I have a serious question. Are the effects of marijuana increased in high-altitude environments? Does it slow down response time? Because if that’s the case, CO would be about the worst place to legalize marijuana.
There’s someplace called anyplace I heard of that is absolutely the worst place to legalize marijuana.
It seems to me that if pot smoking impairs blood flow to the brain, then altitude would increase the effect.
Altitude could play a part; there are no statistics like this coming from Washington, the other state that legalized.
Mile HIGH city?
I live in Colorado, but don’t do drugs, so I have no direct experience except to say that alcohol at this altitude has a greater effect for some.
It seems to take visitors less alcohol to get tipsy than closer to sea level.
I’m not sure the altitude affects those of us who live here, though. You do get used to the thinner air eventually. I live at about 9,500 feet or so, and it bothered me at first, but hasn’t for a long time.
I get altitude sickness above around 13,000 feet and that hasn’t changed at all over the years, so getting used to the altitude does seem to have concrete limits. I’ve only hiked above 13,000 feet twice and the last time I got very ill and had to descend rapidly. I’ll never manage to hike all of the 14ers.
You ask a good question - wondering if anyone has a more definative answer?