American pop culture is in an uppers swing right now. Cars, computers, etc are increasingly faster, more powerful.

Appalachia is having a downers problem, and it'll probably spread as people get burnt out and the economy contracts some in the near future.

Time is a flat disk.

Sativa strains are stimulating. Indica is the sedating strain. Indica is usually the type we think of as it grows short and quick, thus common in an age of illegality. Sativa grows about 20 ft tall and yields less. There’s a bunch of other reasons for the dominance of Indica, hybrids, etc but weed doesn’t have to be “sedating”

Lots of people provably want to consume mj every day.

About ten days ago I met the manager of the largest cannabis farm in Washington during a bus trip in Thailand. He said by far the largest percentage of crop they produce is indica, i.e. the strain that can be used as an 'upper', as much as cannabis can be an upper. He also said he steps on more cannabis flowers in a day than most users smoke in a year. Big Cannabis is already a thing.

> Cannabis slows you down and makes you tired

Not quite. Different strains have different results.