weedtime

Very true, and weed is much much less dangerous than alcohol or cigarettes.

However, I think it is a coincidence how as everything in the US is reaching peak shittiness, a ton of states are legalizing it.

Weed, while not harmful, absolutely keeps people entertained, distracted, and lets us use it as an escape from the shitty world. That is not bad, but I have a suspicion that it is actually useful to the people in power to keep people from revolting or disrupting power. Who would rather go protest after a hard day of labor vs chilling and having a gummy?

Kind of like how there are a ton of efforts to keep people addicted to phone and TV instead of taking action.

You have to understand. THC is psychoactive. Certain strains that are low in CBD (the antipsychotic) and high in THC can trigger latent conditions, such as paranoia, psychosis, etc.

But, they can also be triggered by alcohol, having a brisk walk, etc.

Cannabis is only really dangerous at the extremes of use, and paranoia is a possibility, as well as cortical shrinkage and depression. Like alcohol or tabacco, proper restraint should be used.

Funny enough, weed does scare the absolute shit out of me, but I'm in a very small minority here. In fact, a few months back, my wife's friend gave us some cannabis breath strips. Same brand, but different colored packaging. THC for my wife, CBD for me. Well. I was standing in my open refrigerator filling a glass of water when that CBD breath strip I had taken started to get real weird.

Flash forward an hour or two and I was laying in my dark bedroom in a panic spiral, thinking I was a terrible father and convinced that my house was haunted. I even saw a small white orb of light suspended near the wall above my fan, and I'm still not sure how it was projected there. I've never seen it before or since. Stared at it a good while before it just faded away.

Anyway. That wasn't CBD.

Don't forget the old textile companies that were threatened by hemp as well

Queue 'Reefer Madness'

I've been around cannabis products a lot. It's never been legal in my country. I've seen people using it recreationally, I've seen people using it therapeutic. I've seen people who have used cannabis products their entire lives without issues, and people who have been unable to keep a job and earned a living doing crime.

The worst thing I've seen are the kids who came in to the psych ward I temped at. IDK how/what happened exactly, but it could be 20 yos with delusions and hallucinations, supposedly brought on by a misuse of cannabis. As in they probably already had some issues that they were dealing with, and found that cannabis made it easier to exist.

The what-aboutism of asking about alcohol is really not a good argument, because had alcohol been introduced today, and had we not had millenia long relationship with alcohol, then it would definitely have been banned as well.

With that being said, for profit prisons will never be a good idea, and letting prison corporations lobby politicians? If we just let them print their own money, then we wouldn't have to lock up so many people.

B-but jobs!! Prison inmates are a vital economic resource! KeEp GoVeRnMeNt OuT Of OuR LeGaL SyStEm!!!

You only get paranoid if you don't smoke every often. It's not an issue for daily users.