re: 33 myths about marijuana

My gas mileage improves by 5 or 6 miles a gallon on long, stoned road trips.

ETA: Sober, stimulated, or two beers deep HempHead will regularly go 80-90mph on the interstate.

Stoned HempHead goes about 68, usually using a slow as balls big rig as a pace car.

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It's not a physiologically addictive drug. I've argued this over and over with people who cite the Diagnostics and Statistics Manual used by psychologists desiring to make a buck off chumps with their unnecessary BS therapy.

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The larger issue is that as an illegal substance it's not uncommon to cut with substances that are physiologically addictive. But that's a whole other discussion and IMO is part of why it should be legalized and regulated.

There's definitely a psychological potential for addiction. You can bitch about the DSM all you want, but addiction isn't just physiological. Consider gambling addiction, compulsive spending, porn, etc. It might not be life threatening in withdrawal or usage but it can be disruptive to how you function on a day to day basis if it's abused. I've known successful people who smoke pot without issue. On the flip side I've known people where pot was just a jumping off point for harder shite when they built up a significant tolerance to it. Or will lose their shite if they can't get any, especially if they're self-medicating in the place of anti-anxiety meds.

I think it's incredible naive to assume it can't be addictive just because there isn't significant physical withdrawal from it when someone wants to stop. I do think there's benefits to pot, especially medically when you consider using THC doses to replace HIGHLY addictive opioids. I'll be interested to see studies down the road in areas where it's been legalized stateside on the addiction aspect.

Here is one that is entirely true....

Every friend I have ever had was more of a dumbass with weed than without but none of them were aware of it.

This seems like a good thread to post a pic of my new babies.



Between me and the roommate, we'll have a dozen plants. I'm waiting on a guy to get back into town to buy the last four clones, since he has a couple stains I want to grow, but couldn't find at any stores in town. Apparently everyone who wants to grow outdoors has been buying them up like crazy. A place called La Contes Clone Bar, with multiple locations, had a total of four clones between all of their stores.

Once they start getting some size, I'll transfer them into 10 gallon felt bags. While legal, we're gonna cut down some shitty bushes to try to be more discreet. I'm in a progressive, though nice part of Colorado. So I don't want to be to blatant about it.

My ex had family in research labs at UK that were studying the potential for THC treatments in colitis patients. They were seeing evidence that it helped regenerate cells within the colon and intestine, where colitis essentially breaks down that tissue. I want to say it had a ten year track on it so it'll be a couple more years before they publish any results. Pretty cool stuff.

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That depending on who you buy from, it's not uncommon for it to laced with other addictive substances that can cause a dependence issue.

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You think people are "cutting" weed with another drug?

Seriously asking, what do you think weed looks like when it's bought?

Did people put razor blades in his Halloween candy also?

Sounds like it was the criminalization that was bad. For fricking 1.5 grams. Mother fricking unbelievable.

Well it was more like for 1.5 grams and a sip of beer. I got put on probation for the weed, then several months later I got a freaking citation for Minor In Possession of Alcohol (a month before I turned 21) because I was the closest one to an open can of beer when the ATF rolled up on our tailgate before a concert. Sent my weed case back to court because of that and the judge was on his period that day and locked me up threatening to make me sit in county jail for the max which was 3-6 months. Oh, and this was only in 2012 too.