Right. Eating is addictive. Drinking of course. And for a lot of people so is running, lol.

It's not nearly as addictive as nicotine or ethanol...

I tried GHB for first time a couple weeks ago and hit me wrong, my friends took care of me, but it was a dower. For some reason I started crying lmao. They blamed it on the LSD I took before, but I'm not sure that was the problem.

Bin ich cool genug, einzuladen?

Having been hooked on cocaine and then implicitly or explicitly equating it with weed, sounds like some sort of internal "reefer madness" 24 hour movie-thon playing in his head.

As someone who hasn’t had a drink for 23 years one of the big issues with former addicts and alcoholics is the same “if it’s not good for me it’s not good for you” attitude we see everywhere else.

It’s yet more exceptionalism where we mistake the phenomenon of our perception and experience as a direct stand in for everyone else’s.

Even more problematic that it comes from someone with (and I’m willing to step out on a ledge here) a self-professed disease (alcoholics often refer to “their disease”.) That’s fine, but you don’t see diabetics recommending everyone constantly monitor their blood glucose and take insulin.

Like yes, I understand that when my wife has her first beer it doesn’t set off the trigger I have where I need all the beer (and liquor and whatever drugs you have on you) in the world until I don’t remember who I am.

Besides, if he’s successfully gone through rehab, he’s not exactly going to be pro-drugs after that.

Wanting cannabis to be legal isn't necessarily "pro-drug." No more than wanting alcohol to be legal is.

Ah yes. The dreaded marijuana rehab I presume.

Marijuana being a gateway drug was just a very successful propaganda phrase

Ej isn't an American so it's none of his business really. Everyone likes thc when it becomes legal, Ive seen my very conservative family get stoned a bunch now and they love it. Sorta something the left and the right seem to overwhelmingly agree on

there are many people [...] who act as if there are no negative side effects to consuming cannabis

Nah, I've had those negative side effects and I know them well, including depression from withdrawal, short term memory lapses and Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome. They sound bad but they don't compare to other drugs in the slightest and in my case are incredibly manageable. None of these are permanent or life-changing and go away within a week after quitting cold turkey, which I've done many many times. Are you sure you're not exaggerating the danger bit?

I believe the risks of cannabis are significantly less than nearly every other recreational drug out there. Hell, I am a huge psychedelic proponent, which in many cases causes less physical damage than most other drugs but also comes with its own list of caveats.

But yeah, I see what you are saying and agree. It is important to understand the correct risks of just about anything in life.

Some dry alcoholics love their soapbox though. I'll occasionally bash alcohol, but I honestly try to keep my opinion to myself unless I am with other recovering alcoholics. (Repetitive negative reinforcement has a place, believe it or not.) What I am saying is that it is easy for someone in perpetual recovery to get a hair preachy. It's a thing. (Also guilty here, btw.)

it says "one of the greatest", not "the greatest"; not saying I agree with even that, but let us not engage in strawman arguments