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The sad thing to me, because of how it has affected, several family members, is that some smoke dope or take CBD to treat anxiety only to make things worse. Be
by readthenotes1 10mo ago
The sad thing to me, because of how it has affected, several family members, is that some smoke dope or take CBD to treat anxiety only to make things worse.
Because of how marijuana has been made nearly sacrosanct in some circles, they will not look at that THC or CBD as a contributing factor : (
- op00to 10mo agoCannabis works great for stress for a week, then it makes things worse for me. A few weeks off, and I can take advantage again.
- nurettin 10mo agoIt is all fun and games "defending" legalization of weed online until you get a substance abuser in your family.
- loeg 10mo agoAlcoholics have family members, too, but we aren't going to criminalize alcohol.
- spoiler 10mo agoAs someone who was raised by aggressive alcoholics, and I have myself struggled with weed addiction in the past (and seen weed addiction in others), it's really difficult to compare the substances. Yes, weed dependence is bad and people need to be aware of it, but alcohol (and I'd even say nicotine, but that's a different subject) are far more insidious than weed
- squigz 10mo agoCould you elaborate on the nicotine thing? I would say alcohol is far, far, far more insidious than both nicotine and cannabis; I would also say nicotine is less insidious than cannabis.
- IAmBroom 10mo agoWhat do you mean by "insidious"? To me the addictiveness plays a role, and nicotine outshines alcohol & THC completely in that dimension.
- squigz 10mo agoI guess I was considering the effects it has on other people. Sure, nicotine is far more addictive, but I've never heard of a parent being abusive because they had 1 too many cigarettes. I guess what I mean is, nicotine is more self-contained than the others.
- seec 10mo agoYeah, nicotine is a mild stimulant; it's really not a big deal, which is why it is mostly tolerated. The bad interpersonal effects actually come from stopping nicotine, which makes people grumpy, but it doesn't last very long. The problem is that it's a slow burn because it's consumed by smoking, and this is really the most pleasant way to consume it. People don't like the externalities associated with it, and that's pretty much it.
- nurettin 10mo agoWhat's the difference? It takes years of ramping up to become an alcoholic. That's why you don't have many teenagers who are alcoholics. Weed? All it takes is one puff and you are hooked for life.
- IAmBroom 10mo agoHa ha ha ha ha! That's a good one. Now do "race music"!
- readthenotes1 10mo agoThe alcoholics I have known were so from the first time they got drunk. Perhaps the reason you don't see that is it is more difficult for teenagers to get alcohol. At one point in my life it was actually more difficult for teenagers to get alcohol than it was for them to get marijuana
- rusk 10mo agoWait til their substance abuser gets locked up that’s where the fun really begins
- bolangi 10mo agoThe war on drugs and millions of non-violent offenders in prison does not exactly suggest to me the term "sacrosanct." Every honest therapist looks at all components of a patient's life, and the patient, too, has a responsibility to identify what is helping and what is hurting them, or in which situations a trade-off is justified. We will never be able to arrive at a complete and perfect answer for everyone because people happen to be individuals. However the medical profession (including therapy professions) lean heavily on generalizations to avoid the overhead of having to deal with a living, breathing individual with a history and family context, where possible.