WeedMonster

If marijuana increases blood flow to your vessels, ( i may have this wrong), then WHy oh why do i STAY COLD when I smoke? It takes a helluva lot longer for me to warm back up again, especially when I am high. I also feel very numb when I'm in the cold for a long time, but this is only sometimes. Does anyone have an answer to any of these q's? thanks.

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CheebaMonkey

THC has vasodilation effects (makes your blood vessels bigger, an example is red eyes), so I doubt that it's increasing blood flow. The brain is a different story though.

It can also decrease your body temp. but I imagine that tolerance develops to that.

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beats

Makes sense. If you figure that alcohol gives you that tingly warm feeling and it constricts vessels (or so I hear) figures the releasing the vessels should cool off a bit and the tolerance idea works to that idea.

I'm pretty sure bigger vessels won't heat you up. But it oculd do just the opposite, I really don't know.

May I suggest a sweater?

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Herb Ninja

Alcohol slightly thins the blood and dialates blood vessels beats.

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EeJay

Only thing I can add to this that might help is bigger surface area (i.e. dilated vessels) equals to faster cooling.

I wouldn't think it'd make much of a difference though.

Is there a chance it's just a placebo effect?

Maybe you tend to move around less when stoned, thus slowing down your body, thus cooling you.

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WeedMonster

No, it's not placebo for sure. Everyone I smoke with notices this. My feet will be numb for up to 30 mins after I come in after the cold, depending on how cold it is

GreenDragon

That happens to me even when im not stoned though. If I go out in the winter when it's snowing and freezing cold my face, hands and feet get numb.

Just wear a sweatshirt with a hood. Put your hands in your pockets and rub them together to warm them up. Also wiggle your toes in your shoes, it will help circulate the blood and keep them a little warmer.

beats

Thanks for the correction. I never really looked into it, I heard it from a teacher.

defeatedhorizon

I get really cold when I'm high sometimes, seemingly colder than before I smoked. However, one might attribute this to the fact that marijuana alters your perception. Usually, I just think about how I was before I was stoned and I realize that I'm not all that cold, but that doesn't always work.