Daily alcohol: blunts my emotional pain, causes awful feelings in my stomach, does damage to multiple organ systems, is physically addictive, and gives you a hangover the next day.
Daily THC and other cannabinoids consumed via edibles: blunts my emotional pain, blunts my physical pain, has a minor effect on working memory when used over years that does not further inhibit cognitive ability or motivation, is not physically addictive, and has no impact on the next day.
Used to self medicate in vaguely controlled doses, it is a no-brainer. MJ is not perfect by any means, but it is world better than booze for frequent users.
After getting the shakes, sweating profusely and not being able to sleep for a few days when quitting, I really wouldn’t say it’s not physically addictive.
Wait, this is after giving up cannabis? That is not normal at all. There might be something else going on. I’ve gone from heavy smoker for years to completely sober over night and then maintained my sobriety for months without any adverse effects. I’ve probably done this 5 times in my life. I’ve literally never heard of anything similar to your withdrawal situation happening to anyone with cannabis.
The sweating and shaking is the parts I haven’t heard before, but as someone who has smoked a lot of weed and quit a few times, the problems with sleeping were definitely a thing for me. I’ve also worked in the industry for a while and have heard restlessness affecting other people who quit.
That’s fair. I have heard of the difficulty sleeping as well. The sweating and shaking threw me so much that I didn’t make an exception for the sleeping issues that that some people have when stopping use.
Drinking everyday is hell on your body let me tell you.
Daily cannabis feels great though.
I know several people who used cannabis to help them quit drinking and turned their lives around.
I tried that, but then I discovered doing both at the same time was even more fun.
riding the edge without spinning out is an art
That’s me, sorta. For the first time since I turned 21 (so almost 15 years), I can have just one drink and not want another. I didn’t even really try to cut back, it just happened naturally after I took up cannabis.
Looking back, it’s kind of incredible how much alcohol was bringing me down.
I’ve lost 50 lbs in the past year. It is almost entirely due to the fact that I replaced alcohol with weed after it became legal here. I sleep better, eat better, I’m less anxious, and I actually look forward to working out now.
It’s very hard to see any downsides.
If you ever go to the doctor and have nausea they will immediately try to diagnose you with CHS, even if none of your symptoms match CHS other than vomiting. I swear there is some competition to be the first one to diagnose a case after it became legal.
Thanks for the heads up. Pretty fucked we have to live in a world where we can’t be completely open with our health care professionals.
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i honestly don’t think this is good for your mental health, but i’m glad your body feels better (i hope you’re not smoking it)
It’s me, I’m the statistic
I’m a dapper dab man.
Technically, I am a daily consumer of cannabis, but in reality I microdose (one to two hits off a vape pen) before bed to combat chronic insomnia. I know many people have a glass of wine with dinner or a “night cap” before bed. I guess I am wondering what they mean by daily use.
Daily use would include what you do while also including people that consume it all day long.
Well done Mary Jane. Knew you could do it.
Lost her place in line again what a pity!
Go Stoners!
Recently quit drinking. Went to hit my disposable (only because I only got high once every few months or I’d have bought a refillable vape) and it was dead. Went to a shop yesterday to replace it. Found the gummies that we’d bought last year while doing spring cleaning.
We have a lot planned for today (Saturday) including going into farmland where you can pay to pick fresh fruit plus running some errands. But I’m getting high tonight.
That’s awesome. I hope it helps you stay sober!
Grazie! (I had to look up how to spell it.)
Newly legalized drug being used at a faster rate than when it was illegal.
Amazing. What a scoop.
I think you misread. The headline itself says that weed is being used more than alchohol, not more than it was when it was illegal.
For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making as recreational pot use became more mainstream and legal in nearly half of U.S. states.
Since the legality is the thing that has changed, that’s not that surprising.
Obviously legality of weed is related, but I’m arguing that there is a “scoop” here, that weed has passed a milestone; it’s more commonly used daily than alchohol.
Fair enough I guess, I just think that would be kind of expected. Alcohol is extremely expensive.
How cheap is weed where you are? Or how expensive is alcohol? Cause that doesn’t sound like my experience
I dunno, but alcohol at a bar is $12 for a hit, so. Is it more than that for weed?
If there’s bars with weed, yeah, I imagine a pre rolled joint will be about the same.
Cool, whatever stops you from drinking yourself to death I guess.
I don’t trust a news source still calling it marijuana. Marijuana is a Mexican weed that was used as racist propaganda against cannabis in the early 20th century.
I’m happy to see the wide-spread adoption of cannabis. It’s non-addictive (it can be habit forming), you can’t overdose on it, and withdrawal is non-existent. Alcohol is addictive, you can def die from consuming too much in a single sitting, and withdrawal can literally kill you.
I agree with you about it being a propaganda word, but you really should trust the Associated Press as a source.
Yeah, AP is good. But this does show a lack of understanding on the part of the author. I expect better of them.
It does show a lack of understanding, but I don’t expect better of them because that’s something that, in general, has been lost to history. It’s just not widely known. Plenty of regular cannabis users still call it marijuana.
My mother caught me high as fuck when I was ~16yo and asked me, “Have you been smoking the pot?”
The pot.
I laughed so hard it was impossible to lie that I wasn’t high.
I have a vague memory of a comedian (Kevin Meaney maybe) talking about his dad asking him if he was “smoking the pot” whenever he said something his dad didn’t understand.
The nomenclature doesn’t really matter. In Oklahoma its called a “Medical Marijuana Card” you have to get to consume
So statistically speaking, at least some of the cool kids are doing it?
Shiny happy people all around!
This is exactly why marijuana will remain illegal in France. The wine industry will not allow such verdant competition.
It’s only marijuana if it’s from the Marijuana region of France. Otherwise, it’s sparkling cannabis.
This is a beautiful comment.
It’s just the same old joke… At least it’s better than surrender monkeys I guess.
Why not both??
