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I have a strong dislike for these artificial THC drug pushes, because they ignore the real issue: the fact that marijuana helps people with a variety of medical
by arca_vorago 11y ago
I have a strong dislike for these artificial THC drug pushes, because they ignore the real issue: the fact that marijuana helps people with a variety of medical ailments is largely because of the over 400+ cannabinoids, of which THC-cb1 and THC-cb2 are only two, while we are ignoring the other ones individually and as a compound/complementary effect.
For example, I know vets with PTSD who say mj is the only thing that helps them, but some of them are in states where the VA will stop providing care or withhold medication/treatment/payments if they test positive... but the VA has a deal with some pharmaceutical companies and it's legal to give two variations of synthetic THC, and every single one of the guys I know who have tried it have said it was nothing like mj, provided almost none of the benefits, and was often a very negative experience.
Don't misunderstand, I worked in biotech for a while and encourage the learning process of using methods like this to potentially produce and study certain drugs, but this is a drug that doesn't have a supply problem, because it's everywhere, it's easy to grow, it only has a legal problem. Synthetics seem like a way to capitalize legally on a black market that shouldn't exist.
- makmanalp 11y agoThis is exactly why I have an issue with meal replacement (e.g. soylent) stuff being used in the long term, or reductionistic nutrition advice that considers food only as a source of protein, carbs, fat and fiber. The fact is, we're discovering a ton of compounds in a ton of foods that have unexpected effects and benefits, not to mention synergistic effects that happen only when multiple compounds are together. To pretend that we know how all of it works seems like hubris to me.
- aianus 11y ago> To pretend that we know how all of it works seems like hubris to me. If nobody gives living on eg. Soylent a shot, we'll never learn one way or the other.
- scott_karana 11y agoAbsolutely true. However, to make rules without foundation (like the VA disallows cannabis) is just shabby, which is what I think GP was mainly talking about :)
- CuriouslyC 11y agoThe problem is that in order to really "test" the hypothesis that soylent is equivalent to a healthy diet, you need to compare them under conditions of stress, and over long time periods. Sure soylent might work for the average sedentary type in the short term, but how does it fare for an athlete pushing the boundaries of their body? Additionally, what is the lifespan of a soylent consumer compared to someone who eats a high quality diet loaded with vegetables? I would argue both cases would show the vast inferiority of soylent.
- aianus 11y agoOff topic but, what's the point of living longer if you waste a fifth of your days cooking, cleaning, and eating?
- redblacktree 11y agoWhat's the point of living longer if I have to consume bland, tasteless crap every time I get hungry?
- aianus 11y agoYou'll free up lots of time and money to do better things than eating? Sex, work, sleep, punching myself in the face, pretty much anything beats cooking, eating, and cleaning.