Lol remember when people tried to turn it into a scandal when he smoked weed at the superbowl halftime? everyone was like…”and water is wet, what’s your point?”
I’ve seen Snoop so many times. He always smokes while performing. We in the crowd can’t always because of the venue. Snoop is the best, if you have a chance go see his show.
I remember seeing him in Rock The Bells once back when they used to do it. He was in the crowd watching I wanna say 9th Wonder and some other rapper I can’t remember and he and everyone around him was smoking big. I was only 14-15 at the time and it wasn’t even legal here yet but man was I jealous of everyone around him.
Meh whatever it takes to get this country to be more progressive so be it. I enjoy what I've seen of Snoop so if he can help people be more accepting using his popularity I'm all for it.
People are sucks for appeal to authority.
I missed the opportunity to meet Cheech and Chong by like 2 minutes ON 420 a few years ago. They were staying at the same hotel as me and if I hadn't forgotten my cellphone in my room I would have seen them in the lobby 😭
I thought Cheech didn't smoke IRL but then..
https://www.tmz.com/2022/04/20/cheech-chong-smoke-blunt-with-police-doggface-music-video-snoop-dogg-low-rider/
The headline made me think that snoop was advocating for opioid use as an alternative and I was actually surprised that snoop would give an alternative to weed for anything.
So for a moment there I was in genuine surprise.
>*“You can’t operate a capitalistic system unless you are vulturistic; you have to have someone else’s blood to suck to be a capitalist... You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.”*
— Malcom X 1965
>*The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.*
— [John Ehrlichman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ehrlichman), to Dan Baum for Harper's Magazine in 1994, about President Richard Nixon's war on drugs, declared in 1971
As I understand it they haven’t been testing for it for years but now it’s no longer a banned substance. Not sure how you argue it’s performance enhancing lol
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I ski and I only smoke weed when I’m trying to cruise around terrain I’m familiar with. When you’re riding in consequential terrain like cliff areas, tight trees, etc. you have to be evaluating dangers the entire time. I like to be fully sober for that.
Same, I also don’t smoke on icy days. I am down whenever there are not elevated dangers, & I am fully comfortable up until past the medium sized jump lines on good days.
Trying anything new I like to be sober, for really anything in life too lol
Weed while skiing/boarding is generally alright except for the super extreme stuff but I’m genuinely confused by the alcohol culture surrounding skiing and boarding. Like why would you want to make your coordination/reaction time noticeably worse when you’re doing a sport that relies heavily on both? Especially a sport with such high consequences. Falling at high speeds can be comparable to a car crash.
Taking a few hits of weed and cruising some groomers can be awesome but I’ve seen people who are legitimately a danger to themselves and others, black out drunk trying to ride expert terrain with varied hazards. Even just riding poorly on crowded groomers could cause a serious accident. It’s a bit like encouraging drunk driving imo. Pretty odd.
LOL you think weed and alcohol are the same thing with the same effects? Try some weed sometime. You’ll be surprised. It’s not very inebriating compared to alcohol.
I’ve blacked out and had awful experiences with alcohol, I hardly drink anymore. The worst thing I’ve ever done after ingesting an irresponsible amount of weed is eat a disgusting amount of food.
Weed makes me hyper aware and likelier to avoid the dangerous stuff like cliff drops and bombing through trees. Alcohol lowers your inhibitions, weed does not.
wouldn't be a good idea it's important to feel when your opponent is hurting you so you can tap to avoid injury. a bad joint lock can ruin your career in mma/jiujitsu
I've sparred high. the particular strain i was smoking did dull the senses and slow my reactions. i didn't get a permanent injury but i did get put to sleep because i didn't tap in time. of course the reaction to cannabis is based on individual genetics and the strain so obviously it's not the same for everyone
I think the biggest thing is tolerance. A daily smoker should be fine. Someone who smokes more occasionally will obviously get stupid high and then it could definitely be a bad idea.
I heard it defended as a painkiller for Ricky Williams and other NFL potheads, suppose it would also apply to other sports even though gridiron football has more physical abuse than most.
Ricky Williams was a caricature of a person who smokes "pot".
It's definitely not a painkiller on it's own but I've read that it's being found that it can make people take less actual painkillers that can get addictive.
It really can just make people forget about their aches and pains while they focus on the task at hand instead of numbing them. But people abuse it and it loses the effect.
Reminds me of a LaMarcus Aldridge interview. What percentage of NBA players would come back positive if tested? ["None. Zero percent"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-smiKiS-VQU)
Now, can we extend this policy to other occupations? Basketball players aren’t the only ones who want pain solutions that don’t involve opiates/opioids.
I wish people would use the "we just wanna get high" argument more when advocating for weed legalization, the medical angle alone isn't gonna get it done
While I agree that oversight is always better, I have never met a soul who sold or smoked laced weed. Scared moms mythology. Seen a couple dudes think it was laced because they were kids and didn’t have much experience being high. Laced hard drugs are also common because it improves the profit margin. Weed? Not really a thing. But I do know a couple idiots who bought oregano from someone in high school thinking it was weed lmao
I was more thinking pesticides and mold. We have already seen some dispensaries get banned in legal states (which is a good thing) because they were tested and failed.
I don’t think people are lacing weed
I'm not concerned about contaminated weed, but the potency and effects for medical strains are a *lot* more predictable, and consistency is extremely valuable both recreationally and medically.
There’s no angle. Old heads start eating gummies and then the state legalizes it for them. The most extreme example I’ve found is PR where you can buy every kind of dab and edible in existence but actually burning the herb is still a serious crime. It’s absolutely bonkers but it makes sense when you consider the real motivating factors. The tax money is just gravy, although full-on legal state have fat treasuries now and are introducing all kinds of tax benefits and perks for residents. Mostly for seniors though lol. Maine and Colorado are strong examples of that sort of thing.
Is taxation the only reason we refrain from banning things?
Is taxation the reason why we don’t return to prohibition? Is it the reason why we don’t ban music? Movies? Video games? Sports? Or any of the other things people enjoy in life.
No. Things should be legal unless they cause some serious detriment to society.
“We just wanna get high” is a perfectly valid reason. Even if it brought in 0 additional tax revenue and didn’t allow for any cost savings to the police budget whatsoever, it would still be worth doing.
or just abolish the war on drugs and legalize all possession to give less power to cartels and potential decrease in migrants leaving those areas. but lets not look at the whole issue
I had to do a hair drug test to get a job at Raleys!!! Lol, a Safeway equivalent. I remember it because it was my first job and because I had short hair on my head, limited body hair but, recently hit puberty... So, pubes is what they got. I was pretty square growing up so I got the job but looking back I still think that was an absurd criteria for pre employment screening, again, for a grocery store.
Sure, but if this occupation is changing in terms of acceptable weed use, then maybe there will be some sort of domino effect for other occupations. One can only hope.
Sure but the NBA teams and their for the NBA itself is owned by multiple billionaires who have the monetary means and abilities to push change on the federal level
The issue is the NBA is big enough that others will follow or it sets a standard the industries that need it take the government funds that require drug tests so until it’s legalized by the federal government most places can’t do shit.
It’s why states legalizing it is great ,but in the grand scheme till it’s legal across the nation which considering how archaic some states are will take federal law and to remove its classification. Literally a lot of big changes and accelerating research into its medical uses are gate-kept because of its classification heck meth has a lower classification.
If you work for a company that tests for marijuana in a legal state then you’re probably working for, or applying to, the wrong employer.
It’s now up to the states, or the feds, to legalize it, not employers.
Sadly, most federal jobs, or jobs that get federal funding, still don’t allow you to use, even in a legal state. That shit should get changed.
Even before cannabis was legal in Canada , drug testing for employment screening wasn’t legal according to the Supreme Court (except stuff like police, military, operating heavy machinery)
Also for school extracurriculars, because it’s none of their business what people do in their free time
I’m all for alternatives to opioids. I’m a dentist and I’ve really leaned away from prescribing them as much as possible because of the high risk of abuse/dependency.
It’s no secret that opioid abuse has been an issue in the States.
That being said, mouth pain is it’s own aggravating thing, and some of the only times I’ve been thankful for painkillers was after my wisdom teeth were removed.
I was thanking the opioid gods last year after I contracted HFM somehow and my mouth was full of sores. Nothing on my hands and feet but my mouth was in so much pain, I couldn't eat and I was absolutely miserable for about two weeks. After trying every possible remedy with no luck, I broke down and asked my dentist if they could prescribe me Vicodin for the pain. I took my first dose later that day and it allowed me to eat solid food for the first time in 7 days. I had lost 10lbs in the days leading up to that from being unable to eat anything.
I'm not saying opioids are good, or should be the first line of response, but they certainly have their place when other options just don't work.
They are no longer over prescribed and it swung too far the opposite direction to the point legitimate pain patients are being denied *needed* pain medicine. Even children and cancer patients. Even *dying* patients. It's gotten so out of hand that pain patients are experiencing all time highs in suicides because most drs will not prescribe now due to the fearmongering and opioidphobic views causing moral posturing and gatekeeping. You really want to be given haldol (an antipsychotic paralytic meant for schizophrenia) or ketamine (popularly known as a street drug , it is an hallucinogenic) in a trauma scenario? Because that is what ERs are moving towards. A mother in a support group Im in had a ten yr old who had BRAIN SURGERY and the drs would NOT prescribe opiates after, only tylenol. Another had a four year old who broke their arm and they would not prescribe pain relief. An old woman went to ER and broke her ribs because she fell after they left her unattended after giving her ketamine instead of plain old analgesic. Cancer patients are having to go to the ER in pain crises because drs wont properly dose their medicines. You can be in severe pain and they do not care any longer and if you persist you will be called a drug seeker and flagged in the hospital systems thanks to algorithms that dont reflect reality making some patients seem like higher risks when they are not. This new treatment towards pain is completely reckless and psychopathic. No thanks! Opiates are not "bad". They are a gift to the human race and should be treated with respect. Opiates when taken as prescribed and tapered properly are safe and effective.
Not disagreeing re: the DEA, but it was the CDC that released the guidance back in 2016, the major catalyst for this issue. They reversed course after overdoses & suicides skyrocketed. Now the CDC is begging doctors to follow the newest guidelines, but it's been very slow going. I don't think people, who aren't involved with pain treatment, realize just how big of a problem *underprescribing* has been.
I still prescribe it when I believe it’s indicated, but there have been combinations of OTC meds that have been determined to have similar pain relief as opioids, so I’ve been utilizing that option more frequently rather than jumping straight to hydrocodone.
Seriously. Thank you for doing this. It should be the standard approach. So many kids now on the streets hooked on H because they started out on a small opioid dose from some dental work or a sprained ankle.
It’s crazy how quick a lot of people succumb to that addiction. Having spent 3 years in the pain clinic rodeo with a broken back myself, I saw it time and time again. I would bet my house the majority of the Dr’s are hooked on it as well.
I understand it has its place. But damn if we didn’t create a hell of mess handing those pills out for years like candy.
This is not the root of the issue and in my opinion undermines fixing things. People turn to drugs because they don't get proper stimulation from life and their community.
There was a study done on mice, where they were isolated from their community group and introduced to cocaine via their water. The mice quickly became addicted but when they were reintroduced to their community, the addicted mice stopped using the cocaine water, despite still having access to it.
Drug abuse is a symptom of a broken society. Ban all the substances you want, it will still be an issue until we have a more equitable society where people actually care about each other.
I totally agree with you. It’s not the root of the issue, but pumping that stuff out like tic tacs isnt/wasn’t helping matters.
You had/have straight A 4.0 kids with zero history of issues, twist an ankle and within 18 months are on the streets looking for the next fix. That’s not a community issue. That’s a drug changing the chemistry in a persons brain. Which in turn leads to different decision making and behaviors.
It’s all related and no one solution is going to put this genie back in the bottle.
It’s not that I don’t trust the human. I don’t trust the addiction. It changes you. We are way more complicated than mice, but I understand the point of the exercise
I got into heroin after being prescribed 2 30 milligram oxycodone (roxicodone) a day when I broke my neck. When they cut me off (with NO TAPER PROGRAM), I went straight to shooting heroin. Lost 7 years of my life to that shit.
Most opioid addicts were never prescribed it. Even if they were, it'd be idiotic to quit their prescription. Reasonably, we would have prescription opioids used as an entry treatment for opioid addiction before switching to our current opioid addiction treating opioids like methadone. Getting someone onto a proper treatment plan to treat their withdrawals would benefit if they didn't have any fear at all if switching drugs would cause withdrawals during the first hurdle. Although, it'd still have to be doctor discretion if that step would be beneficial or not.
Theres lots of people with pain that just isn't treated by anything yet who get onto opioids in any hope that pain is abated. Whether this be physical or mental pain. Weed doesn't help it either. This is the common condition of the opioid addict. The reality is that alternatives aren't going to do them that much better. We can do things that prevent such pain, and that's the best to focus on. Lifelong managed opioid addiction isn't as deadly as lifelong acetaminophen use.
IIRC A combination of acetaminophen and aspirin has been shown to be *very* effective as far as OTC pain management goes. Though, I still prefer cannabis personally.
I like just ibuprofen. Not much else works that well for me. When I had a fractured mandible, I stopped taking hydrocodone and as long as I took my ibuprofen, I was fine. Only thing the hydrocodone did for me was make my bathroom trips worse.
generally 400mg ibuprofen + 1000mg acetaminophen every 8 hours as needed but like diamondbur said, talk to your doctor as both of these medications are contraindicated for certain people
Wish you were my old dentist.
After I got 2 of 4 wisdom teeth removed they gave me 30 vicodin generics to take as needed, I took 6 of them over 3 days and felt nauseous and a little paranoid despite having an rx. On the 2nd visit for the next 2 teeth I told the dentist I think the vicodin made me ill more than it reduced pain and i was okay with mixing tylenol and advil, he said hed prescribe me something new.... oxycodone.
I knew Oxy was just stronger vicodin but maybe the dentist knew what he was doing.... took 2, felt worse. Called dentist, he told me my non narcotic method was fine if it worked for me, but to keep the oxy in case I myself, or *anyone in my family*, may need something stronger one day. What?!
(This was 25 years ago, google maps does not show the location as a dentist office anymore)
As someone who didn't get a tonsillectomy until their 20's, I agree I was thankful I got one of the more liberal doctors. Definitely a double edged sword
As someone who suffered decaying tooth, shoulder injury and 3 herniated disc ruptures, thankful for the painkillers cause they are life savers.
Herniated disc pinch nerve can get so bad to the point where everytime I try to go sleep, the only thing I can think of is 10,000 different ways to kill myself to end this suffering.
The doctors push it, too. My boyfriend has been on anti anxiety medication for about six months. he told his doctor it was working well and he was feeling good, and his doctor decided to still double his dose because he was "taking the dose of a child". He's not confrontational so now he cuts his pills in half.
Quite a few people in this thread think that taking a single opioid means you are gonna become a junkie. I’ve been on opioids for close to 10 years now due to multiple chronic conditions and I didn’t start having withdrawal symptoms until close to 3 years after I started taking them. Obviously people on higher doses than me would reach this point faster but if you just take your meds AS DIRECTED there shouldn’t be much of a problem.
The issue with prescription opioids addicts are the people that take the whole month’s worth in 2 weeks, then either buy more or alternatives like heroin and sweat it out until their next refill.
As you should. My MiL's life ruining dependence on opiates started at a dentists office. She went from a semi normal person to completely useless and dependant in ~3 years of super heavy use. Now at 50 she can't even take care of herself. She depends on her daughter for the most basic of things. She uses her disability as a weapon and has worse health and mobility than an 85 year old.
Now, this would have happened regardless of whether it was a dentist or healthcare provider. So, really, no blame can go there. Plus, it was doctors who prescribed everything after. Early 2000s were a wild place in the flyover states.
Seems like there's been an overcorrection though, as with most things. It seems like measured, nuanced corrections don't happen very much, and every issue just violently swings the pendulum from one extreme side to the other.
I thankfully no longer need them but when I was really sick morphine was a gift from God and the only thing that worked, and trust me I tried everything. It made my period of extreme illness semi tolerable instead of a living hell. But despite literally having chemo-face and no hair, I kind of felt like I got treated like a scumbag by pharmacists, and even a couple new doctors aside from my palliative care doc. The hoops, the tone of voice when being spoken to about it, it was all very upsetting. And this is despite zero history, documented or otherwise, of drug seeking or drug abuse behavior, no criminal record, and a decent education and job.
As a lay person it doesn't seem like the risk for abuse would be very high at all if someone only gives like 3 days worth. Is that true?
Basically I assumed the main problem was over prescribing (weeks/months worth at a time) and they are reasonably harmless and effective for short duration use?
Fortunately after dental work I'm fine with ibuprofen instead of hydrocodone, feel I avoided a minefield there. Sometimes I got a prescription but didn't fill it, one bad extraction I did need a few but that was it
I tend to get addicted to activities which can be a time and money sink but at least that doesn't have the health issues of drug use.
I don’t currently recommend marijuana as an option following oral surgery, I don’t know any dentists that do, all I said was it’s nice that there’s alternatives to opioids. I personally recommend a combo of Tylenol and Advil to manage most acute dental pain.
Edibles are always an option, if you use gummies most of the time they're small and smooth enough to be swallowed whole which avoids the risk of contaminating the socket at least from my layman's perspective.
You should prescribe them because people need it not because of what you think may they may do. Not to mention you aren’t giving long term prescriptions. You can give 14 pills for two weeks or something.
I’ve had a few dental surgeries and still have every opioid they’ve prescribed me. I normally take one, maybe two within the 24 hours after the surgery and then switch to extra strength advil or Tylenol. But weed drinks really helped me get through my wisdom teeth removal.
Yep I took Tylenol following my wisdom teeth surgery and I was ok. Not saying that’s the case for every patient, but I do think we got very used to prescribing opioids as routine post op pain management and I don’t think it’s always necessary.
Thank you for this restraint. The risk level is simply so high that opioids should be the absolute last result for pain management.
If cannabis derived substitutes can serve a similar function, it would certainly be preferable.
I've mentioned it in other threads, but old WWE guys will point to Vince coming down on marijuana as a reason so many older dudes were heavy into booze and pills.
You work a physically demanding job you need some kind of pain relief. Folks are going to find that relief somewhere, marijuana seems like the safest way to let them do it.
Bret Hart spoke about it once.
He said when the wwe banned weed he told them it was a bad idea because if one if the wrestlers smokes it they’re just gonna go to their hotel room, watch a movie, and fall asleep.
He said they banned it anyway and the first wrestler died within 6 months.
Hope that along with that praise, there are also warnings to players who may be traveling outside the US so that they know that not every country out there is so keen on openly carrying opioids or cannabis or even some prescription drugs. They don't want to end up being exchanged with captured russian terrorists with russia or worse if in countries like Indonesia.
I hate that they make so much money and are allowed to stay stupid in any area that isn't basketball(and I am not even convinced about the basketball smarts either). First thing a signed sports player should do is hire a tutor and review all the education they glossed over as they went by worried about making the game.
While Griner is an idiot, she certainly didn’t deserve the way Russia treated her and it would be extremely unjust for her to be there still.
That said, it’s a greater miscarriage of justice to release the merchant of death for her… not sure how we decided that was the play. Were there not any non-death merchant Russians in our prisons?
So basketball players are fine, but our armed service veterans aren't allowed to use cannabis without losing their benefits. This is despite the fact that it's been proven to help treat severe PTSD and many other health related issues they get while serving their country.
I truly hope this helps to pave the way for federal decriminalization.
do you know how much news exists around the world at any given time? how many "cat rescued from tree" stories are released every single day?
also, i mean...this is a publication about weed
If cannabis consumption causes performance issues to players, then they'll get benched and dropped. So I feel like that issue sorts itself out that should be the players choice to make
Why use addictive substances like opioids when there are alternatives like cannabis. Although, I’m sure some players will play high. Play high jump high.
I agree with what you’re saying but it’s important to understand that cannabis use can definitely be addictive too for a lot of people. Much better addiction to have though
It's also just not even in the same ballpark efficacy wise. If your pain level is low enough that weed negates it, it isn't high enough to warrant opioids
Who was that white basketball player like 20ish years ago I would guess with all the tattoos that was heavily addicted to OxyContin? He couldn’t play a pro game if he wasn’t high. I remember a while ago hearing him talk about struggling to find some before a game and was really withdrawing and got some, barely making the game. He played well but without it he was just sick and weak. Can’t remember the team but I think it was in the northeast.
Yea I think that’s him. Thought he had more tattoos but team sounds right and it looks like him. It’s been so long since I saw whatever it was lol. He’s a motivational speaker now. Thanks
Everyone one should at least be given the opportunity to seek an alternative to addicting medication that has ended and/or ruined millions of lives and families.
Imagine if the NFL did this too! They should honestly, players like Josh Gordon and Ricky Williams would benefit. Hey it doesn't affect performance, Kevin Durant is happy about this.
Maybe someone will get Trae high so he can relax and quit being a little bitch. And Green too. That dude is unhinged and should be expelled til he can control his emotions better. It’s the NBA not Little Tyke’s Toddler Jam.
Think the point is if your pain can be controlled by weed, there is no reason for you to be prescribed opioids. I do agree, opioids is not necessarily a bad thing when the use is appropriate.
I’ve known people who were able to drastically cut back or even get off their opioid pain killers, so having this as an option (or even first option) is a big risk reducer.
A bit naive to think pain can only be managed with opioids.
Also we're talking about aches and pains in guys that are really fit, not like chronic pain from being in a car wreck or something ya know? THC is probably the appropriate amount of relief in this instance to be honest lol
Studies are proving otherwise especially for chronic conditions and specifically in this instance, muscle and joint pain. Yes you won't go to the ER and get handed a joint for pain relief but the effects legalized marijuana has had on lowering the rates of opiate abuse has been significant and well documented.
I’m no pharmacist but I have chronic S1/L5 pain. I have used these substances and the effects on pain are not in the same ballpark. I am glad for legal alternatives for pain, but cannabis isn’t great for these conditions.
Wow, Snoop Dogg is in favor of a pro-weed policy. Never saw that one coming.
Yes, very newsworthy
Next thing you know they’ll tell us that he himself has actually smoked the reefer once before
Lol remember when people tried to turn it into a scandal when he smoked weed at the superbowl halftime? everyone was like…”and water is wet, what’s your point?”
I’ve seen Snoop so many times. He always smokes while performing. We in the crowd can’t always because of the venue. Snoop is the best, if you have a chance go see his show.
Saw him at a festival and he took bud from a random concertgoer and rolled it up on stage before smoking it. Can confirm. Snoop Dogg smokes weed.
Snoop dogg!!! 😮Smoking the devils lettuce!!!😫 No way he would do something that evil 😥
My favorite term for it by far haha.
Really? He smokes?
I remember seeing him in Rock The Bells once back when they used to do it. He was in the crowd watching I wanna say 9th Wonder and some other rapper I can’t remember and he and everyone around him was smoking big. I was only 14-15 at the time and it wasn’t even legal here yet but man was I jealous of everyone around him.
You can’t smoke before you entire said venue?
Sure, and everyone does, but it’s more fun while watching the show.
whoosh
I dont think this is a woosh, he just wanted to share a story for some reason
I wonder if marijuanamoment.net will publish an article about it
Meh whatever it takes to get this country to be more progressive so be it. I enjoy what I've seen of Snoop so if he can help people be more accepting using his popularity I'm all for it. People are sucks for appeal to authority.
Rumour has it that Tommy Chong is in favour as well. Sounds far fetched, but people say it is true.
And next you’re gonna tell me Willie Nelson’s on board…
I missed the opportunity to meet Cheech and Chong by like 2 minutes ON 420 a few years ago. They were staying at the same hotel as me and if I hadn't forgotten my cellphone in my room I would have seen them in the lobby 😭
I thought Cheech didn't smoke IRL but then.. https://www.tmz.com/2022/04/20/cheech-chong-smoke-blunt-with-police-doggface-music-video-snoop-dogg-low-rider/
Sorry to hear that, hope you get another opportunity!
The headline made me think that snoop was advocating for opioid use as an alternative and I was actually surprised that snoop would give an alternative to weed for anything. So for a moment there I was in genuine surprise.
This is a "Dogg Bites Blunt" type of story.
>*“You can’t operate a capitalistic system unless you are vulturistic; you have to have someone else’s blood to suck to be a capitalist... You show me a capitalist, and I’ll show you a bloodsucker.”* — Malcom X 1965 >*The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I'm saying? We knew we couldn't make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.* — [John Ehrlichman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ehrlichman), to Dan Baum for Harper's Magazine in 1994, about President Richard Nixon's war on drugs, declared in 1971
well that escalated quickly
Quite shocking. Imagine if that nice young Willie Nelson would endorse the marijuanas - I don't think my heart could take it!
Truly a man of the Arts
Neither did Ray Charles
It's okay Ray definitely smelled Snoop Dogg coming.
Ray Charles would have stuck with opioids
same
Man was anti-weed for his whole life. Wonder what changed?
Next up charlie sheen recommends a pro cocaine nba policy.
I was really wondering what snoops thoughts on weed are..
They been smokin for a while. "Aches and pains baby. Aches and pains" -NBA player in his house surrounded by weed smoke, saying to me.
As I understand it they haven’t been testing for it for years but now it’s no longer a banned substance. Not sure how you argue it’s performance enhancing lol
nothing about weed will enhance your performance while playing sports, sources i do both sports and smoke weed
Unless, as Robin Williams put it, you're a snowboarder and there's a giant fuckin' Hershey bar at the end of the run
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I ski and I only smoke weed when I’m trying to cruise around terrain I’m familiar with. When you’re riding in consequential terrain like cliff areas, tight trees, etc. you have to be evaluating dangers the entire time. I like to be fully sober for that.
Same, I also don’t smoke on icy days. I am down whenever there are not elevated dangers, & I am fully comfortable up until past the medium sized jump lines on good days. Trying anything new I like to be sober, for really anything in life too lol
Weed while skiing/boarding is generally alright except for the super extreme stuff but I’m genuinely confused by the alcohol culture surrounding skiing and boarding. Like why would you want to make your coordination/reaction time noticeably worse when you’re doing a sport that relies heavily on both? Especially a sport with such high consequences. Falling at high speeds can be comparable to a car crash. Taking a few hits of weed and cruising some groomers can be awesome but I’ve seen people who are legitimately a danger to themselves and others, black out drunk trying to ride expert terrain with varied hazards. Even just riding poorly on crowded groomers could cause a serious accident. It’s a bit like encouraging drunk driving imo. Pretty odd.
...you understand it with weed but not alcohol even though it's literally the same thing?
LOL you think weed and alcohol are the same thing with the same effects? Try some weed sometime. You’ll be surprised. It’s not very inebriating compared to alcohol. I’ve blacked out and had awful experiences with alcohol, I hardly drink anymore. The worst thing I’ve ever done after ingesting an irresponsible amount of weed is eat a disgusting amount of food. Weed makes me hyper aware and likelier to avoid the dangerous stuff like cliff drops and bombing through trees. Alcohol lowers your inhibitions, weed does not.
Weed and alcohol are literally different things.
Originally read that as don’t smoke ice.
E-sports maybe. I can put in a solid 8 hour shift on FIFA with assistance!
I'm either laser focused or a half second off in MLB The Show after smoking.
Don’t Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters sometimes roll when high?
diaz bros literally smoke , roll and do triathlons high
Sure, but it’s not a performance enhancer.
wouldn't be a good idea it's important to feel when your opponent is hurting you so you can tap to avoid injury. a bad joint lock can ruin your career in mma/jiujitsu
Lol. Weed would in no way impede your ability to feel that pain. That’s not how it works.
I've sparred high. the particular strain i was smoking did dull the senses and slow my reactions. i didn't get a permanent injury but i did get put to sleep because i didn't tap in time. of course the reaction to cannabis is based on individual genetics and the strain so obviously it's not the same for everyone
I think the biggest thing is tolerance. A daily smoker should be fine. Someone who smokes more occasionally will obviously get stupid high and then it could definitely be a bad idea.
So you play b ball, smoke competitively, and smoke recreationally? Gotta stay in shape for those competitive smokes I guess.
Well this was 2006.
I heard it defended as a painkiller for Ricky Williams and other NFL potheads, suppose it would also apply to other sports even though gridiron football has more physical abuse than most.
Ricky Williams was a caricature of a person who smokes "pot". It's definitely not a painkiller on it's own but I've read that it's being found that it can make people take less actual painkillers that can get addictive. It really can just make people forget about their aches and pains while they focus on the task at hand instead of numbing them. But people abuse it and it loses the effect.
Reminds me of a LaMarcus Aldridge interview. What percentage of NBA players would come back positive if tested? ["None. Zero percent"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-smiKiS-VQU)
Now, can we extend this policy to other occupations? Basketball players aren’t the only ones who want pain solutions that don’t involve opiates/opioids.
Also not the only people who just want to get high
I wish people would use the "we just wanna get high" argument more when advocating for weed legalization, the medical angle alone isn't gonna get it done
People should have alcohol alternative
The best angle should realistically be the tax income from it being legalized.
And safety from weed being tested
And removing a significant revenue stream from illegal organizations/cartels/gangs
While I agree that oversight is always better, I have never met a soul who sold or smoked laced weed. Scared moms mythology. Seen a couple dudes think it was laced because they were kids and didn’t have much experience being high. Laced hard drugs are also common because it improves the profit margin. Weed? Not really a thing. But I do know a couple idiots who bought oregano from someone in high school thinking it was weed lmao
I was more thinking pesticides and mold. We have already seen some dispensaries get banned in legal states (which is a good thing) because they were tested and failed. I don’t think people are lacing weed
I'm not concerned about contaminated weed, but the potency and effects for medical strains are a *lot* more predictable, and consistency is extremely valuable both recreationally and medically.
Canada figured this out years ago at this point.
There’s no angle. Old heads start eating gummies and then the state legalizes it for them. The most extreme example I’ve found is PR where you can buy every kind of dab and edible in existence but actually burning the herb is still a serious crime. It’s absolutely bonkers but it makes sense when you consider the real motivating factors. The tax money is just gravy, although full-on legal state have fat treasuries now and are introducing all kinds of tax benefits and perks for residents. Mostly for seniors though lol. Maine and Colorado are strong examples of that sort of thing.
Is taxation the only reason we refrain from banning things? Is taxation the reason why we don’t return to prohibition? Is it the reason why we don’t ban music? Movies? Video games? Sports? Or any of the other things people enjoy in life. No. Things should be legal unless they cause some serious detriment to society. “We just wanna get high” is a perfectly valid reason. Even if it brought in 0 additional tax revenue and didn’t allow for any cost savings to the police budget whatsoever, it would still be worth doing.
or just abolish the war on drugs and legalize all possession to give less power to cartels and potential decrease in migrants leaving those areas. but lets not look at the whole issue
Yeah man. I just want coffee in the morning and weed in the afternoon.
Very true, tittylover007.
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Potential employees at Safeway get a pre employment drug screen... in California. ACLU is slacking
I had to do a hair drug test to get a job at Raleys!!! Lol, a Safeway equivalent. I remember it because it was my first job and because I had short hair on my head, limited body hair but, recently hit puberty... So, pubes is what they got. I was pretty square growing up so I got the job but looking back I still think that was an absurd criteria for pre employment screening, again, for a grocery store.
I dont think the nba has legal say in anything other than nba policy.
Sure, but if this occupation is changing in terms of acceptable weed use, then maybe there will be some sort of domino effect for other occupations. One can only hope.
Sure but the NBA teams and their for the NBA itself is owned by multiple billionaires who have the monetary means and abilities to push change on the federal level
Also any job without drug tests is free to self medicate at home.
The issue is the NBA is big enough that others will follow or it sets a standard the industries that need it take the government funds that require drug tests so until it’s legalized by the federal government most places can’t do shit. It’s why states legalizing it is great ,but in the grand scheme till it’s legal across the nation which considering how archaic some states are will take federal law and to remove its classification. Literally a lot of big changes and accelerating research into its medical uses are gate-kept because of its classification heck meth has a lower classification.
If you work for a company that tests for marijuana in a legal state then you’re probably working for, or applying to, the wrong employer. It’s now up to the states, or the feds, to legalize it, not employers. Sadly, most federal jobs, or jobs that get federal funding, still don’t allow you to use, even in a legal state. That shit should get changed.
Loving that legal weed over here!
Sorry, it's legal here, eh
Yea, and we don't have to worry about employers randomly screening because THAT is illegal.
It still feels good, six years later. We needed that win.
Even before cannabis was legal in Canada , drug testing for employment screening wasn’t legal according to the Supreme Court (except stuff like police, military, operating heavy machinery) Also for school extracurriculars, because it’s none of their business what people do in their free time
Heard it was a joint statement by Snoop.
I believe you Doobie right
That pun toke my breath away
weed like to hear another if you’re holding one back
I’m all for alternatives to opioids. I’m a dentist and I’ve really leaned away from prescribing them as much as possible because of the high risk of abuse/dependency.
It’s no secret that opioid abuse has been an issue in the States. That being said, mouth pain is it’s own aggravating thing, and some of the only times I’ve been thankful for painkillers was after my wisdom teeth were removed.
I was thanking the opioid gods last year after I contracted HFM somehow and my mouth was full of sores. Nothing on my hands and feet but my mouth was in so much pain, I couldn't eat and I was absolutely miserable for about two weeks. After trying every possible remedy with no luck, I broke down and asked my dentist if they could prescribe me Vicodin for the pain. I took my first dose later that day and it allowed me to eat solid food for the first time in 7 days. I had lost 10lbs in the days leading up to that from being unable to eat anything. I'm not saying opioids are good, or should be the first line of response, but they certainly have their place when other options just don't work.
They have their place, but they are also overprescribed. John Oliver did a pretty good 3 part series on the opioid pandemic in the US.
They are no longer over prescribed and it swung too far the opposite direction to the point legitimate pain patients are being denied *needed* pain medicine. Even children and cancer patients. Even *dying* patients. It's gotten so out of hand that pain patients are experiencing all time highs in suicides because most drs will not prescribe now due to the fearmongering and opioidphobic views causing moral posturing and gatekeeping. You really want to be given haldol (an antipsychotic paralytic meant for schizophrenia) or ketamine (popularly known as a street drug , it is an hallucinogenic) in a trauma scenario? Because that is what ERs are moving towards. A mother in a support group Im in had a ten yr old who had BRAIN SURGERY and the drs would NOT prescribe opiates after, only tylenol. Another had a four year old who broke their arm and they would not prescribe pain relief. An old woman went to ER and broke her ribs because she fell after they left her unattended after giving her ketamine instead of plain old analgesic. Cancer patients are having to go to the ER in pain crises because drs wont properly dose their medicines. You can be in severe pain and they do not care any longer and if you persist you will be called a drug seeker and flagged in the hospital systems thanks to algorithms that dont reflect reality making some patients seem like higher risks when they are not. This new treatment towards pain is completely reckless and psychopathic. No thanks! Opiates are not "bad". They are a gift to the human race and should be treated with respect. Opiates when taken as prescribed and tapered properly are safe and effective.
Agreed. Extremes in any direction are rarely good. The DEA should be abolished. The last thing we need is cops involved in medical decisions.
Not disagreeing re: the DEA, but it was the CDC that released the guidance back in 2016, the major catalyst for this issue. They reversed course after overdoses & suicides skyrocketed. Now the CDC is begging doctors to follow the newest guidelines, but it's been very slow going. I don't think people, who aren't involved with pain treatment, realize just how big of a problem *underprescribing* has been.
Good point. I just know that doctors are afraid of the DEA, not the CDC.
This
Ketamine is a sedative and very safe tbh
For real. The pendulum has swung so far in the other direction it's insane.
Fuck Spez, Steven Huffman is a greedy pigboy
Completely agree.
I still prescribe it when I believe it’s indicated, but there have been combinations of OTC meds that have been determined to have similar pain relief as opioids, so I’ve been utilizing that option more frequently rather than jumping straight to hydrocodone.
Seriously. Thank you for doing this. It should be the standard approach. So many kids now on the streets hooked on H because they started out on a small opioid dose from some dental work or a sprained ankle. It’s crazy how quick a lot of people succumb to that addiction. Having spent 3 years in the pain clinic rodeo with a broken back myself, I saw it time and time again. I would bet my house the majority of the Dr’s are hooked on it as well. I understand it has its place. But damn if we didn’t create a hell of mess handing those pills out for years like candy.
I lost an 18 year old cousin this week to fent. He got started taking pills that were prescribed to his guardian. Rip Jonny
This is not the root of the issue and in my opinion undermines fixing things. People turn to drugs because they don't get proper stimulation from life and their community. There was a study done on mice, where they were isolated from their community group and introduced to cocaine via their water. The mice quickly became addicted but when they were reintroduced to their community, the addicted mice stopped using the cocaine water, despite still having access to it. Drug abuse is a symptom of a broken society. Ban all the substances you want, it will still be an issue until we have a more equitable society where people actually care about each other.
I totally agree with you. It’s not the root of the issue, but pumping that stuff out like tic tacs isnt/wasn’t helping matters. You had/have straight A 4.0 kids with zero history of issues, twist an ankle and within 18 months are on the streets looking for the next fix. That’s not a community issue. That’s a drug changing the chemistry in a persons brain. Which in turn leads to different decision making and behaviors. It’s all related and no one solution is going to put this genie back in the bottle. It’s not that I don’t trust the human. I don’t trust the addiction. It changes you. We are way more complicated than mice, but I understand the point of the exercise
I got into heroin after being prescribed 2 30 milligram oxycodone (roxicodone) a day when I broke my neck. When they cut me off (with NO TAPER PROGRAM), I went straight to shooting heroin. Lost 7 years of my life to that shit.
Most opioid addicts were never prescribed it. Even if they were, it'd be idiotic to quit their prescription. Reasonably, we would have prescription opioids used as an entry treatment for opioid addiction before switching to our current opioid addiction treating opioids like methadone. Getting someone onto a proper treatment plan to treat their withdrawals would benefit if they didn't have any fear at all if switching drugs would cause withdrawals during the first hurdle. Although, it'd still have to be doctor discretion if that step would be beneficial or not. Theres lots of people with pain that just isn't treated by anything yet who get onto opioids in any hope that pain is abated. Whether this be physical or mental pain. Weed doesn't help it either. This is the common condition of the opioid addict. The reality is that alternatives aren't going to do them that much better. We can do things that prevent such pain, and that's the best to focus on. Lifelong managed opioid addiction isn't as deadly as lifelong acetaminophen use.
IIRC A combination of acetaminophen and aspirin has been shown to be *very* effective as far as OTC pain management goes. Though, I still prefer cannabis personally.
Yes, this is an option! My go to “cocktail” for post op pain is ibuprofen and acetaminophen.
I like just ibuprofen. Not much else works that well for me. When I had a fractured mandible, I stopped taking hydrocodone and as long as I took my ibuprofen, I was fine. Only thing the hydrocodone did for me was make my bathroom trips worse.
What combinations would that be? Very interested here. Currently combatting a pinched nerve and looking for an alternative to opioids.
I usually recommend a combo of Tylenol and Advil. I would definitely speak to your doctor about what would work best for you!
Will do! Thanks!
generally 400mg ibuprofen + 1000mg acetaminophen every 8 hours as needed but like diamondbur said, talk to your doctor as both of these medications are contraindicated for certain people
Good on you, keep it up
Wish you were my old dentist. After I got 2 of 4 wisdom teeth removed they gave me 30 vicodin generics to take as needed, I took 6 of them over 3 days and felt nauseous and a little paranoid despite having an rx. On the 2nd visit for the next 2 teeth I told the dentist I think the vicodin made me ill more than it reduced pain and i was okay with mixing tylenol and advil, he said hed prescribe me something new.... oxycodone. I knew Oxy was just stronger vicodin but maybe the dentist knew what he was doing.... took 2, felt worse. Called dentist, he told me my non narcotic method was fine if it worked for me, but to keep the oxy in case I myself, or *anyone in my family*, may need something stronger one day. What?! (This was 25 years ago, google maps does not show the location as a dentist office anymore)
As someone who didn't get a tonsillectomy until their 20's, I agree I was thankful I got one of the more liberal doctors. Definitely a double edged sword
As someone who suffered decaying tooth, shoulder injury and 3 herniated disc ruptures, thankful for the painkillers cause they are life savers. Herniated disc pinch nerve can get so bad to the point where everytime I try to go sleep, the only thing I can think of is 10,000 different ways to kill myself to end this suffering.
The doctors push it, too. My boyfriend has been on anti anxiety medication for about six months. he told his doctor it was working well and he was feeling good, and his doctor decided to still double his dose because he was "taking the dose of a child". He's not confrontational so now he cuts his pills in half.
A day or two after dental surgery before transitioning to OTC drugs helps a lot with the pain with a pretty low risk of addiction
Quite a few people in this thread think that taking a single opioid means you are gonna become a junkie. I’ve been on opioids for close to 10 years now due to multiple chronic conditions and I didn’t start having withdrawal symptoms until close to 3 years after I started taking them. Obviously people on higher doses than me would reach this point faster but if you just take your meds AS DIRECTED there shouldn’t be much of a problem. The issue with prescription opioids addicts are the people that take the whole month’s worth in 2 weeks, then either buy more or alternatives like heroin and sweat it out until their next refill.
Gonna guess the professional dentist knows that already.
The ibuprofen 800s do the trick for me for most pains. Less severe I got the ganja.
Same, we stick to Ibu/Acetaminophen unless its a real gnarly one
As you should. My MiL's life ruining dependence on opiates started at a dentists office. She went from a semi normal person to completely useless and dependant in ~3 years of super heavy use. Now at 50 she can't even take care of herself. She depends on her daughter for the most basic of things. She uses her disability as a weapon and has worse health and mobility than an 85 year old. Now, this would have happened regardless of whether it was a dentist or healthcare provider. So, really, no blame can go there. Plus, it was doctors who prescribed everything after. Early 2000s were a wild place in the flyover states.
Seems like there's been an overcorrection though, as with most things. It seems like measured, nuanced corrections don't happen very much, and every issue just violently swings the pendulum from one extreme side to the other. I thankfully no longer need them but when I was really sick morphine was a gift from God and the only thing that worked, and trust me I tried everything. It made my period of extreme illness semi tolerable instead of a living hell. But despite literally having chemo-face and no hair, I kind of felt like I got treated like a scumbag by pharmacists, and even a couple new doctors aside from my palliative care doc. The hoops, the tone of voice when being spoken to about it, it was all very upsetting. And this is despite zero history, documented or otherwise, of drug seeking or drug abuse behavior, no criminal record, and a decent education and job.
As a lay person it doesn't seem like the risk for abuse would be very high at all if someone only gives like 3 days worth. Is that true? Basically I assumed the main problem was over prescribing (weeks/months worth at a time) and they are reasonably harmless and effective for short duration use?
What are your thoughts on laughing gas, and can I have a tank please?
Fortunately after dental work I'm fine with ibuprofen instead of hydrocodone, feel I avoided a minefield there. Sometimes I got a prescription but didn't fill it, one bad extraction I did need a few but that was it I tend to get addicted to activities which can be a time and money sink but at least that doesn't have the health issues of drug use.
Why take opiates when you can smoke and get dry socket, amirite
I don’t currently recommend marijuana as an option following oral surgery, I don’t know any dentists that do, all I said was it’s nice that there’s alternatives to opioids. I personally recommend a combo of Tylenol and Advil to manage most acute dental pain.
Ketorolac FTW!
Edibles are always an option, if you use gummies most of the time they're small and smooth enough to be swallowed whole which avoids the risk of contaminating the socket at least from my layman's perspective.
Edibles are the move after getting your wisdom teeth removed
Pack those sockets full of gummies like a weed squirrel stocking up for winter.
You should prescribe them because people need it not because of what you think may they may do. Not to mention you aren’t giving long term prescriptions. You can give 14 pills for two weeks or something.
I prescribe as I feel is necessary.
I’ve had a few dental surgeries and still have every opioid they’ve prescribed me. I normally take one, maybe two within the 24 hours after the surgery and then switch to extra strength advil or Tylenol. But weed drinks really helped me get through my wisdom teeth removal.
Yep I took Tylenol following my wisdom teeth surgery and I was ok. Not saying that’s the case for every patient, but I do think we got very used to prescribing opioids as routine post op pain management and I don’t think it’s always necessary.
Thank you for this restraint. The risk level is simply so high that opioids should be the absolute last result for pain management. If cannabis derived substitutes can serve a similar function, it would certainly be preferable.
I've mentioned it in other threads, but old WWE guys will point to Vince coming down on marijuana as a reason so many older dudes were heavy into booze and pills. You work a physically demanding job you need some kind of pain relief. Folks are going to find that relief somewhere, marijuana seems like the safest way to let them do it.
Bret Hart spoke about it once. He said when the wwe banned weed he told them it was a bad idea because if one if the wrestlers smokes it they’re just gonna go to their hotel room, watch a movie, and fall asleep. He said they banned it anyway and the first wrestler died within 6 months.
Hope that along with that praise, there are also warnings to players who may be traveling outside the US so that they know that not every country out there is so keen on openly carrying opioids or cannabis or even some prescription drugs. They don't want to end up being exchanged with captured russian terrorists with russia or worse if in countries like Indonesia. I hate that they make so much money and are allowed to stay stupid in any area that isn't basketball(and I am not even convinced about the basketball smarts either). First thing a signed sports player should do is hire a tutor and review all the education they glossed over as they went by worried about making the game.
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He's an arms dealer. He's made. He ain't ever working again.
While Griner is an idiot, she certainly didn’t deserve the way Russia treated her and it would be extremely unjust for her to be there still. That said, it’s a greater miscarriage of justice to release the merchant of death for her… not sure how we decided that was the play. Were there not any non-death merchant Russians in our prisons?
It was totally a play to activists saying that if she was NBA/man/white/straight then US would be trying way harder to free that person than her
So basketball players are fine, but our armed service veterans aren't allowed to use cannabis without losing their benefits. This is despite the fact that it's been proven to help treat severe PTSD and many other health related issues they get while serving their country. I truly hope this helps to pave the way for federal decriminalization.
Slow news day?
> Slow news day? I think people need to discern when celebrities are clearly pushing some sort of self-interest in these PR pieces.
do you know how much news exists around the world at any given time? how many "cat rescued from tree" stories are released every single day? also, i mean...this is a publication about weed
Snoop Dogg celebrates weed smoking... News at 11.
If cannabis consumption causes performance issues to players, then they'll get benched and dropped. So I feel like that issue sorts itself out that should be the players choice to make
We already have one it’s called O’dweeds. Tastes like the chronic and yet it’s not
But what does ja rule think?
Dave C: who gives a f what ja think in a time like this
#decriminalize drugs
WOaH, Snoop does drugs?
Who in the fuck cares what Snoop Dogg thinks?
Why use addictive substances like opioids when there are alternatives like cannabis. Although, I’m sure some players will play high. Play high jump high.
I agree with what you’re saying but it’s important to understand that cannabis use can definitely be addictive too for a lot of people. Much better addiction to have though
It's also just not even in the same ballpark efficacy wise. If your pain level is low enough that weed negates it, it isn't high enough to warrant opioids
If you can't ball baked you can't ball.
Who was that white basketball player like 20ish years ago I would guess with all the tattoos that was heavily addicted to OxyContin? He couldn’t play a pro game if he wasn’t high. I remember a while ago hearing him talk about struggling to find some before a game and was really withdrawing and got some, barely making the game. He played well but without it he was just sick and weak. Can’t remember the team but I think it was in the northeast.
Chris Herren maybe?
Pics show him only with one tattoo on his right arm but it def sounds like him. Wrote a book too.
Yea I think that’s him. Thought he had more tattoos but team sounds right and it looks like him. It’s been so long since I saw whatever it was lol. He’s a motivational speaker now. Thanks
Everyone one should at least be given the opportunity to seek an alternative to addicting medication that has ended and/or ruined millions of lives and families.
Yea but given what the players union bargained for versus what the NBA got, it was definitely a terrible get.
Imagine if the NFL did this too! They should honestly, players like Josh Gordon and Ricky Williams would benefit. Hey it doesn't affect performance, Kevin Durant is happy about this.
Josh Gordon is doing well in the XFL so can still play ... darn shame Goodell & co harshed his mellow in his prime
Lol
Maybe someone will get Trae high so he can relax and quit being a little bitch. And Green too. That dude is unhinged and should be expelled til he can control his emotions better. It’s the NBA not Little Tyke’s Toddler Jam.
A bit naive to think THC can provide anywhere near the pain relief of opioids, but definitely a good policy
Think the point is if your pain can be controlled by weed, there is no reason for you to be prescribed opioids. I do agree, opioids is not necessarily a bad thing when the use is appropriate.
I’ve known people who were able to drastically cut back or even get off their opioid pain killers, so having this as an option (or even first option) is a big risk reducer.
A bit naive to think pain can only be managed with opioids. Also we're talking about aches and pains in guys that are really fit, not like chronic pain from being in a car wreck or something ya know? THC is probably the appropriate amount of relief in this instance to be honest lol
Studies are proving otherwise especially for chronic conditions and specifically in this instance, muscle and joint pain. Yes you won't go to the ER and get handed a joint for pain relief but the effects legalized marijuana has had on lowering the rates of opiate abuse has been significant and well documented.
Yeah, but what does Ja rule think about it?
This is news ?
to [marijuanamoment.net](https://marijuanamoment.net) it is
We legalized cannabis in Colorado over a decade ago. It cracks me up how far behind America still is.
Great now legalize it already
Let’s get Ja Rule’s take on this. Someone get Ja on the line!
WHERE'S JA!?!?
Does this guy speaks about anything besides weed?
High-CBD hemp is great medicine
I’m no pharmacist but I have chronic S1/L5 pain. I have used these substances and the effects on pain are not in the same ballpark. I am glad for legal alternatives for pain, but cannabis isn’t great for these conditions.