I get alcohol to some extent, since its liquid courage. Even cocaine is the same way. Weed is just shutting down your brain and being dumb for a while.
Edit: Ofc people get stupid when they drink, but that is not the main point. The entire point of weed is to shut down your brain.
Also, the health effects of doing alcohol och cocaine wrong is obviously devastating, but most often people getting there was trying to get some good effects, not bad - unlike the ones doing weed.
Weed also enhances senses. Food can taste better. Music can hit the soul harder. Video games/movies look cooler. An animal's fur feels softer. Etc... It releases dopamine like many other drugs do.
Pot, weed, dope, or marijuana. No matter what you call it, here’s what it will do to your body and brain.
www.webmd.com
"The main psychoactive ingredient, THC, stimulates the part of your brain that responds to pleasure, like food and
sex. That unleashes a chemical called
dopamine, which gives you a euphoric, relaxed feeling."
When it comes to visual alterations, this can be attributed to another cannabinoid, tetrahydrocannabivarin (THC-V), Dr. Tishler said.
www.phoenixnewtimes.com
It's not like you're sitting on the couch drooling in your oatmeal...unless you smoke way too much!
There also may be benefits in pain management, but I don't think there's enough research in that area yet.
It also can't be understated how much safer it is that cocaine and alcohol. Especially cocaine. Mac Miller recently died because his cocaine had fentanyl in it.
