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> No good things come from this. Much of the art/music created in the past 100 years was done under the influence of marijuana. In addition to extremely helpfu
by wootland 3y ago
> No good things come from this.
Much of the art/music created in the past 100 years was done under the influence of marijuana. In addition to extremely helpful therapeutic benefits (mainly around improving sleep, diet and lowering stress). You can't make the claim that nothing good comes from marijuana. In fact, I think it would be very difficult to claim that it has a net negative effect given that you can't OD on it and people that use it don't tend to start fights, kill people, rob... like they do with alcohol and other various drugs.
- nashashmi 3y agoI don't know how you can claim the art and music derived under influence as positive benefits. Alcohol has provided similar "therapeutics" to overworked people. But in retrospect, disconnecting the brain to stressors is difficult to argue as a positive effect. Stressors cause the body to adjust for tasks. Likewise, inducing hallucinations and mental states of poor mobility yet calling it therapy is like removing a few cells from the brian and saying the effects are good because the existing problems are worse. Arguments like alcohol is worse because of A,B,C and therefore Marijuana is better, is like saying "the other guy is much worse than me and therefore I am OK." Or "America is better than other countries so we have nothing to improve." You can't use the lack of certain negatives as justifications. It still has other negatives that the former does not have.
- wootland 3y ago> I don't know how you can claim the art and music derived under influence as positive benefits. For the millions (billions?) of people who have enjoyed this art, I'd say it's pretty positive. FWIW I also think alcohol should remain legal and would literally never give up a good after-work beer. People are capable of having positive relationships with alcohol.
- nashashmi 3y agoPeople are better off having positive relationships without alcohol. Going to happy hour, I have seen work colleagues become more chill after a few beers. And then I wonder why they are not like this all the time. Next day, they become stuck up again. And I am proudly happy to be my chill version all the time. This is not a conversation about whether something should be legal. Rather, whether it should be celebrated and exploited for monetary benefits. I think no.
- hydrok9 3y agoAlcohol and marijuana don't stimulate creativity just because they mitigate stress. And don't quote the Koran at people, no one cares.
- nashashmi 3y agoStress hinders creativity. Certain words are difficult to argue against, An open challenge the Quran makes to anyone who reads it.
- wootland 3y ago> Next day, they become stuck up again. And I am proudly happy to be my chill version all the time. No offense, but judging people and calling them stuck up the way you are doesn't seem chill at all. The culture between humans and alcohol has evolved over thousands of years, it's complex and has positives and negatives. Same with marijuana, although I'd suggest there are fewer negatives to marijuana.
- nashashmi 3y agoNot to be in a shouting match, but people who cannot relax can intensify the mood of any room. No relaxed person would be comfortable in one. And while I have noticed the positives of a happy hour, I am saddened to see them in opposite moods. It is unreal. Relationships of balance are complex and difficult. Any person at any time won't react the same as another. Such wildcards cannot be justified.