Try convincing a marijuana user that there is anything bad about it. Frustrating.
I use Reddit a lot (itās how I found out about Rapamycin and this forum, actually).
One of the things that sucks about Reddit, though, is that itās infested with potheads. Post about any kind of ailment ā physical, mental, whatever ā and you always get a ton of Redditors saying ādude you should smoke weed or take some edibles, itās the best treatment.ā
Sort of an echo-chamber for them, I think. If you dare suggest that maybe marijuana isnāt a good thing for people, you get lambasted. The only viewpoint thatās tolerated is that itās āmedicine.ā
Crazy. An open mind is the only way forward, otherwise that thing you canāt find is where you donāt want to look.
As always they donāt differentiate between smoked and edibles
I donāt see the upside to either.
Take my advice, and stay off the devils lettuce. 'Coarse, then again, Willy Nelson is 91 and still performing at concerts.
I very much enjoy the upside to both
The posted study says that 0.38 % of marijuana users have symptoms of PAD, hardly a significant number. I love running stoned. It is one of those things that makes life worth living. And it helps me outrun the Reaper.
Thatās sad. More to life than getting high.
Tim didnāt say he uses marijuana all the time.
I find it interesting to read peopleās opinions on weed who probably themselves drink alcohol, maybe even smoke some cigarettes and in their household itās ānormalā to take barbiturates for āsleepā, or ābenzosā, nowadays.
Their cupboard might be filled with Xanax.
(PSA: Benzo withdrawal can be lethal, so if youāre one of those people, be careful).
āOneā of those things implies that he has many things that make his life worth living other than weed.
I also use Marijuana daily. When I was 350lbs., exercising was painful. I started using a THC vape, thirty or forty minutes before exercise and I had greater stamina and was able to complete longer exercises at greater speeds.
It has itās uses.
Running in itself is thrilling, but running stoned is more so. I donāt have any PAD. Iād wager that Iām healthier than most of your patients.
Aside from hitting a dab pen or an edible every now and then, I pretty much stopped using weed entirely the past couple years. Had a friend visit recently and we smoked quite a bit and I really started to like it again. Nothing like a blunt while listening to your favorite music or watching a comedy show. 
Iāve been taking buspirone for awhile now, on its own the effect is almost imperceptible, at least acutely. Even the chronic effect, which a reduction of anxiety, is very subtle if not placebo. But I wonder if buspirone has changed the effects of weed for me, that I am enjoying it like Iām back in high school again. Or perhaps I just had so much fun smoking with my friend that I made strong positive associations with it again.
That said, I think smoking anything is not good. I mean the fact that Iām coughing more and more suggests that itās a fairly strong respiratory irritant for me with subchronic use.
āā¦More to life than getting high.ā
Indeed. One should not be devoid of the other two: sex and rock and roll.
He never said there wasnāt. Not good to live in fear.
Pot is one of those polarizing things. People for and against just canāt seem to be objective about it, so it becomes ideological and bound up in a lot of emotions.
But pot is like any chemical. What the impact is depends on many factors. I donāt happen to use it, because I can find no benefit for me. I donāt need it for pain or psychotropic applications. I donāt suffer from anxiety - and I already have spectacular experiences with music, art and sensory stimulation without the mediation of any drugs, so I never felt the need to enhance anything nor tamp down on anything.
But if research comes along showing convincing evidence of health benefits without excessive side effects, I will not hesitate to take it. Itās just another chemical to me, no ideology. So far I have not seen any such convincing evidence. Shrug.
Though I do think it should be legalized for adults on general personal freedoms grounds. What you put in your body should be your business and nobody elseās while you also bear the full responsibility for those decisions. Keep freedom alive.