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I can definitely understand peoples’ issues with it being consumed, especially in a political context, but how do yall feel about “weed”? I won’t hide my feelings, I am very much pro-weed, it’s not great that I started in my mid-teens but in my area it’s FAR from uncommon. I don’t smoke daily or anything, I’m not addicted to it (people say it’s non-habit forming but any drug can be addictive with enough frequent usage) but I do smoke and dab w/ friends often. That’s not why I believe in legalization tho, my main thing is you shouldn’t make a naturally occurring plant an illegal substance. I’d point to the DEA’s destructive (legal) burning of thousands of naturally occurring marijuana plants found in nature; This seems eco-fascist to me and to deny the uses of hemp as a production material seems dogmatic to me. The USSR used hemp for industrial purposes during the war and it helped in a major way. I’m sure most of us are familiar with the badge given for Hemp growers. If you have any criticisms, I’m more than open to it, but I feel that marijuana won’t be easy to get rid of in future society and would probably be put to use in different more productive ways.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It should be legal, but it's definitely addictive. I speak from experience on that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From my experience it's up there with food in terms of being addictive (that is, quite addictive, but because of people self medicating), but your body can actually develop some physical dependencies, it just won't kill you from withdrawal like opioids or alcohol

It's actually a very useful self-medication too, so weed probably does lower the possibility of achieving class consciousness by making people artificially less miserable. As a commie that makes me hmmm, but no one should go to prison over weed ofc

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Weed triggers my food addiction 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not addictive in my experience, but it has become necessary medicine in place of prescription drugs to treat my AuDHD.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

TBF my self discipline is absolutely garbage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I use it for this as well, but I do struggle with over use at times. I've never experienced any withdrawal symptoms since it's not physically addictive, but there are periods where I realize that I haven't taken a day off in several weeks. I feel best when I only indulge on weekends, but there are times when I need it to get my mind off some shit that happens at work or when depression hits real bad.