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As weed gets more potent, teens are getting sick

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Post by koverstreet »

com2kid wrote: post #178
aparticulate wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

cocaine is not weed though most people cannot do cocaine every day without trouble. Coffee? every day is fine different drugs have different danger

> Coffee? every day is fine /r/nootropics, common thread is as follows: OP: "Help, I have bad anxiety every day, what should I take for it?" re: "Do you drink coffee?" OP: "Yes, about 4 cups a day." re: "Stop drinking coffee and come back in a week and tell us how you are doing." 1 week later. OP: "My anxiety is gone!!" Caffeine has negative side effects. For some people those side effects are really bad. Also caffei…

Even these aren't universal though. For me, with ADD, my anxiety goes up when I'm not on stimulants, and the thing that destroys my sleep is intensive, creative coding. Alcohol doesn't do much to my sleep.

I think the most universal things everyone should be doing are: get more exercise, and get more sleep.

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Post by m0llusk »

lacker wrote: post #57

The real danger with cannabis is not that it'll make you sick or have some nasty side effect like this article describes. The danger is simply that you will like it, you'll end up using it every day, all different times of the day, and it won't really hurt your health as much as it will make you live your life in a somewhat dopey, detached, less-intelligent way. As time goes on it won't feel "fun" it'll just feel "no…

refer madness 2.0; better let starbucks distribute the psychoactives

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Post by iamdbtoo »

margalabargala wrote: post #65
iamdbtoo wrote: post #59

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This argument always pops up as if there aren't a wealth of very successful daily cannabis users.

That's because the existence of outliers doesn't disprove the existence of a trend. Saying that there are successful daily cannabis users and therefore chronic cannabis use doesn't have negative effects on one's brain, is similar to saying that you're holding a snowball and therefore global warming doesn't exist.

> That's because the existence of outliers doesn't disprove the existence of a trend.

Yeah, exactly. Either way it proves nothing about a person or their life.

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Post by codebolt »

lacker wrote: post #57

The real danger with cannabis is not that it'll make you sick or have some nasty side effect like this article describes. The danger is simply that you will like it, you'll end up using it every day, all different times of the day, and it won't really hurt your health as much as it will make you live your life in a somewhat dopey, detached, less-intelligent way. As time goes on it won't feel "fun" it'll just feel "no…

For a few unlucky people, it really can have disastrous side effects as described in this article. At the risk of stigmatising myself, I suffered through cannabis induced psychosis and lived to tell the tale. And I can promise that it's absolutely a real phenomenon, and one that's not adequately recognised in 'stoner culture'.

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Post by rayiner »

lacker wrote: post #57

The real danger with cannabis is not that it'll make you sick or have some nasty side effect like this article describes. The danger is simply that you will like it, you'll end up using it every day, all different times of the day, and it won't really hurt your health as much as it will make you live your life in a somewhat dopey, detached, less-intelligent way. As time goes on it won't feel "fun" it'll just feel "no…

Saw exactly this happen to a very bright friend of mine from high school.

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Post by jamal-kumar »

akpa1 wrote: post #194
neonate wrote: post #52

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Post by iamdbtoo »

sandworm101 wrote: post #82
iamdbtoo wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This argument always pops up as if there aren't a wealth of very successful daily cannabis users.

Yes, many successful (ie rich) people smoke pot and do not suffer because of it. Those traits are not related. Rich people do not suffer most of the negative social/financial side effects of drugs use. That's the great thing about being rich. It insulates you against most negative consequences of your actions. Normal (ie poor) people do not have such protections. They suffer massively. A 100$/day habit for a wealthy…

While this might be technically true, I don't think it's the case for the vast majority.

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Post by bitwize »

Now that weed has been largely destigmatized if not universally decriminalized, it's time for parents to step up and teach their kids responsible use, including non-use before a certain age. We do this with other recreational drugs like alcohol. Perhaps we can gradually introduce them to higher and higher potencies, like French parents do with wine.

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Post by acchow »

_fat_santa wrote: post #18
PaulHoule wrote: post #2

I know a cannabis entrepreneur who makes high-quality gummies standardized to 150 mg THC which is, I think, too much. As a cannabis experienced user I find these make me feel hosed for six hours or so. It may or may not be a good time, but I'm certainly not going to do more than lay on my ass. If I take half of one of those (75 mg) it is a strong intoxication, pretty consistently a good time, and I can go for a walk,…

I live in Colorado and they limit edibles to 10mg per piece/100mg per pack max. 150mg for a single gummy is a bit nuts though. As someone who smokes a good amount of weed, my recommendation to people it to always stick to just flower. I've tried it all, vaping, vaporizers (different than vaping, you're superheating flower rather than using an extract), edibles, and regular pot. From my personal experience, edibles la…

I also have found vapes to have other adverse effects - some psychosis, and worsened short-term memory loss (compared to flower). Flower hits different.

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Post by lostmsu »

blowski wrote: post #218
marginalia_nu wrote: post #200

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I think this is largely the problem with mobile phones as well. Like you probably aren't going to go mad or get rectangular eyes or whatever, but you can just sort of sedate that sensation of boredom with scrolling reddit or facebook or whatever, which does all of bupkis for making us happy in the long term.

This is the same argument with all consuming vs producing. It's why there was a moral panic in the 1800s over Jane Austen style fiction, in the 1930s over radio, and so on. Being addicted to cannabis is not really any different to playing computer games 12 hours a day, doing endless marathons, watching sports, investing, or many similar activities.

I'd say marathons and computer games (except the clickers) should not be on this list due to the difference between active vs passive participation.
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