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If only it was legal, I'd happily replace my alcohol use with cannabis, and I don't think I'm alone in my age group. Not a big surprise that that yields improve

by vga42 7mo ago

If only it was legal, I'd happily replace my alcohol use with cannabis, and I don't think I'm alone in my age group. Not a big surprise that that yields improved brain health.

scotty79 7mo ago
Imagine you could replace with just existing. That said, when I walked through the main street of my city after dark, I thought replacing all the drunks with stoned would have been a major improvement.
- FeteCommuniste 7mo ago
  Yeah if I were navigating a crowd of people and had to choose a substance for them to be zonked out on, marijuana would be near the top. Or MDMA, haha.
  - padjo 7mo ago
    Dunno if I could handle everyone hugging me and telling me how much they loved me.
    - scotty79 7mo ago
      Especially during flu season.
Cthulhu_ 7mo ago
*if it does, this is just one study. That said, because it's not legal in many places, any health effects are understudied (not unlike hallicunogens). There's plenty of movements that push for more study though. Anyway, it's legal where I live, I avoided it for a long time because of reasons but it tends to give similar relaxing / depresant effects to alcohol, minus the downsides. I'm confident Big Alcohol is pushing hard against legalizing and developing cannabis. As is the government, because alcohol is heavily taxed and therefore a big source of income.
emsign 7mo ago
You don't have to replace alcohol with anything. If its self medication you should ask yourself or an expert how to lower stress with behavior or life style change. Apart from that a better medication would be Ketamine which is also a NMDA receptor antagonist like alcohol but not as destructive to every cell in the body. Except your bladder.
- DonHopkins 7mo ago
  And pee my pants and Heil Hitler like Elon Musk? No thank you.
D-Machine 7mo ago
I don't find the effects of the two substances to be at all comparable, except perhaps that both make it somewhat easier to enjoy low-quality and/or mediocre foods and entertainment. Otherwise, the effects on ability to e.g. think quickly, socialize, be motivated, and enjoy things that require e.g. fast attention switching and working memory are just totally different. Obviously the effects of different substances for different individuals can vary profoundly, and alcohol for me is far superior in almost every way imaginable. Which sucks, because the long-term and next-day side effects of cannabis seem so much less bad.

by vga42 7mo ago

If only it was legal, I'd happily replace my alcohol use with cannabis, and I don't think I'm alone in my age group. Not a big surprise that that yields improved brain health.

scotty79 7mo ago

Imagine you could replace with just existing. That said, when I walked through the main street of my city after dark, I thought replacing all the drunks with stoned would have been a major improvement.

FeteCommuniste 7mo ago
Yeah if I were navigating a crowd of people and had to choose a substance for them to be zonked out on, marijuana would be near the top. Or MDMA, haha.
- padjo 7mo ago
  Dunno if I could handle everyone hugging me and telling me how much they loved me.
  - scotty79 7mo ago
    Especially during flu season.

Cthulhu_ 7mo ago

*if it does, this is just one study. That said, because it's not legal in many places, any health effects are understudied (not unlike hallicunogens). There's plenty of movements that push for more study though. Anyway, it's legal where I live, I avoided it for a long time because of reasons but it tends to give similar relaxing / depresant effects to alcohol, minus the downsides. I'm confident Big Alcohol is pushing hard against legalizing and developing cannabis. As is the government, because alcohol is heavily taxed and therefore a big source of income.

emsign 7mo ago

You don't have to replace alcohol with anything. If its self medication you should ask yourself or an expert how to lower stress with behavior or life style change. Apart from that a better medication would be Ketamine which is also a NMDA receptor antagonist like alcohol but not as destructive to every cell in the body. Except your bladder.

DonHopkins 7mo ago
And pee my pants and Heil Hitler like Elon Musk? No thank you.

D-Machine 7mo ago

I don't find the effects of the two substances to be at all comparable, except perhaps that both make it somewhat easier to enjoy low-quality and/or mediocre foods and entertainment. Otherwise, the effects on ability to e.g. think quickly, socialize, be motivated, and enjoy things that require e.g. fast attention switching and working memory are just totally different. Obviously the effects of different substances for different individuals can vary profoundly, and alcohol for me is far superior in almost every way imaginable. Which sucks, because the long-term and next-day side effects of cannabis seem so much less bad.