*** “My experience: Every kid in high school as well as myself smoked the stuff. By the time I got into college it was obvious that good grades and pot were not compatible so the pot took a back seat.
What gets me is the fact that I could never solve the simplest calculation after the smallest consumption but there are a few people that I’ve worked with that were brilliant at work as programmers and engineers and smoked amounts that would have made completely useless. The stuff has different effects on people but by far the most common effect is effecting an amotivational condition on the user so they are prone to basically being lazy” ***
You basically summed it up for me but with (1) exception
I was the one that couldn’t think or solve problems if I smoked even a tiny amount... 40 years later I can look back and with certainty is that once I quit smoking dope #1 It took 3 years to get my Brain back 100% and #2 Once you get your Brain back the World is Wonderful
(Pot can make you exceptionally Stupid and Lazy, some idiots are actually memorable, I’ll find what homeless shelter they are living in and take them to our 50th re-union because I can still remember them)
“people that I’ve worked with that were brilliant at work as programmers and engineers...”
Same here. Friends who were in college and one in particular who seemed to master the effects of cannabis and make it work for him. He would stop in on his way to an important exam at a major 4-year school in the area and smoke down on some really potent “red bud” and then leave after winning a few games of ping pong down in the basement. He never failed and went on to lead a group of computer software engineers (IT) at Chrysler Corporation and then with a series of top automotive suppliers. I’d hate to think that an employer(s) could have fired him if he ever refused or failed a drug test for cannabis (THC).