Re:More Americans report near-constant cannabis use
by meritt on Monday August 20, 2018 @02:04PM
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> The effects of caffeine and nicotine are mild, and mostly physical
The primary effect of caffeine is mental alertness.
Re:More Americans report near-constant cannabis use
by citation_please on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @04:17AM
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Mildly high isn't equivalent to stoned, and I don't think it's a stretch to consider that the might be some issues with everyone self-medicating for motivation and concentration with caffeine all day.
The effects of caffeine and nicotine are mild, and mostly physical. Especially with nicotine, it's a 'maintenance addiction' in that smoking in addicts is mostly to get to 'stay normal' because the body has adjusted dopamine receptors. A little bit similar with caffeine in that we build a tolerance.
I don't think it's a stretch to consider that there might be some issues with a good chunk of society walking around stoned all day. I'd put 'drunk' in a similar category.
The people who I know who are like this are themselves concerned but they can't seem to change their habits. It's not just a matter of 'physical/mental' state - they are basically different people in this mode and they know it.