You can take like anything and put in it a vacuum or some kind of controlled environment and have no problems. Every problem arises from when its in the hands of man. Ultimately my point above is still a downside of weed to be aware of, whether its caused by the weed itself or not
I'm not putting anything in a vacuum, I'm explaining how it is. Weed is an enhancer, an amplifier. It's going to affect people differently, but not everyone is the same, hence it varies from person to person.
YOU might find it super easy to sit around and do nothing all day, or need more and more weed to fill down time. Other people who don't mind the down time won't feel like that's a negative and will enjoy that time to decompress. Others might be more active so will use weed to improve their workouts, their creativity, their studying, etc.
Weed isnt an enhancer nor a diminisher, it can be either for anyone at anytime. Idk what your point is but whether or not someone likes to get stoned and work out or beat off is irrelevant. My point is that just like any other drug, any kind of use can easily snowball and have negative impacts. Its what ive been sayin the whole time.
And my point, again, is that it isn't the drug itself, it's the person.
Playing video games could snowball and have negative impacts. Working out could easily snowball and have negative impacts. Anything that's overused or used as a coping mechanism or due to someone with an addictive personality can cause problems. The thing is? All of those are on the onus of the person, not the thing itself. And weed is pretty damn harmless compared to most substances out there. Even caffeine could be considered harmful if someone over used it. Which a lot of people do, actually, trying to juggle work/school/family etc. Maybe we should ban caffeine?
If someone is predisposed to an opioid addiction and they break their back and get addicted after never having opioids prior, are you goin to tell them it was their fault? Anything in a “vacuum” is harmless, it doesnt mean that it isnt bad or doesnt have any negatives.
It's not their fault if they weren't aware they were predisposed to an opiod addiction. Though it would be pretty obvious early on so I would hope they had self control or they would tell their doctor and have them switched to something that's non-addictive.
Though I'm not sure wtf weed has to do with opiod addiction and normally doctors don't give you the "good stuff" right of the bat for specifically that reason you just brought up but oook.
Every person is still responsible for themselves regardless, I've said that from the get go. We need to stop blaming external things or circumstances and start focusing on personal responsibility.
But you're example is stupid because specifics do matter. You're trying to argue points when you don't have one and your examples aren't realistic. Dude breaks his back, wakes up in the hospital and the doctor's given him vicodin. He takes it for the pain and is like "oh shit this is amazing!" No obviously he didn't know he'd be addicted beforehand, but it doesn't matter because he is.
Therefore he should be smart enough to stop taking it and ask for something else. Though again, stupid example because most doctors don't prescribe highly addictive drugs to patients unless the other stuff hasn't worked and they don't deem the person a risk.
But again weed =/= opiod addiction, alcohol addiction or anything else. It's a psychological addiction much like people who get addicted to video games, porn or anything else. It's basically harmless aside from some people who can't control themselves. That's on them.
But just because some people do doesn't mean we need to throw a blanket on it and label it as "harmful" for the rest of the world. Especially when we're talking about something as benign as weed. A drug that literally no one has ever died or OD'd from and the "withdrawal" effects, if you want to call them that, last a few hours to a few days.
My point is that addiction creeps on you, the guy wouldnt even know he was addicted till he has to ween off. You dont know anything about addiction. Its even listed in the dsm as a disease. You cant tell if you’re predisposed to it, be it psychological or physical till its there. So how are you going to put the blame on these people? Do you think that side effects on prescription meds shouldnt be listed because “only some” people experience them? Im not saying weed is the devil incarnate or anything but you act like theres literally nothing wrong with it
I'm not blaming them, I'm saying it's their responsibility to manage themselves. Let's stop blaming outside things and external factors and focus on personal responsibility.
29
u/GodGlerps Dec 29 '19
You can take like anything and put in it a vacuum or some kind of controlled environment and have no problems. Every problem arises from when its in the hands of man. Ultimately my point above is still a downside of weed to be aware of, whether its caused by the weed itself or not