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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 45 and don't consider myself anti but I don't use any of it. I also don't drink. I smoked a little weed pre-kids and I used to drink alcohol but as I've gotten older I just stopped. Now I do yoga, meditate, eat better, and get solid sleep instead.

I think what I've realized is that most drugs (and alcohol) are bandaids for problems, and when abused of course they make them worse. It's an escape. I don't judge people who use that escape (like I said, I've done it too) but I am highly skeptical of claims that weed or psychedelics are actually helping people. Even my dad and my best friend, who have take weed to help with pain and nausea from cancer, didn't really report back impressive results.

I think at the end of the day [b]the only way to deal with the pain of life is to confront it and learn to release it without pharmaceutical assistance[/b]. That's what my meditation and mindfulness practices are for.[/quote]

So you don't think depression is real? Or you think it can be cured with yoga and some kale? I'm not talking situational depression, I'm talking chemically imbalanced depression. [/quote]

That is different because no one takes depression drugs because the high they get off them helps then chill out or "opens their mind." They are not recreational drugs that anyone would describe as fun to take. They are targeted drugs intended to disrupt a specific process in your brain (the reabsorption of serotonin) in order to help people with low serotonin levels get to a "normal" level that reduces depression symptoms. They fix the chemical imbalance. There is no risk of addiction with them. In fact, the problem with SSRIs is that they often have side effects that make them harder to take.

Weed and psychedelics don't do this. Like alcohol, they provide relief via obscuring or distracting from problems. They were not designed to address a chemical imbalance, they became popular because they are fun to take, and make people feel out if it or free from the worries of everyday life. Psychedelics specifically cause hallucinations, which is a full break from reality (if an SSRI caused hallucinations, you would be told to stop taking it -- with psychedelics it's the point). Weed, meanwhile, has the problem of or during a wide variety of effects on people depending in type, dose, and the person. It can be a depressant, a stimulant, or even a hallucinogen. The only medical application they've found for weed is pain relief. Weed in particular can be habit forming.

SSRIs, when they work properly, can help your brain function so that you can deal with your problems. Weed and psychedelics distract people from their problems.[/quote]

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