Oh hackel. I am so stoked that I found your post and I could reply to it. Woo hoo where to begin?? Well, Marijuana is considered a mild hallucinogen, even though it seems to have some sedative properties, but, an experienced smoker will know that even that isn't always a given, some weed actually gives you a little pick up. For me, the body high has always been associated with either redbud (or schwag, as your friends called it, usually Mexican brick weed), and some strains of really good green bud. I also get the intense body high when ingesting weed, ie making weed-butter and baking something with it. When sauteing weed in butter, the heat activates the cannibinoids and also draws them out, then you take the butter and substitute for regular butter in your recipe and voila. Anyway, when smoking really good weed, I get more of a "head high", where I feel like my brain is sort of buzzing. I feel light on my feet, and very calm. Its much more of an energizing high, where I feel like I could, I don't know, organize my bookshelf, or something like that. The body high, well, usually I just get cartooned when that happens (all I can do is lay around and watch cartoons). I hope that enlightened you a little bit as to the different experiences with pot. You know, everyone has a different body chemistry, well, what I mean is, people react differently, so, you just have to experiment and listen to your body, and see what you like and dont like.