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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
    • @[email protected]
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      51 year ago

      Especially considering about half of the states have legal weed, and non legal states are surrounded by legal states.

    • chaogomu
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      41 year ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        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.

  • @[email protected]
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    141 year ago

    In the 90’s, I made a bet that we’d get universal healthcare before marijuana legalization. I lost.

  • _haha_oh_wow_
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    131 year ago

    Half of all Americans admit to it, there have to be some people who lied about it.

  • Eggyhead
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    111 year ago

    Just my upper half. My lower half is a bit too shy to try it.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      All the cool kids are boofing weed.

      Don’t be a square, put this edible in your butthole.

    • Chozo
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      41 year ago

      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.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        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

        • Flying Squid
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          31 year ago

          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.

      • @[email protected]
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        01 year ago

        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.

        • Flying Squid
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          21 year ago

          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.

  • Xilly
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    91 year ago

    That is actually less than I expected.

    • @[email protected]
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      1 year ago

      I haven’t tried marijuana, because my lungs are precious temples only to be destroyed by industrial pollution tyvm, but I’ve tried THC.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      A lot of people lie about these questions. More are willing to admit it now but it’s still lower than I 'd expect.