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I never claimed to be conducting an experiment. This whole thread is opinion-based, so I'm not sure why you are holding me to any kind of scientific standard.

I never claimed to be conducting an experiment. This whole thread is opinion-based, so I'm not sure why you are holding me to any kind of scientific standard. I was simply asserting that I could perceive no difference in my abilities between times that I smoked and the periods of time where I didn't. At least not enough where I could make a statement similar to the OP where he detected a significant improvement in cognitive functioning after quitting.

DoreenMichele 9y ago
No, but you did essentially shoot down someone else's statement about what led to their growth. You can't have it both ways. You can't shoot them down and assert they are wrong because your experience disagrees with it, then say it is all just opinion, man. Either respect their opinion about their own life experience or defend your assertion that they are wrong with something stronger than personal opinion.
- jugg1es 9y ago
  I take your point. I did not intend to shoot them down or suggest that his personal growth was imaginary. However, I think you missed the main point of my post, which was to suggest that perhaps there was a comorbid reason for his perceived cognitive deficiencies that were not a direct result of marijuana, but related to known side effects, such as REM sleep disruption. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660250/
  - DoreenMichele 9y ago
    It comes across like your point is "Stop implying that I, personally, need to quit toking every day." Because the idea that drugs impair cognitive performance is hardly novel. It sounds like you feel personally threatened and you feel some need to shoot down the well established scientific fact that drugs impair cognitive function. There may be more going on in his life than marijuana impairing cognitive function, but you have absolutely no basis whatsoever to assert that they are wrong about their own life and there is some other explanation for the cognitive effects they experienced.
  - Toast_25 9y ago
    How do you mitigate the effects of marijuana on REM? I (mostly) quit even light drinking because I need a good nights sleep to function. I don't smoke much anymore, but more because I don't feel like I have a safe place to kick back and smoke than anything else. When I do smoke I feel tired the next day.
    - acct1771 9y ago
      Vaporize. Smoking is bad for you, and dehydrates you.

DoreenMichele 9y ago

No, but you did essentially shoot down someone else's statement about what led to their growth. You can't have it both ways. You can't shoot them down and assert they are wrong because your experience disagrees with it, then say it is all just opinion, man. Either respect their opinion about their own life experience or defend your assertion that they are wrong with something stronger than personal opinion.

jugg1es 9y ago
I take your point. I did not intend to shoot them down or suggest that his personal growth was imaginary. However, I think you missed the main point of my post, which was to suggest that perhaps there was a comorbid reason for his perceived cognitive deficiencies that were not a direct result of marijuana, but related to known side effects, such as REM sleep disruption. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4660250/
- DoreenMichele 9y ago
  It comes across like your point is "Stop implying that I, personally, need to quit toking every day." Because the idea that drugs impair cognitive performance is hardly novel. It sounds like you feel personally threatened and you feel some need to shoot down the well established scientific fact that drugs impair cognitive function. There may be more going on in his life than marijuana impairing cognitive function, but you have absolutely no basis whatsoever to assert that they are wrong about their own life and there is some other explanation for the cognitive effects they experienced.
- Toast_25 9y ago
  How do you mitigate the effects of marijuana on REM? I (mostly) quit even light drinking because I need a good nights sleep to function. I don't smoke much anymore, but more because I don't feel like I have a safe place to kick back and smoke than anything else. When I do smoke I feel tired the next day.
  - acct1771 9y ago
    Vaporize. Smoking is bad for you, and dehydrates you.