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I don't think it is really that "harmful" if you eat/vaporize it. That being said, it certainly does reduce motivation/focus when used to excess.

Alupis 11y ago
> I don't think it is really that "harmful" if you eat/vaporize it. This is exactly the responses I was talking about. The study clearly says THC causes the harmful cognition effects. You're still getting THC by eating/vaporizing it! (otherwise it'd be a pointless activity). Consumption method is pretty irrelevant, other than less carcinogens when not smoking it (the only appreciable difference between consumption methods).
- squeaky-clean 11y ago
  > The study clearly says THC causes the harmful cognition effects. This is also just a single study with some questionable methods. It's just as ignorant to blindly dismiss this study as it is to blindly accept it.
  - Alupis 11y ago
    > This is also just a single study with some questionable methods How many studies need to come out before folks start to accept that maybe their favorite pastime isn't so harmless after all? It's fairly obvious introducing chemicals to your body long term will have undesirable side effects. In the end, it doesn't matter how harmful or harmless this substance is. People will continue to use and abuse it regardless. But we should not reject modern studies simply because we want to believe old data.
    - mbrock 11y ago
      No, that's not fairly obvious! "Chemical" in this context is meaningless... so you're basically claiming that eating anything is harmful to the pristine state of the body uncontaminated by "chemicals" (aka molecules).
- c22 11y ago
  I don't think consumption method is irrelevant, cannabis contains more cannabinoids than just THC. Methods that concentrate for THC in oils will have less of these. Vaporizors that heat the cannabis to specific temperatures will release a different subset of them and your body will metabolize them differently and at different rates when consumed. I notice a range of mental and physical differences when I consume marijuana that are dependant on the preparation and method of consumption.
- CuriouslyC 11y ago
  You misunderstand. A reduction in motivation isn't inherently harmful - it's only society's value system that causes you to view it a "harm". A society where people valued relaxed socializing more might view a reduction in compulsive need to be "doing stuff" as a benefit. Lung cancer, on the other hand, doesn't have a positive reference frame.

Alupis 11y ago

> I don't think it is really that "harmful" if you eat/vaporize it. This is exactly the responses I was talking about. The study clearly says THC causes the harmful cognition effects. You're still getting THC by eating/vaporizing it! (otherwise it'd be a pointless activity). Consumption method is pretty irrelevant, other than less carcinogens when not smoking it (the only appreciable difference between consumption methods).

squeaky-clean 11y ago
> The study clearly says THC causes the harmful cognition effects. This is also just a single study with some questionable methods. It's just as ignorant to blindly dismiss this study as it is to blindly accept it.
- Alupis 11y ago
  > This is also just a single study with some questionable methods How many studies need to come out before folks start to accept that maybe their favorite pastime isn't so harmless after all? It's fairly obvious introducing chemicals to your body long term will have undesirable side effects. In the end, it doesn't matter how harmful or harmless this substance is. People will continue to use and abuse it regardless. But we should not reject modern studies simply because we want to believe old data.
  - mbrock 11y ago
    No, that's not fairly obvious! "Chemical" in this context is meaningless... so you're basically claiming that eating anything is harmful to the pristine state of the body uncontaminated by "chemicals" (aka molecules).
c22 11y ago
I don't think consumption method is irrelevant, cannabis contains more cannabinoids than just THC. Methods that concentrate for THC in oils will have less of these. Vaporizors that heat the cannabis to specific temperatures will release a different subset of them and your body will metabolize them differently and at different rates when consumed. I notice a range of mental and physical differences when I consume marijuana that are dependant on the preparation and method of consumption.
CuriouslyC 11y ago
You misunderstand. A reduction in motivation isn't inherently harmful - it's only society's value system that causes you to view it a "harm". A society where people valued relaxed socializing more might view a reduction in compulsive need to be "doing stuff" as a benefit. Lung cancer, on the other hand, doesn't have a positive reference frame.