With so many forms readily available, perhaps there’s one which doesn’t contain the offending allergen,

No guesses as to if ingestion in other forms also carries the benefits.

I've really got into the edibles lately... tho I'm in a state where all of it is still taboo. Too many religionists around here, I'm afraid. But it takes little time to go right across the state line and get what I need... when I can afford it. Was never much for gummies of any kind, but I'm kinda liking my little "magic gummies"... and I find that vaping is a lot more enjoyable to smoking the weed.

I never really gave it up since I first found it in my early 20's. Just was never much of a user, because of employment tests, etc. Now that I'm retired, when my pain pills run out, I'll use my vape to help the pain. Haven't found the perfect recipe yet, but I'm not above looking among what's out there! (LOL)

It's a dynamite sleep aid, and it helps relieve my arthritis.

it isn't like I am missing out on anything.

Can't have mom & pop thunking. Next thing you know, they will start reading.

I cannot access it. .according to thhe notice, says I have gine there too many times.. Interesting, since I never have.

I tend to agree!

There's a definite deficit in cognition in the folks I know who still use cannabis

Fucking repukes...

Fuckers.

Not like alcohol…two beers and I’ll forget where my hash pipe is.

THC in my blood is crowding out the red blood cells…

or at least not that I recall.

I may be "stuck" with selection bias with respect to my opinions on cannabis, but over the years I have a strong opinion that all these claims that pot is good for one are nonsense.

Since one hears, as a member of my generation this claim year after year that pot is good for one, ad infinitim," I have, given my access to the scientific literature, convinced myself the claims do not hold up to scrutiny.

From what I can tell from your writing here the brain you have works quite well. "If it's not broke, don't fix it," cliché is operative.

which we currently inhabit, but I will be content with what I have! I seem to be an oddity amoung my generation, never even tried any of the mind-altering stuff. . .figured my mind was weird enough as it was!

The fact that this study came out of UCHealth/Anschutz was interesting. I understand that they have a decent reputation. My only experience with them is second-hand, when friends are patients here.

I couldn't possibly count the number of times I've heard here and elsewhere the confusion between the term "peer reviewed" and the word "truth." They're are not synonymous by any means.

I sometimes post links to articles from the wonderful website Retraction Watch. (I recently posted over in the science forum a link to an article from that discussed the link between pregnancy and performance in mathematics. )

The scientific literature, like all human discourse, particularly in the age of the internet and now AI, is increasingly polluted. None of this is said to invalidate or impugn anything about the science or the scientists whose work you have referenced, but only to note that all responses to information require critical thinking.

Scientists, even great scientists, can be, and often are, wrong. It is widely held, and in my opinion, correctly widely accepted that Albert Einstein was wrong in almost all of his scientific arguments with his good friend Neils Bohr. This in no way impugn Einstein of course.

I have not read the article you cited, am not familiar with institution or the authors. I have only skimmed your headline.

Over the years here I've gotten a lot of negative pushback with respect to my opinions on pot. It's gotten so that I often don't want to be involved in it.

I can say this: Brain size does not correlate well with brain performance. This is well known. No one expects that if we hooked up a being with opposable thumbs and additional digits to an elephant's brain the result would produce genius. Brain swelling can and often does degrade brain function.

I wish I could say that I am unfamiliar with the consequences of pot use and - at the risk of generating DU outrage - pot addiction, but I'm not. On this basis I cannot applaud its use. This is not to say that I favor criminal sanctions against pot, only that I do not favor use.

I can usually expect that someone will pipe in that alcohol use is worse than pot use.

The logic of this statement is similar to making a statement that since pancreatic cancer is worse than breast cancer, having breast cancer is OK.

I'm unimpressed with the "alcohol is worse" argument.

To be clear, although alcohol can be bad for one, I will enjoy a glass or two of champagne when the orange pedophile in the White House shuffles off his mortal coil and faces "what dreams may come" as Shakespeare had Hamlet saying about kicking off.

May we be drinking our bubbly soon...

Thanks, as always, my friend.

somewhat reliable. .not gospel, but at least a place to start. Then, several years ago, someone tried to bolster their bizarre statements by insisting that whatever piece they were quoting had been published by the NIH, and therefore I should, of course, believe it without question. Of course, me being me, I went looking. And learned, to my surprise, that the NIH makes no claims about any of the material gathered there. Of course now, with this corrupt regime, there is little credibility in any department. But that is part of the playbook, isn't it? Sowing distrust in experts, in exprience, in knowldge and the search for knowledge. I allways knew (from early personal experience) that there has always been a strong strain of anti-intellctualism in this country. It just never occurred to me that it would actually rise to power.

Oh well.

This brain will have to do.

use anything where I can't control the dose. I mostly just use CBD gummies, but occasionally take a tiny bit of a delta-8 gummy. It tends to plant me in my chair though.

I would rise up and look down.

I kinda miss that part. But not that much.

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He's calling for a ban of medical marijuana in OK.

I quit smoking and vaping pot years ago. I make cannabis butter and then make wonderful cookies. They take away pain and muscle ache. Although I'm on a break from pot usage, which I do from time to time, I think pot is a great herb with careful usage, not for kids or driving.

They know to warn me about which items to avoid when we are sharing any kind of get-together.

I know of very few people--NM or Mass--who still smoke the stuff. Legal cannabis means other options.

Pot has no effect on me.

I guess it's extremely rare, but I guess I'm just lucky!

already knew I was a bit odd. Never bothered me.

I don't doubt there is helpful effect. I simply want a more definitive set of results to work with.

What controls did the study set on source, dosage, intake methods, etc?

ATM there is a wide variability in quality of supply, along with far too much pot mythology in the marketplace. I'd like to see some useful data addressing this issue as well.

UCHealth ranks.

a shot of "Willies Remedy", the daily cryptic crossword and a mournful cello works wonders for the head. Oh, and coffee and the news turned off.

mystery novel.

This has brightened my weekend considerably!

Some things really do require further investigation. Off to the laboratory I go!