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Re:More Americans report near-constant cannabis use by sktrdie on Monday August 20, 2018 @03:35PM (#17803141)
I'd argue that would be the state of men when they lived in forests. But we live in a society where most of our natural instincts are "suppressed": living in square boxes with just 2-3 people we trust; having to spend time at "work" in order to afford a living; looking at screens; the instinct to hunt; etc etc.

So in a way we do need something to help us "relax" in a world where we can't naturally.

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Re:More Americans report near-constant cannabis use by eloff on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:37PM (#17806438)
You're hopelessly romanticizing the past. Life back then, in those forests was short, violent, and on the edge of starvation. There actually isn't a lot of food for people animals in a forest, especially the older it is.
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