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Originally Posted by Amanah
it alters your view of reality.
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No, seriously. It interacts with your endocannabinoid system and essentially helps the brain re-establish biochemical homeostasis. If THC is present, the high is produced during this period of stabilizing the biochemistry of the brain. It is the stability provided for 4 to 6 days after the high that is so beneficial.
I've described what it is like having PTSD. Imagine suffering from those symptoms, feeling like every day you're on the edge of a 100 story ledge, even while you're sitting still at home. Now, imagine smoking legally prescribed cannabis and while a high is produced that lasts four or so hours, for the next 4 days, you feel sound and balanced. No nervous shaking, cold sweats, anxiety attacks, violent impulses, nightmares, racing thoughts, intrusive memories, or thoughts of suicide. In fact, compared to how your mind felt prior to smoking, you feel clear as a bell. Calm as rock. For four days. On day five, you detect an instance of racing thoughts, but it fades quickly. Day 6, the racing thoughts begin to come back, subtle anxiety is setting in again. Your mind feels clouded as it did prior to smoking. Nightmares might return at this time. And so, you now know your threshold... four days. So you smoke a little cannabis every four days before bed... for six months... and during that period... everyone who knows you wants to know what happened because now your actually talking to them and interacting normally. Your kids say, "Mom and dad don't fight like they used to.", "I'm not afraid of dad anymore.", "Dad doesn't scream and break things like before.", and your performance at work increases. Your love life returns to normal... it's like you get your entire life back.
That's what it is like for some of us. What's so bad about that? Why would someone say it is a "sin"?
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