America has a marijuana problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I only recently realized that a surprising (to me) number of people use WFH as a way to get high during the work day. At the same time, I discovered that someone I serve on a board with, who I had previously thought was just very, very lazy, is actually high during all of our meetings.

I don't think the answer to this is to ban marijuana, but it did make me start to feel that, yes, we have a "marijuana problem." As in, our society has not figured a time and place for marijuana. I don't want to work with people who are frequently zoned out or not finishing work because they are high. I have no problem with them getting high on their own time. How do we even fix this though?

This is so typical of people who constantly harp about THC. You know one lazy coworker who doesn't do his job because he is high and your conclusion is that all of the people who work from home are getting high? I worked from home for years. Never once did I get drunk or high. I also don't drink or get high when I'm in the office (plenty of drinking at my office during work hours, but that's totally fine, right). So I conclude based on my personal experience and my personal behavior that we do not have a "marijuana problem."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Simple yes or no question here.

Does marijuana impair your judgment?

Was there anyone in this thread who claimed that it doesn't? So does alcohol, and many, many other prescribed medications. That's why you have disclaimers not to drive when taking so many of them. Do you think this is some kind of a "got ya" question or an argument against using THC?

Because it stinks, it is easy to tell when someone is smoking and driving. But police can’t pull them over unless they are driving erratically.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Simple yes or no question here.

Does marijuana impair your judgment?

Was there anyone in this thread who claimed that it doesn't? So does alcohol, and many, many other prescribed medications. That's why you have disclaimers not to drive when taking so many of them. Do you think this is some kind of a "got ya" question or an argument against using THC?

Because it stinks, it is easy to tell when someone is smoking and driving. But police can’t pull them over unless they are driving erratically.

Police can't pull people over after smelling marijuana? Please stop making shit up. I beg you. It's comical at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a question, what is the clinical dosage of THC to aid sleep for a 57 year old female that is 5’6” and 129lbs.?

10 mg of a hybrid or indica should do you fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a question, what is the clinical dosage of THC to aid sleep for a 57 year old female that is 5’6” and 129lbs.?

Nobody knows, of course.

Part of the reason is because it was federally illegal for so long when actual studies could have been done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Simple yes or no question here.

Does marijuana impair your judgment?

I'd say yes, but that's not a simple question - dosage and method of consumption matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Simple yes or no question here.

Does marijuana impair your judgment?

Was there anyone in this thread who claimed that it doesn't? So does alcohol, and many, many other prescribed medications. That's why you have disclaimers not to drive when taking so many of them. Do you think this is some kind of a "got ya" question or an argument against using THC?

Because it stinks, it is easy to tell when someone is smoking and driving. But police can’t pull them over unless they are driving erratically.

Like every other driver in the area

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw this comment posted and completely agree with it:

One of the things that makes weed so dangerous is that its users have a totally fanciful, almost supernatural faith in the substance itself. Alcohol can be dangerous, but everyone who drinks alcohol knows that and will admit it. You'll never hear anyone argue that there are no dangers or downsides to alcohol. But most pot smokers honestly believe, or have convinced themselves, that there is no downside to their drug of choice. You can get high every day for 50 years and nothing bad will happen. There are no tradeoffs, they insist. Literally all of the data, all of the research, all of our experience, not to mention basic common sense, conflicts with this belief, but they don't care. The average pot smoker is much more likely to smoke in excess precisely because the whole mythology of pot is that there is no such thing as excess.

As is being proven repeatedly here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a question, what is the clinical dosage of THC to aid sleep for a 57 year old female that is 5’6” and 129lbs.?

Nobody knows, of course.

Part of the reason is because it was federally illegal for so long when actual studies could have been done.

And also, tolerance matters. Again, if this was actually studied clinically there would be better answers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a question, what is the clinical dosage of THC to aid sleep for a 57 year old female that is 5’6” and 129lbs.?

10 mg of a hybrid or indica should do you fine.

It's in the ballpark - although I would caution REM sleep/overall sleep quality for me is always worse per my watch (I know an imperfect measurement device). A good reason it shouldn't be used as a crutch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wasn’t thrilled when my 18-year-old daughter started using edibles in college because she wasn’t into drinking or doing drugs, but she mentioned it helped with homesickness. One weekend, we decided to try them together, and honestly, it was the most relaxed I’d felt in a while. Now, a few months later, I use them daily too. They help ease my worry about my baby being away at college and give her comfort when she misses home. I don’t see this as a problem, it’s helped a lot, but to each their own.

Is that legal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only recently realized that a surprising (to me) number of people use WFH as a way to get high during the work day. At the same time, I discovered that someone I serve on a board with, who I had previously thought was just very, very lazy, is actually high during all of our meetings.

I don't think the answer to this is to ban marijuana, but it did make me start to feel that, yes, we have a "marijuana problem." As in, our society has not figured a time and place for marijuana. I don't want to work with people who are frequently zoned out or not finishing work because they are high. I have no problem with them getting high on their own time. How do we even fix this though?

This is so typical of people who constantly harp about THC. You know one lazy coworker who doesn't do his job because he is high and your conclusion is that all of the people who work from home are getting high? I worked from home for years. Never once did I get drunk or high. I also don't drink or get high when I'm in the office (plenty of drinking at my office during work hours, but that's totally fine, right). So I conclude based on my personal experience and my personal behavior that we do not have a "marijuana problem."

I just don't think people should be using marijuana while working, and was really surprised to find out that it's relatively common. Like I said, I don't think it should be illegal, but I am uncomfortable with the idea that we've normalized using pot even while working for many people.

I feel the same way about alcohol. Zero problems with people drinking and glad alcohol is legal, but if I found out a lot of people I work with were drinking on the job, or that someone I work closely with and rely on to be at his best was frequently drunk during our work together, I would be really bothered by it.

I don't get why this is a bad take or why you are upset with me for it?

[Anonymous]

NO America has a treasonous Pedophile problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I only recently realized that a surprising (to me) number of people use WFH as a way to get high during the work day. At the same time, I discovered that someone I serve on a board with, who I had previously thought was just very, very lazy, is actually high during all of our meetings.

I don't think the answer to this is to ban marijuana, but it did make me start to feel that, yes, we have a "marijuana problem." As in, our society has not figured a time and place for marijuana. I don't want to work with people who are frequently zoned out or not finishing work because they are high. I have no problem with them getting high on their own time. How do we even fix this though?

This is so typical of people who constantly harp about THC. You know one lazy coworker who doesn't do his job because he is high and your conclusion is that all of the people who work from home are getting high? I worked from home for years. Never once did I get drunk or high. I also don't drink or get high when I'm in the office (plenty of drinking at my office during work hours, but that's totally fine, right). So I conclude based on my personal experience and my personal behavior that we do not have a "marijuana problem."

I just don't think people should be using marijuana while working, and was really surprised to find out that it's relatively common. Like I said, I don't think it should be illegal, but I am uncomfortable with the idea that we've normalized using pot even while working for many people.

I feel the same way about alcohol. Zero problems with people drinking and glad alcohol is legal, but if I found out a lot of people I work with were drinking on the job, or that someone I work closely with and rely on to be at his best was frequently drunk during our work together, I would be really bothered by it.

I don't get why this is a bad take or why you are upset with me for it?

You provided one example and then claimed it was common. How did you come to that conclusion based on one coworker? Of course, it shouldn't be used while working, just like drinking, or pain killers, or sedatives, etc. I'm upset because you're making huge generalizations based on one example. It's not logical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s a question, what is the clinical dosage of THC to aid sleep for a 57 year old female that is 5’6” and 129lbs.?

10 mg of a hybrid or indica should do you fine.

It's in the ballpark - although I would caution REM sleep/overall sleep quality for me is always worse per my watch (I know an imperfect measurement device). A good reason it shouldn't be used as a crutch.

What do you suggest for menopausal women who can't sleep?