We're just swapping burning one herb for another.
Personally I don't smoke but having tried both, nicotine is hands down better. It sharpens the mind, unlike cannabis which always just made me feel like I'd lowered my IQ.
They're both obviously hilariously unhealthy.
And have you ever heard of edibles? No ill affects from the smoking part.
So calling both "obviously hilariously unhealthy" is wildly misleading.
Vaping is especially good, since it's so efficient - a typical smoker will use between 2-4x less flower when vaping! So it's healthier, and much cheaper!
Plus, ~nobody uses weed as a nicotine alternative, because the effects are totally different. It's such a weird comparison to bring up, like comparing alcohol to caffeine and deciding alcohol's a shit replacement for caffeine. Yes, of course it is, nobody thought otherwise.
Now, replacing (at least some) alcohol use with weed? Now that's almost certainly a big win, health-wise, and the effects are at least semi-comparable.
[1] https://drugabusestatistics.org/alcohol-abuse-statistics/
[2] https://www.uptodate.com/contents/cannabis-withdrawal?topicR...
Reddit is also not a source for anything, but it does confirm that my anecdotal evidence is not limited to my friend circle: https://www.reddit.com/r/leaves/comments/10vgauo/why_does_no....
You FEEL getting high and when you had enough. If you get too high, you stop. There is no overdose.
I am sure no normal people drink vodka just like beer, thinking they are both similarly alcoholic drinks. Not even accidentally. Of course, if you want to abuse, you can. In both cases. But that is your conscious choice.
Consuming too much of an edible is pretty much the default outside of high quality dining experiences -- quality control from edible to edible is terrible and nobody weighs before they eat. And I'm not sure what dispensary you're going to where they give you dosage advice unasked for, it's abnormal in the extreme.
> You FEEL getting high and when you had enough. If you get too high, you stop. There is no overdose.
No, especially with edibles, the effect is delayed. It's true that you stop when you've had too much, but by then some portion of the population will experience psychosis, anxiety, etc. Not ideal, and very hard to protect against the next time, because again, edible quality control is terrible and everything is dosed at least 10% too high.
> I am sure no normal people drink vodka just like beer, thinking they are both similarly alcoholic drinks. Not even accidentally. Of course, if you want to abuse, you can. In both cases. But that is your conscious choice.
That's the whole point. They don't, because the distinction is clear. With marijuana products, it's not.
But even if it didn’t, I still struggle to understand what is the problem with taking too much THC once. You’ll have a bad time and next time you’ll have less or none. No real harm, no long term damage, no addiction. Getting drunk on vodka once will not make me more likely to have hard drinks when beer is not available. I will simply have less of the stronger product.
This isn’t true. It was a lie peddled by pro legalization groups. Some physical symptoms include cold sweats and diarrhea but there are plenty of others and the psychological symptoms are worse (terrible nightmares and anxiety.)
https://www.healthline.com/health/marijuana-withdrawal#sympt...
Sure, not like some drugs - but if you are dependent it absolutely causes physical withdrawals.
It's not quite caffeine withdrawal, but it's also nothing like alcohol (which can kill you) or nicotine withdrawal.
The medical establishment doesn't like to talk about individual variability much, tho: people tend to start asking how effective the mass market prescription drugs are for them instead of accepting the bland reassurances that all bodies are the same.
you're obviously hilariously misinformed. I recommend reading up on the general consensus of health affects on both substances. Marijuana isn't harmless, but it's a whole lot safer than tobacco, and also provides many legitimate medical uses.