Interesting article, but immediately ran into one of my pet peeves:
> The work is published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
"Alcohol and drugs" is like saying "beef and meat".
> The work is published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.
"Alcohol and drugs" is like saying "beef and meat".
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
re: the article itself, they concentrate only on brain regions which have high density of CB1 expression and that's reasonable. But CB1 is not the only CNS cannabinoid receptor (CB2 mostly expressed peripherally). There's also GPR55 which is activated by cannabinoids like THC. A little issue which could be addressed in future work.
Also who drinks alcohol without wanting at least some of the intoxication effects?
You would not drive in France for instance, because of the residual alcohol
Do they mean 'That is a slab.' or 'Hand me that slab.'?
Context matters. There is no correct answer. There are no metaphysical truth particles that shake 'True!'. Expressivism, how you feel about the statement, is going to decide what you think.
Anyway, I used to intentionally say things like "I love drugs, although its specifically Caffeine."
Wisdom is understanding that if there was legislation on the matter, and people who ate, produced, or sold non-tomato fruits were hunted and deprived of their freedoms by the state on the basis that fruits are bad for society, then you would likely see similar frustrations expressed about an article title that includes the phrase "tomatoes and fruits" to distinguish them.
Alcohol in moderation is relaxing. Most drugs, OTOH, when used at the doses that make them attractive to recreational drug users, impair reason, and impairing reason is not just stupid, but immoral. We can debate the particular methods by which the state regulates or otherwise deals with drug use, but there is nothing intrinsically wrong with the criminalization of such drugs as such. No one has a right to take drugs (there is no right to immorality). This may seem alien to a culture whose emaciated understanding of morality is exhausted by the concept of consent. The law is a teacher, and it is good to teach people that recreational drug use (and drunkenness) is a bad thing. Like all immorality, it is an insult to one's dignity and humanity.
We can tolerate the impairment of reason as a proportionate side effect [0] (for instance, high doses of morphine given to terminally ill patients in extreme pain), but this is not recreational use.
https://cheflindseyfarr.com/marinated-tomato-stone-fruit-sal...
(I second the recommendation of adding burrata.)
we have to operate in people space
But that's presumably why the parent commenter spoke up in the first place.
Industry-fueled self-delusion can be intercepted if we make the effort to do so.
> Was internet pedantry ultimately what helped you decide to quit?
No, at the time, the internet pedantry and the drinking actually helped fuel each other. Sober me now has more healthy limits regarding the internet, and I unplug when it becomes unhealthy instead of using it as an excuse to drink.
What ultimately helped me quit drinking was several things combined over a long enough time, including:
* in-person groups like AA (replacing the higher power stuff with an agnostic modification I found meaningful at the time) and S.M.A.R.T.
* online communities like /r/stopdrinking and /r/cripplingalcoholism
* regular therapy to target root causes like personal mental deficits (and how to re-wire my brain away from them) and other life struggles that were keeping me trapped in the cycle and fueling the addiction and symptoms of depression
Plenty of drugs, used in moderation, are also relaxing and can be enjoyable to the senses.
Alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, and marijuana products ARE drugs, not sure why people insist on making the distinction.
We see a distinction for that one, just like we do for alcohol.