[throwanem]

> Going to an ER after taking cannabis seems like something only someone with an existing anxiety disorder might do.

Twenty or thirty years ago, I'd have agreed with you on this, but potency that's normal today wouldn't even have been a dream back then. If you think that makes no difference, I'm here to tell you you are wrong.

[saiya-jin]

You both are correct, I've seen it countless times. Folks sometimes don't admit even to themselves how insecure and anxious they are. And THC will highlight that, sometimes a bit, sometimes massively. Same with alcohol, other drugs, intense stressful situations and so on.

If you are not anxious, this is no story, this won't bulge even after decades of copious consumption (some very close folks fall here and only here, no exception ever heard of).

Now if you are completely clueless or just a (again clueless) kid and say eat 5 space cakes to show off, yeah this will not be a nice story. 5-10 hours of catatonic despair will leave some mark, but this id self-inflicted harm due to stupidity, many wonderful harms and deaths have been caused by very same thing and if we want bans due to that, alcohol should be the first in line by huge margin.

Educate from childhood, regulate (age, potency, how much daily, optimize for harmless consumption of quality products without impurities), but otherwise let folks do their thing. Anything else leads long term to worse results for whole society, any gut feeling is easily beaten by long term statistics.

[throwanem]

Oh, it's nothing anyone can't get through with a little help from someone who can take a broader perspective. That's a lot harder to come by these days than should be, or at least than is healthy for primates as social as we. Stronger communities would yield fewer such ER visits, too.

I don't advocate a ban; Prohibition is a salutary example and it would be worse today for all involved. But I also don't like to see anyone talk about any drug, and certainly not this one, as entirely benign.

[bowsamic]

My father in law gets super paranoid and anxious on weed and LSD but he will never admit it because he wants people to believe that he's completely chill

[ngai_aku]

Man, I wish my father-in-law was using LSD with me!

[hirvi74]

I constantly see this, but haven't people been making concentrates for 1000s of years? I imagine ancient Nepali hash would probably rock a lot of people's world still to this day.

[supertofu]

Sure, but Nepali hash was being taken in a much different cultural context (religious, often) by people who were generally very prepared for its consequences.