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Cannibis use, whether smoked or eaten, linked to greater heart issues.

greenmonster said:
I still consider marijuana a gateway drug although there are those that dispute that. When you're told as a kid never take drugs, never associate with those that do, a line is formed in your mind. Once you smoke a little pot, usually to fit in with your teenage friends, you see that nothing bad actually happened that you that you were warned about, so it becomes easy to try harder drugs thinking they are harmless too.
Not saying everyone does this but heroin or meth is never someone's first drug. They work up to the hard stuff over time. And pot starts it off.
Also, you begin to associate with drug sellers engaged in criminal activities so there's the whole "mixing with the wrong crowd" thing that begins to happen.
True you can get a cannabis card but that hasn't stopped street sales.

I smoked weed in high school but once I turned 21 that was it for me. I grew tired of going to smoke filled parties where everyone was giggling at stupid stuff and not accomplishing anything. After a number of years like that I'd had enough.
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So what you're saying is, DARE made weed a gateway drug. Shame on you, Nancy Reagan!
 
tobacco, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, sugar, caffeine, gluttony, its all bad for you. Aren't there better things for these "researchers" to be looking at? Like figuring out how to keep my 45 minute commute from turning into a 2 hour commute because people are stupid?
 
greenmonster said:
I still consider marijuana a gateway drug although there are those that dispute that.
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A gateway to Posting!

Rtmac said:
Kissing must be the gateway to rape.
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Other way around....

Doobz said:
tobacco, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, sugar, caffeine, gluttony, its all bad for you.
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Ehhhh.....MJ and Caffeine have measurable benefits. And detriments. Several of my MJ using friends have more frequent/ stronger emotional issues when sober, but not always and It's possible they'd have them regardless and that MJ helps quell those issues.
 
It's a comparison that makes as much sense.
 
Rtmac said:
It's a comparison that makes as much sense.
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Sorry, but not really.

One is consensual, the other is not. A world of difference, it's kind of like saying a handshake is a gateway to murder.
 
I couldn't comment about THC's overall implications, but I stopped smoking ANY tobacco or cannabis because it negatively affects my vision. I've had some vision issues in the past year, which have now basically resolved, but I've realized it is a risk not worth taking.
 
Mike95060 said:
If my job involved interacting with people versus machine tools, I might imbibe in the workplace. I have no desire to be stoned around machine tools, ever. :laughing Two different mindsets for two different times.
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You're not wrong about the two different mindsets and the possible benefits therein.
But......I closely interact with my homeless veterans with mental health concerns. (....how dafuq could you be a homeless vet without mental health issues, but I digress....)
There are occasionally times where I could see it being an advantage from my side of the desk, especially with my combat PTSD guys.....but no.....it's just like being around sensitive machinery.....you really need to be as "present" as possible, even though it's tempting to want to "meet them where they are'.
The stakes are just too damn high.....I couldn't live with myself if I missed something subtle yet vitally important.
 
gixxerjeff said:
You're not wrong about the two different mindsets and the possible benefits therein.
But......I closely interact with my homeless veterans with mental health concerns. (....how dafuq could you be a homeless vet without mental health issues, but I digress....)
There are occasionally times where I could see it being an advantage from my side of the desk, especially with my combat PTSD guys.....but no.....it's just like being around sensitive machinery.....you really need to be as "present" as possible, even though it's tempting to want to "meet them where they are'.
The stakes are just too damn high.....I couldn't live with myself if I missed something subtle yet vitally important.
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No way man. I think you are dead on to be razor sharp in all your interactions in that realm. I recently became aware of a symptom of suicidal people who have made the final decision but haven't yet acted. They can appear to be doing really well during that time period. Apparently sudden "progress" can be a red flag. A red flag I think would be WAY to easy to miss if you were "hanging out" enjoying a buzz together. :thumbup to you for walking the walk and doing good work Jeff.
 
wasn't there a professional snow boarder that tested positive for pot and got banned because it was considered a performance enhancing drug?
 
Joe_13 said:
I once took a ride, mildly stoned...

Fucking terrifying.
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years ago me and my dude ate some mushrooms, went for a long walk. somehow ended up at a car dealership a couple of miles away. next morning i was laying in bed staring at the ceiling. he wakes up. doesn’t say anything. i ask nervously, ‘did we buy a car yesterday?’ he says, ‘yeah, i think we did’. we crawl out of bed and go look out the window. no clue how we got it home, but it was parked out front. a totally ridiculous ford sedan (yellow ffs). couldn’t stand the sight of it. traded it in a few weeks later on a trans am.
 
tuxumino said:
wasn't there a professional snow boarder that tested positive for pot and got banned because it was considered a performance enhancing drug?
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Yep. Robin Williams joked that marijuana is only a performance enhancing drug if there's a giant fucking Hershey bar at the end of the run :laughing
 
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