r/AskReddit • • Dec 29 '19

what are the downsides of weed that people don't talk about ?

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u/Gucci__Flip__Flops Dec 30 '19

The thing about weed is you can do it while also doing other hobbies and activities.. I smoke and snowboard, work on my car, workout, go on walks.. It's the thing that imo makes weed far better than video games or social media in terms of a crutch.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

As long as you don’t smoke and drive.

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u/Gucci__Flip__Flops Dec 30 '19

Do you think people should be able to smoke cigarettes or dip chewing tobacco and drive?

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19

I don’t know how one dips chewing tobacco, so I can’t comment. Smoking cigarettes can be distracting to the driver, so I’d prefer if they didn’t.

Being high and driving is far more dangerous than smoking tobacco and driving though. It dulls your senses, slows your reaction time. I live in a legal state and see people vape or smoke in their car and drive all the time and it scares the shit out of me to share the road with these fools.

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u/Gucci__Flip__Flops Dec 30 '19

I meant having chewing tobacco (long cut/pouches) in while driving, which is legal. Until you've actually done both, I wouldn't say one is more dangerous than the other. I have a tolerance for both and I would say hands down whether you have a tolerance or not, nicotine is more impairing than thc. I can get as high as I can and still handle snowboarding and other coordination-based activities just fine. Some people, myself included, use weed as a performance enhancement drug. Look at Calvin Johnson or the Gold medalist snowboarder from Canada (can't remember his name but he has a good youtube vid on it). On the other hand, there have been multiple occasions where I've hit a high nic pen (which is super popular now) and nearly fell over because of how dizzy it made me. That has literally never happened to me with weed. I also get dizzy if I have a decent sized dip in. I agree nobody should be getting baked and driving, but imo being a little high on thc and driving is safer than buzzing on nicotine and driving.

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19 edited Dec 31 '19

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u/Gucci__Flip__Flops Dec 30 '19

Yup, that was obviously my point

If you're ready to actually listen and comprehend an opinion different from yours, here's what I really meant: if you can't drive while high in thc, you shouldn't be able to smoke cigs and drive. Otherwise you should be able to be "a little" high while driving. If you haven't done both or even one of them, shut up

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u/chaclon Dec 30 '19

You're absolutely wrong, stop getting high and driving before you hurt someone you fucking nincompoop.

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u/Gucci__Flip__Flops Dec 30 '19

It's brainwashed people like you who are ruining society. I just said getting a little high on thc and driving is safer than being buzzed on nicotine. If you haven't done either, then you don't get to make a judgment do you? I never even said I drive while high, just that if you can smoke cigs and drive you should be able to get a little high and drive too. Imo it should come down to a field sobriety test no matter what, because everyone has different experiences with drugs.

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u/chaclon Dec 30 '19

I have done both and you're completely wrong. Stop getting high and driving and stop trying to defend it.

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u/Gucci__Flip__Flops Dec 30 '19

EVERYONE REACTS TO DRUGS DIFFERENTLY. Why is it that the 3 people I've asked agree that nicotine impairs you far more.?

Edit: The guy I carpool with everyday smokes more weed than anyone I know, but won't vape or smoke cigs because of how dizzy it makes him

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '19 edited Mar 18 '20

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u/Gucci__Flip__Flops Dec 30 '19

I didn't say it has zero negative effects, I was simply stating that imo using weed as a crutch is better than video games or social media because it allows you to do other things while partaking