--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal <l.shad...@...> wrote: snip Marijuana I have mixed feelings about. Face it,marijuana > >> makes you stupid. > > > > This is context dependent and depends on your experience practicing > > any activity while stoned. Give a neewbie a joint and they will > > probably have some trouble with the math section of the SATs. (unless > > that is their thing and they practice math stoned) But in the context > > of a musical jam the increased connection between kinostetic and > > auditory channels can boost creativity, just turn on the radio to hear > > the results. It can make your mind distracted by causing you to hyper > > focus on sensation. (bedroom boon!) But in the context where this > > shift is valuable it can be an asset. > > > > This is gratuitous. I've heard this a million times. It is the same > litany, pretty much word for word. Practice makes perfect. "I can > get stoned and act perfectly normal. Nobody is the wiser." I'm not > sure if I buy this or not. I would like to see some studies that show > this is really the case and not just a stoner telling me it's the > case.
In this case it is a non stoner telling you it is my experience of stoners. We don't know what functions are enhanced or impaired by pot. But in my experience in the tech field with computer programmers, a blanket statement that it makes you stupid is wrong. Many fields have a high number of high functioning users. Equating use with abuse of any drug is an over generalization. I don't think your term "gratuitous" is context appropriate. Especially after I mentioned its value in the bedroom. If you haven't experienced it you don't know what I am talking about. My observation is that judgement and behavior are impaired, no > matter what the experience level with the weed is. Like Jimi Hendrix's playing? Like one out of three computer coders who have to work after 6? Perhaps Bill Maher uses it to write rather than deliver his scripts. But it has values in certain contexts for certain people. All of our brains don't react the same way to any psychoactive drug. This is where blanket use laws fail. <I suspect the> person is saying that they've accumulated to being stoned so that they> don't notice being stoned anymore.> I am saying that I can't always tell with certain people. > > But I don't care to debate this issue. No, you wanted an unopposed "last word." Sorry to disappoint you. I have my vote and I have my > campaign contributions to give. I will use them as I desire and see > fit. This is the same freedom of choice I am advocating for smokers. >
