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It's fun to send this "MAYBE YOU JUST HAVENT TRIED THE RIGHT STRAIN" [1] image to friends who don't like weed because it's a pretty hilarious embodiment of the

It's fun to send this "MAYBE YOU JUST HAVENT TRIED THE RIGHT STRAIN" [1] image to friends who don't like weed because it's a pretty hilarious embodiment of the downright anxiety the stuff engenders in a lot of people. I'm pretty sure it's like a genetic thing. I think I remember hearing something about the COMT gene being potentially affected if you smoke too much too early in life as a teenage stoner or whatever, and how this can lead to mental illness down the line... There's a lot we really don't understand yet fully about these things. [1] https://i.imgur.com/mJrlu1C.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mJrlu1C.jpg

endorphine 5y ago
Cannabis triggered my first panic attack, which then triggered my depression for a few months. It wasn't the first time I was doing Cannabis, but I haven't done any more ever since then.
standardUser 5y ago
I'm convinced that the "normal" way Americans consume weed is basically an overdose for most people. Heavy users drive the market and the 30% THC and higher strains are targeted at those high-spending, high-tolerance users. I started to enjoy weed again when recreational stores opened up and I could find 10-15% THC weed that gets me pleasantly high, not paranoid and incapacitated.
- supertofu 5y ago
  I find that CBD-rich hemp still gets me "high", but the effect is extremely therapeutic. I hope low-THC cannabis is more widely studied. High-THC cannabis has a very negative effect on my mind, mood, and motivation. But CBD-rich strains with low THC are perfect for handling my anxiety and autoimmune symptoms.
  - aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
    That's moreso "stoned" than "high" — a calm, vs a stimulant sort of thing, with CBD vs THC.
colechristensen 5y ago
I'm not in the anxiety camp or in the fun camp. The general experience of marijuana products is something like the sleepy lethargy of having eaten an excessively large meal. Not wholly unpleasant but neither is it something I'm really excited about seeking out. Low doses do mostly nothing. I've tried plenty of strains. To be fair I still do it sometimes.
int_19h 5y ago
For most of my life, whenever I say that I hate beer, the stock response is "you just haven't tried the right one" (and no, the actual root cause is that bitter things are much more bitter for me). Humans are hardcoded to project.

endorphine 5y ago

Cannabis triggered my first panic attack, which then triggered my depression for a few months. It wasn't the first time I was doing Cannabis, but I haven't done any more ever since then.

standardUser 5y ago

I'm convinced that the "normal" way Americans consume weed is basically an overdose for most people. Heavy users drive the market and the 30% THC and higher strains are targeted at those high-spending, high-tolerance users. I started to enjoy weed again when recreational stores opened up and I could find 10-15% THC weed that gets me pleasantly high, not paranoid and incapacitated.

supertofu 5y ago
I find that CBD-rich hemp still gets me "high", but the effect is extremely therapeutic. I hope low-THC cannabis is more widely studied. High-THC cannabis has a very negative effect on my mind, mood, and motivation. But CBD-rich strains with low THC are perfect for handling my anxiety and autoimmune symptoms.
- aaaaaaaaata 5y ago
  That's moreso "stoned" than "high" — a calm, vs a stimulant sort of thing, with CBD vs THC.

colechristensen 5y ago

I'm not in the anxiety camp or in the fun camp. The general experience of marijuana products is something like the sleepy lethargy of having eaten an excessively large meal. Not wholly unpleasant but neither is it something I'm really excited about seeking out. Low doses do mostly nothing. I've tried plenty of strains. To be fair I still do it sometimes.

int_19h 5y ago

For most of my life, whenever I say that I hate beer, the stock response is "you just haven't tried the right one" (and no, the actual root cause is that bitter things are much more bitter for me). Humans are hardcoded to project.