America has a marijuana problem

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Morons

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Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

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Anonymous wrote:Morons

If you are referring to the recent scientific studies concluding Gen Z is the first generation to be less intelligent than their parents, then yes; your pejorative applies to Gen Z (though I would not have used such a vulgar term).

Is marijuana partly to blame for decreasing intelligence? Certainly.

Combine marijuana legalization with social media/screens, and the outcome is not surprising: young people are less intelligent than their parents and grandparents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Morons

If you are referring to the recent scientific studies concluding Gen Z is the first generation to be less intelligent than their parents, then yes; your pejorative applies to Gen Z (though I would not have used such a vulgar term).

Is marijuana partly to blame for decreasing intelligence? Certainly.

Combine marijuana legalization with social media/screens, and the outcome is not surprising: young people are less intelligent than their parents and grandparents.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-leading-neuroscientist-explains-why-generation-z-is-the-first-generation-to-be-less-intelligent-than-their-parents/ar-AA1VHuoh

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a menopausal woman who hadn’t slept well in years despite doing all the things, the sleep edibles have been a godsend. For the first time in ages I am sleeping deeply, well and consistently. The positive impact this has had on every part of my life is massive. FYI - consistent lack of adequate sleep has significant effects on all of the body’s systems.

Great for you, but this has nothing to do with the article or the need for regulation.

Sure it does. It does have benefits. Let’s not overlook people who live with chronic pain. I’d much rather my kids smoke weed or use edibles than drink. The horrors of alcohol are well documented for hundreds of years.

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Anonymous wrote:As a menopausal woman who hadn’t slept well in years despite doing all the things, the sleep edibles have been a godsend. For the first time in ages I am sleeping deeply, well and consistently. The positive impact this has had on every part of my life is massive. FYI - consistent lack of adequate sleep has significant effects on all of the body’s systems.

It's weird to me that you are using marijuana like a pharmaceutical yet don't want it to be regulated the way literally all pharmaceuticals, even OTC ones, are regulated. If you get a box of TylenolPM over the counter at CVS for $12, you can feel confident that the formulation is FDA approved, the facility it was manufactured in undergoes regular inspections, even the packaging it comes in has been reviewed and approved for containing accurate, not misleading, information, as well as appropriate warnings. Yet the pot gummies you are taking have none of this oversight. There is not even good consistence with dosing levels in edibles, in large part because the industry is so unregulated.

If these edibles are so essential for your health and well being, why wouldn't you want them to be regulated with the same level of quality control as a bottle of Advil? You only stand to benefit from that.

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Anonymous wrote:Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

I agree with all of this. It's really not just marijuana. It's this human desire to find a quick and easy way to deal with being alive, a state that often sucks, and then just finding ways to rationalize it. American culture is deep into its "magic pill" phase, where there is simply no problem that cannot be fixed with a drug. Of course this is untrue, and all drugs have negative side effects, including marijuana. But you are never supposed to point that out. Don't be a narc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a menopausal woman who hadn’t slept well in years despite doing all the things, the sleep edibles have been a godsend. For the first time in ages I am sleeping deeply, well and consistently. The positive impact this has had on every part of my life is massive. FYI - consistent lack of adequate sleep has significant effects on all of the body’s systems.

It's weird to me that you are using marijuana like a pharmaceutical yet don't want it to be regulated the way literally all pharmaceuticals, even OTC ones, are regulated. If you get a box of TylenolPM over the counter at CVS for $12, you can feel confident that the formulation is FDA approved, the facility it was manufactured in undergoes regular inspections, even the packaging it comes in has been reviewed and approved for containing accurate, not misleading, information, as well as appropriate warnings. Yet the pot gummies you are taking have none of this oversight. There is not even good consistence with dosing levels in edibles, in large part because the industry is so unregulated.

If these edibles are so essential for your health and well being, why wouldn't you want them to be regulated with the same level of quality control as a bottle of Advil? You only stand to benefit from that.

I'm not saying it couldn't be more regulated but in the states like MD where it is legal, it is regulated a great deal. However, that's not why OP keeps posting. She is against use, period. No amount of regulation is going to make her happy.

https://cannabis.maryland.gov/pages/law.aspx

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Op-ed paid for by Big Pharma

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

I agree with all of this. It's really not just marijuana. It's this human desire to find a quick and easy way to deal with being alive, a state that often sucks, and then just finding ways to rationalize it. American culture is deep into its "magic pill" phase, where there is simply no problem that cannot be fixed with a drug. Of course this is untrue, and all drugs have negative side effects, including marijuana. But you are never supposed to point that out. Don't be a narc.

Humans across all cultures have been making alcohol and using plants to manage/enhance being alive since the beginning of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

I agree with all of this. It's really not just marijuana. It's this human desire to find a quick and easy way to deal with being alive, a state that often sucks, and then just finding ways to rationalize it. American culture is deep into its "magic pill" phase, where there is simply no problem that cannot be fixed with a drug. Of course this is untrue, and all drugs have negative side effects, including marijuana. But you are never supposed to point that out. Don't be a narc.

As it has been pointed out so many times before, some of us use it in menopause to be able to sleep and function. I'm not going to debate with you about how I should be spending hours of my time every day on whatever holistic BS you're going to offer. This works and I see nothing wrong with getting a good night sleep. The alternative is much less healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

I agree with all of this. It's really not just marijuana. It's this human desire to find a quick and easy way to deal with being alive, a state that often sucks, and then just finding ways to rationalize it. American culture is deep into its "magic pill" phase, where there is simply no problem that cannot be fixed with a drug. Of course this is untrue, and all drugs have negative side effects, including marijuana. But you are never supposed to point that out. Don't be a narc.

Humans across all cultures have been making alcohol and using plants to manage/enhance being alive since the beginning of time.

And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

PP can choose to live her life any way she pleases. I'll do the same. Cannabis is safe and legal where I live and I'm going to keep using it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

I agree with all of this. It's really not just marijuana. It's this human desire to find a quick and easy way to deal with being alive, a state that often sucks, and then just finding ways to rationalize it. American culture is deep into its "magic pill" phase, where there is simply no problem that cannot be fixed with a drug. Of course this is untrue, and all drugs have negative side effects, including marijuana. But you are never supposed to point that out. Don't be a narc.

As it has been pointed out so many times before, some of us use it in menopause to be able to sleep and function. I'm not going to debate with you about how I should be spending hours of my time every day on whatever holistic BS you're going to offer. This works and I see nothing wrong with getting a good night sleep. The alternative is much less healthy.

I don’t think anyone is arguing that marijuana doesn’t have medicinal value. It’s clear that it does.

But that doesn’t mean that it is safe for recreational use. A lot of wonderful medicines should never be used recreationally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

I agree with all of this. It's really not just marijuana. It's this human desire to find a quick and easy way to deal with being alive, a state that often sucks, and then just finding ways to rationalize it. American culture is deep into its "magic pill" phase, where there is simply no problem that cannot be fixed with a drug. Of course this is untrue, and all drugs have negative side effects, including marijuana. But you are never supposed to point that out. Don't be a narc.

As it has been pointed out so many times before, some of us use it in menopause to be able to sleep and function. I'm not going to debate with you about how I should be spending hours of my time every day on whatever holistic BS you're going to offer. This works and I see nothing wrong with getting a good night sleep. The alternative is much less healthy.

I don’t think anyone is arguing that marijuana doesn’t have medicinal value. It’s clear that it does.

But that doesn’t mean that it is safe for recreational use. A lot of wonderful medicines should never be used recreationally.

In fact, a lot of people are arguing the opposite. Have you even bothered reading the responses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans love to deceive themselves about drugs.

They pretended like cigarettes weren't addictive and were healthy for a long time until the bodies started piling up by the millions in the morgue.

They pretended like opioids weren't addictive if you had pain, and then they legalized Oxy, which is essentially heroin, and overdose deaths went from manageable to 100,000 a year.

They pretend like giving big pharma the right to market on TV drugs that are worse than the illegal stuff won't create a nation of drug addicts supported by drug obsessed doctors who have never seen a treadmill they've liked.

And they pretend like marijuana is some kind of healthy ass drug when we all know people who've essentially dropped out of life because of it.

and yeah, there's people who do every one of these drugs in excess who do fine -- and we can all giggle about Snoop and Keith Richards -- but that's not the averages.

Agree that at least with alcohol when people drink it everyone knows what they are doing (except for when they told us a glass or two of red wine was great, and it created a breast cancer epidemic).

Good luck all. Don't believe what you read.

I agree with all of this. It's really not just marijuana. It's this human desire to find a quick and easy way to deal with being alive, a state that often sucks, and then just finding ways to rationalize it. American culture is deep into its "magic pill" phase, where there is simply no problem that cannot be fixed with a drug. Of course this is untrue, and all drugs have negative side effects, including marijuana. But you are never supposed to point that out. Don't be a narc.

As it has been pointed out so many times before, some of us use it in menopause to be able to sleep and function. I'm not going to debate with you about how I should be spending hours of my time every day on whatever holistic BS you're going to offer. This works and I see nothing wrong with getting a good night sleep. The alternative is much less healthy.

I don’t think anyone is arguing that marijuana doesn’t have medicinal value. It’s clear that it does.

But that doesn’t mean that it is safe for recreational use. A lot of wonderful medicines should never be used recreationally.

In fact, a lot of people are arguing the opposite. Have you even bothered reading the responses?

I posted strongly against the recreational use of marijuana but said nothing about medicinal use. I absolutely agree that it should be used medicinally. Prescribed and used. But not the Oxy prescriptions of the 1990’s.