When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Improves

Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by DisruptiveDave on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:43AM (#18346654)

It's funny because all it has ever done for me is the opposite. I'm a pretty energetic dude and weed has always made me want to get out and move, go and play a pickup game or something. It has also brought a different type of focus on any activity I'm doing.

I see a lot of pretty silly takes in this thread that weed automatically makes you happy with boredom somehow, and that apparently leads to a bunch of people sitting on couches zoned out who would have otherwise, with that "bored" time, gone out and learned juggling. Sounds like some grandma's opinion from the 40s.

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Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by icelancer on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:46AM (#18346691)

No, but the pharmacological effects are not to be ignored just because you have a different personal experience with the drug.

I am on a balanced schedule of stimulants that keep me productive and not-depressed. This doesn't give me the right to tell people to take these drugs because of my personal opinion; research shows the effects of stimulant use, abuse, and misuse, and it's mostly pretty negative.

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Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by DisruptiveDave on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:57PM (#18347880)

I think we're saying the same thing here. Look at all sides. Don't make blanket judgments. One person's experience does not necessarily become another's. Science is good, but not a guarantee.

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