• PKMKII [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    Ah I see we’re still on that “the cannabis today is 100x bajillion times stronger than it was decades ago” bit so people don’t feel like massive hypocrites for supporting criminalization despite smoking weed in college.

  • sewer_rat_420 [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    I use weed daily, not because I can’t stop (I have no problem taking a t-break or having to take a day off because of circumstances) but because why the fuck not, because it helps my brain transition out of daily grind and stress and into mindless TV or video game playing.

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      2 months ago

      I wish I didn’t have such guilt when I use it regularly. It’s the only thing that allows me to focus on something and actually enjoy it, my adhd meds help me focus but they make me feel really scatterbrained and like I’m tweaking lol.

      I also worry it makes my depression and lack of motivation worse but idk. I just really enjoy it so its hard to stop. Sorry to randomly rant under your comment lol, just came to mind

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        2 months ago

        I worry about those things to. The guilt comes and goes, but I just try to focus on if weed is actually causing me problems. Sometimes I am using weed to avoid stuff I really need to do but often it is just an easy way to cope right now

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    It really sucks reading articles like these and holding the belief that addiction is serious and anyone can become addicted to anything. Cause like come on man, does it.make your brain try to break out of your skull prison like mine when I get no nicotine? Idk. Strange world. Absolutely abstract.

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    2 months ago

    A baby boomer who survived decades in kitchens can’t focus so well to learn to read music. Can’t think of any other reasons why a 75 year old would have cognitive issues other than pot. Switch to a dry herb vape instead of cartridges, and just be proud that you’re still kicking my dude.

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    Any addiction should be treated the same way:

    Decriminalization, destigmatization and plenty of help for quitting.

    Also a redefinition of addiction would be in order, as we don’t treat some things like a proper and possibly harmful addiction, while other more harmless things are treated in a hostile manner.

    It’s almost as if there’s a state sanctioned, profitable for companies consumption and a less profitable for companies, criminalized consumption and the problems are systemic…

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    I use it to get through the day because it is far and away the most effective painkiller I’ve come across and I can’t afford the $600 I’ll need to replace my orthotics right now

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    2 months ago

    ITT drug addicts deny their reality

    Edit: yall are proving my point with your defensive responses lol. There’s a lot of distance between “we should criminalise and imprison anyone caught with pot” and “nah it’s actually totally fine and healthy to numb myself every single day with a psychoactive chemical, I am not addicted at all” lol. I didn’t make a moral judgement, it’s just a statement of fact. And don’t come at me with “medicinal” either. Of course some people find weed medicinally beneficial. Like 10% of the population are estimated to have ADHD and the vast majority of them find amphetamines amazingly helpful in symptom reduction, that doesn’t make daily amphetamine use something we should recommend to the general population lol.

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    As someone who was legit addicted to hash/weed for over a decade, and experienced very real withdrawal symptoms for the best part of a month after quitting, I’m genuinely surprised by some of the responses to this post.

    There are studies that show that (iirc, I got the number from the drug councelor I went to but it’s been like 15 years) ~8% of users do actually get addicted to this stuff, regardless of what the agenda of the posted article may be it’s a real thing that does happen to real people.