After Obama, it’s incredible how most white people have become extremely right-wing extremists

That hasn’t been my anecdotal observation. Obama’s election definitely freaked out the existing White racists and motivated them to get more politically active, but I haven’t seen non-racist Whites suddenly become racist because a Black man finally got elected president. Where are you seeing this? Better yet, is there research or polling data documenting it?

No, what this boils down to is that pot gets you high and a lot of people abuse it to avoid dealing with their feelings and problems. That is a totally reasonable concern for any healthcare provider to have and for there to be a general preference for prescribing other medications that don’t have those drawbacks.

People ITT are just butthurt about their pro-marijuana politics. And this isn’t the first post in this community I’ve seen featuring politics-laden comments that question real science because it’s inconvenient. My opinion of this community is dropping fast.

Man, you’re so upset about my comment you had to respond to it three separate times? I think you should probably get off the internet or at least Lemmy for a while.

There are plenty of antidepressants that don’t have a risk of increases in SI.

No, I wouldn’t recommend using THC to manage any emotion because there are more effective drugs with fewer side effects, typically.

Wow, what a strong and well-articulated argument. Reminds me of people who argue that alcohol is an effective treatment for all those ailments.

Theres a difference between using a drug to keep emotional problems within manageable limits while engaging in therapy to arrive at more permanent solutions and abusing it to mask negative emotions as a way to avoid dealing with them. You don’t sound like you appreciate that difference, meaning you’re probably just defending substance abuse and addiction, perhaps as problems in your own life. If so, please seek help. Regardless, you don’t seem to understand the problem.

It depends how you mean it. I prefer Imperial measurements because they’re what I’m used to but I honestly think the U.S. should join the rest of the world and use the Metric system.

Thank you saving me the clicks.

If you use it for personal rather than commercial use, what’s the harm?

Do you not watch the news IRL? Pro-Palestinian protests have been in the headlines practically since the Hamas terrorist attacks on 10/7/23. I’m not sure how you’ve missed them.