Pulitzer Prize winning Natalie Anger, who writes about biology, describes marijuana as a way for women who are anorgasmic to obtain orgasm. She mentions that all of her female family members used weed to experience orgasm. As a young woman, I never found that necessary, but as a post menopausal woman, I sometimes refer to it as Viagra for women.
Anger wrote her book, "Woman" in 2000 and she mentions that medical cannabis has never been approved as a way to improve women's sex lives. Hmmmm. Could that have anything to do with our male dominated healthcare system?
Of course we don't really know the negative effects of long term usage of cannabis, as not nearly enough research has been done, due to the stupid US laws that keep it illegal on the federal level. There certainly may be long term effects, especially if one uses from sun up to sun down. I've often predicted that when enough of us baby boomers become really old, there might be a new disease known as THC dementia, sort of like alcoholic dementia. Ironically, a drug that contains THC has been used to treat Alzheimer's but it didn't seem to be very effective. At least not for my former patient. Still, maybe if one has dementia, a little cannabis might help calm down the agitation that so many with AD experience.
I've never driven while under the influence of any recreational drug. I also think it's cruel, and stupid to lock up a person for using a substance in the safety of their home. What a waste of law enforcement, not to mention the cost of incarceration. As some of you mentioned, there are many human habits that have the potential to be harmful, including many branches of organized religion.
But, right now, I thought we were talking about getting high, which at least temporarily takes a little of life's misery away. Perhaps if used in moderation, no harm will come. It doesn't seem to have harmed that old guy, Willy Nelson.
Btw, is it 4:20 yet?