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Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by rayiner on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:15PM (#27671307)
I’m not super up to date on medical literature, but are the mental effects of cannabis the same as tobacco? Nicotine is a stimulant. I know a few potheads that whittled their lives away high, but tobacco doesn’t seem to have that effect.
Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by pmoriarty on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:21PM (#27671362)
Tobacco is a sacred plant in some contexts, like in Native American ceremonies, where it's not used for its stimulant effects.

Cannabis too can be used sacramentally, spiritually, recreationally, or medicinally. It can be an appetite stimulant or a sex enhancer. Some can get insight through it, while others prefer to get so stoned they can't think.

It's helped me to reconnect with my feelings and motivated me to seek therapy. It can be a wise teacher if you listen.

Or you can watch cartoons on it and eat snacks..

The many uses of it are not mutually exclusive, but how you use it and what you get out of it is your choice.

Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by rayiner on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:26PM (#27671401)
What’s the effect in the aggregate on the average person? It seems to me that many (most?) don’t have the willpower to really make smart choices with it, and default to watching cartoons and eating snacks.

We’re watching this happen to a friend of my BIL now and it’s hard to watch. To be fair the kid’s problems started with his parents exercising “choice” to pursue serial marriages instead of raising their kid, but smoking pot (with a blow torch apparently?) isn’t helping.

Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by rantwasp on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:22PM (#27671367)
is this causation or correlation? do you know potheads that are wildly successful? because I do. And it does not seem to be linked to weed
Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by rayiner on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:32PM (#27671447)
I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking.
Re:Mexico's Supreme Court has decriminalised the private use... by rantwasp on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:38PM (#27671485)
i live in WA. here weed has been legal for quite a while. It's not a big deal and people consume basically sort of like alcohol. As far as I know there is no causation effect between smoking/eating weed and how well you do in life.

The story about potheads that mess up their lives are usually stereotypes of people in rough situations that are f'ed with or without weed. It's usually poverty and lack of opportunity that messes you up, not smoking a joint