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Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by metaphorm on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @06:18PM (#13075590)
LSD is also incredibly non-toxic. it's such a strong drug though that even though it's very safe for your body I really can't recommend that a person uses that for their first ever experience with drug-altered consciousness.

MDMA is just objectively more toxic than cannabis. this isn't really subject to your opinion.

if what you're referring to is the fact that cannabis is frequently smoked, that's not a fair comparison. oral cannnabis products exist too.

Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by jjawssd on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @07:23PM (#13075936)
Smoked cannabis is harmful to the lungs and oral cannabis is easily overdosed.

No matter how you spin this one, you have to be careful with whatever road you choose to go down.

Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by metaphorm on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @07:55PM (#13076107)
remember, you started this as a comparison of the relative dangers of cannabis vs. lsd or mdma. stay focused. you tried to make a point and I disagreed with it. accusing me of spinning is disengenuous.

are you really going to start talking about "easily overdosed" when the drugs you're comparing it to are lsd (active in the microgram range) and mdma (active in the milligram range)?

seriously, you feel like you can get away with claiming that cannabis is more dangerous than a drug that most people encounter as mystery pills at a party? get real.

Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by jjawssd on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:42AM (#13086328)
You are of course completely correct. But given one hit of acid vs one hit of a cannabis brownie, people are more weary of the hit of acid and tend to subdivide it into pieces whereas novices typically trust cannabis brownies to be weak or they eat multiple of them and receive an overwhelming dose more often than not. Or maybe not. Your thoughts?
Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by metaphorm on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:41PM (#13090623)
my thoughts are that cannabis is remarkably safe in general, but that everyone using it should be well informed and not be taking edibles that they don't know the content of.

in legal states you can buy properly labeled edibles at a shop. if it's homemade stuff, you really have to be a lot more careful. either make it yourself or really trust your supplier. personally I would never take edibles bought from a dealer unlabeled. that's a real risk of an uncomfortable experience.

I think smoking (or vaping if you're sensitive to the smoke) is by far the safest and most effective way to take cannabis though.

LSD and MDMA there are really no safety tips that can possibly help. you either trust your source or you don't. if you trust your source and follow the dosage guidelines it's fine. both of those drugs are very safe at appropriate doses.

Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by BEEdwards on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @07:56PM (#13076113)
WTF!?!

You CANNOT overdose on cannabis. As in it will not kill you.

The only way you could say that is if you have some weird definition where by having a "bad trip" counts as an overdose.

Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by ionised on Thursday December 01, 2016 @07:40AM (#13078957)
I think he literally meant unknowingly taking so much that it overwhelms you.
Re:FDA Agrees to New Trials for MDMA as Relief for PTSD Pati... by jjawssd on Friday December 02, 2016 @12:41AM (#13086313)
This