Posted on 07/01/2016 6:11:28 AM PDT by Wolfie
“Where did you get your M.D. degree?”
It doesn’t take a mental heavy weight to recognize self inflicted idiocy.
“It doesn’t take a mental heavy weight to recognize self inflicted idiocy.”
Or to dismiss empirical data from the Salk Institute because your good time comes out of a bottle.
As usual, the meter gets pegged on both sides, with advocates latching onto every possible medical benefit and opponents calling them all stoners. There are established, legitimate medical uses for THC. Eye pressure relief for glaucoma sufferers, help with nausea and inappetence for cancer patients, and no doubt others. If there is legitimate benefit for people suffering dementia from Alzheimers, then it’s a good thing. Alzheimers is an awful disease. But, that doesn’t provide a rationale for recreational use merely to get a high. Some people will always abuse otherwise beneficial substances, if a high can be achieved from doing so. A glass of red wine a day is good for heart health, a bottle a day is substance abuse. Same with “medical” marijuana.
I have never smoked pot in my life. Although I wasn’t raised in the sex drugs and rock n roll era you did. Baby Boomers destroyed this country and still are doing so.
They would cure too many things & put themselves out of business, or at least as much business!
Your supposition is that everyone relies on “substances” for a good time. It will most likely come as a great surprise or a complete disbelief to you that some people derive the same pleasures and even greater “highs” on sunsets, birds singing, and any number of other blessings free for the taking by everyone, no “substances” required. Poor you if you aren’t so blessed.
“Your supposition is that everyone relies on “substances” for a good time.”
Sorry, but your psychic information is a bit off as I’m drug free. But thanks for clueing me in on one more self-righteous SOB to avoid in the future.
I’m with you regarding terminal folks, but the recreational drug users should all die quickly to be less of a burden IMO.
Yeah, I'm not going to violate anyone's privacy for you, but I'm known quite a few highly successful, reliable, responsible folks who were extreme users, some of whom were definitely doing it for self-medication purposes, eg incapacitating Vietnam-era PSTD. However I'm sure we've also met plenty of folks who indulge in recreational use just because, just like 3-martini lunches used to be the thing, or doing a couple of lines to perk up the mid-afternoon used to be popular in the 80s...Executives who do this truly annoy me.
I agree.
I think both can be good for a person. Coconut oil is the only one I can use if I want to keep my job.
Although we have one girl using illegal steroids to bulk up. Pot would be safer for sure.
coconut oil has many health benefits.
Been there, done that, then I forgot where I put my stash.
No way in hell does the stuff help your memory.
This is weed industry propaganda.
I have bad memory issues and they have nothing to do with pot. It’s called 60 years old and having to take ASDs for the rest of my life.
It sucks. I’m glad I work alone and can cover some of my mistakes.
True dat! Free hemlock and poppy plants for all!!!!!
You’re right, many people only use occasionally. I smoked some many years ago after a tooth extraction because I got up with a dry socket and was in horrible pain.
Even when you only use it once every few years it isn’t hard to find. Just ask a couple Vietnam vets and you can usually find someone willing to help.
Why stop there? Why not alcohol drinkers? Cigarette smokers? Anyone with a chronic disease regardless whether self induced or not?
Recreational drug users are the worst problem and will get business owners in trouble with liability.
Drunk on the job is rare, but easy to stop.
Smoking in their own homes or in well ventilated areas would not be an issue.
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