A puff of this, and the world transforms into a colorful kaleidoscope of dancing patterns and waves of sound; a sip of that, and the muscles in your body relax like jello.
We know different drugs make us experience the world around us in very different ways — and their after-effects are often nowhere near as pleasant as the immediate results they produce.
So what exactly are these drugs doing to prompt these feelings?
[Ed. Note: the rest of this article is infographics.]
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What 5 Popular Drugs Including Weed and Booze do to Your Body and Brain
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @12:10PM (7 children)
I believe I speak for the majority of SN users in saying that this type of news is not wanted here.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @12:26PM
it [shroomery.org]
Infographics are not news.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @01:45PM
Yes, there is definately nothing useful or interesting behind the link. I am so certain that no one actually knows this, let alone that it found its way to a page of infographics, that I wont be clicking.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @02:48PM
Just say 'no' to click bait?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @04:33PM
I don't know how many people you speak for or think you speak for but you don't speak for me.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 09 2017, @06:24PM
If the headline delivered what it promised it would be interesting.
Instead, it delivers a bunch of propaganda and a few outright lies.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @08:32PM
I disagree.
I would want to know what I am potentially poisoning myself with, so that I can make a better decision than what the product marketing may otherwise suggest.
DARE programs and propaganda and so on -- do not an informed consumer make.
This article and its presentation are suspect, but the question is valid and so is the desire to have a good answer.
(Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Thursday March 09 2017, @10:57PM
Sorry to dissent, I find this interesting.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @02:51PM (5 children)
This is some dare stuff. Look at the weed graphic. Extended heavy use leads to addiction... oooh. Except quitting weed after extended use is relatively easy. Quitting nicotine or coffee is much much worse.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @06:27PM
All are just equal easy to leave at the begining before trying, just say no to all.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @08:52PM (3 children)
So weed doesn't give you physical problems when you quit. That isn't everything.
Weed users sort of lose their will to... do much of anything really, except smoke more weed. Life becomes meaningless. Initiative disappears.
I'd call that an addiction.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @10:43PM
Weed users sort of lose their will to... do much of anything really, except smoke more weed. Life becomes meaningless. Initiative disappears.
Is there scientific consensus that weed turns people into depressed husks?
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Friday March 10 2017, @02:19AM
I disagree from first- and second-hand experience. I stopped 15 years ago, no problem except for the nicotine withdrawal. When I consumed, I successfully worked on my computer science master while working 40h a week, and the reason I stopped was because my girlfriend that time asked me. (No, she was not insisting or anything.)
So: I was performing well, I obviously wasn't addicted and I obviously still had other interests. I was just a little less stressed out, more calm and thereforr enjoyed my work more.
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(Score: 2) by dry on Friday March 10 2017, @05:14AM
You're confusing psychological addiction with physical addiction. Lots of things are psychological addicting, even reading Soylent news and internet use in general. Shit, I see people so spaced out, staring at their phones (facebook?) that they walk right into traffic. Seems that one of the biggest killers now is caused from being distracted by the phone while driving.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 09 2017, @04:08PM
Effects on spiders:
https://priceonomics.com/a-brief-history-of-spiders-on-drugs/ [priceonomics.com]
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/07/06/weekend-diversion-spider-webs-on-drugs/ [scienceblogs.com]
Not surprised the higher dose of caffeine is so bad for spiders since it's fairly toxic to insects and snails.
The lower doses of caffeine apparently aren't as bad to spiders.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 09 2017, @06:22PM
and their after-effects are often nowhere near as pleasant as the immediate results they produce.
The after-effect of my evening weed is a good night's sleep. Frankly, that's MORE pleasant than the immediate effect.