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Completely anecdotal but i saw friends who moved on to long term use of "skunk" in the UK change a lot. They never kept up with the pack or reached close to the
by swarnie_ 9y ago
Completely anecdotal but i saw friends who moved on to long term use of "skunk" in the UK change a lot. They never kept up with the pack or reached close to their potential and ended up drifting away from the friendship group.
- lovemenot 9y agoanother valid perspective: it was you and your retrospectively selected "friendship group", who drifted away from those people. Sounds like you have a one-dimensional view of change and potential.
- swarnie_ 9y agoI have nothing against cannabis, i support its legalization. This stuff was marketed as particularly potent and really screwed with peoples minds after long term use.
- madaxe_again 9y agoWhen you say "potential" and "screwed with minds", what do you mean? They decided that career and kids and a two bed semi weren't the most important things in life?
- swarnie_ 9y agoI fell there was a correlation between the use of this heavier strain of cannabis and still not having a job at 28 years old.
- rainbowmverse 9y agoThere's a reason "correlation does not equal causation" is such a popular heuristic.
- swarnie_ 9y agoMaybe so, but i did prefaced my comment with "Completely anecdotal" I can only speak for a sample size of 3 people out of 40.
- madaxe_again 9y agoI've smoked pretty much daily since I was 23 - started a business, grew it to a £3M+ turnover over a decade, sold out 18 months ago. Correlate all you like, but if it's causative, then I need to disappear in a puff of logic.
- swarnie_ 9y agoCongratulations on your success and survivor bias Madaxe.
- greenhatman 9y agoJust my personal experience: it messes with my concentration and short term memory. For at least a few days after smoking, I'd be less effective at work. Some complicated things that I'd usually be able to do just becomes out of reach.