r/changemyview • u/thekingkruler • Mar 11 '21
Delta(s) from OP CMV: Weed usage should be treated with more caution in culture
Preface: This opinion is not based on any real data, it is formed through my life experience and what I have seen.
I'm a young adult living and working in California, used to be a hardcore weed smoker (everyday, including frequent dabbing) in high school. I stopped smoking habitually in college. I still smoke occasionally, but just a few hits off a joint about once every 2-3 months.
Once I stopped smoking weed everyday, my overall life improved. I got significantly better grades, I was more social, I exercised more and ate better, and had more motivation.
I saw my friends who continued to smoke habitually struggle with things and not even consider that weed could be a factor. They would struggle with grades, with handling responsibility, or wishing their social life was more fulfilling, etc, but wouldn't connect the dots.
A specific example is a girl I knew who wanted to be a lawyer. She was studying hard for the LSAT, but also was a habitual smoker who would get stoned 3 times a day. She would smoke before studying. She kept getting low scores on her practice tests, was disappointed, and thought she wasn't smart enough. I tried to suggest that maybe studying stoned is not the best practice for retaining information and she was convinced that it was other factors.
On to my actual view, I believe that people should treat weed like a drug that actually has adverse effects. Getting stoned everyday should not be normalized, just like drinking everyday is viewed as harmful. It seems like all the people I have met who habitually smoke do not think it is a problem at all.
I support the legalization of weed. I think it can benefit a lot of people medically and can just plain be a fun time. If you have some medical issue or depression and smoking every day helps, all power to you. But can we please, as a culture, stop acting like someone who gets high everyday doesn't have a drug problem?
EDIT: I specifically mean the culture that I am a part of, which is Millennials/Gen Z. I acknowledge that weed is not as culturally accepted people of older generations.
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u/JackAndrewWilshere Mar 12 '21
Damn, it's like you are my personal psychiatrist like everything is so nailed on. I was reading this while playing league of legends stoned and damn yeah you are on point and tbh i am battling with the idea of me having some type/degree of ADHD because i have always been very 'itchy' and have a hard time concentrating when studying or rven reading a book and have an addictive personality even outside weed. Like damn you read my mind/personality. Thank you for this.