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I did like nicotine too but that was until mid-1995, then i quit this true ADDICTION...

Salutations, Sorry, my crystal ball is out-of-order right now! My guess is you require nicotine, how about CBD cannabis as a substitute? Although i figure nicotine craving may be a problem. Good day, have fun!!

Law Enforcement ain't necessarily synonymous of justice in its poetic sense...

Google News feels biased to me everytime i care to rely on it or on people who do. ...

Salutations Villager Albert, Well there was a good reason why THC-centric selections became the most obvious man-made group of all (since the effects are nearly immediate and no fancy technology was even required to perform successive comparisons over a few decades). The more recent CBD trend also seems excessive though i'd argue initial motivation behind it actually shares common ties with Victorian-age (bigot) anti-cannabic prohibitionism, itself depending on a "science" which doesn't even respect elementary cannabis features as its "entourage effect" to begin with - simply because Big Pharma much prefers patented mono-molecule$ with a DIN number while society's self-serving "elites" are just too satisfied to exploit artificial good/evil discriminatory systems... Not to mention i'd measure the benefits of High-CBD genetics on a long-term scale and still want to avoid extreme ratio boundaries anyway, e.g. rely on a mix of THC and CBD instead. Personally i wouldn't want to ignore that THC gets quickly delivered by inhalation, which may feel appropriate dealing with pain management, while i might be tempted to prioritize CBD bioavailability as a complement in extreme circumstances... Good day, have fun!!

Welcome to the talking apes corner...

Hi again, If tolerance buildup started to feel unavoidable as if getting enslaved by this habit then maybe it's about time to dissect its associated ritual, which itself gets shaped by delivery method for a large part. For example when smoking "joints" i recall my 1st significant move was to acquire a type of large hollow pipe intended to limit cloud wasting between 2 inhalations, while still obcessed at some point, because of wasted clouds occuring before and after the release of noble molecules - with no considerations for self-poisoning combustion back then. That thing could't be left unattended for long or it would extinguish, which implied even more waste, etc. In the end seeking a perfect toke was less than relaxing and this alone was enough agravation to render the goal nearly impossible, on top of developing more tolerance in the meantime. In some ways i reacted like a gambler i guess: e.g. the next toke was going to be THE one and the more i tried the more i kept failing of course. Perhaps dame Cannabis punished me for a lack of respect, motivated by my quest for the ultimate buzz, despite solid evidence that i was aiming for a wall, similar to legacy planes breaking appart before reaching MACH1... Decades later, past years of total cannabis abstainance, i got lucky to find alternatives requiring many more years to fine tune. Better late than never nonetheless! The need for "T-Breaks" is old history, my sessions no longer feel like chasing after time while combusting. Each toke lasts less than maybe 10 ~ 15 seconds at most, with no obligation to keep a fire alive and little concern at all that i'd be wasting some good stuff, on the contrary. It becomes pleasant to ride the tolerance threshold when a consumption tool & associated ritual systematically promote modest dosing, which strongly contrasts from days when i always fell into the typical trap of dosing abuse (e.g. compared to a useful dose). It's almost become an unconcious effort now that i've found a tool to suit my own requirements, now permitted to contemplate MACH2, so to speak... It appears a sense of freedom was gained when i realized it's OKay to forget the pipe and refocus with no fear of restrictive penalty over a main activity. Each puff "costs" about 25 ~ 30 mg of shreded dry flowers (taken from a ~125 mg bowl) and it doesn't even have to get depleted all at once, contrary to a ~300 mg "joint" wasted via combustion + lots of lost clouds which gave me a hard time having to decide if it was worth to extinguish early in the middle... Briefly put my world doesn't revolve around paraphernalia for long minutes anymore, although the habit itself comes with satisfying features (for an ex-smoker anyway) this new consumption method doesn't forcibly recenter my whole universe around it. What used to be "dope" is finally normalized enough to help enhance the day instead of vilifying it the way i was taught to when i used to smoke. What's nice with cannabis IMO is that tolerance build up will eventually confront consumers to dosing mistakes without causing serious threat to life, leaving plenty of time to learn from trial 'n error until a lasting lesson is acquired, decades later if it must. Good day, have fun!!

Salutations MsNobody, IMO there's already a couple self-vilifying vectors contemplated in this short sentence alone, lets start by having a quick glimpse at the most obvious: Extreme THC:CBD ratios are man-made, essentially, hence i only find reasonable to expect atypical effects near boundaries while i'd personally seek more balance. Concentration of potential contaminants is another concern with industrial mass-production of oils, because that's just the contrary of "bio", though i can recognize a need for it in medicinal applications. Simply keep in mind nobody can tell what's the future long-term consequences of chronic exposure considering although individual Pest Control Products (96+ made "legal" in Canada so far, including myclobutanil...) may be present as non-detectable individual traces their collective synergy toxicity still multiplies and we lack suitable studies to properly evaluate the real Public Health issues. In addition if we include consumption methods & associated rituals into the big picture then this clearly paves the way to "The Shortest Path of Lesser Transformation". Which also suggests that 3rd-party intermediary actor$ invite further vilification. Good day, have fun!!

Salutations, Never forget there are 2 sides to "ADDICTION" and the other ain't obvious just because it rarely falls under the scrutiny of a moralistic microscope as well, which can prove quite convenient (and hypocryte) depending on the side...

This title didn't show up until i cared to login and search specifically for the "c" word using the search tool. With all the accumulated negativism my reply would be: not here anyway.

Salutations JonasVE12: Before anything else just be advised that your dedicated thread failed to show up until i cared to use the search tool while logged in, otherwise it appears the front pages won't update for weeks if not months, whatever... Well i keep writing that most people get initiated/trained to abuse before anything else, on top of confusing the substance with some favourite consumption tool which simply promotes a need for "T-Breaks" besides making it an expensive habit, especially in a prohibitionist context including in my province where it's supposed to be "legal"... Good day, have fun!!

Why would anyone wish to pay attention to decades of individual failure(s) repeatedly projected on humanity while also avoiding to learn anything constructive from such misleading pattern?

Salutations SickLuv, Wrong place to look for it IMO, especially if you feel vulnerable while seeking a true sense of love anyway! Just search the web for "Egzoset David Chiasson" in order to get a glimpse on the other side of so-called "addiction", posting it here would feel somewhat futile but i provided enough details elsewhere to convey the big picture on how bad predatory attitudes can become i believe... Good day, have fun!!

Euh... Yet another sample of wrong-doing set as the norm then followed by a simili-surprise, as if somehow it were meant to get right automagically! Practically everyone who tries cannabis is thought to do it the wrong way and once we've been programmed by a socio-toxic environment to systematically abuse it's even more difficult to correct course. Cannabis doesn't create so-called "addictions" all by itself, just look at all the self-vilification vectors associated to it for no good purpose and then please hopefully consider starting to ask the right questions. Good day, have fun!!

Salutations, Honestly having tried both a true entheogen and cannabis i find such juxtaposition just feels improper as it appears to suggest these might even be equivalent, which they are not. It's like a comparison between reaching a building's top using its elevator(s) vs climbing this whole path through stairs: in one case just trust the pressing of a button to enjoy your ride, in the later nobody ain't getting anywhere without exercising their muscles first. And talking of exercise that reminds me practically everyone getting initiated to cannabis will fall into a same trap one generation after the next: we all begin with learning "self-vilification" by exagerating doses thanks to a consumption method where a lack of metered dosing control combines to inhalation of toxic combustion fumes although the purpose for this is limited to keeping a fire alive when even that ain't really desirable, for example my pipe cools off fast between 2 tokes and that's by design, while the cigarette/"joint" format implies the fire can't be allowed to die between inhalations unless a guy does it on purpose, but then there are associated penalties... Moreover, besides combustion our typical/traditional way implies being exposed to much more than Nature's noble molecules alone; which should become a concern in an era of cannabis industrialization based on Pest Control Products sprayed by the dozen (as soups) so their collective toxicity multiplies while individual detection remains a challenge even using expensive laboratory analysis. That's how Hydropotecary/Hexo happended to publish the non-detection concentration level of myclobutanil many years ago, which now actually reflects in H.-C.'s list. Not to mention that very same manufacturer who once promised kosher (as in "kosher Zyklon"...) finally tried their luck again by relocating to Ontario, not so long after testing a less prohibitive pricetag marketted as their "Original Stash". Briefly put quality got compromized by repeated cheating and i simply wouldn't trust their vegetal substrate at all since it can be reasonably expected to contain less-than-noble seasoning. Worse, unless you know your provider personally lets assume "bio" grades have disapeared on legal markets, because testing is a farce as we heard last year relatively to "vaping deaths". So... In terms of vilification we've inherited the consumption method of James Albert Bonsack, who patented it in 1880 - 1881 for purely mercantile purposes, as before him hand rolling would prove being too expensive. Besides the most relative convenience of easy disposal (as ashes) of the tool there's simply no healthwise feature in it's favour except one perhaps: each puff gets roughly "packetized" by virtue of physical limiting factors as inhalation force vs airflow restriction, etc. In other words that's the prototype legacy of today's "Micro-Dosing" in a century when electricity was a fresh novelty. Another possible vilification vector relies in a tool's associated ritual. The cigarette/"joint", as i recall, automatically results into the sacrifice of noble molecules between each toke if/when alone. This may induce a desire for the ultimate cloud and then yet another consequence emerges: a need to "T-Break" occurs after tolerance has built up. Which is only a natural thing since most people are drawn into self-vilification by their favourite consumption tool which promotes such disfunctional habit by design. In comparison my pipe provides 25 ~ 30 mg tokes involving minimal unwanted baking between inhalations (because it's OKay not to rely on a self-sustaining fire), which means anytime is a good time to forget about it and leave it where it stands, because it's already too cold for having another puff anyway. E.G. minimizing chronic fascination for paraphernalia as is the unfortunate consequence using bag vaporizers one might say... Now lets consider the abysmal MAN-MADE void between THC-centric and so-called CBD genetics. The perpetual lack of offers in the 2:1, 3:1 or 4:1 THC:CBD ratios sounds like hint enough that all "scientific" statistic data accumulated since the Victorian age are contaminated, to say the least. Too bad every single user gets initiated to systematic abuse long before the true value of cannabis can be eventually discovered and experienced properly, without Self-Vilification, to be exact. Good day, have fun!!

Salutations OneCirrus, Maybe it's just a lack of options, or an impression of it. There's excellent food in vegetarian places that beats McD's offer IMO, personally i certainly appreciate 2 Libanese franchises as Amir and Basha near my location (in Québec), i'd be surprized you can't try something equivalent. It's "fast" too and i'll never regret my 1st time while i keep thinking of the next... Good day, have fun!!

Salutations ZZZZ, This is typical of a guys who can't refrain from dosing abuse, so did you abuse? How about the consumption method & ritual?? It can't be wrong to quit chronic self-poisoning by combustion if it's a personal decision. One eventual problem is to find some healthwise substitute that won't continue to promote self-vilification if total abstainance proves being no durable option... Ouch! Good luck dealing with that one! Euh... M'well try to look at the bright side: alcohol is a "social lubricant", so chances are you've lubrified plenty.

Salutations, There's been a Star Trek marathon on cable TV lately so lets just say i had my fair share or red lights, not to mention plenty of frozen dinners + soft drinks, potato chips by the bag, sticky cheese sticks, greasy nuts with salt, a ton of chocolate... It's amazing how refreshing memories can boost apetite and leave a sense of replenishment! Good day, have fun!!

Salutations Kushu2000, Well, i keep reading trance and yet practically every single sample which was submitted evokes an invitation to dance, which in neither of these two cases corresponds to my own definition of what a "trance" actually is. But i belong to another time i guess. Good day, have fun!!

Salutations, There should be more emphasis put on the consumption method than the substance, i believe. In cannabis smoking a lot of vilification results from toxic self-poisoning combustion combined to the cigarette/"joint" ritual, then external factors as moral and economy interfere. It's funny to hear on TV that alcohol is a social lubricant while public-funded "pot" prohibitionist propaganda sounds like it's about masturbation... In my province anyway it's now a crime to wear clothes with a cannabis leaf printed on it and we're supposed to have legalized! It doesn't matter how many times older than 21 people are, the SQdC guards controlling entrance demand that we provide our identification cards. E-Cigs (vapes) are banned and yet visitors can find pre-rolled joints and rolling paper, etc. While the most concerned part of population remains without a voice mass media pushes further vilification like there's no tomorrow - In The Name Of Children. It's been over a year and it appears the only edible to be allowed so far might be CBD tea, which is a joke even when it can be found anyway. Briefly put "marijuana" fuels a lot of discussions except the most basic ones, like a user's consumption method shaping his habit profile, for example. After all i don't recall a single occurence where parents of my family "educated" their teenagers by handing them a 40 oz bottle of their strongest alcohol and much less without a glass... On rare events as Christmass and New Year's Eve only a few minors would be offered to emulate the adults and always with moderation. In other words they were guided using the appropriate tools, starting with small a glass. The smoking habit democratized by James Albert Bonsack over a century ago had one beneficial feature perhaps: by virtue of its path diameter combined with other physical factors it approximately delimited dosing in each puff. Today we live in a world of extremes and of course there's no such thing as metered dosing in any of the popular consumption methods readily available, quite on the contrary. Never mind the obvious display of vilification whole parts of the population are quick to blame behavioral disorders on cannabis, blowing monster clouds nonetheless... Lets have a closer look at the cigarette/joint format. Once lit half of the noble molecules get destroyed by fire simply to keep a fire alive, while generating toxic heat-denaturated poisons by the dozen if not by the hundred, hence multiplying toxicity in presence of intense heat. The worse problem here being about collecting both desirable vaporized compounds and unwanted fire by-products in a same inhalation - which is easy to recognize as vilification if we consider it violates a most basic principle: to just follow "The Shortest Path of Lesser Transformation". In other words this most extraordinary gift of nature shouldn't have its finest features sacrificed for the sake of Victorian-age convenience: It's called trichome glands and they collect precious cannabinoïds with other noble substances responsible for the "entourage effect", etc. That's a nearly ideal packaging format where filtration has been performed on a molecular basis at no additional cost, away from some vegetal substrate potentially soaking with soups of Pest Control Products (100+ already "legaleezed" in my country). In any case, go figure why, there are individuals all to happy to mess it all real bad by setting fire globally, which shall add poison where it was absent before. One might think vaporizers as the venerable Volcano came as a blessing but it turns out this type of slow/steady ovenizer device promotes paraphernalia fascination while awaiting long minutes for a bag to get full, then the owner is naturally tempted to empty it out of frustration for waiting so long, etc. Not to mention global ovenizing boosts the output with a mirage if we consider it's mostly the trichome glands it should target, instead of performing deep extraction leading to blind vilification. Now imagine e-Cigs with their secret recipes, mis-guided 3rd-party interference and what not! Anyway lets go back to the joint format. What we have here is a mix of wood fibers (called paper...), formed into a tube using glue, filled with not-so-noble vegetal fibers and hopefully "bio" while offering a fair amount of trichome glands (e.g. if it's not been "tumbled"), with aroma/taste severely compromized through sterilization by exposure to cobalt-60 radioactive rays if "legal"! But even if the average Joe will insist over getting a 300 mg fatty, even when shared it still represents nearly 10 x 30 mg doses so who's actually shocked by such potential for vilification directly leading into abuse when alone? It's not cannabis that is responsible for all these forms of excessive patterns, not even the potent one. Much like i wouldn't educate a 17-yr old minor by leaving him alone with a 40 oz and no glass i find some consumers fail to assume their own faults, or mistakes. If it's too strong then pass the joint, if alone then don't finish it - even refrain from smoking at all! The Shortest Path of Lesser Transformation is always best, at least if offers a chance to get rid of tolerance issues by avoiding some typical trap about seeking an ultimate puff while the more you try the more you fail, heading for a solid wall-of-shame since every joint is synonymous of more abuse. Too bad no government will ever fix any consumption method, total abstainance is so much more self-serving in political arenas, with Public Health as a decoy. Etc., etc... Keep in mind the goal is to transfer noble molecules from trichome glands into our bloodstream, the rest is potential vilification IMO - hence pay attention to vilification as it kicks back. Good day, have fun!!

Salutations Perlita, Hummm... A few evenings ago i was watching some late TV show and the final scene happened to focus on friends gathered together to socialize around large quantities of alcohol. Then a similar set of symbols was broadcasted during the next commercial adds, then the next program started with even more evident banalization, in a province where it's a crime to wear cannabis clothing, and soon smoke it in any public area including private balconies. Neither situations feel appropriate but at least you can mute your TV and zap through channels, while i got no similar options relatively to cannabis, so until your internal organs start to complain you're free to enjoy the relative absence of predatory stigma! Then i a few decades from now it may even be possible liver/pancreas transplants have become a routine operation - sponsored by some vodka manufacturer or else! Good day, have fun!!

Salutations Preety_India, IMO it's even more irritating when mixed with plain old bigot propaganda, which is routine where i live and that's the canuck land of cap'tain Itnoc: In The Name Of Children... Good day, have fun!!

Hi again TrynaBeTurquoise, IMO microdosing is inherent to the consumption method & ritual, so i'm done dealing with that on a daily basis already and that was also true years ago. Better late than never, lets just hope such on-line study is real (or ar least real enough) and deals with the basics - which otherwise would sound faked... Good day, have fun!!

Salutations TrynaBeTurquoise, Well i felt deceived as the 2nd separate item boils down to this: In other words it's us, the reader, who are supposed to feed some 3rd-party with information collected via an on-line questionnaire. Good day, have fun!!

Salutations SerpaeTetra, About "Murder of Animals vs. Murder of Humans": What really matters is to decide if it's worthy of an emancipated being. Good day, have fun!!