I’m back to normal and my overall mood and outlook on life has improved so much. The negative rumination has minimized. I was hitting the bong throughout the day everyday for many years

I’ve been a daily user for about 8 years now. For so long I would attribute cannabis to a lot of my ability to do certain things or handle certain things or situations and my ability to functionally operate at an extremely high level. With work, coaching, parenting, exercise, etc… After listening to the first 90 minutes of this it’s become clear to me that these things I’ve been able to learn, accomplish, and strive for have nothing to do with cannabis and that it is the case that it enhances everything I’m doing. I think a deeper understanding of how my ego works and the way my mind operates when it comes to certain things is what allows for me to avoid the pitfalls of most heavy use individuals. And even have the ability to go a day, or multiple days without using and it won’t affect me the same way it would someone else who is in the same bracket of use. I love conversations like this because it really highlights how vastly different this amazing plant can affect people on an individual level. I’m very excited to hear the rest of this conversation. Cheers family

Absolutely loved this episode! I'm an Infantry Veteran ('02-'07) and I use cannabis for my combat PTSD and tinnitus. It makes the tinnitus from 23 IEDs turn into background noise. It prevents me from having nightmares and helps manage daytime anxiety especially around crowds. But I honestly think it's the combination of cannabis, learning my sleep chrono type and adjust my life to it, getting my morning sun light, running 3x week, lifting 3x a week and all the other protocols I've learned from the Hubermanlab Podcast have really made me feel better than I ever have. So a HUGE thank you Dr. Huberman and Dr. Hill for helping me understand the science behind my favorite medication and recreational drug.

Listened to this twice, once sober and a second time completely baked. I must say definitely absorbed it more the second time.

Anyone else smoking while listening? While ive smoked for 10+ years pretty much daily. There is DEFINITELY negative effects.. i myself at points have realized its more of a habit than a "relaxing" thing. Its important to understand your personal relationship with weed and the negative habits it may form. And i ALWAYS treat the plant with respect and gratefulness while consuming. Very interesting information in this one.. as with everything, MODERATION IS IMPORTANT. PEACE to my fellow stoners and those who don't partake!

I smoke multiple times a day! It would be silly for me not to listen to this one. Thanks Dr H, looking forward to your book