I'm local and was offered a job at the audit by 2 people I know working it however I didn't take it being was concerned about an old weed charge may not allow me to pass the background check that's required.
I'm telling you that to let you know how close I am.
So I talked to someone closely associated with the audit a few hours ago and I can't stop smiling. They have found BOXES of fraudulent ballots. Not just invalid ballots or ballots that were not properly marked / counted.....
FAKE PAPER BALLOTS.
"How many boxes?" I asked
"More than enough" was the answer I got back.
That's just one category guys. There are MULTIPLE other categories.
I can't go into other details without risking the process and people doing it but I wanted to encourage you guys and give you some lab-tested pure hopium.
Keep praying and keep dropping red-pills.
GOD WINS!
Actually, only 9% of users become addicted psychologically. That's the current statistic anyway.
I have wake and baked for over 30 years.
My study says your study is wrong.
Chemically Depended? No.
Habit Forming? Yes.
Psychotic? No.
Paranoia? Only for a few minuets after a big rip.
Schizo? Prove it.
Liberal? Fuk off.
I need to grow up? Wouldn't that be nice.
I'll tell you a personal story. My mother used to wake and bake everyday on the best strains she could find in our area. Lemon G, Strawberry Kush, you name it, she found it. Mind you this was back when these strains weren't easily available.
She started giving it to me as a young adult. First I thought it was cool. Then the wake and bake sessions turned into arguments with no mental faculties available to actually solve the problems. Just the typical ADD angry stoner arguments you'd expect.
She started claiming I was schizophrenic, and trying to convince me of it. This scared me, because I was about 20 years old, and felt like a failure at the time for moving back into my Moms house. I started feeling invasive thoughts about my low self esteem, even moreso when I was stoned. Maybe this schizophrenia was the underlying issue?
I went to a psychologist to do an analysis. I explained to him that I was paranoid, and the thoughts I was having. He asked me if I smoked marijuana. I told him I did, and how much I was smoking, the situation with my mother, etc.
He raised an eyebrow and said "Lay off the pot, too much of it causes paranoia and feelings of schizophrenia."
I was shocked by this information. After years of propaganda and people around me promoting it, I was literally experiencing cognitive dissonance from hearing that. I trusted the Dr's advice because I thought my Mom was sending me down a slippery slope, like she wanted me to get diagnosed so she could collect money from the government, since she couldn't get child support from my father anymore.
I went through a cleansing because I really wanted to feel better, and he was right. I felt much better. No more paranoia, no more of these deep intense feelings or invasive thoughts. That Dr really set me on the right path. He assisted me in getting a job and leaving my mother's house, instead of making me another stereotype to be lambasted by the media.
I'm not here to tell you what to do, just to simply to share my experience. I can tell the emotional state you are coming from based on the way you use your sentence structure. Read about it with an open mind, if anything it will strengthen your argument.
Raised by a narcissist. I'm glad you found your way clear of that situation.
If it doesn't work for you, leave it alone. I suppose you want everyone to be just like you. Take the mask off while your at it. ALSO, I'm retired Navy and LE among other things. O do not believe anyone under 25 should do it daily.
Thanks for sharing your journey to good health, CM. Your story sounds challenging but very inspiring! All the best!
liar!
I do not need a good "argument". I have no need to change your mind, or push my beliefs on anyone else.
My experience is the same of the person you mock. . You didn't like his data so you it was you who got histrionic to diminish his argument. Ad hominen and an absurd absolute means you lost. You lost big. Yet your ego is attached to your rigid yet obsolete position and that is why you are lashing out at others. It is your own cognitive dissonance you are yelling at.
You don't think you are transparent to those who do more walking and less talking. Well OK. Good luck with your plank, bud. I'm sure it shows things exactly the way they are.
You are being pretty condescending though. Ya know, that tends to rub people the wrong way.
I take your "attack" about as seriously as a Dr. Fauci Mask recommendation.
I must say you are all out of bubble gum and ass whoopin' confirmed as being handed out. Go forth and propagate this message.
Paranoia and schizophrenia? Yes. I know someone personally who trigger underlying schizophrenia with weed. Meanwhile I get insane paranoia where I can't even take the smallest puff. Hours of torment. At the same time, I used to take massive amounts of psychedelics up to and including DMT. I have had some bad times with those as well but I didn't get that lingering paranoia and negativity. It comes down to the individual and their brain chemistry. Works for some but not others, and yes I've tried TONS of different strains, methods, everything. By the way, stay the fuck away from DMT. That shit is a direct gateway to the demonic.
It's more about what is in your head when you do it. If you are already unstable then you likely should not do it.
I find this comment fascinating. Would you expand on the demonic aspect of DMT? I have no desire to use it and won't but I'm very curious about your statement. I understand if you don't want to respond.
I have heard plenty of people say it is Jesus juice as well.
The fact of the matter no one here (planet earth) is qualified to tell anyone else what they should or should not be doing with their body, or what is or is not good for it.
I am hoping you feel the same way about alcohol.
I have fewer problems with the guys going behind the house to smoke a bowl than the guy that drinks in front of his kids. Or at every major public event in the last hundred years. Alcohol kills more people in a year than pot ever will. I watched people drink themselves to death. Can't say I ever saw a pot head smoke himself to death.
We are all addicted to something. This site is addicting, adrenaline,sex, movies, hobbies, money is addicting. I guarantee there is someone on this site so addicted to it it hampers their abilities. All addiction can become harmful if you let it control you.
You are absolutely able to speak your mind. As did I. But no one should accept me as a moral authority on anything. I'm just a shmuck with an opinion. I can only say when I did indulge I was working a full time job, owned a business, invented 35 different products, changed an entire industry. Became an employer not an employee. Became a pretty well known artist in my field. Traveled the country for 14 years doing trade shows. Created products for other companies, helped three other businesses get off the ground. Worked with schools, museums, zoo's, aquariums and made stuff for the Smithsonian. Something I created with my bare hands after taking a big rip is probably in every country in the world right now. Pot inhibits those that lack ambition. Their potential is zero regardless.
I also do not think you know many pot heads. You may be surprised.
Not saying your wrong, but I was heavy into that culture for a very long time. 75% of my customer base probably indulges and I can tell you they do not lack ambition.
Lets just say this. I would lose more customers if they new I was a Trump supporter than if they found out I use to smoke the chronic.
Judge not lest ye be judged. Get comfortable with your own righteousness and get over other people decisions. God didn't cookie cut believers and he didn't box us in like cattle to be controlled by man's opinions. The Karen's talk like you about the mask and jab.
Would you look at that...crickets...I guess he doesn't care.
As a former LE, you are correct 100 percent.
There are far more people out there addicted to prescription drugs who don't believe they are drugs for some reason. The side effects are far more dangerous than any high strain weed. Doctors are the biggest drug dealers out there. Anyone knocking weed just bought into the media propaganda, "Say No To Drugs." It's all the chemical drugs that are deadly. They knew the benefits of weed and that's why they banned it. They can't make money off of Mother Nature.
Yeah, ask Utah about their options troubles. Marijuana is one of the things theybare doing to correct it. Science is behind about 500 years on this I guess.
I do have a clean natural diet, I always have and I excercise as well as meditate and I also enjoy marijuana. The "government sold" weed has been altered and is not the same as homegrown natural weed. This is why they are pushing so many of the alternative products, like gummi bears laced with "their" THC and vapes. I don't believe there is anything good in these products. Plus they are all losing money because once again they are trying to play God and the people who enjoy weed know it is a fake version of the real deal and do not purchase their products. They are doing it to hook the kids.
It's not for you. I do all those things as well. I'm 58, Nd can out perform.. out people half my age. I still can pump out 30 pull ups. Get o. My knees and pray, and I ear so clean my body fat is 10 percent.
The weed isn't the problem the person using it is.
I smoked the shit chronically for decades, until I decided to stop. I suppose some people can struggle to stop using it, but that wasn't my experience. When I decided I didn't want to use the stuff anymore I just stopped using it and experienced no negative reaction to the cessation of usage.
That is very common. I k ow people who take 6 mo th tolerance breaks with no issues.
Right there with you. Started smoking as a teen and stopped in my 30’s. Mostly because I married a non pothead lol. But like you, no negative reaction.
Can you link your source(s)?
Anyone else really trusting Academia or the government here?
Thanks for the links. Should be useful.
A couple more things to consider:
On Cannabis addiction compared to other drugs
https://www.drugscience.org/dl/dl_comparison.html
Cannabis and opiate use
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30684198/
Correlation and causation concerning statistics and clinical data
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/all-about-addiction/201003/correlation-causation-and-association-what-does-it-all-mean
Dr. Lester Grinspoon (Harvard), who has researched cannabis for decades, concerning cannabis use and mental illness
https://youtu.be/fLXOkx7p7vs
Thanks
Again, I appreciate the fact that you took the time to provide the links. I can see the validity of some of the material. The fundamental flaw with your argument is that you're only providing information that shows the risks involved with use but not the benefits.
Like any substance, it has a risk/benefit factor. So does eating red meat. However, if you do diligent research, you'll find that many doctors, scientists, psychologists and laboratory professionals assert that the benefits far outweigh the risks. That said, cannabis is not for everyone. Those with a predisposition for mental illness should avoid it, for example. Here is some info that you may consider looking into:
https://youtu.be/0ygtX2nyexo
https://www.herbonaut.com/benefits-of-marijuana/
Concerning cannabis myths, including the argument concerning potency:
https://www.mit.edu/~thistle/v13/2/myths.html
The only thing cut and dry is that cannabis isn't going anywhere and plenty of intelligent, successful conservatives are getting behind it. I can sit here and provide thousands of testimonials including my own but those seem to have no merit to folks with your mindset. Either way, it's not your thing and I completely respect that.
The only issue I have with you is your self-righteous judgment and obvious disdain for those who don't fit your mold. My friend, we all have our hang-ups including you. I pray that God doesn't judge your faults as harshly as you judge "potheads" and alcoholics.
Thanks for this. Reminds me of the arguments in college of this topic with the classic stoner guy who's soooper smart but got bad grades because he just didn't try hard enough and now works at starbucks as a barrista.
However, it renders all users unable to remember your order from the time you place it at the drive-thru speaker to the time you receive your order at the window.
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