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Unless you have experienced long term severe tinnitus + hyperacusis + hearing loss, it's impossible to understand how much such a combination reduces quality of life.

Sorry you have to go through this, OP.

Unrelated to the original post: Does anyone know if Reddit keeps or shares records of content that ends up on the (unauthenticated, uncustomized) homepage (top 30 results at any given time) for US-based users? If so, how far back does such data go?

I don't believe the mainstream archive sites would be a definitive source. Perhaps there is another?

Weed kills motivation, hopes and dreams, and limits potential. This is true, but not universally for everyone. Some people truly do function better stoned, even perpetually as many hackers apparently are.

Numerous studies suggest clearly that long-term marijuana use reduces IQ.

Perhaps in the future we'll have customized DNA-derived profiles that accurately tell whether someone is better doing no weed, lots of weed, some weed, and so on and so forth for all chemicals. We all have unique chemical makeups, after all.

Some background: My father was an extensively published pharmaceutical (toxicology, pharmacology, brain expert) academic researcher. Drugs are entirely about dosage. The logic applies here.

FBI policy may be antiquated but does exist for a good reason. Perhaps that reason needs refinement at a societal level, through technological progress.

I do expect this comment to get downvoted. HN'ed.