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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
50% of Americans admit they’ve tried Marijuana
That number seems crazy low.
Especially considering about half of the states have legal weed, and non legal states are surrounded by legal states.
I used to smoke weed. I still do, but I used to, too.
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.
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.
I tried it once, but I felt nothing. I was already a little drunk, so maybe that was a factor?
I was sober, and I felt nothing my first time, either.
You didn’t inhale properly; nobody does their first time. Cause otherwise you would have definitely felt it since alcohol intensifies the high.
Try again. It can take 2-4 attempts before you get the technique down and are able to actually feel something.
I inhaled like I would with an inhaler, and those always worked right (back when I needed them). Regardless, it’s been 19 years since I tried it, and I don’t see any reason to start something else that’s not great for my health.
Iirc inhalers are direct-to-lung, smoking weed is mouth-to-lung. Use your mouth as an antechamber for the smoke and then inhale it down with fresh air, hold for 5-7sec, exhale, repeat if necessary (don’t over do it, can always smoke more, can’t unsmoke that last hit.)
It also isn’t that unhealthy. And if you vape or eat it instead it isn’t really any unhealthy. As for “why” only you could answer that, you do you, I’m just spreading info.
Smoking MJ drunk gave me the worst hangovers and no additional high. Can’t recommend.
50% is too low
Half of survey respondents admitted to peeing in the shower, the other half are dirty liars.
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And the other half should. Maybe they’d chill out a little bit.
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I wish but I shouldn’t with my psychosis
I’m not much for forcing things on others, but what if just this once, we hotbox the entire country for one day?
I’ve never tried it, but honestly that’s just because I haven’t got a clue where to look, lol.
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Getting ripped to Dopethrone will never stop being a fun time.
I’m currently in an area of Washington where there’s a McDonald’s in a cannabis shop.
It’s in-your-face legal here
Though I’m about to start my own homestead someplace, so your advice is SUPER useful. Thank you for taking the time to write that out.
Hell, I can’t even have marijuana products for medical reasons and even I have (accidentally) tried an edible.
I don’t know much about weed and stuff, but I hated that particular edible since it made me sleep the rest of the day away.
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.
Half of all Americans admit to it, there have to be some people who lied about it.
I bet more folks lied before though.
How many tried it but didn’t inhale?
