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re: Is Pot that strong of an addiction to whizz away better career options?
Posted on 8/22/21 at 10:14 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Posted on 8/22/21 at 10:14 pm to olgoi khorkhoi
Screentime on phone is worse for humans than pot.
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Posted on 8/22/21 at 10:21 pm to TankBoys32
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I'm a live and let live kind of person, but anybody saying weed can't be addictive is full of crap. I had multiple friends in high school and in college start smoking it and completely changed their lifestyle to revolve around smoking it. They also started skipping class, dressing scraggly, had messy hair, didn't want to do anything but blow down, listen to music, and eat fast food. It was the strangest thing to see someone become obsessed with it.
I knew a guy that got to the point he had a pack a day habit. Except reefer instead of cigarettes.
To say his personality changed a bit is an understatement.
Suck started a shotgun.
This post was edited on 8/22/21 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 8/22/21 at 10:32 pm to Abstract Queso Dip
Some people live in crippling physical pain every day. "Toughing it out" or "getting over it" just isn't an option after a certain point.
Pot is 100x a better coping mechanism than many of your alternatives (opioids, alcohol, etc.)
Pot is 100x a better coping mechanism than many of your alternatives (opioids, alcohol, etc.)
This post was edited on 8/22/21 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 8/22/21 at 10:47 pm to Abstract Queso Dip
You're right and most of those guys grew out of it. It was just the strangest phenomenon to witness a total personality change over a few months from clean cut "normal guy" to someone who looked like they didn't give one shite about their appearance or being productive. I agree and think it was a personality thing and the weed just exacerbated it
Posted on 8/22/21 at 11:47 pm to stlslick
Had an older coworker who was retiring from work. He smoked weed all the time. Said his dream was to move to the northwest. For his going away party we even had a cake that said good luck in Washington. Fast forward 5 years later and he never left for the northwest. He just sits around his apartment smoking weed all day. It really is sad.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:11 am to ctiger69
Is it more of an addiction to say frick you to "The Man" rather than quit for the better job?
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:18 am to stlslick
When Weed was legalized where I live, I started smoking. I had two thoughts my first high….
1. Why was this illegal?
2. Why the frick would someone risk jail for this?
1. Why was this illegal?
2. Why the frick would someone risk jail for this?
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:37 am to ctiger69
When a person is intelligent and approaches consumption of anything with an open mind... innovation, creativity, motivation and many things can occur. Stepping out of the box or comfort zone is often positive for character growth. Many of the greatest inventions, literature, and innovations were done by people that stepped out of the comfort zone whether it be by chemical influences or traveling across the globe experiencing different cultures.
Not recognizing this is simply ignorance. An understanding that there are boundaries that can be pushed and broken in the proper settings is a realization of the consciousness. We know more about the physical universe than we know about how our brain constructs reality through electrical and chemical impulses.
Reality doesn't exist until observed. Understanding reality from a higher level of existentialism isn't capable without altered states. We are programed to forget middle term memories. Only a small sample of long term memories and can be pulled but are deeply implanted and still exist. If you have been around someone with dementia and or Alzheimer's you know what I'm talking about. They can't remeber yesterday but are able to remember something that was long forgotten in normal state of something that happened 40 years ago. The brain is weird AF. Exploration in controlled settings is IMO important to humanity especially treating PTSD and addiction.
Not recognizing this is simply ignorance. An understanding that there are boundaries that can be pushed and broken in the proper settings is a realization of the consciousness. We know more about the physical universe than we know about how our brain constructs reality through electrical and chemical impulses.
Reality doesn't exist until observed. Understanding reality from a higher level of existentialism isn't capable without altered states. We are programed to forget middle term memories. Only a small sample of long term memories and can be pulled but are deeply implanted and still exist. If you have been around someone with dementia and or Alzheimer's you know what I'm talking about. They can't remeber yesterday but are able to remember something that was long forgotten in normal state of something that happened 40 years ago. The brain is weird AF. Exploration in controlled settings is IMO important to humanity especially treating PTSD and addiction.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:51 am to BuckyCheese
Here' the truth. Pot that most of the data came from used to push for legalization was from the 60s,70s, and 80s.
That pot, 5% to 7% THC. It's no longer that pot. So the data is outdated. We are talking now 30% THC.
It's why nobody had ever heard of CHS. I'm willing to bet that alot of people in this thread is now looking up "what is CHS and POT".
It's a very real thing.
Another very real thing is CHARF. Yep. It's a real thing. Cannabinoid hyperemesis acute renal failure.
Like I said. Pot today is not pot your pops smoked.
That pot, 5% to 7% THC. It's no longer that pot. So the data is outdated. We are talking now 30% THC.
It's why nobody had ever heard of CHS. I'm willing to bet that alot of people in this thread is now looking up "what is CHS and POT".
It's a very real thing.
Another very real thing is CHARF. Yep. It's a real thing. Cannabinoid hyperemesis acute renal failure.
Like I said. Pot today is not pot your pops smoked.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:54 am to stlslick
Delete
This post was edited on 8/23/21 at 7:30 am
Posted on 8/23/21 at 4:48 am to stlslick
Can’t fix stupid
Posted on 8/23/21 at 5:56 am to lsuson
Where I worked (ICU) we had random drug screens for a while.A very good nurse tested positive.He worked night shift which made him especially valuable.Management quit doing drug screens.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:15 am to chef tiger
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Some people just would rather be able to be happy and smoke pot.
Hope this whole smoking pot and a low stress job works out for these people. Odds are when this group hits their late 50’s and 60’s they will be the ones saying I don’t have enough money for retirement, the government should help me more. Again maybe it will work out for them but usually it doesn’t.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 6:25 am to stlslick
Maybe its other drugs too.
Do they do random alcohol screenings to make sure their drivers arent drinking?
Do they do random alcohol screenings to make sure their drivers arent drinking?
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:22 pm to Jjdoc
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Another very real thing is CHARF. Yep. It's a real thing. Cannabinoid hyperemesis acute renal failure.
Agreed. Weed smokers also react to opioids and pain killers the same way a very heavy drinker does. They have a built up tolerance. A standard dose of painkillers is ineffective for pot smokers. They have to take much more to achieve the same effects as a standard pain killer dose.
This post was edited on 8/23/21 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:35 pm to stlslick
I'll never understand addiction to weed and alcohol. Both are overrated as hell.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:45 pm to Jjdoc
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Another very real thing is CHARF. Yep. It's a real thing. Cannabinoid hyperemesis acute renal failure.
It's real, but it's also something that is mainly only a risk for very heavy pot users. Someone smoking a joint or bowl at night to unwind and relax isn't at much risk for it.
I do know someone that did suffer from it. He works on a pot farm though, and he wasn't smoking regular pot but some super concentrated hash oil or something. I forget what he called it. And he was smoking a LOT of it.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:47 pm to ElRoos
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I'll never understand addiction to weed and alcohol. Both are overrated as hell.
I'll give you weed, and I'm a daily user. Its WAY overrated.
Booze works too well, that's the primary issue with it.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:49 pm to stlslick
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no go, because
Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooser
He probably lives with his mom
Posted on 8/23/21 at 12:50 pm to Abstract Queso Dip
quote:
When a person is intelligent and approaches consumption of anything with an open mind... innovation, creativity, motivation and many things can occur. Stepping out of the box or comfort zone is often positive for character growth. Many of the greatest inventions, literature, and innovations were done by people that stepped out of the comfort zone whether it be by chemical influences or traveling across the globe experiencing different cultures.
Not recognizing this is simply ignorance. An understanding that there are boundaries that can be pushed and broken in the proper settings is a realization of the consciousness. We know more about the physical universe than we know about how our brain constructs reality through electrical and chemical impulses.
Reality doesn't exist until observed. Understanding reality from a higher level of existentialism isn't capable without altered states. We are programed to forget middle term memories. Only a small sample of long term memories and can be pulled but are deeply implanted and still exist. If you have been around someone with dementia and or Alzheimer's you know what I'm talking about. They can't remeber yesterday but are able to remember something that was long forgotten in normal state of something that happened 40 years ago. The brain is weird AF. Exploration in controlled settings is IMO important to humanity especially treating PTSD and addiction.
^ This guy knows
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