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Weed. Weed weed. Weed weed weed weed.
That's my take, anyway.
MILLIONS die from weed overuse. That's what the D.A.R.E. officer told me.
Smoking it still is terrible for your lungs though.
Yes of course. A lot of things in life involve a balancing act of weighing pros and cons, and then trial and error.
I was one of the unlucky few who experienced suicidal thoughts when they put me on sertraline, but it's a substance that helps more people than it harms, so it's not the first thing I'd mention if someone were depressed.
I see weed as similar. Personally, I'm not the biggest fan of how it makes me feel, and there are some risks and side effects (relatively minor compared to alcohol, of course), but it helps far more people than it harms. It's really improved the quality of life for my husband with his PTSD, for example, and its side effects are actually far less unpleasant than the four meds he was on prior to the provider prescribing cannabis.
Don't get me wrong, I'm in no way advocating banning weed. All drugs should be legal anyways. What someone wants to do with their body is none of my business, as long as it doesn't harm me or others.
I should have clarified that alternative use of marijuana is a better substitute than smoking weed or drinking alcohol. I just don't like that a lot of people assume smoking it daily is somehow healthy for you.... it's like smoking tobacco, it's bad period. It's a vice so by all means do it how you want but there seems to be this underlying myth that people think it's not harmful at all.
Literally no one thinks inhaling smoke is healthy. This isn't a thing people believe. It's just such a red herring when introduced in a conversation about the ravages of hard drugs like alcohol.
It's like pointing out that both carrots and snickers contain sugar.
You apparently haven't been following along with the conversation....a LOT of people think it's completely fine. The trees subreddit was filled with people like this. They're logic was that they're not smoking tobacco and it's fine because no one has linked smoking marijuana with lung cancer.
The difference is that, there are ways of consuming cannabis that don't involve smoking. Edibles are a thing, and so are vaporizers (tiny convenction ovens that vaporize the cannabinioids but don't produce any nasty combustion products).
With alcohol, there is no "safer" way of consuming it. The psychoactive compound itself is physically far more damaging than THC is.
Yes. Edibles all the way.
Dry vaping seems to not bring many health issues with it - at least none that I know of.
Also tinctures or inferior edibles are an option
Why inferior? Time to take effect, hard to dosage correctly and THC is metabolized differently when solved in fat.
As alcohol solution you can dosage per drop and it hits practically immediately - pretty much as fast as alcohol orally does
Isn't vaping it not burning the plant but just vaporizing the oils? I have no clue on that, if so I'd say it's probably way safer than burning the plant.
Yep, exactly
Terrible is a bit relative. Cannabis smokers have a smaller chance of developing lung cancer and a higher lung capacity than non smokers. But yes it has downsides.
The DARE officer also impregnated a teenager in my school.
I died after doing only one line of weed. Educate yourself. I’m literally shaking.
It must be the weed!
Everyone that's ever smoked weed will die someday. Weed has a 100% mortality rate. Earth has had more human deaths than than any planet in history. It's also the only planet with weed.
Lol fr though. I always find it suspicious when people insist on talking about all the bad side effects of weed. Imagine every time someone mentions that aspirin can help with pain, there are immediately 5 people telling you about how it can cause bleeding ulcers.
Actually, it would make more sense with acetaminophen/paracetamol. Wanna talk about awful effects on the body, RIP liver.
You don't say much my friend, but when you do it's to the point, and I salute you for it.
It doesn't make sense. Alcohol effects are relaxation, euphoria and inhibition. Weed only causes me panic, thirst and hungry. I hate any sort of hallucination. You can't compare the drugs.
Many people have a different experience. Drugs ultimately relate to the individual, which is one thing that can make them so insidious. For me personally, weed is a million times better than alcohol. The high and head change are better. I don't get hung over. I don't hate myself after an evening of edibles.
I agree about hangovers. But just one time on 15 years of drinker I was so ashamed. I accept if you try to replace alcohol with something like xanax or another depressive but weed? Its not the same experience AT ALL...
I'm not trying to replicate the same experience. If I'm high on weed, I have no interest in drinking. I simply prefer the weed experience, but everyone is different.
I just want to get relaxed in my case. A good glass of whiskey (or any drink ) is enough.
That's so unfortunate for you, dude. You get like the exact opposite effect I (and likely most other people) get, minus the hunger and thirst. But I mean, drinking a lot makes you literally throw up (worse than bein hungry imo) and doesn't make your thirsty since you're literally drinking (so you then have to pee a ton)
With weed i can't get out of a recurring thinking. And then I realize that i am thinking the same thing again and again. And then I got panicked because of that. And I dont like to see my friend with a dinosaur head...