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Originally Posted by winnercircle
I'd say my experience has been the opposite of yours, Brain. I have worked many years in physical labour (furniture/appliance mover, carpenter, pipefitter, concrete) and all have 50%+ potheads. With the hardest jobs, concrete and moving appliances having 80+% potheads. It makes those jobs bearable since they're so labour intensive. I worked 50-60 hours a week and did those jobs for a long time.
Also, if you ever go to raves, you'll probably get baked with a dozen people you never knew before, and weed is certainly a social drug. You can't drink 9 beers with strangers and think you won't stumble onto a topic that starts a fight. Smoke a few joints with people who share opposing opinions and you'll have spirited debate, and both will come away having learned something.
I'm not saying that weed didn't make you anti-social or lazy, but it is more likely that other things are the reason for your experience. If a smoker quits smoking and starts saving money, is it fair to say they're better at managing money now that they don't smoke? Or are there other factors?
If someone quits doing hard drugs, and stops hanging out with their large social circle of habitual users, they may feel antisocial. Did quitting the drugs make them antisocial?
Stop trying to associate two independent concepts to make sense of things. It's more dangerous that lazy people love to use Cannabis as the whipping boy for all their woes.
Lots of potheads are loser falldown antisocial lazy weirdos. They are this way with or without pot. If cannabis were truly the cause of these things, wouldn't some university try to study it? Oh wait, anyone with even a general grasp of psychology would realize how big of a stretch linking these 2 is.
I have nothing further to add. Lazy people are gonna forever make excuses for why they are lazy, forgetting that they were lazy before weed, and more than likely will be lazy within a few weeks/months after quitting weed. The end.
This is all anecdotal, bro. Dude, face it, you are a drug addict. That is the only scientific fact I have read in this thread. You seem to be functional and that is good, but you sound like an ignorant child in denial.
Drugs and alcohol are fun until you use them solely to escape your problems and responsibilities. I know doctors, lawyers and teachers who smoke weed. Rest assured they are not doing it every day, but when its time to relax and have a little trip away from the norm, they are all about it. That is good stuff.
There are lots of studies on marijuana. It is generally considered to be a relatively benign drug but it is known to cause amotivational syndrome. Google it.
If you don't want to be stressed while smoking, then take some time off and figure out where you want to be in life and take the appropriate initial steps to get there. Once you are well on your way, relax and have a smoke and enjoy yourself. I assure you that you will appreciate it much more, especially paired with a nice glass of wine or a good beer.
Winnercircle sounds content with himself and his life of
physical labor, moving furniture, plumbing, carpentry, poker and whatever else so the more power to him. But if one wants more, they may have to put down the bong.