I have a pretty messed up knee that gives me nightly pain. I find that Advil or Aspirin sometimes doesn't work so instead I smoke a little weed, the pain disappears and I can fall asleep (after the initial high wears off). As for productivity when I'm high, I would say that it can assist in working through an idea when stuck architecting something, but I always make sure to check my work the next day; naming variables or services after foods and characters on the TV show I might have in the background makes for a very confusing code base.
Poll: Do you use marijuana
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#102I would love to be a bigger fan of it but I find it makes me feel too anxious.
I think one of the most interesting things about weed is that it makes some people more relaxed and some people more anxious. It's bizarre that the same drug could have totally opposite reactions. I wonder if the anxiety comes from the illegality and/or the social stigmas it still has.
In my experiences, weed simply enhances whatever you are already feeling. This seems to hold true for psychological states as well as sensory input.
If you're already anxious, you'll become more anxious. If you're relaxed, you'll become more relaxed. If you're drunk, you'll be more drunk. Food is tastier. Music is more musical.
It just makes everything more. As a once in a while thing, I find this enhancement useful.
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#103Original post: No, never tried it. Instead I put my energy into making my life so good I wouldn't feel the need to escape from it. Comment: Funny how everyone hates on my life choices as if I was pushing them on others! You a-hats are all just bullys! I challenge every bully here to a fight. You want to twist my words? Why don't you try to twist my arm too? Chicken? Of course you are! You're just a bully!
It's ironic you calling everyone here bullies, when your original post was blatantly judgmental (some might say, hating other people's life choices), and your subsequent comment called everyone chicken and an a-hat and challenged them to a fight. If you want to see a bully look in the mirror.
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#104I fail to comprehend why people voluntarily, fully aware, choose to destroy their own inner organs. You are the weakest.
Edibles do not destroy any organs.
Do you drink alcohol? Coffee? Asprin?
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#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
We are effectively destroying our own inner organs by aging. We are all weak.
>aging A natural process applied by our Creator. Amplifying this deprecation of your body by using drugs or other substances is bad form. The more so if you are fully aware these substances do that damage.
> our Creator
There it is
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#106I fail to comprehend why people voluntarily, fully aware, choose to destroy their own inner organs. You are the weakest.
I'm afraid you have been brainwashed by the propaganda against this plant (actually a herb). It has been used for 5,000 years by men, women, and children, and in a way, humans have evolved in co-existence with this plant.
You need to do your own research as opposed to looking at government-funded studies which are only funded to show harm. Start with www.leafscience.com and take it from there.
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#107Earlier quoted context omitted.
some people probably don't want to answer honestly. this has always been a challenge for cannabis advocates and activists.
Wouldn't most people answer honestly because the poll is anonymous?
No. Researchers use tricks to get people to answer honestly. For example: they ask people to toss a coin before answering. If the coin comes up 'heads' the person must answer 'yes' even if their real answer would be 'no'. If the coin comes up 'tails' they must answer truthfully.
The introductory text explains that there is no way to know if the person is answering truthfully or following the coin 'heads' rule.
When you get the results you adjust for probability of the coin toss.
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#108I am strongly in favour of legalisation of cannabis.
There seems to be a lot of anecdote in this thread so I'll offer up some of my own.
I have met many people, often in MH hospital, who have complex interactions with their mental illness and cannabis use.
Some of those people had a psychotic illness and self medicated woth cannabis and other drugs. (Some of these people said their illness was easier to deal with now they had been off cannabis for a while).
Some people probably had underlying psychosis that was brought out by heavy cannabis use. They had family history of mental illness; their cannabis use was on the heavy end.
But then I've met people who had no family history of mental illness and who believed that cannabis caused their illness. They felt that since cannabis can cause temporary psychosis it can probably cause long term psychosis.
And it wasn't just psychotic illnesses. I've met people woth anxiety disorders and depression who's illness was made much worse hy cannabis.
The illegality of the drug makes good quality research really hard. It also makes people dismiss research as government funded propaganda.
So, while cannabis is great for some people we need to acknowledge that it is peoblematic for an unknown quantity of other people and put in place safeguards - nonise by under 18s; helplines and treatment for people having problems.
Being honest about the possibility of harm makes legalisation easier.
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#109No. Never tried it.
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#110Daily to treat vicious insomnia.
I used to smoke every night because I literally cannot sleep without drugs. But then I started taking seroquel instead. You should try it. Arguably more healthy. (and works better than weed too)