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- 50% of U.S. adults say they have experimented with marijuana
- About one in six Americans (17%) are current users
- Three in four Americans are concerned about effects on young/teen users
Yeah and another 25% just lie about it lol
Other 25%: uhh, no… shifts uncomfortably in their seat and coughs
And the other half should. Maybe they’d chill out a little bit.
I know I’m just speaking for myslef, but I’m 100% on board for full legalization, but have 0 interest in the stuff myself. I’m actually partly convinced that the really vocal anti-marijuana folks use/ have used it themselves but have some weird mental idea about it being legal. See also: anti-sex work politicians getting caught with prostitutes, anti-adultery christians getting caught cheating on their spouses, anti-groomer pastors getting caught… well, you know.
I’m not much for forcing things on others, but what if just this once, we hotbox the entire country for one day?
I wish but I shouldn’t with my psychosis
Fuck you.
50% of Americans admit they’ve tried Marijuana
In what sense is half “fully”?
I read “fully half” as actually >50%, not rounding up
You know, a whole half.
As opposed to “almost half”.
Actually inhaled. None of this Clinton BS
That number seems crazy low.
Especially considering about half of the states have legal weed, and non legal states are surrounded by legal states.
It’s not as simple as that though. Just because it’s legal in Florida for medical, doesn’t mean that it’s not potentially a problem. If you have a medical license for it and apply for a government job they will probably deny you. Since it’s a right to work state, even if it isn’t a government job if you fail a drug test they can still fire you.
In the 90’s, I made a bet that we’d get universal healthcare before marijuana legalization. I lost.
If you’re in the US you haven’t lost yet. Still federally illegal, so you’re still breaking federal law in legal States.
It being federally illegal doesn’t really mean much. No one is going to arrest you for it. If it’s legal in your state no one is coming for you.
You cannot cross state lines with it through any means of transportation.
And if it’s legal in that state the local/state cops won’t give a shit.
Least you can smoke about your mistakes.
I used to smoke weed. I still do, but I used to, too.
Half of all Americans admit to it, there have to be some people who lied about it.
I bet more folks lied before though.
And we love it
Eh, I tend to not like it anymore, I say as if I didn’t have some within arm’s reach. I’ve not actually smoked any in about three months.
My smoking habits have changed a lot as I get older. When I was in college, sure smoke all day. These days maybe before bed or once im done with all my shit for the day. Otherwise it makes me unable to do anything productive.
Party down!
Are we having fun yet?
Over the years, I have done my part to introduce people to THC. First in high school, then a long break. This year, I bought some gummies for the hell of it when I noticed we were walking past a weed shop. My partner tried it for the first time and loved it.
50% seems low to me, but I guess we have a huge elderly population. To my surprise, my father told me that he tried it when his wife’s brother offered it. He said he didn’t get high. I think he wasn’t taught how to properly inhale. But it goes a long way to showing the growing acceptance. He was very anti-drugs when I was growing up.
TLDR: I’m doing my part.
Just my upper half. My lower half is a bit too shy to try it.
All the cool kids are boofing weed.
Don’t be a square, put this edible in your butthole.
That feels low
Fully half eh?
Halfy half would be 25%
Fifty half please
yeah, like, fully, brah.
50% of the time, all of the time
I’ve not, but I’m considering it for pain issues
If you’re not in a legal state, look into delta-8 products. They’re derived from hemp instead of cannabis, so they’re legal in most places (in the US, at least), and they contain THC delta-8, which is a very slightly different molecule from the THC found in cannabis. Different enough that it’s legal enough to be sold in gas stations and smoke shops.
I find that they tend to have a lot of the pain relief and relaxation effects of normal cannabis, but without nearly as much of the psychoactive components. You can still get high on delta-8 products if you really want to, but it requires a lot more product than regular cannabis to get to that point, so it’s not a financially sound way to get high.
You can get delta-8 in a lot of different types of products, from edibles to vape liquids to hemp flower that you basically smoke like regular weed. Personally, I’d recommend the vape products, as they tend to go into effect quickly and it’s pretty easy to control your dosage with them.
In my experience it doesn’t help with pain nearly as much as people act like it does. But it helps with relaxation and mood. Still better than not having it.
That’s fair. Everyone has their own experience. Personally for me if I’m in pain and take some edibles, I am aware there is pain, but my brain doesn’t care about it. Certainly an interesting experience IMO
Oh, funny, I just replied to the person above you about this. That’s exactly it. It’s a ‘pain modifier’ as my neurologist calls it.
Being in pain and caring less about it is not as good as not being in pain, but it’s better than being in pain and it being at the forefront constantly.
So I’m still in pain, but I don’t care that I’m in pain?
More or less, yeah.
Marijuana doesn’t help with pain specifically, but some of its other elements like CBD can reduce inflammation by allowing more bloodflow since it relaxes your veins through dilation.
What it does for my nerve disorder is what my neurologist calls pain modification. The pain doesn’t go away, you just care about it less.
That is actually less than I expected.
I haven’t tried marijuana, because my lungs are precious temples only to be destroyed by industrial pollution tyvm, but I’ve tried THC.
A lot of people lie about these questions. More are willing to admit it now but it’s still lower than I 'd expect.
