Man weed ain't addictive

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[–]mongre 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I've been growing cannabis, working as an advocate and activist for over 20 years. This (low effort) attempt to discredit the "devil's lettuce" is typical of reefer madness, older people who would happily pop vicodin 4x a day then scoff at weed for being a lazy hippie drug.

No drug will wipe out pain but I've seen close to 100 people go from being totally dependent on opiates to function, ditch those awful pills for a few puffs throughout the day.

Weed is benign but like anything can be abused. The simple facts surrounding cannabis are so warped from decades of propaganda. This is because cannabis competes with pharmaceutical drugs, timber, textiles, oil (especially oil), plastics, timber and law enforcement agencies deriving their budget from the "war on drugs" (eg private prisons)

Don't be fooled. Alcohol is far worse and enjoying cannabis can be a very rewarding spiritual experience once you get past the bullshit you've been fed for the past 70 years.

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I love weed, but ... defending your substance is one of the hallmarks of addiction. A habit is something you do every day. Do you get high every day? I do. I'm getting high as I write this. I have quit for long periods though, it gives you perspective. Like I realize I'm an addict.

I don't like when potheads throw alcohol or opiates under the bus. We ban people's pain meds for cancer and tell them they can get high instead... And if they can squeak by on weed, you call that a win. It's not a good thing. Pot has its problems too.

cannabis competes with pharmaceutical drugs

Cannabis is a multi billion dollar itself. You telling me hundreds of dollars for an oz of weed ain't super exploitative.

[–]mongre 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don't think I'm addicted but I do enjoy it. I spend large periods of time without it and it doesn't bother me one bit.

We ban people's pain meds for cancer

There hasn't been a single cancer patient that I know of that has been kept from opiates. They prescribe them like candy. I've helped a lot of people dying from cancer and they all have been destroyed not only from the disease, but the opiates really mess them up. Cannabis is effective at getting them off opiates and countless people have switched to managing pain with the evil weed.

If you.knew the amount of work that went in to that oz of weed you might not complain as much about prices, though. It's not easy.

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There hasn't been a single cancer patient that I know of that has been kept from opiates

https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2020/opioids-cancer-pain-oncologists-decreasing-prescriptions

It is unforgivable.