Erik Przekop @IAmErik@qoto.org

@mrcopilot
I think that a more interesting question that affects a larger number of people is, "If I were to use cannabis the same way I have been using alcohol, would it be better for my health?"

I expect the answer to that question would be a resounding yes. If you have a couple of cocktails on the weekend, then instead having a single puff of high potency cannabis is far less likely to leave you dehydrated and hungover in the morning. If you drink yourself to sleep every night, smoking half a joint or a bit more every night is likely kill you much more slowly. (I'm not recommending this course of action, but it is "better" in an objectively measurable way.)

There's a fair bit of misinformation on both sides of this. On one hand proponents of cannabis often seem to assume that "less addictive" means "not addictive" when compared to alcohol. Medical and psychological professionals who have seen people with addictions tend to say that "there is no safe amount of either.", Which is both technically false and completely unhelpful in answering the question that was asked.

@edmorrish
I assume it is in hopes of molesting teenage girls, but maybe my opinion of republican politicians is unjustified.

(Consults past 10 years of history)

Never mind that last part...

@wiseguyeddie
Michigan has a pretty robust cannabis culture, as well. I'm amazed how quickly it has become accepted here.
Lol. Wtf? 🙂

@edmorrish
Truth. It trickles into high schools as well. It is common for small cities to have one huge high school instead of several smaller ones. Part of the justification for this is to centralize (and reduce) costs, but the main reason is, I suspect, to field better sports teams. A larger pool of students means more athletically gifted kids to choose from.

Of course, this means that fewer kids get the chance to play sports, and there are many other detriments to their well-being as well. Many of us don't like it, but the policy is still generally supported

@welshpixie
Probably not. I'll try, though.

@adamjcook
Having spent many an evening wandering around downtown in the era of 2006 through 2009, it is amazing to see what it is like now. It was such a ghost town then.

@thinkle
How did they work out for you? I didn't know that such things existed, but now I want a pair. 🙂

@DavidAno
My initial reaction was, "that will just export the pollution to the generating plant.". I suspect that a coal burning plant generates less total carbon than thousands of individual gas burning devices, though. A quick Google search didn't turn up any way to quantify that, though.

Thanks for sharing the article!