> THC concentrates stimulate the same areas within the brain which heroin, cocaine and alcohol reaches.
This is not-even-wrong, drugs don't stimulate areas they reach specific receptors. These people don't even understand the circulatory system, let alone psychopharmacology!
THC is a partial agonist of cannabis receptors. What that means is, and any pothead can confirm this for you, there's a level of high which you can't exceed, no matter how much you take in.
It's habit-forming, and can have numerous unpleasant psychological consequences, including psychosis. But concentrates aren't magic. They mostly exist for users with a high tolerance from prior use, which includes recreational addicts but also includes pain patients, whether by prescription or not.
There is no world in which the effects of concentrated cocaine should be compared to dabs, Doreen.
My main point is that cocaine isn't a hard drug until it gets artificially concentrated. I've botched it by being too pedantic and there's probably no point in getting into it with people here today, Sam -- assuming that is your actual name, if we are going to act like we are on some kind of first name basis here and call me "Doreen."
I didn't put your name in scare quotes, and you should do me the favor of doing likewise.
Edit: forgot to add, the point is that THC is a partial agonist, while cocaine is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor. They act on completely different systems in completely different ways, and in particular, the more cocaine you take, the higher you get, right up until it kills you.
This isn't true of THC, they simply aren't comparable in the way you're trying to compare them.
But I have removed the offensive quotation marks.
I don't know why some total stranger on the internet is calling me by my first name. I have no idea who in heck you are. We aren't friends.
What does that mean? I'm being talked down to like a five year old? Or I've finally achieved celebrity status in spite of still being dirt poor and unable to pay my bills?
I'm guessing it's not anything good given how poor I am and how little respect I get.
Edit in response to your edit:
This isn't true of THC, they simply aren't comparable in the way you're trying to compare them.
Yeah, I already conceded your point and tried to clarify my real point and conceded that I royally effed that up.
Not something I do often, nor with any calculation in particular, it just seemed to fit the sentence I was typing out.
I do recognize your account and have read some of your blogs. Having been what we've just started calling "unhoused", I wish that I had found it before rather than after.
So I apologize for the umbrage, and hope you have a pleasant day.
In addition to my various blogs, I run several Reddits, some of them aimed at helping people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, such as r/GigWorks.
Have a great day.
Cocaine is an extract from the coca plant. Historically, Indigenous peoples chewed the leaves to get moderately high and also used it for medicinal purposes. The coca plant does good things for the lungs and gut. Among other things, it was used to help them be productive at altitude due to its impact on lung function.
What most of the modern world knows as "cocaine" is a highly concentrated form of what is found in the coca plant. A little googling suggests that when you similarly concentrate THC, you start seeing similar problems:
THC concentrates stimulate the same areas within the brain which heroin, cocaine and alcohol reaches. The effects of standard marijuana vary from those related to using THC concentrates.
While this may seem like no big deal, using THC concentrates can produce additional physical and psychological effects. According to the NIH
These include:
• Paranoia • Delirium • Anxiety • Panic/Fear • Delusions/ Hallucinations • Increase in blood pressure • Blood shot eyes • Weight gain • Lung and/or throat infections
In addition to the above, there is new evidence which shows that people who have a history of schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder, bipolar disorder or psychosis may be at a greater risk of experiencing a breakdown or mental health episode.
https://siamrehab.com/effects-of-marijuana-concentrates/