[fallingknife]

I smoked weed constantly in college, and when I stopped, it was like a fog lifted. Its danger was comically exaggerated in the anti-drug propaganda they force fed to kids in the US for so long that a lot of people have a reactionary tendency to assume it's harmless, but they will soon be proven wrong. Still has nothing on America's number 1 hard drug, alcohol, though.

[newsclues]

I've found it's possible to get high every night, and be clear headed and functional in the morning.

A weekend of heavy smoking and edibles can leave me feeling a bit sluggish on Monday. But also refreshed for the rest of the week.

[deepsquirrelnet]

Ditto. I don’t smoke cannabis that is bred to be high in thc, because I prefer a light effect. I use a dry herb vaporizer and don’t have any issues engaging in deep thought work in the morning.

My main concern with long term use is dream suppression. So I do take breaks frequently. Also I think it’s not a good for developing brains <25y. Cannabis is great as medicine for colds, flu, aches and a lot of more serious conditions and chronic conditions.

In the realm of things that I think the government needs to protect us from, I think cannabis prohibition is completely absurd and insidious. We barely talk about alcohol addiction and god forbid we reckon with prolific Tylenol and NSAID abuse — both of which have acute toxic effects on the body.

[nebulousthree]

The deciding factor for that next-day sluggishness, in my experience, has been whether or not I fall asleep while still noticeably under its influence. If you wait it out and then sleep near the end of the come-down, you may avoid it entirely. But then, I never use it to sleep, so YMMV.

[spoiler]

Yeah, I kinda know what you mean by fog. I have a "low key" addiction to weed because I'm a bit emotionally dysregulated and weed helped with that. So, when I'm struggling to cope I sometimes wish I had weed at hand.

However the fog thing is real. I noticed it on myself when I stopped too.

It did without a doubt help me live a somewhat more normal life than if I hadn't been using it at the time.

However eventually as I got better (in general, still got acute episodes), the fog/downside outweighed the benefits.

I think it should be studied more as a form of medication. Maybe smaller doses and administered orally, as to avoid the negative side effects associated with smoking or vaping it

[alyandon]

Your experience matches mine almost exactly.